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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1928
Page
1
Birth control advocate coverage features Mrs Edith Cromwell recounting hardship and a judge calling her husband a moron. The column critiques Congress veto activity, McNary Haugen politics, and Wall Street trends. It notes Buick campaign plans, Boulder Dam bill passage, and German benzol efforts with Standard Oil interest. Canadian farms output rises nearly 100 million.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina urged foes of Tammany hall to unite against Governor Smith as the Democratic presidential nominee, arguing Smith cannot be nominated. Jesse H. Jones, head of the Democratic finance committee, said he would run if that served the party better. Herbert Hoover will stay in Washington during the Republican Convention in Kansas City. W Z Foster and J W W leader were named as presidential candidate and Benjamin Gitlow as running mate for the Workers (Communist) party at New York convention.
Sheriff Wiley Pollard supervised the destruction of 2000 bottles of beer seized in a Sunday raid on a San Jacinto house. Five men were arrested. Fred Downes posted bond and was released. Police say the site operated as both retail and wholesale liquor outlet. officers report heavy telephone orders during the raid.
In Buenos Aires a bomb exploded at the Caballito suburb home of Italian fascist Cesar Afeltra, causing great property damage but injuring no one. It marks the third Italian bombing within a week.
Ranger Captain Wrights company will stand guard at a city charter election in Wink Texas today Adjutant General R L Robertson reveciet.
A federal jury found R. C. Jones not guilty of peonage against a Memphis farmer in Texas. The case drew statewide attention as Jones allegedly kept a Black worker on his plantation till debts were repaid. Government prosecutors led the case. the docket closed with 75 cases disposed of that week.
George K. Webb president of the First National Bank of San Angelo visits Amarillo to see his son J Lyndon Webb and meet bankers. He learns of the death of cattleman J M Shannon a close friend and plans to cut short the trip for Shannon's funeral.
In Mexico City on May 28 a rebel assault on Manzanillo to seize the west coast left 111 rebels dead and 103 injured. General Heliodore Charis reported dawn Friday action with 30 soldiers in Manzanillo aided by citizens and constabulary. Blackburn-Boxwell Ambulance, Phone 5211.
News dispatches report the largest rescue effort in history for the lost Polar Dirigible Italia. Along a vast northern relay, ships and planes from Dane's Island to Spitsbergen maneuver with dog sleds and icebreakers to locate the Citta di Milano and reach the stranded crew.
Discovery of a mattress and bed springs in a canyon about 25 miles south of Oakley led posses to the area to follow the trail of four bank robbers who struck Lamar Colorado last Wednesday. A wounded robber treated by Dr W W Wineinger of Dighton Kan may have been sheltered there. Authorities believe the wounded man could not move and that his companions hid him as the search spanned western Kansas and parts of Colorado Nebraska and Wyoming. Funeral services were continued on page two.
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle says he and his Pasadena society wife Dorie Deane have separated. He lives at a hotel while she visits their Beverly Hills home. The couple wed April 16 1925 in a ceremony attended by industry leaders. Arbuckle had earlier divorced Minta Durfee.
Jess M. Caldwell a former officer of the National Bank of Commerce Shawnee was sentenced to 15 years in Federal prison by Judge Cotteral. He received five years on three counts to run concurrently. Wallace Estill Jr former bank president who pled guilty January 27 1927 on two counts will be sentenced next month.
Police Judge E A McKinnon assessed fines of 15 and 20 dollars this morning to persons charged with being drunk disturbing the peace and simple assault. An even half dozen drew the heavy penalties on those charges. A number of fines were issued for traffic violations.
Nearly five thousand husbands cooked their own breakfast as they start a two week marital vacation while wives attend the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention in San Antonio. Delegations from 40,000 club women converge for the event with sessions in the Municipal auditorium and various travel modes noted among attendees.
In Washington on May 28 the Senate rejected a motion to adjourn tomorrow at 5 p m by a 40 to 40 vote. Vice President Dawes cast the deciding vote against the adjournment, prompting applause on the floor and gallery. Leaders indicated Congress would remain in session indefinitely as Curtis and Robinson supported the House resolution.
Rock Island announces substitution of oil burning locomotives for coal burners on over 1500 miles of lines in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The El Paso Amarillo division will switch with completion by October 15, and oil fueling stations will be built in several towns across Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico and Texas.
Br D Parker reports an Amacillo youth faced district court on a liquor violation. The defendant pled guilty and attorney Fred H Woodward seeks a suspended sentence.
Col Harve Haines of the city development board outlined the need for a municipal airport to Kiwanis members. He urged Kiwanians to support the movement and noted the Memorial Day observance with World War I veterans asked to give brief outlines of their services.
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