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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1927
Page
2
A Waterloo Daily piece recounts from Troy Kentucky and Louisville Mississippi racially motivated killings. In 1927 white mobs burned two captured Black men, while 1889 parallels are drawn, with ministers weighing blame, habit, and calls for reform amid lingering American prejudice.
Rockford Illinois June 14 A small dog that was to be killed for stealing eggs likely saved farmer William P Pierce 60 near Oregon Illinois yesterday when a bull attacked him. The dog nipped the bull on the nose and heels driving it away as neighbors freed Pierce. The dog’s sentence was commuted from death to all the eggs he can eat.
A speaker warns that the United States invites a diverse population to forge a pluralist democracy while other nations pursue homogeneous paths. He cites race prejudice, church sectarianism, and white Anglo-Saxon supremacy as hotbeds of hatred, but notes hope in youth movements and expanding fraternity. Civilizational progress rests on love and brotherhood, not comfort.
Evangelistic meetings at the Hagerman addition branch of Walnut Street Baptist Church will continue through the week. Fred E. Morse of William Jewell College Liberty Mo will speak tonight on The Religion of a Tower. The evangelistic party includes Mae Howell as song leader Mrs Fred Wilcox as pianist and Miss Eudora Everett as personal worker.
The YWCA building fund aims to raise the remaining $9,711.92 to reach $135,000 for mortgage clearance. Since May 24, donations total $125,288.08, with $5,733.58 added. A windup dinner is planned for June 17 at 6 p.m. at the YWCA to bolster support, inviting all workers and supporters to attend and report unreported pledges.
Executive board of the Church of God of the State Iowa announced the yearly conference to be held at the campground near Chau tauqua park from August 20 to 28. Speakers include F L Austin F E Siple Paul E Johnson Oregon Tl J Williams Gladbrook Ia state evangelist and A J Eychaner Cedar Heights.
R. W. Lumry of Bismarck North Dakota and nephew of W. R. Lumry is showcased as the lead alumni biographical sketch in the June College and State, published by North Dakota Agricultural College. Lumry, a nursery man and owner of Log Cabin Cedar Heights, was active in school activities twenty years ago and now serves as treasurer of the Oscar Will company, the state’s largest seed and nursery firm.
Bird Baldwin Jr., son of Dr Bird T Baldwin, director of the University of Iowa child welfare station, received a small head gash after the car he was driving struck a Yellow taxi in Iowa City last night.
Lindbergh’s arrival exposes New York’s hidden small town roots as residents abandon urban reserve. The city floods Broadway with Lindbergh gear and crowds, while fakers flock to cash in on the Lindbergh craze. Police scramble to manage traffic and crowds as New Yorkers discover a shared rural character.
Springfield dispatch reports Charlie Birger, jailed for safekeeping, denies complicity in the murder of State Highway Patrolman Lory L. Price and his wife. Birger suggests Art Newman knows the real killers and hints Mrs. Newman could name them. Newman alleged Birger gang tied to the deaths.
Los Angeles June 14. Madge Bellamy and her mother Mrs Anne Philpott are to be questioned by the federal grand jury tomorrow. The jury probes an alleged rum running combine said to operate along the Orange county coast line. The actress and her mother are known for welfare work at the Orange county jail and will be asked about jail conditions.
Funeral services for James Markham 75 will be at 9 am Friday at St Marys church after a death at 8 15 pm Monday at his daughter Mrs Charles Wood 315 Newell Street. He worked for Waterloo Saddlery, born in New York in 1851. Surviving are son Dan Markham Strawberry Point IA and four daughters Stella Wood Chicago Rose Wilson Oshkosh WI Agnes McArthur Chicago. Marie Plouff Oshkosh. 15 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
Funeral services are planned for Mrs William A Robinson formerly of Waterloo who died June 11 in Newark New Jersey after a long illness. Services will be at Church of the Brethren Wednesday at 2 30 pm with a prayer service at her mother Mrs Eleanor E Holden's home 827 Seventh Street West. Elder W O Tanneather will officiate assisted by Deacon Samuel Fike. Burial will follow at Elmwood. The body arrived last night and lies at 837 Seventh Street West.
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Charles Lindbergh enjoyed a brief reunion with air crew and friends at Mitchel and Curtiss fields near Garden City after his Paris flight. Rain canceled a planned salute for 100000 schoolchildren on the Mall of Central Park. He faced reporters, then planned a drive with his mother and a dinner at the Commodore.
E L Tate of Independence pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated before Judge G W Wood. He was fined 150 dollars and given a year in the Anamosa reformatory, suspended on good behavior, parole to attorney B M Thompson. The manslaughter indictment was dismissed, with a fatal collision on March 27 cited. Regular monitoring advised to revoke parole if misconduct occurs.
Iowa City figures report 600 treatises across many fields since the university opened. Dr. Bohumil Shimek, botanist and leader in the Iowa rebellion against the Izaak Walton league, tops contributors with 22 natural history studies from 1888 to 1925.
