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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1928
Page
11
A Waterloo family faces Christmas with illness and unemployment as a doctor bill and ragged clothes strain resources. The child asks if Santa will come, and a mother laments they cannot expect him. The appeal asks Good Fellows to donate cash or goods at the Courier office to help needy homes.
As a jury swears in for the Illinois kidnaping case of Billy Ranieri, four men kill Ole Scully in a Chicago soft drink parlor. The murder follows Scully’s testimony about paying Angelo Petitti under threat, fueling fears and prompting extra guards and hotel witness housing amid mafia blame and calls for immigration law action.
A vintage ad style notice highlights Martin Vox inviting readers to consider Christmas gifts and featuring San Felice and Dutch Mastar cigars as suggested items. It frames festive buying with a local shop image and brand names prominent in this period advertisement.
Washington dispatch reports speculation on Hoover's cabinet split by region. Experts predict westward control of state navy interior agriculture and commerce with eastern posts including war treasury justice post office and labor. Also notes hearings on calendar reform and other political chatter.
The House gave final approval to the Boulder dam bill, concurring with Senate amendments in a 166 to 122 vote. The measure, worth $165,000,000, ends a long fight by avoiding a conference and moves to enrollment before being sent to the White House for President Coolidge to sign or veto within ten calendar days.
Canton Ohio December 18 INS police request Akron authorities search for Mary Stenger 28 once friend of Wilburn Heldman 27 held on 25000 bail as coroner witness in death of his wife Margaret 21 who he says killed herself after confessing murder of Bernard Fearn Stenger vanished police won’t state reason for inquiry Ora Slater Cincinnati detective questioned Heldman relatives in morning
Chicago dispatch reports a black powder bomb damaged the home of Lawrence F. King senior sanitary district board member. The front porch was blown away and windows shattered across blocks. King and his five children fled unharmed. King blamed politics over a recent payroll publication linking prominent politicians.
Marshal Luigi Cardona, chief of staff of the Italian armies from 1914 to 1917, fell seriously ill in Bordighera today. His condition was reported grave.
Chicago December 18 AP Billy Ranieri a 10 year old victim of three kidnappers testified about his abduction from home last September 6 He spoke in a crowded courtroom as Judge E Gentzel ordered entry restricted after the murder of state witness Ole Scully at a west side Italian club. Police guarded all principals and witnesses while Cappellano Petitti and others face charges in the extortion plot
Action on reapportionment legislation was postponed until after the Christmas recess by the house census committee. Five members were unable to appear due to illness, with influenza feared by several, delaying proceedings in Washington. Names include Johnson, Jacobstein, Clancy, Peary, and White.
Cedar Rapids public schools were closed today as influenza spread across the city. About 2,000 cases were reported, roughly 20 percent of students, with over 100 pupils sent home yesterday and sixteen teachers sick. Physicians report no alarm over the situation.
Burlington December 18 trial of Johnny Vaughen and Harry Zippe on first degree murder charges in the death of Max Shepler is postponed to the January term due to County Attorney H. M. Ofelt illness. Trial was to have begun yesterday.
New Delhi reports wireless with Kabul cut off with no news since yesterday. Air force may be deployed for relief if needed as Afghan king Amanullah and Queen Sorhya flee, amid upheaval sparked by western reforms and move to end purdah.
Postal inspectors say Carmen Bastaldo of Toledo Frank Diannel of Akron and Rose Carbone of St Paul are leaders of a black hand ring alleged to threaten Lima grocer Klement Naum with death unless he paid 10000 dollars. Carbone was convicted of blackmail in Lima in November 1920 but escaped before sentence. Bastaldo brother of Carbone and Diannel were arrested after Carbone was brought to Lima.
Ames Iowa funeral services are held for Mrs Julia W Stanton dean of women at Iowa State College who died Friday afternoon The body lay in state in the home economics building from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Services were led by President R M Hughes college chaplain Dr O H Cessna and Rev H J Hawley of the Congregational church who attended the service
Cordova Alaska December 18 A dog team with a large vaccine supply sped toward Holy Cross to curb an inland spreading smallpox epidemic. Amateur radio stations at Anvik and St George Island relayed messages from Anvik postmaster J W Chapman to Gov George A Parks in Juneau detailing the outbreak. Half of Anvik’s vaccine was dispatched to Holy Cross fifty miles away. No vaccine shortage at Anvik is indicated.
London reports Lady Northesk formerly Jessica Brown of Follies wed Vivian Cornelius son of Percy Cornelius of Windlesham Surrey at Prince's Row register office. She had divorced Lord Northesk in Edinburgh for misconduct. three days after the divorce their engagement was announced. Cornelius, a young diplomat lately in Brussels, is now stationed abroad.
Fort Des Moines soldiers must pay the regular state vehicle license fee after using Fort Des Moines plates costing one dollar. Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey ruled the fort is a military reservation, denying exemption from state licensing.
Iowa City plans reveal 6000 University of Iowa students will head home tomorrow for a long holiday break. Classes end at noon and resume January 4 as trains and buses prepare for the exodus amid one of the university's longest recesses.
A Guadalajara to Colima train was dynamited near Quemado Jalisco injuring a soldier as bandits fled. Earlier, near Maravatio Michoacan 70 bandits fired on a train causing one soldier and one bandit to die.
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 oclock. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Joe Saltis a reputed beer baron yields to federal authorities in Chicago ending a seven month fugitive status. He had been ordered to serve 60 days for gun tot ing charges after his arrest.
City treasurer Guy Johnson today stated that Waterloo’s finances are in excellent condition. He noted several bonds coming due in the early part of the year, including special assessment bonds, but confirmed there is enough money to cover all obligations.
In Des Moines Iowa the influenza epidemic leads to early school closings ahead of Christmas vacation. Cedar Rapids closes all elementary and high schools with over 2000 students on the sick list until the new year. Centerville reports rising absences from 488 to 513. Luther College Decorah closes early and Ames schools shut last week. Ames council orders Central Junior High students excluded.
Grand Canyon Ariz December 18 A threefold search by air boat and on foot was organized for Mr and Mrs Glen Hyde Hansen Ida two weeks overdue from Needles California on a venturesome river trip They are believed drowned or stranded in the Colorado rapids Major Millard Harmon commandant at March Field announced a tri motor army plane would take off at 9 a m to join the search A party left Bright Angel station by boat with Indians aiding the foot search
President Calvin Coolidge plans a Christmas holiday in Georgia at the Sapelo Island estate of Howard E. Coffin off Brunswick. He will remain in Washington to light the community Christmas tree near the White House and may depart Christmas night or the next day. His Georgia stay could extend into New Year’s.
Washington reports a favorable 15 to 1 committee vote on the Kellogg anti war treaty with Reed dissenting. Borah privately delays the report to allow unofficial reservations, risking a precedence clash with the naval cruiser bill as Reed and Moses push revisions. Congress debates prisoner made goods limits and awaits action on West nomination amid holiday delays.
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