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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
12
Acting Secretary Hanes invites business leaders to join a comprehensive study of the tax system as lawmakers prepare for major reform. The piece argues for coordinated effort to ease burdens on workers, small businesses, and the unemployed, noting debts and policy effects on the economy. It cites competing tax burdens and historical calls for shared sacrifice.
FBI files show crime anatomy in locked cabinets and aged cases, while J Edgar Hoover describes streamlining justice to break links among crime, underworld finance, and politics. The nationwide push aims to stop fixing and expose organized crime’s four core patterns.
The piece argues crime costs total far above education spending, citing five year averages and a rate of 33 murders daily, while describing mass vice in Baltimore. It notes prison crackdowns on figures like Hitzelberger and Miser Mary, reports 5 percent sexually transmitted infections, and positions the Baltimore case as part of a national fight led by the FBT against the Big Fix across the U S.
A collection of quotes condemns censorship and defends free speech and religion, praising Hoover’s probity, criticizing the New Deal, and urging lawful abundance. Notables include Nicholas Murray Butler Walter Harrison Frederic Woodward F. H. LaGuardia Morgenthau and Florence city officials.
A 1930s style guide outlines airline hostess hiring criteria from United Air Lines and Eastern Air Lines. It lists age, weight, vision, and marital status restrictions, nurse requirement, high school education, and height limits. It also notes beneficial skills and regional interview contacts in New York Chicago and San Francisco.
The Amarillo Globe publishes evenings in Amarillo Texas with Sunday morning edition in connection with The Amarillo Daily News. It lists staff leaders, AP affiliation, telephones for news and business, circulation, and subscription rates for carrier and mail options. Special delivery offered if copy not received by 6 pm.
The Globe offers a Sunday only yearly payment plan payable in advance for one year. An August 24, 1939 issue lists a price of 88.00 and 2.50 as part of the subscription or promotion details.
Medical note on ear care explains that ear wax protects the ear and should not be self removed with sharp objects. If wax is impacted a physician should assist. Warm olive oil may soothe persistent earache but care is needed to avoid burns. Long term neglect can cause deafness. readers are offered a chart and address for a free daily chart.
Paul Mallon reports from Washington on Roosevelt’s suspected European break as observers debate whether war or appeasement will prevail. Britain France and Germany are named, with Chamberlain under pressure and Hitler’s tactics drawing cautious handling by diplomats and officials.
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