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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1929
Page
10
Derby day draws crowds at Churchill Downs and nationwide pubs as heavy rain threatens the race. Track becomes muddy yet excitement remains. spectators travel from far places, umbrellas up, binoculars at the wire.
Washington May 18 UP Congress recesses amid debate on tariff and farm measures. The debenture plan faces opposition 2 to 8 in the house conferees, signaling possible new votes or instructions. Senate farm conferees plan to meet Monday to resolve differences, while Hawley to hold executive session on amendments. Lenrock nomination to customs appeals court approved 42 to 27 after two days of debate. Curtis ruling on open executive session sparked divide.
Washington May 18 IAP Towns in the capital for institute sessions and the Parent Teacher convention visited lawmakers. The Iowa delegation asked President Hoover to speak before the Iowa State Teachers association during the fall session. Mrs Mallin B Carran once Hoover’s schoolteacher. The address is planned for the upcoming autumn session.
Nicolas Faber, 72, father of Urban Red Faber, Chicago White Sox pitcher, died today at his Cascade home. Urban Faber left Detroit after guiding his team to a victory to be with his ailing father, with Chicago reporting he has been called to the bedside.
Appointment of Harold B. Plumb as postmaster at Waterloo has been confirmed by the United States Senate with President Hoover and Postmaster General Walter Brown announcing the commission. The four year term begins May 2.
Churchill Downs Louisville May 18 The Kentucky Derby day opened with a misty morning and light rain. By 1 p m sun began to break through as the crowd watched the paddock and clubhouse lawns while the track remained slippery yet fast enough for the first race. Mud horses faced challenges but betting for the day’s Hendricks Derby pool of over a million dollars looked unfazed by the weather.
Chicago on May 18, a stolen car traveling 60 mph killed 13 year old Janet Boyd and 12 year old Robert Kenny while a third boy Leroy Rousseau, 13, suffered fatal injuries. Driver Willits Sweeney, 37, from New Hampshire, and cousin Frank O'Dee were arrested after admitting they had been drinking all night.
Gear Rapids May 16 After pleading guilty to passing worthless checks Mrs Dorothy Wamback Rock Island was sentenced seven years in the woman's reformatory at Rock Well City She admitted abandoning her young son who was fostered in a Rock Island rooming house Detro it May 18INS Members of a customs patrol crew today recovered the body of William J Martin superintendent of the Horace E Dodge Boat Works who was drowned when his speed boat struck a floating block of wood and overturned in the Detroit river PLEADS NOT GUILTY Sioux City Ia May 13 Plea of not guilty was entered by E C Bonner 35 in district court here to a charge of slaying Pat Dillon After being freed by an justice of the peace Bonner was indicted by the grand jury and arrested last week at St Joseph Mo FORGER PLEADS GUILTY Minot N D May 18 4P Ed win Koza wanted in several cities including Cedar Rapids for passing worthless checks pleaded guilty here to forging checks Sentence was deferred
New York reports rival crews from France and America poised for first crossing this year. Roger Q. Williams plans to launch Sunday from Teterboro New Jersey to Old Orchard Missouri then toward Rome in the monoplane Green Flash with partner Lewis Yancey, aiming for about 50 hours to Rome carrying 500 gallons of gasoline. Jean Assailant and Rene Lefevre, French pilots, test instruments at Roosevelt Field before attempting their Bernard monoplane flight to Paris, with a planned 3,000 foot overflight for safety.
Washington D C May 18 The Senate confirmed Irvine L Lenroot former Wisconsin senator as a judge on the U S Court of Claims by 42 to 27 after a four hour closed door fight. Opposition from Senator Norris and a coalition of independents and Democrats cited overtrust connections.
Washington May 18 Harry F. Sinclair finished the second week of his 0 day sentence in the district jail today and expressed worry over his wife. Mrs Sinclair suffered a nervous breakdown from worry and strain of her husband’s incarceration and has been moved to a Michigan sanitarium to recuperate.
