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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1929
Page
6
Kansas City Southern trials a glass encased cab on the coal tender replacing the caboose as the train control point. The conductor and head brakeman ride in the cupola to monitor actions and communicate with the engineer, with plans to standardize the setup on all lines.
In Atlanta on December 25 Superior Court Judge Howard sentenced Roy Burnett an Atlanta attorney to 12 months on the chain gang and six months in jail, ruling that losses in the stock market crash do not justify leaving wife and children.
Turkish muezzins will receive a wage increase starting next June. Currently they climb minarets five times daily to call worshippers, earning from 50 cents to 2.50 dollars a month. The Chief Mufti has ordered a new minimum wage rising to at least $2.50 per month.
STOLP Germany December 25 Gener al George von der Merwitz dies at his estate aged 73. He was said to be the only German officer of rank to have seen the Eiffel Tower in World War I. He led cavalry toward Paris near the Marne and guided Kaiser's forces through Belgium. He later aided Austria in the Carpathians and faced British tanks near Cambrai.
Paris frames strict rules on selling ships to foreigners. The state must approve any sale by a French shipowner, with authorization from the ministry of Merchant Marine required for most vessels. Foreign buyers may acquire only aging or worn ships over twenty years old.
In Szekesfehervar Captain Gera Perenyi of the Hungarian army drew his sabre and wounded Dr Csoppenssky, a young lawyer, in the neck and head. The case arises amid debate over a proposed military law reinstating officers right to arms when insulted as in older continental practice.
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt advocates replacing steel cell blocks with fireproof prisons. He says the idea is new for the state but worth trying and could maintain security. New York houses 6,368 convicts in facilities for 6,482. some inmates sleep on corridors with guards watching.
A student asks why Juliet spoke to Romeo on the balcony and the pupil quips about wishing for box seats at the theater, referencing a Passing Show.
Prague reports the czcheco slovakian Ministry of War orders All Quiet on the Western Front banned from all army libraries. The socialist Pravo Lidu attacks the ban, saying soldiers should understand war's perils and fight for a just cause.
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