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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1928

Page

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Motor tested without fuel by Lindbergh crew

Detroit reports Col Charles A Lindbergh Major Thomas Lanphier and Lester J Hendershot demonstrated a fuelless electric magnetism driven motor at Selfridge field. The device, claimed to power aircraft, used 1 800 rpm with a potential 2 000 to 3 000 hours between recharges. Guggenheim officials declined comment while reporter notes emphasize experimental secrecy. A follow up note states Lindbergh left Detroit for an eastward mystery trip toward Mitchel field.

Detroit Mich Detroit Free Press Charles 8. Lindbergh Thomas ©. Lanplhier Selfridge Field Lester J. Hendershot Pittsburgh Co. Lindbergh Milfor Lanphier D. Barr Peat Busin Jsess Free Press Col Lindbergh Lonphier Hendersnot Peat Hendershot and Jearns Daniel Guggenheim Sand Point Long Island Willam Los Angeles INSI Ihe Cpl Charles A. Lindbergh Mitchelfield

Delegates Named for London. Iowa Republicans Split

Iowa county conventions report animating moves over presidential preference. Scott County names 28 delegates un instructed while Muscatine loses a bid to instruct. Buchanan and Independence show mixed support as delegates head to the state convention with Lowden and Taft options debated.

Iowa Scott Davenport Scott County

Philippine Democrats Instructed For Smith

Manila dispatch reports the Philippine Democratic convention passed unanimously resolved to instruct delegates to vote for Al Smith at the Democratic national convention in Houston Texas. Delegates were urged to support Smith as the party’s candidate.

Manila Flouston Tee Supper Cov al Smith

Temperatures and Friday Night Forecast Summary

Frightening OCR fragment yields uncertain forecast with scattered temperature notes. Readable bits mention maximum Friday and minimum Friday night with speculative Saturday figures and unclear terms.

TAL JLA

Torch Slayer Murder Still Unsolved in Governess Case

New York and New Jersey authorities failed to arrest a suspect in the murder of Margaret Brown, a 40 year old governess slain near Morristown. Officials contest over leads center on a man known as doctor who allegedly knew Miss Brown. A confession letter with withheld paragraphs hints at the killer’s identity as police examine a blue sedan with New York plates.

N. Y New York INS Margaret Brown Morristown N. J New Jersey John J. Lamb Demials Francis L. Gernen Somerset County Carey Jim Miss Brown Central Park Park Avenue Road House Bernardsville Bergen Mote Somerville

Fire at Harrington apartments in Des Moines

Des Moines police and fire crews battled a major early morning blaze at the Harrington apartments, 667 Sixteenth Street, trapping residents and rescuing 25 people. Four were overcome by smoke. four hospitalizations. Owner Harry V. Smith put losses well over 200000.

Des Moines Harrington Sixteenth Street Walter Parkhitl Kathryn Cooper Will Burnett Harry V. Smith

Federation Discusses Club Finances at State Meeting

Thirty leaders of the Town Federation of Business and Professional Women clubs met in Waterloo to discuss problems of club finances and the administration of educational funds. Mrs. Elizabeth Kenney of Waterloo presided, with LeVere Smith outlining educational plans. A cafeteria reception was served at Waterloo club headquarters and plans for spring convention at Keokuk were announced, followed by a banquet and theatre party.

Ieaders Town Federation of Business & Professional Women’s Clubs Elizabeth Kenney Waterloo LeVere Smith Counce Butts Wachee Waterloo Club Keokuk Black's

West High Riflemen Triumph Over St Louis By Large Margin

West High rifle team defeats St Louis with a wide score margin of 7 225 to F786. Reported in partial, garbled text, the piece notes Owen Ma Tong distance match against Grover Cleveland High with focal sharpshooters and a final score fragment indicating Grover Cleveland's score and West High victory.

