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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
12
Report on an Oklahoma gang breaking into a bank at Rudd and Roy Harmon escaping custody after a 10 year sentence for attempted robbery. The piece also discusses pardons by former Gov. Ferguson and broader crime-control concerns.
Analysis by Mark Sullivan notes Gov. Smith of New York heads a weak field with Reed and Ritchie as supplementary rivals. Dry Democrats lack a standout candidate, while alternative figures like Owen D. Young Baker and Walsh have only scattered backing. Smith appears likely under either majority or two-thirds rules due to limited opposition.
The Amana society in 1926 had seven churches and 1,385 members. All churches were in Town and its rural sections. Church property value was $50,000, up from $18,300 in 1916, according to a preliminary Commerce Department release.
Washington will not send an observer to the Geneva security conference after a state department decision. The department said American participation continues in the preparatory disarmament commission in Geneva and would attend any future international conference on armament limitations that might arise.
Washington D C Dec 1 Representative Haugen Republican Anna co author of the MecNary Haugen bill announced he will reintroduce the measure with minor changes at the opening of Congress. He cites facrelaged demand for farm relief and predicts a larger role in the House than last year with fewer amendments. The equalization fee remains in the bill.
John T. Kirk civilian aviator died in a local hospital from injuries after his plane crashed near San Antonio late yesterday. Marvin Jacobs, a 25 year old Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer newsreel cameraman, was reported much improved today.
Chicago clamped daybreak danger as James J. Murphy a plumber tumbled 17 stories down a shaft in a construction site in the Loop. He escaped critical injuries with a broken arm a possible internal injury and was hospitalized for treatment.
Three Fort Des Moines soldiers were robbed by two bandits outside the business district. The incident netted $39 with D. Stone losing $12, Henry Beck $5, and Joseph Mueller $22. Big family helps. Milton Halfacre, a prohibition violator, won a pardon after Gov. Horton was persuaded by his support from ten Halfacres and a wife.
The courier will be delivered to your home before 5 30. If you do not receive the paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls should reach the office before 6 39 p m.
Geneva reports show Lord Cushenden criticizing attempts to revive the Geneva peace protocol while urging clear cut prop ositions for security. Litvinoff promotes a complete disarmament plan despite Soviet nonparticipation and hostile press reactions in London papers.
In Elmira dated December 1, Hornell faces catastrophic flooding with four to five feet of water inside much of the city and as deep as fifteen feet in some areas. About 300 families are marooned on second stories after dikes from a $450 000 flood abatement program fail.
Mrs. Hazel Hull who shot and killed Don J. Waters after alleging he attacked her 17 year old daughter Marie was freed as the murder charge was dismissed. A coroner's jury found justifiable homicide and the grand jury declined to indict.
A Coast Guard patrol boat rescued 24 men from a 33 foot fishing boat two miles off Coney Island as the craft was blown to sea in a gale. The occupants were amateur sailors.
Donations to the Good Fellows Christmas Cheer fund arrive at the Evening Courier HQ including memory gifts for a 13 year old girl, and $10 from a donor to aid a Christmas party for distressed children. A Waverly donor offers crochet hooks for an aged county home resident while a Bluff Street boy describes his family's hardship and desire for extra toys. The club urges more voluntary gifts to help hundreds of needy children enjoy Christmas.
Sioux City faces a fundraising crunch as the Community Chest nears its deadline with about 25 000 dollars still needed to support six welfare organizations. The drive relies on large daily pledges, while workers report totals and divisions struggle to reach goal amid calls for stronger momentum. The unclear fate of the funeral bill for Billy Old Bear also appears in the day’s reporting.
Freezing temperatures spread across the lakes region and into Indiana and Iowa as a northwest cold snap continues. Snow is forecast for northern Iowa lower Michigan central Illinois and Minnesota with warmer air near freezing in southern Indiana and northern Illinois. The cold front extends from the Rocky Mountains to Ohio and down to the Texas border.
In Centerville on December 1 a new local weather record was set as pansies bloomed outdoors. A bed at EB Fletcher’s home stayed in full bloom through summer and many blossoms remained today. Appanoose County courthouse officials received bouquets of pansies yesterday.
A family of six died in a fire that destroyed their home 16 miles southeast of Cleburne. The victims are Ralph Williams and his wife, Chester, 8, Ozell, 6, Odin, 4, and infant W. T. Martin. The blaze occurred last night or early today.
Des Moines man Russell Murray claims his eight-pound son’s birth party provided an alibi for the night he allegedly held up a street car conductor named Russell Murray in Des Moines. The incident lasts into district court proceedings as prosecutors press charges.
The Union Pacific hotel in Council Bluffs known as one of the Midwest’s oldest taverns shut its doors last night. It had been operated by the Union Pacific company for fifty years ending five years ago.
A circulating London rumor claimed Premier Mussolini was assassinated, but the report is false. Mussolini was reported at his desk in perfect health, with the rumor source identified.
In San Francisco on December 1 INS reports Lieut George R Pond and Capt Kingsford Smith aim to set a world record for sustained flight once repairs to their tri motor Fokker are complete expected by tomorrow or Saturday. In a separate item Maines notes the appointment of Miss Gladys Getzer as deputy clerk of the United States district court at Crucell Bluffs resident of Council Bulls.
Mrs Beaverbrook wife of the London Daily Express chief proprietor died at heart disease. She is survived by her husband two sons and a daughter.
G M Essex bailiff of the municipal court reports winter weather worsened county crossroads. He drove miles of minor roads to serve notices and says rains and snow have fixed ruts that hurt tires. Main roads remain in good condition due to heavy traffic.
Washington D C Dec 1 United States federal radio commission announced a plan to reduce broadcasting stations from 694 to as few as 394 over the coming year. Commissioner Sam Pickard said licenses expiring Dec 31 would be renewed to Feb 1 and field inspectors would then recommend eliminations.
Algiers reports three thousand dead from floods in the Oran department with 250 Europeans among the victims. Twelve thousand square miles of fertile land ruined and the mood threatens adjacent Algiers as the Sherff river rises. Orleansville sections evacuated.
A mother Mrs. Paul Colby aged 28 and her children Clover 9 Leroy 7 and Delmar 5 died in a house fire in Unity Wisconsin. An explosion of gasoline was considered the probable cause of the blaze discovered last night.
Roy Harmon, an Oklahoma gang member and bank robber sentenced to 10 years at Fort Madison, escaped Floyd county jail in Charles City Iowa last night. An automobile stolen near the jail around 8 p.m. is tied to the escape as officers conduct an intensive search. Harmon, 5 feet 9 inches, 165 pounds, dark brown hair and eyes, bears a four inch forehead scar. The escape follows his confession of complicity in a Rudd bank robbery with a six-member Oklahoma gang. Elvin Sherwood and Ray Terrill are among those still at large, with four others later arrested in Hot Springs Arkansas. The case continues to unfold with new details from State Agent J. C. G. Tracy.
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