Glamour Girl Contest Rehearsal Tonight in Amarillo
The city prepares for Amarillo's No 1 Glamour Girl of 1941 contest with a rehearsal tonight at the Paramount Theater. Contestants will model in evening gowns and Catalina bathing suits, followed by a Dixie Dice stage show and a second appearance in swanky suits. Prizes include cash and Blackburn Bros. outfits, plus a one month Paramount pass and a Catalina swimsuit prize. Many local families and residents are named among contestants and guests.
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Amarillo
Paramount Theater
Dixie Dice
Blackburn Bros
Seennd Nrizea Ie «Eavan
Paramount
Catalina
No Mater
Berlin Light Touches Berlin Notes From the Blackouts
A wartime column recalls Berlin during blackouts with Americans speaking French to avoid attention and Germans puzzled by English. It notes Jewish life, a Nazi era journalist’s encounter with an American, radio propaganda, police listening posts, and Goering and Hitler's changing public images.
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Berlin
Breslau
Notable sports crossovers of midcentury stars
Highlights list prominent athletes across boxing baseball golf tennis yachting football swimming and basketball, naming Lou Nova and Lou Geh in boxing and baseball, Bobby Jones golf, Bobby Riggs tennis, Tom Harmon football, Eleanor Holm swimming, Eleanor Tennant tennis, Hank Luisetti basketball and Hank Greenberg baseball.
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Lou Nova
Lou Geh
Bobby Jones
Bobby Riggs
Sir Thomas Lipton
Tom Harmon
Eleanor Holm
Eleanor Tennant
Hank Luisetti
Hank Greenberg
Best labeled product of the past twenty years
Paul V. McNutt warns at a druggists meeting that a highly poisonous product remained on the market despite being unrecognized as such until neighbors died. John Winant cautions that prudent naval use could determine the fate of free peoples.
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Paul V. McNutt
John Winant
U. S
Britain
Roosevelt Plans Expanded Sea Defense Against Submarines
The article reports on President Roosevelt consulting Congress members who hint at a broader plan beyond convoying to clear seas of submarines and raiders. It notes Hull and Berle outlining threats from Germany, including currency disruption, trade manipulation, and potential need for heavy taxes to subsidize cotton exports while facing unemployment.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Roosevelt
Hull
Bru
Atlantic
Dakar
Adolf Berle
Berle
Fort Knox
Germany
Hitler
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Messrs
Henderson
Eccles
John L. Sullivan
Jim Farley
Coca-Cola
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company
Major Barbara filmed in wartime Britain production tale
Gabriel Pascal recalls filming Major Barbara in England under war conditions. Bombs fell near Denham Studios. alarms sent crews to shelter, later rehearsals took place underground. He borrowed military cast, faced transport and ar ress challenges, and even offered to serve in Tree’s place to resolve delays.
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Charles R. Moore
Hollywood
London
Gabriel Pascal
United States
Major Barbara
England
Barbara
George Bernard Shaw
Dunkirk
Pascal
Denham Studios
David Tree
War Ministry
Tree
TODAY'S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CLUES
Puzzle clues list with numerous errors including misspellings and broken words. The text includes horizontal and vertical word prompts such as Scansorial bird, Since, Loud, Mistake, Being, Ejects, Roof finial, Court abb, To strew, Bone, Intention, Vituperati, To fish, Meat, Totemic, Tapestry, Onager, Glide, Start, Air toys, Ell, Unit, Right at, Advertisement, One who overlooks, feathers aid it in resting, Bustle, Sea eagle, Thither, Hair ornament, wood for insects, Oily substances, Female horse, Bellows, Writing table, Platform, Co-operate, Folds, Narrow way, Weaver's reed, War, Laid away, Breakfast, Frozen dessert, Narrow strip, Flightless bird, Roll of film, Perish, Lock prospect, Line, Cuckoo, Street, France, Railroad.
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France
Young Americans Enlist For France Amid War Reflections
Dorothy Thompson recalls members of the British American Ambulance Corps who sailed on the S S Manhattan a year ago and later rejoined in Paris. They are well educated, skeptical of democracy, opposed to Nazi extremism, yet willing to risk their lives to aid the French. Some earned Croix de Guerre. others saved, later regrouped with the British.
