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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1928
Page
1
Timber weather forecast notes thunder showers tonight into Friday bringing cooler temperatures. Highs around 78 and 66 degrees with morning values near 67. Erratic transcription suggests hourly readings are unclear.
A readable newspaper fragment reflecting on Decoration Day rituals and national figures, noting past leaders including Washington Lincoln and mothers who raised soldiers. It mentions a sensational crime headline Death Trap Blonde Gives Herself Up, a San Antonio leadership clash in the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and a Darwin oddity about arm hair. The clipping ends with a plug for continued coverage on page two.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a court matter involving a person named Mondi and a local entity. The text alludes to a ruling or filing, with unclear dates or parties, leaving essential facts unreadable in the scan. Further clarification is needed to confirm involved names and outcomes.
Major General Milton J. Foreman former first commander of the American Legion writes ex veterans praising Frank O. Lowden as a presidential candidate. West Virginia Republican endorsement polls show Senator Guy D. Goff leading Hoover by about 7 000 votes. Democratic senatorial contest shows Alfred E. Smith ahead of James A. Reed by roughly 5 000 votes.
A Ryan brougham brought Miss Mildred Ellane Golden Miss Colorado 1928 from Denver to Amarillo en route to Galveston. Judges favor her as International Pageant of Pulchritude contender while A G Birch acts as press agent. Pilot Lieut Carlos L Reavis landed at Bivins field after refueling. crowds gathered since 10:30.
Des Moines report says Boeing Air Transport plans to place twelve passenger planes on its mail route within two months. Official Blaine Stubblefield of San Francisco says planes are being made and will have modern facilities with tilting chairs for sleeping and onboard meals. The flight schedule will include two nights and a day between the Pacific coast and New York.
William Zambruni general counsel for the Ku Klux Klan testified before the Senate presidential campaign committee that the Klan paid Senator Heflin for speeches in New York and Iowa. He said Heflin received 250 dollars for New York and 150 or 250 for Iowa while payments were arranged by State Klan organizers. The national group did not fund those meetings or any political candidates.
Public interest grows as Colonel Lindbergh tours Amarillo and outlines a cross country joint train and plane service. A New York $6,000,000 company plans the service with Santa Fe and Pennsylvania railroads. Transfers would occur at Clovis for a daylight flight to the Pacific coast, making Amarillo a key exchange point.
Judge L Gout head of the Texas Wheat Growers Association warns farmers not to storm the Kansas City Republican convention. He says take issues directly to Congress and organize to force action while noting some McNary Haugen features and government hostility in other departments. He just returned from Washington where he addressed the agricultural committee.
In the 1928 elimination balloon race Captain E. W. E. Kepner aboard Army Number 1 won the event landing at Weems Virginia after nearly twelve hours flight from Bettis Field McKeesport. His aide Lieutenant W. C. Breckson accompanied him as the only survivor among fourteen balloons struck by a fierce electrical storm near Pittsburgh.
The article describes a séance in a dark room where Edward Wales asks for the killer of Spencer Lee. The medium struggles to speak as Wales cries out and requests the name before chaos erupts when Roscoe Crosby orders the lights.
In Seattle on Memorial Day Corporal Rustan Reed of the 43rd Wisconsin Volunteers saluted a sweet faced woman in the crowd His wife Julia waved and smiled Then Reed learned she had fallen dead as he turned the corner in the crowd
President Coolidge selects Cedar Island Lodge on the Rule river near Superior Wisconsin as his Summer White House residence with White House offices likely in Superior. The estate spans thousands of acres while the island residence sits on a one story birch bark bungalow with eight bedrooms connected by a footbridge.
Col Charles A Lindbergh landed his monoplane at Long Beach Municipal Airport at 2 10 am completing a cross country Night from New York with passengers Major Thomas Sapphier and Col Henry Breckenridge. The party, believed overdue, proceeded to a hotel and asked not to be disturbed.
The first new model Forder sedan is on display in Cooper-Irvin show rooms announced by Walter Irvin this afternoon. Many Tudor sedans and coupes have been delivered in Amarillo, but this four door “closed job” marks the first of its kind in the state.
Captain Kingsford-Smith left Oakland aboard the Southern Cross at 8:55 am bound for Australia on a record ocean attempt. The crew of four planned a 24,000 mile hop to Honolulu with an anticipated 25 hour flight, carrying three radio sets and a hack saw to shed engines if needed for a water landing.
King’s Bay Spitsbergen May 31 Nobile and eight Italian climbers search by land and air for the Italia dirigible. Relief efforts plan routes with planes from Svalbard as crews aim to cover all Arctic territory while Unberto Nobile’s aides and his brother in command of the Citta Di Milano face ice floes and uncertain directions.
John McKnight served as principal speaker at the Amarillo hotel luncheon today. His address titled Business Methods drew enthusiastic responses from Rotary members. Mrs. Sid Cleghorn provided two strong readings as part of the program.
In Indianapolis on Memorial Day, six bandits robbed about 200 gala guests at Breadmoor Country Club of cash and jewelry totaling about 200000 dollars. The plan was precise, police alerted 43 minutes after the raid, attackers fled in waiting cars.
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