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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1930
Page
4
The Amarillo Globe lists Associated Press content and subscription rates, noting public notices and telephone contacts for news and business departments. It includes pricing for carrier and newspaper subscriptions, with a dated reference to Monday May 19, 1950.
A wealthy, superstitious magnate Dan Parados is shot in his parlor during a dining room murder game on San Lucas Island. Detective Flique interrogates guests including Claude Annersley and Samuels as motive and the missing jade phoenix draw suspicion, while Mrs. Parados recalls a twenty year marriage marked by hardship.
A nationwide study by Metropolitan Life Insurance finds the home tops streets and other public places for non fatal injuries. Data from 22 visiting nurses associations cover 6585 cases, showing more injuries from falls at home than from auto accidents.
The essay argues that democracy must allow educational discrimination by allowing state universities to admit students for two years and then select those with capacity and conscience to continue. It warns that equality of opportunity misleads when it hides innate ability, urging a two year open entry followed by merit-based advancement.
A guidance piece extols quiet country walks for nervous irritable children to restore calm. It notes restless youngsters seeking constant artificial excitement may calm after a simple countryside outing, leaving parents with a more poised child.
Washington letter details House vote 96 to 244 to override Hoover veto on memorial half dollars for the Gadsden purchase anniversary. It reviews past memorial coinages, their coinage and return rates, and a $70,000 potential profit estimate, noting Hudspeth and Williams guarantees and the House reversal under veto pressure.
The text recommends taking a nervous or irritable child on a countryside walk to calm him. If older, plan a longer hike with a picnic. otherwise an hour or shorter easy walk suffices. Drive away from town, go with him alone, and let him observe nature while you remain calm. Return home rested and better behaved.
New York diary by D C McIntyre details a day with Gil bert White and wife from Paris to Forest Hills and Marguery dinner, plus theater notes. Mentions Mayor Walker and Charles Lindbergh at a Show Boat premiere and lists theater patrons and press culture of the era.
Nanny Meadow Mouse endures fright after a farmer’s boy accidentally traps her in a metal can. She dwells on panic then contemplates escape but discovers the entrance is now overhead. With no climb possible she fears starvation while hoping for rescue in this 1930 Burgess tale.
I overhear Flique press Madame Parados about seeing M Annersley near the patio window after six thirty. She denies it with fierce insistence and I weigh her words as I climb the stairs. The detectives remain on the case overnight, with Hunt continuing in the next chapter.
Stamps worth about 1 million dollars will be shown at the American Philatelic Society convention in Horticultural Hall Boston August 11 to 16. An all day guard will supervise the display with nightly transfer to a Boston bank vault. Notable pieces include a British Guiana stamp valued at 32500 pounds and a rare US issue from Boscawen New Hampshire valued at 15000 dollars.
A Lancaster bidder bought an old spiral bottle for $1.75 at Christiana Borough antiques sale. Removing the cork revealed 60 year old whisky, boosting the next bottle price to $19 before it was found empty.
A mixed crossword grid of clues for mostly short words with many numbered entries across and down. The Saturday answer hints and multiple definitions cover rites for the dead husband or wife toward sea varnish ingredient portrait statue small salamander wine weasel to deliver slaves residue after a fire slotted showed mercy strict marmoset to turn aside deree and four skin opening bugle plant fetid pitcher cluster of fiber knots speed contest moistens explosives dreamer to employ recent to dine exclamation cripples steep letter war flyer among others.
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