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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1927
Page
10
In Oakland Cal Lester Maitland piloted a giant tri motor Fokker with Lieut Albert Hegenberger navigator. They lifted at 7 12 a m and crossed over the Golden Gate toward Honolulu marking the longest all water flight yet attempted. Ernest L Smith also flew his smaller plane at 9 36 a m and returned for a windshield and extra gas.
Investigators fear William L. King former head of the Antisaloon Citizens vice leagues in Des Moines and Pittsburgh has met foul play after disappearing. A letter purporting his resignation surfaced amid a league battle against vice. A body was reported at the morgue as investigators probe foul play and hoax theories.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co of Akron wins a 50000 Navy competition for the best design of a proposed 6000000 cubic foot super dirigible with a cruising radius nearly circling the world. Navy board and Secretary Wilbur approve. runner up is W Walters Pagan of Baltimore and honorable mention to Dr Johannes Schwengler of Strerlitz Germany. Thirty seven designs were submitted, many from abroad.
Ottawa firm denies any support for the baseless message claiming French aviators Nungesser and Coli were found near Ghost Lake east of Calquet in northeastern Quebec. The Interior Department opened an inquiry. no town or lake by those names exists and no one named Frank James in Seattle or Ottawa corroborates the claim.
In Des Moines Ruth Harper four was fatally injured when two wheels of a car driven by Paul C Story passed over her as she crossed the street to meet her father returning from work He said he turned to speak to his wife in the rear seat and when he looked again he was almost on the girl
The Courier will be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you fail to receive by that time due to carrier error or other cause call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p.m.
Coroner's jury returns an open verdict in the inquest into the deaths of Hugo Lorenzen and George Naber who died when their airplane fell 300 feet near Davenport on June 23. Pilot Sporrer testifies his foot slipped from the rudder bar causing a tail spin. His $2,000 bond is released and no criminal charges will follow.
Moscow reports a four hour sequence of violent earthquakes in southern Crimea and Ukraine. Avalanches of rock and earth damaged 500 houses in Sebastopol Yalta and Balaklava. About 10 people were injured and no deaths were reported at the time.
C A Morris, a strong advocate for good roads, says a special legislative session should approve state road bonds. He argues bonds are the ultimate step toward quality highways, reducing costs of issuance and securing better bond pricing for the state.
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine, who made a nonstop New York to Saxony flight, were greeted with ovations in Warsaw and hosted at a state dinner. They intended to press west toward Switzerland but faced weather likely to hinder progress.
London dispatches report Chiang Kai-Shek's nationalist armies endure a severe setback with about 30,000 casualties, most killed, after four days of fighting near Hsuchonfu. General Sun Chuang Fang had previously challenged Chiang near Shanghai, but the nationalist line retreated toward Pengpu, losing roughly 30 miles of territory.
San Francisco bulletin reports 73 year old dean of American actors John Drew in critical condition after a five week siege of arthritis and septic poisoning. المرض
Springfield ML June 28 An all night session of the Ili nois state legislature ended with Representative T A Snell Carlin ville accusing lawmakers of drinking in committee rooms and urging an immediate adjournment to avoid scandal His remarks were met with catcalls and no action was taken
American delegates at the Geneva naval talks refuse to panic, seeing Britain press for capital ship limits as a bargaining point. Japan wavered then signaled readiness to discuss battleship tonnage, while Washington keeps hope that talks will continue despite calls to revisit the Washington treaty.
Bronson Connors of Rochester New York was found dead and Phillip Diesel of Colbertson Montana was found with a broken leg after lumber shift crushed Connors in a boxcar. The men had boarded the car at Clinton to ride to Chicago when a trainman locked the door and the car began moving. Diesel alerted a track walker by rapping on the wall.
Dr Homer H Seerley president of the State Teachers college delivered an address at the Creston extension summer school the biggest in the state this year The event was noted in Creston Iowa on June 28 with several named attendees or speakers mentioned in the readable text
Waterloo Kiwanis club will hold a 6:30 pm meeting at Hotel Russell-Lamson to discuss preliminary plans for a modern airport. Gustaf De Schepper of Moline will speak on port planning and land needs, with local aviators and W. S. Anderson expected to discuss commercial aviation benefits.
New York reports that weather conditions were deemed unfavorable for Byrd to start the trans Atlantic flight tomorrow morning from Roosevelt Field Mineola N Y. Byrd predicted Maitland and Hegenberger will reach Honolulu and said America will hop for Paris soon regardless of weather.
Mrs. Helen Brewer head of Red Ball Transportation says the Waterloo to Mason City bus route will be appealed. Through attorney J E Williams she contests the permit granted to Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern Railway Co to operate the line. The Red Ball company plans formal appeal and defense of the bus operation.
Oakland June 28 news briefs recount the start of a trans Pacific air race. Lieuts Maitland and Hegenberger fly the army Fokker in clear conditions, Ernest Smith’s civilian entry starts later but returns due to a broken wind deflector. Navy and merchant ships are alerted to assist and report sightings.
Log records the Army plane's journey from Oakland at 7 10 a m to 10 25 a m radio report 300 miles west of shore. Noted passes Crissy Field Farallon Islands 108 miles at sea and ongoing steady flight. All well reported by Navy wireless HQ San Francisco.
Chicago June 28 The state of Illinois will renew efforts to execute Russell Scott a former Canadian millionaire convicted of murder Tomorrow George E Gorman announces he will seek an immediate sanity hearing before Chief Justice William J Lindsy Scott has twice escaped the gallows and was found insane then sane by commissions The 1924 verdict remains and if found sane he will be hanged for the 1924 killing of Joseph Maurer a drug store clerk in a holdup.
In Miami on June 28 a celebratory tenth wedding anniversary ended in tragedy when an automobile driven by Fred Osius ran from street car tracks on the Dade county causeway into Biscayne Bay. Mrs Bertha Miller and her son Marvin drowned. Bain Mireo and G Osius were rescued.
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