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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1928
Page
1
The piece warns of sensational news cycles and the fascination with catastrophe as May 29 approaches. It notes bank clearings near two billion more than wartime transfers, critiques stock market speculation, and contrasts public credulity with rational thought while citing Nobile and World War era anxieties.
In Chicago fourteen agricultural states formed committees to coordinate with delegates for a farm relief plank at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City. Supporters of Frank Lowden Senator James Watson and Senator Charles Curtis lead the committee. Primaries in West Virginia opened with Guy Goff and Herbert Hoover seeking the Republican nomination while James Reed and Alfred E. Smith contend for the Democrats. Twelve delegates were elected to vote for Smith in the Democratic District of Columbia primary en route to Houston. Jesse H. Jones urged farmers to attend the Houston Democratic Convention to back a farm program.
Oslo reports unconfirmed sightings of the Italia down near Amsterdam Island. Captain Riiser-Larsen proceeds with plans for an air reconnaissance over Northern Spitzbergen by Lieut. Holm aboard the Hobby. Airdrop from Kings Bay expected by week’s end. no confirmation from Citta Di Milano.
Tonight and Wednesday partly cloudy for West Texas and Louisiana with East Texas seeing local thunder showers. Arkansas reports local showers. West portion partly cloudy Wednesday while East sees local showers. Oklahoma forecast abbreviated with tonight and Wednesday generally.
Mauro Guajardo, about 20, held in Austin for several days amid fears of mob violence in Williamson county. He is charged with murder in Georgetown justice court after the killing of ranchman Arthur Bunnell near Taylor. Bunnell was shot five times. Guajardo was an employee and they reportedly quarreled.
United Press reports concrete plans for accommodating 106000 farmers at the Republican National Convention in Kansas City. Conrad H. Mann, general chairman, said a cattle city would be located at Electric Park, the former amusement center in Kansas City.
John W. Floore of Cleburne, capitalist and ranchman, spending the week in Amarillo and Hereford to inspect wheat acreage. He owns about 1,000 acres of wheat and seeks to determine damage from recent hail storms.
The Consolidated Gas Utilities company is incorporated in Delaware to acquire properties of the former Mid-West Gas, Laratan Gas, Oklahoma Northern Utilities, and Oklahoma Northern Gas. The merged system, valued around twenty million dollars, will build a 14 inch high pressure pipeline from Wheeler County extension to Enid Oklahoma to serve Northern Oklahoma and Central Kansas industrial markets.
SAN ANTONIO May 29 Delegates from every state and foreign countries gather before the Biennial Convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Officers and committee chairs meet behind closed doors preparing resolutions for the assembly. Sixteen resolutions are ready for introduction and more will follow. A resolution pledges allegiance to the Constitution of America, notably mentioning reparation.
SAN ANTONIO May 29 Sev enth district club women attended an elaborate official dinner for Mrs John D Sherman president of the General Federation of Women s Clubs in convention here Attendees from the Texas board included Mesdames F T Collins I D Cole L A Wells and Howard Trigg Amarillo Lon V Smith Floyd ada W B Price Lubbock Mead Griffith L A Knight and A L Putman Plainview and W L Whitsel of Canadian Mrs C F Smith Amarillo singer sang negro spirituals at breakfast at the Gunter hotel honoring the General Federation board accompanied by Mrs W I Whitsel of Canadian
Mrs. Edward Franklin White of Indianapolis presents a resolution endorsed by Mrs. William Alvord of Detroit urging enforcement of the 18th amendment. The General Federation reaffirms belief in prohibition to curb liquor traffic and asks political agencies to use their power to enforce it. Mrs. John D. Sherman will introduce a second resolution to list every woman who cares for a home as a home maker in decennial population counts starting 1630.
Mr and Mrs W W McDonald depart tonight for Dallas to witness the graduation exercises of their son Wesley McDonald from Allen Military Academy.
J A Nail of 3807 East Fifteenth street reports two clad in mens clothing held him up in the downtown district last night taking four twenty dollar bills one ten and several singles. He pursued them for blocks before they escaped.
President Coolidge signs the tax reduction bill into law announcing an estimated annual tax cut of 222.496 million dollars while government revenue is forecast at 156 million for the next fiscal year, with full effects delayed to the following year. The package includes corporate tax cuts, higher exemptions, and other fiscal changes.
A Nye led Senate inquiry supplement denounces the Teapot Dome Elk Hills Continental Trading Company affair as conspiratorial and corrupt. It cites Robert W. Stewart Harry F. Sinclair H. M. Blackmer and James E. O'Neil and estimates leases worth at least 500 million dollars. The report condemns privilege greed secrecy and political influence.
Col Harvey Haines vice-president and GM of the Board of City Development heads to Wichita Falls for the annual state convention of the Graduate Nurses association. A large Amarillo delegation travels with him and Amarillo is favored to host the 1929 convention. He then goes to Dallas to invite the Texas Bar Association to meet here next year.
A heated Senate clash erupted over the Boulder Dam bill as leaders moved to adjourn at 6 30 pm. Bruce of Maryland clashed with supporters while Borah of Idaho pushed for executive session and the galleries emptied amid the row.
Amarillo invited to participate in the celebration of the first passenger train on the Fort Worth and Denver line into the South Plains. A Turkey chamber of commerce initiative prompted the invitation to Amarillo. Plans include sending a city delegation to the event in July.
A Pontiac sedan owned by the Wakefield U Drive It company was reported stolen last night. The vehicle bears license 776 462 and motor number 102 959.
Col Charles A Lindbergh lands at Morton Field Columbus after starting from New York to chart a Trans Continental Air Transport route. He will stop in Columbus St Louis Wichita and Clovis with Amarillo touted as a stop on the air rail coast to coast plan.
Hereford police expected to start an investigation into the circumstances of the death of Mrs. W. L. Shurgart and the wounding of her husband following a Monday night incident at their home. Mrs. Shurgart was found dead with four gunshot wounds, and her husband survived with a throat slash injury amid a family quarrel. Their 17-year-old son was away in Canyon. The couple had been married 22 years and planned a move to Canyon.
Twelve boy scouts have registered for the annual summer encampment at Camp William Warner. Scout executive Thomas A. Nelson expresses satisfaction with the response and hopes all applications for June 5 to 19 arrive by Thursday. The camp is expected to be one of the best ever held in this section.
The Rev. S. E. Templeton pastor of the Church of Christ at Memphis and former Amarillo pastor will preach at the local church at Tenth and Fillmore Street at 8 15 tonight. His subject is The Preeminence of Christ.
In Barberton Ohio two men died and two were seriously hurt as three railroads were tied up after a fog bound collision at a crossing. An A B O freight crashed into a westbound Pennsylvania freight and an eastbound Pennsylvania freight sideswiped the wreckage and derailed. The injured were William Penn 35 of Upland West Virginia and John Mahaffey of Youngstown.
Amarillo police traffic division reduced by two as Captain E R Murr relieves Motorcycle Patrolman Ralph Amick and suspends Johnny Hays until June 15 for violating a traffic department rule. Hays will resume duties on that date.
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