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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1933
Page
3
A proposed constitutional amendment to permit county home rule was introduced by Sen. Frank Rawlings of Fort Worth. It would allow counties to adopt home rule charters and pay officers by salaries, to be voted on in the 1934 general election.
Hollywood quiz by Dan Thomas tests film knowledge with 15 questions on topics from star lives to studio ownership. Readers are invited to answer, with the solutions promised on Page 12.
A reader urges bringing back liquor with no tax and proposes government controlled pricing via dispensaries. No on premise drinking, a dispenser per 6000 people, 5 cents per pint beer, 10 cents per quart, wine at double, whiskey discussed but not completed.
An advertisement promises rapid fat loss of up to 15 pounds per month while boosting energy and health. It urges weighing daily, taking Kruschen Salts for four weeks, and reducing pastry, fatty meats, potatoes, butter, cream, and sugar. It markets the product as a safe, effective fat loss solution sold by leading druggists.
Hermits Ltd ends centennial gathering in Omaha and elects Clark Watson as president. Henry Morris, 78, voices concern over modern wickedness and tobacco. group plans to resume life in caves or shanties after brief foray into technocracy talk.
The piece argues that all drinks including alcoholic beverages should meet milk quality standards and be priced up to fifty cents per quart. It warns saloon culture will persist under new names, operate long hours, and depend on licenses for manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers while bootleggers and illicit sales continue.
B D Clement argues that revenue from enforcement would fund controls for bootleggers and moonshiners. He favors tax free alcohol to curb illegal production and urges drastic laws for intoxicated acts while noting enforcement costs may rival current levels.
Letters to Tack detail insanitary poultry conditions in grocery store back rooms with dying birds and poor ventilation. Other notes request dairy work, personal pleas for aid, and a prosperity tale from East Texas about leaving Arkansas for farming and oil lease profits.
Person seeks a woman aged 20 to 30 to assist with house duties. Offer includes room and board for one month, followed by small wages. Contact Mrs W. H. E. at 700 Lincoln Street.
A graduate nurse, well educated and capable, seeks employment in a doctor's office or as a companion to a lady. She will take any honorable position. She mentions accompanying a young ill girl friend seeking work.
Augusto Rosso, newly named Italian ambassador to the United States, arrives from Italy to assume duties. He says Italy is interested in the United States as a young, active nation. The article includes personal anecdotes from Rosso about his Alto home and family items.
A letter to the editor by J. C. Stephenson defends student dancing in school and home, asking when morals were corrupted by youth, praising Amarillo’s attractive, clean-minded youth and the community’s character.
I assert that today’s youth are not worse than the gay nineties but share similar moral codes and use them with better judgment. I have five children who have danced since they could walk and I even danced with them. Now they are older, and I still see their sensible nature. See TACK LETTERS Page
Readers are urged to avoid laxatives that harm intestinal lining and lead to a cycle of dependency. A new Cream of Najal treatment is advertised as gentle, soothing, and able to absorb poisons while aiding natural bowel movement. The ad claims low daily cost and invites readers to buy at a druggist tonight.
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