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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1927
Page
10
The American Farm Bureau Federation president Sam H Thompson calls for no government subsidy or price fixing. He urges each marketed unit to pay its share in stabilization costs, while Dr William E B Dodd warns farmers risk peasantlike trouble if injustices persist.
Washington report outlines the constitutional clash over whether the Senate can review primary elections and potentially refuse credentials for Smith and Ware. It warns of a dangerous precedent affecting Southern primaries and states rights, with procedural questions on admission versus credential denial.
Edward Christeosserson died from a fractured skull and internal injuries after his car struck the rear of a heavy wagon near Carroth Iowa. Three Des Moines residents were injured William Trowbridge fractured thigh and leg Marie Foland fractured thigh and severe cuts Constance Greyton bruised and lacerated An inquest was set for today Christeosserson's widow survives him.
Chicago lawyer Clarence Darrow predicted Mussolini's despotic regime would fall soon due to mass opposition from intellectuals and common people. He said European powers would not intervene, but if they did, they'd turn against Italy. He noted the regime delivers material benefits yet remains doomed.
The Courier will be delivered to homes before 6 30 oclock. If a carrier error or other cause prevents delivery by that time, readers may phone 4204 for a copy to be sent. Calls should reach the office before 6 26 p m.
A Parody cafe raid at 1201 North State Street turned into a brutal gunfight. One man was killed, seven others shot, including entertainer June Griffith and guest Fannie Hillman. Police officer John Fried and off duty officers fired back, wounding the masked bandit leader. one suspect, Meyer Goland, was arrested.
The Commercial National Bank of Council Bluffs lost in the U S Supreme Court over a 1920 tax levied by Pottawattamie county. The appeal was dismissed for lack of a final Iowa Supreme Court judgment.
Omaha dispatch reports federal prohibition agents raiding Nebraska venues during a weekend crackdown arrested 250 people for rum selling with no customers charged. Leader Robert Samardick said agents arrested no customers, and crews stopped counting after discovering many drank alcohol.
Community Chest drive ends today as Good Fellows asks city residents for small donations to fund a Christmas for needy children. Letters from youngsters plead for overalls stockings candy and toys while a seven child family faces a sick teen and unemployment. A Christmas party for 400 to 500 children is planned by the Business and Professional Women's Club on December 17, dependent on funds, with school lists guiding eligibility and tickets. Truck donations and volunteer roles are being organized to transport and assist.
Senators elect Ware of Pennsylvania and Smith of Illinois take oaths as Republicans. Resolutions invite President Coadridge to address Congress. Roll call and prayer precede the election of Rev. Longworth of Ohio as speaker. Rules are adopted and the session adjourns in respect for members who died during recess.
Washington December 5 Major General Edgard Jadwin chief of army engineers submitted the annual rivers and harbors report recommending $67,104,310 for the next fiscal year an increase of about $6.5 million over prior totals He also urged a revision of the Mississippi flood control central project and outlined specific funding for Muscle Shoals dam No 2 on the Tennessee river plus improvement and maintenance funds for Missouri river sections Kansas City to Sioux City Ta to Fort Berton Mont and related stretches.
In St. Louis on December 6 1941 a rear annex blaze at the Buckingham hotel killed four women and left eight seriously injured. The dead were Mrs Luther H Cohn Miss Bessie Groat Miss Marie L Susanka and Miss Ella O Mara. A missing teacher Miss Mary Fraser prompted fears of more casualties as three nurses in critical condition jumped from fourth floor windows and 118 guests faced evacuation amid dense smoke and gas masks.
Waterloo community fundraiser reports 7 105 dollars short of the 73510 goal as 200 workers continue canvassing to secure final pledges. Final tallies show divisions A through F with 5310 pledges totaling 66405, plus previously reported 3886 pledges totaling 58607.
Pi Guy Huston of New York and Chicago was sentenced to nine years in Leavenworth and fined 11000 for using the mails to defraud. Found guilty by a federal jury, he faced maximum penalties tied to an indictment charging six former officers of the Southern Minnesota Joint Stock Land Bank with selling a 1.2 million dollar stock issue in 1923. The judge granted a 60 day stay of execution. In unrelated news, Robert Meyer, five, was bruised when a truck wheel ran over his legs at 316 Leland Avenue. Centerville fireman George Quigley, 35, died after falling from a locomotive cab between Sedan and Moulton.
Weather for week predicts one to two precipitation periods especially in northern areas. Overall trend calls for temperatures near normal across upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, northern and central plains.
Short Interviews With Home Folks notes the visible smoke from the Riviera theatre rear walls and the smokestack of the telephone building. John T. Goss explains he helped secure the theatre lease and calls for action as smoke damages the building’s upper walls and stone tracery, visible from Fifth and Fourth street bridges.
Bennett J Doty from Biloxi Mississippi arrived in Marseilles aboard the tramp steamer Tafna from Gran Algeria. Doty enlisted in the French Foreign Legion as Gilbert Clare and was tried for desertion. He was landed with the entire attie dockyards and taken to Fort St Jean likely to be released unconditionally from the Foreign Legion after a technical release at Sidi Bel Abbes Algeria on Friday.
The British delegation reported no basis of agreement after a briefing with Sir Austen Chamberlain and Maxim Litvinov regarding Soviet British relations. The interview at Hotel Beaurivage yielded frank exchanges but no consensus was reached between the two nations. A separate Maine item notes 13 year old Ruby Chandler ending her life by poison amid domestic troubles.
Washington December 5 The opening of Congress featured a clash as William S Ware of Pennsylvania and Frank L Smith of Illinois were blocked from taking seats by a Senate resolution charging corruption in their primary campaigns. A western insurgent group debated bolting the Republican slate. House leaders re elected N Longworth as speaker. The Democratic minority vowed to keep the Ware Smith matter nonpartisan while supporting continued inquiry. Nick Longworth was re elected speaker amid applause. An aviator’s body was identified near St George’s Bay as Count Jacques de Leesepe.
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