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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1940
Page
3
A Scottish registrar argues that early hours and midnight are not as critical for births and deaths as claimed. Analysis of 6 055 deaths shows 60.8 percent occur between 6 AM and 6 PM, 49.2 percent between 6 PM and 6 AM, challenging the belief that midnight is the foreboding moment.
Snow from Topeka streets is shoveled into the state capitol lawn. The heat of recent summers has dried the soil and withered the grass, leaving the lawn barren and white with accumulated snow.
In Halifax Nova Scotia the Royal Canadian Navy shows distinguishable ratings by woolen scarves and well knit sweaters. Shipwrights sign sailors for Balaclava helmets gloves mittens heavy sweaters socks and optional wristlets. Gratitude is voiced at naval barracks for knitted articles from across the Dominion.
Austin Moore of Lexington Ky says there is growing demand for economy and consolidation of city and county governments. He urged state legislatures to stop absorbing counties and support a unicameral, super-parent local government. He spoke at the National Association of County Officials annual convention. There are 165,000,000 acres of public domain remaining in the United States.
City leaders await a tabulated USA report on a proposed low rent project for Amarillo. Huber Earle, aided by Amarillo College students and the engineering staff, prepares findings for Mayor Ross D. Rogers and the city commission. The Taxpayers League leader Wade Brymer seeks advance notice of any discussion, while union members back the idea and real estate figures oppose it.
In Lincoln Nebraska William Jennings Bryan 73 year old Charles Bryan son of the famed orator reacted to his defeat in Nebraska's first district Democratic congressional nominations race. He praised President Roosevelt who won over 100000 votes in the Nebraska primary and said Roosevelt will be renominated unanimously at the national convention. Bryan stated he has no immediate political plans but that the issues he has defended are not dead.
Work on Amarillo and Lubbock sites continues as several housing schemes are finished in the region. Federal funds totaling about 2 million dollars were approved on Nathan Strauss’s recommendation for three low rent projects in Texas including sites at San Antonio and two at Pelley.
An indication emerges that the Bryan name will persist in Nebraska politics through this remark. It suggests ongoing influence beyond election participation, noting that politics feels like a germ to those immersed in government while contrasting with those who engage only at election time.
Townsend Club No 5 will hold a special business meeting tonight at 7 30 in Townsend Hall.
London reports that Harley Street doctors now earn only a tenth or less of peacetime fees. Over 80 percent of London consultants have joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and earn as little as 1300 dollars. Those who stay face a lack of patients and falling incomes.
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