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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1932
Page
4
Local governments prepare budgets totaling near a half million with city and county tax plans to be set next month. Public hearings will inform taxpayers on school, city, and county expenditures as officials balance duties with fiscal realities. Prominent quotes from Pinchot Roosevelt and others frame debate.
A tight, era styled report details clip joints in cabarets where strangers in town are lured by taxi drivers to shady venues with fake safety and charges. It notes a typical scam where a $200 tab is settled for $50, and includes jabs at underworld enforcers, a mention of Hello sucker origins, and odd cultural asides.
In Thornton W. Burgess tale Chucky the chipmunk and Johnny Chuck evade two dogs, Flip and Bowser, by retreating into a beet bed in Farmer Brown's garden. Johnny takes charge while Chucky learns to stay polite to Jimmy Skunk and his family.
Sondra Kent reveals she is already married to Mark Merriman, wrecking John Anderson's marriage proposal. Amid fear and homelessness, she laments lost friends and money, while Merriman's illness prompts a plan to return him home. Anderson offers help but respects her choice as she faces an uncertain future.
Dr Copeland argues weight excess weakens infection resistance and raises diabetes and gallbladder risk. He cautions about high blood pressure heart and kidney issues and warns against rapid dieting or dubious pills while urging medical review before any weight loss plan.
Winifred Black urges readers to value real, everyday friends over money and fame. She reflects on peers like Mary Alice Maurice and Fritz the farm hand, praising loyalty amid modern disillusionment and urging a heartfelt count of true companions.
Mrs Agnes Lyne argues that gifts express love to a child beyond possession. A neglected daughter feels unloved despite many presents, ending in envy and self-centered spending. The piece links love signals to gifts and suggests self-gifting or theft as desperate substitutes when love is denied.
In a 1932 tale Johnny teaches Chucky that anyone can climb a tree when danger looms. The dog Flip chases, and Chucky discovers his new skill during a tense garden escape. The excerpt leads into the next story Safe but Uncomfortable about Alaska exports since 1910 totaling over 186 times the 7.2 million dollar national purchase price.
Clues cover composers like Verdi Wagner and Bizet and terms for music and theater. Puzzles include words for deserts shells plants animals and geography with cross references across horizontal and vertical lists.
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