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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1928
Page
2
The Senate investigating committee’s final preconvention report tallies campaign expenditures of all Presidential candidates at $731,087.75. Hoover accounts for more than half at $380,922.11, leading a list of fifteen candidates studied by the committee before the convention.
The Southern Cross heads toward Brisbane after a Fiji landing as Kingsford Smith Ulm and crew plan the final leg to Sydney. Navigators Lyon and Warner accompany the pilots from Oakland to Suva and Fiji approves a congratulatory resolution. Gasoline reserves were about 30 gallons on arrival.
The committee dismissed contests quickly and awarded South Carolina 11 delegates, conceding the entire block to Lowell by opponents. It then addressed Tennessee's tenth district seat, where Jim Quinn challenged Bob Church’s credentials. The committee recognized Church’s credentials without a roll call or executive session.
The Rev. W H Woodward, who killed himself after wounding Bishop William A Guerry of South Carolina in Charleston, is buried at sea off St Simons Island. Funeral services were held at St Andrews church in Darien before the body was taken to sea aboard a launch with family.
The Fairbanks mission ferrying the Fox Film party forced to land 100 miles south of Point Barrow. Wien and Hart searched 2200 miles in 25 hours. Merrill, Clarke, Robertson healed after frosty days. Merrill snow blind, Clarke tendons broken, Robertson frost bitten.
Flight Commander Charles Kingsford Smith said the Southern Cross would depart Sydney for Brisbane when a suitable field is chosen. He inspected a Naselai site sixteen miles away and noted concerns about runway length and timing. Ulm described their rough flight from Oakland to Suva amid storms.
A dense local update covers visiting business figures from Atlanta Macon Tampa and Montgomery plus New Laffargue pianos from CoCroft Music Co. Notes on lawn mower sharpening Busy Bee Co. and Rosemary Inn guest Miss Margaret Lester. Also reports Sampson's garbage service and a Y M C A American Business Club meeting with Col. Bob Burch speech on successful farming.
In Fulton Superior Court Mrs. Otis Poundstone and club members sue to unseat Mrs. Charles Goodman claiming she was never elected president. Hearing set for June 12 with an injunction already in force restraining Mrs. Hornady’s faction from interfering with Goodman’s administration. The dispute followed a heated split at a club meeting that required police to restore order.
Birmingham firm Alabama Cast Iron Pipe Company will keep its board of directors after Judge William Walker in chancery court rejected a bid by two former employees to appoint a worker committee to run the plant. The ruling cites the will of late John J. Eagan and says no mismanagement by directors was shown.
The article notes relief as rain stops in Alabama after a period of heavy rainfall. It mentions a hand car crossing a draw bridge during the downpour and a drowning incident. It also references Marion and Hammond in Louisiana where a fisherman and a Black man were drowned.
An appeal to Adjutant General F Eugene Butler seeks tents and emergency gear for more than 100 homeless after a hurricane in Crenshaw County. The storm destroyed about 30 homes and killed over 100 head of livestock, with damage over 100000 dollars. The hurricane struck Gravel Hill and Sweetwater amid heavy rainfall.
W L Young Stribling of Ochlocknee defeated Ted Cook of Mobile in Meridian Mississippi by knockout in the third round of a ten round bout. The 220 pound fighter logged his 100th win by knockout, extending a string of seven straight KO victories and fueling anticipation for future bouts in Jacksonville and Montgomery against Harry Fay and Kid Packo.
Harry Thaw arrives in Southampton aboard the Aquitania but is refused permission to land by immigration officials. He held a British visa, yet the home office order of prohibition stands, and he is expected to return to New York on the Aquitania.
In Geneva on June 6 the League Council defeated a resolution demanding quick settlement of the Polish Lithuanian dispute. Premier Wiademaras of Lithuania opposed it while others abstained or supported. A second motion by Sir Austen Chamberlain was adopted, placing the issue on the September agenda.
In the National League St Louis and Cincinnati posted scores with late innings' zeros and wins for New York and Philadelphia in a set of batters. The American League shows New York tallying runs in multiple innings as Cleveland and others chase outcomes with varied innings totals and pitching lines.
Moscow reports believability of Italia findings fading as eight SOS messages turn out false alarms. Soviet rescue plans press on to Franz Josef Land and Nova Zemlya with Maligin ice cutter and UL-3 plane base to search Archangel route and Cape Florba area for Nobile and crew. Oslo reports Luetzow Holm found no trace after one aerial search from Hobby off Spitzbergen.
Atlanta financier Lindsey Hopkins announced a bid of 342 per share for Coca Cola International Corporation stock, totaling for 146 000 shares, was refused. Each Coca Cola International share is valued at two shares of Coca Cola common stock, and the offer was not accepted.
Washington reports that General Pershing's departure from France will not have political significance. His office says no definite schedule was set, though Jung I was an approximate return date. A Kansas City nomination suggestion is dismissed as out of keeping with his attitude.
Paris dispatch reports General John J Pershing as a possible dark horse in political circles after a sudden summons home. He reportedly sailed aboard the Leviathan with plans to depart Paris for Cherbourg by automobile following the train’s departure.
The Rt. Rev. William A. Guerry lay in Riverside Infirmary at Charleston after being shot by Rev. J Herbert Woodward who killed himself. Doctors reported slight improvement but warned the condition remains serious and days may pass before recovery.
The article notes plans to stay in France indefinitely due to work with the Battle Monuments Commission. It suggests concerns about the situation in Kansas City may have driven the General's sudden departure, despite indications he was a Republican presidential dark horse.
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