Waterloo Fourth of July Celebrations and News In Spotlight
In today’s Spotlight section the Glorious Fourth finds Waterloo in holiday mood with firecrackers and local events planned, while across the country thefts loom as whisky from a Chicago bonded warehouse may be forfeited. The Berlin flight makes progress as the Untin Bowler heads toward Great Whale and Cape Ghidley. Major athletics and entertainment stories include Olympic hopefuls in Denver, Hollywood misadventures, a City of Cleveland endurance record bid, and Des Moines divorces amid summer heat and humidity.
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Waterloo
Curved Knife Ties Cult Suspect to Detroit Slayings
In Detroit a stained curved knife a short ax and freshly washed shoes found in Angelo Depoli’s barn led to his arrest in the killings of religious leader Rerhy Evangelista his wife and four children. Depoli admits acquaintance but denies involvement while police probe a fanatical cult rooted in Union Federation of America with an altar of wax figures and a sun symbol.
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Detroit
Mich
Angelo Depoli
Rerhy Evangelista
Evangelista
Vincent Elias
Depoli
Union Federation of America
Philadelphia
God
France Unites With Americans for July Fourth in Paris
In Paris on July 4, French residents and American expatriates celebrated Independence Day without Franco-American tension over war debts. Flags flew from buildings, Americans laid a wreath at Lafayette’s tomb in Picpus Cemetery, and Henri Oheren, France’s finance minister, planned to represent the government at a chamber banquet. French press noted America’s wartime aid.
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Paris
United States
Lafayette
Picpus
Henri Oheren
American Chamber of Commerce
America
France
Heavy firing on Romanian Russian frontier reported
Bucharest reports heavy fire last night across the Romanian Russian frontier at Sorocks with about 300 rifle shots. Officials say Red troops suppressed Ukrainian peasant revolt as border tensions rise. Calvin Coolidge’s fifty seventh birthday observed quietly at home with close visitors.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Re Ees
Sorocks
Red
Coolidge
Northampton
Maas
U.A
Calvin Coolidge
Fire threat in Boing Italy destroys row homes
An explosion at the Frank Vendetti home in Boing Italy, Evie Pa, set a city block ablaze. The blast destroyed the Vendetti residence, damaged four other homes, and forced evacuations as four fire companies fought the three hour blaze, which also damaged the Rocco Play club rooms. The Vendettis were away at the time.
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Evie
Bittle
Italy
Frank Vendetti
Vendetti
Rocco
Train Wreck Victim Dies in Des Moines
In Des Moines the victim of a Rock Island train wreck at Metz Tennessee died in a local hospital. Dr E I Merk 42 Little Rock Ark died after a relapse following injuries including a dislocated shoulder. Seventeen others were injured and are reported recovering in Des Moines hospitals Mrs Fannie Roberts Robins Iowa and Rev R Hilkerbaumer Muscatine Iowa are among the injured recovering sectors.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Metz
E. I. Merk
Little Rock
Ark
Mia
May McAninch
Ill
Rev
Hilkerbaumer
Muscatine
Fannie Roberts
Robins
Four Hurt in Des Moines Auto Crash Jailed Later
Four persons were hospitalized after two automobile accidents in Des Moines last night. A woman was jailed on intoxication charges. Injured are Joyce Bennett Donna Cavanaugh Rex Penn all of Des Moines and A B Bixler of Palmyra Iowa.
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Des Moines
A.P
Joyce Bennett
Donna Cavanaugh
Rex Penn
A. B. Bixler
Palmyra
Baseball Today American League and National League Box Score
American League batteries M C m and Berry Grove and Cochrane. National League Pittsburgh 162 50 00x 8 11 0 Batters Johnson and Smith Meine and Hargreayas.
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Boston Philadelp
M.C. m
Berry
Grove
Cochrane
Louie
Pittaburgh
Johnson
Smith Meine
Hargreayas
Texas Girl Bites Man Then Fires At Drugstore Sheik
Rudell Heath a 21 year old Texas girl known for a troubled record here was jailed for the eighth time. She bit Garrett P. Rider’s arm when he tried to coax her back to Jacksonville Texas. Earlier she was fined ten dollars after firing at a suitor in a drugstore.
