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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1931
Page
4
The drive reports forty jobs on opening day and dozens more in progress as Amarillo residents respond to calls for work. Citizens, not just committees, are urged to volunteer, with lumber dealers joining a financing plan to fund repairs and stimulate hiring through the Chamber of Commerce.
A year end scientific review in Cleveland gathered 40 learned societies and 15 AAAS sections for about 200 meetings. Dr. George Crile showcased a brain substance that can produce life like creatures, seen as a potential tool in cancer research and understanding life preservation.
Glenn Frank argues that living ideas must free themselves from ancestral constraints in individuals and institutions. He criticizes self perpetuating boards and fixed endowments that fossilize thinking and hinder progress. Foundations are urged to spend capital as well as income and to embrace generation self reliance led by figures like Julius Rosenwald.
Fanny Frost endures jealousy from mother in law after marrying David as she bonds with Bob Daniels. A Halloween ruse leads to a brief elopement, later thwarted, and Fanny flees with Bob to New York before agreeing to divorce while keeping her daughter Sheila half the year. Ellsworth Sherman disrupts her privacy with blunt questions about divorce.
Fanny grows entangled with Ellsworth and the Oliver family as she assists Ada Atwood’s dinner, contemplates marriage, and weighs loyalty. A custody battle follows, ending with Fanny reclaiming her maiden name and David gaining freedom. Judson Brownbeck dies as the divorce closes. Tomorrow she seeks new happiness and a new friend.
A breezy New York column by C O Mintyre reflecting on Broadway life. Mentions figures like George Arliss Zoe Akins and Ethel Barrymore while sniping at theater box offices and manufactured dancers. A playful montage ends with a vague scene of a theatergoer heading to the show.
United Press reports Britain ended 1930 with over two million registered unemployed, more than double 1929, as unemployment payments fund Christmas dinners supported millions. Government funding shifts through industry tax, with wage cuts and price increases shaping a fragile economy and possible reductions in relief if the Labor government falls.
The Spanish army air service was disbanded and a decree outlined its reorganization. Officers and men had 15 days to join the new air corps or return to their original army branches. The move followed the Cuatro Vientos uprising led by Ramon Franco.
John M. Olden Walder, 62, unable to raise cash to sell his home in Los Angeles, offered the property for sale but received no offers. Despondent, he killed himself. his body was found shortly after by Frank C. Carpenter, sent by a real estate firm to view the house.
The page presents a mixed list of crossword clues with numbered across and down entries. Questions cover politics, music, sports terms, apparel, language, and common nouns, including references to Kansas origin and various broad and specific definitions.
Jumper the Hare learns of the far northern Lemming folk and their massive migrations from Whitey the Snowy Owl. The tale contrasts local ignorance with distant travel, describing lemmings moving in vast numbers, crossing rivers and lakes, feasting for predators, and leaving ground bare as they pass.
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