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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1929
Page
11
Clyde D Alten, president of the chamber of commerce, urges readers to consider how first impressions from Waterloo’s current depot hurt the city. He argues for public action to improve public buildings, stressing that they advertise the community and its people, and calls on citizens to engage.
Washington March 23 American investments abroad have reached fifteen and a half billion dollars and rise at a rate of one to one and a half billion annually. In 1928 alone U S loans to foreign governments and enterprises totaled 2 096 041 810 dollars. Germany led Europe with 422 442 750 dollars while South America attracted 577 618 060 dollars and Canada 359 450 000 dollars. Major buyers include industrial firms banks and public utilities with a notable GM Opel stake and other large German concerns financed in the United States.
Chicago report says Howard Kaplan died during a Royal Order of Skulls initiation. Dale Dolinsky, a club member, attempted to bring Kaplan to the initiation chamber with money and a gun. The revolver slipped, triggering a fatal shot that killed Kaplan.
Paris observers a solemn in-state tribute to Marshal Ferdinand Foch as thousands from all ranks and nations, including Americans, stand in quiet lines along Rue De Grenelle awaiting entry to bid farewell to the departed hero in his home.
Washington March 24. Proponents of the equalization fee system indicated they would abandon opposition and permit President Hoover to work out the farm relief program. American Farm Bureau Federation authorities, testifying Monday at Senate hearings, said they still support the equalization fee in principle and would assist in shaping Hoover’s plan. George N. Peake, chair of the Committee of 22, said he would decline to appear but offered no objections to the New Cooperative Marketing Bill or to not obstructing its passage.
Atlanta March 2 The second mistrial was declared today in the case of Richard G Gallogly charged with complicity in the murder of Willard Smith a drug clerk. The jury reported after nearly forty hours deliberation it was hopelessly deadlocked and the court ordered a mistrial and discharged the jurors. George Harsh a Milwaukee youth is under custody sentence for the killing of Smith during a college boy thrill robbery.
Washington March 23 weather forecast notes periods of precipitation throughout the week starting March 25, mainly southern areas, with below normal temperatures but rising later. Courier delivery by 6:30 PM. if late call 5190 for a replacement copy.
A siege at 514 Archer street ended with William Farmer, 60, dead from six bullet wounds after a four hour gun battle with Sheriff Herman Wagner and city officers. Farmer, committed to the state hospital earlier and described as terrorizing the neighborhood, exchanged fire from inside the gas-filled home amid gas and tear bomb assaults. He died at St Francis hospital less than three hours later, as officers tried to coax him from the house.
Reno papers report Mrs Helene Garnet Patton Inman seeks a decree and a quarter million dollars as property settlement in opposition to Walker P Inman multimillionaire heir to the Duke tobacco fortune. The case involves contested identification of love letters alleged to be from actor John Steele. Mrs Inman may testify for both sides as the trial continues.
Reports from Sonora and Juarez detail fierce fighting as rebel cavalry and infantry strike Mazatlan hill fortress held by General Jaime Carrillo. Escobar's army moves toward Torreon and Bermejillo while a commission heads to Washington to present rebel aims to President Hoover.
George W. Miller of Miller Taylor Construction praises the Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad for top maintenance from Detroit to Ironton, 378 miles. He notes gleaming locomotives and spotless equipment under Ford’s insistence. Miller met S P Ruddiman, road president and Ford nephew, who guaranteed efficient service for 800 cars of crushed rock sand and lumber to the Maumee river bridge site at Napoleon Ohio.
Indianapolis March 23 Driven into a mad frenzy by domestic bickerings Lander Mender 56 a Tennesseean fatally shot his young wife Tommie 25 in the left temple in a rooming house and then killed himself The shooting occurred before Meadors five sleeping sons Lester 25 and Qdis 17 Lester woke and cried You mustnt do that Then the father fired and died shortly after in City hospital
Canton China March 23 Developments in the military situation were read as plans to seize the city for the Nanking government. Heavy troop movements and artillery were placed, Gen Hwang Shao-Siung arrived and signaled opposition to any pro-banking leadership. The unrest unsettled the money market and paused business.
Berlin, March 23. The German cabinet will grant permission for Leon Trotzky to enter Germany for medical treatment by German specialists. The permit, valid six months, assumes Trotzky will refrain from political activity and limits his stay to medical care. Trotzky is currently in Constantinople after exile from Soviet Russia.
Parnassus, Pa. March 23 Rescue crews halted work in the Kinleth mine after finding two missing miners alive and well. The death toll rises to 46 with 45 bodies recovered. Arnold Breeding's body is underwater in wreckage. A miner identified as Peter Karatovich was found. The two survivors were located in their boarding houses in Kintoch. Four fires started in the mine, three were extinguished and the remaining fire controlled.
Des Moines reports the Weather Bureau foresees freezing temperatures across most of Iowa tonight and Sunday, with possible rain or snow. Meteorologist Charles D. Reed notes temperatures near 30 degrees and adds the southeast may escape the chill.
Reports from multiple locations in Tennessee and Kentucky describe rising flood waters and drowning casualties. A Louisville & Nashville passenger train reportedly lost near Hazard, Kentucky, while Rockwood and Lenoir City struggle with swollen White Creek after a cloudburst. Twenty eight Boy Scouts and their scoutmaster are feared drowned on White Creek near Rockwood as water swamps a bungalow and floods the town. Bells toll, rescue boats arrive, and the Dixie highway bridge is washed away as Brook Rockwood becomes a three-block torrent.
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