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Washington May 18 Bolivian legation notes that Tacna Arica settlement does not resolve Bolivia's long standing claim to a seacoast. Charge dAffaires de la Barra states the Pacific question remains unsettled and Bolivia still seeks sea outlet.
Des Moines authorities say lawyers who helped Gov Hammill draft the 100 million road bond amendment approved by the Forty third general assembly cannot be paid by the state. Attorney General Fletcher informed the executive council after a claim for three days’ work was presented. council approval was revoked and the claim sent back.
Federal Judge Wade ordered Mable B. Carey, proprietor of a roadhouse, to convert the property back to a residence and stop serving chicken dinners and refreshments. Althe Carey testified she did not allow patrons to bring liquor, but agents reported alcohol visibly displayed by diners, a fact the court believed. The house was not padlocked.
New York on May 18 reports Mr and Mrs Berlin, formerly Elin MacKay, sailing on the Olympic of the White Star Line for a three months vacation in Europe. They plan to visit London and Paris before motor touring across France to Italy.
Reports that sabotage caused Graf Zeppelin engine failure were dismissed by Hugo Eckener who said the idea was absurd. The dirigible, docked near Cuers, France, had four of five motors inoperable due to broken crankshafts while a stubborn fifth could not counter the cold northwest wind. Passengers including Mrs Mary Pierce and two Americans awaited further plans as four replacement engines were en route from Friedrichshafen.
President Hoover left the White House for a day of fishing in Virginia's Rapidan headwaters near Madison Court House. Marines have been preparing a camp site and road work at the remote location, chosen for the outing after a morning of desk work in Washington.
Waterloo high school symphony was among four Class A orchestras to post top scores in elimination rounds of the national high school music contest. East High heads to face the national title this afternoon at 1:30 p.m. The Lincoln Neb, Hammond Ind, and Flint Mich ensembles also qualified. East High departs on a special WGB airline at 7:15 p.m. for Waterloo, arriving 10:30 p.m. Tonight a 600-piece orchestra concert will be broadcast by WSUI from 8:30 to 10 o'clock, conducted by notable maestros.
Chicago May 18 The government seeks 10000 damages from three major railroads the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington Quincy and Chicago Rock Island Pacific in US District Court for alleged violation of an inter state commerce commission grain shipment ruling. The railroads delayed implementing the order until after the set date and the ruling aimed to equalize rates from Des Moines Omaha and Council Bluffs to Texas. In Cedar Rapids Guy E Logan was re elected president of the Town Manufacturers Association with other officers named.
May 20 to 25 period shows periods of precipitation on Monday or Tuesday and again toward the end of the week. Cool start with warmer temperatures rising through the period across the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains.
In Columbus two Army air maneuvers crash, one pilot killed and another injured. Lieut. B. Meadows of the Ninth pursuit squadron from Rockwell Field San Diego dies when his burning ship crashes in a residential yard. Lieut. Salter from Los Angeles survives after parachuting to safety. The disaster marks the first fatality in four days of the maneuvers.
Sam Rappo, 21, acquitted by a Des Moines jury after 20 hours of deliberation in the murder case of pool hall proprietor Charles Pirro. Pirro was shot December 26 as he returned to his garage in Des Moines south side Italian quarter. Rappo, arrested after seeking medical treatment for a severed finger, claimed self defense in the Des Moines District Judge Herman Zelich court.
Texas Guinan plans a new nightclub beyond Pathet Commissioner Grover Whalen’s reach. She has taken over the Hoffman Inn in Valley Stream Illinois and will debut in New York on May 28 with her Broadway crew including the girls, their families, and the entertainers, plus the mathematician who handles the checks.
The Eppley Hotel company owner and operator of hotels in Iowa and Nebraska has purchased the Seelbach note in Louisville Kentucky. Petar S. Peterson of Underwood is named president and R. A. Fort of Council Bluffs secretary of the Town Truckers association in the Sioux City item dated May 18.
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