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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1929
Page
1
Chicago police stage a massive roundup arresting about 3,590 people over two days and nights, solving 120 robberies and aiming to jail 1,010 offenders. Prisoners faced expedited reviews as Judge Frank Comerford’s court fast tracked detention and investigations.
The article recounts Dr. McBride and Iowa Antisaloon League figures arguing that prohibition is essential and ethically justified, urging youth education and church backing. They claim Chicago once housed thousands of saloons and bootleggers taxed for liquor, while warning that repealing prohibition would revive the saloon.
In Sui-Yan district northwest Shanai province tremors renewed early Sunday killing about two hundred people while many sleeping residents were crushed. Reports from Peking today indicate a high death toll, following a quake last week in the same area.
Paris reports a crowded art market as about 40 000 artists compete for living, with only one in 95 earning a real income. Paul Leon notes many painters pursue art for fame, while diverse styles from classicism to antisurrealism fill galleries around Rue La Boetie and the Seine, and Rue de Seine hosts the new expressionists in a hungry, bustling capital.
President elect Hoover travels along Florida’s east coast to Miami where a statewide welcome parade will represent every county. He and Mrs Hoover plan a 30 day winter rest at Belle Isle mansion, with fishing trips and possible visit from Dwight Morrow on return from Nassau.
Mrs. Henry Berger died Monday morning at her daughter Mrs Demmel’s home four miles east of town where she had lived seven months. Nettie Grimm Berger born Sept 9 1859 in Stephenson County Illinois. She married Henry Berger June 11 1878 and is survived by six children including Mrs Demmel Iva Berger William Berger Lewis Berger and George Berger along with 26 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Burial will be at Garrison where the family formerly lived.
Waterloo unions No 302 and No 384 organized to place the Plaza theatre on the unfair list after management refused a four piece orchestra. Harry T. Waugh opened the theatre and said he wished to employ union musicians but could not cover the cost. He offered two union organists and one union operator within budget.
A vast fire in the Tavala Greek district of Constantinople driven by high winds killed several and destroyed 1,000 buildings. About 6,000 residents were forced into freezing streets as a violent blizzard worsened exposure and hardship.
Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern railroad feared sleet would disrupt Interurban service as temps drop. Freezing sleet on trolley wires could cause short circuits and power loss, delaying Illinois Central Chicago Great Western and Rock Island trains by five to 50 minutes. Wires for Northwestern Bell Western Union and Postal Telegraph reported trouble as sleet weighed on lines. street cars ran on time early, buses delayed by icy roads.
After apprehending 16 year old Charles Stoehr of 840 Rien Street, police report a car stolen the night before was found with two license plates changed. W. H. Toothman of 921 Fourth Street East reported Minnesota plate A 210074 and Iowa plate H 7414 used on his car. Stoehr, on parole from Eldora Industrial School, allegedly received the car from a stranger.
In Rock Rapids Iowa on January 22 a washing incident with gasoline sparked an explosion at Frank Wallace’s home. Mrs. Merle Weatherly, who was washing clothes, suffered serious burns.
Thomas A Duffy dealt 13 spades in a Des Moines bridge game during the eighteenth wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Votruha. He bid four spades amid a night of tense play. A chaotic scene followed as emergency crews responded to an unrelated disturbance involving the Celerslitar clan with unclear details.
Members of the Kiwanis club gathered at Hotel Russell Lamson to mark the fourteenth anniversary of the Kiwanis International Foundation. Clyde Hinson, Henry Wurster, Dr. T. P. Thornton, and Rev. T. R. Niven spoke. The Kiwanis quartet performed two numbers, Sextet from Lucian and The Goblins Will Get On.
Two unidentified men entered a lodging house in Akron at dawn bound 24 year old J F Richards an employee of the International Harvest company set fire to his bed and fled Richards was severely burned his cries brought Edward Daggett another lodger to aid Daggett said Richards had recently thwarted a robbery at the International Harvester plant and believed the assailants were revenge seeking bandits
Fairfield Fairfield County Jan 22. Loren H White a Fairfield grocer faced a birthday surprise when Jey Perkins received 16 cigars from him today. Five years ago White promised to double the gift each birthday and he plans to honor the bet even as Perkins hopes to reach 100.
West City manager inquiry from Des Moines traced to Polk County legislators following a request by the Waterbury circle improvement league, a group of local homeowners, seeking adoption of a city manager government structure.
GOES TO GEORGIA, Miss Gertrude Flynn, who has been visiting her parents, Jr. and Mrs. Thomas Flynn, 50 Lafayette street, left Monday night to take up educational work in Avanta, Ga, and New Orleans, La, for the next four months.
Alexander Frank of 314 Kingsley Avenue is recovering from a severe illness. He left Alien Me moral hospital last Wednesday and this week is able to be about town.
