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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1929
Page
5
Two Amarillo men charged with five misdemeanor theft counts in San Antonio were arrested here. Police say arrests may solve a string of local boarding house robberies. Suspects allegedly posed as renters, stealing jewelry during showings. Similar arrests are noted in San Antonio.
Amarillo tested a new street flusher overnight. Total operating cost 19.66 dollars for eight hours, using 45 000 gallons of water to clean 82 blocks or about 11 curb miles. The unit cleans a 22 foot path now, with potential 44 feet, and reduces operating costs versus the old street sweeper per city engineer E N Stanley.
Tenola Moore, a Black man, faces murder charges in the shooting of Policeman George Turner in May 1928. Prosecutors plan the earliest trial date as November 4 or 11, due to defense motions in his habeas corpus appeal. Moore was captured in Chicago last August after escaping Fort Worth.
Malicious tampering derailed a Pennsylvania express freight train six miles east of Indianapolis. Twelve cars overturned and the locomotive left the rails as armed guards guarded the site. Engineer W G Allery of Bradford Ohio and fireman H J Hamper of Columbus Ohio were slightly injured. Rail belts showed tampering signs and were preserved.
A merry comedy titled The Merry Merries heads the second week of the Keith Orpheum Interstate vaudeville at the Fair Theater with The Lady Lies starring Walter Huston. Corrine and Lou Marsh lead an eight member comedy cast. Evangeline Murrey and Katherine Murrey sing. Billy Potter performs Rolling Home. Manny Nesser and Dorothy Balfour present Cigars ve Cigarettes. another act A Frozen Romance completes the program.
The Reverend Doctor Percy G. Kammerer, dean of Trinity Cathedral in Pittsburgh, said in a Synod address that mutual consent should grant a divorce when no children are involved. The remarks were delivered before the Synod of the Province of Washington in Harrisburg.
George Tallent of Cape Girardeau Missouri reports a 54 year career as a barber with an estimated 324000 haircuts completed.
Jimmie Slade, indicted last February for failing to stop and aid after a car collision at Tenth and Van Buren, has been arrested in San Angelo and will be returned to Amarillo by the sheriff's department. Slade faces driving on after a wreck with another vehicle involved.
Mrs Russell Yunck was injured in an accident that occurred on November 8, 1928. The report notes the injury but provides no further details about the incident or its outcome.
Charles J. Shaxby found a ring he lost twelve years ago while picking beans in his Albany garden. The ring was in good condition despite a long damp rest and had fallen from his finger during the making of a concrete walk.
The advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a safe, doctor supervised laxative for all ages. It highlights a long history, strict preparation, broad use in millions of families, pleasant taste for children, and claims of quick thorough action without gripes.
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