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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1928
Page
14
An Albany event drew 148 or more spectators who cheered Governor Al Smith as he posed for photographers. Officials and clerks received thanks from the governor for campaign support while bystanders urged him to pose again for cameras at the capitol steps.
Prison guard C. R. Stewart was assaulted at the Kinsthem state farm after escorting Forest Hocker to Austin for funeral. Stewart suffered lacerations to the mouth, broken teeth, and bruises. Morris McCandress and Bud Scannon of Austin were charged with assault with intent to murder.
Condolence messages flood the summer home of Colonel George BR Harvey former ambassador to Great Britain who died suddenly Monday. Body to be moved to Peacham Vermont for private funeral services Thursday. Cause of death listed as heart attack after a prior episode of athine.
Paris callers average twenty calls daily to New York and surrounding area, totaling about 2500 calls in four months. Each three minute call costs around fifty cents, estimating $125000 in tolls, while government tax on these calls amounts to only two thousand dollars. The trans Atlantic line is now a routine service.
An ad touts Baal pills for permanent relief from stomach and bowel gas. It promises disappearance of gas pressure and nervous symptoms, renewed breath, and better sleep after meals. The copy urges getting the genuine product at AL DRUG CO.
Fort McHenry, famed for inspiring Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner, is being restored to its 19th century appearance. War Department engineers will replace a wooden gateway with an original stone arch, strengthen walls, relaid floors, and reconstruct magazines and features to match old drawings.
Chicago federal dry agents shoot a man during a raid marking the second such shooting this year. The report recalls a previous incident in March when bailiff William Beatty was wounded nearby, and notes historical references to the fort and national shrine restoration by Congress.
Merle Adams, an insurance agent, was shot in the back by prohibition agents in a Loop building office where they sought members of a liquor syndicate said to be headquartered near City Hall square. Arthur Franklin, a student agent, fired the shot after Adams allegedly refused commands. witnesses described Adams fleeing six flights and being clubbed. All occupants were arrested. no liquor found. Adams likely to recover.
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