Widow appointment to Senate sparks tradition concern
The Amarillo Globe comments on Louisiana appointing Huey Long's widow to fill his Senate seat. It argues the move, though praised as a gesture, risks creating a tradition of rewarding widows, rather than electing capable candidates, and questions the value of such appointments beyond familial ties.
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Amarillo
Youne
Amaoo
Globe-News Publishing Co
Sixth
Gene. Howe
Wilburn. Hawk
Associated Press
News and Business Department
Csiriers
Icici
Avhcabaderevere
Ceretoren Boo
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo Daily News
Globe
G Globe
Apecial Metsenger
Senate
United States
Louisiana
Huey Long
Senator Long
Long
Huey
Caraway
Arkansas
The Farmer Faces Change
Essay outlines broad shifts affecting agriculture including reduced domestic and foreign demand, regional cotton trade changes, rural to urban migration, and rising farm youth education needs. It argues for a national program for agriculture addressing these evolving social and technical challenges. A closing joke notes new cars with cocktail bars and back-seat drivers.
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America
United States
Julia Craig Seeks Night Club Singer Break Aboard Yacht
Julia Craig a secretary to George Woodford of Woodford and Brooks aims to become a night club singer. On a yacht trip with Woodford and guests she auditions for Nesbitt and Contra Lee and learns Smith Garland is absent while tensions rise over her role and possible spotlight.
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Julia Craig
George Woodford
Woodford and Brooks
Julia
Amy Sanders
Peter Kemp
Woodford and Broks
Henri Lamb
Lamb
Peter
Royal Nesbitt
Amy
Woodford
Obo
Joseph
Cintra Lee
Hollywood
Smith Garland
Garland
Contra Lee
Mrs. Joseph
Army
Nash
Nesbitt
Sam
Singer
Tye
Lee
Sulla
Gordon Still Stage Wonder
Max Gordon continues to be the wonder man of theatrical production as he reshapes musical revues from The Band Wagon era to modern Broadway. He backed Coward in London, produced Pride and Prejudice and Ethan Frome, and wowed with The Great Walta era.
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New York
Max Gordon
Wonder Man
The
Gordon
Hohokus
Hackensack
London
Noel Coward
Coward
Jane Austen
and Mrs. Wharton
Ethan Frame
Ziegfeld
Walta
Builder of Guatemala Issenter Stamps Feature
In a 1945 stamp set Guatemala commemorated Justo Rufino Barrios born 1845 a reformer who modernized railways roads police and education while facing insurgents and threats His death marked a pivotal 19th century era and the issue depicted an incident from his life.
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Issenters
Justo Rufino Harrios
Guatemala
Barrios
Offee
Salvador
Bath
Word Builder Fumbles Into Odd Groove About Her Friend
A fragment mentions someone hating to fall into a groove as a friend, describing mental corrosion and a man in the world who speaks in a certain way. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear event or outcome.
Blacky the Crow steals a clam in gull encounter tale
Blacky the Crow eyes a gulls clam feast from rocks but tries for a nearer snack. His plan ends when a gull glances up and alarms him, teaching caution as Fish Crow warned. The tale blends mischief with a cautionary moment in a 1936 Burgess story.
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Blacky the Crow
Fish Crow
Graywing
Blacky
T. W. Burgess
Word Builder Riddle Echoes Suitor Tour Theme
A light word puzzle notes that a suitor who promises to stop at tourist spots on a wedding journey could dampen a girl's plans, hinting at a playful ROT to SORT wordplay about tours and tourism.
Famous Diarist Puzzle Clue List Extract
A cryptic crossword like list names famous diarist hints and matched clues across horizontal and vertical entries. The grid includes terms such as ham biscuits prickly bear writing aid repair noise right exist northwest and more with references to gods, animals, and locations.
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Merrie
the Globe
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WEA Semce
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Royal
Hugo Nash
Juba
O. O. McIntyre
Esquire
J. W. A. Weaver
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Muskegon
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Hampton's Magazine
Eleanor Powell
Bill Robinson
Ray Boelger
Will Mahoney
Jack Donahue
Fred Astaire
Hal le Roy
Tad
Castles
Maurice
Walton
Hawkesworth
Durant
Veloz
Yolande
Chicago
Dudley
Bronson
Doris
Jack Benny
Robert Benchley
Jack Whitney
Ed Hill
Frank Simonds
J. S. Klein
Word Builder
Thornton W Burges
Mussolini
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Caffern
Lois Long
McNaught Syndicate
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygeia
the Health Magazine
Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Retary
Mussel
Blouse
Abraham Lincoln
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