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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1925
Page
1
A minor earthquake rattled Santa Barbara early today, leaving residents calm and continuing daily life amid lingering tremor memories. The piece also critiques Doheny oil case coverage, confirms New England’s political shift with a congresswoman, and notes Iowa corn growth and international diplomacy discussions.
L A Andrew new Iowa state banking superintendent announces minimal personnel changes. Altoona will become deputy superintendent and Spencer chief examiner, with Guthrie Center and Adel added roles. He vows economy and efficient bank examinations to aid good bankers while eliminating weak practices. He also aims to reduce expenses in receiverships of three closed Des Moines banks and pay depositors promptly as court actions allow. Dr Don Griswold was named Iowa health commissioner with no immediate department changes.
The hearing for Garry Hermann, president of the Cincinnati baseball club, and seven Laval Red Rooters members was continued to July 31 in federal court in St. Louis. They were arrested after a raid on their hotel suite yielded cages of alleged liquor.
Vinton, July 1. Voters rejected a 3 mill city hospital levy by 71 votes. Only 723 ballots were cast, about one third of eligible voters, due to supporters’ light turnout.
The United States urges a conference of powers to consider China’s proposed treaty changes and the end of extraterritorial rights. MacMurray’s instructions await dispatch as Britain weighs China’s demands while Gen Feng declares a path of blood for China.
Vienna letter to Herr Ludwig Van Beethoven at Schwarzpaiergasse asks for piano lessons for 200 crowns. Officials opened it noting the addressee died in 1827 and could not be delivered.
Telegraph briefs report Brig. Gen. George A. Dodd died aged 73. Dodd led the punitive expedition into Mexico in 1916 alongside Gen. Pershing. The notice notes his distinguished military service and his age at death.
In Belle Plaine Benton county, Jerry Ferguson, 30, was detained at a hearing in Mayor Whelan's court and held on a grand jury inquiry. A. H. Burns, 45, was bound over on a 1060 bond after officers found three pints of liquor in his possession. Ferguson was not held on sufficient evidence to link him to Burns as an accomplice in bootlegging.
An Iowa court restrains James E. Cane an 18 years old from contacting or interfering with a Nora Springs girl aged 17 who recently arrived from Canada. Cane, once a county sheriff candidate, is accused in a protective action filed in Charles City.
The marriage license clerk in Cedar Rapids announced that 100 licenses were issued in June, falling short of the 101 issued in June 1924. The report highlights a quiet month for marriages in the city.
Chicago news reports chief agronomist P. V. Ewling predicts wheat will reach two dollars a bushel before the 1925 crop is fully marketed. Based on 3,640 observers and statistics, he cites looming shortages, declining world carryover, and a total 1925 US wheat crop around 65 million bushels amid strong export potential.
The United States air mail makes its first scheduled stop in Des Moines tonight marking the city as a regular transcontinental air mail station. Civic clubs and postal authorities plan a noon luncheon parade and an evening greeting at the landing field attended by notable figures including Senator Albert B. Cummins Congressman C. C. Dowell and Postmaster Eli Frisk.
Washington reports Maria Alberti a technical expert of the Italian debt mission will return to Rome to secure additional data on Italy's capacity to pay. After two meetings with the American debt commission negotiations will resume August 1 and be delayed at least one month.
Three teens aged 16 to 20 from Tipton were returned to Chicago to face auto theft charges after their wrecked car was found near Tipton. A detective pursued them after the Monday night arrest following the ditch incident.
A light 6 22 am quake shook Santa Barbara causing minor dust, pausing work crews among ruins. Funds from San Francisco and Los Angeles total $2,506,002 to aid rebuilding, with banks seeking a larger $20,000,000 loan. Two bodies believed buried under State Street wreckage in the San Marcos building.
The high point of the shipment announced by Adjutant General Lasher arrives at Camp Dodge. Four German anti aircraft guns and four Wrapp 7s comprise the first batch from the eastern base. Distribution of the trophies proceeds under BG Watt.
A New York Times interview with E L Doheny claims the 1924 Washington arms conference aimed to prevent Pacific hostilities that alarmed naval officers. Doheny portrays the events leading to his lease of the Elk Hills naval oil reserve in California.
How ard Clowe of Portsmouth was pardoned after 18 months in the Ohio penitentiary for a home break in which he was said to be framed by his lover and an rival attorney. The clemency board found the man misled into a guilty plea while in a drunken stupor.
Topeka July 1 Kansas charter board refused a charter to the Ku Klux Klan Georgia corporation. Attorney General Griffith joined in opinion that the Klan did not perform charitable benevolent work as claimed in its petition to become a state corporation.
Mrs. Lennie Jeffries mother of six was arrested for bootlegging and fined 300 dollars plus costs by District Judge Fergia L. Anderson after pleading guilty. She said she became a bootlegger to support her children.
Col John Coolidge father of the president shows signs of recovery from his illness in Plymouth Vermont. He was reported improving last night and walked about the house today, as doctors noted continued stability in his condition.
The McClintock will hearing was continued to 2 p.m. Friday by Judge Henry M. Horner on motion of Robert F. Stoll for William D. Shepherd’s estate. Stoll claimed the plaintiff’s client has been acquitted on a मामला of miseling.
Two squadrons will launch at night under searchlights to test a new overnight air mail link between New York and Chicago amid the first anniversary of thru trans continental air service. Mail costs 10 cents an ounce and aims for morning delivery, with three DeHavilland planes carrying 300 pounds of mail west from New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Edward L. Doheny reveals to the New York Times that Admiral Robison warned of a Pacific war in 1921 which made the Pearl Harbor base essential. He claims wartime fears influenced the Elk Hills and Teapot Dome leases and says hidden telegrams and the McLean loan episode cloud the Fall affair. The interview covers secrecy, political pressure, and the administration’s actions surrounding the naval oil program.
Shanghai on July 1 reports Chinese activists urging remaining British and Japanese firm employees to resign under threats of violence. Authorities see no real danger and order partial demobilization of volunteers.
Eau Claire official Ros P Wilcox president of the Wisconsin Bar Association announces candidacy for the Senate seat left vacant by Senator Robert M La Follette. He calls for a new deal in Wisconsin politics aligned with President Deal ages program for tax reduction and efficient constitutional government.
Captain Roald Amundsen will dine with the king and queen of Norway as the Amundsen Huswarth expedition members return from Sottabergen aboard a steamer arriving Sunday.
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