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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1929
Page
10
A dreary survey of winter, with cold waves hitting Chicago and damp forecasts for New York and Europe. Reports of blizzards in Colorado and plummeting temperatures in Waterloo. March equinox and June solstice noted amid whisky stock and public health notes.
Frederic William Wise reports a fortnight of sadness as President and Mrs Coolidge prepare to leave Washington on March 4. Cabinet members, officials, and lawmakers face retirement, with many Democrats and Republicans exiting the Senate and House. The piece notes notable exits, including Tom Blanton and Finis Garrett, and recalls Melville Stone’s final AP visit to Hoover.
Joseph Le Brix left Istres airdrome at 1 30 a m on the first leg to northern Africa en route to Saigon French Indo China. It marks a return to flight after the pair achieved fame by crossing the south Atlantic to Port Natal and completing a round the world trip.
Seventy six memberships and a 2185 activities fund were reported on opening day of Waterloo Chamber of Commerce Forward Expansion drive. The sales army of 178 organized lunches, with Majors McGay Miller Harris Hussman and Captain Leonard leading divisions. Officials noted slow start due to cold but expected stronger performance Wednesday through Friday with a Victory dinner on Friday evening.
Everett Molt and Henry Teachout pleaded guilty to breaking and entering in district court. Judge H Boips sentenced them to not more than 10 years in Fort Madison State Penitentiary after confession of breaking into Finnerty filling station on La Porte road. Engineers plan a Town Ottumwa model to study Dr Des Moines river valley channel improvements.
Five inmates including Pat McDermott, known as the trigger man in the Don R. Mellett Canton editor slaying, escaped Ohio Penitentiary during a blizzard. They sawn through bars and used a mattress ladder to descend from the third tier, slipping into the night as guards missed the breakout. The escape, aided by a ventilator door key entrusted to an inmate plumber, triggered a statewide search.
President-elect Herbert Hoover returned to Washington for two weeks of intensive work ahead of taking office on March 4. His special train arrived at Union Station at 1 30 pm after a fast run from Florida. Hoover and Mrs. Hoover headed to their 8 Street home as Dr. Hubert Work and George Akerson joined them at the station.
Des Moines report notes federal weather observer Charles T. Reed predicts relief from cold tomorrow afternoon with generally fair skies. Southeastern Iowa may reach 45 degrees, while temperatures last night ranged from 14 degrees below at Charles City to about 5 above in Davenport and Keokuk. A second item reports a $61,000 federal suit against the Wabash Railroad filed in Des Moines federal court over injuries to Pauline Stewart suffered when her foot was crushed stepping from a train at Hannibal, Missouri, ending her dancing career.
The article highlights Q One's fashion work with Courier patterns praised for fit ease of use and distinctive style. It notes the designer's ability to tailor garments to directions and features the models in society pages.
Des Moines reports detail defeated passage of the Watterson Moon income tax measure in the Iowa senate by an 88 to 10 vote to indefinitely postpone. Senator Patterson led a marathon bid to keep the bill alive, facing a longfilibuster and procedural moves as the chamber debated taxes and treasury needs. In Des Moines, the house later passed a separate bill on bovine tuberculosis eradication, elevating state control with the secretary of agriculture directing testing and reactor disposition.
Lincoln Feb 19. Nebraska state senate passed a broad prohibition enforcement bill with only two dissenters. The measure defines bootlegger and broadens application. First offenders face $100 fine and 60 to 90 days in jail. second offenses carry $500 to $5,000 and six months to two years imprisonment. The house action is pending.
A ferocious snow storm in the Animas canyon halted relief efforts to isolated Silverton and Eureka in Colorado. Some 1,500 residents faced food shortages as meas and provisions ran low. Eureka reported exhausted meat bread butter and eggs, while Silverton had scant meat and no butter or eggs. A separate Balkans cold wave was moderating with melting snows risking floods in Southern Yugoslavia.
Senator Bruce of Maryland resumed senate debate on the Jones bill to stiffen bootlegger penalties. He argued the Canadian system, government controlled sale of liquor, would reduce hard liquor consumption and curb drunkenness as an alternative to American prohibition.
Motorcycle officer W H Slim Wilson remarked that seven Moran gang members were killed in Chicago by machine gun fire. He anticipated more killings under similar conditions and noted the possibility of gunmen disguising themselves in police uniforms to mislead the public about the shootings. The officer warned the public that police involvement may be unclear.
Paris February 19 The reparations commission subcommittee tasked with outlining future expert procedures has hit a snag. Enlarged to five members including Sir Josiah Stamp and Dr Hjalmar Schacht it failed to secure a mutually acceptable method for debtor and creditor offers and claims to guide the main committee’s deliberations.
Chicago February meeting on lake level controversy outlined a plan for future hearings before Special Master Charles Evans Hughes. Attorneys for Michigan Wisconsin Indiana Minnesota Ohio and the sanitary district led by Walter Beebe Maclay Hoyne and others conferred with Hughes to map the procedure.
Paris reports 11 men died in a lodging house as an escaping gas jet partially opened. Watchman found the bodies at 7 am with all room windows closed due to cold. gas leak caused the tragedy.
The Senate reopened the three day fight over the dry act with Idaho cited as a harsh example by Bruce and a counter by Dill of Washington. Reed warned against harsher penalties, urging certainty over severity while Borah and Reed sparred over amendments before final passage for a five year maximum and a 10,000 fine.
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