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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
9
A 1939 Amarillo Globe item highlights the shift in roles for women in 1940, noting that the Vandenberg girls pursue motherhood while balancing ambitions. It discusses wartime shortages affecting baked goods and the public mood as families adapt to rationing.
An American writer visiting Germany describes daily life under Nazi rule. She notes rising shortages, rationing, air raid drills, and the social shift toward state control. Workers face fixed wages, scarce goods, and widespread propaganda as families endure burdened budgets and evolving freedoms.
Wayne Walker a 21 year old former student at West Texas State College was notified of acceptance into the August class of army air corps cadets. He took examinations March 20 at Fort Sill and may be sent to Tulsa or Dallas for civilian school training. This brings Amarillo youth accepted for flying training to three in the past month, joining John Ed Blackburn and C. H. Huntsman.
The Amarillo Assembly of the Rainbow for Girls initiated Ar delle Bentley Louise Wheeler and Linnie Sue Ashby at a Wednesday night meeting in the Masonic Hall A picnic was planned for next week with the group meeting at the hall then traveling to Buffalo Lake Refreshments were served to 40 girls and adult advisers.
Rich linens can be decorated with simple cutwork borders and corners. Pattern 1998 offers a transfer design of 18 motifs from 25x314 inches to 2%x15 inches, with required materials and stitch illustrations. Send ten cents and write PATTERN NUMBER YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS to Amarillo Globe Needle craft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York N. Y.
A 1930s analysis notes Germany's white collar wages rose 26 percent while industrial wages grew 1.7 percent from 1929 to 1938, with overall purchasing power up 9 percent for workers and 26 percent for white collar workers. It cites government price controls and restricted raw materials as strangling business, draining initiative, and risking war readiness. It warns the middle class is being liquidated, small and medium firms shrinking, and national strain rising under Hitler-era policies.
Police in Santa Cruz tested whether drivers know when to stop after drinking by offering to drive home any tipsy motorist. Only one man accepted, joking that it would be a prank on the police.
New supply of nickels issued to St. Louis police in scout cars for use at public telephones to report descriptions of criminals or emergencies to the radio dispatcher.
A Toledo study finds the average number of trips a milk bottle makes is 34. The statistic reflects local dairy distribution patterns and bottle reuse practices observed in the area.
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