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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
4
Senator Clint Small argues a broad sales tax is the least painful new revenue source for Texas, fostering tax consciousness and retrenchment in spending while opposing targeted taxes. The piece notes broader calls for revenue and hints at national debates on government funding and taxation.
Puzzle text presents a dense crossword with vertical and horizontal clues, many incomplete entries, and scattered answers across aquatic and miscellaneous themes. It lists numbers and fragments like bones, notes, exclamations, and various objects, suggesting a historical newspaper puzzle page with partial solutions and stray characters.
Morgan and Iris uncover a trunk full of a dead girl’s wardrobe and family photos revealing Iris’s unknown brother. Miss Ella accuses Iris’s mother and Josie Ross while Iris learns of a hidden sibling and asks Morgan to locate him. Morgan vows to find the brother.
The text notes Franklin attended school for about two years between ages eight and ten. It also cites the shortest cross country distance between Atlantic and Pacific near Charleston South Carolina and San Diego California at 2 152 miles. It mentions Americans drink about 4 billion bottles of soft drinks yearly.
The article describes Honolulu as a sprawling city of Oahu that extends to Midway and Palmyra Islands. Midway hosts about 20 residents. Palmyra is sparsely inhabited by giant crabs. Palmyra, once a British possession, is now US territory with potential uses as an airbase.
North Platte Nebraska seeks to display a memorial statue of Buffalo Bill Cody after more than $800 in local subscriptions. The United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter called him a Unionist, sparking local debate. Theodore Lowe of the county historical society spoke on the fundraising drive. In Madison Wisconsin Johann Strauss wrote a private Blue Danube Waltz dedicated to Mrs. Naffzs family. Texas judge Reese Tatum, serving the 6th district, has faced no electoral opposition in 19 years on the bench.
New York report describes Jimmy Durante's fashion swings between Hollywood chic and his rough New York stage attire. The piece notes his casual blazers, boyish pants, and noisy cabaret haunts, contrasting his uptown lifestyle with his Coney Island roots and public image. It profiles society figures Milton Holden and William Rhinelander Stewart and comments on expatriate art world dynamics.
A series of transfers for properties in Flota, Pleasant Valley, Mount Aaron, and Eakle along with multiple National Bondholders Corp. filings appear. Additional entries list 1936 vehicle registrations including Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Plymouth and Oldsmobile models.
Trancontinental and Western Air plans a new express operation named General Air Express to run a pickup fleet competing with existing express services. The venture uses Postal Telegraph Cable Company and Keeshin Transcontinental Truck Lines facilities. M. V. Little, ex Greyhound official, will lead the venture.
A passenger train struck a flock of turkeys in Williams California killing about 75 birds. The incident disrupted traffic as feathers filled the scene and residents recorded the unusual accident.
The note laments a prior Food Laws rating and recalls a thief’s excuse about seeing a girl’s gold hair. It claims a glint in the thief’s eye led to cutting a ringlet before awareness.
Blacky the Crow and Mrs Blacky fear new neighbors the Redtails will build near them. They plot disruption with help from friends to drive the Hawks away before a nest forms. Blacky plans to remove the intruding stick while seeking assistance. (Copyright 1936 by T. W. Burgess)
A cheeky collage of style notes from 1936 traces spats fading, knockabout footwear, and socialites. It highlights Jean Patou and William Gaxton sporting new looks, Hope Williams’s stage persona, and anecdotes about George Jessel, Nick Longworth, and Billy DeBeck, all amid light gossip and cultural touchstones.
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