13 Jul 1938
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1938
Page
1
Report notes betting odds for O'Daniel to win a runoff and a tight second place between Thompson and McCraw. Observers suggest Thompson could outperform O'Daniel, with Thompson appealing to Treason and common sense and rallying groups to his side. Texas race described as exciting.
In a bustling rural bulletin a post office special stamp permission, a lost cash pocket book reward, zoo animal requests from San Antonio, and local phone contacts mix with capricious humor. Entries include jokes about stockings, weather heat, and light trivia on Washington, Edison, hummingbirds, and GM stock.
In London the former Barbara Hutton withdrew a criminal charge against her Danish husband Count Court Haugwitz-Reventlow. A likely separation or divorce follows, with Danish law to govern any proceedings. The couple, with their two year old son Lance, remain apart as talks continue.
The page fragment shows several small help wanted notices: a girl seeking work with housework and child care experience and references. two readers offering day or week work. another girl seeking housekeeping jobs. addresses and contact numbers listed. A note mentions a lost Irish setter and a widow with a child seeking support, with continuation on page 7.
In Alaska on a layover Hughes changes plans to attend the arrival. Officials poised to route a potential landing via Edmonton Winnipeg or Minneapolis as the crew nears New York. Police prepare for a massive crowd at Floyd Bennett Airport while pilots face Arctic fog squalls and open water hazards on the Yakutsk route.
Governor James V. Allred begins desk clearing as he transitions toward resignation to accept a federal district judgeship. He plans to serve his remaining term, not resign before August 27, and will decide his exact departure timing later. He will consult his wife about plans and residence.
The Amarillo Grain Exchange inspection reports 184 carloads of new wheat received today, up from 193 carloads the same day last year. The note mentions Holland tulip bulb growing since the 17th century and British Columbia fir as the core lumber species.
Spending reaches 40.65 billion by June 30 1939 with peacetime outlays at 9.085 billion and receipts dropping to 5.0 billion. Deficit rises to 4.085 billion with debt retirement excluded. Secretary plans borrowings between 2.1 and 2.805 billion and a peacetime defense rise to 1.05 billion plus 976 million interest.
The text explains that Social Security and railroad pension taxes flow into the general treasury fund and are spent like other revenue receipts. It states the treasury regards this as a borrowing, since it issues obligations against these funds and credits them to the old age retirement, unemployment, and railroad retirement accounts, with interest rates set by law.
A reader seeks guidance from Dorothy Dix on a young woman who wishes to marry a reporter yet avoid work. The letter notes Dix was reportedly not aboard train number 7, leaving questions unanswered and the writer feeling heartbroken and uncertain about proper advice.
A fragment discusses a woman’s choice to become a reporter and the impracticality of living cheaply as two versus one. It questions Dorothy Dix style advice and reflects on public perception of a once sane person taking up reporting.
President Roosevelt plans to speak from the rear platform as his special train enters Nevada with Pat McCarran and Albert Hilliard aboard. Hilliard campaigns on New Deal support while Elko Reno and Sparks await addresses, amid calls for a 1940 bid. The White House has not commented on future plans.
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