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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1928
Page
12
Reported journey by Bernt Balchen and companions continues toward Canada with arrival expected before nightfall. In New York preparations for greeting them are underway as the trio faces courtesy duties to Canadian hosts before returning to Manhattan.
Washington dispatch assesses Hoover's Ohio win as a rallying boost for his nomination bid. Anti Hoover leaders press Indiana appeals hoping to deny a majority by denying Ohio s momentum and delaying endorsements as they campaign with Willis photos and Dawes Lowden Curtis names in ads.
The Courier aims to reach homes before 4 30 p.m. If a delay occurs due to carrier error or other cause, call 300 for a replacement copy. Phone calls should reach the office before 6 38 p.m.
United Press reports the Senate weighing Johnson Boulder Dam funding and tax cut status as the Finance, Interstate Commerce, and Public Lands committees carry on with coal, Teapot Dome, and related investigations. The House opens debate on farm relief and Judiciary hearings on narcotics bills.
Washington April 26. H E Willard secretary of the United States Coal Company told a senate committee that his firm would never again meet with or deal with the United Mine Workers of America. He blamed violence in the oil fields after mine closings and accused the union of lust for power and wealth harming its usefulness to the nation.
W Fiske Marshall recalls ten years ago serving with the Second Division in Verdun area. He, a Lost lieutenant in the Thirteenth Engineers, describes trench training under fire with the French Army at Soully behind Verdun and the August 1917 landing. He notes German bombing runs and the peril of bomb drops over Scuilly as soldiers tried to shelter.
Reports from Londo dated April 26 describe renewed quakes in the Balkans with shocks near Athens and Corinth and damage at Burgas on the Black Sea. Many houses collapsed and villagers were injured as thousands of peasants arrive in Sofia seeking relief. King Boris calls the quakes the most terrible in Bulgaria's history.
An alumni visiting committee to the veterinary college at Town State college has been appointed by the state board of education. The committee includes GC J Scott Knoxville John Patterson Hedrick Chris Juhl Osage R Truax Sac City and A R Menary Cedar Rapids. Regular visits will promote closer relations between the college and its alumni. Similar committees for other departments at Iowa State College have been recommended by President R M Hughes.
A Canadian Press report from Clarke City Que and Lake Ste Agnes notes the relief plane carrying the Bremen’s German Irish crew, led by Balchen, passed Clarke City at 1 10 pm en route to Lake Ste Agnes with plans to meet the Bremen survivors. The voyage faces thaw risks and uncertain ice conditions.
Lee Cook an internationally known scholar inventor and artist died last night after a lifelong struggle with illness He learned self education from age eight built a steam engine at eight devised locomotive steam seals for cylinders and created lathes for shells He contributed to wartime artillery and his paintings were shown in major centers in the U S and Europe
Daytona Beach in mourning for Frank Lockhart a young Indianapolis driver who died in a speed test on the beach. The city scheduled a public mourning period. flags flown at half staff. Mrs Lockhart is recovering at a friend’s home. Lockhart’s body will lie in state and be sent to Los Angeles for burial.
The article notes the condemned Fox awaiting his fate at San Quentin as William Edward Hickman sits calm awaiting Friday April 27, the postponed execution date. Lonnie Johnson, the wife killer, dies of panic, while Hickman remains unshaken and Buck Kelly is slated for May 11.
Rev H Co Bersell of Ottumwa was elected president of the Iowa Lutheran church at the Augustana conference in Alta Iowa. New officers include A P Westerberg Siou x City as vice president W E Ekeberg Dayton as secretary and O T Engquist Cedar Rapids as treasurer. The annual report cites 16231 adults and 6020 pastors and wives with discussions planned on the Stanton Children s Home the Madrid Home for the Aged and Augustana College Rock Island.
Landergan, former head of Medical Life Insurance and Insurance Loan investment Co., faces federal charges of mail fraud. The trial in Dubuque was tentatively postponed amid reports the government may seek to pursue altered indictments. He appeared with his father Stephen Londergan as the federal grand jury was expected to report later the same day.
Ferryboats operate again between Prairie du Chien and McGregor after a weeklong suspension caused by a raised franchise rate. The Wanaminga owner agrees to pay the new rate, McGregor supplies a summer levee traffic officer, and return tickets gain five day validity with capped auto fares.
Four men were injured in a spike wreck on the New York Central right of way south of Alliance Ohio. Three of the injured were railroad detectives patrolling the track during mining region unrest. A spike placed between switch points caused the speeder to derail.
An order directs the U S attorney to inspect Teapot Dome testimony to determine whether to seek perjury charges against Col Robert W Stewart head of the Standard Oil Indiana. The Senate action follows Stewart admitting receipt of part of a $3 080 000 Continental Trading slush fund and potential contempt charges in federal court.
Thirty five officers and crew abandoned the oil tanker Overbrook 150 miles off the east Florida coast after a fire started in the pump room. They were rescued and lie aboard the Standard Oil tanker Frederick W. Weller. The Overbrook was sailing from Texas City to New York with a large cargo of oil.
Report from Sydney to Central New describes brutal massacres on the island of Papua where about 600 Panuans were killed and eaten by enemies. The killings occurred at intervals since Christmas during government absence, with 500 victims reportedly eaten immediately after massacres as retaliation for the murder of Gor orapes by another tribe.
The Counce Bluffs Presbytery opened its annual meeting with a plan to unite national and foreign Presbyterian societies into one organization. Mrs. S. D. Weld Cedar Rapids president, Mrs. Andrew Todd Taylor Chicago head of foreign missions, and Miss Anne Belle Stewart home missions representative will speak.
Reported highway conditions from La Porte City to Vinton show No 20 east barely passable with No 20 west labeled as food. No 218 northwest is fair with a detour from Waverly to Horton then to Plainfield and back to No 318 for Charles City. Road No 59 north of No 10 is just passable while southbound is good.
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