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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1936
Page
3
Roger W. Babson warns that a third of eligible voters stay away from polls. The Globe urges Americans to boost turnout to at least 85 percent to safeguard democracy and prevent extremist movements from gaining power.
A humorous column contrasts popular sayings with a National Parks Service notice about Zion cuckoos and birds nesting behavior. The piece mocks simplistic wisdom and highlights quirky animal facts regarding cuckoo parasitism and park visitors.
The author ridicules Gerald Ll. K. Smith who claims to recruit 10,000,000 Americans to form a militant group to defend the nation from a supposed international plan. The piece dismisses the feasibility and condemns the grandiose plan with a satirical tone.
The piece argues that Pennsylvania’s WPA program is heavily politicized by Democrats and that Republicans have not exposed widespread abuse. It cites coercion by county chairs, appointees among foremen and supervisors, and attempts by the GOP to elicit campaign contributions while noting limited local reform and mixed investigations.
In a fragment rich with character, Kate and Caroline Meed care for Major Sam Meed and two servants on a neglected Blue Grass farm while Kate contends with engagement tensions to Morgan Prentiss and Eve Elwell. A roadside hit and run begins a sequence of schemes and a costly moral turn as Kate writes a ham formula and tries to sell it after exposing a license plate theft, then buys a new dress with the proceeds. At State University, Thomas Jefferson Howard, a mountain man with a grand diploma, faces mockery and isolation from peers as he contemplates identity and belonging, leaving the campus in a thirst for self-definition.
Rembrandt forgeries deceive collectors while the Dutch master’s unique chiaroscuro is explained. The article notes Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn born 1606 died 1669 in poverty and discusses his famed oeuvre and a 1933 Netherlands stamp image of The Syndics and a self-portrait.
New York column blends social jabs at Hitler and Agna Enters with show business notes. It covers actors Lindy crowds, Harry Richman dining, and a critique of modern public life, then shifts to a legal foreclosure scene and a Meed place dispute.
A historical puzzle clippings style list of across and down clues references an aviatrix theme with many wordplay entries including ocean flyer and various definitions. Items span numbers 14 through 52 across and vertical clues include Mister rivulet portico and many others.
Old Mr. Toad abandons his plan to overwinter in the cabbage patch and heads to the cornfield. Peter Rabbit searches the patch, finds no sign, and discovers the toad changed his mind. The tale contrasts stubborn resolve with a new retreat.
The tale describes Old Mr. Toad digging with his hindfeet using spurs to loosen earth. He backs into the hole, is gradually buried, and then goes to sleep as he believes he is far enough down. He apparently stops breathing for long periods.
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