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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1928
Page
8
A fragmentary note from a newspaper item describes the final image of the Italia as it sails from Spitzbergen with its bow aimed toward the North Pole, bearing a cross given to…
By Gerald P. Nye the Kansas City June convention discusses farm issues as the sole topic shaping candidate positions. The piece probes whether Hoover or agricultural leaders steer the Republican platform amid farm force pressure and shifting allegiances in Mississippi County.
The first authentic signed message from Gen Umberla Nobile, chief of the Italia dirigible crew, traces the airship’s Arctic entrapment on May 23 and details distress, shortages, and requests for aid. He cites injuries, missing supplies, and asks for three folding boats and relief provisions as darkness and ice hinder rescue.
A historical ad praising Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a gentle safe laxative for constipation and related ailments. It touts a simple treatment, claims effectiveness for headaches indigestion and mood, and offers samples by mail with prepaid postage. The piece emphasizes safety for children and the elderly and cites a long-standing market presence since 1875.
A May 29 incident involving the Italia dirigible ends in a rapid, unhalted descent and crash on polar ice. Debris and cabin materiel spread. occupants are reported missing or dead amid wreckage and ice. Stefani News Agency summarizes the event as received today.
Arthur Bugs Baer reports on a political convention scene with references to Crooked politics and farm interest groups. The piece notes temporary leadership, debates, and scenes of farmers and rural farmers in attendance as news personas discuss policy and industry concerns.
Delegates shuffle into the convention hall as the Texas delegation's contested credentials ignite a lengthy credential fight. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt presides as credentials chair, reading the committee's report amid disorder, a Will Rogers interruption, and slow opening proceedings led by Senator George Moses.
A 1920 report notes April 22 opening events for San Jacinto festival. Directors vote to appoint a new committee, with White elected president of the chamber of commerce association. Harry Merit, T A Walker, Ell Til Kauer, and Dick Haybould elected vice presidents.
Clem Shaver, head of the national Democratic executive committee, and Tessie J. James invite farmers to the party's Kansas City gathering led by the national committee for the convention in Texas. The event follows the Minneapolis gathering, with plans announced for the June Texas meeting.
Washington reports a second medical opinion on Mrs. Coolidge improves her condition enough to allow President Coolidge and the first lady to depart for the summer White House in Wisconsin tonight. Physicians say the journey poses no danger and the trip proceeds as planned amid careful preparations and favorable weather forecasts.
A dust explosion wrecked the Orla Hrathlers elevator at Milind, about 20 miles north of Great Denn, injuring one worker and damaging a 20,000 bushel capacity elevator as workers began this morning. The incident occurred as laborers arrived for the shift.
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