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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1928
Page
9
In a study of urban influence, Mark Sullivan argues New York shapes Smith Hoover voting moods. Smith, son of a teamster, embodies city liberalism shaping liquor law views. Also reports on Emilio Gallanza’s death as a goodwill flyer and local epidemics, budgets, a police shooting, and Leap Year notes.
A study of campaign factors notes that the paramount issue may be prohibition with many voters swayed by regional and economic concerns. It discusses how new immigration and long-term social conditions shape presidential voting, cautioning that religion and history influence are waning yet still present in the upcoming election.
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If due to carrier error or other cause you do not receive your paper by that time please phone 514. A copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 26 p m.
Mrs Miriam Noel Wright author and sculptress was held on bond in San Diego to answer a charge of and inquest mischief after raiding the La Jolla home she described as a love nest shared by her former husband Frank Lloyd Wright and Mme Olga Milanoff a Montenegrin dancer. The raid found no one at home and the house contained valuable furniture and art objects. Wright had telephoned from Los Angeles to learn of the visit.
Funeral services for Edward H. Rich longtime resident of Bremer and Black Hawk counties will be held Sunday afternoon. A prayer at 1 30 p m at 368 Franklin street precedes a public service at the M E church in Janesville at 12530. Mr Rich died this morning after a long illness he is survived by his widow and two sons.
Miss Mar gareth Stephenson, daughter of Tyr and Mrs. Tray C. Stepheson, Cedar Falls, is in a London hospital with appendicitis while touring Europe as director of a school group. She taught in Tulsa, Oklahoma, schools and left four weeks ago. parents advised she will return when strength permits.
Centerville Ta July 14 Union painters employed by the Red Cross Decorating company here went on strike today as the firm used paint spraying machines. They feared mechanical painters would rob them of livelihoood.
E R Bitterly of 410 Fourth Street East was a first class sergeant in the signal corps at Camp Vail New Jersey during the summer of 1918. He recalls decoding unfamiliar wireless messages thought to be German and the stress caused by moving toward Brest. The voyage saw deaths from flu and pneumonia aboard and on land. A French dirigible passed overhead aiding navigation as the group prepared to cross the Atlantic.
Special Master in Chancery B. HH Dunham ruled the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 unconstitutional. The decision centered on the act’s grant of power to fix commissions charged by livestock firms across markets. The Omaha suit began with three firms and grew to eighty-nine plaintiffs, with the government expected to appeal. A three-judge hearing and possible Supreme Court appeal followed.
Wabash Inez July 14 two men died when Charles Wenriek thirty five pilot with a recently formed aviation company and Lloyd Ekester thirty an automobile salesman of North Manchester were killed instantly when Wenriek s monocoupe plunged from about 1000 feet after leaving the local airport. The cause of the crash was not determined.
A forest fire near Los Angeles, likely sparked by a camper stove, swept Fraser Mountain park district about 80 miles north of the city. Reports say the blaze destroyed as many as 80 cabins, with refugees reaching Lebec lodge.
A July 14 accident near Glenwood involved Kinworthy driving a car that struck a viaduct post while returning from a dance. Jins Kinworthy John Sprague and Darrell Ackenbaugh were injured. Kinworthy and Sprague are hospitalized at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs.
Albany July 14 Gov Al Smith denounces William Allen White and Rev O R Miller for portraying him as a saloon friend. He accuses Miller of being a parasite and says White took information from Miller. The Anti-Saloon League opened a nationwide dry campaign with McBride announcing midwest travel and urging repeal of the eighteenth amendment. A car theft report rounds out the day.
In Clear Lake Indiana July 14 authorities said Marth Hjorth a bridegroom who married Miss Love Trees distributed many bouncing checks. He wrote a wedding gift check for the trousseau and gave the minister a check also bouncing. Local jeweler dry goods merchant miller and the preacher seek restitution.
Des Moines July 14 Rev Larry Day a reputed freelance minister and follower of Aime Semple McPherson was arrested on a charge of illegal possession of alcohol after state agents seized him from the hall he uses for meetings Day claimed alcohol sales were a method to contact wrongdoers and recruit converts while defraying hall expenses for his services
Ernesk W. Koepke claims a campaign against cats would aid wild fowls. He cites pheasants killed by cats exceeding hunter losses and urges state legislature to act. Koepke, ex-secretary of the Izaak Walton league, advocates licensing cats to protect song birds.
Chicago observers fear seven or eight men drowned when a sewer floods during repairs. Foreman WJ Alexander cites missing caps and lunches at shaft top as potential signs of a large loss. Attempts to enter the tunnel failed after water was pumped out due to a suspected electrical short. Carl Chetio escaped initial flooding but later disappeared during a subsequent search.
In Superior on July 14 Roy West Republican national committeeman from Athols arrives en route to Cedar Island lodge. West, vice chairman of the finance committee, will discuss campaign expenditures with President Coolidge and forecast Hoover has a margin between seven hundred thousand and six hundred thousand votes. He will be a White House guest through the day leaving Cedar Island lodge at 6 p.m.
Hoover highway a 50 mile cutoff between U S 32 at Iowa City and the Lincoln highway at Lowdon will be remarked and improved before Herbert Hoover visits his birth place West Branch next month. Iowa City Tipton and West Branch business men are cooperating. PROBE-MAN S DEATH Baraboo Wis July 14 The possibility of foul play in the finding of the body Otis Fry missing Milwaukee tobacco man quating in Devil s Lake was being investigated today by Sheriff Charles Shailitz Milwaukee county
Weather forecast for the Chicago region covers mid July with uncertain forecast details. Regions including western suburbs and central Great Lakes expect variable conditions with periods of precipitation and moderate temperatures near normal averages.
Des Moines July 14. No official call yet but arrangements for the Democratic state convention at Des Moines Friday July 17 at 11 a.m. at the Coliseum. Mrs W E Maulsby chair of the state central committee is east. letter outlines badges and plans. District caucuses to precede the convention and a new state central committee to be chosen. Temporary chairman and keynote speaker not announced.
Rockford July 14 Pi Bert R Hassell Rockfordier is due tomorrow with his monoplane Greater Rockford for a one stop flight toward Stockholm Sweden He awaits Greenland landing word and if granted may begin next week Parker Cramer ex government aviation inspector will accompany him Hassells plane forced down two weeks ago causing minor damage at Sunson-Detrailer plant during return from southwest and Pacific coast tour
In Lee Gee Mass on July 14 the sore threat epidemic added three more deaths bringing fatalities to 28 and leaving seven others in critical condition. Health officials plan a house to house canvas starting Monday to map the extent of the outbreak amid an estimate of more than 650 illnesses in a town of 4000.
The message from President Coolidge to Mexico's President expresses sympathy for the death of Captain Emilio Carranza and offers to return his body on the U S Florida as a sign of goodwill. Carranza's body arrives in New York and is placed in state, with guards as the mystery crash near Chatsworth remains unresolved.
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