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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1939
Page
2
A county official discusses dandelion overgrowth warning of explosive proliferation with seeds and flowers multiplying from 60 000 plants. Potential control by cultivation risks public complaints. Mention of dandelion uses from greens to wine. Ainu custom forbids a wife from pronouncing her husband’s name, said to subtract from his life.
A long collage of jokes notes, quotes, and brief items including a 2 dollar Milk Fund check from Clyde Rehmeyer, reflections on rustlers and river flooding, famous quotes from Mark Twain, and social gossip about Broadway figures, awards, taxes, and future tech.
Snappy remarks on politics and public life surface from Sinclair Lewis Dorothy Thompson and other figures. Notes include Herricks on brain cells and gray matter, Japan’s debt versus income, safety bulletins for motorists, and wry definitions of terms. Also mentions Payne’s Home Sweet Home premiere and advice for chemists and hoteliers.
A reader at 204 Cleveland Street offers work for a West Tage couple skilled in farm machinery and general farming tasks. The note notes capability to operate equipment and willingness to provide references. Another entry shows a young lady seeking housework and childcare roles with references. A single 25 year old seeks grocery, dairy, or filling station positions.
United States army enlistments are open in the Amarillo Panhandle area. Sgt. R A Jackson reports new applicants, with several youths already forwarded to Ft Warren for infantry and Ft Logan for engineers. Re enlistments continue at Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver after discharge from Ft Bliss.
Alturas High School fullback Sheldon Harden entered his name on a growing list of funny feeders after friends reported he swallowed 600 grasshoppers. The stunt drew attention in Alturas California on April 10.
James at 907 Monroe Street offers truck driving services with references and willingness to travel anywhere. Floyd Smith at Route 1 McLean Texas also seeks trucking work ready to supply references.
A young married man and a practical nurse seek employment offering reasonable wages. Nurse offers housekeeping and sewing skills with references from Mrs. G. B. Herron and location details. Also requests two to three children to keep and notes Washington Street rear address.
In Gatlinburg Tennessee on Easter Sunday Charles Ogle 20 of Gatlinburg married Mary Agnew 18 of Baldwyn Mississippi atop a 40 foot observation tower on Clingmans Dome 6643 feet high in the Great Smoky Mountains. More than 100 people reached the site by a half mile trail as a two inch snow blanket turned some away. The bridegroom's father did not attend citing his size to be too large at 230 pounds.
Mr Collman says summer weather is coming and residents can prepare to complain about the heat after a recent easter spell. Forecast calls for fair slightly cooler weather tonight and tomorrow with a low around 42 degrees.
G-Men were asked to help solve the theft of two baby goats worth 2.50 each from Mrs. John Plowgian. She offered 5 for their safe return and believed the suspect would try to sell them to goat-men.
President Roosevelt arrived back in Washington after a Warm Springs visit to receive late Europe crisis reports from Cordell Hull. Hull warned that European tension was driving capital from Europe and draining purchasing power, affecting prices worldwide and alarming business leaders.
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