Amarillo’s Carlton Scales expands Aviatrix Orchestra
The Aviatrix Club grows Carlton Scales’ band from six to twelve with Joyce Mace as standout vocalist. Read brief bios of each musician, noting their origins, roles, and family details as the ensemble gains steam in Amarillo.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Carlton Scales
Aviatrix Club
Joyce Mace
Joyce
Carlton
Aviatrix
Vsriton Nas
Mueller
Miller
Harry Jones
Dick Coy
Lloyd Snyder
Buddy Rogers
Roseland
Texas Defense Guard
Brbs Alexander
Bres
Baton Rouge
Linda Darnell
G. C. Alexander
Rip McCalpin
Jackson
Kenny Baker
Burton Morris
Griff Williams
Rip
U.S. Army
Charles Houchen
Chuck
Grand Island, Nebraska
Fort Worth
K. Carter
Lubbock
Ned Bradley
Texas Tech
Dick Barrie
Blue Steele
Henry Santra
Buddy Fisher
Charles Renard
Robert Haynes
Navy Reserve
Robert Gibson
Tolzien’s
Les Rowland
Nat
Freddie Dean
Tex Benke
Glenn Miller
Freddie
Clyde Hurley
Tommy Dorsey
AL Norton
University of Missouri
Eddie Gibbons
Bright
Kansas City
Greer Garson
Texas
Alice Mayne
Amarillo College
Alice
Home Companion
Miss Garson
Jack V. Buster
Diebla Heights
Panama Canal Zone
West Twelfth Avenue
Buster
Army Air Forces Technical School
Busters
Mary Voline
Jerry
Set. W. R. Livingston
Sheldon D., Riggs
Sheppard Field
Ray Austin
Talmage Place
Mr. Austin
Leadership and the British American War Effort
Lipmann argues British critics fault Churchill for overreliance on one man and warn that vital questions of empire commonwealth and Europe remain underaddressed. He notes Washington mirrors this bottleneck under Roosevelt and urges institutional decision making to avoid future neglect of key policies.
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New York
United States
Walter Lippmann
London
Mr. Churchill
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Churchill
Lippmann
Britain
Dunkerque
Commonwealth
Europe
Roosevelt
Virginia Sale and the Essay from Dale Carnegie’s Life Lesson
A high school senior Virginia Sale faced defeat after voting against a popular teacher in a school contest. Influenced by her father Dr F O Bale she learned to convert failure into opportunity writing The School Ma'am and later finding success in vaudeville and Hollywood acting while portraying Martha in Those We Love.
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Dale Carnegie
Virginia Sale
Virginia
Ida
Carnegie
Chic Sale
Miss Andrews
F. O. Bale
Urbana
Hollywood
Martha
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Germans unleash massive pincers toward Moscow fronts
London reports a German push from northern and central fronts with heavy artillery and large air fleets. The operation, described as gigantic in scope, echoes Hitler's Oct. 2 speech.
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United Press
London
Moscow
Hitler
Puzzles from Today Horizontal and Vertical Grid
A reader friendly list of crossword style clues includes horizontal entries like Pictured U S diplomat and Proportion and vertical clues such as Put on pap i and Electrified particle. The page mixes various shorthand hints with scattered partial answers and a final note referencing a previous puzzle.
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U.S
Russia
Lord Abbr
Quotations on Courage Faith and Worship
A compilation of religious sayings and verses including Cicero on courage and faith, Hannah’s prayer from Samuel praising salvation, Madame de Stael urging happiness through piety, and Chronicles urging worship and offerings in holiness.
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Cicero
Hannah
Samuel
Madame de Stael
Willkie in Moscow urges aid for hungry through peace
Wendell Willkie declares in Moscow that peace would trigger a U S import rush worth billions in goods while many Americans could help Russia by sending food this winter. He warns that hunger could destabilize efforts and prolong conflict.
