13 Aug 1928
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1928
Page
1
Herbert Hoover addresses the nation focusing on prosperity while Democrats urge responses. The brief column notes the political moment and Hoover's stance amid partisan calls for action.
Hoover marks Iris fifty fourth birthday with a self made rise from poverty. The speech compares democracy to Athens and notes vast remote audiences hearing him. He recalls seven years of progress in education, debt reduction, and economic growth with rising incomes and home ownership. He stresses jobs for all and warns against utopian fantasies while praising American recovery and modernization.
A northeast storm off the coast from Virginia Capes to Sandy Hook left one man missing and about 100 rescued. Otto Godfrey of the Tug Radiant disappeared in Delaware Bay near Odessa, while his brother Frank, chief engineer, was believed drowned but later found in Odessa.
William F. Verney, a prohibition party presidential candidate, refused to state if he would support Hoover, while leaders of the corn belt committee planned talks with Governor Smith on relief efforts. Dr. John Roach Straton barred Cavalry Baptist Church for a debate with Smith over Straton's charges of moral compromise. Hoover will travel to San Francisco and then to the East, aiming for a Washington arrival on August 24.
A severe tropical disturbance off Cuba moved northwest over Florida causing gale velocity winds across Miami and the southeast coast. Coastal precautionary measures were taken again, with store windows boarded and shipping warned as last week's storm battered areas north of West Palm Beach and inland.
A friend recounts Gene Tunney and Mary Lauder as a devoted couple. Tunney pursued marriage for years, admiring her athletic and artistic talents, while Lauder, educated and sportsmanlike, shared his interests and respected his boxing career.
A syndicate of South Texas capitalists announced a cash purchase of the Taft Gregory ranch properties valued at more than 1 090 000. The deal includes Taft and Gregory towns, thousands of cultivated and uncultivated acres, and hundreds of houses and business buildings with Will C Hoggs and other investors from Corpus Christi San Antonio Austin and Houston. The Taft ranch was developed by Coleman Fulton Pasture and Taft was named after Charles P Taft. The closing details were not disclosed.
Tom Savox former Electra police chief faces murder charges in the death of W Daugherty of Electra. Trial set for September 25 with Shook to be arraigned and a special venire to be drawn. Ed Pryor, ex Electra constable, also faces burglary and robbery indictments and may join Pryor as a co defendant.
The Amarillo Santa Fe employees picnic at Jack Hall's ranch, originally set for Tuesday, is postponed to Tuesday, August 21 due to heavy rains. Charlies Dowd, entertainment committee chairman, says several hundred are expected to attend.
At Williams College mass meeting Prof. David Y. Thomas of Arkansas condemned United States Mexico policy and agency role in land expropriation and agrarian reform. Secretary Hughes voiced sympathy but criticized methods while noting U S acknowledgment of Mexican payment terms and adjudication progress on agrarian claims.
Twenty five city policemen and detectives with their families enjoyed an early morning outing at the Jack Hall ranch. They drove to the ranch, breakfasted on the playgrounds, and the event lasted until about 11 o'clock. Wives of the force prepared the meal using cooking equipment and plentiful food.
Mary and Margaret Gibb seventeen year old Siamese twins from Holyoke Massachusetts remain optimistic as surgeons at Park West hospital prepare additional X ray photographs. Doctors say the procedure could finally free the twins and restore a normal life if successful.
Texas Republicans gathered in Fort Worth for a state executive committee meeting ahead of the party convention. Credentials from over 200 counties were received and seating contests from Bexar Hidalgo Frio San Augustine and Robertson counties were discussed. Temporary officers were named as the session opened.
A Saratoga special reports from New York that an arson attempt to destroy Reigh Count the Kentucky Derby winner and Anita Pea Futurity winner was foiled by watchmen. Fire accelerants soaked in rags were placed at stable points of Mrs. John D. Herts and John E. Madden. Two assailants fled as guards investigated.
A United Press dispatch from Mexico City reports severe earthquakes terrorizing residents of Zimapan Hidalgo state with a cave in during the disturbance. Pinotepa, recently struck by quakes, experienced two new tremors yesterday.
Amarillo and vicinity recorded 8.82 inches of rain in 24 hours ending at 10 AM, raising year total to 22.80 inches, just above the average. A severe electrical storm struck two or three city spots but caused little damage as rainfall was scattered across the Panhandle with dawn and Hereford at two inches among the few notable totals. The forecast calls for unsettled weather with local showers tonight and tomorrow.
Reports say a small Fort Worth and Denver bridge near Amarillo washed out by last night’s heavy rain. Repairs expected this afternoon while the big Tascosa bridge remains safe. Umbarger measured one inch with showers across Canyon Tascoxa Channing Wolo Vega. Historical rainfall records cited for Amarillo, with Santa Fe lines noting scattered Panhandle showers and rail rains north to Dalhart.
Earl Keppler fourteen and Jean Hosmer two and a half were missing from home in Sarasota since Thursday. They were found seated in a Long Boat Key car shot through the head. A small automatic pistol lay beside the girl's hand. They had apparently been dead two days.
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