Shipwreck Dance and Society Notes at Amarillo Clubs
The Amarillo scene features the Huddle Club hosting its annual Shipwreck Dance at the Amarillo Country Club, Miss Mary Mickey wedding to Robert McLellan, and multiple campus and social club events. Engagements, recitals, and theatre showings populate a lively roster with Theta Chi and C. O. A. ties, Broadway film listings, and college activities across years including 1938 and 1939 social life details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huddle Club
Amarillo Country Club
la Lux Club
Rex Theater
Janice Jones
Don Schomburg
Charley Snyder
Marion McClarny
Ruth Cornell
Jane Higgins
Ross Rogers
Mary Mickey
Robert McLellan
Cynthia Patton
Clyde Blackell
Sharleen Barker
Archer Woodlief
Evelyn Wallace
Betty Caldwell
Sigma Lota Chi
Dorothy Lamour
Paramount
Amarillo College Rangers
Aviatrix Club
Jerry Herbert
Bert McCullough
Pinky Scarborough
JCD
Coa's
Alpha Deltas
Sylvester Munn
Gerry Dodd
Ray Armstrong
Rex Galloup
Jeanette Herrington
Kay Wakefield
Lera Bell DeFries
Phyllis Munson
Monte Jo Brashiere
Mildred Latham
Sadie Clifton
Dorothy Morgan
Frencheils Club
Martha Nell Stack
Kappa Sigmas
Spring Comes to Paris Amid War Time Pleasures
Paris in early May sees crowds on the Champs Elysees and boulevards as warm weather returns. German occupation lingers, meat and eggs remain scarce while green vegetables arrive from the countryside and employment shows a hopeful decline. At Longchamps, 50,000 spectators bet on seven races, with sizable wagering as trains and buses resume service in the occupied zone under military limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Porter
Paris
Champs Elysses
Ield
Longchamps
TODAY'S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL
A crossword style puzzle list with clues for horizontal and vertical entries. Includes wordplay prompts and definitions such as picture descriptions and term clues covering various lengths and themes.
On the Record: Western civilization under assault by bombings
Dorothy Thompson laments Hoover's underwhelming response as Britain endures attacks on Westminster Abbey, the British Museum, and the House of Commons. She paints the Abbey the Museum and the Commons as enduring symbols of humanity and warns that their destruction signals a collapse of civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Thompson
Mr. Hoover
Westminster Abbey
British Museum
House of Commons
Abbey
Museum
Commons
War talk on editorial page and the Abbey defense
A mustering of resolve against Nazi menace praises defending the Abbey the Museum and the Commons. It condemns pacifist sophistries while urging risk and sacrifice to preserve civilization and humanity amid looming postwar ruin. The piece questions Hoover’s postwar fears and underscores the cost of saving civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Mr. Hoover
Hitler
Abbey
Museum
Commons
Bell Syndicate
Tne
Home Front Diary From Fort Bliss Fifth Cavalry Life
Ernie Pyle recounts life at Fort Bliss with the Fifth Cavalry moving from Fort Clark. Soldiers stay in tents beside horse stables, morning reveille at 5:55, three hours of drill, and horses being assigned by number. A civilian Major Noble visits. a cornetal misread leads to laughs as soldiers test new officers against riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Pyle
Fifth Cavalry Regiment
Ft. Bliss
Ft. Clark
Rio Grande
Troop B
Troop Bs
Fifth Cavalry
Chidder
Reveille
Bussey
Chick Noble
New York State
Sullivan plan secret tax draft sparks upheaval in Washington
A leaked page reveals Treasury excess profits tax changes favored by John L. Sullivan, proposing sharp capital credits cuts and a 10 percent base tax rise, with major firms like United States Steel facing large increases. Morgenthau hosts a tense meeting as policy is revised and Sullivan may resign. Meanwhile, the State Department moves 10 diplomatic troops to North Africa to oversee aid to Weygand, with more on the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
John L. Sullivan
House
Ways and Means Committee
United States Steel
Mr. Sullivan
Leon Henderson
Eccles
Roosevelt
Ways
Petain
Britain Needs Another Lawrence in Middle East Conflicts
The piece argues for a Lawrence of Arabia figure to lead amid a Gulf War era clash involving Britain Germany Russia and Turkish powers, citing Lawrence’s historic revolt against the Ottoman Empire and urging a strong Moslem-based alliance to defend empire and oil interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle East
Britain
Europe
Germany
Suez
Russia
Egypt
Turkey
Iraq
Palestine
Syria
Trans-Jordan
Lawrence
Ottoman Empire
Medina
Damascus
Empire
Lawrence of Arabia
Love and sacrifice echoed through era lines
A compact reflection linking classical and biblical quotes on love, trust, and endurance. The passage threads John Oliver Hobbes language with Psalms, II Timothy, Romans, and Seneca, urging perseverance and neighborly love across eras.
