Arthur Brisbane and the 1928 election report sparks debate
The Globe highlights a secret 1928 election report by the Methodist Board accusing Jews and Catholics of religious voting. It notes protests against religious influence in politics, comments on Henry Ford urging mass production, and Morgan's rumored financial maneuvering.
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Flames Reach Borders of Small Towns in Fire Outbreak
United Press reports forest fires swept into new timber areas with winds increasing after light rains. Five or more killed, several settlements burned, two towns threatened, refugees report missing relatives, and fear rises for final death toll as flames approach Port Arthur and Dymont.
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Dymont
Classified Day at the Globe and News Office
Today is Classified Day at the Globe and News office. Bring ads to the classified counter for 25 words at 50 cents, with a 20 cent saving. Ads run once in News and once in Globe on Thursday only. multi day runs cost 1 for three days. Over 25 words priced at 3 cents each. No telephone ads accepted at this price.
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Isolation plan up to county isolation ward decision
The North west Texas Hospital isolation ward proposal moves to county commissioners after Mayor Ernest O Thompson offered city funds to finish construction if the county permits erection on hospital grounds and runs the division The initiative follows two smallpox cases at the county jail triggering quarantine and embarrassment for law enforcement The county commission is slated to discuss the plan at its next meeting Monday
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Five Escaped Maniacs Still At Large In Michigan Outbreak
Fresh volunteers armed with shotguns and rifles joined farmers and townsmen in a dawn search for five inmates of the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane who remained at liberty after yesterday’s breakout. Three fugitives were captured overnight, and two more, including ring leader John Campbell, were nabbed near Orleans ten miles northwest of Ionia. The group originally numbered 13. two were recaptured earlier, leaving five still at large.
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Ionia
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Saginaw County
Omar Hassan
Detroit
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Flint
Campbell
Love designates Jim Young Tammany candidate for Texas governor
In Dallas Love, running on Anti-Smith Democrats endorsement, names former Congressman Jim Young of Kaufman as the Tammany candidate for Texas governor. He argues both sides err if voters ignore Smith support history and asserts Tammany influence is present in Texas politics.
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Dallas
Jim Young
Kaufman
Thomas B. Love
Texas
Love
Dallas County Women's Democratic Association
Prisoners Escape Jail. Search Spreads Across Panhandle
Peace officers hunted two inmates James Howard of Pampa and Bob Russell of Clarendon after they slugged jailer Lee McBee and fled Wheeler county jail in McBee’s car. Howard faces auto theft charges and Russell a burglary charge. Rain swept parts of the Panhandle as the manhunt continued with Amarillo and Potter County officers involved.
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Lee McBee
James Howard
Pampa
Bob Russell
Clarendon
Howard
Russell
McBee
Potter County
Amarillo
Panhandle
Nationalist armies suffer reverses in Henan Province
Japanese dispatches report Nationalist government armies retreat after heavy assaults by northern alliance rebels in Henan. In Fort Worth Texas the 1930 population is officially 163227, up from 160892 in a prior count. A river steamer Goeraga sank near Tenerife in the Magdalena River with 64 dead after striking an underwater obstacle and boiler explosions. Open Mind on Tariff appears in Washington briefs.
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Gangster Crematoryhunted by Chicago Cops
Chicago police and state's attorney's men pursue reports of a crematory used to dispose of corpses amid a brutal wave of gangland slayings. The latest victim, Thomas Somnerio, was found garroted and tortured behind Harrison Street, tied to reprisal for the Fox Lake killings and the Druggan gang war.
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Roche
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St. Paul
Minn
Ben Bennett
New York
Roche i
Chicago
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Somnerio
Harrison Street
Fox Lake
Joe Blue
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Terry Druggan
Dime Beer
Whiskey Seizure: 10000 Quarts From Railroad Car
Prohibition agents seized ten thousand quart bottles of alleged whiskey from a railroad car en route from Miami to New Jersey. The shipment reportedly was broken into in Washington before the car was intercepted in Wilmington, where five trucks removed the bottles to the customs house.
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Prohibition
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Fla
New Jersey
Washington
Mexican Divorce Law May Affect 2000 Americans
United Press reports the Mexican Supreme Court ruled Morelos divorce laws unconstitutional affecting about 2000 Americans. The decision questions bigamy charges as the Morelos governor’s decrees were found to infringe on legislative functions. The consulate notes 81 divorces certified since January 1.
