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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1928
Page
2
National convention week begins in Kansas City as top party leaders arrive from across the country. Government activities in Washington pause as cabinet members head to the scene to support convention activities and influence the proceedings.
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and three companions aboard the Southern Cross push on from Honolulu toward Suva in the Fiji islands on the longest over water flight yet. They skirt the Phoenix Island group as winds favor their roughly 100 mph pace with fuel supplies described as ample for the journey.
Thousands gathered outside news offices in Sydney as the Southern Cross sped from Hawaii to the Fiji Islands. Radio stations kept the nation informed while plans grew for a huge ovation for Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and his three companions upon arrival. Two crew members are American, Ezra Lawton leading the American Consulate group.
Air party led by Wilmer Stultz and Amelia Earhart begins a water landing capable tri motor Fokker voyage from Boston Harbor toward Trepassey and London. Co pilot is Miss Earhart, supported by Louis Gordon as flight mechanic and George Palmer Putnam backer with Mechanical Science Corp. The launch faced fog and one member, Lou Gower, departed after trouble, but Earhart aims to prove seaplane routes to Europe.
The writer reflects on Lindberghs fame after his Atlantic flight, noting public Flattery and hero worship. He argues many Americans risk life for duty, cites war aviators, and contrasts Lindberghs motive with money, urging humility and rest. Readers across the nation respond, with some threats, most supporting the stance.
A reminiscence of personal friendships and public support as Bud, still called by his boyhood nickname, receives telegrams from figures like John Randolph to Andy and R G Barnum, praising his editorial courage and demanding Lindbergh to temper his fame. The note notes fearlessly expressed views and the hope for modest public life.
A fountain pen left on the south writing desk at the Post Office is found at the money order window. Letters to Tack include remedies for boils and opinions on Lindbergh, tennis court advocacy in Amarillo, and reactions to aviation news.
A reader and C. C. Harris respond to Erasmus Tack's Lindbergh coverage. The letter accuses critics of jealousy and praises Lindbergh as a world hero while deriding local commentary in Amarillo Texas. The exchange cites public attention and local pride amid the Atlantic flight acclaim.
Scotland Yard detectives raided two famous London night clubs owned by Mrs. Kate Merrick. The raids, reported by the Associated Press, targeted prominent venues linked to Merrick who is described as the queen of the night clubs and related to a peer through marriage.
Four unkeyed letters start top reading clockwise H L L. Clues include a defensive weapon, work of genius, crown of the head, wings, sheltered place, to love, striped camel hair cloth, granted facts, farewell, to arrogate, aeriform fuel, amber, white poplar, nothing, to concede, place of business, rowing implement, obstruction, tiny particle, collection of facts, valiant man, to domesticate, tanner's vessel, inured, bed lath, part of verb to be, nothing more than.
Police raided the Forty three club and the Manhattan with detectives while a masked inspector in evening dress admitted as a guest. No arrests were made as guests were questioned and the venues closed. The Silver Slipper raid earlier tied to Mrs Merrick also shut, marking the end of her club operation in London and linking to high society marriages of May Merrick and her daughters.
Immense imperial ceremony preparations stage 100 Japanese virgins aged 17 to 25 to plant and tend sacred rice fields at Suki and Yuki for the coronation in November. Selections include purple blue kimonos and red cords, with purification rites by Shinto priests and 140 laborers assisting. About 15 bushels per field and 80 gallons of sake will emerge for the banquet, with grain blessed at Kamo Shrine and special spectator trains once used for past coronations.
Washington May 1 Evidence of Roman army engineers shows in a five foot section of an aqueduct from Cologne to Eiffel Germany now in the Smithsonian collection. Presented by West German Lime Works of Cologne the piece dates to 80 A D and is studied by Carl Mittman and staff. The aqueduct was about 9 kilometers long with a 44 by 30 inch waterway and used trass volcanic mud mixed with lime and gravel to form a durable trough and earth covered top. The Roman method distributed earth pressure with keystones and triangular construction to strengthen sections where needed.
Dee Scott was at liberty today under 1500 bond charged with aggravated assault in the serious injuring of Hattie May Wilson seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs O W Wilson who was hit by an automobile said to have been driven by Scott The child suffered a fractured pelvis and other injuries.
The District of Columbia court of appeals adjourned without acting on Harry F. Sinclair’s appeal from a three months jail sentence for refusing to answer questions before the Teapot Dome committee. Sinclair remains free on bond until the next meeting in October.
A poem reflects on luck and wealth from chance, noting fortune can elevate some while leaving others unchanged. It argues that riches come from more than luck, that true gentility requires qualities beyond a merely lucky break.
Livestock receipts at Kansas City hogs 13 000 head cattle 9 000 head with steers 12 50 to 14 25 and yearlings 12 25 to 14 25. lambs 17 25. butter eggs Chicago unchanged. Potatoes mixed prices quoted for Bliss Triumphs and Irish cobblers. Cotton markets in New York New Orleans and Liverpool show gains on rains with July October and December futures trading around 21 10 to 20 85. Foreign exchange and poultry prices listed across cities.
The New York market starts with big gains led by Du Pont up 7 to 405 and Case Threshing 2 higher at 329. Allied Chemical rises to 174 1 2 while Armour A opens 15% higher at 19 1 2. Many issues hit new peaks before late selling curbed the gains.
Rain cooled Texas plains with Corsicana reporting one and one half inches benefiting Navarro county crops. Abilene saw .71 inch amid strong winds and lightning while Fort Worth suffered a fatality as a cow died from lightning and a man received a shock handling the carcass.
An electrical storm knocked out telephone and electric lights in Fort Worth. The city logged 85 inches of rain for the night and rain continued into mid morning.
A 65 mile per hour gale accompanying heavy rain caused widespread destruction in Wilbarger County Texas. Trees outbuildings and young crops were flattened with flooding reported across nearly every community.
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