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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1936
Page
4
The Amarillo Daily News lists officials including Gene Howe as President and Publisher John McCarty as Editor and Associate Publisher Norris Ewing as General Manager. Published by The Kaewiciee Publishing Company from Sixth and Fillmore Streets with a daily schedule excluding Sundays.
A devotional excerpt contrasts biblical inheritance with personal gratitude. It cites Numbers 22 54 and Goethe and urges readers to value their legacy and seize present opportunities rather than burden. The piece centers on reflection, duty, and gratitude for what one has inherited.
Peggy Caldwell from Hedley Texas offers a tribute poem celebrating the plow that shaped the plains The verses recall the silent labor of early farmers who faced drought and dust and still tilled the soil to sow new towns highways and fields The piece frames the plow as a bold symbol of perseverance and progress amid harsh conditions.
The London Daily Telegraph promotes Queen Mary tours to the United States with New World holiday packages. It highlights itineraries by ocean, rail, and lake from New York to San Francisco with stops at Niagara Falls Quebec Montreal Vancouver and Jasper in the Canadian Rockies. The price cited is about 185 dollars as a teaser for a busy tourist season in the United States.
Bruce Catton argues the War Department drafted bills to seize control during war including martial law measures. Senator Bennett Clark reveals the bills to warn Congress and the public about potential censorship, universal drafting, suspension of habeas corpus, seizures of property, and government licensing of food and goods.
The speaker warns that granting temporary powers to the President could allow confiscation of property and forced labor, with military trials for dissent. He argues Congress should decisively reject such bills to prevent a slide toward dictatorship and preserve American freedoms.
The Cleveland convention marks a generational shift as the New Guard, led by Alf Landon and Jack Hamilton, challenges the Old Guard. Youthful leaders push reemployment, purchasing power and price stability while old-timers defend tariffs and the League of Nations. Nicknames and a casual tone signal a party reorienting for the postwar era.
Linda Bourne, writer's assistant turned Hollywood society figure, navigates love with Dix Carter while fending off Basil Thorne and attracting Pete Gardiner. She uses social finesse to secure influential introductions, rising in Hollywood’s elite circle as Dix pursues acting and Thorne reconsiders his stance.
The article explains hangnails caused by overgrown cuticle and improper care. It outlines prevention by pushing back the cuticle and using softening creams, suggests trimming the hangnail, washing with soap, and applying antiseptics. It also describes complications like run-around infections, fungal growths, eczema, and the link to general health.
Health column reviewer explains fine facial down is normal and not a sign of heavy hair growth. Advises against baking soda in vegetables yet not clearly harmful. Notes itching feet are commonly caused by athlete's foot but diagnosis requires seeing affected areas.
Bertha the cook proclaims a rare event she has never heard of, urging others to hurry and pass the pie. She asserts nothing gladdens the eye like pie as she commands the meal action.
Dorothy Dix outlines practical guidance for a happy marriage. She urges using common sense and focusing on the good qualities of a spouse rather than faults. The piece emphasizes avoiding arguments, using tact, staying in step as friends, avoiding letting children split partners, and showing appreciation.
In Monahans on June 9 reports say only a few skilled oil field workers are unemployed in the Upper Permian Basin with wages from 7 to 10 dollars a day. Drilling rigs once stacked in the area now reach sites in about 30 days amid increased activity. Odessa jeweler S A Waits notes a spike in engagement ring sales reflecting more marriages among oil field workers in recent months.
Portales New Mexico June 9 A 45000 PWA grant for a Portales school building program has been requested by J P Steiner superintendent If approved the grant would raise the building fund to 95000 and a 50000 bond issue has been approved by Portales voters Plans include an eight room ward school in Northwest Portales and additions to the high school Florence Nightingale nursing icon had a dog as her first patient.
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