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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1927
Page
9
In a Chicago alley a pistol duel between two policemen and a car thief ends with all three dead. A mystery girl fled the scene, leaving few witnesses as bullets claimed two killers and the thief. Authorities note the incident occurred amid a rain of steel jackets, with several young women found in the thief’s pocket.
Iowa conservation fight heats as Bohumil Shimek denounces former Iowa Walton League president George W Wood as weak and unsatisfactory. Shimek plans a rival group while Mrs F B Whitley of Webster City declines state president bid. Des Moines next week hosts new organization talks and convention plans.
The Courier promises home delivery before 5 30. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 for a copy to be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Fourth Flier New York June 23 reports Lieut Berndt Balchen, former Norwegian naval officer and expert air pilot navigator and mechanic, will join Commander Richard Byrd’s crew aboard the America for the Paris flight. Bert Acosta and Lieut George Neville are the other two crew members. Balchen came to the United States with Byrd after Byrd’s north pole trip last year.
At Lansing Kansas a prison coal mine siege enters its 45th hour as 328 convicts and 14 guards remain underground. Oats issued as mule rations are the only food available and a mutiny ultimatum of no cigarets and no coal persists. Negotiations halted after a request for wives to speak to their husbands was denied.
Des Moines Iowa June 23 Col W H Bailey deputy secretary of state was appointed by Gov Hammill as adjutant general to succeed Louis G Lasher whose term expired The four year term starts July 4 Bailey from O'Brien county served in World War I with the 109th ammunition train and held a lieutenant colonel post during the Mexican border trouble 1916-17 He became deputy secretary of state June 5 1995 through appointment by Secretary of State Ramsay
Hollywood's Paramount Famous Players Lasky group announced a 10 percent salary cut for all workers earning more than $50 a week. Jesse L. Lasky stated the move follows a serious industry-wide situation and aims to respond to the economic downturn.
Rapid City dispatch reports President Coolidge to review Leonard Wood’s capability to continue as governor general of the Philippines with Wood and Representative Tilson in touch. Tilson praised conditions there, noted health concerns, and discussed Congress tax relief and farm aid pushing for an economically sound program.
Delegates from the Iowa branch of the National League of District Postmasters will go to the national convention to vote for a civil service bill for third class postmasters. The convention also backed government ownership of all post office buildings. Officers re elected include Ralph K. Russell president Anna B. Chambers first vice president Bettie B. Mullan second vice president. Russell Walkau and R. E. Schreb were chosen as delegates to Louisville Ky for the national meeting. Cedar Rapids was picked for the next state convention.
In Chicoutimi Quebec on June 23 investigators and Price Brothers employees reported signal flares seen about 20 degrees northwest of the Balanche river mouth as a hydroplane searched the area for Capt Nungesser and Coli. No trace of the missing aviators was found on the flight.
National adjutant Jans F. Barton arrives with his sister for a brief visit, stating that forty percent of participants will be women relatives. He plans to sail for France in July to advance Legion pilgrimage arrangements as the second American Expeditionary Forces to Paris is prepared. Barton came from Fort Dodge and will return to Indianapolis tonight.
The annual state encampment of Veterans of the Spanish American War opened in Keokuk Iowa with welcome from Mayor Rovane. Cedar Rapids state commander Almon Reed responded. An evening banquet will feature Judge Charles A Dewey and Senator Smith W Brookhart as speakers.
About twenty thousand people are expected tonight along the Cedar to view Waterloo's second annual water carnival. The event opens with the new Waterloo Boat club and River Improvement association clubhouse at Second street west. Fireworks will be placed on two barges as the Amer ican Legion band plays. Aquaplane races begin at 6 7 45 with powerboat events at 7 30 and a 8 45 bugle signaling carnival start. Miss Mary Jurgensen will appear as The Flaming Torch aboard G W Hunts Quincy at 35 mph carrying blazing flares. Three hundred reserved seats are set by the sponsors near the club house. Mayor Glenn A.
Wanted amateur photographers to submit pictures of the river carnival tonight for a prize of an Eastman Model B Folding Autographic Kodak. Entrants should bring photos to the Courier newsroom by 4 p.m. tomorrow. a United States flag will burn for five minutes as part of the display.
Geneva June 23 Lord Cecil British delegate and Hugh Gibson chief of the American delegation met to discuss naval limitation proposals. No progress toward a final agreement was reached as both sides explained their positions. Gibson said there was reason for guarded optimism despite the lack of a breakthrough. General papers speculate about a possible American Japanese alliance.
