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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1926
Page
1
Des Moines hosts the Corn Belt committee amid debate over farm relief, with supporters urging a concentrated push in December as Congress reconvenes. The piece notes mixed views in Washington and highlights Mark Sullivan's take versus administration circles.
Des Moines hosts the corn belt conference committee with governors, senators and farm leaders from 11 states. The meeting seeks to back Haugen Dickinson MacNary type relief, avoiding tariff fights and party rifts while preparing a broader campaign for December and a potential 1928 national convention.
New York reports nine deaths and property damage of about 250000 as violent storms sweep from Ohio to Maine. Four deaths in New England were from lightning and several others from fallen trees or drowning. many buildings and crops damaged. In New Brunswick, interest in the Hall Mills murder case was revived as Prosecutor Toolan reopened the inquiry after six hours of questioning Louise Geist Riehl.
Bebe Daniels, a motion picture star, announced she is engaged to Charles Paddock, the world champion sprinter, with plans to marry in about two years. Paddock met Daniels on the Berkeley campus where he supported her in The Campus Flirt, his first film venture.
England store keeper Ernesz Churchman lowered the union jack to half mast at his premises then stabbed his wife through the heart and killed himself in the presence of their three children.
In Pocatello Idaho on July 19 AP reports Bannack and Shoshone tribesmen numbering over 1 000 at Fort Hall reservation gathered at dusk to dance around a totem pole in hopes of pleasing the Sun God for another year. Dressed in minimal blankets and animal pelts they were painted by medicine men as a blue clad visitor in modern dress with a Pekinese dog joins the scene.
Police raid on 2256 Fifth Street West exposed a basement coffee house run by WH. A. Perry. Chief Mohris led the raid and found six gamblers around a green table with a dice cup and seventy cents. Perry released on 50 dollar bond. six gamblers on 14 dollars each. Bonds posted by Judge Beem after no shows in municipal court.
Two Cedar Falls couples were married on Saturday afternoon in Grundy Center. Victor Seiberling officiated. Miss Mary Ratlen became Mrs Newell Fairburn and Miss Marion Parker wed Tabex Jacobsen.
Investigators in Los Angeles raise a pink corset linked to Aimee Frempie MacPherson’s alleged kidnapping. Reports say a corset matching the evangelist’s description was bought in an Arizona village between Vima and Tucson, five weeks after a presumed drowning.
Notice explains paper delivery by 5 30 each day and offers free redelivery if not received by the time. If a carrier error or other cause prevents delivery, call 5100 and a copy will be sent before 5 30 p.m.
Waterloo endures fourth consecutive heat wave day as mercury tops 96 degrees. More than 4,000 people swim city pools and Riverview beach, while ice cream sales surge and water consumption hits a historic peak. Authorities note artesian wells draining but say no immediate danger of running dry.
Camp Devens Massachusetts July 19 Captain Lewis R Edmonds died at the camp hospital from blast wounds suffered this morning when TNT exploded. A Massachusetts General Hospital laboratory expert was en route to perform blood tests on over 100 volunteers for a transfusion attempt to save the captain.
Ottumwa Iowa July 19 Dorothy MacLearn 16 killed Sunday night about 1 40 p m struck by an automobile driven by Aaron Fellows of Dands Tr He and her escort had just alighted from a street car and were crossing when hit Fellows was arrested charged with manslaughter released after posting 2500 bond
Red Grange was returning home to Wheaton West Virginia after completing a film at studios. Announcement by Grange’s publicity man said plans for a salary arrangement were not considered seriously and further details would be announced.
Denver, July 19. The weather bureau forecast continued extreme heat across Denver and the eastern slopes of the Rockies for the next several days. The city yesterday reached a record high for this time of year at 93 degrees.
In Iowa Falls Iowa on July 19 Night Watchman Joe Stiner shot and killed Pete Burton as Burton attempted to rob a Sinclair Oil station safe. Burton fled after being ordered to surrender and was found dead near the Baptist church. Burton, a longtime plumber, had been respected locally and recently resided in Webster City.
Des Moines July 19 AP PB. B. Edgar a blacksmith and wagon maker shot and killed his wife Mantha Edgar and slightly wounded Charles Rollins a Toomer with whom Mrs. Edgar was eating breakfast then took his own life After warning her last week he would KO her if she did not return to five with him Edgar was arrested on complaint of his wife and released under 100 bond Police arrived to find Edgar dead atop his wife Rollins has slight chance to recover.
Fire Sunday destroyed the Merchants Transfer garage and six trucks, causing $10,000 loss. After three boys and two girls were arrested, two boys confessed they entered the building to steal gasoline for a car and, using matches to see, accidentally started the blaze before fleeing.
Chicago heat killed five people as temperatures rose from 75 at 6 a.m. to 90 by noon amid forecasts of a hotter week. In other items, French swimmer Jane Lion announced a Friday attempt to cross the English Channel, after a prior near-miss. a requisition in Spitnefield involved Ira Christensen from Peoria to Henry County on a driving license charge.
J A Paulsen district engineer Iowa highway commission says northeastern Iowa awarded one of the largest road contracts. It covers 26.8 miles of primary road in Winneshiek County costing 838000 dollars including shaping materials and labor. Contracts awarded to M Q Weaver Iowa Falls with completion by October 15.
Plattsburgh July 19 The War Department leads civilian summer camps to instill Americanism patriotism and self discipline in future citizens and soldiers Secretary of War Davis told the Citizens Military Training Camp and the Twenty-Sixth Infantry He credited Gen Leonard Wood for the Plattsburgh idea dating from prewar days He noted the eighth anniversary of the battle at Soissons and praised the Twenty-Sixth Infantry for its heroism in that and other engagements
Grundy Center Iowa July 19 Special William Buchen HL and L Conners Des Moines are in jail here on charges of theft as accessories from a Ford automobile between Conrad and Whitten last Friday. The car owned by a section foreman of the Northwestern was parked near a farmhouse. The men were seen stripping it by a farmer who took the license number. Others acquainted with the young men who have worked in the neighborhood saw them in the vicinity and gave officers information by which they were traced to Des Moines. A fourth man is being sought.
Sioux City July 12 AP report James Shen slept with a lit cigar, a bedclothes fire started an hour later threatening the building. Fire department extinguished the blaze with losses estimated at 1200 dollars.
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolph and Princess Louise visit Mesa Verde Park and unearth several pieces of ancient Indian pottery with a pick and shovel. The royal party, from Shiprock, will tour the park and travel 250 miles by automobile, hoping to return for further excavations.
Paris reports Edouard Herriot, radical leader, works to replace Aristide Briand’s fallen government with a cabinet leaning on Socialist support. Paris and London note growing impatience, with police guarding the Elysee amid protests. Franc struggles persist as Briand may be sole viable option.
Fire Sunday destroyed the William Bruve flour and saw mill at Hauntown ten miles north of Clinton with a loss of 75000 dollars. Spontaneous combustion started the blaze in the sawmill. There was no insurance. The mill, built in 1954 and remodeled 28 years ago, will be rebuilt.
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