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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1923
Page
8
Ireland shifts to stability as peasant farmers resume work and markets reopen. The South’s farmers crave plows and profits, rail links are restored, and trade resumes, signaling a broader European revival driven by the real producers of wealth rather than statesmen.
Berlin reports twenty killed and over a hundred wounded in weekend clashes between German reds and police in the Ruhr. Red forces were defeated as self defense units claimed control around Gelsenkirchen and Bochum. Reds warned of a general Ruhr strike and coal-mine stoppages as French guns were found in communist possession.
French Lick Ind May 28 The Association of Reserve City bankers opened its annual convention here today. George H Rogers Buffalo president of the association called the meeting to order. Several hundred bank executives and financial leaders were expected to attend as topics included banking credit the current economic condition and issues of bank organization were set for discussion.
United Press reports senators and officials push a national conference on railroad valuation. Delegates plan to persuade states and organizations to back the movement before the interstate commerce commission. They seek the commission to determine original investment and reconstruction cost, with La Follette urging a valuation around 466 billion and annual increases, while railway groups discuss abolishing or curtailing the labor board.
Archbishop J J Keane of Dubuque warned in Mason City that society drifts toward a dangerous impulse driven by majority rule and a lack of critical thinking. He spoke at a Knights of Columbus banquet where 300 Fourth Degree members and their ladies were honored, and 175 new members were initiated. Judge M J Ware urged the 20 million silent voters to participate, stressing government by the people depends on informed rule. The event concluded after a mass at St Joseph's and continued with the ceremonial program in the Hate Hanford building.
Delegates from Canada and the United States gathered in Atlanta for the seventh annual International Kiwanis convention. About 5060 attendees filled the venue as Georges H. Ross, international president from Toronto, said the primary goal was better relations between farmers and businessmen. The four day gathering continues.
Mrs Ruth Wheeler wife of a physician from Industry near Rochester appeared at the Rochester hospital with sword cuts. She denies any duel with Miss Mabel V Grant saying the wounds came from a struggle over an old army sword in the Wheeler home.
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Labor shortage slows maintenance and delivery of equipment for a $1.5 billion program adopted by U S railroads to handle expected peak traffic this fall. ARA president H Aishton testified at ICC hearings noting improvements in freight car and locomotive readiness and increased coal shipments to Lake Erie ports.
In Wiscasset Maine on May 28 Radilon fans await a North Pole target as Captain Donald B. MacMillan plans to depart June 16 aboard the Bowdoin. The voyage will use wireless gear to report progress. experts warn aurora breaks may interfere. One goal is to assess if another glacial period is near.
Alfred J Kyale 22 son of Rev O J Keale Benson Minn who won his seat in congress by defeating Andrew Volstead eloped to Crown Point Ind and married Miss Michel Virgin at Alee Stanfield Ziegfeld Follies beauty daughter of a wealthy contractor of Pikagy ville Baltimore Cong re ssman Krale in Chicago to attend the railroad valuation conference bestowed the parental blessing.
Des Moines May 28 A state council of Red Cross chapters will be organized June 6 to direct all activities and respond to disasters, replacing the old system under Chicago central division. Representatives from Iowa chapters will attend. executive committee includes Judge Wubert Utterback Dr A L Murray J W Studebaker T Babin and C Ries.
In Detroit suburb last night seven people died and twenty were injured when an interurban crashed into a stalled auto and a bus with five occupants pulled left onto the track. The deadly wreck left four young women and three men among the deceased. the injured endured flying debris and panic as interurban passengers fled through windows.
Police extended the manhunt through four states for the slayer of Mrs. W. Britten, killed in her Lansing home early Sunday. Authorities in Ohio Indiana and Illinois were alerted as Miss Helen Powers, a friend of the family, said Mrs. Britten was awakened by a noise and was shot shortly after. help arrived too late.
Berlin May 28 Germans outline a new reparations plan built on a nationwide real estate mortgage. The scheme would encumber all German land for 30 years, starting with agricultural and industrial properties, with about 50 percent of gold value pledged annually. Industrialists and banks would guarantee major shares, aiming to raise 1.1 billion gold marks yearly, while calling for higher labor output to meet payments.
Senator Cummins of Iowa spoke at Canopus club endorsing the League Court concept while opposing compulsory jurisdiction. He argued the United States should join only with specific guarantees and safeguards to prevent entanglements and preserve judicial limits.
Davenport May 28. Mayor Alfred C. Mueller, Levee Improvement Commission chair, called a conference of railroad officials for May 31 to renew talks on Davenport’s proposed union railroad station. Attending firms include M. & St. P., G. C., BRB, Q, Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern. Previous discussions stalled after a quarrel with M. & St. P president H. E. Byram. The three railroads leasing commission property have promised to build the station. The commission seeks a definite construction timeline.
Soviet dispatches report fifteen Georgians executed for involvement in a Menshevik plot against the Russian government in Riga with charges of supplying British authorities with military secrets. Three officers are also said to have been shot at Petrograd.
Washington, D. C. May 23. A summer school for Congress will open in Russia in July per Sen. Wing Democrat Utah Sen. Ladd Republican North Dakota and Rep. Frear Wisconsin. They will depart July 14 to study Soviet government and business methods. The school will be open to all senators and congressmen.
Premier Stan ley Baldwin was elected leader of the Conservative Party at a London meeting. The move follows Bonar Law and places Baldwin in succession as head of the party. Sir Lamley Worthington Ivana becomes postmaster general under Baldwin, while Austen Chamberlain’s letter to constituents broadens internal splits.
Topeka Kan May 28 Repair progress on the Santa Fe bridge over the Mississippi at Wart Madison Ta is nearly finished and the bridge will be opened for all trains this afternoon. The company plans to replace the bridge with a new 4 million dollar structure in the near future.
Des Moines memorial note for Captain Eldridge L Hadley a Civil War veteran and secretary of the Town Society of the Sons of the American Revolution who died yesterday at age 80. He was born in New York in 1842 and came to Des Moines in 1887. He is survived by his widow.
Washington May 28 ex governor Joseph W Folk of Missouri and a longtime Democratic leader died today in New York. Folk had shaped state and national politics and was a prominent figure in party affairs.
Mulatto man John J. Whitfield, wanted for the murder of a Cleveland policeman, drives a Packard at 65 to 70 mph through Rainbow Drive and Main Street Cedar Falls. Motorcycle officer C H Orvis pursues, attempts to puncture a tire, and the driver evades capture after a dramatic pursuit across streets, bridges, and dirt roads.
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