War News and Urban Change Roil 1940s Amara
The column blends war commentary with urban growth in New York City, Manhattan’s last farm myth, and Pope Pius XII on Good Friday. It traces Hitler’s moves, Allied expectations, and a Boulder Colorado subplot about Buff Carroll and Tim Corliss, with Lance Carroll guiding Buff and Tim through personal trials and artistic tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Manhattan
Vincenzo Benedetto
10Th Avenue
214Th Street
Benedetto
Autos
Pius XII
Samuel A. Stritch
Chicago
Lance
Tim
Corliss
Eleanor
Buff
Bufff
Mr. Carroll
Boulder
WPA
Carrolls
Denver
Timothy Corliss
George
Tris DeMuth
Grasshopper Census and District Suffrage Debate
A columnist voices concern over Senate and House payoffs to grasshopper extermination funding, warning of crop losses. He notes Washington political frustration over District of Columbia suffrage and the push for local representation. The piece also mocks a Nazi-era incident observed during a Duke of Saxe Coburg visit and reveals a staffer’s Heil salute with a non-Aryan neighbor’s name on glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stinnett
Washington
Senate
House
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Congress
Duke of
Saxe-Coburg
Isaac Aaronksy
City Faces Water Shortage Fueled by Drought in 1921
In 1921 Amarillo confronted a water shortage amid a hot dry season. The City Commission formed a water board led by the mayor and invited engineers from Burns & McDonnell and others to study supply options. A public notice urged users to cut water use as wells and tests were planned, with bids sought for test wells to evaluate supply potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Post
Water Board, Co
K. Chansler
E. S. Burgess
J. M. Russell
J. D. Bartlett
Dean Kirk
Layne & Bowler
Wichita
Kan
Amarillo
Burns & McDonnell
Kansas City
R. E. McDonnell
M. E. Layne
Martin
Priddy
Light and Water Company
Board of City Development
E. N. Riggs
R. C. Nelson
C. R. Nichols Engineering Company
Wichita Falls
Henry Elrod
David Drennan
Henry Exall Elrod Company
Dallas
A. T. Dickey
Nagle-Witt-Rollins Company
Ed R. Mayer
Lon D. Marrs
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Real Estate Association
J. N. Riggs
W. B. Estes
W. C. Irvin
C. M. McCullough
C. 8. Likins
Carl S. Makeig
The
the Water Board
City Commission
Amarillo News
Texas
H. B. Jones
Not a news headline. matching exercise with notable figures
Match each person to country: Nehru India, Blum France, Reith Britain, Quezon Philippines, Ciano Italy, Salazar Portugal, Itagaki Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jawaharlal Nehru
Leon Blum
John Reith
Manuel Quezon
Count Ciano
Professor Salazar
General Itagaki
England
Italy
Japan
Portugal
France
Philippine Islands
India
TODAY'S PUZZLER aURIZUNTAL
A jumble of clues and answers forms a puzzle page with numbered items across vertical and horizontal sets. It lists words for motives shapes and objects from operatic to mechanical terms and includes references to time period diction and general knowledge clues.
How To Attend Texas A&M College On 252 A Year
Dale Carnegie extols the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas at College Station as a democratic, cooperative, low cost path to a full education. He notes no social fraternities, self discipline, room and board totaling 252 dollars, and a work requirement for those without money. He invites interested boys to write to Col Ike Washburn for prospects and potential aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
College Station
Texas
Brazos River
Houston
Dan Russell
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Manners Quiz and Public Education Call for More Funding
A sequence of etiquette Qs covers ashtray handling during meals and addressing officials. The piece notes proper forms for addressing a congressman and senator and discusses best practices after a friend has a baby. It cites Paul V. McNutt advocating increased federal funding for public education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Paul V. McNutt
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Globe News Publishing Co
Sixth
Fillmore
Gene Howe
John McCarty
News and Business
Circulation
Siene
BET the Globe
Germany
Hitler
New York Grows UP
Fiorella la Guardia
New York
Carroll
Weekes
Tim Corliss
Miss Buff
Webby
van Slander
Van
VanLander
Miss Carroll
Lance Carroll
Donald A, Laird
Sci. D
U. S
NEA Service, Inc
Grasshopper Census
Polk Street
Fifteenth
Water Company
San Jacinto Heights
Dana. Martin
D. C. Priddy
W. B. Welty
W. C. Burke
Oklahoma City
Palo Duro Creek
Guy W. Fuller
City Light and Water Company
E. R. Mayer
M. H. Hardin
Twenty-first
Tyler Street
Sixteenth and Jefferson
H. E. Samson
L. E. McDade
Canyon
George P. Turrentine
Hereford
R. P. Brazil
Owen Well & Supply Company
Vega
D. L. McDonald
Aurizuntal
Caucasus
Dale Carnegie
Peopl
BNG Base Cosnibhes Apdea
Mrs. Brown
Mr. Smith
Senator Smith
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