West High Riflemen St. Louis Fei Owen Grover Cleveland High Grover Cleveland

Seek Identification of Dead Boy's Body

Obledo February 25. Positive identification of a young boy's body appeared uncertain today as investigators questioned relatives. Mrs Marty Bauer of Granite City suspected the corpse might be Tommy Thompson Jr., seven, whose father last took him for an automobile ride Tuesday. The other body was believed to be a boy whose disappearance remains unsolved. A second potential match involved a missing child last seen with a man in Cedar MARRIAGE LICUNSIS. Clyde Hy Sit Wenerlug ooo. Lacie Bisdorf, Waterlow . 1a Krene De Berg, Austinville. Sarah Harken, Wellsbury. od

Obleago Ash Marty Bauer Granine City Tommy ‘Thompson Thompson Eliver Srery Baal Ch Inala & Bishop Rowley Je Mi Biglin Clyde Hy Sit Wenerlug Lacie Bisdorf Waterlow Krene de Berg Austinville Sarah Harken Wellsbury

Illinois Officials Face Gas Tax Battle and Cuts

Springfield officials wrestle with the ruling against the 2 cent gasoline tax and possible funding cuts. Frank Sheets, chief highway engineer, notes no comment yet as conferences unfold. A state official hints the attorney general may advise preserving already collected funds and halting further collections.

Springfield Frank T. Sheets

Towans Attend Annual Picnic in California

Thousands of Mawkeye natives living in California gathered at Lincoln Park for the annual Towans picnic. The event, long hosted by the Tow a Association of Southern California, was organized by Frank Merriman of Long Beach, with Jon Tonks, a University of Iowa graduate, delivering the keynote address.

Long Angeles Cal Towa California Lincoln Park Frank Merriman Long Beach Towa Association of Southern California California House of Tepresentatives Jon Tonks University of Towa

Thirty Attend Student Union Convention Opens at Augustana College

Delegates from Abwelé and Missourat attend the seventeenth annual regional Bridest Volunteer union convention in Gore Island. The meeting opened last night at Augustana College with Rock Tstind welcoming the delegates and continues tonight with Mildredenvan.

Gore Island My— Chirty Abwelé Cutren Missour Seventeroh Bridest Volunteer Union Augustana Callege Mildredenvan Rock

Congress Today Cty M od Presa SENATE No session

Public lands committee continues hearings on leapot. Judiciary committee continues hearings on Shipetead and in Wnetow Wi. Commerce committee considers flood control bills. Agriculture committee continues farm relief hearings.

Public Lands Judiciary Committee Wnetow Wi Commerer Agriculture Committee

Coal Probe Sees Leaks of Striking Miners in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh February reports the senate investigating committee hearing both sides of the soft coal strike. It tours the Kinloch mine scene of a fatal explosion, interviews the superintendent, and meets a destitute miner family living on relief. Union pickets confront workers as a sobering field inquiry continues in Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh INS Senate United Mine Workers Nia J. D. A. Morrow Pittsburg Coal Company Horace F. Baker Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Corporation Isbor Baker Gooding Idaho Wheeler Montana Waner New York Pine Oklahoma Pennsylvania Indiana Kinloch Valley Vista Coal Company Senator Wheeler Lubinski Joe Lubinski Joe Senator Gooding Svadionla Bie Orion Pittsburgh Coal Company Mines, & Division Comunil- Lee Tie Company

Student Burned by Blazing Combs In Warls

Miss Janice Williams of Redding state meaternity student recovers from burns after electric heater caused heated combs to ignite. She was drying her hair when the appliance erupted, injuring her.

Warls Janice Williams Redding

Catholic Academies Invited to Central Town Basketball Tourney

Fort Dodge Indiana February 25. Nineteen Catholic academy teams have been invited to enter the Central Town basketball tournament to determine a contestant for the western Town champion and the state academy title. The state contest will be held at Sioux City. Далее.

Fort Dodge Catholic Academy Sioux City

Vitaphone Preview Demonstrates Sound Film In Waterloo

A large crowd attends a Waterloo Strand theatre preview of Vitaphone with Will Hays praising synchronized sound. Mayor Tibbitts and officials witness the event as Vitaphone is introduced to Waterloo audiences. Regular Vitaphone showings begin with tomorrow's matinee.

