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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1925
Page
9
A brief roundup notes U S spiritual life concerns voiced by a federation leader in Chicago including farm welfare, religion in country communities, and city rural ties. It also covers veterans funding, training limits for disabled veterans, and a spy tale from Paris.
Washington reports the Veterans' Bureau projects 1926 27 appropriations at 814 965 000 excluding cert fund and hospital costs, a major cut from current levels. The agency outlines decentralization with regional offices replacing districts, seven new centers to be opened and eight regional hubs planned by year end, amid hospital bed expansion and reduced vocational training spending.
The holly wreath stands for charity, regard and love for fellow men, a Christmas reminder of Jesus Christ and obligation to aid others. From Bethlehem to Iowa it carries a message of fellowship across oceans, linking common folk and communities in goodwill. Water OD. YVHE FUND TODAY shows a partial financial note.
H Rice Morris Motor Car says minor accidents rise with heavy snow. Waterloo garage crews work 24 hours a day after a snowstorm as drivers get into drifts and ditches. Police report about a score of auto collisions since the snow blocked streets.
Dr. W. B. Riley of the World's Christian Fundamentals Association announced plans for a central fundamentalism university costing 10 million dollars to be established near Chicago. He said all states would join a national drive within 12 months to promote laws echoing the Tennessee anti evolution statute. He linked youth crime to disbelief in the Ten Commandments.
State highway commission survey contemplates moving the Red Ball highway path near Waverly to avoid six dangerous railway crossings. The current route heads north from the city. proposed change would route west on No. 10 then north about a half mile west of the city, entering Plainfield from the south. Construction may begin next spring.
Members of opposition parties including the De Valera faction met to devise methods for fighting ratification of the treaty between Great Britain and the Irish Free State settling the boundary dispute. Last night's vote test presaged an easy government majority.
Secretary Jardine moves against the Chicago Producers Commission Association under the Packers and Stockyards Act alleging unethical sale practices at the Chicago agency. A public hearing will be held in Chicago to hear evidence and distinguish facts from claims.
Geneva reports the League of Nations invites the United States Russia Germany Poland Finland Holland Yugoslavia Romania and Bulgaria to join the council in preparations for the 1925 international disarmament conference. Officials say America and Russia remain aloof. calls for broader participation persist.
The Courier is to be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you do not receive the paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 for a replacement copy. Phone calls should be made before 6 30 p.m.
Paris reports a major espionage case with four men and a French girl detained. Marcell Monseil known as Martha Moreau reportedly gathered navy and aviation data for a British contact, while three Englishmen admitted ties to British intelligence. Police seek full disclosure as secrecy surrounds the investigation. A separate bank raid in Anoka, Minnesota, nets $15,090 from five bandits.
A snowbound blizzard season left Grant highway east of the city passable today with motorists using fields in places to navigate drifts. The east Waterloo Cedar Falls road also opened though parts remained single track. County engineer W D Johnston led efforts with three plows removing snow while local streets were reopened and interurban lines returned to normal service as warmer weather turned piles into slush.
Red Grange, the football star known as the galloping ghost, visited the White House with Senator McKinley of Illinois. President Coolidge greeted him, shook hands, and asked where he lives, offering good wishes.
Paul Goold a 40 year old artist and humor contributor to magazines died after falling from his twelfth floor studio at Carnegie Hall onto a landing four floors below His death was due to a skull fracture Police found a letter addressed to his wife on a table in his room and Mrs Goold declined to discuss the case
Maj. Gen. Hanson F. Ely, commandant of the Army War College, told the Mitchell court martial that the unified plan proposed by Col. William Mitchell is impractical for actual warfare. Ely’s testimony marked the start of the prosecution rebuttal to defense claims that air service development is hindered by bungling inefficiency.
Victor Bremy Berenger was approved as France's ambassador to the United States with a special mission to settle the French war debt to America. Officials disclosed the cabinet decision in Paris today. In a separate notice, W. T. Daly, a 40 year old carpenter, died after 84 hours of unconsciousness from a fall from a house roof.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra agreed to an open two hour broadcast Thursday night at 8 15 p m CST for WMAQ 1 600 watt radio apparatus opening program. Sophia Brasiau contralto, formerly with the Metropolitan Opera, will assist. The cost is said to exceed any prior musical talent payments for a radio performance in Chicago. Station WMAQ began in 1922.
H C Helms alias Leroy Austin serving seven years at Anamosa for check fraud on Dr P Scott faces a new York Pa. charge after authorities demanded he be sent there for trial on similar crimes. He allegedly posed as a government animal husbandry agent and defrauded cattlemen nationwide. he was arrested in Uniontown and sentenced Sept 22.
Mary H Kingsley files a warranty deed to J V White as part of a syndicate plan including A H Coward Walker B Coward and Paul Davis. White holds title until the syndicate is organized. $115000 is shown as consideration with a $75000 mortgage and $10000 accrued taxes. The deed covers only the hotel property, not other Kingsley estate parts. Meloney Dies in X Y Tawling N W Dec Col onel Willan Brown Meloney journalist author soldier and seaman dies aged seven?
Washington Dec 8 The new congress opened with the president urging a hard working session and the house moving to debate the proposed tax reduction bill. Senate actions included considering Gerald Nye seating and committee reorganizations as insurgents face removal.
Moscow reports open ing of the ten a gold fields by mutu tish concessionaries backed by Kuhn Loeb & Co could influence world gold supply and restore Russia to third place as a producer. Yearly output may reach 20 million dollars value with a minimum plan for 7 1 2 tons of gold annually and substantial silver copper zinc and lead production.
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