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Newspaper
Bradenton Herald
Location
Bradenton, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1927
Page
1
E J Crome reports a fire in Glades area sending smoke over Miami. Bradenton city notes a change in park governance with a park commissioner selection and the appointment of Councilman Harrison to assist in park board duties.
Bradenton city council appointed E. P. Green Sr. park commissioner and tasked him with naming two associates to form a three member body with authority to hire a park foreman. Mayor Wallace also tapped Frank A. Harrison to help draft park ordinances.
Paul Kelly was found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of Ray Raymond at his Hollywood home. The verdict to carry a penalty of one to ten years, with sentencing set for May 31 by Superior Judge Charles Burnett after a prolonged deliberation and a prior deadlock. Kelly’s lawyers gave notice of a motion for a new trial.
John Wallace a 22 year old Black man suffered a severe throat wound in a death cell after a razor attack. He was electrocuted early today for killing Everett Hedgecoth a farmer whose 1926 murder remained unsolved. The governor refused commute to life imprisonment.
Judge W T Harrison ruled that for misdemeanors courts may fix imprisonment and fines and may extend imprisonment for nonpayment of fines beyond the primary term. W K Zewadski and Wm C Pierce sued for Sam Pongello in Pinellas and Sarasota counties. The ruling upheld the sentence as legal and noted proceedings would continue.
Tallahassee May 25 The amended Stalnaker anti evolution bill passed in the house was reported without recommendation by the senate education committee. Senator John S. Taylor said the report was ren dered without a public hearing and initial sentiment favored an unfavorable report.
Greentrees, Payne Whitney, financier and sportsman from an old New York family, collapsed with acute indigestion during a tennis match at his country estate. He dies soon after with his brother Harry Payne Whitney among the mourners.
Washington May 25 The aging engineer Carroll L. Riker argues a spillway system with dams and locks could control floods and open the river to navigation and power. He seeks Senate support via Senator Lynn J. Frazier while a 1914 House bill failed amid army engineers opposition.
The Hollywood jury convicts five in the Tim Kerrick shooting during a wild party. Included in the group are Kerrick’s widow Sarah Kerrick and film extras Iris Burns Anita Davis Henry Isabell, with sentencing set for next Friday.
Charles Lindbergh, newly named American ambassador, was introduced to the French Chamber of Deputies by Myron T. Herrick. The audience gave a tremendous ovation as Bouisson and other dignitaries praised the aviator who crossed the Atlantic, noted for his modesty and rapid rise.
Governor Martin signed a bill approved by the current legislature that governs the city of Tampa and its powers. The action follows passage during the present legislative session in Tallahassee on May 25.
Flurry in Tallahassee as Senator John W. Watson MIami introduces a local option bill to legalize pari mutuel betting in Dade county by referendum. The measure sets petition thresholds, a county racing commission, licensing rules, and a fifty cent admission tax for publicity funds.
The 1928 Presbyterian Church in the United States convention will be held in Atlanta. The central Presbyterian church in Tennessee and Montreal invited the assembly.
Heavy smoke blankets Miami and Miami Beach as a fire in the Everglades spreads east across about 20 miles. Volunteers work to save 30 000 acres of muck soil near Miami, Coral Gables and Hialeah while county officials plan fast response and backfires. Glenn H Curtiss says only unusually heavy rain could extinguish the blaze.
In New Orleans area floodwaters from the Atchafalaya threatened to flood more land while hundreds fled to refugee camps. Residents in Ponte Coupee parish watched sixty square miles already submerged as the river broke through a levee line near McCrea, about 130 miles northwest of New Orleans. Some stayed, trusting past flood experiences and local reports.
Washington May 25 L F Loree head of the railroad group says a revised merger plan for southwestern lines will be presented to the Interstate Commerce Commission within ten days. The announcement underscores ongoing consolidation efforts in the region.
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