Weather and town life blur in Amarillo notes and rumors
A column mixes weather outlook for a Plains region with local anecdotes. It mentions wind easing into showers, a missing $165 found at a Grand Silver Store, reward offered, tales of a Panhandle beauty shop encounter in New York, rat concerns, progress of Amarillo residents, a telephone exchange miscue, job ads at a Girl Scout camp, and assorted short vignettes about fashion, nursing pay, postwar planes, and daily curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
New York
West Texas
New York City
Dear Tack Help Wanted and Pet Find Notices
Dear Tack letters offer part time housework work on a farm or at a motherless home and indicate a widow seeks wage earning care for her baby. Also a lost puppy mixed breed named Fella is sought and a mother cat with four kittens is offered for adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Scotty
Jimmie Dain
Bowie Street
Missourian Bemoans Texas Talk Across States
Reader Richard E. Burks writes from Amarillo about Texans bragging of Texas while abroad, noting Missouri roots and a desire for mutual respect. He praises both states and hopes to visit more of Texas after the war, urging friends to love Texas and Missouri alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Jack Johnson
Missouri
Johnson
Texas
Eve
Amarillo
Panhandle
Arkansas
Hollywood gossip fuels rumors and contract moves
May 23 in Hollywood reports name Paramount’s Bill Edwards a Sterling Hayden look alike taking Betty Hutton through love lessons. Westbrook Pegler hints at a second front against Chaplin while Claire Trevor’s The Gunmaster singing voice draws praise similar to Marlene Dietrich. Marguerite Chapman and William Lundigan are photographed together as Anna Lee heads Texas bound for an honorary ranger title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Paramount
Bill Edwards
Sterling Hayden
Betty Hutton
Westbrook Pegler
Charlie Chaplin
Claire Trevor
Marlene Dietrich
al Jolson
Columbia
Acting Guilds
Marguerite Chapman
William Lundigan
Montana
Veronica Lake
Claire James
Hubby
Busby Berkeley
Anna Lee
Mushy Callahan
Warner Brothers
Animal Kingdom
Arturo de Cordova
Mexico City
Lupe Velez
Household help sought in San Jacinto area
Middle aged woman desired for housework and ironing two to three hours per session on Monday and Friday afternoons. Local candidate preferred. A READER, Call 2-5179.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
San Jacinto
Stars' marriages spark debate on age roles and duty
The piece argues top actresses may influence wife tenure by aging norms and notes servicemen desire families nearby, while praising wives who follow husbands. It questions why younger spouses seek military-adjacent lives and warns of social prejudice against actors entering service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pickford
Norma Shearer
Rosalind Russell
Joan Crawford
Ginger Rogers
Barbara Stanwyck
Annabella
Madeleine Carroll
Greer Garson
Fanny Brice
Eleanor Powell
Maine
California
Armed Services
Doctor Shudde reports Pacific duty and fishing triumph
Dr Shudde writes from the South Pacific with Marine and Navy notes. He mentions promotion to Commander in the Medical Corps and wearing Lieutenant Colonel insignia in the Marines. He recalls a 10 day leave spent fishing Rainbow Trout, landing three sizeable fish on a Colorado fly rod. He signs Comdr W J Shudde with unit details in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Amarillo
Edw
Broome
George McGrath
Otis Williams
Pacific
Medical Corps
Navy
Colorado
DR. Shudde
Mission to Moscow sparks big box office despite mixed reviews
Critics split over the film’s propaganda value yet public interest remains high. The Warner brothers reap profits amid heated debate as audiences flood theaters to learn what the movie is about.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanent
Moscow
Licity
John
Warner
Allah
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Grand Silver
Flora Rankin
Dave Blaker
Smith
Bill
Mr. Smith
Bill Smith
William Smith
Old Tack
Girl Scout
Fred J. Foster
Bobby Hudgins
Jefferson Street
Bobby
Darling
Beverly Hills
Calif
United States Navy
Hitler
Keml
Germany
United States
Bartlett
Enoch Bartlett
Boston
The
Columbus (O.) Dispatch
Actors’ Union
Equity
Time Magazine
William Hurschell Pritchett, Jr
William H. Pritchett
North East Seventh Avenue
G. A. McNabb
Hereford
Washington St
Reat
Birdell Jackson
Mae Gilman
Fast 10Th Ave
Cabin 7
Cat and Kittens
Jimmie Fidler
J. H. McCabe
Ww. J
Ida Lupino
Miss Lupino
Bette Davis
Ann Sothern
Robert Sterling
DR. J. J. Freid
Zale
Bert
Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc
South Pacific
Southwest Pacific
W. J. Shudde
Wea. Bn
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Ant
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
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