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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1928
Page
9
President Coolidge urges art in daily living as wages and hours improve, touting city planning to curb slums and education in art. He speaks before the American Federation of Arts and the American Association of Museums, stressing beauty in society and its role in reducing vice.
Iowa Republicans show Herbert C. Hoover as a likely second choice for the presidential nomination. Of the 23 Iowa delegates to Kansas City, 15 to 19 may switch to Hoover if Lowden is out. Third District delegates favor Hoover, with district delegates George Lichty and Guy Vandeveer named. Delegates at large include W. T. Evans and Charles E. Hearst. The Third District is the only one with four delegates. Republicans expect Al Smith to secure the Democratic nomination, urging smart selection of their own standard bearer.
State highway commission to set 17 miles of paving in Winneshiek and Scott counties on May 22. Projects include 6,431 miles southeast from Decorah and 9.86 miles from Ossian to Devorah on US 5, plus 3,007.6 yards on primary road No 98 north of Princeton in Scott County. Small grading, bridge and culvert contracts in Fremont, Henry and Appanoose counties also on the schedule.
The general quadrennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal church voted to let central conferences in foreign countries elect their own bishops. Granting home rule to foreign groups is seen as a step toward a Methodist world church superseding the United States church.
Maj. Frank R. Fisher recalls May 16, 1898 when Company B Forty-ninth Iowa volunteer Infantry returned to Waterloo. Veterans met by Civil War survivors, marching through business streets to Turney hall for a city banquet. Fisher later rose to major and received a Roll of Honor medal for 25 years in the Iowa National Guard.
Bruce E Griggs profiles C D Allan, who began by answering two Help Wanted ads in 1904 and rose to direct charge of the Waterloo Standard Glass and Paint Co branch. Now in control of wholesale and retail divisions, he serves as vice president of the organization, with five branches and about 26 local staff handling half a million dollars in business yearly. Allan’s public roles include leadership in M G A, state commerce committees, Greater Waterloo, Retail Merchants associations, and Rotary. The Waterloo warehouse houses five truckloads of glass and ten of paint, with exclusive agency for five factory lines and state distribution for Kaw heer storefronts. Continued on page two.
A clash between northern and southern nationalists threatening Tientsin and Peking was deemed imminent. Dispatches indicate 2,700 family members of northern officers and officials were moved to Mukden, suggesting a pivotal battle could decide Peking’s fate as Japan plans to divert troops toward Manchuria.
Des Moines May 16. James Johnstone of Boone became president of the Iowa Master Bakers association at the silver jubilee convention. Cedar Rapids was named next convention city, outbidding Council Bluffs. New officers include Al Lartimer vice president and Charles Alstadt treasurer. Executive board members: Louis Kantz, James Kennard, and others. District vice presidents named: Pixler, Bickel, Stark, Hanson. Alstadt and Schweickhardt elected delegates to the national convention.
The Telephone & Telegraph directors vote to offer shareholders 185 million dollars of new stock at 100 dollars a share in a ratio of one new share for every six held. The action was approved May 18, 1923.
Ella Garner of Towa City sues Elizabeth Gloack for 45000 alleging fake spirit messages induced her to drop a breach of contract suit against the late Joseph Dooley. Garner says Gloack was a private detective hired by Dooley and received 5000 for halting the suit. a writ of attachment for 2400 was granted against Gloack property.
Waterloo reports cloudy and dirt muddy with travel fair, Des Moines shows cloudy and fair, Ottumwa clear and drying, Dubuque cloudy with dirt, Cedar Rapids rains and slippery roads, Keokuk cloudy and muddy, Council Bluffs cloudy and muddy, Marshalltown partly cloudy with muddy side roads, Boone rain with muddy dirt roads, Burlington rain and muddy, Cresion cloudy with muddy, Fort Dodge rainy and good, Mason City rainy and unsettled, Davenport unsettled and fair, Muscatine rainy and fair.
Heavy rainfall left Met Park grounds waterlogged causing the Waterloo club to call off the planned game with Ottumwa. A doubleheader is rescheduled for tomorrow starting at 2 p.m., announced by Sam Frank, secretary of the Waterloo club.
