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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1928
Page
11
The town legislature moved toward finalizing the 100 million highway bond plan after the senate approved it 32 to 27. Gov Hammill urged finishing by week end to aid the state treasury. Amendments trimmed the maximum interest rate, now set at 4 percent, as debate heated.
Des Moines reports show the Senate bill to levy an extra cent on gasoline aimed at funding secondary road improvements and construction passed the chamber without opposition. The House substituted a $100,900,000 bond plan for the measure while keeping a 4 percent maximum interest rate. debates also covered traveling funds and refunds on primary road assessments.
Washington D C March 9 LP Efforts of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to outlaw tipping failed when the interstate commerce commission dismissed a complaint against the Pullman company The Brotherhood sought higher wages to replace tips charging tipping violated interstate commerce acts It was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction Three commissioners dissented urging further investigation and noting facts that could violate the act The porters brotherhood alleged Pullman paid wages beneath a living scale and relied on tips to balance the pay
Washington March 9 — Information indicates that the office of Chairman Nye of the Senate Teapot Dome committee was rifled over two weekends in January. On arriving two Monday mornings, staff found papers disarranged, drawers open, and chairs moved from their places. No records or papers appear missing and Nye has reported the incident to authorities.
One man died from exposure during the northwest snowstorm that blanketed the region yesterday and last night with temperatures from 14 to 28 degrees above zero. Snow measured up to seven inches in places including Winona Minnesota. Albers Kidhwann, 77, of Bratneed Minnesota, frozen after collapsing at his home, struck his head stumbling over a log.
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Washington report on Senate Interstate Commerce Committee findings into funds paid for strike area police. Clearfield Coal president Harriman testified deputies earned $6 daily while sheriffs got $7, and $16,000 monthly went to strike deputies. Warden and others discussed wage scales and legality. farmer Hens Hansen died by suicide in Remsen, Plymouth County.
Marble Rock Iowa March 9 three children died when a Southbound Rock Island train struck school bus No 4 at Reed railroad crossing two miles southeast of Marble Rock. The bus carried 16 pupils home from route No 4 with seven others and the driver injured. Dorothy 9 survived, Nell 8 injured, Roger Stauffer 10 lost both hands and head injury. Two boys killed on the bus bodies to Greene morgue. others in Waterloo hospital. The scene described with plane photos and local lamplight coverage.
In Managua, Nicaragua, a massive buzzard collided with a U S Marine plane near Esteli, causing a wing collapse. Capt. William Bird of Orangeburg South Carolina and Sergeant Rudolph A. Frankfurter died as the aircraft entered a steep dive while attempting to deploy parachutes.
In Towa City on March 9 university co-eds in an open Sigma Delta Phi forum argued that women can have children and a career. They suggested fathers let nurses rear children while mothers pursue other activities. A girl warned most women can’t have careers and birth control is next.
Ten years ago at Camp Pike Harold Hines recalls two weeks K. P. duty after a dusty drill left his rifle dirty. He explains he was with the Ss. A. T. C. from Ameés Town State College for officer training and was marked for kitchen police duty. Brussels reports three Brigien fliers taking off for Oran on a four stage Belgian flight to the Congo. The pilots are Thiefiy Lang and Weersin aiming to reach Oran in stages.
Singing reporters appear at Riviera theatre as a lively bill. Notes on good roads and state road paving loom, with extensions planned for fifty nine route. Rumors of railway porters, birth control talk, and a boxing tragedy thread through the noisy, humorous social column.
Des Moines March 9. Influenza is spreading more generally in Iowa, not subsiding, state health commissioner Henry Albert reports. He notes most cases are mild but many severe instances with pneumonia and some deaths. The virus is highly contagious and may affect susceptible people quickly, requiring isolation for a week after fever begins.
New York markets see GM shares gain over 6 percent to a fresh record near 137 dollars as broad buying fuels a last day surge. Traders report frenzied activity with widespread orders from across the country, lifting overall market strength.
Bruce Gates president of Gates college notes improving business conditions in Waterlood as demand for office help climbs. He says the last six weeks brought more calls for workers than any similar period. All but four of the class of 37 who received diplomas at commencement are already employed.
American financier Howard Gould was reported seriously ill at Montboron hospital near Nice, France. An operation was performed yesterday by Lord Dawson of Penn, George's personal physician, who traveled to the Riviera for the case. Hospital officials would not disclose the illness but said Gould was comfortable this afternoon.
Charles Levine’s Columbia completed Havana Miami flight in a record time of hours two minutes landing at Miami March 9 1944. A crowd of more than a dozen people witnessed the arrival as Wilmer Stulig and Miss Mabel Boll assisted the crew before taxiing to the airport.
Metam, Mich March 9 autographed baseball and Babe Ruth’s missing fountain pen were found in a coal bin by Gus Dillmore. Ruth promised to send the autographed ball to Dillmore from St Petersburg Fla. A Burlington Iowa Boy Scouts fundraiser is mentioned amid scattered details.
A Rock Island passenger train struck a Marble Rock Consolidated school bus yesterday. Two boys, Harrison May age 12 and Roger Stauffer age 10, were killed. Eight children were hospitalized with serious injuries, including bus driver Harry Arthur andP auline May. Sheriff and county attorney opened an inquiry.
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