Readable fragments show temperature data for Monday and Tuesday with references to maximum and minimum values and specific times. Details are incomplete but indicate a forecast or report of daily temperatures and times, including Monday night and Tuesday readings.
Miss Bernardine Striegel of 408 Logan Avenue joins the nursing staff of the Waterloo Social Welfare League, announced by Miss Jane Thompson, superintendent. The board had authorized another nurse at the January meeting after reducing staff to one in early 1938 due to funds. Miss Lois Standish remains the other league nurse.
A Morelos delegation arrived in Mexico City with a complaint to the federal government alleging lax Morelos divorce laws. It charges decrees can be obtained for almost any pretext and Cuernavaca has become a center for divorce seekers. The group will ask the senate to act.
The Conopus Club announces its membership committee for the year with B. E. and F. P. Kistner as chairman, joined by A. K. Smith and M. S. Cornish. The group revealed the slate during a noon meeting at Black's tearoom, which included a business session and a special song service led by Honter Albright.
In Bucharest on January 22 the Romanian government banned postal bootlegging and declared mail transmission a state monopoly. Miss Catipia Bachin Pechcea of Arad, who ran a private letter service between Arad and Bucharest for years, was informed of the change. News also notes Wa terlon Dairy company articles of incorporation listing a $60,000 capital with G. W. Bellinger as president and A. G. Agr flaw as secretary treasurer, based at 13041 Commercial Street.
Port Worth reports a sociology panel led by Carl D Wells of Texas Christian University warning that educated women entering industrial work threatens the patriarchal family. The piece notes declining birth rates amid overwork and calls for protective legislation and expanded child training to safeguard society.
Cedar Rapids, Ia Jan 22. Mrs Earl Nelson 18, wife of a local business man, vanished from home Jan 2. Located in Clinton after private detective work. Husband in Clinton to learn cause and persuade her to return. She said she did not intend to come back. She left to visit her mother. husband was away on business in Des Moines.
London officials say King George has recovered enough to consider moving him to a seaside climate. Royal physicians announced plans to relocate him to sea air for convalescence and that a house owned by Sir Arthur Du Cros in Bognor, Sussex, has been chosen for his stay.
Fairfield Iowa January 22 40 The steamship Maka sails Friday from San Francisco to carry gloves from the Fairfield Grove and Mitten Company to the Byrd Antarctic expedition. The gloves will be set off at Dunedin New Zealand.
A set of word order puzzles appears as No 333, asking readers to rearrange sentences and mark true or false. Items include islands oceans are large, chemical water is elements, and other jumbled phrases with hints to a society page answer section.
A. J. Wemple, longtime engineer for the Texas and Pacific railroad and said to be the oldest locomotive engineer in America, died in Fort Worth at age 92 after a heart attack. He served 36 years, including piloting the first Albany to New Troy engine in 1851.
Obituaries list Fred Albert Bacon of 526 Home Park boulevard died suddenly at 3:30 p.m. while visiting a dentist. he was 49, born December 31, 1879, in Vinton, and survived by Leona Lund, siblings, and several relatives. Also noted are memorials for W. L. Dewey, Mrs. M. H. Loomer, Eugene Frederic Emry, Yvonne Cronan, James Walker, and infant Hollis, with service details and burial plans across Waterloo Cedar Falls and Boone areas.
New York, Jan 22 263 sets of brothers serve together in U S army units across organizations. Three twin pairs are noted, with examples from Alcide and Leo Caron, Cyril and Michael Gaimari, and Frederick and William Curley. Fathers of some soldiers are veterans. several families enlist together from Idaho to Hawaii, while the Army assigns brothers to same units when requested.
Private Henry J Bushey and Private First Class Péter H Bushey of Co L Twenty eighth Infantry enlistment at Plattsburg Barracks shows a rapid family pattern with the elder Bushey joining three weeks after Henry. The article notes strong fraternal bonds in the regular army and the mutual promotion and competition between brothers for service life breaks.
In Des Moines on January 22 Walter Davis, a Black man, faced a sentence of 16 years to life after a verdict of guilty in the second degree murder of John Washington, another Black man, shot last November. Jurors reportedly split on hanging before final deliberations.
Searcy Arkansas January 22 George Smith thirteen year old boy is held without bond on first degree murder in the killing of his fifteen year old classmate Clarence Dodge during a schoolyard quarrel. Officers say George and a younger brother were assaulted by Dodge who allegedly bullied them. George says he obtained his father's shotgun and shot Dodge as he tried to enter their home. OPEN ATTACK ON CANAL Balboa Panama Canal Zone January 22 Combined army and Navy maneuvers to test the canal defenses will open tonight. A black fleet will stage a theoretical attack while a blue fleet works with land forces to defend the canal.
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