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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1928
Page
9
Intense heat and weekend crowds caused 18 deaths around New York. Thirteen drowned, four died in automobile crashes, and John Cudrack of East Canaan Conn died at Fordham hospital from heat prostration.
Records from Tuskegee Institute show 95 lynchings in the first six months of 1928, all Negro victims. States listed include Louisiana 2, Missouri 1, Texas 2. Offenses charged include murder and related killings tied to a man who killed a law officer.
Farmers estimate annual feed needs per cow including 15 bushels of corn 10 of oats or 6 barley 14 percent tons of legume hay 3 tons of silage or roots Two acres pasture 500 lb cottonseed meal 200 lb wheat bran. Mangels and turnips can substitute for silage roots on the same farm.
Leslie H. Smith missing air mail pilot was found dead beside his aircraft five miles north of Elsinore Missouri. He had a parachute released unstrapped suggesting a sudden crash after trying to reach St. Louis from Little Rock. Bud Gurney identified the body as Smith. a search by Robertson Aircraft pilots followed a Thursday night storm that damaged trees and lines.
Austin Texas June 28 Action on the motion for rehearing in the case of John A McKenzie alias Pete McKenzie sentenced to death for murder of Chief of Detectives Sam Street at San Antonio September 10 1927 was not included in a special session of the Court of Criminal Appeals held Thursday. The court recessed until Saturday when final adjournment of the term until the first Monday in October is to be taken. If the court does not act Saturday the McKenzie case will go over until the new term.
Lindbergh's monoplane was forced to land in a corn field near Oak Harbor Ohio as fuel systems failed. Mexican flyer Carranza landed to help. Lindbergh continued to Detroit in Carranza's plane and planned to return at 9 to 10 a.m. to retrieve his aircraft with a guard stationed overnight.
The British cruiser Dauntless of the North Atlantic and West Indies squadrons ran aground on Tri bune shoal inside Halifax harbor in fog. Captain K D W MacPherson ordered abandon ship after four hours, crew evacuated to Festubert and Ypres, with salvage experts saying she likely cannot be floated and may break up if southerly wind rises. The shoal recalls the H M S Tribune disaster years ago.
President Coolidge received the resignation of Interior Secretary James R. Work at Cedar Island lodge in Superior? Wis. as he shifts to campaign duties for Herbert Hoover. James W. Good of Iowa, Hoover’s pre convention manager, arrived to decide on west campaign leadership.
The Dauntless built at Palmer Yard England 1918 carried home to the United States the bodies of 15 American victims of the ZR-2 dirigible disaster. It sailed from Plymouth England September 7 1921 arriving New York nine days later. The cruiser had escorted the Prince of Wales in 1919 and in 1924 cruised with a British squadron around Cape Horn. It joined the Asiatic fleet in 1927 and was stationed off Hong Kong for months.
Chemists and engineers have developed asphalt chromate emulsion to curb rust caused by gases and corrosive agents. The water asphalt emulsion uses chromium salts to render metal passive, drying into a protective asphalt film. It can be brushed or sprayed on dry or wet surfaces with no volatile ingredients or toxic fumes. It suits marine railroad and general industrial use and also serves as a wood preservative.
The crop report notes Texas cotton prospects hinge on the coming four weeks with hot dry weather likely to yield a bumper crop while cool wet conditions could cause near failure. Grain crops across the state are improving with some counties reporting their best results in years. Overall, wet conditions have delayed field work, though many areas expect a favorable season if dry periods return.
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