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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
10
A survey of western sheriffs rescues the myth of gun-toting lawmen as a Reno court fines a sheriff for taking prisoners to the movies. Other notes praise work for contentment, humor from Wilbur and editor Bey’s exile, and a mix of public notices, sports, and political tidbits including Hawaii fortifications, 12-year-old spelling champs, and a law against bribing professional athletes.
International wire reports detail a government push against rum runners off the New York coast. Coast Guard headquarter plans call for a nationwide blockade around shores and the Great Lakes, with increased appropriations debated to fund more ships and personnel to deter smugglers. Prices rise ashore as liquor supplies dwindle and ships shift routes along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
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Police say Francis Clifford Farwell married two women named Catherine to avoid embarrassment. He was jailed after Catherine Reiter Farwell sought a non support warrant and Catherine Taborsky Farwell uncovered two life insurance policies Farwell had made and sent to the wives.
Hazel Howard testified that she rode with George Shaw a shellshocked veteran to a road house on December 15 where a drinking party occurred. Shaw, drunk and frightened her, then took her home. His father Bruce Shaw, a wealthy inventor, confronted them, leading to a struggle during which the son allegedly stabbed his father in the breast.
At the closing session of the Christian churches of Iowa in this city Cedar Rapids was chosen to host the convention next year. Officers named include chair man P. Williamson Guthrie Genter first vice chairman G W Gillum Davenport second vice chairman S D Nash Marion recording secretary Mrs H L Omsted Estherville assistant recording secretary Miss Dorothy Inskeep Cedar Rapids and trustees D C Knupp Vinton F S Noble Des Moines R E Kinsetl Valley Junction.
The public prosecutor in Sofia asked the court martial to impose the death penalty on four of the defendants for complicity in the Sveti Kral cathedral bombing. Marco Friedmann and Peter Zadgorski were cited as organizers. George Koel and Dimiter Daskatoff as harborers. Friedmann is identified as a communist and Zadgor ski as sacristan. Betagoi Kambaraurof received eight years' imprisonment as the fifth defendant.
International delegates to the International Council of Women in Washington on May 8 named birth control and divorce as the world’s two greatest problems. British delegate Mrs George Morgan urged less divorce and modified birth control, while Canadian delegate Mrs Willoughby Cummins called divorce largely wrong except in rare cases. Polish senator Mille Josephine Szebko urged wiping out both issues.
Columbus Ohio May Martin E Swinehart general secretary of the Laymen's Church league conference opening here today gave up a position as president of a railroad to become a foreign missionary at 31000 a year That was 15 years ago He gave up also an engineering practice that was bringing him in possibly 15 times that much and journeyed to Korea as manager of a Presbyterian mission The reason he tells this way I am satisfied now when I go to sleep at night satisfied that I have accomplished some good during the day I wasn't before Swinehart was president of the Pecos Valley Southern railway of Texas
Tallahassee May 8 Any person caught gambling would be guilty of a felony and sentenced to state prison from one to five years with fines from 31 000 to 5 000 under an anti betting measure passed by the Florida house. The bill moves to the senate. Des Moines May John Fletcher assistant attorney general was appointed district judge for Polk county. An additional judge was added to the district by the recent legislative session.
In Sioux City Iowa in May Christian Jensen was granted a divorce from his wife Hattie Jensen after she proved in District Court Judge C. G. Hamilton that he verbally abused her using sign language. She testified his cursing was fluent with either hand and that the abuse was ongoing.
Paris dispatches report Marshal Lyautey failing to push Abd-El-Krim’s Rif tribesmen back into the Spanish zone, with reinforcements arriving and Qezzan region dread to threaten French columns while Col. Freydenberg meets stubborn resistance. Spanish zone reports blockade and convoy captures as Tangier notes Crim mobilizes recruits and flying corps to hinder French air operations.
Manila reports continued earthquakes striking the southern Philippines from the Pacific. In Negros province residents fled to trees as shocks opened cracks in Bais and mud jets four feet high spooked towns. Many cement buildings and homes were damaged by the tremors.
May ian Newell BE Trueblood, a switchman, lay at death’s door after leaping from a switch engine to beat an automobile to a crossing. The car swerved and struck Trueblood, fracturing his skull as he jumped to avoid the collision.
Judge T C Whitmore directed verdict for Rock Island railroad in the case brought by Walter Morgan estate seeking 176000 dollars for the death of Walter Morgan, a young farmer, killed on a grade crossing near Lewis, Indiana.
Mrs. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, wife of former Nebraska senator, died at the Hitchcock home in Washington D C early today.
Paris dispatch reports Houghton warned Europe to stop quarreling or risk loss of American financial and moral aid for rebuilding. French papers note unanimous attention regret and irritation, saying US idealism serves exploration, not internal consumption.
Japan backed a strict interdiction on poison gas for war and endorsed the American plan to prohibit all exports of poison gas for conflict. The American proposal was referred to military and judicial subcommittees. Turkish support followed with caveats to defend non producing nations. The conference debated whether warships should be exempt from control.
Burlington May 8 coroner jury verdict says J C Anderson local auto salesman died suddenly in a Galesburg hotel from acute pancreatitis and an intestinal disease. Two Galesburg physicians testified autopsy results. initial liquor theory dismissed as relatives sought.
Pierce Nebraska May testimony shows Mrs Ohrmund offered to pay to support her husband while he claimed insanity in the murder case of his brother in law George Voss. She testified she proposed the marriage and Ohrmund hesitated due to fears of supporting both. Mrs Ohrmund fell ill on the stand but recovered and continued testimony.
Sheriff J. Crane of Carson City was fined 500 dollars on contempt charges after admitting to treating federal prisoners at Fulton county jail as guests. He claimed to act with humane aims and said prisoners showed confidence, with none attempting escape.
A Fairbanks report states a three man airplane on a far north flight failed to reach Rampart and Brooks near Fairbanks during a May storm. The aircraft, which had just reached the northernmost stretch of its route, disappeared as night fell. No condition is known about the crew.
President Coolidge will depart Washington June 25 for his summer vacation in New England, stopping first at Swampscott Massachusetts where a large White House staff will accompany him to the executive offices near Bramblescott. The trip follows a routine in which officials coordinate travel and duties during the vacation period.
James H. Furay, vice president in charge of foreign service of United Press, spoke during the University of Missouri journalism week. He said postwar foreign interest in American news has grown, prompting American press associations to create a foreign news export department to meet demand.
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