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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1930
Page
4
Amarillo citizens read more books as 123,000 volumes were borrowed from the public library in 1930, averaging nearly three books per person. The note credits fire safety education and campaigns for reducing city losses and praise the community’s reading habit growth.
The Federal Radio Board heard Philo T. Farnsworth announce a new tube design that he says makes television immediately practical and seeks authority for a high power New York station. His confident claim follows a national conference with sixteen stations, stirring public curiosity about television’s readiness.
Glenn Frank argues that the nation failed to adopt social inventions to stabilize the economy and protect consumers. He urges policies ensuring consumer purchasing power, employment security, and limits on excessive investment to prevent self-damaging overproduction.
David Frost resists family pressure and quits his bank job to support Fanny, but their daughter Sheila falls gravely ill from Fanny's care. Penniless, David moves back under his mother’s roof with Fanny, whose unhappy Washington interlude contrasts with the stern, controlling home life.
Fanny struggles to keep peace at home as Mrs. Frost disapproves of Sheila and pressures punishment. David defends Fanny and warns against further conflict while Fanny fears loss of harmony and recalls past tensions with her mother-in-law.
A fragment discusses a Globe series by Russ Murphy inviting readers to propose origins of customs or sayings. It requests letters to the columnist and promises illustrated answers. The note hints at exploring how traditions begin and encourages reader participation.
New York story notes the Colony theatre in Times Square reverting to Broadway name and hosting The New Yorkers musical extravaganza. Producer E Ray Goetz opens with a high grossing show, though profitability remains uncertain given the production's early run and cast details.
Triumphant moment as Sheila rests with three hours old in Fanny’s arms while Mrs. Frost’s determined tread signals a clash. Fanny anticipates battle over her child as David’s wife is seen as an outsider and Sheila is to be shaped into the Brownbeck image. Tomorrow an old friend returns with a rash proposal.
The U S Treasury lists show Amarillo firms receiving notable income tax refunds for 1930. Odom Cotten and Turnley Co Nunn Warren Publishing Amarillo Refining and Amarillo Drilling profited, with totals ranging from five hundred to nearly six thousand dollars each, while Houston and Dallas entities topped overall refunds.
Advices from Morris Oklahoma report the death of S J Thomas age 70 a long time cowpuncher in the Panhandle who came from Burnet County Texas about 1881 and worked as foreman on the LX Ranch He and associates John Arnot Harry Ingerton and Jim Gober were among fifty LX voters in Amarillo townsite opening Funeral arrangements were not announced.
In the Smiling Pool tale, Jerry Muskrat warns against Little Joe Otter as Stumpy and his headstrong sister defy caution. She explores alone, is pursued, and disappears in a rapid chase, leaving Stumpy to fear for his sister’s fate and reflect on safety.
The season features heavy salaries for Cole Porter, Herbert Fields, and Peter Arno on The New Yorkers with Clayton, Jackson and Durante as the core trio. Helen Hayes returns in Petticoat Influence alongside Henry Stephenson and Reginald Owen. Christmas week brings Ballyhoo with W C Fields, Purity by the Shuberts, The Truth Game with Ivor Novello, plus Gogol’s The Inspector General and more revivals and new plays across Broadway.
Crossword puzzle clues list with a mix of horizontal and vertical entries including Berets Auto Soft white mineral and many obscured terms. Several entries appear garbled with spacing and typographical errors, but the grid presents a standard clue set for solving.
Funeral services were conducted at Griggs and Sons Funeral Chapel for Betty Eloise Johnson, 18 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie E. Johnson of 611 West Ninth Avenue. She died after a fall from a chair Saturday evening when a cup in her hand caused a fatal head injury.
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