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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1928

Page

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McMullen Urges Farmers to Alot and Help Selves

Chicago May 24 Prominent agricultural leaders across the middle west express disappointment and regret over the presidential veto of the McNary Haugen bill while Wisconsin dairy farmers applaud the veto. Republican candidates condemn the veto. some Democrats urge coop with the party minority for relief. Governor Adam McMullen calls farmers to rise and demand action, arguing no useful measures will come from current administration or Hoover. Wisconsin dairy leaders praise Coolidge veto. polls show strong opposition to the plan among farmers. Farm groups urge Congress to override the veto, warning of continued efforts for agricultural justice if not acted. Illinois and Wisconsin farm organizations decry administration disregard for agriculture and stress need for sympathetic federal policy. Industry voices split but many push for passage over the veto, predicting political consequences for the GOP.

Chicago L.t Middle West Reret Wisconsin Claude H. Mackenzie St. Paul Adam McMullen Nebraska Hoover J. N. Tittemore Wisconsin Dairy Association Coolidge Ben Fuelleman the Agricultur Sam H Congress Tlinois Agricultural Association Earl ©. Smith Charles E. Hearst Town Farm Bureau Federation Washington Gov‘ernment Washington, D. C White House McNary Oregon Senate Senate Agriculture Committee Thas Group House Haugen Towa Frank O. Lowden Kansas City Illinois Dawes Curtis Kansas Watson Indiana George N. Peck North Central States Agriculture Conference Buchanan L. J. Taber National Grange McNary-Ha Goolidge Taher

Anti Hooverites Last Ditch Fight Lay Schemes for Nomination

A New York Tribune analysis outlines last ditch tactics by Hoover opponents at the convention. It discusses possible pre convention shifts, Lowden's push for a dramatic show of strength, and Coolidge’s firm stance not to run. The piece notes the decisive moment will be when the party chooses a candidate if Hoover is unlikely on first ballot. It mentions public skepticism about a Coolidge candidacy and the uncertainty of his final decision.

Supreme.court Judicial Department Henry A. Wallace Des Moines Wallaces’ Farmer Republican Party Kansas City Oregon Frank C. Lowden Hoover Lowden Coolidge New York

Boy Hunter Gerald Boyd Shot Fatality Near New Sharon

The body of 14 year old Gerald Boyd was found near a woodpile along a levee in New Sharon, Iowa. He had been attempting to shoot a stray animal when a discharged pistol was found nearby, and the incident is treated as a hunting-related fatality while the family resides nearby.

New Sharon JINS Gerald Boyd Sen Abs Boyd Tsintor Seelesc Tinar Fay

Blaze at Allison Fire Destroys Box of Matches Ignites Building

The local fire department was alerted yesterday afternoon to a blaze at Allison Te. when a box of matches sparked a flame in the building. A. I. Nichols’ station reportedly responded to the scene. Damages have not yet been estimated.

Allison Alison A. I. Nichols Ertem

Temperatures and Wednesday Forecast Details

Readable fragments show high and low temperature notes for Wednesday and Thursday including 81 and 38 as observed figures.

Thursdas

Robbers Strike Lamar Bank Killing Two Officials

Four armed men robbed the First National Bank of Lamar taking about $7,000 in cash and nearly $195,000 in negotiable securities after a firefight that killed bank president A N Parrish and his son cashier John Parrish. Tellers were kidnapped but one released. a wide search with volunteers and airplanes followed across the Colorado New Mexico border with fugitives last seen near Trinidad. Local officials plan adjourned review of 1 private property assessments as 18 values rise, led by Litchfield Manufacturing and Montgomery Ward changes.

Lamar Colo First National Bank of Lamar Colorado-New Mexico John Parrish A. N. Parrish Pat Irish Sndeli Trinidad Oy Young Parrish Triniddad Board of Review Litchfield Manufacturing Company Montgomery Ward Company

De Havilland Plane Sales Tactic On Public Roads

London May 24. The De Havilland Aircraft Company is testing new sales methods for the Moth airplane. A Moth pilot flies low along a crowded main road during weekends, noting faster cars and their owners. The company then contacts these drivers to offer a demonstration flight on a later occasion.

