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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1939
Page
5
Orange New Jersey firemen will sport eight inch white numbers on the backs of their rubber coats. The intent is to let officers direct crews from a distance during hose and ladder work. Spectators may use the numbers to tell firefighters apart and bet on rescues.
Pacific Grove imposes a $500 fine or six months in jail for disturbing a live butterfly, reflecting the town’s value of conservation. Millions migrate to the Monterey peninsula each fall, making butterflies a key seasonal attraction and part of local heritage since 1788.
A British oil man, Bryan Grover, married a Russian woman and faced Russia’s denial of readmittance for his wife. He staged a daring flight to Russia, was jailed, and after five years now hopes for their union, sparking questions about emigration bans by a 180 million strong nation.
Noel Marchand travels to Hollywood on a pressure hire to test for a Criterion project. Mike Howe rushes her from New York to Los Angeles and Palm Springs, leaving her at the Beverly Wilshire with no welcome. Noel contacts Criterion seeking his promised screen test and learns Feigel’s production unit is in Palm Springs. She wanders in the early hours, awaiting further word. She inquires at the hotel about Mrs Swanstrom registered there.
A crossword style puzzle references late Queen of Norway and Crown Prince Olaf with clues for horizontal and vertical entries. The grid hints include terms linked to monarchy, geography, and common nouns, forming a themed word hunt.
Noel Marchand abandons a Hollywood screen test path after a tense sequence of auditions and social pressures. She travels back to New York, seeking security and companionship while pondering her future and relationships.
A French S S De Grasse officer in French Guiana learns convicts respond to trust. He lends a loaded gun to criminals and marches ahead unarmed, earning respect and cooperation, illustrating a simple moral on kindness and reciprocity. The piece ends with a note on cicadas and brood numbers.
The Amarrilo Globe News announces its independent democratic stance and publishes the news impartially. Dated Monday January 16 1959, the issue details publishing affiliations and circulation information for Amarillo, Texas.
The article urges sincere determination to follow a reducing diet and labels rich gravies fat meats and desserts as taboo for reducers. It lists a sample day including breakfast with grapefruit and eggs, lunch of vegetables and bread, and dinner of liver with vegetables and salad plus water intake.
Washington dispatch notes Democrats rally behind Milton West of Texas for Ways and Means vacancy while Maloney, Boland, and McKeough vie for the rest. Rules committee contenders Colmer, Delaney, Dempsey, and Costello loom as potential balance. Clyde Williams earns a surprise anti monopoly post amid doubts about his independence.
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