Signs of better times return to Amarillo in 1934
The Amarillo post office reports upturn in receipts in 1934, with heavy gains in late 1934. Utility firms note more customers for light water gas and telephones, and the telephone list grows by 750 after 1933 losses. Railroads buses air lines also show improvement and merchants claim their best days since 1929. The overall tone is that better times are here.
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Uncle Sam
Amarillo
Telephone Company
Flexible Wages and Labor’s Bargaining Power
The author argues for flexible wages tied to economic cycles, noting labor’s fear of downward pay cuts and the need for wage growth when warranted. He contends real change requires widespread industrial recognition of trade union equality, adaptable management salaries, and financing costs to match wage flexibility.
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George Sokolsky
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Murder mystery continues in London private inquiry
Nicholas Trench recounts the near hanging verdict and threats from Russians as he and Molly O'Brien pursue a stolen formula. Jerry Mordaunt, invited into the case, tests Molly's tale while Sir William Avon’s letter hints Osborne’s dealings and a potential backer. Nicholas schedules an important engagement tomorrow.
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Nicholas Trench
Jerry Mordaunt
Nicholas
Molly O'Brien
John Osborne
Nicholas Just
Osborne
Jerry
Jove
Molly
Father
Austin
Nick
Adc
Trench
Obrien
Mordaunt
America
Prem Badiv
Aviv
William Avon
Avon
Petin Publishing Co
Health Talk on Diet and Athletic Performance
Dr Morris Fishbein discusses evolving diet science for athletes. He argues foods are not inherently good or bad and emphasizes balanced intake of amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and fluids tailored to activity levels and individual needs. He cites boxing training as an example.
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Queen's Studios
Jerry
ET GUIDING YOUR CHILD
The article describes a young child unable to walk at one year old. Ruth, now three, endures daily strain helping with the carriage and assisting her mother as she navigates daily tasks and challenges. The piece sketches early family caregiving and resilience in a simple domestic scene.
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Amarillo
Patra
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo Daily News
Alice Clarissa Richmond
Ruth
Beret 18 Sign of Yokelism
Mirthful miscellany from O. O. McIntyre on stage, cinema and society figures. Notes on Lee Orwell, Billie Burke, Harold Ross, Douglas Fairbanks, Garbo and others, plus a look at New York social life from Stork Club to Park Avenue gatherings.
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O. O. McIntyre
New York
Bob Ripley
Lionel Atwell
Central Park
Lee Orwell
al Bedell
Kay Francis
Theodore Dreiser
Richard Bennett
Florida
Radio City
Billie Burke
Jack Holt
John McCormack
Carmel Snow
Irvin Cobb Irving
Zoe Atkins
Zane Gale
Alice Hughes
Douglas Fairbanks
Grasshopper
Harold Ross
Owen Young
Will Mahoney
Jim Quirk
Barney Gallant
Garbo
Oddlum
Bill Hart
Lee Tracy
Robert Montgomery
Hart
Hudson
Newburgh
Majeska
Julia Arthur
Madam Rhea
Cash Hawkins
Newhall
Calif
Stork Club
Heywood Broun
Bill Corum
Joe Williams
Steve Hannagan
Sherman Billingsley
Buster Bear Outwits Prickly Porky and Bobby Coon
Buster Bear devises a feint to gain advantage over Prickly Porky the Porcupine while Bobby Coon urges him to move. The crafty bear slips back unseen as Porky hesitates and the trio plays out a tense standoff in the treetop tale.
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Buster Bear
Bobby Coon
Porky the
Porcupine
Bobby
Buster
Porky
Prickly Porky
Prickly
Word Builder and Forest Tales
A playful puzzle narrator accompanies a Burgess woodland tale about gunmen and robbers, misdirection and a card game of letters, while Bobby Coon, Prickly Porky, and Buster Bear tense for a cliffhanger moment. The next story is teased as Bobby Coon Takes a Chance.
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Bobby Coon
Broadways’ booming game halls shift with new craze
A 1935 syndicated piece describes about 70 pin game halls on Broadway corner streets with fortune tellers, checker champs, and carnival ambiance. Rent is $30,000 yearly as the boom business shifts from the old craze to the new "Fantastic" fad with bright women promoting it.
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Little Hole
Broadway
McNaught Syndicate
The Scholar in Politics President Woodrow Wilson
A quiz styled item presents three questions and concise answers. The first names Woodrow Wilson as the president known as the Scholar in Politics. The second clarifies the oculist is a medical eye doctor while the optician makes or sells optical instruments. The third cites England as Europe’s most densely populated nation with 7013 inhabitants per square mile.
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Woodrow Wilson
Europe
England
Crosstown Puzzle Clue List Yields Many Word Fits
A dense crossword style list presents horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and partial phrases. The grid references include terms like Cambridge theologian, meadow, edge, oracle, and various short words, inviting solution of interlocking words across categories.
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Glenn Frank
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Pacqusen
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Tennessee
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Cory Adaat
Elliott Major Scott
Washburn
Missouri
U.S
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Seymour
Mr. Stillman
Mullvet
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygeia the Health Magazine
BERET
C. O. McIntyre
Jules Glaenzer
Park Avenue
Glaenzer
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Social Register
Newport
Thornton v. Burgess
Hang Buster
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Little Brown
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