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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1929
Page
1
An air features tonight segment highlights aerial demonstrations and weather-friendly visibility for an evening audience. Experts discuss flight patterns and safety measures while local venues prepare viewing areas and schedules.
Clete Swafford a 15 year old Pampa schoolboy was riding with a truck convoy to the Tri State Fair when he fell from his seat beside the driver and sustained a fractured skull and other injuries at about 11 30 this morning.
The Globe reprints Arthur Brisbane on a New York murder case where Earle Peacox killed his wife and burned her body to hide the crime. It also notes Senate passage of a tariff amendment restricting American brands abroad and Ford Tractor plans, plus a Prohibition critique of leaders drinking.
Gov Moody prepared to issue a proclamation declaring martial law for Hutchinson county and Borger amid reports of an organized criminal ring. He said Texas National Guard troops may be mobilized from Amarillo area to enforce the order and cited troubling affidavits of money passed to peace officers for protection from enforcement.
The News-Globe reports the first child letters to Santa Claus have arrived and will be forwarded to the North Pole. Readers are warned no more letters will be accepted until November 15 to ensure timely delivery.
Thousands of Panhandle students and press from Texas Eastern New Mexico and Oklahoma trim open gates at the Tri State Fair. No formal schedule for editors beyond a scribes circus party. crowds swell midways with excitement as Day Four closes. The Childress band performs at 9 AM to start the day.
Two developments in the prohibition debate surfaced as U S Attorney Leo Rover invited Senator Brookhart of Iowa to testify before the October grand jury about a dinner where liquor allegedly was served in pocket flasks. Bishop James Cannon Jr urged Congress to act to strengthen Washington prohibition enforcement.
Washington August 27. New evidence in the 40 million sabotage claims against Germany over Black Tom and Kingsland disasters of 1916 and 1917 is to be laid before the mixed claims commission. Theodore Wozniak admitted the Kingsland fire started at his workbench and denied German service.
Boxwell Bros ambulance contact 5211 and radiator work line 4469 at 515 West 6th. Cabinet and carpenter services by M. C. Hancock at 1024 West 6th.
Charles D. Waggoner president of the Bank of Telluride Colorado pleads not guilty in Federal Court to an indictment charging mail fraud. Trial set for next Friday.
One of the largest liquor cellars in the Southwest is under construction in the basement of Dallas's new federal building and post office. It will store confiscated bootleg liquor as the government expands its storage capacity. John Maynard Lumber Co. handles building at 800 W. 5th.
Gaines D. Whitsitt elected president of the International order of Hoo Hoo at the final session in the Herring Hotel. He succeeds Melvin M. Riner of Kansas City and becomes Snark of the Universe after installation. Officers include Adelard Baudette Franklin Hofbeins W G Smith Tom Spaulding N E Boucher A A Frost J Wats Martin. Delegates urged a 1930 Phoenix gathering with Supreme Nine to decide. Canada prominent among delegates.
The American Business Clubs of the Sixth District Texas and Oklahoma meet for a one day convention starting at 9 am with delegate registration at the Herring Hotel. The opening session follows in the American Legion Hall at the Municipal Auditorium with visitors R. M. Hennessy and David Bucher among the notables welcomed.
Gaines D. Whitsitt was elected Snark of the Universe at the 38th annual Hoo Hoo meeting. He becomes the first Amarillo resident to lead the international lumber organization after fifteen years in Amarillo and a lifetime in the lumber trade.
Seven passengers were injured when Rock Island train No. 224 derailed two miles west of Clay Center Kansas. A pullman and a chair car overturned in a ditch and six cars back of the tender derailed. Rail spread is suspected. injured were J L Minor Thomas Harlow J C Wright Mrs Wright W W Reed Mrs G H Henney Roy F Walker.
The 1929 Tri State Fair and Livestock Show will end at midnight Saturday as president Wilbur C. Hawk notes record attendance yet urges a final visit to view the displays. All exhibits and booths close at 11 pm tomorrow night before prize cattle head to Chicago for the International Livestock Show.
Champions of the world are on display in the Hereford and Jersey cattle departments and the swine department at the Tri-State Fair. Never before have Amarillo and Panhandle people had the chance to see so many aristocrats of the cattle and hog worlds at one time. See related coverage on page 2.
The Senate continues tariff debate as Friday reports show the agriculture committee examining Carl Williams who represents cotton on the farm board.
An appeal for smart investing and personal happiness notes many homes for sale in today’s Want Ads. It highlights a single ideal home as the long sought place where you are truly master, while more than fifty listings promise affordable options.
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