Robert Hacket

While the Texas Uniform Narcotics Drug Act became effective on Sept. 1, 1937. It wasn't until Jan. 6, 1938, that Capt. J.H. Wheatley, Chief Enforcement Officer for the Department of Public Safety, narcotics division, stated that the "rigid enforcement of the act would begin immediately." Capt. Wheatley was in Houston to meet with law enforcement officers to address the illegal narcotic and marijuana activities that had been going on. Prior federal and state laws had proved ineffective in...

The American dream. For some it is to be successful, to have a family, and to help others. The patriarchs of Galveston’s leading families — the Kempners, Moodys and Sealys — all had precarious starts in life but were able to rely on their natural abilities and recognition of opportunities to obtain great wealth. Sought success While from different backgrounds and locations, John Sealy, William Lewis Moody and Harris Kempner’s roads to their fortunes began by selling goods. Sealy was born in...

Lora Bernard recounted what it took for her to get a copy of Madonna’s book, “Sex,” in her article, “Madonna’s ‘Sex’ isn’t pretty, but pretty honest,” which was published in The Galveston Daily News on Nov. 8, 1992. On Oct. 21, 1992, Lora Bernard made a phone call to her 64-year-old mother in Fort Worth, Texas, to buy her a copy of Madonna’s book, “Sex.”While what may seem as taking extreme measures, Bernard wanted to be sure she could get a copy of “Sex,” since only 1 million copies were...