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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1936
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe announces subscription rates and delivery options with contact details for prompt service. Includes weekly, monthly, and yearly pricing, combined editions with the Amaro Daily News, and special delivery instructions for missed copies. Also notes Associated Press news use and rural Texas delivery areas.
A Globe preview notes rising cottonseed cake prices due to corn and crop shortages. It warns of higher food costs this winter as cattlemen stockpile cottonseed and meat prices rise amid tight corn and hog feed supplies.
Readers are reminded that farmers must gamble annually on weather, pests, and prices, shaping planting choices and political loyalties. The piece notes drought risk, crop pests, global prices, and the AAA's relief amid election forecasts. It also cites legal and social opinions from public figures on risk, law, and community values.
The administration frets as Western farmers blame New Deal import figures for rising farm prices and claim imported goods threaten American prosperity. Officials argue imports reflect prosperity, not planned scarcity, while noting declines in some crops and mixed effects of AAA policies on production and prices.
Carol returns to Ashboro for a college crowd gathering hosted by Tom and Alice Harrison. Denis Ford makes an impression as he and Carol dance. Ben Tyler and Carol share a playful, wary rapport amid party chatter and flirtations.
Denis obsesses over a dangerous situation as he mirrors his fear in Alice and Carol. He spots Tom and Carol Torrance in a crowded grill while Alice urges a drink and a talk. Denis imagines an imminent news leak and fights to keep control amid tense attraction.
The article traces Guatemala’s 300 year push for independence from Spain ending with the 1821 Act of Independence in Guatemala City. It notes prior failed revolts, promises not kept, and shifting loyalty culminating as Gavino Gainza sides with independence, later depicted on a stamp.
O. O. McIntyre recalls Fred Allen and Broadway figures in a brisk NY column. The piece riffs on New York vs Omaha, Hollywood talent pools, and notable personalities like Peter Arno, Katharine Cornell, George Middleton, Harpo Marx, and Lee Shubert while noting changes in theater and publishing scenes.
An explosion at a 2000 gallon kerosene storage tank near Fulton Arkansas fatally burned Raymond Newman 29 a Hope foundry foreman and injured two others. The blast threatened the railroad station and nearby frame buildings as Newman was hurled 30 feet into the fire yet survived enough to tell responders before dying at Hope hospital. Kenneth Cox 21 and Roy Cox 40 suffered superficial burns while attempting to reach the blaze.
The State Railroad Commission will hold a hearing in Austin on August 20 to consider reducing railroad rates for carload shipments of cottonseed and related products to compete with motor truck transport.
In a pasture a young Fox learns from a trapped hound how cruel steel traps can be. The fox studies the scene, detects the man scent, and realizes a human set the trap. She watches, learns, and resolves to guard herself in future encounters.
Composer of opera and conductor referenced in a puzzle grid with clues across and down. The themed crossword lists various musical, artistic and directional terms including strong vegetables, numerals, and occupations, inviting solvers to fill a large horizontal and vertical network.
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