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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1929
Page
10
Riots in Berlin persist with police gaining ground after hours of fierce fighting. At least 24 killed, including women and a British journalist, as barricades and sniper fire cripple two city districts under siege.
Washington May 4. John J. Raskob leads a proposed Democratic Party system modeled as a large decentralized corporation with Shouse as executive committee head. The plan aims to reduce waste and improve discipline, using a research division to exploit Republican missteps and fight non-cooperation with vigor.
The Courier should reach homes before five thirty. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, call to receive one free copy. Phone calls must reach the office before five thirty PM.
Funeral services were held in Great Neck for Thomas Aloysius Dorgan known as Tad whose daily cartoons brought laughter to millions. Only family and close friends attended in the eight years he watched the world from his front window before his death. He rose from a local artist to a figure beloved by a vast audience of 90 million.
The City of Buffalo passengers were transferred to the Steamer City of Erie after the disabled vessel battled Lake Erie storms since Thursday night. G B officials said all 25 passengers will reach Cleveland. Nine crew members saved. Thunder Bay Island coast guard reports crew of freighter O J Parks rescued four miles east of Thunder Bay Island amid high seas.
Miss Helen Mary Quinn of East St. Louis aged 31 died at about 5 a m after being found bleeding from the mouth. She had filed a $50 000 breach of promise suit yesterday against Robert F Miller a member of the St Clair county board of supervisors and East St Louis Republican city central committee secretary. An inquest was ordered to determine cause of death.
William Kennedy of 121 Smith Street was arrested by Officer Jenson on suspicions tied to a cafe safe blowing at Luttan feed store on Water Street April 14. The arrest followed descriptions linking a drill and funnel from local tradesmen to the suspect, with store owner CoLutton noting the man resembled the buyer of straw prior to the robbery. Mississippi river back to normal flood stage of 14 feet at Keokuk government station for first time in 49 days.
National league action in Philadelphia features the Chicago club facing the Phillies with line details showing pitching and batting quirks. Batter names Malone Gracei Fergu son Beuge Ellioth Lerton Lusca appear in the garbled box score as part of the battery and fielding summaries.
Chicago officials and figures from public life face indictments in a broad graft sweep. The Chicago Sanitary District case targets six trustees and other leaders. federal indictments name 81 connected to a Chicago Heights liquor ring. A slot machine graft probe implicates 28, including six police captains, with profits cited at up to 25,000 dollars per day.
The forecast covers Washington with a weekly outlook for the upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Expect occasional precipitation with most rain in far northern areas and normal to below normal temperatures for much of the week.
Washington D C May 4 Eight members of the senate judiciary committee voted Mellon a stockholder not disqualified from service as secretary of the treasury and two minority reports were sent to the senate. Committee by similar vote refused to exit Mellon for open investigation of his relation with companies he owns. The Norris report claiming Mellon violated a statute was defeated 10 to 3.
Chicago reports a three story brick building being razed collapsed trapping 12 to 15 workers. Eight suffered serious injuries. firefighters released eight, others remained trapped under steel and beams. The structure long housed Democratic headquarters on the west side.
George Simpson of Ohio State lowered the world mark to nine seconds five tenths in the 100 yard dash at the Ohio Relays in Columbus. He also helped by a discus throw of 357 feet 544 inches, nearly matching the world record, as Cornell’s John Anderson set a long toss mark previously.
Frank E. Gannett today received a check for more than 2.706 million dollars retiring International Paper and Power Co.'s investment in Gannett papers including the Brooklyn Eagle Albany Knickerbocker Press Albany News and Ithaca Journal News. Graustein testified before the federal trade commission last week that his company held investments totaling 10 million dollars in 13 newspapers with about 2.7 million in Gannett securities.
American and German delegations near a settlement on reparations after three months of talks. France and Belgium resist the plan though British and Japanese delegations reportedly approve, with Young pressing to win French acceptance and avoid a plenary session.
Twelve balloons rise from the University of Pittsburgh stadium for the 1929 national elimination races to decide entrants for St Louis. Sporadic bad weather delayed aeronautical exhibitions but fair conditions were hoped for. winds maybe high with possible thunderstorms. Balloons were laid out at 10 a m and inflated with hydrogen as the event began.
Earthquakes west of Samarkand cause heavy loss of life and property. Unconfirmed reports claim about 1,000 dead in three Persian towns, with 11 killed and 40 injured nearby. Four tremors toppled homes. one death and 26 injuries reported in this city as 90 houses fell. Russian Turkestan government sent aid to Persia amid isolations complicating relief.
Parker Cramer and W. S. Gable from Rockford Illinois completed a long air journey ending at Roosevelt Field New York after a Nome Alaska to Siberia and back nonstop leg. The Cessna monoplane showed idle propeller upon landing and the pair rested after a 48 hour flight from Alaska to New York.
May 4 Iowa City reports that former Police Judge Paul E. Custer did not submit his record books by the allotted time. The city council passed a resolution for the city clerk to request state auditors examine the books, amid earlier disputes over incomplete records.
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