Waterloo Strand Strand Theatre Will Hays Emmortal Hays Arthur E. Weld Glenn A. Tibbitts Waterlond State Teachers College

Hinkler Plane Safe After Forced Landing in Australia

Australian pilot Bert Hinkler, forced to land yesterday on a flight from Port Darwin to Cairns, arrived safely at Camooweal amid an enthusiastic reception. He previously landed at Port Darwin after flying from England, and aims to visit his mother in Bundaberg. The barren terrain offered little shelter besides a windmill.

Melbourne Australia INS Bert Hinkler Port Darvin Cloncurry Caninowell Hinkler Port Duwin England Bundaberg

Willis and Hoover Filed in Ohio for Primary Delegates

Secretary Herbert Hoover and Senator Frank B Willis have filed declarations of candidacy with Ohio officials to test personal popularity in the Ohio presidential preference primary. Each also submitted a list of 51 delegates and alternates for the Republican convention, allowing a direct vote on their popularity and delegate slate.

Columbus Commerce Herbert Hoover Frank B. Willis Ohio

Fifteen Burned in Dip Tank Explosion at Racine Plant

Fifteen Racine Screw company workers were burned when a dip tank exploded. Four were seriously burned and two were believed missing. Sixty employees leaped from windows to escape as flames gutted the one story structure. The fire threatened nearby buildings.

Racine, Wis Racine Screw Company

West Union Man Richards Dies After Illness At 77

The West Union Iowa area reports T R Richards, a longtime resident for 15 years, died following a two week illness after a stroke. He was 77. A daughter Mrs Albert Colburn lives in Waterloo. The piece notes a cold snap with temperatures two degrees above the previous night and mentions car trouble from the cold.

West Union T. R Richards

Richards 77 Dies at West Union

Kenosha police cleared one murder case after T R Richards 77 admitted fabricating the story pinning the two year old murder on ex convict Leo Chaffee. Richards confessed to inventing details severing Chaffee from any involvement.

Kenosha Milwaukee Jasaitos James Sears Mand- Ivnne Latimer Pear

Ceraners and Dyers Close State Convention at Ames

Members of the Iowa State Cleaners and Dyers association closed their seventeenth annual convention at Ames. Sessions were at Iowa State College which co operated to staging the seventh annual shark course for cleaners and dyers. Registration for the combined events topped 300. Next year's conference will be at Cedar Rapids on a date to be set by the directors.

Ames Iowa State Cleaners and Dyers Association Towa State College Cedar Rapids

Texas Toad Slept 31 Years Sent to New York

Bilnky the famed toad of Gustland Texas is en route to New York for examination by Dr. William T. Hornaday. The toad reportedly slept 31 years in a building cornerstone and is in the custody of Eastland residents William Wood and N M Dray who exhibited it in Dallas.

Texas New York Dallas Tex Bilnky Gustland William T. Hornaday New York Zoological Gardens Willim Wood N. M. Dray Eastland

Revenue Office To Open Four Days Next Week

The federal revenue office on the second rear of the post office building will operate only four days next week. Deputy revenue collector C M Willais will be out Monday and Wednesday, causing closure on those days. After Wednesday the office will be open daily for income taxpayers.

Federal Revenue Office C. M. Willais

Yellow thread helps convict McMillan in sack murder

Los Angeles February 25 A strand of yellow thread woven into two canvas pieces drew jurors eye and helped convict Dr Charles M McMillan of the sack murder of Mrs Amelia Appleby wealthy widow The jury found him guilty of first degree murder and recommended life imprisonment The thread ran through the canvas found with the widow and a similar piece in her car The eight jurors said the thread was among the strongest circumstantial factors in the verdict McMillan admitted forging the Appleby will used to justify motive for murder He faces formal sentencing next Tuesday morning Mrs Appleby was found Dec 26 off a road 20 miles from Los Angeles with a bruised forehead and tied in roadside brush Autopsy ruled death due to exposure

Los Angeles Cal Charles M. McMillan Amelia Appleby Colorado, Tex McMillan California Chicago

P T Association Wins Fight to Bar Cigaret Licenses

Des Moines reports a Parent-Teacher Association victory as a large chain store withdraws its applications to sell cigarets. The city council avoids 26 pending licenses while the association plans prosecutions and tighter laws. Two runaway girls aged 14 and 13 admitted buying cigarettes at cigar stores, strengthening the case.

