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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
1
A weather summary from The Associated Press notes unsettled conditions across regions with chances of rain and cooler trends. Forecasters expect gusty winds in coastal areas and scattered showers inland through the week.
June 7 report from Kansas City shows Hoover foes and backers debating strategy five days before the Republican convention. Lowden and Watson factions meet, while Hoover’s delegates seem to rise past 60 instructed votes and Coolidge may gain recognition as the battle tightens.
In Suva Fiji on Naselai Beach Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and crew delay departure after refueling for the Pacific hop to Brisbane Australia. A government yacht ferries gasoline to the plane as laborers move drums ashore amid a cheering crowd and Fiji Legislative Council hails the flight.
A 250 strong mob attempted to storm the O Donnell jail to seize Andrew Porrince a Black man held on an assault charge against a 12 year old girl. Officers from O Donnell Tahoka and Lamesa repelled the crowd using force and missiles. The suspect was moved to Tahoka and jailed as the local Black population dispersed to nearby towns.
The column touches on child guidance and parental strategy with a focus on classroom discipline and home support. It mentions the theme of educating parents as part of the broader reform in child upbringing within a modern school setting.
The Globe columnist notes varied topics from Hoover politics to adventures of Miss O Brien and Fiji aviators. Fiji pilots set transoceanic records with Southern Cross, while stock markets rise. The piece blends social commentary with travel and aviation updates, ending as the stock market gains and a continuation on page two.
The Republican national committee settled contests giving Herbert Hoover 27 delegates. Texas supplied 26 delegates and Tennessee one. Senator William E. Borah wrote planks to push into the party platform including prohibition. The American Farm Bureau Federation meets in Chicago to outline farmer demands. Florida Democratic primaries show pro Smith delegates trailing and the Indiana delegation will back Evans Woolen. Governor McMullen expects 150000 farmers at the convention.
Stultz tentative start time 9:30 a m eastern as the Friendship prepares for a trans Atlantic air race to England against Miss Mabel Bell Miss Amelia Earhart and Lou Gordon inspect the tri motor Fokker monoplane at Trepassey bay fueling and mooring readiness The craft was once tied to Byrd for a South Pole flight before its sale.
A radio amateur in North Wales reports a possible message from General Umberto Nobile about the lost Italia dirigible. Norwegian pilot Hjalmar Riiser Larsen arrives at Spitzbergen to assist as bad weather and cold winds hinder search efforts led by Lieutenant Luetzow Holm.
Judge J W Crudgington announces Amarillo should hear the Memphis Gold Medal band, official for the Democratic National Convention, at the Tri State fairground tomorrow evening. He notes Amarillo, Memphis and the Panhandle are honored, and Memphis offers to send the band to Houston as a Panhandle product with Amarillo sharing half the cost, about 1250 dollars.
John Maynard Lumber Co. advertises roofing and glass supplies at 800 West. A revival service at the Methodist church invites 500 young people to hear Flowers with reserved seating available.
Immigration Inspector BE Warren and Border Patrol men Birchfield and Penny lead a deportation effort across Amarillo and oil fields, aided by City Detectives Scott and Denton. They travel with a hoodlum wagon and will meet another El Paso relay. Last month 612 Mexicans and 35 Europeans were deported to Mexico.
Telegraphic advices from Tientsin say another unsuccessful afternoon attempt was made to kill Marshal Chang Tso Lin, former Northern dictator now in Mukden. Two arrests were reported.
Two unidentified men were found mangled on the Rock Island right of way near Stuart, east of McAlester, early today. Officers investigated whether the men were slain and their bodies placed on the track to conceal the crime.
Two 15 year old girls from Childress School disappeared after noon last Tuesday. Velma Coleman, 14, 5 ft 1 in, brown hair and eyes, and Willie Dee Jones, 4 ft single height, black hair and dark complexion, were last seen with a car near McLean heading toward Amarillo. A. W. Brown, stepfather of one girl, asks for information to The Globe.
Tri-State fair officials plan a large all states re union at Harding's ranch in Palo Duro canyon on July 4 with free barbecue and 60 cent admission. John Snider will prepare 15 plus beeves, an orchestra will play in the dance pavilion, square dancing and an old-time fiddlers contest will entertain attendees. Dr. O H Loyd of Vega oversees arrangements.
Three planes prepared for sensational ocean flights with two aiming east across the Atlantic and one in the Pacific. Miss Mabel Bell and two male pilots flew the Columbia from Roosevelt Field toward Old Orchard Maine to refuel before attempting a European crossing.
J. D. McNeil a former city jailer killed his wife Bessie 38 in a taxicab after a domestic quarrel. He then called an ambulance and fled leaving authorities to search for him. McNeil had a troubled history including a fraudulent check arrest warrant and recent police pursuit.
Oklahoma report from June 7 states Charles Perryman of the Forster-Dayvis Motor company was killed when two cars collided on U S Highway 75 near Okmulgee. Perryman was driving south to Holdenville for a relative’s funeral. His wife had minor injuries. The other vehicle carried two women and a man admitted to a local hospital. names not released.
A visa has been obtained for Harry Thaw to enter France and he will go there if British authorities persist in denying landing at Southampton. E. M. Pendleton said he came to take up Thaw's case and spoke to United Press.
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