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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1937
Page
2
A reflective column notes flexible weather forecasts, wet ground, and ongoing drought relief in Texas. It blends satirical vignettes on farming profits, race betting talk, and a parade of assorted trivia from Amarillo to Austin, including cows, milk, and a broad array of modern curiosities. The piece touches on politicians, clubs, and public life with a folksy, era-appropriate voice.
Durant Oklahoma florist John Leonard found cockleburs embedded in 21 year old pavement during tearing work. He planted the clusters and they sprouted proving the seeds survived decades. A curious note mentions Niagara Palis water flow at high rate.
Washington legislators debate Thomas Jefferson memorial at the tidal basin with a proposed $3,000,000 cost and a plan to remove cherry trees. Critics fear the project’s cost and impact on Washington’s famous blossoms. Proposals for hearings arise as mixed public opinion grows among hotel men gardeners and engineers.
AP describes Dr. Leo L. Stanley at California State Prison performing gland transplants on inmates for about two decades. The practice aims to relieve ailments such as asthenia and rheumatism, with patients showing benefits while the primary goal is medical relief rather than rejuvenation.
A legal expert leads a bold drive in securities enforcement as the Securities Exchange Commission pursues high profile cases. The activist prosecutor champions reforms, seeking tougher oversight and stricter penalties to curb market abuses.
Smart Middie returns to duties after operation while Dr. Stanley notes effects vary with time and recommends one treatment every two or three months. He cautions the procedure does not promise longer life though healthy well being often accompanies transplantations. Private practice implants show 60 percent positive responses in a study of 400 cases outside prison.
In Moradabad United Provinces a monkey sat in the court chair as presiding officer. Litigants and lawyers entered to see the animal seize a pen, jab at the desk, spill ink on papers, and grimace at laughter before slipping out a window.
The President seeks congressional authorization to expand a treasury investigation into income tax evasion and avoidance. He transmitted a preliminary report and urged swift action. He called evasion widespread and bold, demanding urgent steps. The war office remains England’s largest employer with extensive activities across schools, churches, prisons, police, and a fleet.
Colorado poet Thomas Hornsby Ferris argues mountains hinder literature making writers feel awed by nature. He says authors must feel mastery of their subject before quality work. Ferris recently received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Colorado.
Honolulu divers target tourists for coin tosses this summer hoping quarters replace silver dollars as the haul. The boys claim to snag about nine of every ten coins tossed from ships, while officials estimate $25,000 to $30,000 lies buried in harbor mud.
Bernice Dalrymple 22 wife of M A Dalrymple a Santa Fe employe at Etter died at 9 15 this morning in St Anthony's hospital after a two week illness. Survived by husband a daughter Velma parents Mr and Mrs Jim Hicks Mule shoe four brothers and three sisters. Body at Blackburn Shaw chapel with services likely Friday at Dumas Methodist Church. Pallbearers C H Dow Newton Odom D D Neighbors O t ie Mote George Atwood Floyd Taylor.
The text notes there is no standard size or weight for a silver bar, suggesting it generally resembles a building brick. It adds that eighty percent of tornadoes occur between noon and 6 PM.
Officials plan an early departure from the Amarillo Hotel at 7 30 in the morning for a two day Pioneer Celebration in Clovis. Citizens are urged to call Chamber of Commerce to register vehicles for the drum corps transport with several local business leaders already listed as participants.
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