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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1929
Page
9
Long railroad news from Amarillo and Shamrock includes visits by Santa Fe and Rock Island officials inspecting tracks bridges and depots. Notable items report a new Rock Island depot plan at Shamrock and a baby girl for the Santa Fe engineering staff.
A major eastern snowstorm spreads from Maine to the Carolinas with heavy snowfall and record cold. Twelve deaths are reported along with injuries and accidents as shipping and rail schedules suffer. New York calls 22 000 workers to clear seven inches of snow and the Leviathan liner is delayed outside the harbor.
Detroit gears for a February 18 parade sponsored by the Michigan Humane Society featuring teams from most local firms still using horses. Tom Mix and his horse Tony will review the exhibition and award prizes to top entries.
Clovis reports Santa Fe officials returning after illness on George Washington's birthday. Ray Work writes a local song to be set by Charlee Putman. Judge Culwell and W. W. Burden plan a championship checker game at Herbert's Domino Parlor Saturday. Rail offices reopen after illness. several crews change roles. Houston gains interstate rail access with multiple lines granted by the ICC.
The issue lists premieres and first days including Lon Chaney in While the City Sleeps at the Falr and Dolores Costello in The Redeeming Sin at the Mission. Also noted are underworld crime themes in Paris, Vitaphone vaudeville, Movietone News, Wild Blood with Jack Perrin at the Deandi, and the Lewis Players with Rafe Emerson and his orchestra.
Approximately 52 miles of terminal track in the Houston district will be opened for joint use by multiple railroads under a contract approved by the navigation commission. The project covers terminals reaching industries plants and wharves. Also noted is a stray cat story and a travels of C J Brister and Mrs Brister from New York to the Pacific coast via Amarillo.
Details describe Mr Brister and his wife in a private car on the Santa Fe. Mrs Harry O Bryant is confined at home in Hollywood Apartments after influenza relapse but improving. A corporate rearrangement of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railroad was proposed to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Orient sought to deliver 2.5 million in bonds to the Atchison and to issue 65,000 Orient shares. The bonds secure repayment of an Orient debt from federal control. Forty officials and freight service committee members of the American Railway Association concluded sessions in Dallas at the Baker Hotel and headed to Rio Grande Valley fruit and vegetable districts for a tour.
Transportation and shipping authorities from across America meet to discuss service problems and methods to reduce claim losses for carriers. The Texas tour highlights fruit and vegetable shipments and perishables as major sources of claims, chaired by J. D. Shields of Chicago and F. W. B. Humes of Philadelphia.
Modern science claims Marmola prescription tablets convert fat into energy and reduce the need for starvation. The ad touts twenty years of usage and millions of boxes, promising slender figures and vitality. Each box contains the formula and reasons for results, urging readers to ask a druggist for a 1 dollar box.
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