15 Nov 1928
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1928
Page
1
Wall Street climbs as bids soar with a $500000 seat sale and orders piling up while bears fear losses. Ford's future gains loom, with talk of $5 billion added if his car venture succeeds, and Chevrolet reports 1,000,000 cars sold this year as auto demand climbs.
The House Campaign Funds committee will travel to Texas next Friday to examine campaign expenditures in the southern part of the state. The focus is the 15th Congressional District, long represented by John Garner, a Democratic stalwart.
France will reject the American government request for extradition of Henry M. Blackmer on income tax charges. The decision was reported from Paris in highly authoritative quarters. In Washington the Post Office announced M. P. Martin as acting postmaster at Breckenridge Texas.
Two convicts tried to break from Goree prison farm near Huntsville Texas. W. C. Folson of Amarillo killed by guard Arthur Thomas after Folson shouted to shoot. Folson had earlier tried to escape with Jack Turnipseed from Grayson County confinement. Folson previously identified with a station robbery and pursuit from Canyon. Authorities note Folson’s ongoing escape attempts while serving a five year term.
In Naples on November 15 the eruption of Mount Vesuvius intensified as incandescent lava poured from a base cone and fissures in the main crater. The activity focused near the northwest flank under the cable railway toward the summit, drawing tourists and scientists but not delighting locals.
ABILENE Texas November 15 An actress Mrs Gene Gladstone 42 died in a Rochester theater when a prop pistol thought unloaded fired by accident as she stood in the wings and tripped The bullet pierced her heart and she died instantly Her home was Fullerton California
Investigation shows six soldiers died when a transport plane crashed near San Antonio. An open parachute blocked cabin exits, trapping them while two crew leaped to safety, including Lieut. Harvey F Dyer of Kansas and Sergt. Frank J. Sidebenaler of Milwaukee.
Delegates to the twentieth annual Texas Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations gather for a final busy session at 2 PM. The program includes life memberships, a tree planting memorial service, and updates from executive secretary Mrs. Stephen Chamness on Austin headquarters and yearly statistics.
New York papers flood front pages with citations of Sea Murder and Criminal Negligence in the Vestris sinking. Readers are fed eyewitness accounts from survivors and sharp editorials accusing Capt. Carey and crew of blundering and cowardice amid the 328 victims in the Atlantic tragedy.
Morning mist and clouds linger over Amarillo and Panhandle with Spearman reporting four tenths inch of rain. Santa Fe notes clear warm conditions in Pecos and Slaten division. Forecast calls for partly cloudy and colder tonight. Wheat damage minimal. farmers seek two weeks of sowing weather as about 75 percent of new wheat already planted.
Government wins permission to present the Teapot Dome testimony of Standard Oil magnate before a Senate committee. The April 24 admission of $279 000 in Liberty bonds from Continental Trading Co. is admitted as evidence. Justice Bailey allows the report and Stewart is sworn on February 2.
The Globe Newspapers describe the Want Ad section as varied and comprehensive offering varied articles of exchange. It portrays the want ads as a marketplace for quick action on diverse quests and requests within a civilized community.
The report lists 28 persons aboard open coal port with 129 passengers and 199 crew. Rescued include 60 passengers and 154 crew, total 214. Dead and missing totaling 114. Bodies recovered numbered 22 by four ships. Survivors from rescue ships totaled 125 on American Shipper, 57 on Myriam, 9 on Wyoming, with all saved ships landing survivors in New York except the nine Wyoming crew to Norfolk.
United States government launches inquiry into the sinking of the British steamer Vestris with suspected loss of 114 lives. Investigators, led by U.S. Attorney Charles A. Tuttle, issue over fifty subpoenas to uncover seaworthiness, lifeboat readiness, SOS timing, and possible launch blunders. Continued on page WO.
In Los Angeles last night Robert Johnson shot and wounded his wife and a man who tried to intervene, then killed himself at the home of the wife’s parents. Police say the couple had just reconciled after a week apart. a boarder, Bernard May, 45, was shot in the chest.
The aggravated assault charge against Chief of Police H. L. Gaither was dismissed after the complainant failed to appear in Potter county court. George Downing had alleged the attack occurred on Polk Street after a conversation about the chief.
The Amarillo-Electr football game will start at 3 o'clock Saturday at Electra and be broadcast by Station WDAG of Amarillo. Skeet Gibson will describe plays and yardage from the mike with details on each ball carrier. Loud speakers will be placed at the News-Globe and in the scout drive headquarters behind the Imperial Barber shop. sponsors include Gibson Drug Globe News Panhandle Laundry Lane Ice Cream Fred H. Galle Tire Co Russell & Cockrell and several local figures.
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