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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1925
Page
2
Des Moines reports a 16 year old, Ray Snodderly, who sought thrills by confessing to crimes and ending up with a 96 year sentence. His mother seeks clemency as Governor Hammill weighs pardoning the young man for a life shaped by hard luck and sensational misdeeds.
Local brief covers various Waterloo events and movements. Mentions John Glassner Osage on trip to Long Beach California, R J Logan Ellis Hotel manager in town, D M McManus Jonsa Dairy in Kansas City, Fred Adams Adams Paper trip to Duluth, D Martin returning home, Mrs Frank Atkins Cedar Rapids weekend visit, John F McSweeney paralyzed condition unchanged, Wirt Hoxie reading autobiography at Spokesman club, community singing at Rast High, Rev W O Chisholm sermon, Salvation Army midwinter camp, A E Gnagy Des Moines conference with Iowa Municipalities League, John Shannon improving after heart event, Guy Monare arraigned on liquor charge, W A Conk injunction case, child enticement investigation, car fire on Fourth Street, Henry Iblings to sing for Central Life banquet, trial jurors excused, police agents meeting canceled for Des Moines, Chief Leighton police to attend, car damage to signal, G W Dawson appointed local counsel Waterloo Bank & Trust receivership, George Lichtz visiting Waterloo colony in St Petersburg Fla, letters of appreciation to FE OW Brandt, Mrs H G Fish illness update, Cedar Rapids matter, Mrs Lee child custody case, C A Hanson Waterloo coal rates meeting in Des Moines with 35 traffic managers.
The Colfax Methodist Church in Golfax Tas won the national Get Out the Vote contest sponsored by the Christian Herald. Rev. A C G Hall, pastor, earns a Washington inauguration trip for the congregation. 277 qualified voters cast ballots, with Colfax polling the largest tally in their township. Among 1175 churches, four others achieved 100 percent turnout, and twenty six state winners received Bibles.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 4. The rehabilitation of the Kansas City Northwestern railroad, idle since 1919, was proposed to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The receiver asked to form a new corporation to operate 161 miles of line north and west of Far City into Nebraska. A government loan of 55,000,000 was requested and communities along the route were ready to buy 6,666,000 of stock.
Centerville Ia February 4 A fire believed caused by a short circuit in Morrison Foltage wiring threatened a full business block this morning before being brought under control Seventeen autos were destroyed The garage loss is estimated at 7000 with part covered by insurance Citizens urge a public inquiry into possible arson citing five recent fires within a month Real estate transfers list numerous conveyances in Black Hawk county and Cedar Falls including Max Miller to Hermann Miller and Anna Decker to Lester Miller.
Final rehearsals for Penrod the West High junior class play proceed under Miss Leila Hughes with a Friday 8 p.m. performance in the West High auditorium. The adaptation by Edward S. Rose draws from Booth Tarkington's stories with Penrod and family at center stage as they devise a scheme that leads to the capture of a crooked gang aided by a lively cast and orchestra conducted by H. D. Bennett.
Holmes, national president of World War veterans, urged members to strike the menace of the Ku Klux Klan from the face of the earth. He cited conditions at Herrin Illinois as a spark to arouse all Americans. The statement denounced Klan judges and enforcers, urging liberty lovers to join a nationwide campaign against the organization.
Ray Tiller, chief of the Suffern Fire Department, filed information in municipal court charging F. L. Suffern, owner, with violating state housing law. The case concerns renting rooms for residence in a building more than three stories high where lower floors are not fireproof. Three people were rescued from the fourth floor after a day ago fire in the structure.
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