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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1922
Page
1
Dispatch describes a Genoa meeting where Soviet delegates and Western powers clash over wartime principles. Observers note tough language, with a brass tacks attitude and guarded proceedings as a draft communique nears completion. The scene includes intense media presence and security as officials discuss postwar alignment and constitutional guarantees.
Prisoners Union Head Halts March of Afiners to Release. Fairmont West Virginia June 2. Reports say striking miners and sympathizers from Monongalia were to be released from the county jail by order of C Frank Keeney district president of the United Mine Workers of America. Police and county sheriffs were summoned to prevent any potential disorder as marchers planned to move toward Fairmont and release arrestees from last Friday's demonstrations.
A Peoria county committee of local miners union presidents left early this morning to tour strip counties in Peoria county. They sought Sheriff Hipes protection as they visited mines at risk of closures after a mass mining union rally. The sheriff declined to accompany the group, citing safety and authority concerns. The incident follows heightened tensions from yesterday’s union action and potential mine closures in nearby Pottsville and Ford counties.
Fragmented OCR text warns that continued miners strike could halt industry. Mentions ministers and notices a collapse of production, with unclear names and dates, but signals a broad economic impact if the action persists.
Berlin dispatch reports the assassination of Walter Rathenau, Germany’s foreign minister, triggering shock among the Allies. The munitions and reparations talks are unsettled as reports describe Rathenau’s influence and a royalist hue in Holland stirring political tensions. A suspect named Karl Villeson is detained in connection with the case. The event shocks international diplomacy and raises questions about Germany’s postwar stance.
London newspapers gauge a looming crisis in Parliament as Prime Minister and cabinet face major pressures amid debate in the House of Commons. Reports describe rising alarm within government circles and mention urgent demands and potential leadership instability.
The text requests Brundage to investigate miner riots and calls for authorities to take action. It mentions legal actions, possible investigations, and the need for oversight by relevant officials. The fragment emphasizes accountability and justice in response to disturbances involving miners.
A fragmented report notes Irish provisional government warnings that resistance could trigger British action. The draft text suggests fears that rebellion may threaten constitutional order and lead to drastic measures by British authorities.
A prince of Monaco reportedly died in Paris after an operation. The report, though garbled, references royal status and a fatal medical procedure, with vague mentions of Monaco, Paris, and official sources.
Police report after visits to soft drink parlors as three suspects face charges for maintaining a liquor nuisance at 613 Water Street. Wanany Webber and Bruce Uhener arraigned in municipal court. bond set at 400 dollars each. hearing adjourned to June 28. Other entries note issuing false checks, intoxication cases, and speeding penalties with multiple defendants of varied outcomes.
Elevator operator Nath Packing company worker flagged by shaft fall at Rockefeller Bier building. Right shoulder broken, right eye injured, lacerations and bruising. Aged 75 or 77, conscious at rescue, taken to St Francis hospital. Family of eight reported, service at simple Episcopal church to follow. Witness accounts unclear on cause and timing.
Simmons Hardware and Winchester join to form a consolidated company in Missouri. The firms announce a contract to combine interests and operate jointly, with Simmons management continuing as part of the new structure. The merger affects hardware operations and brand identity in the region.
A 15 pound pike, nicknamed pirkeced, was caught by Alvin Hy at 414 Jefferson Street while fishing a few miles north of Cedar Falls yesterday. The fish struck a live minnow after a failed lure attempt and then split the hook. it was landed uninjured and weighed about 15 pounds.
Fragmented report notes the Shipping Board vessel Schoharie ashore off a coast area with unclear locations and dates. Several garbled lines mention radio and wireless signals from a station and a practice game or meeting set for Tuesday at a ball park. Entities are misread, but imply naval or shipping activity and a scheduled event.
