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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1930
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe publication lists subscription prices for daily, Sunday, and mail options across Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico. Rates cover weekly, monthly, six months and yearly terms with variations for by carrier and by mail delivery.
The new Santa Fe railroad route from Amarillo to Las Animas will create 20 to 25 construction camps with a monthly payroll of about 15,000 dollars and $20,000 monthly in supplies at one Amarillo camp. This payroll and spending are seen as the key to alleviating local depression by providing employment during stressful times.
Glenn Frank imagines Jefferson guiding the Democratic Party to shift centralization versus decentralization debates toward economic roles and private power. He argues for decentering politics toward on-the-ground actors in business, industry, finance, and labor, promoting self regulation and reduced amateur government interference.
Readers are invited to write to Russ Murphy at The Globe with ideas on how customs or sayings began. The columnist will illustrate his answers in the series, inviting further contribution on other origins.
Dan Rorimer a New York writer visits Anne Winter in Hollywood. Anne, Mona Morrison and Eva Harley share a furnished bungalow near the tracks as Dan observes Eva’s guarded air and Mona’s vivid, youthful energy. Eva’s mysterious background and Eva’s modeling mix with the trio’s evolving bonds amid life on the movie fringe.
A veteran Washington press gallery hopeful is discussed without a name. Frederick Landis of Indiana emerges as a likely candidate, with a background in state office runs and support for Roosevelt. A tailed tale about Bullfrog Clubs and a land in political recall adds color to the speculation.
Berlin reporter describes the city’s new airport as the world’s largest and most complete with a mile square of facilities. Fifteen passenger planes land daily between five and six pm, flying from Copenhagen London Paris Moscow Amsterdam Dresden and Liverpool. The airport’s efficiency, restaurants, and radio equipped planes showcase postwar German achievement and a dramatic take-off sequence fills the sky as crowds watch from a nearby Kaiser's parade ground.
Mothers worry about monotony in children's meals but a University of Chicago study found preschoolers ate the same daily breakfast, dinner, and supper for three weeks without complaint. When later offered ice cream and cake, they asked where the peaches were, suggesting monotony has little impact on appetite. The result implies parental concern over variety may reduce a poor eater by signaling excessive care.
A quirky crossword puzzle lists a mix of geography and vocabulary clues. It blends terms like Premier of Argentina and Wisconsin with common words, mapped across horizontal and vertical entries, challenging readers to fill missing letters and discover the interlocking wordplay.
A 1930 children’s fable follows Jim Crow the crow as a group of Black Crows surround and escort him toward the Green Forest. He fears capture and resists, but the others insist on returning him to his birthplace, hinting at tribal or social pressures. The tale ends prompting the next story, Jim Crow Is Tried.
Renowned pianist Ignace Paderewski, recalling his boyhood troubles, gives a pair of shoes to a towheaded boy seen hobbling about. The next day his doorstep fills with shoeless urchins seeking help.
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