London INS de Haviland

Brain Tests for Nineteen Century Readers

The item advertises intelligence and completion tests used by leading universities. It describes completing sequences and predicting missing elements to gauge mental acuity, noting tests can accommodate non native English speakers and emphasize imagination and abstract reasoning. It mentions an answer key printed on the society page.

Hye Ryre

Resolution to direct prosecution of Doheny and Fall

Washington May 24 A Senate Investigating Committee chairman Nye prepared a resolution directing President Coolidge to prosecute oil bribery cases against E L Doheny and Albert B Fall. It states dismissal of conspiracy charges does not affect bribery indictments and would require prosecuting counsel Owen Roberts and Alice Pomerene to pursue vigorously the bribery charges.

Washington, D. C JURI Coolidge E. L. Doheny Albert B. Fall Nye Senate Investigating Committee Senate Interior Fall Owen Roberts Alice Pomerene

Land office registers to receive pay raise in 1818 reform

Washington May 24 107 120 years since a raise for land office registers. Ninety Western state registers will get higher salaries from 31000 to 3500 by President Coolidge signing a bill. marriage tags list several names including Cherles N Rawe and Walker Matilda Kendall. Proposals to stick: Senate panels decide to remain in Washington after adjournment of Congress.

Washington, D. C Land Office Goolidge Senate Conmittes Congress

Congress Debates Deficiency on Prop and Vetoed Proposals

Congress today resumes committee work on a range of deficiency proposals and vetoed items. The session reviews pending measures as campaigns and fiscal provisions face scrutiny, with a focus on containment of project costs and ongoing infrastructure concerns amid closed-door discussions.

Leaders debate Italia return flight prospects amid North Pole relief

Washington reports Senate farm leaders delayed action on McNary Haugen bill as veto debates simmer. In Spitzbergen, the Italia dirigible nears its North Pole return with Gen Umberto Nobile confirming a pole visit and sending messages to Rome and Mussolini.

Italia North Pole Kings Bay Spitebergen Citta di Milano Jask Gen. Nobile Pole Here Italy Milan Rome Vatican Umberto Nobile Victor Emmanuel Nobile Taba Mussolini Taly Polar

Aeronautic chapter plans for Good Will tour

The newly formed Waterlog chapter of the National Aeronautic Association held ground flying lessons at Black's Tearoom and outlined plans for the Good Will tour visiting town on Tuesday June 19. President Charles Ho Trankes will assign tasks including fueling planes ticket sales entertainment and parking. A $1 entry fee will be charged for autos entering the airport to view the Good Will planes, with higher charges for roadside parking. By-laws were amended.

National Aeronautc Association Black's Tearoom Tawa Here Charles Ho Trankes T O Aire

Publisher Hersche V. Jones Dies at 80 in Minneapolis

Hersche V. Jones, longtime editor and publisher of the Minneapolis Journal, died at his home after a long illness. He was 80 years old.

MES Minneapolis Minn Hersche V. Jones Minneapola Journal

Rival factions in GOP battles reach Kansas City convention

Washington reports rival Republican factions in southern states plan to press their claims for delegates to the national convention in Kansas City. Contests total 41 of 1,089 delegates, with 28 more likely challenged, including entire delegations from Louisiana and Mississippi. Conference to resolve disputes June 4. King George could gain billions by reclaiming crown lands income rather than accepting fixed annual grants. current revenues rose sharply due to London leases and properties.

Washington, D. C Kansas City Republican National Committee Convention Louisena Mississippi Florida Georgia Kentucky District of Columbia Tennessee London Regent Street Criterion Theatre Group Plaza Theatre George III

Yale Faculty Salaries Raised After Endowment Drive

Yale University boosted the pay of 141 faculty members by a total of $166,990 following a $20 million endowment campaign. 26 full professors receive $1,000 yearly raises, while 34 associate and 81 assistant professors gain $500 annually, salaries rising from $5,000 to $6,000. A separate Keokuk, Iowa report notes the death of Elizabeth Pieper, 98, from injuries suffered in a fall two weeks earlier.

New Haven Conn Yale Theu Keokuk Elizabeth Pieper Pieper Germany United States

Lincoln High Band Heads to National High School Championship

The Abraham Lincoln high school band of Council Bluffs Iowa, state champions, were due to arrive in Joliet Illinois today to compete in the national high school band championships.

