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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1928
Page
10
An oblique notice recalls Major Carlos del Prete and Major Arturo Ferrarin dying in a Rio de Janeiro exhibition flight with Del Prete losing a leg to gangrene. The rest of the page discusses a $75,000 charity idea for church chimes, traffic debates in towns, and political moves ahead of the 1930s campaigns, including Curtis Hoover and Al Smith, plus a Swift start for a transatlantic flight from Rockford toward Sweden.
Bert Hassell and Parker Gramer started from Rockford on a long flight to Stockholm Sweden aboard the Greater Rockford monoplane. They planned nonstop hops across Canada to Cochrane Ontario then to Greenland and finally Reykjavik before reaching Europe. The crew carries radio KHAN, supplies, and a 5 000 pound plane with 46 foot wingspan.
Havre dispatch reports American opera singer Mary Garden, 52, engaged to French journalist Pierre Plessis. Garden was born in Scotland, moved to the United States at age six, debuted in Paris in 1900, and in New York in 1907. She spent years with the Chicago Grand Opera company and now resides in Monaco.
The Courier should reach homes before 5 20. If not due to carrier error or other cause, call 5160 for a copy to be sent. Phone calls should reach the office before 6 38 p m for adjustments.
Rio de Janeiro Aug 16 Major Carlos del Prete Italian flier who flew Rome to Brazil died at 6 am today from injuries from a recent crash off Rio de Janeiro. His companion Major Arturo Ferrarin was injured. Del Prete had both legs broken and the right leg was amputated due to gangrene. He died holding Ferrarin's hand in a solemn farewell.
Gene Tunney departs New York on the Mauretania at 3 p.m. for a European walking tour joined by J. P. Morgan and the banker's family. Reports say heiress Mary Josephine Lauder may bid him farewell before the voyage following the announced engagement.
North western Iowa opens its million dollar wheat harvest festival with Senator Smith W Brookhart as the principal speaker. The program runs through Saturday and features L W Housel Humboldt Democratic gubernatorial candidate and George Hise general counsel for the Northwestern Railway among others.
Passengers of the Pacific mail steamer Ecuador await rescue after the ship ran aground on rocks near Cape San Lazaro California. Captain T K Oaks reports no immediate danger as the 10000 ton liner rests in a calm sea bound from San Francisco to New York. Rescue by the San Mateo is expected 200 miles away after SOS signals at 4 a m.
Herbert Hoover plans a busy East tour returning to California to vote on November 6. He leaves Palo Alto by private train tonight, visits California cities, then West Branch for speeches and meetings with GOP leaders. He aims to see his old teacher in West Branch before returning to campaign duties.
Aug 16 report from Tokio says China will withdraw her abrogation of the commercial treaty and is open to revision talks. Chinese minister met at the foreign office to announce the attitude. In Red Oak Iowa an unidentified man was killed under a Burlington freight train. John Novak of Chicago was named in a notebook found at the scene.
A record rainfall a 17 inches in 25 minutes drenched Ridesdom as a 30 mile per hour southwest gale struck. Storm sewers failed to cope flooding streets at Sixth and Lafayette Park Avenue and others. Fire crews moved goods from a flooded S S Kresge basement and basements in multiple blocks reported waterlogged.
Weath er bureaus in Iowa predicted slight relief from the torrid weather today. In the northwestern section the state was expected to be much cooler. The average state temperature yesterday was 92 with highs at 95 in Boone and Burlington and no readings below 90.
A Pan American passenger aircraft with Havana to Key West route crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off St. Petersburg. The crew of three and one surviving passenger were rescued by a coast guard cutter. Charles N. Ageton of Flushing L I was killed in the crash.
Clement Belk died from a rattlesnake bite while displaying reptiles he captured on Mount Hosmer in a store in Lansing. The reptiles escaped when their container overturned but were all later captured.
Milwaukee reports 8 Berlin cablegrams from Gill Boag, husband of dancer Gilda Gray, saying he has instructed a Los Angeles attorney to begin annulment proceedings. The notices indicate plans for divorce action against the entertainer.
A tornado in Bath South Carolina injured one, while floods across North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia flood mills roads and rail lines. Okapika Creek dams Brice and Melton failed flooding a 17000 acre lake area. Macon Milledgeville and Quitman report isolation or outages as 18 inches of rain fall.
An explosion rocked the two story Boltinghouse and Gar ter Oil building in Lenox Ta yesterday. The blast likely originated in the basement of the concrete structure, which caught fire but the flames subsided quickly. John Bolinghouse and another man were in the building at the time but uninjured. Damage was put at about 5000 dollars.
Wilmer Kivett, Omaha taxi driver kidnapped and forced across Iowa into Illinois, returned home from Chicago. Returning with a jewelry salesman, they were found handcuffed together near Wheaton, Illinois, after being dumped on a country road. The incident began when they were abducted while taking the salesman to a passenger station.
E. W. Stroebel of 107 Vine Street reports rising music interest over recent years. He links the trend to public schools forming bands and orchestras under competent direction and recalls Waterloo East High School orchestra winning first in the state contest last spring.
Myron C. Arbuckle, 413 Riverside Drive, recounts his army career including a petty offense that sent him to the guardhouse. He describes Station at St. Agnan France dubbed St. Agony, Punishments for minor infractions, and 10 days of camp duties by the entire guard.
Three Des Moines men, L. R. McCabe L. N. Booker and K. C. Smith, were jailed after inviting three strangers to drink with them on a country road. The incident ended with police involvement and a charge of unlawful conduct.
McMinnville Ore Aug 16 A recent issue of the McMinnville Telephone Register says its new owner Lars KE Bladine Cedar Falls Ia expects to move there Bladine who is an internal revenue collector at Dubuque Ia and his son Jack B Bladine recently bought the Telephone Register and will return to Iowa for a few months
Des Moines reports an organization of regular Democrats plans to base headquarters in Chicago and push an active campaign aimed at defeating Gov. Smith. Led by J. Ty Jones, the group would include prominent Democrats from the east and south, but would not field a ticket. It seeks funds to support a campaign that urges voters to abstain or choose between Herbert Hoover and a third party, discouraging half votes for Smith.
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