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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1927
Page
32
In England a woman identified as Kate Gussfeldt received two months for conspiring to obtain a British passport under false pretenses. Evidence included invisible ink and documents found in her baggage. She is alleged to have acted as Moscow’s active agent with ties to British communists, a concern amid wartime anxieties.
The broken levee at Poydras La widens to 1,009 feet as floodwaters surge east and southeast threatening New Orleans. River crests advance toward the city through Natchez and Baton Rouge while northern Louisiana endures critical conditions. Congress may fund 1 billion for flood control with support from Senator Reed. The piece quotes on journalism and trees being cut for street widening, referencing Don R Mellett and historic elm trees.
Campbell Baking Co buys a 120 by 140 foot tract on the northeast corner of Commercial and Third streets from Paul Davis for 15000 and plans a 177000 brick fireproof two story bakery. The site near the present plant will require razing the Davis homestead and a garage. Local firm Marquis handled the sale and approval from Kansas City is expected.
Kansas City, May 3. Senator James A. Reed urged Congress to vote bonds possibly totaling 1 billion dollars for Mississippi flood control. He returned from Detroit ill but said the flood calamity demands immediate federal action and large relief for victims.
Des Moines May 3 The new road law takes effect July 4 making bonds state obligations and raises a problem for the highway commission. O Brien county has issued 890000 of 1500000 authorized to pave the pike across the county and seeks to issue the remaining 610000 for further paving. Five other counties authorized bonds but did not issue full amounts Floyd 328500 Greene 230000 Hancock 370000 Kossuth 1245000 Polk 450000.
Osage Kansas May 3 Special Chris Solberg 35 committed suicide at his home on the Ed Clark farm by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun this forenoon. Financial difficulties are given as the cause. The widow and three children survive.
William White, 72, retired road master of the Chicago Northwestern railroad, died suddenly of heart disease in Belvidere Illinois today. He came from Belle Plaine Iowa to the Galena division and leaves eight children. His son Will is a general auditor of the Northwestern.
Des Moines reports on May 3 that Charles F Grandquist and his wife, slashed by Grandquist after a quarrel, are improving at a local hospital. Their son Do Jores Grandquist, 15, who tried to separate them, was cut on the hand.
Des Moines May 30. Several hundred Iowa dentists convened for the first of 31 clinics of the Iowa State Dental Society's annual convention. Talks planned by Dr. W. R Crandall of Los Angeles Dr. Ira C. Brownlie of Denver and Dr. William Finn of Pittsburgh.
Roy Price of Wrvymore Nebraska claimed a remarkable shot when a snake rose beside his ball in the rough. He swung, killing the snake and sending the mashie ball into the air to strike a black bird. The incident happened during a local round.
London May 3 Kate Guss feldt alias Blaser Etthel Chiefs began a two month term of imprisonment for conspiring to obtain a British passport under false pretenses. Police say she engaged in espionage against a friendly power while The Daily Mail calls her a dangerous international spy active in Britain as Moscow's agent. Her baggage included invisible ink and documents.
Five hours of wrecking crew work at Waterloo Central shops replaced locomotive 2979 after a derailment in Manchester while switching freight cars. Passenger train 11, due 1 10 pm, delayed to 7 am. Engine, under Martin Tollefson, pulled a Waterloo freight train. Conductor O'Connor led the service. Damage described as slight.
Mrs. Addie M. Sharp of 426 Vermont Street returned home yesterday after spending the winter in California.
Washington reports say Secretary Kellogg flatly denied Tokyo London reports that John Van A. MacMurray, U S minister to China at Peking, has resigned. No official dispatches indicate such a step, despite curious foreign accounts of disagreements over banking demands and policy.
Marcus Lafayette Brown age 71 veteran rural mail carrier on route No. 2 from Reinbeck is hospitalized in Waterloo with an aggravated rupture of the abdomen after a fall from the maw of his barn His service since December 1902 is noted and his son Harry Brown serves as substitute during layoff Reports from Allen Memorial hospital are optimistic about his recovery.
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 6 30 p m. If you do not receive your paper by then call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Greta Garbo, Swedish film star, halted production on her current film after falling ill. She is confined to her Santa Monica, California home for treatment and rest, delaying shooting schedules and studio plans.
Five film industry figures including Mrs. Kerrick and Iris Burns were indicted in Los Angeles for the murder of Tom Kerrick at his home during a drinking party. The defendants were ordered held without bail as prosecutors pursue a trial verdict after previous grand jury sessions failed to act.
Fort Dodge police search for leads in the killing of George J. McIntyre a 54 year old gambler shot at his garage door early Monday. A $1000 was found in his pockets but investigators discount revenge motive. McIntyre fired at his assailants as they fled in a closed car. Funeral services were held at his home this afternoon. He is survived by his widow and one child.
Washington May 3 The national Red Cross flood relief total rose toward a new $10 million seal as President Coolidge urged giving. Up to 10 am contributions reached $5 584,929 with expectations of about $6 million by nightfall. East $3,382,22 MidWest $1,470,900 Pacific $424,306.
Clinton day in federal court saw more than twenty liquor law violators arraigned, mostly from Clinton. Pleas of guilty were common. Louis Crisp, a Bulgarian, received three months in jail while Bertha Huff, William M. Sharp, J. A. Kotesing and Clifford Bell were fined from 3800 to 1000 dollars.
Mount Lassen, the United States only active volcano, erupted today emitting one of the heaviest smoke outbursts in years. Crater smoke shot high into the air and drifted south with the wind over Red Bluff, California.
A telegram from the Midwest Red Cross director to Waterloo chapter home relief secretary Mrs. Etta Worthen doubles the local quota to five thousand dollars and mirrors the national estimate of five million dollars to meet relief requirements.
Charles M. Toung, a surety bond agent, recalls floods on the Mississippi. He compares the 1904 1905 New Orleans flood to today and notes dikes saved the city while other areas suffered property loss. He watched waters buffeting sandbags from the levee and imagined the wider devastation if levees failed.
Steelton, Pa May 3 12 year old William Urich son of the town postmaster aided by police held in detention city charge with murdering Norma Gray a 10 year old girl in a field near here according to coroner J H Kreider witnesses say the girl threatened to stone him after an exchange of words then the boy fired striking her in the right eye and brain penetrating injury reported.
In Managua on May 3 INS reports peace negotiations underway while fighting continues. Liberal forces captured Nagarote but retreated as government reinforcements arrived by train. Government losses were nine dead and two wounded. Sacasa and Stimson sent peace proposals to Moncada. Two US Marine officers and a Marine escort delivered the proposals to Moncada.
Flood reports from May 3 describe levee breaks near Rolling Fork and widespread evacuations in Vicksburg and Natchez areas. Refugees loaded aboard ships along Yazoo and Sunflower rivers while relief efforts, Red Cross aid, andgovernment officials coordinate repairs and data gathering for flood prevention. Aerial survey teams and rescue fleets accelerate efforts as communities face ongoing inundation across northeastern Louisiana and Mississippi.
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