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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1928
Page
10
Col Lindbergh completes another perilous flight in the Spirit of St Louis from near Bogota to land after six hours over rugged high peaks. The stunt adds to his growing tradition of daring air passages and reliance on a sturdy single engine craft.
A 1890 census based National Origins plan faces congressional scrutiny as lawmakers weigh re enactment of the existing immigration law. The article outlines current admissions, the shift from 1890 to 1850 basing, and expert doubt raised by cabinet members over calculating national origins amid intermarriage and population estimates.
Fires across Iowa towns in four days cause about 170000 in damage with Humboldt theatre and hotel gutted. Twenty four guests evacuated as fire exploded an oil stove on the theatre's stage. no injuries reported. Continuous flames brought under control by early today.
Bert Acosta the trans Atlantic aviator is freed from jail by a New Haven writ of habeas corpus. A Connecticut judge ruled a Bergen county warrant invalid in Connecticut releasing him after a five day sentence for low flying. He had been held on charges tied to removing an aircraft from Teterboro field for debt.
Robert W. Stewart chief of Standard Oil Indiana boarded for Washington to appear before the Renale Teapot Dome Investigation committee. He arrived from Havana and canceled Mexico engagements to testify as requested saying he was sick and tired of the whole affair.
Covington Louisiana authorities hold Helen Coss as a delinquent while they seek Frances St John Smith, missing Smith College freshman. Officers broaden the hunt to Louisiana Arkansas and Alabama amid letters from Coss implying a gum campaign employment.
A sudden midwest cold wave sent Charles City to 6 below zero as forecasts predicted warming later today. Des Moines measured 2 below at 8 am after an 18 degree drop in 12 hours, while temperatures rose two degrees within two hours.
The Courier will be delivered before 5 20 if not received a copy will be sent. Phone calls to reach the office before 6 38 p.m. for issues with delivery or missing paper.
Florenz Ziegfeld, famed for praising the American girl, argues that the slender sylph ideal is gone. Men now prefer rounded curves and healthful weight to soften lines and add form. He urges girls to reflect good health and present curves rather than sharp angles.
Ten bandits believed to be Chicago gangsters robbed the Wisconsin Athletic Club in Milwaukee striking 20 to 30 members. They searched for money and jewelry and escaped with loot thought to exceed $25 000. The leader smashed a glass partition and warned victims with a machine gun claim before fleeing in two cars toward Chicago. Police along the highway were alerted.
Mount Vernon Indiana date reports LP charges will be filed against minister AL Steepleton alias C R Stapston and GC Stapston for passing worthless checks. Steepleton once manager of Cornell college financial campaign allegedly left two bad checks totaling 576 dollars at Low restaurant after a month stay. He addressed Cornell students at chapel exercises. his wife is in Red Key Indiana and he is said to be sought in Lewis Indiana for forgery of a check.
Weather outlook for Washington DC and the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys covers Jan 28 to Feb 4 2010. Temperatures expected mostly moderate with frequent northward fluctuations. No significant precipitation likely in the first half of the week but may occur toward the end.
A severe sub zero cold snap in Chicago results in the deaths of four men and one woman. Police recover a frozen body of a man trapped in a grocery window. Rudolph Kraft, 20, of St. Louis, is fatally struck by a train while attempting to steal. Two other men die in the street and a woman succumbs to heart failure linked to the weather.
Des Moines January 28 State Treasurer Ray Johnson with Attorney General John E Fletcher launched a drive against gas station operators after Joseph Fendell was arrested for making fraudulent tax returns totaling about 1000 dollars He allegedly failed to pay the three cent tax on seven carloads or 36000 gallons of Raseline for his station during May through September last year The crackdown aims to extend across the state amid widespread reports of unpaid gasoline taxes.
George W. Gerlach of Cumberland, a carpenter and inventor, faces trial in Atlantic on charges of selling stock without a state permit. He presides over the George W. Gerlach Safely Block Signal and Automatic Electric Train Control company and is accused of diverting stock proceeds to a railroad he claims infringes his patent. Witnesses testified yesterday as the hearing neared completion.
At Havana on January 28 delegates from 21 republics joined a public demonstration for women’s rights during the Jose Marti birthday celebration. North and Latin American women carried banners for equal rights and pigeons flew in memory of Marti as the Pan American conference resumed limited business. A trend toward regional cooperation in agriculture and cattle was noted with resolutions to create a Pan American agricultural and livestock institute and to reorganize the Pan American Union governing board.
Los Angeles January 23 A legal tangle halted the William Edward Hickman sanity trial as jurors were technically accepted but not sworn. Prosecution and defense sparred over peremptory challenges with a Monday ruling expected. Hickman repudiated his confession and his lawyers signaled a second trial if found sane.
Des Moines City Railway abandons the Des Moines Newton bus route that would have linked Boone Indianola Ames Adel and nearby towns citing lack of profit. The company did not indicate an immediate discontinuation of the Newton line but halted plans for the broader network. Three people died in a grade crossing crash at Warsaw Indiana when Big Four No 40 train struck an automobile driven by Jol Cole.
District Judge Joseph E. Meyer of Polk County condemned the rural juvenile detention facility for fire hazards and inadequate sleeping, school, and quarantine spaces. He noted the home, old when Des Moines had about 60,000 residents, faces serious safety issues as authorities prepare an investigation.
Cedar Rapids youth George Jensen was fined 100 dollars for stealing two chosen specimens of the farmyard narta. Wesley Curly, who aided, was returned to the Eldora reformatory from which he had been paroled. In Chicago Blakehr Yurka actress was granted a divorce from Tan Keith actor.
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