Fur Back Bags and OPA Prices Stir Society
In a 1924 Amarillo Chronicle sketch the OPA sets fur ceilings from mink to the bizarre squirrel backsac with a $195 price, prompting satire on governing standards. The column notes odds and ends of fur pricing, mocks exemptions, and hints at public reaction to wartime controls.
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Amarillo
Texas
Ird
Glnbe-News Publishing Co
Sixth
Fillmore
OPA
Stalin's speech contrasts U.S. and Soviet democracy
In a Washington analysis, Stalin's victory address is parsed to show his claim for collectivism as the basis of both peace and war. The piece argues that Western freedom means individual liberty and capitalism, while Stalin equates freedom with socialist collective systems and single-party rule.
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Russia
Europe
Stalin
Moscow
United States
Reich
Britain
China
Sally Thayer Promoted to Key War Project Assistant
Sally Thayer is offered a challenging new role by Mr. Chase as Langhorne the construction engineer arrives to streamline the synthetic rubber program. She will run the office in his absence and manage relations with officials, with potential travel and higher pay.
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Sally
Miss Lyons
Temporary U
Mr. Chase
The
War Commission
Mr. Farnsworth
Miss Loyons
Washington
Nelson
Langhorne
New York
Mr. Langhorne
Algiers
de Gaulle
Giraud
Churchill
General de Gaulle
General Giraud
France
Resistance
Nobody Wants to Go Back to War
Ernie Pile writes about the reluctance to return to combat after eight weeks home. He recalls fellow veterans who would not rejoin actual fighting, the guilt of comfortable life, and the sense war feels distant for civilians. He notes questions from home, general uncertainty, and the feeling war remains an abstract threat.
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Ernie Pile
Seventh Army
Why German Strategy Fights On In Face Of Defeat
Analysis argues German high command fights to save troops, fearing Maoist surrender and Allied retaliation. It links air power, rear guard actions, and Moscow talks to future Western Europe order, urging Allied governance of liberated states and a unified French leadership to secure western Europe’s settlement.
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Russia
Italy
Germany
Poland
Balkans
France
Norway
Low Countries
Reich
England
Kiev
Naples
Europe
Britain
United States
Western
Moscow
Central
Hitler Stuns With Talks as Front Cracks Amid Retreats
DeWitt MacKenzie reports that Hitler claims guidance for a doomed people as two Russian front developments reshape the war. The Red advance cuts the front near Zhitomir, while Germany cites a half million Russians breaking the Dnieper bend trap, signaling possible German retreat.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Munich
Zhitomir
Hitler
Dnieper-bend
Berlin
Radio Programs Schedule and NBC Lineup Across the Day
A detailed listing of radio broadcasts for KGN and NBC affiliates, outlining daytime and evening programs. Notable blocks include News of the World NBC at 6:15, Cavalcade of America at 7:00, Truthful serials like The Guiding Light, and various orchestras and dramas through late night signs off.
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KGN
News of the World
NBC
H. V. Kaltenborn
Cavalcade of America
Voice of Firestone
Treasury Star Parade
Alvino Rey
Richard Harkness
The
Tropics
Sky Pilot
Farm
Rise 'N Shine
the Trading Post
Islanders
Furniture
Harry Brewer
Victory
Vincent Lopez
Lora Lawton
Ali
Ee Theater of the Air
Road To Life
al & Lee Reiser
David Harum
Air
Texas School of the Air
TQN
Frances and
Eddie
Russ Morgan
Battle of Wits
Winstop Duzzit
Guiding Light
Light of the World
Woman of America
Ma Perkins
Pepper Young
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Young Widder Brown
Fulton Lewis, Jr
MBS
Ham Hamilton
Amarillo
Johnson
Radiovell
Blue
Otene Machines
TSN
George Duffy
del Rio Club
Chez Paree Orch
Edgewater Beach Hotel Orchestra
Wat Journal
Central Baptist Church
Sardi's
Boake Carter
Carol Lou Sutton
Il Aati Farm
Home Hour
Cedric Poster
Morton Downey
New York Herald Forum
Dick Tracy
Hop Harrigan
Jack Armstrong
Superman
Puzzler Answers and Clues From Today's Grid
A compact listing of horizontal and vertical clues with numbered positions, including names like Frances and Bob, and references to phrases and abbreviations. The puzzle spans multiple word lengths and includes cross references for a full solution.
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Gene Howf
John McCarty
Wesley Izzard
Telephone
Paul Mallon
Lydia Gray Shaw
War Department
Walter Lippmann
Nazi Party
Lippman
United Nations
Mr. Churchill
RADIO
Portia
Life
Bill
Farrell
Coffee Grinders
Paul Baron
Box K. Ranchers
Alt
Lote Or
Grn St
Cass T
Allied Lines of Insurance
Singer
Frances
Rhode Island
Bob
North