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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1936
Page
4
The Globe notes auto fatalities rise in summer with weekends most dangerous. Traffic congestion and inexperience worsen risk as more Panhandle drivers share crowded highways. Calls for science and government to mobilize to combat traffic hazards threatening life and safety.
A report from Public Administration Service of Chicago urges a joint advisory committee and cooperative personnel administration for Indiana Department of Public Welfare and the Unemployment Compensation Division. The plan favors merit systems, equal pay for equal work, in service training, and transfer potential between agencies to boost efficiency and program continuity. It also emphasizes openness and staff exchanges to interpret policies and secure broad cooperation.
Washington reports that the Resettlement Administration is testing rammed earth construction for homes on a subsistence homestead near Birmingham, Alabama. Seven five room houses with thick walls and concrete foundations may offer dirt cheap, cool housing if successful, using locally sourced sand clay and gravel.
Coco confesses love to Camilo under moonlight as their future foes loom. He presses for marriage but she reveals a hidden past and a need to maintain her identity and child, forcing a painful choice between love and duty.
A 3 cent U S postage stamp honoring Susan B. Anthony will be issued on the 16th anniversary of the 19th amendment ratification. The stamp features Miss Anthony and goes on sale August 28 1926 with first day city unspecified.
A compilation of court house records shows numerous real estate transfers from 1936, detailing grantees, grantors, dates in July and June, and monetary amounts. Names include W. P. Martin, J. A. Batson, Madden Lella Burran, Mrs. L. B. Wilkes, Downing Highlands, Farm and Home Savings and Loan, G. A. Reed, R. H. Ames, C. C. Applequist, O. T. T. B. Gallaher et ux, C. C. Small, John Vetesk et ux, Amarillo Development Co., E. S Burgess, Long-Bell Lumber Co., Joe Mobley, and several others among property parcels in Wolflin, Bivins, Roberts, and Holland. Also notes a Sept. 3 Syracuse report on Mary Shipman Andrews, author and widow of Judge William S. Andrews, who died aged.
A humorous chronicle details Ogden Nash and social figures in New York before pivoting to a Texas note. The essay references Carnival posters, theater folk, and a Mayfair vibe, then reports Austin American and Statesman moving to a new plant without missing editions.
A fragmented crossword style puzzle references a fairy tale heroine who attended a ball and faced a slipper ending. Clues mention scullery work, a royal event, and various wordplay entries that align with classic tale motifs and seasonal puzzle themes.
In Thornton W. Burgess tale, Reddy Fox learns of a rival swift fox known as Little Miss Swifty. The story tracks her rise from the Weakling to a famed quick-footed outsider, outpacing even the boastful Reddy in a neighborhood adventure.
A playful piece links the art of singing with farm management. It notes singers strive for high soprano ranges while farmers face a yearly decision to sort and store crops or let them rot to control prices, sometimes even destroying stored goods to maintain value.
A young man in Dallas drove into a filling station and asked for a road map. Attendant Ed Brown and manager W T Dickson confronted him with a pistol and police jailed the thief who had stolen Brown’s car while the attendant’s parents were shopping.
A civic club organization meeting is scheduled for 8:15 tonight at Pleasant Valley School to serve Pleasant Valley Beverly Gardens and River Road. County Superintendent Carl Clifft will preside and temporary officers likely will be chosen.
Mrs. Reddy jealously doubts her daughter can outrun her, while Reddy taunts that the girl used to be named The Weaking. They arrange a race, and Little Miss Swifty swiftly outruns both parents proving her new nickname true.
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