If I Were Mayor of Amarillo Contest Letters
Contested letters for The Globe’s If I Were Mayor of Amarillo contest urge stronger parades traffic fixes and moral cleanup. Writers propose city-funded parades improved streets, stricter rules on fireworks, and better police, zoning, and public services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe
Amarillo
The
Amarillo Globe
Cheyenne
Wyo
Martinez
Arthur Ye Hh
Chamber of Commerce
Citizens Advisory Council
East Amarillo
Lubbock
Wild Horse Lake
Rock Island
Fort Worth
Denver
R. B. Norman
Rusk
Polk Street
Taylor
Tyler
North East Eighth
Grand Street
Myra Harvey
Plant bites hand that feeds it from Venus flytrap anecdote
Claire Cox recounts bringing a Venus flytrap named Herbie to the United States. The carnivorous plant, part of the dromaea muscipula family, teethingly bites as the author tries to unwrap it and provide sun and food, illustrating its cannibalistic tendencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moldenke
Zoological
Herbie
Claire Cox
New York
W.P
Admiral Kimmel Seriously Ill in New London
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel retired is seriously ill after a heart attack and remains at the submarine base dispensary in New London Conn. His condition is described as not critical. He commanded American naval forces at Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Husband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Fleet
Convicts Petition to Join Army for Korea Duty
About 200 convicts at the state reformatory petitioned the US adjutant general for release to volunteer for combat duty in Korea. The prisoners, all war veterans, said they would like to atone for our mistakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagrange, Ky
State Reformatory
US Adjutant General
Korea
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Roberta C.tate
North Side
North
van Buren
Globe-News
Tenth Avenue
City Barn
Tenth
Dallas
Dan’t
G. W. Wallis
West Ninth
J. D. Gray
Polk
Washington Street
Third
Grant
Leatrice West
Glendale
Cal
Hereford
J. L. Jones
Ellis
Carolinas
Charles Darwin
Harold Moildenke
New York Zoological Garden
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
Santone
Billy
Texas Ranger
Pop
Progressive Men's
Marillo
Knox
Jantzen and
Ganther
Seersucker
Admiral Kimmel
V. L. Taylor & CO
W.ith
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