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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1927
Page
9
Widespread reports claim drastic military buildup and mass arrests in Russia amid alleged anti soviet campaigns and reprisal killings over the envoy Volkoff. League of Nations members consider warnings as Britain cuts diplomatic ties and new tensions rise around Poland.
President and Mrs Coolidge arrive in Pierre amid a large welcome by Gov Bulow and officials. The caravan proceeds to the capitol as bands play and crowds cheer before a noon reception. Indians and cowboys prepare to greet the president in Rapid City on the way to the Black Hills.
Iowa State College has been named a distinguished college for the third consecutive year by the United States War Department. The honor follows the May 27 28 ROTC unit inspection by two Army officers, with about 1 200 students participating and telegraphed to acting president Herman Knapp.
Iowa City June 15 Vernon R Stutzman was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary for child abandonment but the term was suspended by Judge Ralph Otto upon Stutzmans promise to pay a monthly sum for the childs support.
In Rome on June 15 the religious marriage of Senator Guglielmi Marconi, inventor of the wireless, to Countess Bezziscali was held at Santa Maria Degli Angeli with Cardinal Lualdi officiating.
New Orleans June 13 UPI Dr Frederick A Cook explorer and oil promoter must seek release from Leavenworth prison through the Supreme Court or the U S parole board after a U S court of appeals ruling. The decision held Federal Judge Wilson was wrong to order Cook freed on five years probation and said the 1925 probation act does not alter existing prisoner release statutes.
Miss Alda Lamb formerly of Waterloo, who graduated from the University of Iowa this spring, is now employed by the Equitable Insurance Company in Des Moines. Other names appear in the clippings but lack clear context or role.
Thomas Lipton, famed in international yachting, intends to retry the American Cup. He will return to England later this month to consult with William Fife, the noted British yacht designer, about building a new challenger.
Charles Lindbergh rode through crowded streets again in New York as guest of honor at a Merchants’ Association luncheon and a New York State Chamber of Commerce event urging a large U.S. air force buildup. He dismissed airplanes replacing armies or navies but urged strong protection by air power. The luncheon at the Astor Hotel drew about 3,000. Evangeline Lindbergh plans to depart on a special Spirit of St. Louis train to St. Louis, with Christenings and ceremonies preceding departure.
The Courier should reach homes before 5 30. If the carrier errs and you do not receive the paper by then, call 31090 for a copy to be sent. Phone messages must reach this office before 6 30 pm.
Quebec officials report that Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli, missing after the Paris to New York nonstop attempt, have been found alive. A worker’s telephone message from Quebec and sightings of signal flares near St. Germaine township prompt plans to dispatch a search plane and perhaps a posse. Indians in the area may carry information.
Clarence M. Dunbar of Providence R I was installed as imperial potentate of the Shriners at the Shrine convention in Atlantic City N J. He succeeds David W Grosland of Montgomery Ala The ceremony marked Shrine functions with officers moving up one rank and a planned election for outer guard C H Sherrer was expected by air from Hammond Ind with a message from President Coolidge not yet arrived by noon
Mrs BE Chamberlin of Denison Iowa sailed for Plymouth England today on the liner George Washington She said she would risk a flight across the Atlantic in her son Clarence Chamberlins airplane if invited to do so But it is unlikely the famous aviator will invite his mother to undertake such a hazardous voyage
Des Moines reports the state executive council authorized Shore Tire and Rubber Co to issue 275000 dollars in stock after acquiring the body of Town Cord Tire Co with headquarters in Des Magara. The move follows the takeover of the company by Shore Tire and Rubber Co.
Report outlines earnings from bootlegging with 60 gallons yielding about 300 dollars per round trip and 100 gallons delivering 500 dollars. agents seized over 400 gallons and six cars, losses exceed 4000 dollars. Also notes Mooney auto thief arrest and Eckener’s world flight plans for LZ-123 with three stops and Atlantic trials.
IOWA CITY June 15 Rumblings over the medical college at the University of Iowa flare anew after resignations by Dr Charles Rowan and several faculty, following yesterday’s board acceptance of Samuel Orton's resignation as director of the psychopathic hospital and head of psychiatry. George P Baker, board president, announced the action at Ames with no reason given.
Mrs Max Moffitt of Denison sister of aviator Clarence D Chamberlin received a warm ovation when she appeared yesterday morning near the town granary. the ceremony honored the famed flyer who hopped to Germany in World War I era.
Delegates to the National Editorial association’s forty second convention in Omaha face a program including prize awards and officer elections before a post convention tour. The group will tour Nebraska and the Black Hills and visit President Coolidge on June 18. Clinton County Republican News of St Johns Michigan earned the silver loving cup for 1926 for Marshall’s campaign to build a $160000 hospital through the paper.
Samuel A Calloway of Waterloo was reelected president of the Iowa Association of Fire Fighters at the convention closing session. oR Murphy of Sioux City was chosen first vice president, J W Martin of Council Bluffs second vice president, William Hottel of Des Moines secretary treasurer. Next year’s convention will be in Dubuque and a banquet closed the program.
New Sharon Iowa June 15 authorities say J Aloysius Marten 42 a performer with the J Doe Morgan tent show died after becoming despondent over finances and ill health. The incident is under investigation with relatives notified.
New York City spent 16000 to clear 1800 tons of waste paper and confetti dropped from building windows during the Lindbergh welcome on Monday. About two thousand workers conducted overtime to restore the streets.
Waterloos Dollar day is valued as a strong advertising medium for the city says C A Hanson secretary of the Greater Waterloo association. He notes the event brings bargains to housewives and visitors gain a positive impression of Waterloo. Hanson says the program has gained statewide recognition and prompts inquiries from larger cities after each event.
London June 15 The attorney general Sir John Simon told a Peace Society gathering at Guildhall that war cannot be trusted to produce justice and urged arbitration as a substitute. He said no Hague convention or peace pact will end war unless nations accept the League of Nations principle that a good rule for others is also a good rule for themselves.
Anaconda Mont June 15 Search of the debris strewn Wise river canyon 50 miles southeast of here where four persons drowned yesterday when an unused Montana Power company dam gave way was made today to determine the fate of several ranchers whose homes were wrecked. The flood swept 12 miles down the Wise river canyon and then sent the Big Hole river out of its banks. Tracey Trueman his wife and son and Charles Ferguson perished when the Wise river post office was demolished. A dozen bridges were washed out and Oregon Short Line train marooned when nearly a mile of track was undermined. Several persons were believed to have been saved by Chris Norton a farmer who managed to drive a truck around to warn the ranchers. He also stopped a freight train at the entrance to Big Hole canyon a few minutes before the water rushed into the gorge to wash out a section of track.
Eight families were shaken and hundreds aroused by a black powder bomb blast in a three story building vestibule. The explosion tore a hole in the flat of janitor William Albrecht as his wife and five year old son Russell slept. Police blamed labor terrorists for a wave of blasts against shops and garages.
League of Nations council in Geneva debates preventive steps to avert war as fear grows over Soviet Russia after Britain breaks relations and the Polish envoy is killed. Reports quote German and Warsaw sources on possible Russian aggression, mass arrests, and terror as dispatches describe Moscow and Leningrad unrest and military preparations amid calls for an international conference on the Russian problem.
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