12 Jun 1942
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1942
Page
1
A column urges fair treatment for tenants with families amid rent hikes in Amarillo during wartime. The author highlights landlord practices, proposes federal or local rent ceilings, and defends families facing eviction for having children. He cites local figures, political tensions, and community responses while urging legal recourse and public advocacy.
Edward A. Dickson of Los Angeles has been reappointed to a third 16 year term on the University of California board of regents, after 32 years of service. He was first appointed by Gov. Hiram Johnson and is a member of the Los Angeles water and power commission as well as active in the building and loan business.
The column mixes war era chatter about air power and social tips with local updates on Will Rogers range riders at the Tri-State fairgrounds, 85 horses in public barns, and a looming county court decision over stables rent. It lauds rangers as a public service and notes civic pride across Amarillo and the Panhandle.
A collage of brief observations covers crime trends in states tough on car theft, nerdery on New England underwear origins now Cedar Springs Michigan, India’s mica monopoly for defense, a 20th Century-Fox executive’s court oath about The Bluebird flop, beef price trends, colonial Massachusetts newspapers, Napoleonic and Hitler comparisons, kerosene lamps in New York, Nicotine’s naming, Rhodes in Africa, and modern use of preserved wood and chromated zinc chlorine treated lumber in construction.
Geographic center of the United States steel industry lies about eight miles northeast of Mansfield near Oliveshore and Paradise Hill, small settlements in the region.
Navajo officials in New Mexico share etiquette for visitors to the Navajo reservation. Do not shake hands. clasp briefly instead. Do not ask for names, and no farewell salutes as the Navajo rarely say goodbye. Visitors announce themselves with a visiting song and should not peek outside. Entering a hogan, avoid passing on the north side of the central fire.
Shackleton and his party faced starvation after losing their food depot in 1909 Antarctica. A sudden atmospheric refraction created a mirage that revealed the depot paths, enabling the men to steer toward it and survive.
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