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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1936
Page
4
Statisticians report rising business activity in December with gains in building, steel, coal, and electric power. Automobile output fell about 3 percent due to Christmas shutdowns, while department store sales rose 9.7 percent from 1924 and 59 percent from November. Overall, prospects look encouraging for the year ahead.
In New York on February 10, diary sketches reveal the Algonquin Round Table’s waning fun with absentee stars and new faces. Percy Crosby, Oscar, Hewitt Howland, and others mingle at Peacock Alley while Rebecca West and Anna May Wong gossip drift. Bernard Baruch sends quail as the circle shifts from longtime luminaries to fresh names.
In the Big River marshes Blacky the Crow meets Fish Crow a cousin from the Green Forest. They talk about food from fish to eggs while noting hard times and hunger on the marshes. The dialogue highlights sharing and learning as they compare diets and survival.
A 1936 column links Lincoln's 1862 remarks on freedom to modern business obligation. It argues industry must raise mass prosperity to sustain profits and support broader economic balance through wages, hours, prices, and profits. Sloan cited as example of economic statesmanship.
A scanned puzzle entry lists clues for a large horizontal and vertical crossword with several cross references. The grid references include cinema actor, detest, hair ornament, and various letters suggesting a themed wordplay with many partial terms.
Julia Craig a secretary to George Woodford of Woodford and Brooks aims to become a nightclub singer. Peter Kemp her coworker loves her and arranges a letter of introduction to Henri Lamb, but Lamb’s reaction reveals tension as Julia learns of Peter’s interference and questions their motives.
The article reviews the fate of Sultan Mohammed VI of Turkey after World War I, noting his diminished empire, exile to Malta, and death in San Remo in 1928. It mentions a 1918 accession, a 150 wife harem, 326 children, and a 2918 stamp portrait.
A quirky diary style scene follows a nervous friend who rises early, spots the bay, boards a plane, and journeys to a big house. A character sighs at etiquette and dances, resisting fashion, chores, and neighborly aches after a night of effort.
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