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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1925
Page
9
Big Ten football star Harold Grange declines many offers and will join WheatonCollege in Illinois after completing his studies at the University of Minnesota. Contracts exceeding 100000 await his signature, and local children look forward to the ice wagon driver who will be a national hero.
Paris accepts that the principal must be paid, rejecting any debt forgiveness or scaling by America. The shift follows years of American debate sparked by Senator Reed’s remarks, which framed France’s obligation as paramount and warned against leniency that could jeopardize France’s credit and future loans.
Des Moines reports the Iowa doctors gathered for the annual Iowa State Medical Society convention last night formed the Iowa Heart Association. The group aims to study heart diseases and share information on healthy living to prevent heart illness. Officers elected: Dr M F Myers Des Moines president Dr Fred South Iowa City vice president Dr P T Edmonds Des Moines secretary treasurer.
Sam Fish, 40, driving a light truck, was struck by a Chicago Great Western passenger train at the Commercial Street crossing shortly after 1 p.m. He was taken to Presbyterian hospital with severe injuries including broken ribs and possible internal damage. Fish is a partner in the Fish and Unger Auto Wrecking Co. at 29 Sycamore Street.
More than $19,000 in currency and $60,000 in negotiable paper were found in the late Joseph Dooley's safe during the probate of his will. The will left half of his $140,000 fortune to a jeweler, a provision now contested by heirs at large. Currency was found in $1000 packages and $800 in lease gold was also noted.
Centerville Louisiana May 13 Local golfer W S Alexander drove a ball into the bank of green No 9 at the country club course startling a mother rabbit in the tall grass. The ball struck the rabbit in the head and she died leaving a furred nest of three young.
ClarksvilleLa May 13 Abs Day jleax Clarks ville died this morning in the hospital at Waverly Her husband three sons and three daughters survive Funeral plans have not been made
Cedar Falls May 13 Special Mrs B E Ives was chosen president of Business Women's department Cedar Falls Woman's club last evening. Others of her staff are Miss Clara Mathes vice president Miss Clara Nolte secretary Miss Cora Bishou treasurer.
In Washington May 13 a radio ghost story is drawn to the justice department. Unidentified broadcasters are alleged to spread Bolshevism and anarchy through psychic radio, with claims of supernatural manifestations marking the operations. Victims seek to have the broadcasters located and shut down.
Four Waterloo druggists face swift action as Mayor OW Smith contemplates condemnation of about $1200 in seized liquors. A change of venue to Waterloo Municipal Court was granted, with papers due by 2 p.m. The liquor, once stored at Dunkerton and later moved to First National Bank building, remains in custody awaiting trial as bonds for appearance were disputed by attorney W Russell.
Richard Zierke a Junior High student in Davenport shot himself with a .32 revolver after threats by three classmates Charles High John Davis and Harry Risps to hang him. The trio are in police custody for questioning. A week earlier someone took Zierke’s bicycle wheel and he accused one boy, prompting threats.
Mitchell S D May 13 All state filling stations today raised gasoline price from 20 to 22 cents per gallon by order of FL W Marmeoc state director of gasoline sales. Standard oil and independent dealers undersell the state for the first time since Gov William McMaster’s gasoline war two years ago. In towns with no state station other dealers charge 3 to 6 cents more.
Former Minnesota Governor J A O Preus told Mason City Chamber of Commerce that postwar conditions and especially the Panama canal are causing financial distress in the middle west and north west. He said the Milwaukee railroad failure can be traced to freight shifting to the water route.
Dubinque Iowa May 13 Marty Hill of Williamsburg will assume office May 15 as commissioner general of immigration with a salary of 6000 a year. The appointment is tacit and his nomination will be submitted to Congress in December. He succeeds W. L. W. Husband who has been named assistant secretary of labor.
Arthur Kern, brother in law of Harry Bell, testifies as a state's witness in Ellsworth Kern murder case. He recounts Ellsworth Kern's final hospital statements accusing Bell, while earlier accounts by others place Bell's denial, raising questions about the dying declarations and their admissibility. The trial, with intense courtroom debate over the statements, extends toward the afternoon adjournment.
The notice urges readers to submit a census coupon for any family or friend not yet counted in the 1925 census. Return by mailing the completed coupon with names to the Evening Courier at 2115.
Sir Alfred Milner secretary of war in 1915 died today in London after several weeks of sleeping sickness. He was 71 and long active from school days in journalism to high offices including under secretary for finance in Egypt and governor of the Cape and high commissioner for South Africa and secretary of state for the colonies. His published works include England in Egypt The Nation and the Empire and Questions of the Hour.
Paralytic stroke ends the life of Amy Lowell poet and author at her Brookline home in her fifty first year. Born to the historic conservative Lowell family she pursued free verse and new poetry paths. Cousin of James Russell Lowell, sister of A Lowell Harvard president, she recently published a life of Job Keats.
Keokuk Iowa May 13 delegates to the Evangelical Synod of North America annual conference in St Pauls share gather for a week long session. The meeting will discuss a name change for the conference and a rule banning pastors from secret orders with about 135 delegates expected to attend.
President von Hindenburg issues a Berlin communiqué thanking well wishers. He notes messages flood in, making individual replies impossible, and expresses appreciation for the public support received.
London and Rome indicated a historic first direct telephonic communication last night, connecting the British capital and the Italian city. The brief exchange, lasting about five minutes, marked a notable step in international wire communications.
Des Moines and Berlin papers report a farm conference endorsing a government financed export corporation to market surplus produce. A new agricultural commission would unify farm bureaus unions and societies to shape economic and legislative measures with a board of farmer-nominated directors.
Secretary Jardine cites Chicago wheat market volatility as caused by heavy trading by professional speculators. He notes public participation aided price surges after January, but says proof for prosecutions is not yet obtained. He aims to prevent future destructive price swings through investigations and enforcement.
Chicago bank officials and Milwaukee authorities review four suspects linked to a wave of bank robberies totaling about 2.0 million over two years. Weil was arrested after being found singing with two women in a north side hotel. Head was nabbed while disposing of bonds that may tie him to crimes totaling 562 thousand.
A Davenport mail clerk, Watscher, 26, was killed when his mail truck protruded over railroad tracks in the Joliet yard. He sat on the truck and was dragged 25 feet after being struck, then attempted to free himself as four coach wheels passed over his abdomen.
Streets and basements flooded as sewers broke after a heavy rain and electrical storm. Traffic was disrupted by water and damage in the downtown district during early hours.
Mesing May 13 United Press reports Mrs Martha Wise was found guilty of first degree murder for poisoning the drinking water in her family homes, killing her mother, aunt, and uncle. The jury urged mercy, and the defense cited insanity. Wise faced a life sentence at Marysville reform school under mercy recommendation.
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