Amarillo News-Globe Reflects on Navy E Incident and City Planning
The paper recalls how a Navy E flag was given and then withdrawn after authorities said the award lacked authorization. It laments war publicity handling, calls for frank updates on losses like Midway and Pearl Harbor, and notes local pride in Amarillo amid city-planning debates and community features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yorktown
Midway
Pearl Harbor
William Newton Babb
G. S. Babb
Pierce Street
Billy
Bill
Newton Babb
News-Globe
Colorado Springs
Babb
Tall Women and Alimony in 1942 Echoes
A collage of social notes cites wage versus living cost trends, college outcomes for women, alimony patterns in Hollywood, a stenography ad, tall showgirls, kissing advice, Pinckney Street lore, and the truce of God. It closes with a Canadian officer returning to Ottawa after six months in a war zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Miss Gaynor
Mr. Rathbone
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Stack
Amarillo
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Palm Springs
Calif
Smith, Vassar
Mills
Bryn Mawr
New York
Star and Garter
Chicago
A. W. Pinero
Leo
Virgo
Britain
Ottawa
Hollywood Roundup Sparks Plans and Partnerships
In Hollywood and Broadway chatter Arthur Lakes hints at Dagwood style humor in March. John Carroll seeks army deferment for a single film role in Hit Parade. Louise LaBlanche and Lester Friedman wed secretly. Bette Davis and Mary Brian take on stage and screen gigs as Raft eyes a Ferry Command commission. Jane Withers auctions a doll collection for Navy Relief. Betty Hutton rests in the mountains per medical orders amid wartime nerves. Twin births rise with older fathers. Yale Princeton and West Point games may shift to Yankee Stadium or Polo Grounds to boost Broadway business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Arthur Lakes
Dagwood
Blondie
John Carroll
Republic
Paramount
Louise LaBlanche
New York
Lester Friedman
Bette Davis
Mary Brian
George Raft
Jane Withers
Navy Relief
Medicos
Betty Hutton
Broadway
Yale
Princeton
West Point
Polo Grounds
Wedding News Spoiler In Cleveland And Camp Tour Plans
Bonita Granville and Jackie Cooper plan a wedding style meet in Cleveland on the 25th then visit family friends and tour army camps. Bruce Cabot may altartrek with Marie MacDonald on return from New York possibly joining the marines. Donna Reed sells war bonds in Dennison Iowa during a home visit.
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Bonita Granville
Jackie ‘Cooper
Cleveland
Bruce Cabott
Marie Mac‘Donald
New York
Donna Reed
Dennison
Iowa
Arthur Murray
R. M
Hollywood gossip and confessional notes on stars
Confidential communiques to major studios reveal calls for better Henry Fonda casting and Lloyd Nolan roles. The column cites Lamarr, Montgomery fallout, Gable and Fonda praise letters, Stanwyck injury odds, and Bob Hope sleepwalking quirks with playful, salacious tone.
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Twentieth Century-Fox
Uncle Sam
Henry Fonda
Tyrone Power
Victor Mature
Lloyd Nolan
Hedy Lamarr
George Montgomery
Clark Gable
Hollywood notices and odd habits dot the era
Jack Carson jokes about upside down stamps while Sheila Ryan earns pin money writing greeting card verses. Madeleine Carroll, among Hollywood's wealthiest, survived two weeks on shredded wheat to chase an acting break. Defense plants curb visits by beauties as autographs waste hours. At Paramount last week 30 Filippines actors played Japanese soldiers in Night Plane From Chungking. six were drafted into American uniforms this week.
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Jack Carson
Sheila Ryan
Madeleine Carroll
Hollywood
Paramount
Filpinos
Chungking
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Morrow
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Ann Corio
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Randy
Miranda
Los Angeles
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Hank
Carl Dreher
Jimmy Fidler
Rathbone and
Bruce
U. O
Amarillo Garden Club
Orlock
Federation Club
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Bon
Wm. Jameson
Nhiskey
N Bond Co
Jimmie Fidler
Mee At
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Plainview
Box 20
B. F. Cox
George Sanders
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Doris Dudley
Somerset Maugham
Universal
Andrews Sisters
Churchill
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Terror
Gestapo
Columbia
Bill Elliot
Tex Ritter
Little Nell
Shanghai
Kent Taylor
Irene Hervey
Barbara Stanwyck
Bob Hope
8Th
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