Goin Places and Headlines From Amarillo and Beyond
A collage of town notes and entertainment updates from Amarillo and nearby areas. Highlights include college sports results with Texas University topping Baylor, social events at the Amarillo Hotel and Nat, theater previews at the Paramount and State venues, engagements and marriages, a bridge of headlines about war and politics, and local civic notices. The report weaves sport scores, society happenings, and industry previews into a single snapshot of a busy period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas A. & M.S. M. U
Theta Chi Theta Fraternity
Horace Watkins
Dorothy Coan
Harlan Willis
Ida Lou Nisbett
Gene
Louise Fleming
Bill Blanks
Marie Jenkins
Red Cross
Sue McAdoo
Sam Ruthledge
Pat McClarney
Amarillo
University Fraternity Club
Ture
Sue Corn
Nat
TKO
Foster Watkins
West Texas State
New Mexico Military Institute
Rosalie Cousins
Rose
Delta Sigma Pi
University of Oklahoma
Sigma Alpha Delta
Biz Ad
Kappa Delta Chi
Sigma Iota Chi
Amarillo Council
Fred MacMurray
Ray Milland
Andy Devine
Paramount
Louise Reed
Gene Fleming
Agnes Rose Larson
Ruth Weaver
Frances Farwell
Kappa Tau Beta Sorority
Shirley Temple
Jimmy Joy
Louise Hertner
George Bates
Buck Dunaway
Borger
Charleen Mead
Amarillo High School
Queen Mary Stack
Betty Taylor
Betty Caldwell
Betty Aldrich
Jessamine Grimes
Jane Parris
Mary Klingensmith
Martha Teas
Dorothy Jo Smith
Aerial Power and War Strategies From RAF to Ford
Major Al Williams analyzes aerial warfare and the Red Air Force’s role in delaying Nazi advances into Russia. He notes mass production shifts from forging to castings, improvements by Ford on mold technology, and predicts car industry methods will yield cheaper aircraft parts. He also discusses Blitzkrieg evolution and the need for coordinated dive bombers and tanks to blunt advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Russia
Red
Sovietland
Henry Ford
America
Detroit
France
Gallup Poll Slap at British War Effort
British Institute polls show less than one third of Britons feel Britain seized full opportunities from the German attack on Russia and satisfaction with the war conduct has declined since summer. Churchill remains highly popular though, and aid to Russia judgment shifted in recent weeks. California neutrality debate quote ends text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Russia
British Institute of Public Opinion
Winston Churchill
British Institute
Gallup
Churchill
Manners Quiz on Hunting Safety and Etiquette
The piece presents a Q and A on hunting conduct with five questions about side by side walking, gun handling, shooting through brush, respecting quotas, and a two-person fence crossing solution. It includes a quoted endorsement by William F. O Dwyer about accepting a political verdict.
TODAY S PUZZLER WORD CROSS CLUES AND ANSWERS
A grayscale puzzle page presents a horizontal and vertical clue list with numbered items. Clues cover military ranks greetings metals states letters insects minerals and common words guiding solver to fill a crossword grid. The puzzle combines history general knowledge and vocabulary in a typical newspaper teaser.
Word contest on warpax neutrabelligerency in wartime stance
Henry McLemore urges Americans to coin a word describing the United States Germany relation and the unclear status of war. He notes the sinking of the Reuben James and Kearny, argues for clarity from Washington, and asks whether the nation is at war, at peace, or in a strange middle ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Reuben James
Kearney
Reuben
Atlantic
Earth
United States
Washington
England
Russia
Japan
Washington Off the Record by Lucrece Hudgins Up
Captain Herbert Marcy heads the White House police and favors diplomacy over force. The 60 officers from the Metropolitan and Park Police are well trained, loyal, and uniformed. they boast a top pistol team and years of service under several presidents. The force keeps a kitchenette in the West Wing basement and enjoys coffee with condensed milk during shifts. Marcy, who loves policing and hunting, aims to maintain cordial, restrained security at the executive mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Raft
Paramount Studios
Lubbock
Sigma Delta Chi Sorority
Amarillo College
Sigma Iota Chi
Beta Omicron
Sue McAdoo
Louise Johnson
Gretchen May
Ann Lee
Margaret Clutter
Roberne Wilson
Geraldine May
Yolande Williams
Mary Elizabeth Royalty
Bonnie Fay Bennett
Hatti
Theta Chi Theta Fraternity
Ann Sothern
Francis Lederer
Mission
C. O. A. Club
Lucrece Hudgins
Washington
Herbert Marcy
White House
Metropolitan
U. S. Park
North America
Coolidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
Marcy
