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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1929
Page
10
A bustling Amarillo exposition preview with announcements of big crowds, the Tri-State Exposition, Hagenbeck Wallace animal acts, and Wortham Carnival details. Train crew movements on the South Plains division, freight and passenger updates, and staff changes accompany notices of travel and social items.
Advert shows corns and callouses removed in an instant with O Joy Corn Wafers. Six wafers cost a dime. press a wafer on the corn, wear shoes, pain ends, then peel away the wafer to remove the corn with roots. Guaranteed and simple with no pads or acids.
Denver and Rio Grande Western headquarters at Soldier Summit Utah lists ex Rock Island men now in top posts including A Shields vice president and general manager W J O Neal maintenance department W S Graham trainmaster A Carter trainmaster E H Blackwell chief dispatcher and E Gould chief clerk to the Rock Island division freight agent Gould reports Arkansas land is rich and a cotton crop is being gathered He recalls hunting squirrels on stump and describes local rural life while noting 400 cars of highway material unloaded at Hext in installments
The passage extols home life and urges gathering families for a Tri State Exposition. It credits Dave Matthew with early Mohawk and Hudson railroad innovations and notes the Trans Siberian Railway length. It mentions a Denver and Western Air Express plan linking Amarillo to Los Angeles with a noon departure from Amarillo and a 12 30 PM to 8 PM schedule, plus daily tri motored Fokker flights. Chicago streetcar employes exceed 16 000 with a 7 cent fare for a 32 mile ride.
A federal grand jury returned fourteen narcotic and nine liquor violation indictments along with two for forgery and one for interstate transport of a stolen car. Names include Walter Burke and Lawrence Ward among narcotic charges, Will Alien and Luke Cornutt among liquor charges, and Rupert Francis McCarthy for driving a stolen vehicle from Kansas City. Sam Houtchens and Earl Johnson face nine counts of attempting to distribute counterfeit coins. J J Tucker and M L Tucker face alleged fraud and concealment of property totaling about sixteen thousand dollars. Alfa Austin Patterson is charged with forging and passing a check in Haskell County.
The French War department conducts tests using a tank equipped with a Diesel oil engine to evaluate performance and mobility in field conditions. Officials assess reliability, power output, and potential battlefield benefits.
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