A cablegram from Henry Kaempf of Lumda Germany to T H Springer of the Springer Treatment Device Co states to bring the device to Europe. Springer left immediately to deliver the machine that claims to restore youth powers for the elderly. He says 150 machines are in use in Waterloo.
At Le Bourget France capt Georges Pelletier Doisy a famed long distance aviator and navigator M Gonin escaped death when their heavily loaded aircraft en route to Karachi India crashed two miles from here and burned.
Readable local weather summary reports a high around 71 degrees Monday with a low near 57 degrees Monday night. Tuesday forecast hints at continued mild conditions with similar temperatures and scattered clouds.
Washington June 14 The Federal Radio Commission warns that stations failing to observe the new frequency allocations effective at 3 am tomorrow will have their licenses revoked under section 14 of the 1927 radio act. The commission asks the commerce department to direct field representatives to report violations immediately.
Ten Iowa State College geology students and instructors travel to the Black Hills of South Dakota for a six week field program. Led by Prof. C. S. Gwynne and W. A. Thompson they will inspect minerals at the School of Mines in Rapid City then camp near Harney Peak Needles and study mining in Custer State Park Wind Cave Deadwood and Lead, visiting Geology field sites.
Cedar Rapids, June 14. Rumors of a challenge to John C. Lewis for re election as president of the Iowa Federation of Labor faded when George D. Dunlap of Davenport declined to run. The 35th annual convention opened with welcomes from Major G G Loftus and Charles G Manson of the Chamber of Commerce as officers reports and Lewis annual address were presented.
Des Moines report says Lieut. Arthur N. Wills of the Fourteenth cavalry improved after suffering a skull fracture when his horse kicked him after he fell while clearing a barrier in the steeplechase at Fort Des Moines. Wills, from Pittsford Vermont, was riding in the race when the mount attempted to run wild.
Miss Florence Gary of 45 Franklin Street is listed as seriously ill from a toxic infection at Allen Memorial Hospital. Reports say she has shown a slight improvement and her condition is being closely watched.
Waterloo hosts its annual river carnival on Thursday June 23 with a boat parade up the Cedar River. The Waterloo Boat club and River Improvement association invite nonmembers and other groups to join, aiming to surpass last year’s fireworks spectacle. Fireworks will last about one hour and the new club house opens for public viewing June 30 with dancing and entertainment. The Cedar River outing club and Cedar Falls residents are invited to participate, and a BPW club boat ride to Electric Park is planned for June 21.
Joliet June 14 Gre gorio Rizo who boasted he would not be hanged is dead shot yesterday as he and three other condemned killers made their third escape attempt in a year. Walter Stalesky Charles Duschowski and Robert Torrez were recaptured or accounted for with two still at large and one dead in the latest breakout at the state penitentiary.
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 14 The Westminster Presbyterian and First Congregational churches will merge within 60 days forming Westminster Congregational. Each church retains identity while the pulpit will be filled by an out of town pastor and the Congregational property will be sold to fund an endowment for the merged congregation.
San Francisco on June 14 notes the Claus Spreckels mansion, once the town’s showplace, is being demolished amid garages and auto sales. $2 million cost, wrecked materials valued at about $20,000, antique gold plated features already sold, and the house to become a memory of glamorous days.
The joint Knight of Pythias picnic involving Waterloo Cedar Falls and La Porte City lodges is postponed from next week to late July or early August. Leonard Weiss and Ed Madigan of Waterloo and Cedar Falls lodges were named to a committee to fix a new date, with La Porte City lodge to be represented.
President Coolidge visits Pierre to attend a large memorial dedication and parade planned by South Dakota officials. Gov Bulow and Sen Norbeck join, with a likely city parade as part of the official welcome for Huge Rock Memorial.
Davenport was selected for the 1928 convention of Iowa News paper Composing Room executives after the conference voted to make the organization permanent at Couriers hall. Temporary officers were made permanent: Leon A. Link president Thomas Kelly vice president and Leo J. Carle secretary treasurer. Delegates inspected the Weston Barnet company's engraving plant and discussed composing room problems.
Co. E. Butler district governor of Conopus clubs praised Waterloo at the Conopus international convention in Detroit last week. E G Carey reported at a Black's tearoom meeting that delegates left with lasting impressions of Waterloo’s benefits and fellowship. George D Harris, elected international first vice president, also spoke on the convention.
John Cutter secretary of the Shenandoah Kiwanis outlines the club’s low cost excursion program at Hotel Russell Lamson. He details careful planning that transported hundreds of citizens safely to distant destinations. Since starting three years ago the club has organized trips to Springfield Lincoln tomb, Europe, and New York.
Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts traveled to Anamosa to meet Clifton Niles recently appointed state highway commissioner for the district.
William Babcock one of eight men arrested near Waterloo waived preliminary examination on illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor and was bound over to the grand jury by Judge George J Sager. His bond set at 1200 dollars. He and the others remained in the city jail.
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