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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1925
Page
8
Waterloo hosts Iowa police chiefs and praises Chief EB A Leighton for leading a force with strong protection records. The piece notes Waterloo’s historically low violent crime rate, discusses pay and hours for officers, and references recent sensational crime incidents and cautions about dangers to law enforcement. It also covers several crime stories and political notes, including tax hopes and a Baptist clergy leader’s rise.
A Iowa group calling itself Lincoln Republicans urged a Des Moines conference in the last week of the state fair to revive Lincoln era GOP ideals. They blamed 1920 deflation under new party bosses for halving home and farm values and harming oil merchants, manufacturers, bankers, and farmers.
In Washington DC the recount leaves Daniel F Steck ahead of Senator Smith W Brookhart by 10,396 in the contested Town senatorial race. Uncontested ballots favor Steck by 10.39 percent, with Steck 222,159 and Brookhart 211,763 total. Brookhart’s supervisor plans to challenge marked arrow ballots. 5,110 county RS ballots were contested, 1,201 for Steck and 3,909 for Brookhart.
Approximately 100 Illinois Central railroad employees laid off for light work in spring and early summer have been rehired this week at Waterloo shops. About 49 join the mechanical department with others returning to remaining departments as freight and passenger business grows. Illinois Central officials anticipate a prosperous fall season.
Chicago aug 28 up three young aviators missing since taking off for Detroit July 28 may have been swamped by Lake Michigan ending the hunt. A Gary swimmer reported seeing a wrecked aircraft in the lake quarter mile from shore. Residents saw a distressed plane over Gary the day the trio started for Detroit. Missing airmen Morris Guther coal Eugene Cotellier and Ward P Banker were searched for by air, car, and motorboat in hopes of still being alive.
Des Moines reports Judge Laurence DeGraif of the Iowa supreme court issued a temporary injunction preventing the state railroad commission from collecting the motor vehicle tax authorized by the last general assembly. The tax is one-fourth of a cent per ton mile for pneumatic tires and one-half cent per mile for solid tires, applied on full vehicle capacity. Hearing for a permanent injunction set for September.
With a fire in her hold the steamer West Harenvuar was returning to Baltimore at full speed. A radio from the captain appealed for Baltimore fireboats to meet her down Chesapeake Bay.
Washington August 18 The new prohibition czar L G C Andrews convened three score state directors and divisional chiefs from across the nation to present a reorganization plan for a united dry enforcement drive. The meeting signaled the start of a nationwide campaign aimed at dismantling the large bootlegging operations and aligning treasury law enforcement under one coordinated effort.
Polk County Sheriff detains Russell Vogel, 30, Waterloo salesman, amid circumstantial proof he killed Jeanette Miller and burned her body in a Carlisle haystack. Investigators hold forged checks, letters, and a hotel suit case tied to Vogel while parents seek to identify the victim.
Aug 18 Portland convicts from Oregon Penitentiary who shot guards and fled into the city last night after raiding Monitor and a grocery, abducting four men. They took hostages at C T Newman’s home, spent the day, and shared a frank confession signed by all three fugitives with their fingerprints, while denying intent to harm those not involved.
Louisville August 18 AP Rev Dr John Roach Straton of New York will accept the mantle of fundamentalist verse in the United States succeeding the late William Jennings Bryan and plans a nationwide fundamentalist speaking campaign. He announced en route to Chicago and said he favored two dates in leading colleges and seminary centers. He went to Chicago for a fundamentalist conference and will speak twice daily during the week.
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Hotel Russell Lamson manager F. McGinn cites traveling men reporting rising optimism across the country. He notes Iowa corn prospects bolster fall and winter business, with retailers cheered by improving conditions and cash in hand driving sales.
Aug 18 report from Traer Iowa notes officers tracking a suspect in the Aug 12 slaying of Night Marshal Frank Mommer. A man seen skulking near Dysart counties prompted a search, with the suspect moving between fields and last seen a mile from town as a coroner’s jury ruled the death a firearm homicide not tied to any person.
Cedar Rapids August 18. A damage estimate of 15 000 to 25 000 was placed at the Iowa Railway and Light Corp power plant when a storm struck a large generator. Firefighters fought the blaze for more than an hour before it was under control and the plant shut down.
Des Moines reports Treasurer Ray E. Johnson said the estate millage levy will be reduced to 16 mills for the coming biennial period, a drop of 1 1/4 mills from last year. Valuations show farm land down 11 percent, city and town property up 7 percent, railroads down about 1 percent, transmission lines up nearly 80 percent, and telephone lines up 6 percent. A county meeting is planned to set the exact levy for next year, with an $8,365,000 budget.
In McGregor Iowa on August 18 AP report, Frances Whitley Whitworth national forestry and wildlife refuge chairwoman told a wildlife school class that outdoor manners are vital to preserve beauty. She showed records of trees destroyed four times faster than they are planted due to carelessness and neglect.
In Muscatine Iowa authorities report Mildred 16 Ban filed for divorce after her husband twice pinched her in one day. Earlier the husband was arrested for intoxicated behavior in another incident, prompting the action.
Newark reports a hospital raid in which cash, jewels, and liquor were seized. Details are fragmented but indicate a theft incident involving at least one armed suspect and items within the hospital premises. Further specifics are unclear from the readable text.
At Mitchel Field New York aviation officials hailed a near perfect anti aircraft test showing 22 hits 16 shots despite earlier doubts raised by Col William Mitchell former assistant chief at Pine Army Air Service. Officials avoided comment on the experiment but praised the apparent advance in ground defense as crowds watched beams and searchlights illuminate a dramatic wartime display.
More than 100 Iowa police heads attend the seventeenth annual Iowa Association Chiefs of Police session in Waterloo at Hotel Russell-Lamson. President B A Leighton opens the three day meeting with remarks on cooperation, crime control, and property protection across the state.
In an inquest into the murder of Ben Spree and his wife, witnesses testified as police provided protection. Authorities say a lone suspect, Georg Nutle Anderson, faces charges linked to the slaying and investigators prepare for further proceedings.
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