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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1937
Page
3
December 21 1937 issue features a Christmas hitchhiker note and a traffic death toll roundup. It cites 1937 December figures: 2900+ deaths in U S traffic last month, compares December to prior years and cities like Detroit and Cleveland, linking holidays and gasoline to highway fatalities.
A Cleveland housing project replaced dusty shacks with modern apartments, but few former residents can afford the new rents. The result is a continued burden on the original slum dwellers, undermining the goal of eliminating poverty in the area.
Washington analysts warn the recession could push 2.5 to 3.0 million workers from August levels into mid January. Factory layoffs mount with construction and transport cuts, while 1.7 million part timers lose purchasing power and retail jobs shed after Christmas.
The piece recalls Manhattan Transfer a storied Penn Station stop as electrification changed rail use and a host of editors and discoverers such as Perriton Maxwell Bob Davis and Fannie Hurst are profiled. It also mentions Sheila Barrett tour quirks and a Kennedy family photo incident with nine children.
Pittsburg AP Science Editor reports on rapid material progress with rayon potential to supply a world per capita, plus examples from a German soap factory using coal fat, phony treated fruit wraps, Japanese shark oil for aircraft motors, sunflower soap in Hungary, and Americans using sound waves to clear smoke.
Linda confronts Barry Trent in a stairway scene inside Mrs. Trent’s house. He teases her with danger and affection while urging a private meeting, yet Linda refuses to hide or steal. Their exchange hints at deeper complications from the Trent family legend and Linda's place in Geoffry Benton’s world.
Aunt Sally recalls a nocturnal brawl at the Woodhouse Club where two coons fight over a couch, papers fly, food pans spill, and a victorious, chip bearing climber asserts boss status as patrons rest unseen.
A reader suggests women form a joint bridge club and exercise class, noting enthusiasm and progress. She emphasizes social motivation, shared effort, and the low cost of starting, offering to provide Daily Dozen exercise charts to readers who mail a SASE to the newspaper.
A collection of trivia and anecdotes from a 1937 page includes answers to Cranium Crackers questions on Rome numerals cords of wood military academies and age eligibility for West Point and Annapolis plus a comic animal story about a skunk and a coon.
In a tense moment, Wood cannot lift his gun as the legend of friendly blacks is recalled. The amazons overpower him and his four companions, disarming them effortlessly as sharp spears force them forward.
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