London May 16 The House of Lords supported Lord Reading's push for prompt favorable consideration of the American anti war proposals. A foreign office note said the reply to Washington may take several weeks as drafts are sent to British dominions and conversations with them finalize before a message to the United States can be sent. Peers voiced strong support for outlawing war in the debate.
London May 16 The Japanese cabinet has accepted American antiwar pact proposals as a basis for future negotiations. A dispatch from Tokyo reported the government will issue a formal reply to Secretary Kellogg's note soon with minor modifications.
Washington May 16. The amended Norris Morin bill to provide for manufacture of nitrates at Muscle Shoals Alabama was passed by the House without a record vote. The measure would replace fertilizer production with nitrate manufacture at the site.
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you do not receive your paper by then due to carrier error or other cause, call Ald9 for a copy to be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 20 p.m.
President Coolidge urged a closer contact with beauty to elevate moral standards in a speech at a joint meeting of the American Federation of Arts and the American Association of Museums. He cited prosperity and philanthropy enabling art in daily life and praised museums and the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair as motivations for an artistic revival.
Ames district governor G L Caswell announced plans for a permanent Lions club unit to aid the blind in Iowa. At a meeting of 40 Lions club leaders, favorable action was taken to form a Welfare board with a committee to present the proposal at the Des Moines district convention in June. Dr F Palmer spoke on the conference.
Des Moines May 16 attorneys for Dewey Doss alias White confessed slayer of Mrs Marthe Smith petitioned the district court to substitute doctors Henry and Sylvester for the commission of three physicians named to examine Doss mental status. The court appointed commission has found Doss sane.
Ten years ago at the Starkville military school Jess Smelser recalled the Mules to Motors program. He was with the motor transport service learning to repair cars and noted the variety of trades trained. He said the mechanical end used older wrecks that surpassed today’s junkyards.
Des Moines May 16 Vaneta Marchant Ihrig won a divorce freeing her from two husbands in a district court decree. Glanmer Marchants and Lawrence Thrig appeared for each other. Marchant faced infidelity charges, Thrig bigamy, and Mrs Marchant Thrig claimed she believed husband No 1 was dead when she wed Thrig.
Washington based backers of the Boulder canyon dam bill rally to win enough votes to send the measure to the White House before adjournment. They hope to avert a filibuster amid fights over tax and deficiency bills, with new optimism in the House and Senate.
Kings Bay May 16 A steady stream of radio signals linked Kings Bay with the Italia dirigible cruising over polar regions. Gen Umberto Nobile said the airship faced an hour and a half of fog. It flew at 150 metres in a 50 kilometre wind, speed 20 to 40 kmh. Two thirds of the voyage had been completed. the crew aboard were reported well.
May 16. Delayed reaction to a mail robbery reached Dike residents after hogs rooting in a stock pen uncovered a pile of mail envelopes and checks. The pouch had been raided on Northwestern line No 16, but authorities say the method is unclear. Postmaster and stock inspectors opened samples and reported a possible insider theft at the Dike station.
Washington May 16 The Senate campaign committee heard William F Kenny, a New York contractor, say the $70,000 he gave to Governor Alfred E Smith’s campaign chest was a donation not a loan. Kenny claimed $50,000 of the total was not loaned. Other witnesses, including George R Van Mamee and Rush & Holland, discussed contributions and possible state contracts. The panel also examined Herbert Hoover campaign funds, with Holland noting $10,000 from Huston and Heath totaling 521,674 in disbursements and detailing southern field activity.
Ralph Trevelyan, 28, recently arrived from Central City Ta, is held for auto thefts after police nabbed him en route to obtain a marriage license. He admitted stealing two cars but asked to proceed with the license quest, saying his prospective bride was waiting.
George D. Nelson longtime telegraph editor of the Davenport Democrat and Leader died after a brief illness due to heart trouble. Born in Ryegate Vermont in 1856 he moved to Davenport in 1873 and spent years as a printer before joining the editorial staff.
In St Louis the Bremen crew ended a 43 hour sequence of travel and public events. They left Lambert Field at 12 10 pm aboard the Junkers F 13 for Detroit Town City Ia. Col Morton Myumina, UT University reserve officers commander, plans retirement Aug 28 and will enter business in New Moines after leave.
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