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Newspaper

Amarillo Globe

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 21, 1931

Page

4

Unclear OCR snippet details commerce figures

Fragmentary OCR text shows numeric values 6262 325 1.00 385 3.90 7.60 2.80 but provides no identifiable people places organizations events dates or outcomes to summarize into a coherent news item.

Drivers license laws cut highway deaths by a third

The National Conference on Street and Highway Safety estimates that states with licensing laws after mandatory examination and driving tests reduce traffic deaths by 29 percent and injuries by 236 per 100000 population. If adopted nationwide, 8610 lives could be saved and 290000 injuries prevented. Campaigns push for enactment in Ohio Illinois Michigan Minnesota Montana Idaho Oregon Utah Nevada Oklahoma Texas Louisiana Virginia North Carolina Georgia Alabama Tennessee.

National Conference On Street and Mass Life Highway Safety Amon Ohio Illinois Michigan Minnesota Montana Idaho Oregon Utah Nevada Oklahoma Texas Louisiana Virginia North Carolina Georgia Alabama Tennessee

Unhappy Hollywood Star Mary Pickford Faces Box Office Blues

The article notes Mary Pickford as the unhappiest woman in Hollywood due to weak earnings from Coquette and The Taming of the Shrew. Photoplay Magazine cites her fortune and home, but says the cold breath of failure looms close as box office returns falter.

Hollywood Mary Pickford Mary Pickford Photoplay Magazine Miss Pickford Doug Fairbanks

Idle Money and Home Building

Glenn Frank argues for cheaper mass housing and long term credit to quadruple U S home building by 1931. He compares affordable homes to the automobile as a driver of prosperity and urges rapid invention and financing to create millions of small, beautiful houses for the masses.

United States Chartres Westminster Abbey McClure

Death Strikes The Doctor In Winslow Estate Tale

In a Washington DC setting, J Arnold Winslow fears his adopted son Jack will marry Elsa Chase, a beautiful woman in a wheelchair after a car crash. Winslow hires private detective G Thorne and introduces Dr Kane to explore surgery possibilities as Elsa weighs the future of her relationship with Jack.

Jack Winslow Elsa Chase Miss Chase Jack Winslow Washington, D. C G. Thorne Blue Doctor Oaklands Ella Chase Elsa Arnold Winslow Dr. Kane

How It Began The Black Ball In Athens And Jail Birds

Directory style article fragment recounts ancient Athenian exile practice using black and white balls with readers urged to submit ideas for how customs began. Includes random historical anecdotes and a call for letters to Russ Murphy for illustrated future installments.

Athens Russ Murphy Globe Jingo

Tough Winter in Grand Art Gold Digging

New York fashion and social decline as a harsh winter hits the high end scene. Wealthy women chase Patou gowns and Cartier jewelry while stock losses and market crashes erode luxury. Many apartments empty, limousines flood the market, and former glamour fades to sobering city life.

C. C. Mintare New York Cartier Gold Coast Mr. X Lily

Billy Mink and Shadow the Weasel Face Off Over Mouse

Billy Mink hunts on the Green Meadows and Big River relying on speed and wit. He clashes with his cousin Shadow the Weasel over a mouse, each claiming the catch in a tense snowy standoff.

Buly Mink Green Forest Gree Meadows Billy Big River Farmer Brown Whitey Snowy Owl Billy Mink Black Pussy Shadow the Wease Shadow T. W. Burgess

Fire destroys Polish National Alliance College and Museum

Cambridge Springs Pa Jan 21 A fire razed the Polish National Alliance College and its museum. Faculty estimate losses near 1 million dollars with priceless relics including letters between George Washington and Polish contributors burned. No injuries reported. 500 students relocated to hotels and homes. Origin of the blaze undetermined.

Associated Press Cambridge Springs Polish National Alliance College George Washington

Two Sentenced for Concealing Stolen Auto

Freddie Lee Davis and Robert Davis were sentenced in Wichita Falls for receiving and concealing a stolen automobile. Freddie Lee Davis received three years and Robert Davis two years. They are brothers of D. I. and Col quitt Davis, with D. I. slain in Wichita, Kansas, and Colquitt on death row for killing Don Kerr sey, a peace officer, in Oklahoma.

Associated Press Wichita Falls Freddie Lee Davis Robert Davis D. I Colquitt Davis Wichita Kansas Colquitt Don Kerrsey Wirt Okla

Death of Dr Kane Ends Tense Night

In a tense sequence Elsa Chase awaits examination as Dr Kane visits from Boston. After late conversations and a card room lull a gardener reports Kane dead beneath his window, prompting questions about motives and a mystery to unfold in the next chapter.

Miss Chase Kane Elsa Dr. Kane Julia Winslow Mrs. Winslow Glover Ferguson D. Appleton & Co

Double Cross Crossword Puzzle Clues Revealed

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