Bond Offer for Reserved Seats at Movie Event
Janet Gaynor Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce appear at Municipal Auditorium on September 16. Buy Defense Bonds in September to gain seating in specified sections with $100 $50 to $100 and $25 bonds downstairs plus balcony stamps. Victory Queen candidates and 150 Panhandle men to be inducted into the Navy at Dallas as guests of honor.
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Janet Gaynor
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Municipal Auditorium
Navy
Dallas
Public supports civilian mobilization for war effort
The American public, five months ahead of Congress, favors mobilizing civilian manpower for war industries. A Canadian program mirrors this, calling for universal registration and control of workers’ jobs. Public opinion surveys in March 1942 and August 1942 show large majorities backing compulsory shifting to war factories. A manpower mobilization bill may reach Congress soon after the November elections.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Congress
Canada
Washington
Praise Works Wonders by Dale Carnegie
Franz Barbere led a General Electric orchestra in Chicago and faced a troublesome trumpeter. After switching from sarcasm to praise, the musician found his confidence, delivered a superb opening, bought a new trumpet, and became a true artist. The lesson: praise unlocks performance and loyalty.
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Dale Carnegie
Franz Barbere
General Electric Company
South Wabashi Avenue
Chicago
Til
Franz
Carnegie
Trumpter
Washington off the Record: Col Jennings Leads mixed WAAC unit
Lieutenant Colonel David H. Jennings becomes the first U.S. officer to command both men and women soldiers in one outfit. He oversees the academic battalion at Fort Des Moines and directs training for WAACs until November, balancing military rigor with administrative duties and housing challenges. He is a lawyer, World War I veteran, and former investment banker with a long Army career.
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Fort Des Moines
David H. Jennings
United States Army
Waacs
Army
Jennings
My of
America
WAAC
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
New Castle
Ind
University of Wisconsin
Chicago
Colonel Jennings
Des Moines
Field Artillery Training Center
Fort Bragg
N. C
WAAC Letters Spur War Service Humor and Advice
Henry McLemore reports on reader letters from New York addressing wartime home front letters to WAAC wives. A husband seeks guidance on truthful versus cheerful notes, proposing a weekly questionnaire to comfort and reassure wives while avoiding desertion risk. The piece mixes humor with a plea for practical wartime communication guidance.
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Henry McLemore
New York
Amarillo Social Notes and Local Happenings
Amusement and arrivals fill the column with visitors and residents at Hayden and Jackson Streets. Families travel to Fort Stockton, Denver, Dallas, or Los Angeles, while college-bound youth prepare for Oklahoma and Texas A&M. Also features a bouquet honor, birth notices, and travel snippets.
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A. L. Miller
Mussel Shoals
Ala
Nona Ballew
Pioneer Hotel
Billy Mundell
Kathryn
San Jos
N. M
John Thomas West
Dallas
T. E. Bills
el Paso
Pantex
Amarillo
E. C. Chapman
Adrian
Ruth Shannon
Memphis
C. E. Baker
Pierce Street
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Manners Quiz Answers for Social Etiquette
Answers cover carving etiquette and introductions. 1 A platter should be larger than the roast. 2 The carver starts by cutting off the leg nearest him. 3 Either sitting or standing is correct when carving. 4 At a buffet host may carve for several guests. 5 A hostess should shake hands with women guests on arrival. The recommended introduction is “Dad, may I present Mrs Brown?” The piece closes with a wartime quote from Lieut General Somervell about building machines and the circle of steel.
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Mrs. Brown
Ray
Mrs Brown
Germany encircled yet stronger as war enters fourth year
Still encircled by British and American forces, Germany faces a widened but more resilient front. Propaganda shifts hint at a separate peace with Russia, while a new east wall fortification plan emerges. Air raids, morale, and internal dissent shape a nation wary of long war. Leaders and citizens alike weigh duty against fear.
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Hubert Uxkull
Stockholm
U.P
Germany
Britain
Bismark
Russia
Hitler
Maginot Line
Archangel
Caspian
Wilson
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