21 Jun 1928
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1928
Page
1
A compact update highlights political remarks and a light note on General Motors. The brief also mentions a new record set in an unspecified field and references several local or national items in passing.
A Globe column notes investor mood as many stocks tumble while real estate gains. It cites Governor Smith and Senator Reed as 1927 political fixtures, praises Chevrolet production and warns that heavy work by executives may outpace safe limits.
Reports from Amarillo detail a sprawling crime ring involving auto theft, rum running and hijacking. Investigators hint at prominent local attorneys and a former stool pigeon now tied to car theft and bootlegging operations across the Panhandle.
Tonight and Friday expect partly cloudy conditions across West and East Texas with unsettled north portions and possible local thunder showers. Temperatures range from 62 to 88 degrees today, with highs near 85 to 84 by afternoon, and similar patterns continuing through Friday across Louisiana and Arkansas with scattered showers.
United Press reports Hoover meeting Republican leaders to decide on the national committee chair, with Norman Mack predicting Governor Smith's nomination. Roosevelt plans to place Smith's name in nomination in Houston, while Cordell Hull and Walter George weigh roles. Curtis pushes farm bloc outreach and Mrs. Ella Boole praises the dry plank.
The Associated Press reports William S. Culberson of Kansas was named ambassador to Chile, succeeding the resigned William M. Collier of New York. The announcement came from Secretary of State Kellogg.
Houston June 21 Grand jury drops all other work to study the Powell lynching case. Rewards totaling 1250 offered for arrest and conviction of those responsible. Powell 24 was shot, then hanged from a bridge eight miles from the city. Authorities seek to identify the attackers across agencies and private firms. Mild details include a raiding hospital witness noting a lyncher in dark coat with gold braid. Governor Moody and NAACP fund the rewards.
Norman Mack of New York declared Governor Smith opposed to prohibition and favoring states rights on liquor. The statement unsettled anti‑Smith forces in Houston as Smith aides and Mack’s own views clashed over who spoke for the governor. Smith campaign aides denied authorization and sought to minimize the impact amid tense convention activity.
The article notes today is the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. Weather has been warming slowly for about ten days, with readings from 62 degrees in the morning to 78 by late morning, near normal, and forecasts suggest a similar pattern for two weeks. Residents compare this year’s warmth to last year, while weather bureau records show a warmer date in 1927.
United Press reports in Washington that a federal trade commission inquiry found propaganda against government operation of Boulder Dam and Shoals power projects. Missouri officials described widespread anti public ownership content in state newspapers and boiler plate mailers. Sheridan testified that Missouri committees coordinated with printers and news services to push the material.
A truck loaded with watermelons overturned and caught fire in San Antonio. Frank Brown of Austin is hospitalized with severe burns after 80 minutes in the wreckage while watermelons smeared pulp on the wooden frame to slow the fire.
William Allen White editor and lecturer from Emporia Kansas will speak in Amarillo in support of the Hoover Curtis ticket during the fall campaign. W H Holmes, returning from the Kansas City Republican convention, arranged the appearance. Holmes and Hugh Exum were delegates from this district. Holmes is recovering from a throat ailment.
Judge L Gough president of the Texas Wheatgrowers association spoke at the Amarillo Rotary luncheon. He noted Texas first to pass a co operative marketing law and that forty two states now have similar laws. A A Meredith led the program and discussed the wheat growers work.
At Spitzbergen on June 21 Gen Umberto Nobile and five companions were provisioned for rescue while sixteen others remain missing. Three groups from the Italia expedition and Roald Amundsen’s search party are unaccounted for, with Amundsen and Lieut. Dietrichsen missing since May. Air and radio efforts face vast ice and poor signals as rescues attempt to locate survivors.
A temporary injunction blocks Thea Rasche from using the plane bought by Mia Stillman and stopping any flight from North America or Europe. The order also bars A R Martine from involvement as Rasche and Stillman face renewed relations with Hartwell and Hollin corporation as backers. The case arose as Rasche and Mrs Stillman prepared at Curtinfield for a flight to Old Orchard Beach, Maine.
Amarillo receives international publicity in this week’s issue of The Saturday Evening Post. An advertisement for Marland Refining Co shows a tourist guided by a cowboy beside a sign reading 90 miles to Amarillo, highlighting easy travel in the great open spaces via modern conveyance and lubrication.
The Australian liner Jervis Bay wirelessed Colombo that mutiny threats were made to set the ship afire. Marines boarded the Auxiliary Steamer Slaves at Trincomalee to escort the liner to Colombo. A prior message said eight desperate stowaways troubled the voyage.
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