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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1925
Page
8
Two auto loads of robbers struck God Thunder Minnesota bank, exploding the vault doors with a high explosive charge. Ammonia and mustard gas from the cashier’s stash forced the robbers to flee, leaving the money behind as the town reels from the caper.
Sheriff H T Wagner faced Peter Woodring of the Black Hawk Civic League as he defended deputy Roy Armstrong against assault and unlawful assembly claims tied to a 1922 railroad shop strike incident. Wagner said officers acted under law and sought to forgive, urging not punitive action.
The notice states home delivery should arrive before 6 30 p m and if not the paper will be resent by calling 5100. Calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Treasury officials estimate a roughly 374 million surplus from income tax receipts as of March 15 and expect a new tax reduction near the prior size. Secretary Mellon aims to inform the Ways and Means Committee and push a bill by January, with an extra session possible in September to shape a measure for floor action.
Chicago reports Dr. Isaac D. Rawlings Illinois director of public health endorses oysters as a diet for reducing obesity. He notes oysters provide milk-like nutrients without fattening elements and also help prevent disease in those with a tendency to weight gain.
B L Hogue director of the budget tells the legislature cooperation among state departments would be a major force for economy and efficiency. He cautions that curb on extravagance should wait for careful study and outlines recommendations including fewer field staff and resident agents, caps on state aid to schools, and consolidations of several departments under a single board.
President Coolidge told Secretary Kellogg to begin two phased work toward a new naval limitation talks. The first phase seeks to finalize technical aspects of naval limits, the second informally gauges other powers on the desirability of convening a new conference.
Gerald Chapman the notorious criminal and mail robber stood trial in Hartford for the slaying of policeman James Skelley. He arrived heavily manacled as 138 jurors listened while guards surrounded the courtroom. The defense plans about a dozen alibi witnesses and a widow expressed no wish for Chapman to be hanged.
Chicago March 24 Illinois plans to push a new law to force out of state schools like Dr Charles C Waiman's National University of Sciences tied to William D Shepherd accused of typhoid bacilli. A M Shelton head of education denounced fly-by-night correspondence schools saying they teach nothing and take money. Shelton noted Farman and his school were investigated but remained within the law.
Oskaloosa IA March 24. Oskaloosa negative team defeated Davenport 3 0 to win the championship ending Davenport five year hold. Team members were Claude Marks Opal Hartness and Wryona Faulkner. Davenport beat Centerville and Oskaloosa beat Fairfield in semifinals. Final tally Oskaloosa four victories Davenport three Fairfield two.
Frank Lisska, 42, claims his wife urged him to help kill her with a kimono and then set fire to the henhouse where Catherine Lisska, 10, was found dead. He says he finally consented after she begged for death.
Decorah Iowa March 24 Mrs. Ver Hagen 102 will be laid to rest today. Born in Norway in 1823 she immigrated to America with her husband in 1854 leaving behind six surviving children. Shanghai reports say bandits attacked Yong Cheng Yu village and in Mongolia a mission complex was burned and a priest shot.
Senator Brockhart denounces the Iowa Republican central committee protest as a dishonest conspiracy over his 1920 senate election. He says he ran as a Republican on Lincoln and Roosevelt principles, with 400,000 Iowa Republicans supporting him, and opposes the committee’s bid to unseat him as overreach.
Louden March 24. A jury returned a verdict for 5,000 pounds or nearly 25000 dollars in favor of Mrs Dorothy Murlet Dennistoun in her suit against former husband Lieut Col Ian Onslow Dennistoun. The case claimed money she had lent him.
Washington reports the department of agriculture estimates 1924 farm product value at 12.404 billion dollars, about 556 million more than 1923. The figures reflect nationwide output and economic conditions for the year.
Berlin reports government printing presses ran overtime to produce 40,000,000 ballots for Sunday's presidential elections. Some 25,006,000 voters are registered. In Des Moines cartoonist N Darling improves after illness, hospitalized with peritonitis. Pherling had a restful night and is thought to be improving slightly.
Dr Henry Forsythe Milligan longtime pastor of Cedar Rapids First Congregational Church died after cerebral hemorrhage. A Philadelphia native, he served in St Johns Chicago and Christ Reformed Peoria before joining Leavitt Street Church Chicago and then First Congregational Dubuque and Cedar Rapids. Survived by his widow and three brothers in Philadelphia. Funeral plans pending.
Vienna reports Albert H. Washburn has tendered his resignation as United States minister to Austria appointed in 1922 by President Harding. The move follows customary practice after a White House change. resignation may be accepted. Newport City Halt Burned. Fire kills one firefighter and injures another with two missing.
In secret session the Iowa House began deliberations on about 29 million dollars in two year appropriations for July 1 1925 to June 30 1927. The big clash centers on funding for educational institutions with details on adjutant general department and other allocations noted. The Senate will take up highway legislation Thursday as part of ongoing fiscal and infrastructure debates.
Nashville notes Governor Peay signed a bill banning teaching Darwinian evolution in Tennessee schools and colleges. He framed the act as a stand against secular scientists and a defense of religious creation belief. He argued the move protects children and the nation from irreligious influences.
Woodbury county faces repeal of Nebraska style ten day public notice for marriage licenses. The change ends a boon to county coffers as couples from across the state line crossed to obtain licenses before delay. Last year about half of licenses issued came from Nebraskans.
Hollywood report says actress Enid Bennett gave director Fred Niblo an eight pound baby boy named Bogdarick Bennett Niblo. The Niblos also have daughter Lois aged three and Niblo has a 22 year old son from his first wife Josephine Cohn sister of George Cohan, New York theatrical magnate.
Fort Matison March 24. A bell presented by John H. Preston tolled for the first time yesterday at his funeral service in memory of his wife George who was drowned in the Mississippi years ago.
Coninternational News Wire reports from Hoston on the Hinterlands of Borneo describing trial marriages and divorces costing 74 cents. Swedish explorer Jomberg, after three years among headhunters, notes that men may accept proposals, drinking orgies last days, wakes end when another death follows, and natives deny cannibalism while awaiting servants in the afterlife.
William D. Shepherd faces pending trial for hitting his ward as bail denial prompts an appeal plan. Billy McClintock signals an appeal to the state supreme court if bail is not allowed, while Stewart argues evidence does not justify detention. Judge Bacon Hopkins heard the remarks.
Peking dispatch reports Jacob Gould Schurman former American minister to China and newly named United States ambassador to Germany will sail from Shanghai or Seattle aboard a regular liner. The date of sailing listed as April 19 with the note of the Seattle departure option. The report mentions related vessels and an advertising fragment.
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