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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1925
Page
9
Frank Munsey Career From Humble Start To Millionaire Publisher
A condensed portrait of Frank Munsey, famed publisher of the New York Sun and other papers, tracing his seven decade rise from a Maine arrival with $40 to owning a vast press empire. The article highlights his early struggles, self made writing, and eventual wealth, alongside brief notes on contemporaries and related topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ynu
Iranna
Munsey
New York City
Manhattan
Maine
Argosy
Munsey’s
The
New York Sun and Herald
If You Haven't Enough to Go Around Just Remember Us by Praying For Us
A Good Fellows appeal cites generous response yet warns funds may prove insufficient to meet rent, clothes, underwear, and stockings needs for poor families at Christmas. Letters from disabled soldiers' families and widowed mothers illustrate ongoing hardship and call for prayers and donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows Club
Man Sues Police Chief and Detectives Over Beating
Vernon Monder, a Des Moines salesman, sues Chief James Cravender and detectives Roger West George W Welsh and Ror K E Clarkson for 50000 alleging they beat him with a rubber hose at police headquarters on December 13 after he confessed to holding up a motorist to give two girls a joy ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Vernon Monder
James Cravender
Monder
Cavender
Roger West
George W. Welsh
Ror K E. Clarkson
Welsh
Drys Win Tilt in House Enforcement Funds Bill Passes
Washington Dec 22 The House voted 139 to 17 to approve an appropriation bill amendment. The measure would have barred funds amounting to 250000 for buying evidence from being used fraudulently or deceitfully. After debate the house kept the treasury bill’s prohibition enforcement appropriation for the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Treasury
Boy 11 Injured by Washing Machine Flywheel Accident
Everett Alton, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Alton, fell after his trousers hooked in a gasoline engine flywheel in a basement. He suffered a deep head wound and possible skull fracture, was rushed to St Francis hospital, while doctors awaited X rays to assess damage. The incident occurred as he helped his mother with the morning wash on a machine powered by the engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Alton
Charles Alton
Falls Avenue
St. Francis Hospital
Seattle
AL Om
Hyett
Altho
Everett
Dawes Nomination To Brigadier General Post Withdrawn
Washington December 22 The nomination to make Dawes a brigadier general in the army reserve corps was withdrawn at the White House the withdrawal was requested by Chaves who argued the vice president should not hold another high government office The nomination had been sent yesterday and would have reappointed Dawes to another four year term in the reserve corps
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, T. C
Dawes
Army Reserve Corps
Scotidge
White House
Chaves
United States
Lrate
Tribesmen Massacre French Force Near Homs
Djebel Druse tribesmen surround Homs and ambush a unit of two French officers and 100 men, massacring them as murder and pillage rise in the district of Floms. In Los Angeles Cecil Nowheur, 27, is sentenced to one to ten years in San Quentin for robbing a baby's bank of six dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagdad
Homs
Floms
Los Angeles
Cal
Cecil Nownheur
San Quentin
Patch Up Your Old Tires Hoover Asks to Beat Rubber Monopoly
Washington D C December 22 AP A movement to cut American rubber use gains Hoover and rubber trade leaders support. Hoover backs longer tire mileage, repaired tires, and old rubber reclamation with National Rubber Association and National Automobile Chamber of Commerce urging public cooperation to save 25 percent without reducing car use. Tires are like clothes a penny pinched now saves later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Washington, D. C
Herbert Hoover
House
National Rubber Association
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Beaver
Commerce Secretary
Seek Missing Girl Lured by Student in Chinatown Dens
A 16 year old American girl Julia Wetterlein remains missing after an all night search through Chinatown dens. Police pursue clues from notes allegedly written by Chinese art student Sing Foo urging Julia to visit him. Authorities conduct a secret inquiry as investigators seek the girl and a possible motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinatown
New York
Dee
INS
Ant
Julia
Wetterlein
Nadleer
Sing Foo
Tutia Verty
Coolidge Seeks Way to Accept Arms Bid
President Coolidge works on a reply to the League of Nations invitation for a preliminary disarmament, aiming to find a constructive path to acceptance. White House officials describe the study as affirmative and measured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Washington, D. C
League of Nations
White House
Russo-Turkish Neutrality Treaty Seen Aimed at Britain
The Soviet embassy confirmed in Berlin that a Russo Turkish neutrality treaty has been concluded. The agreement appears designed to counter British influence in the Near East. The wording indicates coordination between Russia and Turkey to maintain neutrality in the region amid rising imperial tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Yee
United States
Near East
Courier Delivery Deadline Notice
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 6 20 arlock. If the carrier is at fault or you miss the paper by that time call F100 for a copy. Please have a copy sent to you if orders reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Hammond Arrested After Clash With Des Moines Police Chief
John B Hammond, 70, former police chief and anti liquor campaigner, was arrested on criminal libel charges after a confrontation with Police Chief Cavender over enforcement. Hammond alleged Cavender blocked raids. Cavender defended not invading private homes. Police later released Hammond without bond after he pleaded not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tay
John GB. Hammond
Cavender
Des Moines
Hammond
Waterloo
John
Follee
Jenney
Makes Bay
John B. Hammond
Micely
Okdr
Drs Moines
Nec
James Cavender
John B&b
Prohibition
Smethey Butler resigns US Marine Corps to lead Philadelphia public safety
