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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1936
Page
3
The Amarillo Globe notes Amarillo's higher fire insurance rates as losses in early 1936 double those of 1935. It argues carelessness, not just natural causes, fuels fires, urging residents to tighten safety, learn common causes, and prevent major blazes.
Louis V. Phelps of Grinnell College writes an open letter defending the Farm Security Act against Hoover’s Lincoln speech. He asserts no coercion in Iowa, cites 32 college farms under Triple A, and argues farmers benefit from the program while warning against excess production.
The death of Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson shifts national political dynamics as labor leaders, third party advocates, and Democratic and Republican figures debate impact on the 1940 election. La Follette Jr. gains prominence for a potential third party candidacy while Farmer-Labor dynamics and Roosevelt alignment shape Minnesota conventions and Democratic strategy.
In Ashboro and Atlanta, Carol Torrance grapples with worry and a tangled triangle involving Blake and his wife Irma. A weekend at Irma’s mountain retreat leads to social chaos at a party where Carol navigates loud friends, flirtations, and a distracting crowd, hinting at deeper tensions.
Stamp set reproduces Ag ne twin marble pylons at Vimy Ridge to mark Canadian World War sacrifice, unveiled by King Edward VII. U S Treasury may change plan for selling remaining postage stamps after collectors protested. Faster airmail links US to South America cut Miami to Rio trips by two days. U S Post Office adds San Francisco to Manila Pacific route schedules with limited trans Pacific expansion. American Creative League of Music Students seeks a music stamp for 100th anniversary of American musical education progress. Mexico withdraws its recent open highway stamps from public sale.
August heat presses the city as socialites mingle at a party where Carol, Margery, and Margery’s guests, including Porter Murray, discuss flirtations. Porter proposes another dinner and a movie while Carol contemplates a budding romance amid a sweltering heat wave.
A 1936 Marian Sims piece roams through New York social life noting Gene Tunney's refined tastes at Marguery and Marchisio, reflections on aging artists, and vivid vignettes of lobbies, menus, a Scottish caller, and memories from Edinburgh. It closes with tomorrow's plan of an unexpected dinner guest for Carol.
A group from Manchester New Hampshire bought the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company mills for 5 million dollars. Amoskeag Industries Inc. paid 500000 to trustee W Parker Straw as first payment to buy and lease the mills for Manchester workers. The plant once employed 15000 people before closing last year.
In Green Meadows Nanny Meadow Mouse, driven from her safe home by Jimmy Skunk, dodges hawk Redtail and a lurking cat Black Pussy while seeking shelter. She hides under brambles near a rusty can and discovers a tiny round doorway that could become a new, safer home. The narrative blends animal peril with medicinal pages on nosebleeds and splenic surgery.
A witty musing contrasts life’s sadness with a thought on brushing hair from its usual place toward an uncertain future, reflecting on change and personal habits in a pithy, era-tinged aside.
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