Roosevelts
Eng
Waite
Marey
Mareyv
Howell Crim
Secret Service
Connally
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hitler Molotov Confer in Berlin for Two and a Half Hours
A year ago United Press reported Adolf Hitler and Soviet Premier V M Molotov had a two and a half hour conference in Berlin. Greek forces besieging Koritza repelled an Italian counter offensive routing a division. The British liner Queen Elizabeth sailed from New York under sealed orders. The British admiralty said nine ships were lost in a convoy attack by German raiders, and the cruiser Jervis Bay went down after heroic action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitler
V. M. Molotov
Berlin
Koritza
New York
Jervis Bay
Roosevelt hints at longer work week to boost defense
The piece discusses President Roosevelt and defense officials quietly planning longer hours and revised contracts to double production. It notes domestic 40 to 44 hour weeks versus 70 in Britain and 60 in Germany, and weighs political pressure, taxation debates linked to inflation, and strategic war outlook including possible campaigns and leadership changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
Germany
Answers to Crackers Editorial Page Codes
The page lists name meaning mappings for a set of entries. Each line pairs a letter or number with a name and its definition such as Eric brave Claude proud Frank free Wilbur wild boar Albert all bright Edward guardian Arthur noble William defense Harold champion Andrew manly and is presented as a quiz answer key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric
Claude
G. Frank
Wilbur
Albert
All Bright
Edward
Guardian
Arthur
Noble
William
Harold
Andrew
Manly
Ambitious Texas couple pursues college despite odds
In Dickens County Texas Ward Griffin and his wife, starting with $126 after marriage in January 1938, combine work and study to attend Texas Wesleyan College. He cooks hot dogs while she cleans, they graduate with honors after 30 years in college, and Griffin becomes pastor at Peacock Methodist Church. A story of perseverance and purposeful ambition.
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Blager
Dickens County
Texas
Epworth League
Mareried
Ward Griffin
Ward
Fort Worth
Texas Wesleyan College
Carol Marie Griffin
Mr. Griffin
Methodist Church
Peacock
Net Tightened By Jack Stinnett Roosevelt Security
The U S Secret Service tightens protection around President Roosevelt by fingerprinting all hotel and banquet staff at major events. Col Edmund W Starling leads the effort while revealing few details to the press. The program targets possible subversives and reflects heightened wartime security around Washington and Hyde Park getaways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stinnett
U.S
Secret Service
Roosevelt
America
Mayflower Hotel
Edmund W. Starling
White House
Hyde Park
Secret
The New Hope and Growing Up With America reviewed in fiction notes
Joseph C. and Freeman Lincoln recount The New Hope a Cape Cod War of 1812 tale of blockade runners murder arson and treason. May Lamberton Becker praises Growing Up With America a Stokes anthology pairing excerpts by Longfellow Alcott Whitman Twain and others to teach America’s past to children. Irving Fineman’s Jacob retells the biblical tale in autobiographical first person blending poetic prose with modern vividness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumet
Cape Cod
Joseph C
Freeman Lincoln
New Hope
Coward McCann
May Lamberton Becker
America
Stokes
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Louisa M. Alcott
Walt Whitman
Mark Twain
Eugene Field
James Otis
Hamlin Garland
Irving Fineman
Jacob
Random House
Esau
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Col. Dorenfield
Chamberlain
Congress
RAF
Midnight Rose
Black Mask
Sharleen Barker
Pete Layden
Longhorns
Texas University
Baylor Bears
Katie Heket
Frank Morris
Fain Matthews
Alice Wyckoff
Tyrone Power
Linda Darnell
County
RFC
Canyon
Lambeth Walk
Madrid
Italy
Pacific Coast
Heaven
South Sea Island
Hollywood
Deep South
New Orleans
Memphis
Bing Crosby
Mary Martin
Brian Donlevy
Paramount Studio
Paramount Theater
By George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Crete
California
Hiram Johnson
Sheridan Downey
Senate
Teres
William F. O'Dwyer
New York City
U.S. Second Army
Arabia
Guido
Taj Mahal
The
Cain
More McLemore
Henry McLemore
Etiouey
Meg
Lpupuc Jgrary
United Press
Paul Mallon
Dakar
Spain
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Mr. Morgenthau
Treasury
Stalin
Litvinoff
League of Nations
Geneva
Moscow
Langer
Dale Carnegie
National Press Club
Willard
British Purchasing Commission
Press Club
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