Globe News Publishing Co. masthead notice Amarillo Texas
Founding date February 20 1924 and filing as second class matter at the Amarillo Texas post office. Published evenings except Saturdays and Sundays with The Amarillo Daily News on Sundays. The Globe News Publishing Co. lists Sixth and GENE HOWE as president and publisher John McCarty as assistant publisher Wesley Izard as editor in chief. Telephone numbers appear in department listings.
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Amarillo
Texas
Gene Howe
John McCarty
Wesley Izzard
Telephone
Help From The Handicapped Help From The Handicapped
The United States Employment Service placed 149,862 people in jobs this year, a 129.5 percent rise with some states showing over 1000 percent. Many are in skilled roles, proving the blind, deaf, and crippled can perform well. Their work provides earnings and self respect amid manpower shortages and may continue in postwar expansion.
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United States Employment Service
Expendable Books for Troops Overseas
A soldier wants books and the Army will distribute twenty million pocket size expendable volumes to overseas troops next year. Printed cheaply by the Council on Books in Wartime, these paper bound books can be lost without heavy cost. The piece notes a paper shortage yet argues for this use of existing supply. It then cites John Parris on Czech wartime conditions and industry flaws.
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Army
Council On Books
War plant as starting point of attack against William Green
The text identifies war plants as the initiating point for direct action against William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, noting a linkage between industrial sites and targeted pressure on labor leadership.
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William Green
A. F. of
Northern front in flux as Nazis plan withdrawals
Washington reports growing signs that Nazi forces may retreat from the northern front toward a Riga to Dniester line to blunt the Russian offensive aimed at Leningrad. Analysts note potential Finnish and Estonian pullbacks, with Riga as a northern anchor and Brest-Litovsk and the Dniester poised as a defensive rearward spine.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Finland
Estonia
Hitler
Riga
Sev Mallon Eral
Noval
Leningrad
Pripet
Gomel
Kiev
Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
Bug
Dniester
Odessa
Poland
Brest-Litvosk
Black Sea
Napoleon
Krivoi Rog
Riga- Dniester
Sally's First Aid Triumph Under Rainy Street Night
In a crowded street emergency Sally Scarecrow aids two badly injured men during a downpour. She secures a tourniquet, coordinates with a nurse, and helps summon an ambulance led by Peter, earning praise from him as she heads home soaked and exhausted.
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Sally
F Street
Peter
Miss Scarecrow
Penumonia
Sally’s Bold Turn at War Commission Home Front
Sally, newly hired at the War Commission, seeks warmth and privacy after a rough day. She drinks brandy to thaw chills, shares a bath, and reveals a tale of a swift career boost and romance, while roommates react with mix of admiration and gossip as the scene ends with “To be continued.”
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Rooming House
Sally
Potomac
Dippy
Frances
Meg
Quotes on Freedom and Bases Mentioned by Bricker and Chandler
Gov John W Bricker argues freedom in America ends if government acts as umpire and player and Sen A B Chandler contends Americans have spent 500 million dollars on global bases with only the right to abandon them after the war.
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America
John W. Bricker
Ohio
U.S
Sen
A. B. Chandler
Kentucky
Half of Us Favor Sales Tax Proposal
George Gallup reports public opinion favors a national sales tax over higher income taxes, with support for a progressive rate exempting necessities yet taxing luxuries. Polls show broad interest but no clear majority, varying by income, region, and urbanization, and noting regional differences in backing.
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Princeton
N. J
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Institute
England
West Central
New England
Pacific Coast
Ragged Ernie Calls On Eleanor At White House Tea
Ernie Pyle recounts a 5 o clock tea with Eleanor Roosevelt, wearing an old gray coat. He describes the informal, intimate setting, her warmth and sincerity, and their chat about postwar plans, journalism, and war stories.
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Ragged Ernie
Eleanor
Ernie Pyle Washington
Malvina Thompson
Mrs. Roosevelt
Lafayette Park
White House
President Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
Miss Thompson
Smoke and spruce battles reshape wartime odds and forests
American aviators in Sicily witnessed vast invasion fleets and heavy smoke screens created by chemical mortars. The piece details how smoke shields altered landings, the 4.2 inch chemical mortar, and the shift from the three-to-one casualty ratio to a near one-to-one balance in offensive action. It also covers Sitka spruce logging in Alaska, its vital role in aircraft production, and the journey of spruce rafts to Puget Sound, highlighting the wartime value and pricing of aircraft lumber.
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Mt. Etna
Sicilian
Chemical Warfare Service
Empire State Building
Sicily
Puzzles One Silent Screen Star and Wordplay Clues
A compact clue list presents a modern puzzled grid with across and down hints. Entries cover film, language, chemistry symbols, geography, and general vocabulary, inviting solvers to fill themed horizontal and vertical slots.
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Great Lake
South America
South Dakota
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John Steinbeck
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