Glamour Girl Contest Details From Amarillo Bulletin
A local feature outlines a Glamour Girl of 1941 contest with Kathleen Hayden named as a candidate. It notes past Amarillo contest winners and opportunities for more nominations, urging participation and announcing future prizes and photo exposure for studios in Hollywood.
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Fort Worth
Mary Jo Griffin
Ruth Cornell
Nick Carter
Paramount
Hollywood
Amarillo
Paraguay's Franco Again Plots Return To Power
United Press profile recalls Col Rafael Franco, former Paraguay dictator and rebel, exiled in Uruguay after revolts against Eusebio Ayala and Paiva. It notes his protective arrest in Montevideo and small soap factory livelihood, his Chaco War fame, and failed 1937 coup attempts.
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United Press
Rafael Franco
Paraguay
Chaco
Olivia
Higinio Morinizgo
Franco
Uruguay
Eusebio Ayala
Ayala
Jose Felix Estigambia
National Revolutionary Party
Col
Ramon Paredes
Felix Paiva
Buenos Aires
Paiva
Monte Casseros
Argentina
Ater
Tficer
Asuncion
Blood Sweat and Tears Churchill collection reviewed
A literary appraisal praises Winston S. Churchill’s speeches in Blood Sweat and Tears. The volume, compiled by Randolph Churchill, spans May 1938 to February 1941 and argues Churchill’s insight and steadfast resolve shaped modern Britain. The review highlights the closing declaration that Britain will endure and finish the job with the tools provided.
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John Selby
Winston S. Churchill
Putnam
Church Ul
Nazi Germany
St. Louis
Churchill
England
Randolph
Britain
Ireland
Cassandra
Former champion pugilist puzzled by crossword clues
A daily crossword puzzle presents horizontal clues such as former champion pugilist nine Maple shrub twelve storms thirteen dewy and more. The vertical list includes corrode two racks of necks four shrub yielding ipecac five to spread six plural pronoun seven to name to office eight year nine god of war ten Indian boat eleven ignores fourteen alleged for fifteen he is now athletic in the U S Navy sixteen pressing tools seventeen trivial nineteen he was also formerly a US twenty one three twenty two capuchin monkey twenty five conical vessel twenty six let droop twenty nine smoke thirty born thirty two plural thirty five advertisement thirty seven for each thirty eight peasants thirty nine observed forty two a dolly tool forty three to convey forty five jar forty seven toilet box forty nine Bulgarian coin fifty two mine fifty four neuter
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U. S. Navy
U.S
Hess Flight Shakes Nazi Power and Morale in Germany
Dorothy Thompson weighs the Hess episode, noting Hess as Hitler’s shadow leader and the Nazi movement’s face to youth. The flight raises questions for the army, Goering’s leverage, and the party’s future while hinting at a broader shift in wartime German politics and morale.
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Dorothy Thompson
Hess
Mr. Hess
Scotland
Germany
Hitler
Nazi Party
Rudolf Hess
Hindenburg
Russia
Stalin
Peter
God the Father
Goebbels
Goering
Goebbel
Baldur von Schirach
Britain
England
Admiral Darlan
United States
Lord Beaverbrook
Churchill
Roosevelt
Lindbergh
Ludendorff
Roosevelt warns of Nazi trade threat in world economy
The Capital notes limited public heed to Roosevelt warnings on Nazi bartering impact on foreign trade. It cites Berle and Jones moving toward realism, discusses aluminum priorities for defense and contractor subcontracting rules amid defense shortages and industry missteps.
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Messrs
Roosevelt
Berle
Jones
OPM
Manners Quiz on Social Etiquette Poses Five Questions
A historical etiquette quiz asks if mentioning cost is polite when not bragging, whether hosts should make guests feel welcome, if anonymous letters show breeding, whether repeating gossip is acceptable, and if telling a ill person how bad they look is tactful. The recommended response favors politeness and direct sympathy, with best solution to a brief illness remark being to say you are sorry.
BACK HOME With ERNIE PYLE FY Bliss Cavalry Pride
Ernie Pyle describes the Fifth Cavalry at Fort Bliss a venerable 1855 unit with a storied Civil War record. He marvels at modern mechanized tactics, the rapid setup of guns, and the impressive First Cavalry Division review, noting riders who had never mounted a horse before and the regiment’s disciplined parade.
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Fifth Cavalry
Louisville
Robert EB. Lee
Alexandria
Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
Appomattox
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Hawaii
Villa
Mexico
America
Ft. Bliss
First Cavalry
Swift
John K. Herr
Washington
Cleveland
Old Fifth Cavalry
Sky Ride for a Hidden Substance in Arizona
Carolyn coerces Bob aboard a plane and transfers his precious substance out to the ship. The pilot obeys as cabin and engines roar. Bob resists but Carolyn orders him to sit, insisting the flight toward Arizona is already underway.
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Bob
Carolyn
Arizona
Put your personality into your letters says Dale Carnegie
The piece recounts Fred Allen gift of a damaged typewriter and his shift to lowercase letters, plus examples from Homer Croy Lowell Thomas Hendrik van Loon and Cecil Rhodes. It urges writers to inject personality into letters and avoid copying others, noting distinct signing styles and signatures as trademarks.
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Fred Allen
Fred
Homer Croy
Croy
Hitler
Cecil Rhodes
South Africa
Rhodes
Congress Noesebag restaurant bill passes quietly
The House debated a $15,000 appropriation to create a Capitol Hill restaurant in the House office building. Members and guests clarified incidents of taxpayer usage, billing, meals for guests, and tax allowances, with no free meals or phones for members. The measure passed with little opposition.
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Jack Stinnett
House of Representatives
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Capitol House
House
Capitol
McCormack
War Department
Interior
Earl C. Michener
Michigan
Michener
Mr. Michener
White House
August H. Anderson
Minnesota
Congress
James F. O'Connor
Montana
Washington
Mr. O'Connor
District of Columbia
You
Census Figures Show Large U S Economic Scale
The census highlights show vast U S factory power capacity exceeding 51 million horse power and 184000 factories. It notes a New England scale population, diverse Alaska races, soybean dominance in five midwest states, and rising per worker production value from 3000 in 1914 to 7200 in 1940.
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U.S
U. S
New England
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Ohio
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Clowe and Cowan
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Globe News
Motion Picture Studios
Casa Manana
Port Worth
Orlena Farmer
Spearman
Uncle Sam
Nats Guard
NAVY
Atte
Ucraennd
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Jesse Jones
W. L. Batt
Office of Production Management
Army
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Congressional Committee
Ernie Pyle
Dale Carnegie
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