Glen Gray Orchestra to Play at Amarillo Dance
Glen Gray brings his band to Amarillo for a June 21 Saturday dance at the Nat. Manager H A Dyer has not announced prices but they will be in line with this season’s rates. The note from the mailbag mentions Irene Miller Bran ff Airways and a tennis match featuring Amarillo’s top women players Camilla Wheatley and Robbie O Keefe and Charlotte Allen.
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Glen Gray
Amarillo
H. A. Dyer
Mr. Wilson
Irene Miller
Branff Airways
Hor
Irene
Charlotte Allen
Camilla Wheatley
Robbie O’keefe
Aote
Phi Theta Kappa
Powers That Be
Amarillo C College
Our Town
Salome's
Donald Clark
Clark
Amarillo College Dance and Notes Say Lively Evening
A long campus dance with many attendees is recalled, mentioning Virginia LoRelle, Bob Rogers, and KA members among tables. College notes describe Beta Delta Gamma lawn party plans, picnic days for Freshmen and Sophomores, upcoming graduates, and theatre group wrap of Our Town with a feast.
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Bill DeSantell
DeSantell
Beta Delta Gamma
Kenneth Wheatley
Paramount
Settler Dream: Sonja Henie Seeks Hollywood Home at Last
Sonja Henie plans a real home of her own after five years in Hollywood. She will build a summer house in Easthampton, New York, with husband Dan Topping, leaving film work briefly to enjoy a settled life. The skater has rented Myrna Loy’s house during Sun Valley filming and speaks of anticipation at the prospect of going home to a place she has not yet seen.
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Charles R. Moore
United Press
Hollywood
Sonja Henie
Norway
Miss Henie
Sun Valley
20Th Century-Fox
Myrna Loy
Easthampton
N. Y
Dan Topping
Henie
Brooklyn Dodgers
Oslo
Love Powerup the Power Pole in a City Under Siege
A narrator witnesses a vast ruin scene with twisted girders, brick and stone, flames, smoke, and dense crowds. Wails, police whistles, and sirens heighten the hysteria as she searches the chaotic landscape for a missing person while vowing to act, in a cliffhanger continuation.
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Europe
Back Home With Ernie Pyle From Fort Bliss May 16
Ernie Pyle describes a Fort Bliss reception center where East Texas recruits including four white boys and six negroes are processed. He notes diverse backgrounds, mild nervousness, and the army's humane treatment, with officers interviewing, assigning desk work, and aiming to reassure mothers at home amid conscription.
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Ernie Pyle
Fort Bliss
Army
East Texas
Germany
London
Henry D. Heckscher
Hamburg
America
Remington Rand
Beaumont
Answers to Cracker Editorial Page Quiz
Answers to five proverb questions show mixed proverbs and adages. The page pairs classic sayings with playful or conflicting phrases, noting variations like Dont shoot until you see the whites of their eyes versus Strike while the iron is hot and A fool and his money are soon parted with In the spring a young mans fancy.
TODAY S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL WORD CROSSWORD
Puzzle clues mix geography language and wordplay asking for solutions across horizontal and vertical entries. Answers include largest South American state and various short terms, with theme hints and cross references throughout.
The Capital by Paul Mallon on aviation engines and war stance
Dr George Gallup surveys public opinion on United States entry to the European war. Wisconsin appears most isolationist while Florida tops interventionist sentiment in a nation wide study. The piece discusses aircraft engine bugs and slow progress in military aviation amid debates in Congress and lessons from prior wars.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Ashington
Rolls- Royce
Washington
Military Affairs Committee
France
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
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Union
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Florida Voters Split on War Entry in Referendum Plan
The Ludlow plan asks voters if the United States should enter the war against Germany and Italy. National totals show 71 percent favor war if victory by Germany and Italy is certain without U S intervention. Most states, except Wisconsin, prefer aiding Britain even at risk.
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Ludlow
United States
Germany
Italy
Wisconsin
Institute
Britain
Wisconsin Opposes Immediate War Entrance 14 Percent Support
Gallup based WI findings show 14 percent favor immediate U S entry, one in seven. Florida shows 35 percent support. survey tracks war sentiment across 30,000 interviews, noting regional patterns and margins of error up to about four points.
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American Institute of Public Opinion
Wisconsin
Washington
Robert M. LaFollette
U. S
LaFollette
U. S. Senate
Florida
Claude Pepper
Panama Canal
Caribbean
South Atlantic
Institute
United States
Rocky Mountain Area
Mid-West
New England
State by state vote on entering war against Germany and Italy
Dr Gallup reports a state by state poll on whether the nation should enter the war against Germany and Italy. He notes a statistical margin of error about 4 percent per state with 95 in 100 confidence and compares the scope to a 1949 presidential survey where the per state error was 24 percent.
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Institute
Gallup
Audion and Gulf Stream Ideas That Changed the World
Dale Carnegie recalls two famous cases of now celebrated ideas once deemed worthless. Lee de Forest’s three electrode Audion and Benjamin Franklin’s Gulf Stream transformed communication and navigation. In both stories, skepticism gave way to enduring impact, proving that belief and perseverance birth progress.
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Radio Telephone Company
United States
Lee de Forest
Europe
Benjamin Franklin
America
Franklin
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf Stream
FOR CLEAN SKIRTS By JACK STINNETT
A column argues against labeling government investigations a witch hunt while noting pervasive scrutiny for job applicants. It describes repeated probes by Civil Service, Treasury, OPM, FBI, and justice departments as officials seek loyal patriots and the dangers of associating with subversive influences.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
George Washington
Civil Service Commission
Treasury Department
Treasury
Office of Production Management
OPM
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Justice
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Civil Service
Legislature Laughs at Austin Senate May 15
Lieutenant Governor Coke Stevenson humorously guided the local bills session in Austin. He explained measures from river channels to prohibited steel traps and joked about a rabbit in the wrong hole. A rain-soaked day ended with the Senate adjournment as sunlight broke through, spurring quips about timing.
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Coke Stevenson
Senate
Stevenson
Red River
Robertson County
Weaver Moore
Houston
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