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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1936
Page
4
A movement to introduce an apprenticeship system into municipal administration is outlined by the International City Managers Association. The plan would train young graduates as assistants in city offices, rotate them through departments, and advance them to salaried roles, aiming to create capable public administrators.
In a Thornton Burgess tale Blacky the Crow learns ducks in the water are starving due to waste oil pollution from offshore steamers. He finds oil slicked dead ducks, while Graywing warns the pollution harms food sources and could endanger shore wildlife causing moral reflection on human treatment of animals.
Glenn Frank discusses whether widespread consumer spending could drive economic recovery. He argues that buying fixes must be matched by production, boosting jobs, while critics like Lewis W. Douglas say saving funds can create more employment via investment and that unemployment mainly affects capital goods industries. A closing line notes scarce links to food prices.
A mixed list of crossword hints includes clues for present day diva opera star and other varied terms across and down. It combines definitions for people places and objects such as violins, tools, and animals with references to language and culture in a single puzzle grid.
Julia Craig, secretary to lawyer George Woodford, seeks independence as a nightclub singer aboard Woodford's yacht on Evergreen Island. Arom of jealousy, a planned escape with Tom Payson, a hunting accident injures Royal Nesbitt, and Woodford prepares to depart for the city with Julia and the others while Payson remains elusive.
A fragmentary tale blends legends of Tongariro Taranaki and Pihanga with yacht drama aboard the Wood Nymph. Julia, Cintra, and Woodford navigate tension over romance and career as scenes unfold on the voyage toward the city.
New York columnist O O McIntyre profiles Harry Hirshfield as a tireless banquet host and public dinner presider. The piece notes his roles as founder of the Cheese Club and frequent theatrical benefits, plus his varied talents and friendships. It also recounts Broadway romance dissolutions surrounding Lorain Manville and Jay Gould, including Gould’s real name Clare, and mentions Sheila Barrett’s impersonation success.
A chorus of name changes and stagecraft traces actors singers and socialites. Fred Allen alias John Florence Sullivan, a riverboat leading man nicknamed Slats, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Neilly, and a gray-haired writer roam clubs Broadway and radio scenes on West 34th Street and Fifth Avenue while public life moves around them.
Courthouse records show transfers of deeds including Metropolis Building Association to W H Me whom, Citizens National Bank to R E Lewis, and others to Conley Gannon and Bryan York. Vehicle registrations list several 1936 model sedans and trucks from Frost Motor Co and others. Marriage licenses issued to Merman R Bruns and Madeline Deese and Loyd G Duncan with Dorothy E Hamilton. Quebec study notes report 4181 girls trained in domestic science in 1935.
A fragmented meditation contrasts gradual quitting with abrupt cessation and notes the appeal of bread rising as a metaphor. The narrator recalls a young friend and a girl’s vanity, touching on sun tanning and social status in Ife.
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