Advertising Enlists For Service In War Time Economy
A defense driven editorial urges continued advertising as vital to distributing goods, notes price policy by the U.S. government, and urges skepticism of rumors. It cites Leon Henderson and adds commentary on rumored Russian bases near Alaska and payroll savings plans, ending with a reflection on wartime propaganda and a Berlin dispatch on Nazi invasion plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Leon Henderson
Price
OPM
Henderson
Hot Springs
Washington
America
Big Diomede Island
Alaska
Bernard R. Hubbard
Goering
Britain
Luftwaffe
RAF
Berlin
RDM WESTERD TODAY USED CAR CAUTION ADVICE
Digest warns used car rackets will rise in 1942 as new car output falls. Ward Gates outlines seven guarding rules from BBB checks and cash payments to guarantees. Also discusses defense mobilization and potential impact on civilian production and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Business Bureau
William S. Knudsen
OPM
Defense
Two Ocean Navy
Mr. Knudsen
Murder at Paradise Lake Looms Over Small Town
Maudie O’Connor discovers two dead bodies at Paradise Lake as police name gangster Stash Veretti the killer of Herbert Cord. Denny Flynn and Mary fret over a stalled Cord and Morris murder case while Maudie worries about Jeannie Morris and her maid Liza staying alone in the Morris house. The story follows local editor Ted Palmer and innkeeper Chris Gordon as suspicions swirl and a dream of Denny intensifies the looming danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quitt Paradise Lake
Herbert Cord
Margie Dixon
Jeannie Morris
Stash Veretti
Stern
Millie Morris
Jeannie
Maudie O'Connor
Mary
Dennis Flynn
Maudie
Ted Palmer
Chris Gordon
Miss Millie
Liza Helmes
Big Morris House
Denny
Morris
Maudete
Matdie
Finn McCool
Mouse in the Cottage and a Nervous Night
A frightened night unfolds as Maudie and the narrator discover an intruder in the cottage while McCool the cat proudly guards a dead mouse. Maudie suspects romance with Denny and urges the narrator to acknowledge feelings, while the house is searched and secured at dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maudie
Miss Millie
McCool
Denny
Yearend recap of 1940 headlines prompts quiz
Crackers looks back at twelve months of war news from late 1940. The column quizzes readers on events such as Mexico's presidential inauguration in December, a Greek occupation of an Albanian port, axis signings, Hitler's Berlin meeting with a Russian statesman, and Roosevelt's December cruise and possible destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mussolini
Axis
Hitler
Berlin
Roosevelt
U. S
Churchill
Caribbean
South America
Hawaii
Citizens submit ideas to improve Amarillo daily life
Readers offer suggestions to Your Ideas Editor at Globe-News. Mrs. G W Frazier asks bus drivers ensure passengers are seated before moving, especially the elderly. Mrs J L Martin proposes weed burning on vacant lots with safety cautions. Mrs J D Duke suggests an Amarillo street guide map for new and longtime residents. Mrs A C Coker Jr advocates household paper recycling to aid Boy Scouts, noting restrictions on cardboard boxes.
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Nassau
Duke of Windsor
Miami
Calgary
Canada
Wally
Cartier
J. L. Martin
North Jackson Street
Amarillo
J. D. Duke
Pierce Street
A. C. Coker
North West 13Th Avenue
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Compiegne Forest
Compiegne
Soviet Union
Reichstag
England
Bremen
Hamburg
Kiel
Denmark
Norway
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Scotland
Brest
Ireland
Boulogne
Calais
New York
United Features Syndicate, Inc
Nazi Germany
Westerd
Frank W. Brock
Ward Gates
the Magazine of Wall Street
Donald Nelson
SPAB
Sheilah Graham
Nana
The
Kansas City Star
Rodney L. Brinkln
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Oregon
Dad
Johnny
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Maude
Marguerite Gahagan
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