Gen Smethey Butler notified Mayor Freeland Kendrick that he resigned from the Marine Corps to remain Philadelphia's director of public safety. Kendrick reportedly replied he did not want him to serve if his role would be that of a retiree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Smethey Butler
Freeland Kendrick
United States Marine Corps
Kendrick
Hameton Worker Killed by Contact with Live Wires
Wampton Tr December 22. L. Gulick 38, high tension line foreman for Genteaf Lovyva Light & Power Co., was killed Monday at 3 D. m. near Latin when he touched two live wires at the top of a pole while changing insulators. He left a widow Rex 3, his father, one brother and two sisters survive. He belonged to the Church of Christ and the Odd Fellows lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wampton
Gulick
Genteaf Lovyva Light & Power Co
Witow
Som Rex
The
Church of Christ
Odd Fellows Lodge
Winter Solstice Brings Cold Skies to North
UPI reports winter grips the northern hemisphere at 3:37 a.m. while summer begins in the southern hemisphere. The sun and earth align at a precise astronomical point marking the solstice. Unseasonably cold waves hit here as reports of hot weather emerge from Argentina and related regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Argentine
Discover New Cave in Black Hills Area
A cave has been discovered on W. H. Dartt’s ranch near Black Hawk, half a mile west of the Custer battlefield. It reveals five distinct passages and large crystal-filled chambers, with exploration underway and platting in progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Cr Re
W. H. Dardt
Blackhawk
Custer Battlefield
Boys Die In Cliff Stunt as Movie Cast Fails
Three boys aged nine watched a motion picture company tumble an automobile off a cliff for a comedy stunt in Los Angeles. Afterward the trio rode bicycles over the edge. Billy Zappey died from a fractured skull, Larl Gradowitz suffered a fractured collar bone, and Morris Gradowitz had minor cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Billy Zappey
Larl Gradowitz
Morris
Short Interviews With Home Folks in Waterloo 60 Years Ago
A. W. Haffa recalls Waterloo winters and town life six decades past. He notes sleighbells, wary merchants hoping for snow, and deep freezing ground from digging wells in early town days. Haffa arrived in Waterloo sixty years ago last August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
A. W. Haffa
Second Street East
Waterloo Lumber Company
Bng
Haffa
May Let Livestock Men Borrow from Corn Company Bank
Des Moines, Dec. 243 AP Secretary Jardine of the department of agriculture telegraphed from Washington urging the Agricultural Credit corporations at Des Moines and Fort Dodge to extend their 5 000 000 credits to livestock owners as well as corn holders. The move aims to prevent excessive corn held for a 1 market and to ensure funds for cattle and hogs. John Hogan, Des Moines banker and president of the Des Moines credit corporation, has called a directors meeting for next Monday to consider the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jardine
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Fort Dodge
John Hogan
Des Moines Credit Corporation
Seek New Trials for Slayers of Jailer
In Dubuque on December 19, an AP report states that an application for a new trial was filed for Marence Olson of Minneapolis charged with second degree murder for alleged complicity in the murder of Leo Hemmer, a jailer killed during a break. Arguments on this motion and a separate request for a new trial for Dorrance Lyons, charged with first degree murder, will be heard Wednesday morning. The motions allege errors in jury instruction and insufficient evidence to support the verdicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Bhian AP
Marence Olson
Minneapolis
Leo Hemmer
Dorrance Lyons
Roometers
Dowager Princess Dies in Paris. once Miss Alice Heine
Paris dispatch reports the Dowager Princess of Monaco, formerly Miss Alice Heine of New Orleans, died suddenly in Paris. Born February 10, 1848, she married the Prince of Monaco. their marriage was dissolved by Monaco's judiciary and the separation confirmed by Paris civil tribunals the following June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Monaco
Alice Heine
New Orleans
Parisi
Jazz Critics Debate Jazz Opera Status in Metropolitan
Report from New York on December 22 notes Arturo Bodanzky’s suggestion that jazz might fit as a dance form in grand opera. Jazz writers oppose, saying jazz should remain in its own medium and warn that operatic dress could ruin jazz. Ted Lewis and others argue jazz is an American art form, while Irving Berlin doubts a full jazz opera will be written soon, though he foresees a future great composition in jazz tempo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Lewis
Metropolitan Opera Company
Lewis
New York
Arturo Bodanzky
la Grand Oper
Metropolitan
Ana
Jaze
Jars 13
Irving Berlin
Shenandoah court closes inquiry on disaster conclusions
Washington scene wraps up naval court inquiry into Shenandoah disaster with final arguments. Survivors and officers defend airship program while criticizing some witnesses. Report to Secretary Wilbur pending. findings deemed "inevitable accident" by some. call for continued airship development. Cedar Falls merchants host children with candy at holiday party on First Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Shenandoah
Naval Court
Wilbur
Charles §. Rosendaal
George W. Whittle
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
S. J
Sidney M. Kraus
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Judge Advocate Generals of the Navy
Wil. Ur
Charles Hosensdahl
di Ible
Ghia
Eldred
Rosendahl
Aken
Altho
Col
Mitchel
Anton Heinen
Los Angeles
Heinen
Zachary Lansdowne
Washington
Andy
Cedar Falls
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Arctic
John A. MacReady
Omaha
Saginaw, Mich
Pike County
Kentucky
West Virginia
Yot Sd Gaaod
Nebraska Antigaloon League
League
Nebraska
Flarvester
Ean Felice
George
Martin Clears
Argosy Magazine
New York Sun
New York Telegram
Lenox Hill Hospital
Munusey
John M. Hyde
St. Petersburg
Pla
Mimsey
Mercer
Tn Augustat
Isabella
Lucille Payne
Glatys Towne
Senale
Briel
G. M. Coykendail
Chirksville
Wenory Waverly
Brig. General Bank
Russia
Turkey
L. S. Gulick
John Linga
Jlenry
Corn Company Bank
U.S
Rosendah
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