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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1928
Page
1
Farmers in Pennsylvania fear deer crop damage as deer numbers surge from a thousand to a million while wolves vanish. Governors, financiers, and Wall Street weigh in on farm policy and prohibition as Hoover heads east amid booming industry, stock buying, and rising prosperity. Japan’s restriction on state meddling with the Mikado contrasts with exotic notes of a seventeen year old swimmer and a Lindbergh led finance backed air voyage.
Tonight fair then partly cloudy and cooler Tuesday with scattered thundershowers in the northwest. Temperatures range from a high near 94 to a low around 65, with midmorning readings in the 70s and 80s across areas as the Associated Press reports varying conditions in Oklahoma.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a ransom style message with names like Tilly Tui and Chestertic and references to a gun. It appears to be an isolated, unclear excerpt with stray words and partial names, lacking coherent context or a clear event.
A large Wink Texas garage, the town’s biggest building, was damaged by a blast with little harm to parked cars. A man asleep inside survived uninjured as police found twenty feet of burned fuse and about half a box of dynamite. The owners were under indictment for organized gambling and a liquor ring.
Governor Smith will return to New York from Sea Girt to meet leaders on his campaign tour. Eastern leaders plan to confer with Herbert Hoover in Washington on the Republican effort in the East. Gen. James G Harbord, head of Radio corporation, takes leave to aid Hoover. Henry Curran, leader of the anti prohibition group, says he will back Smith this fall.
Over 1,000 automobiles were driven Sunday at the Joy Ride spectacle at the Tri-State fair grounds. The management said the ride is the biggest daily attraction since opening and visitors from outside the city are returning for multiple trips.
In Clinton on August 27 Mrs. Etta Traver Allen mother of Mrs. James Walker wife of New York City mayor died today. Mrs Walker had remained with her mother since her illness began weeks ago.
A preliminary hearing for Leroy James and his wife in the fatal shooting of Wendt Schmidt at the Vorenberg hotel is postponed until this afternoon. Police say James claimed to be a cameraman for the Pickford Fairbanks feature company and that the couple used an assumed name while staying in Tucumcari.
District Attorney C L Vowel issued a warrant for Colonel Norman L King commander of the New Mexico National Guard charging him with compounding felony. King left camp before the national guard deployment to El Paso Texas where a captain allegedly assaulted farmer RB L Tankersley 35 injuring him as he protested watermelons being stolen.
Geo W Keen a patrolman of the Ama police department died at Fort Orth around 9:30 p m after recent illness and cancer of the liver and stomach. He had been operated on at Fort Worth hospital last week. His family lives in Fort Worth where he formerly served. Funeral arrangements not yet learned but likely in Fort Worth. Keen patrolled the north end of Polk and was a popular officer.
Amarillo gears up for the News Globe second annual Style and Auto show tonight from 7 until closing. Polk street lighting was installed, new cars are on display, and models shipped in for the showcase. The Dave Derden band provides concerts and a free street dance starts at 4 pm while merchants stage window displays of the latest women’s fashion.
In Hereford and Dallas dispatches a two year penitentiary sentence is handed to W L Shugart for wife’s death after a May 27 assault claiming self defense. Separate Texas returns show Tom Connally leading Earle Mayfield for the Democratic U S Senate nomination by about 56 thousand votes with other results noting Marrs Roberson and Lee races.
Caddo, twelve miles east of Breckenridge, Texas, faced severe danger as a fire of unknown origin broke out today threatening destruction to the oil town. Local authorities and volunteers battled the flames as the blaze advanced, with crews deploying water lines and firefighting equipment to contain it. No official damage tally or cause has been released.
Mrs Helen Costigan Cohan mother of George M. Cohan and actress for years died at 74 in Monroe New York. Survived by son George M Cohan daughter the late Josephine Cohan and husband Jeremiah J Cohan. She was with her son and his wife and a niece at death.
Paris reports the death of Marie Emile Fayolle marshal of France and prominent World War II era commander. The war hero, famed for leadership and service to the nation, passed away today.
In Paris on August 27 the Kellogg Briand renunciation of war pact was signed by representatives from fifteen nations. German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann was the first to seal the historic document at 3 45 p m local time. The Associated Press report notes the ceremony and the hopeful tone for enduring peace.
Police say no information on the disappearance of Amarillo taxi driver Lewis Shorty Averitt who left with strangers to drive near Sam Angelo. Avritt's brother Lester and his father from Weatherford are in Amarillo investigating. Police suspect foul play. a Weatherford sister offers support to Mrs Averitt.
A mail pilot lands in a muddy field under severe weather, guided by beacon lights and port lamps. He taxis in after a rough approach, checks his aircraft and parachute gear, and prepares to continue delivering the night mail despite the bad conditions.
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