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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1928
Page
1
Washington in June news notes a looming presidential landscape with Hoover and Smith contending for influence while a new electric chair execution is postponed to June 22 to allow clemency petitions. The piece links crime, gambling, and reform debates to national politics, highlighting Chicago’s crime ties and recent kidnapping and murder cases as context.
Meary, the elder man with glasses, is involved as exiles prepare a world hop plane christening. The group aims to beat a 28 day world-round record, seeking to lower it to 23 days in the proposed 4 flight around world effort.
A Kansas City report notes anti Lordenist sentiment within party ranks as delegates weigh the best candidate for November. The piece also covers Archbishop Stuix in Rome discussing Mexican church rights and peace with the Pope, amid tensions over religious liberty and government actions.
The forecast covers Texas and Rome with largely cloudy to overcast skies. Temperatures range from around 60 to 70s, with cool nights in the panhandle and near the coast. Expect moderate to fresh north to northeast winds along the shore and higher humidity inland.
An anti Hoovers coalition organized across states converged today in Kansas City to block Herbert Hoover’s nomination at the Republican national convention. The alliance includes James B. Watson of Indiana, Charles FR Curtly, Guy D. Goff of West Virginia, Lonisser Sipmeram of Minnesota, and former senator Toth Hanon McCormick’s widow Mrs. McCormick who leads outside work and publicity for the effort.
William Randolph Hearst issues a statement urging the GLP to back Hoover for the Republican nomination. He argues Coolidge will not seek a third term and praises Hoover as the best successor, with Mellon named as option if Hoover not chosen. The message emphasizes patriotic principles and historical parallels.
Lin Pathfinder plane ends a 1000 mile U S trip after mapping this year’s national air tour route. The craft flew to 36 cities in 16 states along the Mississippi valley and Atlantic coast. Ray Cooper, chairman, led the expedition at Ford airport.
Madrid reports Premier Primo de Rivera ends engagement with Francee. Break announced as a sudden personal setback for the statesman amid political tensions. Mercedes Castel Anos and Mary AD noted in local coverage.
An elderly man was beaten on a city street Friday and is recovering. Antonio Rodrigués, linked to the assault, was arrested after a description led police to identify a suspect. He faces a charge of aggravated assault.
Report from Mukden describes gunfire directed at a U S party traveling from Tientsin to Nanking. Captain and an American aide were wounded as retreating Mukdenite troops engaged near the American legation. Details remain uncertain as officials confirm a violent incident yesterday.
The monoplane Yankee Doodle, with pilot Lee Shaenanir and passenger Tucker, faltered in heavy fog near Norton Field Columbus after reaching Harrisburg. They reported enough fuel to reach New York but could not pierce the Pennsylvania fog and turned back, risking the ship during a forced landing.
In Austin a jury awards Corrie Thicker and her husband $50,000 in a case against Expest Nalle, an Austin capitalist, over a Bayr county automobile accident. The trial ended with the jury claiming bribery by Sap, Btarcos Alatriet.
Mexico City reports no crowds at churches as newspapers publish limited foreign dispatches on the religious question. Rome and New York sources suggest the government faces restraint and obfuscation in covering the movement.
Perry Robertson, a candidate for county judge, will serve as special county judge for a few days. The arrangement mirrors Judge Ailmistua McGlow ey, with Robertson filling the temporary role during the interim period.
Gale at Wichita Falls injures one person and flattens about 10 buildings as heavy wind and rain sweep Teron and Southern Oklahoma. Aubrey Caylee of Vernon is hurt when a windstorm tears the country club roof from Vernon. About 200 people attend a dinner nearby as excitement rises.
In Los Angeles on June 3 the Los Angeles Congregational Association voted 107 to 1 to convict Dr. Frank Dyer, pastor of Wilshire Boulevard Congregational, of conduct unbecoming a minister. Two delegates abstained.
MADLESTER Okla June R Willia Moore 85 year old bread maker was arrested in the killing of Ed Jackson and Jacksons wife and 10 year old daughter at their home in the Jackson Fork Trails Moore says he borrowed a rifle from a sow for Lee Gibson who was also arrested days ago for questioning in the case
Air Corps training tender will select pilots to go to Langley Field Virginia to ferry eleven Martin bombers from this location to San Antonio for use in training at Kelly Field.
Orig. Gen. Frank P. B. Lahm of the Army transport center has been given a two month leave of absence while stationed at the Army and Navy General Hospital in Hot Springs Ark. Lahm, formerly of the Afr Corns training center, is currently in service at the hospital.
San Antonio police were asked by Sheriff Harold Mathews of Uvalde to watch for thirty three tires and a quantity of automobile accessories stolen there last Friday night.
Six German Marines died and four were injured when a mine exploded aboard a vessel during an underwater mine clearance exercise in Kiel harbor on June 8. The accident occurred as divers attempted to clear a mine from the harbor.
The monoplane Southern Cross and its four-person Australian American crew pressed through tropical storms on the Fiji to Brisbane leg, enduring heavy rain and rough seas. Captain Charles Elford-Smith and crew, including Charles T. D. U. Harry W. Lyon and James Warner, battled 7000-foot altitudes and strong winds, signaling “All's well” as they pushed toward Australia amid peril.
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