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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1929
Page
10
British racer Segrave flies two miles along Daytone Beach at over 231 mph breaking all records. rival J M White plans a challenge as crowds watch the Golden Arrow streak the sands near four miles a minute.
Washington dispatch notes a deserted Capitol Hill as Congress heads into a recess. Key figures depart for vacations, including Senate leaders Watson and Robinson, while Speaker Longworth and Rep Garner also travel. Mrs. Sabin resigns from the G O P woman’s committee. Admiral Pratt earns the Navy’s blue ribbon. Wu Ting Fang's son Dr C G Wu may visit Hoover, and Justice Taft is photographed walking to the Supreme Court.
Washington March 12 Two appointments to the Hoover administration were announced at the White House. Col Patrick J Hurley of Tulsa Oklahoma is named assistant secretary of war and Ernest V Jahncke of New Orleans is named assistant secretary of the navy. Hurley, World War I veteran and American Legion member, succeeds C B Robbins.
New York mass report notes James J Tunney retired and married to Polly Lauder presenting concern over his weight gain during wartime routine. He trains daily and maintains his figure. Passengers aboard a Mediterranean cruise recount Tunney’s stay at Naples and Oran with gym visits and interactions with children. He handed out autographed photos to youths on disembarkation.
Des Moines dispatch reports the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed Judge H B Boles in Black Hawk county regarding damages for breach of implied warranty in a sale of a Brown Swiss cow. The decision upholds the trial ruling and highlights the seller’s responsibility in the sale.
President Hoover announced a strict policy to conserve U S oil resources. He stated there will be no leasing or disposal of oil lands except as required by Congress and that the administration will pursue complete conservation of government oil.
Miss Mary Meeker daughter of Arthur Meeker former Armour & Co vice president wed her elder sister's divorced husband Armbrose I. Cramer in a Washington ceremony The couple had married once before in 1916 with Grace Meeker as Mary’s flower girl Cramer and Grace Meeker later divorced Grace married Francis Vernon Lloyd The marriage makes two Cramer children Mary’s stepchildren The old family links highlight Philadelphia society connections and desertion decree details.
El Paso reports first arms smuggling across the Rio Grande exposed by U S border patrol chief H C Horsley after two agents were fired upon while inspecting a river island. The wounded officers are minor. officials see an accidental interception of a large smuggling expedition.
Fort Bliss and El Paso report a U S Army sergeant donated four quarts of blood for Mexican Federal Army Lieutenant Maximino Ruiz wounded at Ciudad Juarez. Ruiz died later. Portes Gil sent gratitude to Sergeant Pearson and Fort Bliss command for the sacrifice.
Former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty says he never saw or knew anyone connected with the so called little green house on El street Washington. In Florida letters to Columbus newspapers he vows to unwind the yarn and defends his record amid cabinet scandal fallout.
Washington March 12. A federal constabulary akin to the Texas rangers or the northwest mounted police would be charged with enforcing prohibition immigration and customs laws along the Canadian and Mexican borders. Sponsors say the force would reduce confusion from three separate government branches trying to stop liquor aliens and contraband entering the states.
Madrid violence erupts as students clash with authorities near the dictator Primo de Rivera’s office on Paseo de la Castellana. Police fire on rioters, wounding several and critically injuring Emilio Marquese, who has 25 bullets in his back, hospital officials report.
Constantinople March 12 Physicians advised Leon Trotzky a climate change is essential for his full recovery He hopes to receive Germany's permission to spend three months at Weisbaden for treatment and rest.
Leonard Stevens author of Faw Down and Go Boom was in a hospital today recovering from scalp wounds and bruises after his car collided with another, the writer described the incident as a “sawing” down on the pavement and the machine going “boom.” He was held for grand jury. In Des Moines a separate report notes Paul E. C. Byerle of Marshalltown pled not guilty to counterfeiting and was bound over to the April grand jury, bringing arrests to five.
The paper will be delivered to homes before 5 30. If the carrier fails to arrive by that time due to error or other cause, readers should call 5100. A copy of the paper will be sent, calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Orange trees in the orange groves around Orlando Florida are loaded with fruit says BG O Bernbrock president of the Waterloo Laundry company who with Mrs Bernbrock recently returned from a trip through the south He was astonished at this as he had thought the hurricane which swept that district a year ago would risk any chance of a crop He found the opposite big wind shook the trees natives said we always have a huge crop the year after a hurricane He fears for more than a third of the stocked Florida oranges reaching market as growers spare no national distributing system
Charles W. Speed Holman Northwest Airways operations manager becomes Caterpillar club eligible after testing a new mono plane. The craft entered a tail spin, fell from 3 000 to 1 000 feet, and Holman parachuted to a safe landing at Wold Chamberlain field as the plane crashed nearby.
Paris March 12. Doctors kept constant watch at the American hospital over Miss Elsie Janis after she was removed from her hotel for critical illness. They reported her appendix condition improved and influenza complications require careful monitoring.
Liverpool March 12. Joseph Reginald V. Clarke aged 21 known as the hypnotic youth with 106 sweethearts was hanged at Wallen prison for the murder of Mrs. Alice Fontaine, mother of one of his sweethearts. He faced the execution calmly and helped prepare the scaffold. Clarke had attended Princeton University and was sentenced February 4 for the murder. He reportedly forced money from the girl and strangled Mrs. Fontaine when she protested.
Berlin reports ice on the Elbe Weser Saale and other western rivers causing floods and anxiety. Soldiers fire brigades and volunteers rush to protect property and create outlets as melting snow threatens to swell waters and overwhelm defenses.
King Boris of Bulgaria, 36, arrives in Vienna seeking advice on an ear trouble while rumors say he continues his perpetual bride quest. He travels incognito with a frugal stipend and is greeted by Bulgarian minister Theodore Nedkoff. his marriage prospects remain uncertain amid rumors and royal indecision.
Des Moines March 12 The house judiciary committee advances a bill to raise district judges' salaries from 4000 to 5000 as the senate vote recedes from a 5500 figure. Governor Hammill urges adoption of a primary road bond plan and a constitutional amendment to legalize retirement of bonds in a special message to the Iowa General Assembly.
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