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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1929
Page
10
Reports from Teheran and Moscow describe major earthquakes in Persia and near the Soviet border causing thousands of deaths and widespread destruction. Dispatches note huge fissures, ongoing shocks, and relief efforts extending to Ashabad Turkestan as communities suffer.
Washington reports reveal a Hoover push to replace career diplomats with business savvy envoys. The Dawes and Edge appointments signal broad changes and a move toward business priorities in diplomacy, stressing finance and trade over traditional foreign service training.
May 6 reports the first flight over the Kansas City Des Moines Minneapolis air route. A seven passenger plane christened at Des Moines continued to Minneapolis after the inaugural landing at 10:23 a.m. Also noted is a North Shore Milwaukee to New York air link opening within 20 hours via a special train and the christening of the superplane Miss North Shore during ceremonies at Milwaukee and at the Palm Beach House.
Berlin May 6 UP The Nen keclln district once scarred by a four day riot that left 23 dead and 70 seriously injured was quiet today. Traffic resumed as barricades were removed and street lamps repaired. Police relaxed curbs while the public prosecutor began proceedings against 273 charged with aiding the riots. Nearly 1,000 arrested have been freed and only alleged leaders remain in custody. The Montag Zeitung said the crackdown would continue.
Alfred E. Smith received the Laetare medal at Notre Dame as 800 attendees applauded. Herbert Hoover, who defeated Smith for president, praised him in a letter as a distinguished American and a public servant. The Laetare medal honors an American Catholic for distinguished service to the church and society.
Senators debated the export debenture plan with 46 votes for elimination and 45 for retention as a near tie loomed. President Hoover opposed the plan, and shifts or absences could decide the outcome before a Wednesday vote. Introduction of the tariff bill was planned for tomorrow, with procedural moves to expedite action and potential clashes with the farm measure.
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United Press survey shows more than 65 killed and hundreds injured in U S crashes over the weekend. Ohio reported the highest total with thirteen deaths. Other states tally include New Jersey nine, Pennsylvania six, Indiana five, Michigan six, Texas three, Connecticut four, New York three, Nebraska three, Georgia two, Massachusetts two, Minnesota two, New Hampshire one, Kansas one, and towns one.
Washington announces the appointment of Charles Evans Hughes Jr as solicitor general by President Hoover. The surprise choice, son of former secretary of state Charles Evans Hughes, is linked to the firm Hughes Rounds Schurman Dwight in New York and is a Brown and Harvard Law School graduate.
Des Moines May 6. Meteorologist Charles D. Reed of the government weather bureau forecast frost for central and western Iowa tonight. The southeast may receive some rain, with fair conditions expected elsewhere.
Des Moines reports seven people killed in violent deaths over the weekend and another in peculiar circumstances. Impacts include stumps blasting on a Burt farm where two men died, a Mississippi river tragedy near Muscatine with two bound for the bank but one drowned, a Humboldt County auto crash, Maquoketa baseball game collapse, self-inflicted deaths in Blairstown and Osceola, a near-fatal shotgun accident in Shannon City, and eight injuries in Des Moines. The list covers workers, motorists, a young child, and several by self-inflicted acts, with various families left grieving and multiple communities shaken by the weekend’s events.
The 1930 Hawkeye announces six junior women chosen from a pool of 15 by student committee and then by a faculty panel. Honorees include Betty Baxter Own City Lois Thornburg Shetty Paisley Kathleen King B er nette Runeau plus Des Moines and Farmington connections. Police search for missing 17 year old Herbert Colson last seen Friday at high school in Cedar Rapids.
Brockton Massachusetts May 6 Councillor Howard A Coleman Democrat said he would move tonight to issue a warrant for United States Senator J Thomas Heflin Democrat over an unauthorised St Patrick’s Day rally He alleges Heflin gave an anti Catholic talk without a permit A bottle was thrown hitting but not injuring a Brockton police sergeant outside the hall
New York May 6 Justice Hitz sent oil magnate Harry F Sinclair to jail after a contempt ruling. Martin W Littleton, Sinclair’s counsel, declined to confirm his client’s whereabouts or whether he would be present in court when the U S Supreme Court mandate arrives in Washington.
Signatures on a road bond petition in Black Hawk County total 6928 by 1:55 p.m., 1569 over the 20 percent threshold for a special election. Officials may call the election on their own motion, with paving of the 28 1/2 mile primary road system the goal, potential state highway commission approval expected next Monday.
Washington May 6. Final papers order Harry F Sinclair to begin serving a 90 day sentence in the Washington jail. Justice Hitz signed the commitment in the absence of Sinclair’s counsel. The Three Rivers Ranch near Fall’s Ranch, N M, owned by Albert B Fall and tied to Edward L Doheny, was announced for mortgage foreclosure and sale at Alamogordo.
Mexico City dispatches report an 18 hour battle at San Jacinto De La Bareranca in Jalisco. Seventeen rebels and seven federal soldiers were killed during the fighting.
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