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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1927
Page
32
Jane Addams and Mary McDowell urge Congress to modify the immigration quota to favor wives and children of foreigners already in the United States before July 1, 1924. The plan aims to ease family separation without altering overall quota limits.
New York May 19 Lloyd Bertaud will not fly the Bellanca Columbia to Paris with Clarence Chamberlin and a successor has been chosen. Charles A Levine said the successor’s identity will not be revealed until departure. Weather and injunction actions cloud the preparations as Byrd and Lindbergh readiness grow.
Col E W Starling U S secret service returned with a personal report for President Coolidge on six potential summer White House sites in Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Colorado Iowa and South Dakota. The president will choose after conferring with Starling with Wisconsin once favored but elevation concerns may shift favor to Colorado.
Detroit officials and union representatives reached a working agreement to avert a threatened Pere Marquette railroad strike set for the morning. The federal mediation board aided in ironing out differences between railroad officials and union members, announcing the settlement.
Springfield May 19 The Illinois House rejected a statewide referendum on repealing prohibition enforcement laws including search and seizure. The vote was 0 to 63.
Des Moines reports A F Y Weller chief engineer of the state health department approved white bathing suits for sanitary reasons. He favored white cotton and dismissed length concerns, noting the color matters most. He cited a California ban as context.
Des Moines May 19. News reporters may inspect public records in any state office during reasonable times and hours, backed by Attorney General Fletcher. He ruled county officers are not censors and must provide requested records, countering a Chickasaw county clerk’s claim to withhold material.
Davenport May 19. Continued rain in April and May has seriously delayed farm operations in Scott county. Only a small percentage of the county corn acreage planted. Small grain making slow progress. Fruit prospects good, but hail damage to trees in some areas Tuesday night.
The notice states home delivery by 5:30 p m and offers a remedy if not received by then. If delivery is late due to carrier error, call 5100 for a replacement copy, with calls accepted until 6:30 p m.
Gov Green appeals funds for Bath township relief as dynamite destroyed the consolidated Bath school killing 42 people. Thirty six victims were pupils. Kehoe, a former school board member, is blamed for planning the tragedy and his wife Mrs Kehoe was found dead in the farm ashes. Deputies say he mined the basement and fled the scene. Community mourns as plans for a group funeral for the children are discussed.
In Town, a quarrel over fish led to Frank Fairall suing Frank Douglas for 5000 dollars after a July dispute. The jury deliberated 23 hours and was dismissed without a verdict. Both men are described as retired farmers and longtime fishing partners.
Eight people were known to be dead after the Gros Ventre dam failed near Kelly Wyoming, sending a 20 foot high wall of water down the Gros Ventre river valley. The town of Kelly was left in ruins, with many reported missing as the river swept through the area. The dam had been formed two years earlier by landslides sparked by earthquakes and was deemed safe by engineers and officials at that time.
Des Moines traffic signals failed last night as heavy rain caused shorts in wiring. This morning the system was restarted and traffic moved normally. Police blamed the downpour for the shorts that flashed lights to red and forced officials to switch off all signals temporarily.
Paris courts made a final attempt to reconcile Mr. and Mrs. W. Vanderbilt, TT, but failed. A divorce decree is expected within a fortnight. The judge ordered the couple before him without their lawyers, and the five minute reconciliation effort ended as the Vanderbilts left the Palais de Justice by a backdoor.
Three miners were killed in an explosion at the Bell colliery near Tamaani late last night, a report filed today to Inogess Matt Ogarty in New Philadelphia. The tragedy confirms three confirmed deaths with details pending.
Davenport Iowa May 19 Mrs William Milchrist of Sioux City will be the new president of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs. On an informal ballot at the biennial session she was nominated without opposition. Other nominations included Galen Tilden Ames for first vice president and Eugene Henley Grinnell for second vice president. The election occurs this afternoon with several contests for other offices.
Marilyn Miller a musical comedy star and her husband Jack Pickford motion picture actor will seek a divorce in Paris early in June. Pickford said Miller who is in Chicago will sail for France soon and he will follow later. A Paris tribunal will be petitioned for a divorce on grounds of incompatibility after a year of separation failed to reconcile them.
Berlin May 19 Reports from Bucharest say King Ferdinand of Romania remains gravely ill with intestinal cancer and his condition has again deteriorated. The illness is being closely watched by European courts and officials.
Mrs. Marie Maharras was found guilty of second degree murder by a Black Hawk county jury after a night of deliberation. She drowned her stepson Nicholas Maharras Jr. in the Cedar River on August 7, 1924. Judge Wood set sentencing for Monday at 2 pm. verdict carries 10 years to life in state prison.
John Boeller, member of Gov. Hamill's commission, says markers and tablets will honor Iowa regiments from the Spanish American War. A Cedar Rapids firm won the contract last week to carve the monuments to be placed near Jacksonville Florida and Savannah.
The biennial census shows 95 Waterloo factories with annual business of 5 thousand dollars or more totaling 4,202,974 in 1925. A workforce of 4,205 earned 5,220,856 while materials cost 27,707,163. C. A. Hanson, secretary of the Greater Waterloo association, released the figures as a special agent of the commerce department.
Benjamin C. Marsh from Washington DC arrives in Des Moines to organize a protest mass meeting with the slogan Withdraw the Marines from Nicaragua Keep Out of Mexico and Hands Off China. Marsh, a Grinnell College alumnus of 1898, is executive secretary of the People's Reconstruction league and managing director of the Farmers' National council.
Harley Brooks supervisor of trades and industries for the state department of vocational education resigns to become city supervisor of vocational education in Eau Claire Wisconsin. Resignation takes effect July 1.
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