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Onnin
Hollywood
Budell Heath
Sulters
Tate
Ann of Ak
Jacksonville
Holly Weed
Rudell
Cal
INS
Rudell Heath
Texas
Garrett P. Rider
Miss Heath
Tex
A. Suitor
Plane takes off for Great Whale on Chicago to Berlin flight
Remo Lake Ontario July 4 The Chicago to Berlin plane Untin Bowler winged toward Great Whale on the second leg of its flight to Germany after a 6 58 a m hop off here Pilots Parker Cramer and Robert Gost with Robert Wood newspaperman said they expected to reach Great Whale by early evening After a rest they would hop to Cape Chiciu Labrador then Mount Evans Greenland in the over water segment The full Chicago to Berlin trip should take less than five days
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Berlin
Chicago
Remi Lake
Ont
Great Whale
Cape Ghidley
Labrador
Mount Evans
Greenland
Parker Cramer
Robert Gast
Robert Wood
Chicago Tribune
Gramer
Greater Rockford
Tiitnafs
Europe
Southampton
New York
Remo Lake
Cape Chiciey
Horse's Kick Fatal to Butler County Man in Clarksville
Charles Carter, a Butler County resident, died from a head injury after a horse kicked him at his farm near Clarksville Iowa. He had been unconscious since the incident Saturday. Funeral plans hinge on the arrival of a daughter from Salt Lake City, with services expected Sunday afternoon. He left three daughters, two sons, three brothers, and four sisters.
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Clarksville
Charles Carter
Hs Farm
Here
Carter
Salt Lake City
Waterloo Celebrates Fourth with Boat Races and Fireworks
Waterloo observes the Glorious Fourth with motorboat races on the river near the Fourth street bridge, fireworks at Cedar River Park, and a parade of decorated boats. Planes from Midwest Airways participate in celebrations, while storms and power outages briefly disrupt festivities. Civil War veterans and local groups attend picnics at Hanna's Grove and Gates Park with concerts, sports, and community activities across the city.
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Midwest Airways Corporation
Chapman Field
Waterloo
Leo Brennan
Waterloo-Des
Home Park Boulevard
Iowa Public Service Company
Home Park
Marsh Street
Cormer
Lauerman
Fourth Street Bridge
Cedar River Park
Waterloo Boat Club and River Improvement Association
Ell Kokatan
American Legion
Isaac Gushard
Commercial Street
Memorial Hall
Fred Willer
Hanna's Grove
Cedar Falls Road
Robert Anderson Post
Fred P. Fisher
Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Auburn
Gates
Gates Park
Waterloo Playground Association
Lawndale Playground
Three Dead After Row Over Children
Puebla Colo July 4 A quarrel over possession of two children led to a double murder and suicide at Beulah near here. Benjamin Gaylor a Cripple Creek miner shot and killed Mrs. Benjamin Caytor and Mrs. Wilbur Dewar during a furious struggle, then shot himself. Authorities attributed the deaths to the dispute over the children.
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Puebla
Colo
U.P
Beulah
Here
Benjamin Caytor
Wilbur Dewar
Benjamin Gaylor
Cripple Creek
Gaylor
Des Moines Divorces Break Records Over Two Days
In Des Moines a divorce craze yielded 52 grants in two days with no refusals. Thirty two couples ended marriages on Tuesday and Wednesday, including a woman granted divorce over a husband who dressed up and left home every night and a man whose wife pulled his hair and scratched him. A policeman won a separation suit citing a hardbolled wife.
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Des Moines
Jes. Moines
Madrid greeters greet lost transatlantic fliers and rescuers
In Madrid on July 4 1930 thousands swarm the railway to welcome Major Ramon Franco and his three companions along with five British HMS Eagle officers Captain Laurence and Lieutenant Kilroy after seven days adrift near the Azores. They are to meet Queen Victoria at the royal palace then the army ministry for a reception.
