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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
4
A bold tirade condemns promiscuous car horn use in Amarillo, arguing horn honking in front of homes disrupts residents and traffic. The piece decries disrespectful callers and urges courteous in-person visits, with a satirical punishment idea for nuisance horners.
Walter H. Blucher of the American Society of Planning Officials warns that airport sites must fit city plans to handle rising traffic and larger planes. He cites Chicago's cramped municipal airport as an example of poor location affecting future expansion and highway integration. The piece links aviation growth to urban planning and transportation proximity considerations.
In a 1936 NEA Service piece the author lampoons political campaign publicity by imagining a parade of animals and oddities. It lists pigs, dogs, cows, a skull, and various figures linked to WPA and RA efforts, satirically critiquing party messaging and propaganda.
In Atlanta Carol Torrance balances work at Blake Thornton's ad firm with Ellen Sands's wedding plans. Ellen's arrival brings tension and hints of romance while Carol contemplates independence and leaving Ashboro behind. Blake questions Carol's future as she prepares to depart after a day of shopping and decisions.
An account traces Ankara from Hittite Ankuwa to Roman and Greek imprints, then to a modern Turkish capital under Ataturk with new government buildings, schools, and streets, while noting a 35 000 to 123 000 population shift and historical religious sites. The excerpt blends travel imagery with a domestic scene hinting at personal tension and impending disaster.
A dense, fragmented word puzzle lists numerous clues tied to aviation pioneers and miscellaneous terms. It reads like a cryptic grid with numbers pairing to definitions such as air related terms, tools, roles, and objects, inviting cross reference to fill a complete puzzle.
New York report notes inside the J P Morgan library the allure of manuscripts and handwriting. It highlights Sir Walter Scott, Browning, Balzac, Marie Antoinette and Edna Ferber among others, plus gossip on Percy Hammond and Richard Watts and a light column on quintuplet cabbages in Connecticut.
Chatterer the Red Squirrel seeks to swap homes with Spooky the Screech Owl after angering him. A quarrel over the plan and Chatterer’s temper lead to a renewed attempt to win Spooky’s consent, with Chatterer hoping for a favorable dawn awakening.
Charlotte street scene is disrupted as ten barrels of corn syrup spill from a large truck onto Trade Street. The report notes a man denying knowledge of the incident and includes a literary aside about a man’s search for value amid fleeting misfortune. The piece ends with a line about Irma and a wedding helper named Carel.
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