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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1929
Page
1
News notes a great day in England as King George V returns to Buckingham Palace after illness. Queen Mary rides with the king through cheering crowds from Windsor to central London in a motor parade. The king appears in good health amid visible weakness from illness.
Sixteen people were injured in weekend automobile accidents around Waterloo. Victims included W. Dimprich of 1906 Third Ave West with a head cut, E. S. Chandler with a hip injury, Alice Cherchain of Fairbank with a fractured wrist, and others in crashes at East Fourth and Esther streets and near Waverly. Several victims were hospitalized, and a hit and run driver remained unidentified. A Dumont woman suffered a serious arm fracture when her car overturned. A sedans roof was crushed near Waverly, injuring Frank Bade mildly.
President Hoover aims to complete by week end the selection of almost all members of the federal farm board. Three seats filled, one offer to a business man, two to farm leaders. Confirmed appointees include Gail Williams from Oklahoma for cotton, James C. Stone of Kentucky for tobacco, and C. B. Denman of Missouri for livestock. Additional nominees named: Alexander H. H. Legge of Chicago for general business, W. S. Moscrip of Minneapolis for dairying, and Charles C. Teague of California for fruit growing.
Unidentified man about 45 years old was found dead and aflame on a rarely used country road two miles west of Annawan Illinois. He had a blow to the left side of the head and was wrapped in a patched quilt soaked with gasoline. A gasoline jug wrapped in Peoria paper dated June 26 was nearby. The scene yielded an imprint of a high heeled shoe as a clue.
Des Moines reports judges of the second annual air tour will verify official arrival times at Cherokee before announcing winners. Unofficial counts show Mrs. Muriel Hanford of Sioux City and John Livingston of Watersov tied for first, with W. F. Marshall given a vote as to win due to his weight.
In Old Orchard Beach Maine Roger Q Williams and Lewla A Yancey tested an America-to-Rama monoplate Pathfinder today as preparation for a Rome flight planned within days. Ocean conditions will determine takeoff feasibility for the pilot and navigator heading to the eternal city.
Spain awaits the H M S Eagle tomorrow to greet Major Remon Franco and three companions rescued after a seven day ocean ordeal. The Dornier aircraft was picked up 100 miles southeast of Santa Maria Island Azores, with a tumultuous reception expected and Prime Minister Primo de Rivera among the anticipated welcome party.
Des Moines promoters announced the Iowa aircraft show for July 19 to 21 has been officially sanctioned as a class C event by the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The recognition signals that factory and distributor requirements are met and Lyman H. Dehnsen may represent the chamber at the event.
Col Charles A Lindbergh flew a glider at Lambert Field in St Louis with over 10090 spectators. His first visit to his legal home since marrying Anne Morrow included a Sunday at the airport and a glider flight offered by Harry Kuchine. A starting car powered the launch and Lindbergh said he was well pleased with the flight. He planned to inspect the Kansas City airport and a flight to Wichita the following day.
Chicago July 1 195 Carl Laemmle head of film corporation declared there would always be silent movies despite growth in talkies. He said silent drama slows the theatre goer and smaller picture houses cannot always afford the expensive talkie equipment.
A famed pilot Wilmer Stultz and two Roslyn, New York passengers died when his Waco biplane failed after takeoff from Roosevelt Field Mineola. The craft crashed near a dirt hauler truck, the propeller or engine trouble likely caused the three aboard to perish. Stultz, long linked with Amelia Earhart, was air corps veteran and celebrated aviator.
Nashville July 1 The first month revenue from a tax on malt extract to fund the home industry shows Tennessee collected 15000 dollars as about two million bottles of home brew were produced. Experts say most malt extract was used for home brewing and the tax was set at a cent per pound.
Fred Richardson a 57 year old motorman and former assistant trainmaster for 18 years on the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern railway died of heart disease at 30 a.m. yesterday in the cab of his locomotive near Gilbertville after reporting illness en route to Cedar Rapids. He was born in 1872 at Alden and began service in 1911, later returning to motorman duties. He leaves a wife in California and sons Wayne and Francis in Los Angeles, a daughter Mrs. Vanderlin of Oelwein, and sisters Mrs. Barrett of Medford Ore and Bet French of Oakland, with another sister in Oakland. The body was taken to O’Keefe & Towne mortuary.
John Coolidge son of former President Calvin Coolidge and fiancé of Florence Trumbull has decided to enroll in Harvard's school of business administration for a six week course designed for young men in business. He graduated from Amherst last year and now works as a clerk for the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad.
The courier should deliver the paper before 5 30. If not received by then, call 5100 for a copy. Phone call must reach the office before 8 30 p m to arrange a reprint.
Washington officials report the Wabash railroad submitted an application to the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking authority to create a fifth eastern trunk line. The plan would acquire nine railroads by lease or stock purchase, jointly control five more, and obtain trackage rights aboard several lines. Western termini would be Chicago St Louis Kansas City Omaha and Des Moines with eastern ends at New York Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Brookfield, TK July 1 UP Thirty seven guests at the marriage of Louis Assary and Edith Comsra were confined to bed by food poisoning after the wedding cake. The groom's father’s home became a hospital for the newlyweds and guests with nine children affected. Four physicians treated them and used emetics to prevent deaths. Health authorities traced the illness to a ten pound cake baked by local bakers. Crumbs with colored icing were collected for analysis.
The Iowa Sunday toll included twelve deaths from accidents and suicides. Among the drowned were Henry Jones and Fred Jenkins in Waterloo’s Cedar River. A C Paul of Odebolt. Leo Van Dorn of Garwin. and Henry Frederick of Council Bluffs. Counted injuries include six from auto crashes and five from other events. A man named Johnson of Hampton hanged himself. a Lightning strike killed Miss Alise Collins near Manchester.
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