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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1924
Page
6
The House naval affairs committee votes to probe the navy to determine needs and hear Mr Wilbur's account. Public chatter questions ship adequacy as frugality bites. the inquiry is unlikely to yield major results. Also notes candy consumption in Waterloo and a colorful police satire on frontier justice.
Paris and Washington react to Finance Minister Clementel’s inventory remarks on interallied debts amid calls for a revised postwar settlement. French assurances stress no repudiation and aim for a mutual understanding among creditor nations, amid U.S. scrutiny and allied diplomacy.
An unidentified bandit killed in Mobile after a bank robbery attempt confesses to killing Thomas Griffin in Des Moines, revealing two innocent men convicted for the crime. A notebook with the entry and the bandit's defiant note are found on his person, along with $2,033 in bills, two pistols, and dynamite caps.
Chicago December 30 The Seventh Federal Reserve district reports an eight percent payroll rise in November despite a minor one tenth of one percent drop in employment. Longer hours due to expanding trade boosted total payrolls with lumber and its products showing the largest gain while stone clay and glass products declined.
Chicago reports that Clarence Darrow and brothers Benjamin and Walter Bachrach will share a $150,000 fee for saving Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. from the gallows after their guilty plea to kidnapping and killing Robert Franks. Darrow is in Denver visiting his son.
Sheriff Dan Phillips of Douglas county plans 40 to 50 warrants against suspicious places and a New Year’s Eve patrol with six to eight extra deputies. He will work with government officials and police to curb unlawful New Year’s酒 violations during the holiday period.
Natives in Suket Punjab rose against a new land settlement, attacking the fiscal officer’s residence and burning it. A British political officer with a small troop contingent halted the riot and restored order. In Des Moines, Dale Bricker was beaten and robbed by two bandits before being hospitalized and recovering.
Louis I. Dublin, president of the American Statistical association, tells the annual meeting that crowding in central Europe and the United States fueled world war, the Ku Klux Klan, and immigration laws. He argues population pressure is the era’s greatest issue and cites distrust of newcomers as a driver of prejudice. Warren S. Thompson notes city life harms race vitality, claiming rural regions foster larger families and better homemaking.
Council Bluffs Iowa December 30 Ray Snodderly Wichita Kansas youth who confessed to a daring holdup in which two men were shot may be relieved of his 25 year penitentiary sentence if his mother, en route from Wichita, can prove he is under 17. If not, a governor’s pardon is the only hope, Judge Wheeler said. Snodderly repudiated the confession after Sheriff Lainson used third degree pressure.
Des Moines December 30 Robert J McCord Sac City Wis appointed judge of the sixteenth judicial district to succeed Judge EB G Albert Jefferson who resigned to become a justice of the state supreme court The appointment is effective until the next general election Gov Kendall also announced Lt N Holdsworth Iowa City named to the state board of accountancy to a three year term beginning January Holdsworth succeeds John W Peisen Eldora
William Green new president of the American Federation of Labor declined to pledge that organized labor would press for full recognition by all employers of labor the principle of collective bargaining justice decent wages and acceptable working conditions. He said he would strive to enact mandates from the federation's recent national convention at El Paso but would not commit to fully pursue the policies of the late Samuel Gompers whom he succeeded.
Nebraska forecast warns of a fourth cold wave from the north to hit tonight. Robins, a forecaster, says subzero temperatures could break December records, with five below in the east, ten below in the west, and zero in the south. The December mean runs over 0 degrees below normal. In Sumner Iowa a farmhouse belonging to the McMeans firm tear and Johnson family is reported burned early yesterday morning.
Officials dispute a pension of the Hammond report on county prosecutions and fines. Critics fault law enforcers while praising Waterloo and Black Hawk County crime records. The piece notes disputes over municipal court fines, school funds, and injunctions, with county officials defending procedures amid ongoing legal questions.
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A Des Moines police statement details plans for New Year Eve safety events. The officer notes that celebrations will include music and dancing, with residents urged to enjoy responsibly and keep clear of dangerous behavior. The report remains informal with uncertain OCR text.
Mason City mayor John Metihee died after a weeklong battle with smallpox. He was treated at a detention hospital but succumbed to the illness. Survived by two daughters and a son, E. F. Patton, commissioner of public safety, becomes acting mayor awaiting appointment.
Secretary of Labor Davis declines to confirm or deny reports he will resign next March. He plans to discuss the matter with President Coolidge before making any definite decision.
President Coolidge faces a tense Navy probe as Vinson and Britten push for a full investigation into naval shortcomings and gun elevation while Wilbur testifies. Democrats and Republicans clash over arms talks and a potential new conference on naval construction. The White House signals doubt about funding eight new cruisers in the current fiscal year.
Hurley urges heads of business to pop up for prosperity citing Wind method limits and survey delays. Democratic member Ed ward M. Thurley warns current efforts fail to boost confidence and business activity. He stresses hard work and measurable results to lift profits and employment.
London reports Firpo known as the Wild Bull of the Pampas and Gibbons have been matched for a fight in March in London. Agreement reached on a mock bout with the purse set at about 20,000 pounds, split 60 to 40 in favor of the winner, and approximately 10,000 pounds in aerial money.
A San Francisco man may be the victim of an Apache attack after a trip described near Paris. Police say a headless body, wrapped in a San Francisco paper, was found near a bank on a bridge. Travel meet set for Des Moines in April with plans for a convention and fourth annual election.
Hien Moines reports a Chicago Illinois hotel efficiency expert Kebly will address a Town Map conference. Ministers attend annual state conference in gin or scheohers rodas. The router opened last night with ads by Ty Evory Wo Tit from Varkuell university. Speakers include Dr Wright New York and Dr G AL Heandles. Sumner Woman Dead Mrs. Sringer La Dee fu-Atrs Wii Hana Treloze died yesterday at the family home. Survived by husband, one daughter and two sons.
A zoologist argues for closer ties between scientific and religious students, criticizing William Jennings Bryan’s views on evolution as dogmatic and dangerous to faith. He contrasts Bryan’s method with Darwinian theory, urging a union of scientific inquiry with religious belief.
Fire at 230 p today caused about 1000 dollars in damage to the residence of Frank Hitchcock at 709 Washington Street Cedar Falls. Hitchcock, a high number of the American Legion, was not at home.
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