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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1937
Page
2
The Shrine Hall hosts a fundraising dance to aid Shriner's Hospitals for Crippled Children. Proceeds from 9 PM to 12 AM benefit crippled children, inviting the public to attend the event at the Masonic Temple.
The Wagner-Steagall style bill would fund subsidized housing for low income families, aiming to build tens of thousands of units via a United States Housing Authority. It envisions bonds, grants, and long term loans to public housing agencies, with rents kept low and federal oversight of project design and costs.
Martha Brittain and Bet Ty Haynes head up the West Coast in a New Airspeed trailer. They meet Gerry Neal at Long Beach then chase Betty to San Francisco after Neal vanishes with Betsy. Martha travels Monterey Carmel and encounters danger as a surf dive ends with a dramatic struggle.
Rev J C Sisemore pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church spent the week in Waynoka Oklahoma teaching the Book of Revelation at a Bible conference. He formerly led the First Baptist Church of Waynoka before moving to Amarillo nearly thirteen years ago. He will preach all Sunday services. The 1934 tornado count in the United States stood at 76 versus 260 in 1933.
Immie Fidler answers reader questions about fictional plots using real names. He notes film studios face protests when characters share names with real people and recalls cases including a man named Voltaire McGinnis and Littleton Looney.
A column notes social figures and cultural snapshots from New York. It recalls radio voices like Gabriel Heatter and Edwin Hill, famous redheads, theater trends, and London’s fading style centers. It also chronicles historic venues and diners, including Gonfarone’s, with memories of Caruso, Henry, Daly, Ruffo, and Anglin.
The text recalls varied film anecdotes from Buster Keaton to a studio manager tearing signs for a mayoral slogan. It notes a film official named Ambrose Abercrombie as a surprising real political candidate and mentions a screen princess named from cigarette pack cards amid protests and a near international crisis, ending with a question about the subtitle.
A crossword style clue list with horizontal and vertical entries including animal, parts, verbs, measurements, and common nouns. The puzzle specifies words like animal, verb forms, body parts, and misc terms across numbered slots, with related hints and partial phrases for solver guidance.
A whimsical tale follows Peeper the Hyla as Spring arrives and the water chorus signals the season. Peter Rabbit and Jerry Muskrat recall past dangers and notice a sudden quiet after a warning signal from Peter.
The narrator recalls Grace Godwin’s Garret on Washington Square near Guido Bruno’s bookshop as a peak of bohemian life in New York. He describes candlelight, a shift away from a newspaper job to pursue art, and a humane sympathy for a milk bottle thief.
In a 1937 Burgess tale fragment Peter questions Jerry Muskrat about a sudden silence among singing creatures. Jerry explains one nearest listener heard a thump and that was enough. Peter cannot grasp the explanation as Peeper resumes singing nearby signaling an unresolved mystery.
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