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Supreme Court
Moslems Join India Campaign In Civil Disobedience
In Bombay on June 4 leaders forecast broader Muslim support for Gandhi led movement. A long procession demonstrated Muslim sympathy and a Maiden Esplanade gathering adopted a resolution urging Muslim participation and boycott of British goods. It urged no Moslem attend London round table as a representative while the Congress and Moslem council remain unsupportive.
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India
Great Britain
Congress
Bishop James Cannon Jr defies lobby panel again
Washington June 4 Bishop James Cannon Jr refuses to answer questions before the Senate lobby committee about his role in the 1928 anti Smith campaign. He says the committee has no right to probe his personal and political activities and will not testify further.
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Associated Press
Washington
James Cannon
Walsh
Montana
Cannon
Caraway
Arkansas
Activitien
Flood Crest Moves South as Red River Levee Holds
ALEXANDRIA June 4 The Red River crest moved south as levee workers kept the bank intact. Pineville across the river appeared safe though water neared the Nevee top. The Weather Bureau in New Orleans projected Alexandria crest at not over 41 feet, below 1927 peak. Upper valley conditions improved with 15,000 refugees beginning to return home as transport services resume.
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Pineville
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New Orleans
Gasoline Thieves Hit Amarillo Station Again
For the second time in two weeks thieves raided the Mr. Moore filling station at 901 Northeast Eighth Avenue last night and stole about 65 gallons from the storage tank. City detectives were on the case at noon with no arrests yet.
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Man Claiming To Be Maury Graham Makes Appearance
Elk City Oklahoma seen today a man claiming to be Maury Graham Western Air Express pilot who vanished with his plane near Las Vegas in January. Western Air Express officials in Los Angeles said the claim is false and Mrs Maury Graham in Los Angeles doubted the identity. The man said he parachuted to safety over a Utah line near Las Vegas and spent two months with Ute Indians near St George Utah before arriving here.
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Okla
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Probe Opens In Mob Killing At Chickasha Court
In Chickasha Oklahoma June 4 a mob lynching inquiry began with 73 witnesses summoned to Justice of the Peace Owen Vaughn’s court. Health officer HW Antle testified about tending to the dying Henry Argo after a jail shooting and later knife wounds. The case involves an army truck burned by the mob and seeks to establish facts of the Friday night disorder.
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B. F. Holding
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Edward Crossland
Frank Lee
United States
Muskogee
United States Army
Boy Killed by Auto Driver In Houston Incident
Kenneth Mitchmore aged six, son of T. P. Mitchmore, was killed when a car struck him as he crossed from an errand. Driver F. A. Harris told police the boy darted in front of his auto.
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Houston
Tex
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T. P. Mitchmore
F. A. Harris
Bankers hear Talley urge cost cuts and prudent credit use
Dallas Federal Reserve Governor Lynn P. Talley told Panhandle bankers the pace of spending is too rapid and urged constant cost reduction and prudent credit use. He warned that public debt should be addressed while highlighting continued money for long term investments and a broader credit stance amid recession. Texas President Tak er Talley's address on Economic Impatience opened the convention with John Q. McAdams also on the program.
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Talley
Texas
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Winters
Texas Bankcote Association
Australian flier Kingsford Smith prepares transatlantic flight
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith, famed Australian aviator, landed at Baldonnel Airdrome from Croydon in the Southern Cross to gear up for a planned transatlantic flight to the United States. Ambulance services connected by Boxwell Bros. and Griggs are listed in the notice.
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Prear
Dublin
Irish Free State
Charles Kingsford Smith
Southern Cross
Baldonnel Airdrome
Croydon
United States
Commander Byrd On Way Back To New York From Antarctic
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd and expedition members sailed from Colon toward New York to arrive around June 19. The City of New York carried Byrd, followed by the Eleanor Bolling, as crowds under a drizzle saluted the farewell voyage near Panama. The City of New York still bore the frayed American flag from the Antarctic departure.
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Associated Press
Colon
Canal Zone
Antarctic
Richard Elewyn Byrd
New York
City of
Byrd
Eleanor Bolling
Panama
Graf Zeppelin passes Azores on ocean flight toward Seville
The Graf Zeppelin sped over Terceira and Horta in Azores while homeward bound from a four continent journey. Winds boosted speed along the fortieth parallel toward Seville with an aim to beat the 50 hour New York to Seville estimate. The ship will stay in Seville briefly before continuing to its hangar in Friedrichshafen.
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