San Francisco police report Earle Nelson the strangler may be linked to at least 18 murders in cities including San Francisco Santa Barbara Portland Seattle San Jose Council Bluffs Kansas City Detroit Philadelphia Buffalo Winnipeg based on dispatch from Detective Captain Duncan Matheson after Windsor Ontario police convention.
Pope Pius conferred the red hat on Cardinal Lauri who rose to the purple last December and Cardinal Van Roey archbishop of Malines Belgium elevated at a secret consistory last Monday. Cardinal Hlonda archbishop of Posen Poland also raised to the cardinalate last Monday will receive his red hat from the president of Poland.
Surge crew of Gloucester fishing schooner Surge faced three missing believed drowned after a collision with the Clyde Line steamer Ozark five miles off Cape Cod. Nineteen crewmen were rescued as the Ozark was damaged and beached near Pamet river coast guard station.
Washington June 23 The state department refused to reconsider its May 12 action revoking the passport of Harry M. Blackmer former Midwest Refining chairman wanted as a witness in Teapot Dome cases. Consul Hale in Marseilles took his passport after a subpoena service. Blackmer has been served twice more, last June 8 in Paris. He refuses to testify and may be held in contempt with property seizure up to 100000 under Walsh law.
Iowa City June 23 IN S Attorney General John Fletcher of Des Moines and District Court Judge Ralph Otte urged the County Attorneys Association of Iowa to help remove defects in law enforcement and judicial procedure. They cited lack of dignity and independence, delays denying justice, technicalities, and frequent reversals on trivial grounds. The talks led to round table discussions as the meeting closed today with Iowa State Bar Convention proceedings.
Dr. John S. Coulter of Northwestern University told the hospital clinical congress in Milwaukee that medicine can bleach the rosy nose of heavy drinkers using an electric needle. The method aims to help escape detection during Prohibition era.
Chicago on June 23 reports the death of Margaret Howe 38 who cared for her mother Ellen Howe 84 and sister Kathleen, both helpless cripples. After 20 years as sole supporter she was struck by a car and died minutes later, leaving the elderly sufferers with no caregiver.
A. Earl Gnagg, former mayor, notes a $775,378 rise in Waterloo's assessment valuation per Assessor Townsley final figures. He says the gain mainly reflects higher real estate values and better building quality, signaling city progress and potential tax relief with increased per capita wealth.
Herbert Janvrin Browne, a long distance weather prophet, predicts heavy killing frosts for the corn belt between June 28 and July 2, then July 7 to 11, followed by heat and drought late in July. He warns damaging frosts again in August and September, threatening a small crop, with wheat possibly escaping.
Huntsville Texas June 23 With 11 of 35 convicts who escaped from Ferguson prison farm captured guards and volunteers pursued in muddy Trinity river bottoms using bloodhounds The 11 were found within five miles of the farm in thickets unarmed and refused to name leaders saying they sawed out during a musical program as bunkhouse inmates sang to drown the noise
Van Lear Black, Baltimore publisher, arrived in Karachi from Bandar Abbas at 3:45 Indian time in a Fokker airplane yacht. The flight forms part of his West Indies to Dutch East Indies leg, with timing noted in Indian and Eastern Standard Time.
Commander Richard Byrd announced the giant monoplane America will roll from hangar to runway tonight as a hopeful dawn departure for Paris tomorrow. Weather is improving, with winds favoring a coast start, and Byrd says a fifty fifty start winds may suffice while hoping for favorable over water conditions. He pays tribute to crew members Acosta Norville and Balchen who join him for science, with barograph sealing arrangements underway in Washington and New York to document the flight preparations.
Frank Petrelli known as Tony the Wop was held in Des Moines county jail as charges were prepared. He had been brought from St Paul after a raid this week. Police allege he escaped during a winter raid by deputy sheriffs. Two others from the raid Elsie McHenry and Gale Johnson were found guilty of possessing burglar tools. McHenry claims Petrelli is her common law husband.
In Chicago on June 23 two people died and four were severely injured when a heavy auto at 60 mph struck an embankment after a cabaret and roadhouse party. The dead include Meyer Lynn, 40, and an unnamed woman. Injured: Heinie Liberman, 26. Mary Clark, 20. L C Leeben, 20. Harry Gottbergen, 27.
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