Churchill’s routine proves rest fuels relentless 17 hour days
The piece details Winston Churchill working seven days a week with a strict schedule centered on long hours and daily bed rest. He sleeps in a secret address near No 10 Downing Street, rises at seven, conducts meetings, writes in bed, and takes multiple naps. The message urges readers to nap 5 to 15 minutes to boost energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston Churchill
Famous 10 Downing Street
No. 10
Downing Street
Homburg
Mmint
Marlborough
Buckingham Palace
Parliament
Profile: Benedum still drilling for oil and new worlds
United Press profile of Michael Late Benedum on his 72nd birthday as he orders more drilling across Pennsylvania Texas West Virginia Kentucky Illinois Ohio Kansas Arkansas Louisiana. He aims to boost oil supplies for wartime and defense while pledging to forgo profits if needed. He recalls starting in West Virginia with $800 and $75 a month salary, built a worldwide wildcatter career with partner Joe Trees. He emphasizes liberty and opportunity in America and his desire to prove the country remains a land of opportunity for hard workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Late Benedum
Mike Benedum
Benedum
Florida
Pennsylvania
Texas
West Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
Ohio
Kansas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Britain
Germany
America
United States
Benecum
Joe Trees
Camp headlines and draft tales from multiple camps
A collage from Camp Blanding Camp Wolters Camp Upton Camp Bowie and Camp Barkley recalls varied draft stories. Selectees mail postcards say they are enjoying time away while others face induction and funny misprints reveal odd physical descriptions in the draft records.
Flop to Fame: Willy Fung's Hollywood Break
Chinese actor Willy Fung rose from a failed peanut business to a 196th screen role after Jean Harlow, cast opposite Clark Gable in Red Dust, recommended him to director Victor Fleming. Fung recalls a six month job drought after 1929 and credits Harlow's kindness for his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Moore
Hollywood
Jean Harlow
Willy Fung
Fung
Universal
San Francisco
Miss Harlow
Clark Gable
Willy
Victor Fleming
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill
Betty Ae Eer
Sam Nolan
Naomi Stroud
Dixie Hedgecoke
J. N. Hudson
Barbara Boyce
Alice Mayne
Jane Norman
Pernie Wagner
Sue Kuykendall
T. P. Club
Maxine Hedgecoke
Virginia Hinerman
Dorothy Coan
Virginia Doty
Maxine Highs
Grace Galladay
Dorothy Wlendon
Alpha Delta Sorority
Theta Chi's
Pinky Tomlin
H. A. Dyer
Imagination
Robin Hood
Errol Flynn
Olivia de Havilland
Basil Rathbone
State Theatre
Nat
Hoytt Boles
Amarillo
Amarillo College
Love
Heigh Ho
Cynthia Lumpkin
Ralph Carroll
Gladys Goodnight
Rainbow Girls
Wendene Wilson
Warner Baxter
el Dorado
Globe Reporters
Mission Theatre
Martha Raye
Joe E. Brown
Herman Wright
Alice Arnold
Amarillo Theatres
Will Rogers
Anne Hirst
Goody Goody
You
Dixie
Adam
Nelue Ross
Square
England
Hell
Shakespeare
Blake
Wallace
Noah Beery
Constance
Joan Bennett
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Charlotte
Emily Bronte
Lee
Jacob J. Shubert
Voelkischer Beobachter
Paul Mallon
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Deweyerg
John Oliver Hobbes
II Timothy
Seneca
Moore
Dale Carnegie
United Press
Camp Blanding
Fla
Selective Service Board
Camp Wolters
Tex
Lewis M. Hverdos
Youngstown
Bridgeport
Camp Upton
N. Y
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Giants
Dodgers
Camp Bowie
Camp Barkeley
Thomas Sutton
Oklahoma
Tuetiee
Hneheas
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