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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1940
Page
24
Bascom N. Timmons reports that ongoing global conflict pressures the United States to adjust New Deal reforms. The article analyzes how wartime needs drive economic policy shifts and social programs, with implications for labor, finance, and public works initiatives.
The piece argues airpower’s decisive role in Francoist victory, detailing how Loyalists lacked dock facilities as German and Italian bombers disrupted ports, forcing inland transfers and paralyzing supply chains. It notes broader implications for Britain, Dutch coast vulnerabilities, and shifts in wartime logistics and policy debates in Washington.
A collage of quirky items runs through this page: Harwa the Egyptian mummy returns to New York with no comment while a compact nine-ounce vest pocket radio debuts. An orange painted highway and Arab dining etiquette join a western tale where Larry Collins grapples with Monnie, a hard-edged woman and a dangerous canyon fence assignment. The scene shifts to a rancher’s life as Collins endures heat, digs post holes, contemplates quitting, and encounters two riders, one a stylish Easterner, in a continuing serial.
In New York on May 20, William Saroyan declined the $1000 Pulitzer prize for best play of 1939 for The Time of Your Life. Critics split, noting the award’s strings and questioning its merit while praising other works like The Man Who Came to Dinner.
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