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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1929
Page
9
Hagenbeck Wallace Circus brings humor and family entertainment to the fairgrounds from September 23 to 29. Performances promised to deliver joinable acts, clowns, and acrobatic feats for audiences of all ages.
The upcoming circus features Hagenbeck-Wallace with enhanced wild animal acts, Clyde Beatty presenting 82 ferocious Royal Bengal and Siberian tigers and Black Mane lions, and John Helliott offering a sensational mixed animal troupe including bears hyenas leopards and pumas. Daily complete performances are planned at the Fair Grounds.
Sheriff Bill Thompson and deputies reported 14 arrests Saturday and 13 on Sunday. Most offenders faced misdemeanor charges and paid fines this morning. Construction of a new subway for the Piraeus railroad near Athens has begun. No money was spent on service for General Electric Refrigerators.
Report on a public home demonstration of the new Radiola Super-Heterodyne radio set highlighting its advanced tuning and reception capabilities. Demonstration showcases ease of use, clearer sound, and potential impact on household entertainment and wireless listening habits.
Paris reports a French journalist tested hosting an American and a French girl to disprove the belief that American girls are the costliest to entertain. He details his expenditures and concludes the notion is a fallacy, challenging European views of American hospitality and expense.
An investigator compared an evening with an American girl and a French girl, detailing budgets for five hours. The American woman spent about 26 dollars on cocktails, dinner, and taxis, while the Frenchwoman incurred higher costs with elaborate dining and drinks, and demanded more attentiveness from her escort. The verdict favors the American girl for being simpler, more budget aware, and easier to entertain.
Canadian flying ace Charles A. Duke Schiller has been missing for two weeks since a prospecting flight from Hudson Bay northwest shore. An aerial search by Northern Aerial Minerals Exploration Company found no trace of Schiller and his two companions. a second plane was dispatched to continue the hunt.
Duke Schiller, joined by Jack Humble and Tom Creighton, drew attention in August 1927 with plans for a non‑stop flight from Windsor, Ontario to Windsor, England with Phil Wood of Detroit, brother of Gar Wood. After three false starts the attempt was abandoned.
Miss Alice Nicholson and Miss Beulah Dudley of Wichita Kansas visit their grandparents Mr and Mrs J W Foreman at 1006 West Nineteenth Street.
Judge W. E. Gee opened the district civil court for the fall term after a summer break. The morning session called old case dockets while new case appearances are set for tomorrow. The docket is reported as one of the heaviest in recent months. General Electric Refrigerators require no oiling.
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