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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1928
Page
9
Gen Umberto Nobile and crew reported safe aboard Italia as it neared base at King's Bay. The North Pole exploratory mission yielded no new land. radio updates were brief and focused on essential details. Temperatures dipped to around 15 degrees below zero, tying to harsh, frigid conditions encountered during the voyage.
Washington May 17 report says Gov Smith's nomination appears inevitable with many dry Democrats accepting or shifting to support. Reed's Missouri faction may contest, but leaders foresee a swift Smith win in Houston. New York wets push platform toward a pro prohibition stance while southern leaders align with Smith. Reed's backing seen as wavering and unreliable. New York Herald-Tribune.
Waterloo reports gravel fair and muddy conditions with clouds and dirt. Des Moines notes fair to good weather. Dubuque sees rain and slippery roads. Dodge and Cedar Rapids show cloudy to muddy conditions. Keokuk and Clinton have mixed cloudy and fair statuses. Ottumwa and Marshalltown list clear to partly cloudy. town and Maso City show varied conditions.
Three United States Marine Corps fliers departed from Miami in a transport monoplanes at 3 15 am bound for Managua Nicaragua 1100 miles away. The craft rose quickly and began a flight toward Havana Cuba with Lieut H D Palmer Lieut W R Hughes and Sergeant Dugald Steele aboard. It was the fourth Marine plane charting service in Nicaragua against Sandino.
Kansas City reports the ecclesiastical court of the Methodist Episcopal Church suspended Bishop Ant Bast of Copenhagen after finding him guilty on two charges of imprudent ministerial conduct and imprudent conduct. The 17-member court sustained the suspension while keeping him in membership and ministry and provided support until the next conference session. Also reported, Mrs. Frank J. Skver, 59, of Bowling Green, committed suicide by hanging at her Cedar Rapids home after eye trouble, leaving five children.
City milk inspector C. & McDermott recommends fresh milk as essential in spring. He notes good milk benefits adults and children, urges everyone to drink at least one pint daily after winter heavy meals. He personally drinks a pint daily and encourages others to try it.
Orlo Jones sought help from his brother Francis Jones to eject his mother in law Mrs Nettle Turnbull who overstayed a visit. Francis Jones was fined 316.50 by Municipal Judge G J Seger for assault and battery this morning.
Gen Tribord Nobile reports Italia navigates back toward King's Bay after reaching Lenin Land and Nicholas II Land during a 34 hour polar flight. Weather is bitter cold with temperatures around 13 below zero, radio remains fully operative throughout the journey as the party heads toward Cape Zelanya and Nova Zembla.
In New Jersey's primary results Kean leads Stokes by about 25,000 votes securing the Republican nomination for United States senator. Larson tops Carey for governor by roughly 25,000 votes. Delegates for the Houston convention favor Smith, while Hoover-bound Republicans head to Kansas City.
Four federal and city investigations sweep through New York amid graft claims totaling millions. Reports trace payroll padding in street cleaning, sewer pipe is tied to inflated contracts, Broadway ticket brokers face tax fines, and Queens sewer fraud reshapes local politics. Mayor Walker warns he is mad as hell as the purge widens.
The notice says couriers should deliver at your home before 5 30. If you do not receive your paper by that time call 4100 and copy at the paper will be a cat. Phone calls must reach Unis Alice before 6 50 p.m.
Friends of William Galloway press for his Republican bid for the United States Senate from Iowa in 1930. Galloway, a farm implement manufacturer, cites busy industrial work and says he may seek public service if persuaded by friends after business matters clear. He argues for fair returns for farmers and notes Canada’s wheat policy as a comparator.
New York May 17 The Sinclair Consolidated Oil corporation repays losses from investments in Mammoth Oil after Teapot Dome lease became invalid. Harry F Sinclair at a directors meeting turned over 250000 shares of Sinclair stock and 450000 in cash, totaling about 7.575 million in present value. Mammoth had spiked in value following the lease but faded after its invalidation.
Five persons drowned when the stone laden barge Calvert sank in Chesapeake Bay five miles off Annapolis while being towed by a tug. Mr and Mrs Everett Insley and their three children were asleep aboard and could not escape as a portion of the bottom gave way. The wreck occurred near Urbanne Virginia.
Des Moines on May 23 marks Aeronautics Day with President Coolidge to touch off a ceremonial cannon and press the button from the White House at noon. Also reported, Coolidge signed a bill cutting airmail rates from ten to five cents per half ounce.
Jack Maynard recalls wartime humor from ten years past. A Waterloo sailor on weekend leave rode a Jackson park pleasure boat to the municipal pier on Lake Michigan and became seasick enough to require assistance. The anecdote references a two-brother family with one brother serving in aviation and two major battles endured by the other, with vivid wartime recollections.
A Iowa synod committee reports to study the possible takeover of Waterloo’s Presbyterian Hospital by the United Lutheran Church in America. If approved, the hospital would be rebuilt and expanded with an additional wing to meet growing needs, as city facilities run at capacity.
Detroit May 17 AP A group of Bremen trans Atlantic fliers landed at Ford airport after poor weather forced their Indianapolis stopover. Edsel Ford rushed through mud to greet the Germans as about 8 000 spectators watched the arrival at the field.
Reports from Shanghai and London say nationalist forces are seven miles from Peking ready to enter the suburbs. The marching southern army has captured Paotingfu and Chochow, with foreign legations fortifying amid tense defense preparations as Japan warns against any threatening operation.
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