Des Moines INL Parent-Teacher Association Parent-Teachers’ Association

Girl Asks $20,000 for Auto Injuries

Nellie Alcox of Polk County files a damage suit in Nevada district court seeking $20,000 against John Pulos former Ames restaurant owner. The alleged injuries stem from a car collision on the Jefferson highway south of Ames in October 1927.

Ames

Woman's Club Fund Total Reaches 4136 at Meeting

The Waterloo Woman's Club work force at the Y M C A meeting reported new fund totals reaching 4136 toward the 6000 goal to clear the club house debt. The men's committee has not finished its report and the women will persist with their efforts.

Waterloo Woman's Club

Dies in county home and other notices from Waterloo area

Obituaries report death of Mrs Ed Wirt 85 in county home due to complications. Surviving daughter Mrs Dennie Anibal and son Peter Harvey and adopted son William Harvey. Also mentions David L Nutt 81 at 455 La Porte Road Waterloo with survivors and funeral plans. Frank G White dies in Sioux Falls formerly of Waterloo, with widow surviving. funeral at Lions Falls. Plus a note on a medical claim about a drug trial with quantities and unlimited treatment applicability.

Ed Wirt Jening Mary Jane Beetle Pennsylvania Clarksville L. D. Harvey Dennie H. Anibal Jefferson Street Peter Harvey Minne Minne= ‘apalhsy William Harvey Waterloo Petersen Bros David L, Nutt David G. Nutt la Porte Road Tie New York State Black Hawk County Roland G. H. Nies Ure Porte City R. D. Nutt Tndianapolis, Inc M. E., Nutt Sixth Street West Hileman & Ginett Ineviuary Frank G. White Sioux Falls D. D Walnut Street

Doctor Convicted in Widow Appleby Murder Case

A jury found Dr. Charlies M. McMillan guilty yesterday in the murder of Mrs. Amela Appleby, a wealthy widow. He faces sentencing next Tuesday with the possibility of a life term after the state alleged he killed for her property.

Amela Appleby Charlies M. McMillan

Blackmer Shields Another In Senate Teapot Dome Probe

Myron K. Blackmer of Denver testified before the senate Teapot Dome inquiry and, with a bowed head, said he believed his father H. M. Blackmer was in Paris to shield someone in the Contimental Trading company affair of 1921. He said his father kept the deal secret until 1923 and has plans to stay in Paris, heightening concern over his status.

Washington D. C Myron K. Blackmer Denver Calo Senate H. M. Blackmer Paris Conti- Bental Trading Company Blackmer Europe Hon Moon Blackmer

Youth Convicted of Killing Sweetheart in Boston Trial

Joseph Foster Buckley, 23, was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of Grace Mills, 20, after a six hour jury deliberation. The defendant faced a potential 20 years to life sentence, with contention over an alleged confession claiming Mills shot herself and Buckley helped end her life.

Boston Mass INS Joseph Foster Buckley Ufe Grace Mills Buckley

Bandit Victim Identified in Hospital by Editor

Chicago Feb 25 INS Jack Gold 24 one of three victims felled by police gunfire Feb 4 identified here today by Howard Guilford Minneapolis editor of a weekly paper as the terrorist who shot him last September Guilford said Gold was the gambler hunting target and editor noted he waged a war against gambling and was shot in an ambush.

Chicago Jack ¥ Gold Thomas Cooper Lee I Howard Guilford Minneapolis Gold Cuford Ole Charles Patrick Edward Bengsh

Italians tied for bank robbery in Kansas City

Kansas City, Mo, February 25 A North Side Italian named Balens was questioned over yesterday's City Bank robbery. Police traced about $50,737.36 in stolen funds and arrested Baleno after he reported his car at police headquarters, believing it had been used by the bandits.

Kansas City Tony Balens North Side City Bank Mac Baleno Elaint

Selection Test in Mind Averaging Exercise

An old fragment describes BRAIN TESTS in Minnesota by Evening Fast Inc. introducing a selection style intelligence test. Participants match ten words to ten definitions, using qualities to describe objects. Examples compare ink and crow to illustrate choosing correct attributes rather than obvious traits.

Evening Fast, Inc

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