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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1924
Page
9
Searchers found plane wreckage and the body of Clarence Gilbert, 26, near Kaneville Wisconsin after a night snowstorm. Parachute fragment attached. darkness and heavy snow hindered rescuers as trains crept along slick rails.
Industry shows a slow rebound into 1924 with steel copper and oil sliding into the year while unemployment fades from a year ago. U.S. Steel capacity ran at 40 percent early, dividends fell, and price swings marked a cautious economy before a turn toward growth led by finance and agriculture. The Dawes plan and political shifts influenced a hopeful but cautious outlook.
International dispatch reports urban figure known as Mr Zero directing barefoot gandy dancers to seek shelter in New York churches. He plans a walk to St Marks on the Bowery then a Boston meeting at Faneuil Hall to pressure use of church spaces for winter shelter. He threatens door breaking if access denied and cites Christ’s teachings on aiding the needy.
Marion December 22 Miss Abi Rail Victoria Harding sister of President Harding has married Ralph T. Lewis a Marion real estate broker after a long romance that began years ago The ceremony followed Dr George T Harding the bride's father and the couple are honeymooning in Bermuda
A real Santa Claus in city streets promotes Salvation Army kettles to raise funds for Christmas dinners and relief. Eddie Bowe, wife of the commander, helps dress the youth as St Nicholas for a three day drive aiming to raise about 450 dollars to stock baskets for the needy. Extra appeals for fuel and food arrive by mail and will be reviewed for emergency relief.
Cold weather kept Paris communists from marching and stirred no disturbances as the Internationale was sung in an orderly manner. In New Orleans the 10 round bout between world light heavyweight champion Mike McTigue and Young Marulio was postponed to January 13 due to bad weather.
New York City tops a national vote by Christian Century among 25,000 ministers, listing seven New Yorkers among the 25 most influential preachers. Chicago follows with five, Detroit two, others scattered across the country. Names include Campbell Morgan, Billy Sunday, Russell Conn, James Vance, and more.
Washington Nov. 22 Horace M Towner former Porto Rico governor has told President Coolidge he wishes to retire from the post early next year Health is given as the reason While he was appointed as a CONGRESSMAN from Town Harding era there are several possible successors including William S Cutherison of the tariff commission and Maj Gen W A Bandholtz of the army
J Pley of 5090 Washington Street, foreman for Fifield Construction, had his leg broken between knee and ankle when a ferry being dismantled fell near the Fire Bridges. He was taken to Presbyterian hospital in satisfactory condition.
Los Angeles report details deputy sheriffs tracking a man and a woman after an incident where Troy W. Woodward says he was held off by two attackers. A girl, approximately 16, struck him with a revolver and escaped with $50 in cash, amid a chaotic scene near Christmas.
The Couriar should be delivered at your home before 3 20 o'clock If this error of the carrier boy or other cause you fail to receive your paper by that time please Phone 5100 and copy of the paper will be sent Phone calls must reach this office before 30 p m
Des Moines dispatch reports widespread freezing conditions across the region with a northwest wind and rising temperatures forecast later. shipping disrupted from Newfoundland to Havana lanes. New York City records 10 below as fatalities and undetermined weather dangers mount.
Mrs Jain Wo Steel a renowned New York stage figure has been granted a divorce from tenor Kapero. The case named three young men as alleged associates while denying the charges.
Thamps Bighel, 18, of Mutharry, was accidentally shot in the palm while rabbit hunting with Lyle Webster and O Connor near Shell Rock. Fisher’s rifle discharged as a rabbit ran into brush. Bighel was treated in Shell Rock and later brought home, weak from loss of blood.
Clarence Gilbert, air mail pilot from Plainsville, Wis., was found dead near a wrecked plane in Kaneville, Illinois. Searchers tied a shred of parachute to his belt. testimony suggests a leap or forced landing during a snowstorm after engine trouble. Authorities note this as the first serious air mail accident since service began and detail his brief career with the Chicago to Omaha route.
In a ruling related to Lan White a 10 year old who died after being struck by the rear wheels of a coaster truck, Davenport Jalee was absolved of blame. Fred Rimistand the driver of the other vehicle faced scrutiny but was also cleared. John Nelson a fellow inmate riding with White saved his life by exposing himself to the sled as cement posts obscured the driver’s view, making braking impossible before impact.
Police pursue a suspect after a two day old infant was killed and found with a handkerchief tied around its throat in a women's washroom aboard a central train car near Rovers. A female passenger, said to have boarded at Midchester, is being checked to identify the killer.
Wes Moines Dec 29 Official: LOE pent Utah Fakes EL Thomas will be deputy state treasurer succeeding Gillet Jayne when the new administration takes office.
Washington D C to I K Hoover who has been rector of the justice department investigation threat fines the require ment of William J Burns ta day was appointed director of the bureau by Attorney General Stone Three deaths have resulted from cold weather since yesterday At Edmunsean an employee note 3h decrees below zero recorded
International News from Sant Rosa California reports Luther Burbank, world renowned plant scientist, asserting that Bryan's skull resembles the Neanderthal type and serves as scientific proof for evolution. He criticizes fundamentalists who oppose scientific truth and argues religion covers sentiments, while science shows established laws of nature.
In Rock Springs Wyoming on December 22 Miss Barbara Robarts, 20, was killed while rabbit hunting with a hog companion when she slipped on a snow covered cliff and fell about 20 feet to the rocks below. The companion found her dead at the scene.
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