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Dorothy Thompson
S. S. Manhattan
France
Zamzam
Michael Kirchwey Clark
Evans Clark
Freda Kirchwey
The
Nation
Manhattan
Charles A. McCarthy
Charles Langdon Harriss
John W. Ryan
Francis Vicovari
George O. Tichenor
George C. Finneran
Philip N. Faversham
America
Germany
White Committee
Paris
Vichy
Suez
Panama Canal
Back Home With Ernie Pyle From El Paso To Los Angeles
Ernie Pyle recounts a cross desert drive from El Paso to Los Angeles in a new convertible. He notes higher speeds, sandstorm damage to the car, and insurance concerns. The visit includes a stop at Arrowhead Lodge in Flagstaff and a humorous aside about a wooden bench made in Indiana.
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Ernie Pyle
Los Angeles
Fl Paso
Pacific Shores
New Mexico
California
Sandyland
Holbrook
Winslow
Flagstaff
Ariz
Arrowhead Lodge
Angin
Martinsville
Indiana
Manners Quiz: Correct Social Usage Rules
Refused invitations should not include multiple excuses. A young man should not give lingerie as a gift. Do not hold a woman's arm while walking. Say good morning to colleagues to avoid appearing unfriendly.
Poland releases new stamp with Hartmann Schedel woodcut
A pictorial stamp arrives this week from Poland featuring a Hartmann Schedel woodcut. The explanation notes an April 20 1941 East mail issue of a 10 zloty stamp as a supplement to the building series. United States stamps were sold at Red Cross auctions in London per the Philatelic Journal, including an 1858 cover to Victoria Queen, a rare inverted 30 cent stamp, and a 1940 President Roosevelt cover. Margaret Kernodle.
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Poland
Hartmann Schedel
East
United States
Red Cross
King Street
London
Philatelic Journal of
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Man Overcomes Disability to Found Bureau Mail Service
John P. Golden of New York City, paralyzed in infancy, starts a mail service employing handicapped workers. At 285 Schermerhorn Street Brooklyn the Bureau Mail Service operates with 125 employees, handling 140000 pieces of mail daily and even sending fifteen tons of mail for one company last Christmas. The venture proves able and inspiring to others facing hardship.
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John P. Golden
New York City
Mr. Golden
Brooklyn
Bureau Mai Service
Schermerhorn Street
New York
Buried Culture by Jack Stinnett
Washington diary notes Library of Congress plans to bury vast treasures for safety in war. Arch ibald MacLeish coordinates storage of 6 000 000 books 1 500 000 maps and more. Volunteers log over 10 000 hours to catalog priceless items for a bombproof stash.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Kentucky
U.S. A
Kansas
Archibald MacLeish
Library of Congress
MacLeish
Jerrold Orne
Lincoln
George Washington
Jefferson
Pennell
Beethoven
Brahms Wagner
Payne
Key
Nevin
David Lynn
Capitol Archi
Lynn
Congress
Chuckles In Camp and the Dentist Chair Prank
Humorous Army anecdotes recount a 200 pound private fainting in a dentist chair at Camp Shelby Mississippi after four visits. At Camp Stewart Georgia Major General William H. Wilson recalls disguising in dungarees under a car, joking with a soldier about long service and rank.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Camp Stewart
William H. Wilson
Census shows ink usage by U.S. printing industry
Census Bureau reports indicate the American printing and lithographing industry uses about 250 million pounds of inks annually, with factory values exceeding 43 million dollars. The figures reflect ink consumption and economic scale across the sector.
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America
Census Bureau
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Marie Franks
Betty Younger
Janie Edwards
Earlene Short
Helen Gill
Mary Evelyn Gould
Norma Curtis
Lera Bell DeFries
Dorothy Ann Adams
Mary Beth McClung
Dean Wright
Betty Blake
Peggy Dee
Geneva Hollingsworth
Virginia Howell
Ellen Lois Cayton
Mona Kruger
Verna May Shank
Mary Stanley
Irene Miller
Mary Lewis
Sharleen Barker
Mary Stack
Mary Lucille Dowie
Mary Jo Griffin
Fain Matthews
Catherine Manning
Betty Sue Murphy
Bonnie
Waddill
Mary Louise Shaw
Betty Taylor
Mary Traegar
Southwest
Newsweek Magazine
Howard Hughes
Louis G. Bradley
Ted Joe Doss
Dean Everest
Joe Desmond
By Jean Graffis
Unter den Linden
Friedrichstrasse
Europe
Judisches Nachrichtenblatt
Goering
der Fuehrer
Republic of France
Charlie McCarthy
Italy
Bell
el Paso
Ft. Bliss
Margaret Kernodle
Dale Carnegia
Bus Tope
Alexandria
National
Mellon) Gallery of Art
Library
Army
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