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Madrid
Spain
H. M.S. Eagle
mid-Atlantic
Azores
Algeciras
Raikway
Ramon Franco
Gibraltar
Laurence
S. O
R. A. Kilroy
The
Eagle
Palace Hotel
Royal Palace
Army Ministry
Primo de Rivera
Eduardo Gonzales Gallarza
Luis Rijs de Alda
Pedro Madariaga
Cartagena
New York
Franco
the Eagle
Victoria
Storms Hover Over Iowa Celebrations
Storms threaten Iowa Independence Day celebrations as Des Moines and towns report heat and possible thunderstorms. Government meteorologist Charles D. Reed predicts storms for the southern region this afternoon or tonight with cooler weather anticipated elsewhere.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Stultz Brain in Chemical Analysis at Bellevue Hospital
Wilmer Stultz, trans Atlantic pilot killed in Roosevelt Field crash, had his brain analyzed at Bellevue hospital by order of County Judge Louis J. Smith on District Attorney Miller's directive. Miller declined to disclose findings or purpose.
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New York
Jay
Wilmer Stultz
Roosevelt Field
Bellevue Hospital
Miller
Nassau County
Mineola
Louis J. Smith
Courier Home Delivery Cutoff and Support Phone Notice
The Courier will be delivered before 5:30. If you do not receive by that time call 100 to have a copy sent. Calls should reach the office before 6:30 p m.
Americans Celebrate New Kind Of July Fourth
New York and cities worldwide marked the 153rd anniversary of independence with parades, fireworks, and patriotic programs. President Hoover spent the day at the White House as millions traveled to seaside and mountain resorts, while Philadelphia observed the signing with bells tolled at midnight and noon.
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New York
America
Hoover
White House
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Harry Mackey
Dispatches
Lima
Peru
Legitae
Iowa Woman Sues Over $525000 Estate Claim
In Evanston Illinois a suit seeks $525000 against Mrs Louren J Williams of Evanston daughter of an Ida Grove banker, tied to a $4 million Iowa estate never probated. Williams widow of Noah Williams Jr heir to the estate, alleges payments were demanded from her as administrator with Amasa Cottrell’s death in 1920.
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Chicago
Aline
Cutts
Louren J. Williams
Evanston
Ida Grove
Iowa
Williamsa
Noah Williams, Jr
Alta Wera
Williams
Amasa Cottrell
South Dakota
Cottrell
Prohibition to forfeit 421 whisky barrels in Sibley warehouse
Washington announces action to forfeit 421 barrels of whisky tampered with at the Sibley Warehouse in Chicago after an investigation into missing liquor. Doran says removal responsibility not fixed. 80,000 cases stored, 8,000 damaged by water. reports estimate up to 2 million dollars value, but officials question the total.
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Chicago
Doran
Washington, D. C
Prohibition
Sibley Warehouse Company
Prohibition Bureau
Sibley
United States
Sitorney
Agnor Wasworth
Tribuna
Sibley Avenue
middle+ west
the Tribune
James Doran
Washington
The
Tribune
Yeliowley
George Hurlburt
Hurlburt
California
Nebraska Woman to Lead National Education Association
Ruth Pyrtle, principal of Bancroft School in Lincoln, Neb, was elected president of the National Education Association at the convention in Atlanta. She defeated Miss Effle McGregor of John Burroughs School in Minneapolis by about a three to one margin. Final vote to be announced later.
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Atlanta
Ruth Pyrtle
Bancroft School
Lincoln
Neb
National Education Association
Miss Pyrtle
Effle McGregor
John Burroughs
Minneapollis
Pyrtle
Sections Committee
Equity Gives Fund for Movies Battle
Actors Equity votes to place 16000 at the disposal of President Frank Gla more to aid the fight with movie producers over sound and talking pictures. The fund is set to support Equity's determination to win the battle.
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Equity
Fund
New York
Omielats
Actors’ Equity Association
Frank Glamore
Ised
Oight
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