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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1931
Page
3
George White, producer of Flying High, explains tempo as essential to modern musical comedy. He says fast pace, strong comedy, and a story secondary to laughter define today’s shows, with operetta as an exception.
A Polk Street Methodist Church left its safe unlocked after robberies in 1930 to deter temptations. A yellow card on the handle warned there is no money inside and instructed visitors to close the door for protection. Records only remain in the safe, not cash.
The Postal Life and Casualty Insurance Co offers an accident policy paying up to 100 a month for disability and 1000 for death at a cost of 3.50 a year. Over 65 000 already enrolled. Ages 10 to 70 eligible. Send name address age beneficiary and relationship for a 10 day free inspection. no money required.
Director J J Vincent reports the German Grand Opera Company is 50 percent stronger this year with top artists from European houses. He toured Central Europe last summer to recruit performers and secured American born contralto Marie von Essen among the roster for February 6 and 7 at City Auditorium.
One branch of the local teachers' classroom association is the dramatic club led by Miss Annie L. McDonald. The group, with two public appearances so far, will hold weekly Friday meetings to study plays for future performances. Their first meeting was held last Friday at 7 PM in Senior High.
The second program at the January teachers meeting featured a student play. Committees were created to boost knowledge of stage mechanics and technic with Miss Monetta Rasberry as program committee chair and Mrs. Ernestine Lambdin among others.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a candy tab to stimulate appetite and digestion, claiming they clear bilious and gassy symptoms, activate bowels, and strengthen bowel muscles. It urges use before bedtime and notes wide availability in drug stores for a dime.
The Havana scene notes Ernest Shearer heading the research committee Miss Laura E Corn leading publicity and praise for Miss McDonald for her tireless work. Octavus Roy Cohen practices at the links wearing a costa and using a Goa skin ball in a game he calls faster than American play.
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