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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1930
Page
8
Stockholm reports the lowest nativity figures in Sweden's history for 1921 with births behind deaths in Stockholm by 876. The issue prompts a public debate over birth control and population policy as press and politicians consider Sweden's future growth and immigration pressures.
In a tense sequence the Duke orders Babe sent to a sanatorium while Gus defends the plan and a trailing observer is noted. The Duke plans to observe a mysterious pursuer, fearing exposure as a coward and contemplating Babe and Mac. Babe wonders about the doctors and Mac as she sleeps.
One of Amarillo oldest cleaning and pressing shops moved to 116 East Fifth Avenue in the Commerce Building, with a second plant at 1509 Polk Street. E. Lee Smith operates five workers offering cleaning pressing tailoring and furnishings representing Detver Woolen Mills and International Tailoring products.
The Commerce Building at Fifth Avenue and Taylor Street in Amarillo, erected by B. Crawford and Rittenberry & Carder for Western Improvement Co., spans 100 by 106 feet. Ground floor tenants include Oliver Drug Co, The Monogram Store, E Lee Smith tailoring, and Neely Greenhill Agency. The old 40 by 100 foot Potter County courthouse brick structure was razed for the project.
An extended reminiscence on the Rock Island Railway dated October 19, 1950 lauds its growth from modest tracks to a major system with 8 022 miles of track serving 14 states and major cities. The piece covers train names, passenger services, and the pride of officials and employees, plus a stream of local rail updates from Amarillo to Wichita Falls, including personnel moves, rule changes, and special train service.
Amarillo’s Oliver Drug Company marks its eleventh year in business at a new Commerce Building corner on Fifth Avenue and Taylor Street. Owner-manager W. E. Oliver Jr. notes the store has occupied the same corner since June 1920 with earlier drug work dating to 1912. New fixtures and layout accompany the reopening.
The article highlights remarks by Irishman M. J. Flanigan about work harmony and disputes at the local offices. It also mentions the Lindbergh beacon on a 39 story Chicago skyscraper, producing two billion candle power and visible 50 to 75 miles away, readable by aviators from Cleveland.
Havana Oct. 2 The Cuban president announced plans to ask Congress in special session to suspend all constitutional guarantees until after national elections on Nov 1. Speaker Guan Incan and Senate President Clement Vasquez Bello pledged support to authorize the measure, which would grant the administration broad powers.
A meeting of road boosters from Stinnett Grover Hitchland Hardesty and Hooker will gather October 7 in Hardesty Oklahoma to discuss the Amarillo Liberal highway. The route will run from Stinnett to Hooker and join Federal Highway 54 into Liberal Kansas. Representatives from the towns are expected to attend.
The text notes a temporary censorship on cables by the government withdrawn as unconstitutional. El País reports censors reviewed material before publication. Police halted a student march to the presidential palace. six officers and six students were hurt and one student died. The Machado administration faces growing opposition and claims of restricted free speech.
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