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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1927
Page
9
A Chicago truck crashed into a taxi after an alarm, killing the woman passenger and injuring six firemen including a firefighter with a fractured skull. The flames caused little damage despite the truck not arriving at the scene.
Washington dispatch analyzes likely topics for the new Congress. It highlights Senator Walsh's plan to probe electrical industry trusts and asks whether public opinion will again condemn big business. The piece traces anti trust as a political issue from 1885 onward and asks if individualism is fading as economic power concentrates.
Gov. Ed Jackson of Indiana and two co defendants must stand trial on conspiracy and bribery charges. A Marion county grand jury returned the indictment September 9. Special Judge Oscar H. Montgomery refused to quash. Jackson allegedly offered former Gov. Warren McCray $10,000 to appoint a Marion county prosecutor favorable to the Ku Klux Klan.
A Fokker marine monoplane bound for Managua Nicaragua took off from Hialeah field at 6 22 am. Major E F Brainard, head of Marine aviation, expects to reach in 10 hours with 525 gallons fuel for about 11 hours. Accompanied by Sergeant N T Shepherd and Corporal N M Winchester, the craft will fly mainly over water, passing only Cuba, with military rules preventing overflight of other nations.
Hollywood December 3. Jean Jarvis film actress linked to a violent incident leaving a famous grid star in hospital and two directors jailed. Edward Usher, ex Michigan University fallback, recovering from a fractured skull after being struck with a car crank. William Night jailed for assault to commit murder amid quarrel over the actress.
Des Moines reports snow blanketing western Iowa with light to an inch in depth. The storm moved from west to central and is expected to intensify tonight and Sunday, with Des Moines noting about one inch on the ground and lingering conditions for the weekend.
Frigid air yields low Friday night temperatures with a maximum daytime high expected. Saturday morning shows rising readings by 7 am and again at 11 am with afternoon values noted for the day.
Chicago reports reveal an interstate gang of kidnappers recruited in Kansas City, St. Paul, and Minneapolis. Police say three women and eight men were arrested after the alleged kidnapping of Morris Rossner, a St. Paul real estate broker and furrier, who was to be ransomed. A Minneapolis attorney presented a letter to Mrs. Rossner allegedly from the gang. Rossner, who had been indicted in Cleveland a year earlier in the related alcohol case, was to begin a year and a day sentence by Dec. 10 in Atlanta.
The Waterloo Evening Courier reports the Good Fellows club completes committee appointments for the Christmas party aiding needy children on Dec 17. Mrs W W Warsaw urges contributions of money and gifts as the urgent fundraiser continues, with a home investigation unit to ensure proper aid distribution. A child on Black Hawk Street asks for stockings and toys, seeking Santa Claus delivers to her home.
Three Des Moines city council members were not indicted by the Polk county grand jury, ending malfeasance charges. Mayor Fred H. Hunter, John W. Jenney, and William F. Mitchell faced scrutiny over diverting sewer funds to pay Howard Green, a special investigator, after preliminary arraignments.
New York on December 3 reports a stock ticker delay that left quotes 28 minutes late. Final figures and fractions were printed, but brokers needed newspapers and standing tables to verify complete quotations, causing widespread confusion.
London December report says John Garberry pursuing an London Cape Town record flight arrived at Tripoli. Accompanied by mechanic Jeff Croydon they began from London November 18. En route he landed at St Bourget and was forced down at Malta.
Walter Adelbert Nimrocks at 87, a pioneer publisher whose ventures began in Tecumseh and Detroit and expanded to Minneapolis, died at his Los Angeles home yesterday.
City employes boosted the Community Chest to 100 percent with fire and police departments joining the effort. The drive aims to raise 73050 to cover a 15000 shortfall as volunteers push today and tomorrow. A report dinner is planned Monday noon at K of P hall, with Red Cross service noted as vital to the community.
In Fredericksburg Ia on December 3 Miss Anna Karsten bought the building that formerly housed the News office. Mrs Henry Kukhoff purchased the Fred Kielz estate in the town's south part. Two front wheels were stolen from Henry Justens Ford Wednesday night and he can identify them by the markings.
In Mankato Minnesota on December 3 the Huston-Gold conspiracy case against five former officers of the southern Minnesota joint stock land bank was finally given to the jury after noon. Separately in Managua Diaz issued a decree banning all firearms and ammunition imports.
An Iowa City high school student, Melvin Vevere, found a seven foot golden eagle hidden in brush in the city park. He wrapped it with his coat and captured it after a struggle, bringing the rare bird to exhibition.
Elmer M. Lichty state representative and former public health chair backs broader sterilization to curb feeble-minded and moron types. He notes current law limits sterilization to state inmates or with parental consent for minors, and cites a failed bill from last session hoped to pass next assembly.
Sioux City police renewed efforts to catch a gang of thieves after a priest and a group of nuns were robbed. Rev Father J Murphy’s home adjoining the church was looted of 30 dollars in silverware 25 in cash and 4 in stamps. At the Sisters Servants convent $50 in money was taken likely by the same robbers. Earlier Tom Westfall 55 a steamfitter was held up by two armed men on a busy street and robbed of 81 dollars.
Dedication ceremonies for the new Masonic consistory temple in Des Moines were held with 1,500 Masons from Iowa in attendance. John H. Cowles of Washington, DC, grand commander of the supreme council participated. The Thirty-second degree was conferred on 252 members last night, with the remainder scheduled for today including further honors.
Alliance Nebraska, December 3. County Attorney P E Homig ordered an intensive search for Mrs. Mattie McCormick 26, wife of Samuel McCormick, who died ten days ago from poison. She was here Wednesday but has since disappeared and is to be detained for questioning in connection with the death.
Missouri dry leader Charles M. Hary will announce his candidacy for the U S Senate this evening and tour the state to press strict enforcement of the eighteenth amendment. He plans to speak in Monroe City tomorrow, but not in a political address. Former Ryan bank cashier L Howston, 62, died of cancer in Cedar Rapids today. survived by three sons.
Hapgood a Harvard graduate and nephew of Norman Hapgood was found guilty of delivering a pro Sacco Vanzetti style speech on Boston Common without a permit. A 25 hour jury delay followed, while a second charge of inciting to riot remained unresolved. Cosmo Carvelta's case, tied to rioting and assault on a police officer, also showed jury disagreement.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 3. A compromise to prevent a senate blockade at its opening session Monday was understood to have been effected by Senator Curtis of Kansas. He proposed an armistice until after President Coolidge delivers his message Tuesday and wrote to the independent group pledging final votes on farm relief, labor injunctions, and a resolution for investigating American policies in Central and South America.
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 3 A 36 year old farmer received a one year sentence in the state penitentiary for intent to do great bodily injury after attacking his mother who demanded that he buy a suit of clothes Wes Minor the man stabbed by the defendant testified Mrs Filling came to her son’s aid during the assault Judge A B Clark imposed the sentence
Washington December 3. A joint reunion of Civil War veterans planned for 1928 at government expense is proposed by Rep. Howard Democrat Nebraska to be introduced Monday. Also reported police in Zanesville Ohio held two men from Topeka Kansas and an unnamed man for counterfeiting about sixteen thousand dollars in counterfeit twenty dollar bills found in their car.
Geneva reports Maksim Litvinoff, chief Russian disarmament delegate, stating Russia will sign a non-aggression pact with any nation that desires one at the next disarmament meeting. He planned to propose this after the current session but failed to get a chance. The preparatory commission adjourned to March 15 amid debates over dates and a possible 1928 full conference.
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