Old Tascosa shines in Amarillo scene with Brooks Haven Trio
The piece highlights Amarillo’s Old Tascosa at the Herring Hotel. Brooks Haven Trio gains fame before Haven leaves for the Army Air Corps, with Will Osborne joining on steel guitar. Billy Lynn and Carl Jensen praise the fit, while Alvino Rey and the King Sisters headline a strong program with Sonovox novelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Herring Hotel
Brooks Haven
U. S. Army Air Corp
Will Osborne
Haven
Billy Lynn
Carl Jensen
Osborne
Alvino Rey
King Sisters
Rey
Louise King
Louise
Alvino
TODAY'S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL CLUES AND ANSWERS
A grid style puzzle item listing across clues with numbers and cryptic style definitions. Entries include names like chairman of American Red Cross and geographical abbreviations. The list features weights, misprints, and historical spelling variants, forming a thematic wordplay puzzle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
A Man in the Pacific Eddie Rick Enbacker Hero Remembered
Henry Mclemore profiles Eddie Rick Enbacker, a fearless Air Force veteran and leader who survived crashes and wartime battles. The piece recounts his bravery from Europe to the Pacific, his readiness to risk all for crew and passengers, and the enduring letters he sent each Christmas to friends. It notes McNair praising better Army training and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dant
WTAM
Cleveland
Golden Pheasants
NBC
Dant
Hoagy Carmichael
Carmichael
Herbie Kay
Chicago
Dorothy Lamour
Kay Orchestra
Kay
Nel Call
Frankie Masters
Winter Garden
Pacific Coast
Ted Weems
West
Hollywood
Picture Studios
Dants
Susan
Henry McLemore
New York
Pacific
Eddie Rick
Eddie Rickenbacker
McLemore
Rick
Mr. Death
Brother
France
Atlanta
California
Douglas
Si Morehouse
Eastern Air Lines
Jimmy Kilgallen
INS
Roy Howard
Scripps-Howard
Burbank
Rockies
Roy
Jimmy
Mr. Howard
Newark
Germany
Udet
Goering
Milch
England
Ick
Leslie J. McNair
Army Ground Forces
Indiana
Boyd
Robert Boyd
Logansport
Morristown
N. J
Nick Giuliano
Giuliano
James Pringle
What Cheer
Iowa
Andrew J. Udit
Pittsburgh
Udit
Carnegie-llinois
Pittsburgh Press
Adit
Corporal Pringle
Pringle
North Carolina
Chopper
NOTE TO NEWCOMERS AND GROWING POPULATION NOTES
A compilation of community items features Navy enlistees Bob and Billy Finnell and other service members visiting Amarillo. It includes births at Northwest Texas Hospital on October 27–29, reader notes on weddings and visitors, and various local updates from households, with social notices and hospital news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Keffer
Hayden Street
Keffer
W. H. Keffer
Ashland
Wichita Falls
Gerald Knox
Savannah
A. O. Knox
Monroe Street
Bob Hester
Levepland
J. B. Briscoe
Crockett Street
Mr. Hester
Amarillo
W. N. Wood
Sunray
Northwest Texas Hospital
R. E. Garrett
West Thirteenth Avenue
J. R. Seitz
Seitz
Prospect
D. M. Cowart
Colorado Street
B. C. Sims
Cleveland Street
D. H. McLeland
Lee Roy Hall
Hall
North West
Tenth Avenue
8. H. Belt
Hereford
A. G. Shields
Moore Street
C. M. Norman
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Dutch Harbor
Globe News
Cunningham Floral Company
California
Norman
Navy
Panhandle
