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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1928
Page
13
A Buenos Aires plot targets Herbert Hoover during his South American goodwill tour with grenades bombs and a railway map. Dispatched notes cite Latin distrust of US arbitration since Blaine. Bolivian tensions, royal illness, and aviation progress frame a tense world scene.
Latin American delegates push for obligatory arbitration as Bolivia Paraguay tensions loom. The Pan American conference opens with President Coolidge’s address as Senor Alfaro urges a firm U.S. stance. Hughes returns as chief American negotiator amid calls to extend arbitral scope beyond domestic disputes.
Ed Loose confessed to Sheriff Delbert Murray that he murdered his wife Hazel Ferrington Loose on Sept 12. He said he strangled her with his hands then tied a towel around her neck and disposed of the body in a timber tract southwest of Burlington. The badly decomposed body was found Dec 2 and identified by clothing and teeth after his Rock Island, Illinois arrest.
Chicago report Dec 12 United Press survey shows several thousand new influenza cases in the last 24 hours across the middlewest. Health officials say the milder form differs from 1918’s outbreak but confirm broad spread despite measures. Chicago reports five deaths yesterday as Health Commissioner A H Kegel calls the situation serious but not critical.
Sioux City Iowa December 12 John Grubbs aged 85 who hunted with Buffalo Bill Cody and claims to have killed more than 200 buffalo on a hunting expedition died here yesterday. He was a Civil War veteran.
Chicago health commissioner Dr. Arnold H. Kegel and the Chicago Medical Society advised the public there is no need to close schools or theatres as influenza cases rise. They cautioned that fatigue lack of sleep and worry lower resistance. The city reported thirty one new influenza cases with five deaths and twenty seven pneumonia cases with fifteen deaths yesterday.
Postmaster Ray C. Eggert, who has led Waterloo postal operations for seven years and overseen a major building expansion, resigns effective December 31 to re enter the commercial field. His administration boosted receipts from under 300000 to over 500000 annually and introduced air mail service with improved working conditions. Community leaders praise his efficient, business like tenure and express concern at the loss of his leadership.
In Stanton Michigan on December 12 authorities report Jimmy Deacons a year old confessed slayer of former teacher Flossie Carter 27 has recanted parts of his prior confession. Chief Deputy Frost says the boy remains guilty but he has more to tell and may dismiss portions of the earlier statement after consulting the prosecutor and other witnesses.
Recovery of Lady Heath’s jewelry valued at about 1 million dollars was announced by Al Dunlap, president of the Chicago Press Club. The gems, left in a dressing table drawer, were insured for 1 million and sent to Lady Heath in Washington after being identified by a Chicago jeweler.
Waterloo has so far escaped the influenza epidemic said Charles W. Kline east district public school superintendent. Several pupils are absent with mumps but only two or three flu cases found. students are regularly checked and those with colds urged to see physicians to avoid school closures.
The notice instructs that Courier will be delivered to homes before 6 30 p m. If the paper is not received by that time due to carrier error or other cause, readers should phone 5100 for a replacement copy. Calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
A three story brick house was besieged as a lone Black defender held off more than 200 police with machine guns tear gas and water through the night until a squad forced entry and shot him down.
Mrs. T. E. Burnside of Abingdon, 60, died in a Galesburg hospital after injuries from being struck by a car driven by former Abingdon mayor G. K. Slough. The Dec 12 AP report notes the collision outcome and the involved individuals.
The Good Fellows club and the Business & Professional Women's club will deliver candy nuts toys and sacks of treats to Waterloo children at their homes instead of a large party due to health concerns. Donations include 80 dozen cookies 40 dozen cupcakes 30 pounds boiled ham 10 pounds butter and 20 pounds peanut butter from local firms and individuals. A distribution truck from Walker & Myers Electric Co. will assist.
Four bandits armed with sawed-off shotguns robbed two guarded money car crew of the First National Bank of Yonkers. They wounded two guards including Adolf Kautter who was hospitalized, while driver Richard Higgins escaped injury and declined care. The heist occurred while the delivery truck was en route from the Yonkers post office to the bank.
Absences in west schools rise quickly due to illness, prompting likely board action to extend Christmas vacation by one to two weeks and close schools Friday afternoon. A meeting tonight with Superintendent Charles A. Kittrell will decide. If approved, Christmas break extends and summer recess shortens. East schools keep original schedule and start Friday afternoon Dec 21.
Mount Clemens Michigan December 12 Two Selfridge pilots Lieut William L Doolittle and Lieut Robert Schoenlein were felicitated today for escaping death after their planes collided in midair They deployed parachutes and landed safely The two lieutenants of the first pursuit group flew in wedge formation with Lieut George Price when Schoenlein s propeller sheared off the tail of Doolittle s plane
President Coolidge lauded Wright brothers and Lindbergh as aviation pioneers at the International Civil Aeronautics conference in Washington. Orville Wright attended as guest of honor with a U.S. delegation including Lindbergh, Earhart, and other notable aviators. The gathering marks Wrights’ first flight anniversary and plans a Kitty Hawk monument. The president noted U.S. aeronautics value rising from 5.06 million to 150 million dollars and expanding air routes and intercontinental aims.
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