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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1928
Page
11
A Chicago Tribune style roundup notes President Coolidge plans a summer vacation at Cedar Island Lodge near Brule, Wisconsin, with the trip set for mid June. The article also covers Milo Reno’s demand for probe of Hoover campaign funds and other political and sport items including Louis Meyer’s Indy 500 win, a daring Broadmoor Club robbery, balloon and aviation news, and profiles of Gene Tunney.
The article discusses Democratic party dynamics around the anticipated nomination of Guy Smith, noting southern leaders split between anti-Smith and pro-Smith camps. It outlines motives of expediency, possible impacts on election, and the likelihood of voter disengagement or Republican gains if Smith is not blocked.
The notice states papers should arrive at homes before 5 30. If not due to carrier or other error, readers should phone 516 for a replacement copy. Calls must reach the office before 6 38 p m.
Washington May 31 The Postmaster General announced a test air mail rate of five cents for the first ounce and ten cents for each additional ounce under the Kelly bill now law Representative Kelly Pennsylvania praised the move saying it will spur commercial aviation growth. A new five cent stamp will be printed immediately. The department expects a surge in first class business from 100 to 600 percent once effective.
Capt Kingsford Smith with three companions on the Southern Cross began a trans Pacific flight from Oakland toward Honolulu. The crew includes Australians Charles Ulm and Lieut Harry Lyon and American James Warner. The plane carries 1200 gallons of gasoline for the 2400 mile first leg and will relay hourly reports as it follows a beacon-guided route.
Rome says an official communique believes the Italia crew are somewhere between Wilde Bay and Heppen Strait, northern Spitzbergen, after a likely forced landing or disaster near the 10:27 a.m. May 25 radio call. Officials cite expert cooperation and suggest a halted flight could have caused the incident.
A blaze in Meadville eleven miles west of Brookfield, Missouri, today destroyed almost the entire business section. Beginning at 4 o'clock, the fire caused an estimated $200,000 loss as volunteers and fire departments from nearby towns fought to contain it, arousing the entire population.
J A Trimble of 209 Cutler Street called Memorial Day ideal with clear weather and precise outdoor program. He noted attendance by several thousand, estimating around 10 000 people. Trimble, a past commander of the United Spanish War Veterans post, also served as treasurer of the Memorial day exercises committee.
Charles Hoppe, a young Toledo chauffeur, arraigned on a first degree murder charge for kidnapping and killing seven year old Dorothy Szelgowski. He entered a not guilty plea despite a signed confession detailing the abduction beating strangling and disposal of the body. Insanity will be his plea, with the state seeking an early trial and the death penalty.
St Louis May 31 Five thousand former members of the second division AEF expected to register for the tenth annual reunion. Delegates from 28 states arrived by foot train car and air. Major General Preston Brown flew to Illinois and was to proceed to Fort Leavenworth. Other notables include General Hanson EB Bly and Col Hanford MancNider. The gathering runs today through Saturday. Babe Bally hits nineteenth homer as Yankees beat Senators 2 to 1 in the third inning with Hurst homer in the second.
F R LaBarre of 803 Grant avenue, assistant cashier of Waterloo Savings bank, recalls training at Camp Forrest, Ga, with 35 or 40 Waterloo men. After three months he transferred toward a regiment bound for Russia, then reassigned to a replacement engineers company and sent to France aboard the George Washington. He ended the war in the Seventy eighth division.
Washington May 31 Testimony before the senate presidential campaign committee alleges that the Ku Klux Klan paid Senator Heflin Democrat Alabama for speeches in several states. William Zumbrunhi general counsel testified he believed Heflin received 250 per state with 150 or 250 for Iowa, and 250 for New York. He said Alabama Klansmen paid Heflin locally and the national office did not contribute. Heflin had spoken in Waterloo last summer.
Reichswehr troops will destroy the remaining phosphate gas supply at Stolzenberg Chemical Works to prevent another explosion endangering Hamburg. Gas will be dumped into the sea from torpedo tubes. In Buenos Aires the Italian consul seeks police reinforcements after a bomb outrage that killed seven. Prince of Wales parachuted to London after laying a cornerstone in Norwich. A P Moore, newly named U S ambassador to Peru, flies across the Canal Zone en route to Lima for duties.
Dubuque in May reports the will of William Lawther directing $1,000 to Finley Hospital University of Dubuque Mount Pleasant Home Hillcrest Deaconess Home for Orphans and German Catholic Orphanage. Westminster Presbyterian Church receives $9,000 and Mr and Mrs E G Erl Red Wing Mim receive $1,000 each. The bulk goes to near relatives William Lawther Jr Anna B Lawther and Evelyn Lawther Odell's three children share the remainder.
A coroner's inquest in Madison investigated the deaths of John H. Elfert and his wife, Mrs. Elfert, found shot to death in their Lake Madison cottage. Officials believe Elfert, aged 52, shot his wife, 45, before turning the .32 revolver on himself. The couple had been married about two months.
Unidentified youth about 20, murdered, buried in Potter's Field by Salvation Army workers. Funeral drew over 100 people for identification. Death caused by blows to the head. Police have no clues to the slayers.
Florence Arizona May 31 An appeal to the supreme court stayed the execution of Eva Dugan 50 year old mother of two the first woman in Arizona to be condemned to death She was to be hanged tomorrow morning for the murder of A J Mathis a wealthy rancher. Wholesale Grocer Dies Sioux City Ta May 31 say C J Moore well known wholesale grocer died here last night after an illness of more than four months from complications following an attack of influenza
With about a quarter of West Virginia precincts reporting on May 3, Guy D. Goff led Hoover 96,085 to 88,152 in the Republican presidential race while Alfred E. Smith topped Reed 51,344 to 45,653 in the Democratic contest. In the Senate GOP race, H. D. Hatfield led Howard Gore and Rosenbloom in early returns.
A Daily Mail dispatch from Peking says nationalists captured Paoting Fu, a key city 85 miles south of Peking, signaling an imminent fall of the capital. Northners retreat disorderly, merchants barricade valuables, and foreigners move to consulates as invasion looms. Separately, Capt. Herman Fanger, 32, once a German WWI ace, is injured after a 300 foot fall at Old Richards Acid airfield in Kansas City.
Waterloo reports clear skies and good conditions while Des Moines shows fair weather and decent roads Ottumwa remains fair to good with similar conditions. Dubuque sees clear and good, Keokuk cloudy but good, Fort Dodge fair to good Cedar Rapids cloudy with edit, Marshalltown clear good Creston clear good Town City clear good Boone Mason City Clinton Muscatine Davenport all listed as clear and good
President Coolidge selects eight room bungalow on Henry Clay Pierce estate near Brule River Wisconsin as summer White House. Cedar Island Lodge on island linked to mainland by footbridge will host executive offices nearby. estate offers cool climate, abundant trout, deer, and privacy, with travel by road or rail to Superior, Duluth, and Chicago.
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