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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1929
Page
9
A committee from the Association of Railway Labor Executives will press railroads to back legislation for a six hour day and reduced hours. The report notes 500000 fewer railroad jobs in ten years due to labor-saving machinery and longer trains.
The column notes Vice-President Fries and Santa Fe officials passing through Amarillo en route to Los Angeles and Chicago. It highlights widespread Old Fiddlers Contest representation, $200 in cash prizes, and remarks on Texan railroad expansion plans across Mason Kimble Sutton and Crockett counties. It also reports a Naval bill amendment forcing Marine withdrawal from Nicaragua by July 1 and comments from former Texas Governor Pat Neff.
In a bid to secure Senate confirmation for a U S Board of Mediation seat before March 4, a five year period 1924 to 1928 saw New York Central lines carry 450 million passengers with two fatalities in train accidents. President P E Crowley distributed safety trophies to mark the record.
A classic ad touts California Fig Syrup as the best laxative for kids. It claims sluggish bowels cause fevers fretfulness and poor appetite and urges mothers to buy the remedy at drug stores.
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