OWA Council Bluffs U.P Abraham Lincoln High School Joliet Tih

Funeral services for Fernando Ford held in two churches

Fernando Ford 80 died yesterday at his son C M Ford’s home on La Porte Road. A service was held Friday at 1 PM in the O Keefe and Towne chapel led by Rev O M Waggy. A second service followed at Union Township Church near Janesville at 2 30 PM. Burial in Washington Township Cemetery. Mrs Rose L Fairbairn died Tuesday at the county home hospital. Funeral at 2 PM today in Hileman and Gindt chapel with Rev Roy L Smith officiating. Burial in Fairview. A brother Pred Jaque of Edgerton, Minnesota arrived yesterday to arrange funeral rites.

Fernando Ford C. M. Ford la Porte Toad O'Keefe & Towne O. M. Waggy First Evangelical Church Union Township Janesville Washington Township Rose L. Fairbairn Rose T. Fairbairn County Home Hospital Hileman & Gindt Roy Leslie Smith Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Fairview

Campaign Probs To Travel Again

Washington dispatch reports the senate campaign committee plans travel after adjournment to Ohio Indiana New York and possibly West Virginia California The Ohio Indiana trip starts immediately after adjournment The West Virginia visit may be canceled in favor of New York Hoover Smith headquarters focus California visit possibly by Chairman Steiner and Senator Bratton after other work ends Adjournment set for Saturday night at the earliest Tuesday latest BOLT KILLS WOMEN Landsberg Germany May 24 Lightning today killed eight peasant women and injured eight others Three women sheltered under a tree when the storm hit Landsberg about 50 miles from Berlin WERPER KILLS CHILD Des Moines May 24 A 3 year old girl Griss died yesterday afternoon after falling in front of a weeder in a corn field near Altoona Pa

Associated Press Kings Bay Spitzbergen Pjy Italia North Pole Umberto Nobile Washington, D. C U.P Senate Campaign Committee Ohio Indiana New York West Virgiia California Congress West Virginia Hoover Steiner Bratton New Mexico Landsberg Germany Berlin Werper Desi Moines Griss Pressley Criss Altoona

Tombs of Kings Unveil Links in Egypt History

Cairo May 24. Royal personages of ancient Egypt emerge from obscurity as Dr A Reisner of the Harvard Boston expedition links the fourth dynasty to the pyramid builders. The tombs of Queen Hetephetes I and her red haired descendants reveal the early royal line. art writing and sculpture evolve with copper tools. The era marks Egypt's cultural rise and later decline from lavish tombs to a more redistributive society.

Cairo INS Egypt Giza A. Reisner Harvard- Boston American University Hetephetes I Cheops Rahay

Seven Lost, 313 Safe After Falkland Shipwreck

Passengers and crew of the sailing ship Falkland, en route from San Francisco to Bristol Bay canneries, were rescued after the vessel struck rocks off Akun head in the Bering Sea near Dutch Harbor Alaska. Seven Chinese migrants were feared lost after leaping overboard as the ship sank while 40 Americans and 280 Chinese remained aboard rescue ships.

Dutch Harbor Alaska UAK Ste of Falkland Akun Head Bering Sea San Francisco Bristol Bay

Preliminary trial of motorist charged with failure to aid

Andrew Sorenson, a truck driver of 518 Clay Street, faced a municipal court preliminary trial before Judge J Beem on a charge of failing to aid and report injuries from an automobile collision. Witness John Rooff testified he was struck and injured as he signaled Sorenson to stop.

Andrew Sorenson Clay Street J. ©. Beem John Rooff la Porte Road Sorenson

Bishop to Confirm Class at St. Mark's

Bishop Harry Longley of Des Moines will visit St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Whitsunday to administer the sacrament of confirmation to a class of adult converts. Rev. James G. Greece announced the occasion.

Harry Longley Des Moines St. Mark's Episcopal Church James G. Greece Whitsunday

Smithy Legger Raided for Bootlegging in Keokuk

Police described a Keokuk smithy as a front for bootlegging with brisk shoeing and illegal liquor sales. The raid found a heavily equipped operation, labeled by raiders as a busy illegal trade hub in the smithy yesterday.

Legger Keokuk Tald

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