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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1929
Page
10
Emergency facilities will be provided by a $15,000 county bond issue approved by voters to add a unit at the county isolation hospital mainline to handle contagious diseases. The move follows last winter’s scarlet fever crisis and enables faster bids for the expansion.
Weather for week Washington D C June 1 4 p m forecast for upper Mississippi Tower Missouri valleys and northern and central great plains shows frequent precipitation with no marked departure from seasonable temperatures.
Paris news summarizes an eight point payment plan ending Germany's reparations after four months of talks. Lamont announced a final agreement by seven nations with Belgium's claim unresolved. The plan runs 96 years through 1966 with annual payments averaging about 2.08 billion marks after 10 years, totaling around 28 billion in interest. Belgium seeks compensation for currency depreciation.
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 6 30. If you fail to receive your paper by that time call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Auburn Nebraska June 1 AP damaged locomotive and baggage car of Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 106 left the rails four miles south of town. The engine stranded in a creek bed mud near a bridge after a washout danger. Engineer and fireman hid in a tree until daylight. Passengers remained calm in coaches and sleepers as four inches of rain yesterday soaked the road bed.
Torrential rains in south and east Texas have killed ten people and caused millions in damage. A bicycle messenger, a terrified onlooker, and a drowning boy in Fort Worth were among the victims. Seven others died earlier that week as waters rose, with bodies feared in flooded basements as the Trinity River swelled.
Chicago on June 1 reports a strike by the bridge and structural iron workers union halting about $200 million in building work. The union demanded 13 dollars a day, while 12.50 was offered. officials began pulling workers from sites including the Merchandise Mart the Chicago Civic Opera house on the riverfront and the new Board of Trade building.
Representative Palmer of Missouri introduced a resolution to authorize an investigation into the decline in wheat prices since February 1, 1928. The inquiry would be conducted by the secretary of agriculture to determine if manipulations by foreign or domestic speculators caused the drop. A report would be submitted to Congress as soon as practicable. Palmer argued the decline was not due to last year's 355 million bushel surplus but to speculators.
Atlantic City reports the New England section of the advisory council of the American Gas association announced at its convention that its campaign in New England papers increased gas heating use by TAG percent in the first quarter. For other domestic purposes gas use rose 7.34 percent in the same period versus the prior year.
In Black Hawk County a special election approved a 1,000,000 road bond issue to finish primary paving and a 15,000 bond to enlarge the isolation hospital. Total 3,691 votes cast. 3,126 for road bonds and 565 against, with varied support across Waterloo and Cedar Falls precincts and rural townships.
Judge Kepler of the Twelfth district permanently stopped state testing of cattle for bovine tuberculosis in Mitchell county. Black Hawk anti TB test leaders call the Osage ruling the biggest victory after a five year battle, with appeals to the state supreme court and possible fall hearings.
London reports King George's condition improving though progress remains tedious. Medical bulletin says the abscess follows a normal course and the thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey on June 16 is deferred to a later date due to his Majesty's satisfactory general condition.
Riverside California June investigation reopens as coroner jury seeks to confirm identities of two boys killed on Gordon Northcott's farm. Northcott sits on death row at San Quentin after conviction for the Winslow murders. Insurance company had refused to pay policies on Lewis and Melson Winslow, claiming no coroner’s test proved the bodies were theirs.
Five men were executed by firing squad in Queretaro after confessing a plan to derail a passenger train on the National railways. The alleged plot targeted United States Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow during his trip to La do May.
Des Moines university trustees adopted a resolution criticizing university heads for not investigating an egg and stone throwing incident aimed at Dr. T. T. Shields and other trustees on May 11. The board may forfeit scholastic credits and withhold degrees until guilty students are determined, allowing appearances on their own initiative. Graduation exercises proceed with the baccalaureate sermon by President H. C. Wayman as scheduled.
Ray Keech of Philadelphia won the seventeenth annual Indianapolis 500, earning 31 950 dollars for first place on Memorial Day. Louis Meyer of Los Angeles took second with 20 400 dollars. The event distributed 895 156 dollars among the top ten finishers at the drivers dinner. Johnny Seymour of Escanaba received the sportsmanship award for guiding his car to the pits after a wheel failure at over 100 mph, awarded as a gold split-second watch.
Rain halted three Mississippi Valley league baseball games at Davenport Burlington and Keokuk this afternoon. Only Rock Island and Burlington planned a Sunday doubleheader if play resumes. Cedar Rapids and the Hawk Bunnie game remained on as of 1 p.m. with postponement uncertain.
Old Orchard Beach, June 1. Fog and gale conditions delay two stormbound monoplanes, the Yellow Bird and Green Flash, from leaving until at least Sunday noon. Roger Williams and Lewis A. Yancey monitor Rome bound flight, while Jean Assolant and Rene Lefevre postpone test flights on the Paris bound Yellow Bird due to fog.
Buenos Aires reports 52 dead in the Mendoza province earthquake with 178 seriously injured and about 5,000 left homeless. Cold weather worsens conditions as relief efforts are hindered by rail damage in the quake zone.
Rath Packing company votes to raise capitalization from 5 000 000 to 6 000 000 with a 300 000 share common stock and 30 000 preferred stock. Old stockholders will receive 150 000 shares and a cash bonus while 50 000 shares sold to the public. Plant expansion and payroll growth included.
Taylor, Ewart & Co., an investment securities firm with offices in 11 cities, suspended operations today. Led by B. F. Taylor as chairman and G. B. Ewart as president, the firm recalled demand loans from New York and Chicago banks, and shut down. The company, not a member of any stock exchange, was founded in 1911.
A trimotored plane with 12 aboard including former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey departed Richards Field at 8 40 p m marking the start of regular 13 hour daily air service by Western Air Express between Kansas City and Los Angeles. Stops will be Wichita Kan Amarillo Tex Las Vegas N M. The service saves about 35 hours versus train travel. Other passengers included Fred H Dorner William E Hueffner James McCall Walter George and five Kansas City residents.
A circulating report claims Charles A Lindbergh and his bride are honeymooning on a Georgia coast island. Possible locations include Sapelo Island with Howard E Coffin or St Catherine Island with James G Wilson. The Zapalia yacht and an amphibian plane were sighted near the coast. Wilson leads Transcontinental Air Transport, Lindbergh's associate.
Prohibition agents raided one of Scarface Al Capone's large Chicago breweries today and seized 46,000 gallons of mash. The three story building stood just south of the loop. occupants fled through a skylight as agents battered the front door.
Boston reports a four year old boy, John Fitzpatrick, died after corporal punishment. His mother Anna Fitzpatrick, 29, widow, admitted whipping him with a small stick for disobedience and was held on a manslaughter charge. The second item notes George Rockhill, 20, drowned at Wichita Falls, Texas, to be buried in Clarinda, Iowa.
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