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Russia
Wendell Willkie
Moscow
Waning of the machine age in Amarillo life notes
A collage of small town items highlights daily life. Tommy Donaldson rides a horse to a filling station while others move, marry, birth, and travel. The items mix local residents, military moves, hospital news, and Red Cross troop hotels in London with light, period tone.
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Tommy Donaldson
Tommy
Bivins
Tyler Street
Red Cross
London
Northern
Ireland
Scotland
Washington Club
Ocean
Hollywood set chairs signal star status on film lots
On Hollywood sound stages top billing is echoed by canvas back set chairs printed with an actor’s name. Joan Crawford, Cecil B. De Mille, Barbara Stanwyck, Vic Mature and others have distinctive chairs, some with nicknames or gimmicks, reflecting fame and personalities on the studio lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Foster
Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Norma Shearer
Cecil B. de Mille
Richard Arlen
Chester Morris
William Pine
William Thomas
Paramount
Wrecking Crew
Richard Morris
Chester Arlen
Barbara Stanwyck
Stan
Vic Mature
St. Petersburg
Fla
Jean Parker
Hedy Lamarr
George Montgomery
George
Penny
Bob Hope
Frank McDonald
Patsy Nash
Patsy
Dan and Bradstreet
Movieland
What Would You Do MANNERS Quiz Answers
Answers to social etiquette questions cover inviting yourself to a colleague's apartment, rising for a woman in a restaurant, fixed price blue plate lunches, tipping at meals, and where to place gloves purses and packages. The guidance includes pairing a young girl with an older chaperone for visits and choosing to go alone when appropriate.
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Washington Club
Washington Hotel
Piccadilly
Piccadilly Circus
London Bridge
Savoy
Red Cross
Washington
The Smart Man Buys the Future War Bond Message
Mary Ellen Chase writes that buying War Stamps and Bonds purchases the future for America. The piece links personal sacrifice to national security, liberty, and the democratic past, urging all ages and classes to invest in War Bonds for a secure, moral, and prosperous nation.
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Mary Ellen Chase
Maine
New England
America
The New Invitation to Learning overview
Random House’s The New Invitation to Learning compiles 32 major works discussed by eminent figures. Edited by Mark Van Doren, it spans poetry drama philosophy fiction history politics biography and social science from Aeschylus to Doyle and Carroll to Shakespeare.
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Random House
Aeschylus
Lewis Carroll
Shakespeare
A. Conan Doyle
Mark van Doren
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Quent Reynolds
McLemore
Quent
Dieppe
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the Critics
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Fas
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Carol Thompson
Henry Thomson
Bel- Patan Cook
Duane Smith
American National Bank
San Antonio
Kelly Field
Bob Vail
West Eleventh Avenue
Vails
J. G. Dickinson
Texhoma Natural Gas Company
Chicago
George Parr, Jr
A. B. Morgan
Rosemont Street
Geraldine Biffle
Madison Street
Oma Link Rowley
George M. Waddill
Buddy Wright
Mary Stack
Margaret Dickinson
Dorothy Clutter
C. R. Calvert
Monty Morrow
AATT
Fillmore Street
Wilson School
Ben Manning, Jr
David Loving
Wichita Falls
Miami, Fla
United States Army Air Corps
Ben Manning
Jane Manning
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Capitol
Ormond Wright
Engineer Corps
United States Army
O. W. Wright
Amarillo Country Club
Lieut. Wright
Iris Westbay
W. D. Westbay
James K. Morton
North East
Fifth Avenue
St. Anthony's Hospital
Kenneth Price
North East Tenth Avenue
H C. Lockwood
North Louisiana Street
R. A. Frazier
Frazier
Society Department of the Globe News
Elizabeth Wilson
Sam Broyles
Sun South
Miss Wilson
Valley Baptist Hospital
Harlingen
Richard Roland
R. L. Roland
Canyon
Charles A. Green
Monroe Street
Charles Elliott
Rule Street
Ed_ Petersen
St. Francis
L. Mundell
West Tenth
Ernie Pyle
The
British Isles
Congress
Army
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