Navy Mother's Club
Parshandle
Northwest Texas Hospital News
John Carl Jenkins
Carl Jenkins
Tennessee Street
R. N. Slagle
S. S. Whitaker
Lincoln Street
J. W. Wood
West Sixth Avenue
Lavenia Brown
North West First Avenue
Wesley L. Askew, Jr
W. L. Askew
Tyler Street
Oscar Ragland
West Tenth Avenue
Tommy Green
Max Pryor
Canyon
Self-Improvement Payoff: Fern Blodgett’s War Hardship Rise
A remarkable Canadian woman from Petersboro learns radio telegraphy, overcomes mockery, and becomes a trailblazing radio operator on Atlantic cargo boats. Her persistence sustains wartime service and earns substantial pay, proving diligence to be decisive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Carnegie
Hunter Street
Petersboro
Ontario
Canada
Prom
Toronto
Carnegie
Canadian Electronics Institute
War Office
England
Fern
Fern Blodgett
Atlantic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pampa
Lubbock
Arles Dant
NBC Hollywood Radio City
Andre Kostelanetz
Isham Jones
Phil Harris
Pinky Tomlin
Roger Pryor
Shep Fields
Paul Whiteman
Benny Meroff
Buddy Rogers
Orville Knapp
Gus Arnhelm
Orin Tucker
Vincent Lopez
Ben Bernie
Marek Weber
Ozzie Nelson
Red “Ychols
George Olson
Hoagy C Armichael
Washington, Ind
Indiana University Conservatory of Music
South America
Gem
American —— Cross
Newfoundland
United Service Organizations
Lorgan
Bob Finnell
Lake Hurst
Bob
West Coast
Billy
H. H. Finnell
Bowie Street
Purmans
Johnny Shelton
Judy Ann
Abilene
W. R. Walker
Buchanan Street
Sgt. Shelton
Camp Barkeley
George M. Whitney
Houston
Guy Victory
van Buren Street
W. W. Rix
Oklahoma City
Hammond McAdams
Kelly Field
San Antonio
T. C. McAdams
West Eleventh Avenue
A. Weisenman
George William Berry
Hayes
10Th Ave
Bonnie Beth Kretz
Carlton Horne
Alice Mayne
John Cowan
James Florey
C. W. Robinette
Elizabeth Nixson
BE. M. Blackburn, Jr
Waco
Blackburn
Texas Coffin Company
Dallas
Wayne Peck
Tracy Gray
Bartlesville
Okla
Peck
Western Avenue
Army Air Forces Technical School
Alex Canon
San Francisco
Harold
Alan Purman
Charles Oo. Wade, Jr
Wade
Grand Prairie Naval Air Base
C. O. Wade
Fillmore Street
D. G. Hume
Pierce Street
Kansas
Hume
A. H. Hume
Anna Gardner
A. C. Keith
Borger
Keith
J. W. McClure
E. J. Smith
Elva Barnum
Marshalltown
Kathleen
Pearl Ward
Mary Noel
Memphis
E. J. Dunn
L. P. Herndon
West Eighteenth Avenue
George S. Lindsay
Robert Herndon
Pittsburg
Lindsay
Herndon
Ella C. Briley
A. W. Ewing
Springfield
Alton Reeder
Tyler
Austin
Theron Spence
Scotland
andIreland
Jack Spence
Prospect Street
Theron
Lockney
New Orleans
Recovery Act
Doris Jean Sanford
Sam Houston Junior High
Doris Jean
John R. Sanford
Amarillo Osteopathic Hospital News
Vivian Penry
Jackson Street
Cleva Armstrong
Fampa
Iva Joe Settle
Lena Alexander
Route 3
Ernie Pyle
Walter Lippmann
South Pacific
Henson Baldwin
New York Times
Baldwin
Washington
Solomans
Mediterranean
Egypt
Britain
America
Africa
Italy
Spain
Turkey
Europe
Rommel
Japan
Manchuria
Asia
Indo-China
Malaya
Hawaii
Far East
Philippines
Netherlands Indies
Borneo
New Guinea
The
Solomons
Pearl Harbor
Far Pacific
Australia
United States
Burma
China
Siberia
Guadalcanal
German Arciniegas
Manuel Avila Camacho
Mexico
Jonah B. Wise
H. J. Mahler
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