Telegraph briefs report multiple incidents including three barges filled with gunpowder catching fire threatening Verona Beach. a Labor policy committee accusing industrial feudalism. whisky thefts at a Beijing distillery escaped by boats. Ferdinand’s thanks to Lewis for aid to Europe. national bank resources announced for May 9. a captain fatally wounded by his own daughter. mine workers union president calling for restraint. sixteen men missing after a fishing schooner voyage from Sable Island.
Des Moines report details Ky G Dickson suing neighbors after alleged assault to force him to buy liberty bonds and Red Cross subscriptions during wartime. Iowa Supreme Court upheld lower court, rejecting damages claim, with Justice Weaver dissent arguing error in requiring conspiracy proof. The ruling closes the case after extended litigation.
In a June ruling from Iowa City, the Iowa Supreme Court held that a city cannot be held civilly liable for the acts of negligence by its agents. The decision came in the Martha Bradley administratrix versus the city of Oskaloosa suit over damages after a city fire engine collided while returning to the station. The court affirmed lower court rulings that the city, as an arm of the government, is not liable unless liability is imposed by statute.
Dean William Barr of Drake University Des Moines was appointed today by the governor to succeed Dr Charles W Flint on the state board of examiners. Also announced were reappointments of Flora Barkers of Bogue to the state library commission and Wy Orchard of Connell Bluff to the state printing board.
In Arlington Illinois on a late Sunday, eight men and one woman fought with pitchforks clubs and three guns near Burlington. Several injured, none killed. W A Buchanan and Mrs W F Krumleh are badly hurt. others also sustained injuries. The fracas stemmed from long standing trouble at the Thomas Nichols farm.
Iowa City officers reported no clues to identify the writer of threatening letters received by former Mayor Swisher who resigned June 28. The notes demanded reinstatement of Mike Malone, ousted as police chief the day before Swisher’s resignation, with a warning of personal violence if not complied. Mayor Harval, who succeeded Swisher, has not selected Malone’s successor.
Five masked men tied the janitor at the Tenth and Grand avenue building at 4 30 this morning and looted several stores and lunchrooms. A newspaper carrier entering the building was fled as the robbers escaped. Cash and loot valued at about 50 dollars were taken.
Miss Jennie Cole, 46, a bookkeeper, committed suicide by turning off gas in a tightly closed room in Marshalltown. The act, believed prompted by health, was reported from Fort Dodge area clubs.
Des Moines reports state and local items including John Seeman injured in a patrol car crash this morning and others about school payrolls and political figures. Fragmentary text hints at wage policies and farm meetings with officials referenced.
Iowa Supreme Court remands a lower court ruling in a case tied to a Gastona drugstore owner and a mayor physician. The suit sought to enjoin the store as a liquor nuisance after a March 8 1941 intoxication case, returning the matter for trial in Muscatine County.
A 38 year old Davenport woman, Mrs Jucy Waits, was killed when the car she rode in left the road and plunged into a ditch. The crash fractured her skull. other occupants were uninjured. In another account, Mrs Thomas John of Keokuk, Iowa, died in a late yesterday auto crash near Yaribault, Minnesota, when gravel caused the vehicle to overturn.
New York June 26 reports from Bradstreet confirm a very large May production of passenger cars and trucks. The department of commerce figures show 221,699 passenger cars produced, up nearly 15 percent from April, with 24,803 trucks built in May. Output across several firms increased, led by Bey and other major makers, despite a few exceptions. A Milan report notes a national iron and steel workers strike involving 300,000 men set to begin today.
Baget Gordon 25 charged with murder of Beckham Cobb 23, fellow student at Oklahoma A and MM College, went to trial here. The shooting followed an argument in which Cobb demanded Gordon apologize to Cobb's wife for an insult that May.
President Motors returns to Washington from Leesburg amid weekend talks at Edward B. Steleus home. General Dauris of the War Weeks peacetime leadership, Lasker of the shipping board, and Seneter Edge of New Jersey are noted. Jack Hummel shows progress after a past operation. a for sale ad appears in the Courier.
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