06 Sep 1928
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1928
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane discusses whisper campaigns in politics, noting how rumors harm or fail to sway public opinion. He cites Hoover Smith rivalries, Maine’s upcoming elections, and the durability of truth in public discourse amid tax, Prohibition, and industry debates.
Herbert Hoover began work on a labor speech set for Newark New Jersey on September 17. Governor Smith presses New York legislative matters as supporters anticipate a strong reply to a whispered campaign against him. Rudolph Spreckles of San Francisco backs Smith for his anti prohibition stance. Agricultural relief and prohibition emerge as campaign focal points says John J. Raskob.
Earl Rowland of Wichita Kansas holds the air derby lead as weather delays force a 30 minute halt at Columbus and a move to St Louis after arriving Lambert field at 10:21 a m He previously led by landing in Terre Haute at 8 37 a m central time with six other fliers reaching the field by 9 a m They stop brief refueling and motor checks before continuing.
More than 200 ministers and laymen attended a Panhandle district gathering at West Amarillo Christian church. The convention elected officers for the year, selected Childress as next meeting site, and drew delegates from forty Panhandle counties. Rev. W. C. Dallas hosted. officers include Walter P. Jennings president and Jasper Bogue district superintendent.
Chicago Sept 6 Union leaders from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors plan to confer with 55 Western railroad managers next week on a peace proposal. About 70 000 employees reportedly voted nearly unanimously for a strike, though the vote tally is not public.
Amarillo plans a 100000 bond for a municipal airport with a small tax rise of about 1.25 cents per hundred dollars. Officials cite strong demand, favorable Panhandle highway site, and aviation experts say a first class airport would boost air traffic and regional transport. The city commission urges voters to approve the issue as a step to advance transportation and city growth.
Robert N. Ingersoll, 69, founder of the Ingersoll watch empire and creator of the dollar watch, died at a Denver sanitarium after a 34 year illness. The firm produced more than 80 million watches in 35 years before Waterbury Clock Co took over last year. Survives two brothers Charles H. and Arthur N. Ingersoll of New York.
Democrats of the Panhandle schedule an all Plains rally in Amarillo next Thursday night with Sam Bratton of Albuquerque United States senator from New Mexico as principal speaker. The party formed a local organization to run the push and opened campaign headquarters with a full time office manager in the lobby area.
Eleven Curtiss Hawk pursuit planes en route from Selfridge Field Michigan to Los Angeles landed at Bivins Field Amarillo for refueling and lunch before resuming the flight. The group included Lieutenant Frank D Klein who demonstrated aerobatics after arriving shortly after noon. Others listed include Lieutenants Ernest H Lawson John K Cannon Julian B Haddon Frank G Irvin William Doolittle Burton Hovey and Robert Schoenlein with support from two monoplanes and a tri motored Fokker crewed by John Egan and A J Eldridge.
The Southern Baptist home mission board reports a million dollar shortfall tied to treasurer Clinton Carnes who vanished August 15. A sealed file shows loans with 150 banks, auditors not informed, as a church committee probes the loss. Legal action and grand jury plans follow, with Carnes missing amid the inquiry.
Paris reports Adj. Jean Rpsso lant and Sgt. Rene Lefevre began a trans Atlantic flight from Casablanca to Dakar and then Rio de Janeiro but were forced to return to Casablanca. Their future plane choice remains undecided after the setback.
The Amarillo school board will convene at eight o clock this evening in the high school office of W A McIntosh. Committees from McKinley school district and Forest Hill addition will appear to present claims for improved school service.
The Right Rev. Joseph Crane Hartzell, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church for Africa, died in Cincinnati aged after injuries from an assault at his Blue Ash home near Cincinnati in June. Known as the David Livingstone of Methodism, he spent two decades spreading Christianity in Africa.
Bert Hassell and Parker D. Cramer, pilot and navigator of the airplane Greater Rockford, may go to Denmark before returning to the UK. They were rescued after two weeks of tramping through Greenland following a crash near Mt. Evans with Prof. Webbs of the University of Michigan expedition. The pair traveled by motor boat to Holatensborg on the coast.
Representatives from Texas Oklahoma Colorado Louisiana and New Mexico attended a hearing to pursue uniform state regulations for interstate bus traffic. Officials anticipate federal action and broader adoption across western states as talks continue. The session included executive briefings and a public conference with bus owners and regulators.
Frank Mellus, husband of murder victim Myrtle Mellus, will testify as a defense witness in the case against Leo I Kelley. The defense plans to show Mellus was often absent and treated his wife poorly, suggesting the affair with the butcher boy influenced the crime.
Lyle Womack will file for divorce in Ancon district court charging cruelty with details not disclosed. Ruth Elder, the flier queen, married Womack months before her trans Atlantic flight attempt with George Haldeman. The couple's relationship reportedly strained after Elder’s aviation career began.
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