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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1928
Page
1
A wide ranging look at politics and business figures discusses Hoover in relation to state conventions and primaries, Virginia and Indiana battles, Coolidge in Vermont, and the influence of finance. It also notes sugar, trade, and imperial links, plus notes on science, aviation, and crime and finance.
A cattle dealer was fatally shot in Sweetwater in what police term a fatal incident. Investigators are reviewing evidence and interviewing witnesses as they seek a motive and a suspect.
Returns from Texas conventions show pro dry forces in the Democratic party aligned for a strong Eighteenth Amendment plank. Delegates from 258 counties indicate Moody favors a dry platform and a dry presidential candidate, with Houston’s Jesse Jones and Gov. Smith drawing limited support.
The forecast calls for tonight and Thursday to be partly cloudy and cooler in West Texas and the Panhandle. Arkansas trends show tonight fair and warmer, with Thursday turning warmer in the east portion.
Albany New Jersey May A jury unable to agree after eight hours deliberations in the Mrs Florence E Knapp case former secretary of state charged with grand larceny of a state census pay check was discharged by Justice Stephen Callaghan. A new trial date was set for May 21.
The Bremen trans Atlantic air crew German Irish landed at Philadelphia navy in the F-13 at 11 35 am from Curtiss Field New York. It is the first stop in their swing around the eastern United States with a sister ship of the Bremen.
The court of criminal appeals affirmed the death sentence for Pete McKensie in Bexar county for the slaying of San Antonio Chief of Detectives Sam Street. The AP dispatch notes the ruling reached on a Wednesday in Austin as of May 9.
The city commission will consider two proposals to build industrial gas pipelines to users at 12 to 6 cents per thousand feet. J C Whittington and Col George Montgomery seek franchises supported by a Delaware United States Fuel Gas Corp. with New York bankers as financiers. A 10 inch line would bring about 24 million feet daily into the city from Potter county.
Harris county Democrats elect an anti Smith slate at the convention ending after four hours of turmoil. Harris county 23 state convention votes will join with 75000 of a 200000 fund goal while remaining subscribers are approached. Amarillo officials Col Harvey Haines and Dr R E B Morgan express elation as canvassing begins and about 200 cards of 1200 are handled indicating building funds may soon be secured.
United Press report details a tense senate campaign investigation session with Secretary of Commerce Hoover. Senator Barkley pressed sharp questions amid accusations and Hoover denounced many inquiries as slanderous and false.
Shanghai dispatch notes nearly all Americans in the blooded city of Tsinan rushing to safety aboard a train to Tsingtao. Japan demands include troop withdrawals, punishment of officers, disarmament of southern troops, and halt to hostilities.
O Malley to Dallas Post Rev F W O Malley pastor of the First Christian church Amarillo has accepted the call to the pastorate of the Oak Cliff Christian church in Dallas and will start by June 1. He leaves Amarillo after four years enhancing church membership to about 1170 plus 300 in another congregation and has aided Mexican missions and West Amarillo growth. Washington May 9 Three new native son candidacies arise in primaries as Hoover gains delegates and Smith nears nomination targets. Hoovers 330 delegates and 545 needed. Smith 524 with 734 required for the nomination. Republican lineup shows varied instructed and uninstructed counts across states.
Lieutenant Royal V. Thomas and aeronautical engineer Vaughn Weatherly died when their Bellanca plane crashed during a speed test at the Teterboro golf club Hasbrouck Heights N J. Thomas had set a solo endurance record over Long Island eclipsing Lindbergh's effort while seeking the world record.
At the Amarillo district conference delegates denounced Al Smith as a presidential candidate and pledged to oppose the Democratic party if he were nominated. The Temperance and Social committee’s resolution warned against undermining prohibition and foreshadowed activity against sponsors of such moves. The convention adjourned after naming Hereford as the 1929 meeting site amid bids from several cities.
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