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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1940
Page
8
The Globe discusses American aging and the loan shark problem citing New York cases of 365 percent loans. It praises cooperative credit unions and condemns harpies exploiting misfortune alongside a note on Easter parade ideas and a Spain anecdote.
The piece compares the 1916 and 1940 campaigns, noting neutrality aims, domestic policy debates, and international war fears. It highlights Sumner Welles and Col. E. M. House as peace emissaries, and recalls Wilson and Hughes, their 1916 race, and the 277 to 254 electoral result.
Eleanor and Lance plot to lure Buff away to a ranch for a month then travel to Chicago without her. They plan to write letters to suggest separation, arguing Buff deserves independence while they manage a safer, adult escape. Buff senses tension and retreats to her room as the scheme unfolds.
Tomi Toland faces a plotted loss in her farm as Abe reveals Pierre forged books to ruin her, while Allen Bartell hopes she loses the farm to push a marriage. Tomi resolves to move, pack, and seek work, clutching hope and a stubborn fight.
Mayor Rogers argues Texas unique system ties fire insurance rates to actual loss records and firefighting improvements. He urges adoption by other states, noting Texas grades cities via state engineers and publishes detailed deficiency analyses. Amarillo cites $100,000 in equipment credits and pumper plans.
A historical etiquette piece asks if women in hotels may host male guests only in a sitting room, not a bedroom, and suggests receptions in the lobby for visits. It also covers gifts like stationery, tipping chambermaids, and calling for room service. The best solution favours using room service for in-room dining.
A crossword style clues list with numbers and hints across horizontal and vertical entries including descriptors like huge destructive fish and god of love and several science and geography terms. The puzzle presents a mix of synonyms, antonyms, and definitions to fill grid positions.
Christian Steenstrup, a Danish toolmaker at General Electric, observed missing fingers at punch presses and devised safer, automated work. His persistence launched an idea department, turning thousands of submissions into practical innovations, including the home refrigerator. Steenstrup holds 110 patents and earned rewards for valuable concepts.
Comic Page lists five famous lines and asks readers to identify who said or wrote each one. It includes phrases about consequences of anger procrastination heart’s glory ignorance bliss and living to eat. Readers are challenged to match authors or sources for five well known maxims.
Dist. Atty. Thomas E. Dewey of New York says the nation awaits a solution to unemployment. Dr. Robert M. Hutchins of the University of Chicago claims the current American ideals center on money, freedom to earn it, and equality to pursue it.
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