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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1929
Page
9
Four mayoralty hopefuls Walker La Guardia Norman Thomas and Enright face New York voters amid heated talk on the Arnold Rothstein murder and calls for an intensified investigation. The piece notes political expectations and campaign tensions in the lead up to election day.
Senator Sackett urges protective laws to curb super corporate growth and chain banking. He argues current acts like Sherman and Esch Cummins fail to shield the public, calling for broader legal reforms to preserve equality of opportunity. Page one discussion references the stock market panic and looming congressional action.
In Dubuque Iowa on Sunday Mrs Henry Saam a farmer's wife from Scales Mound Ill drowned her two children James and Mildred aged 3 and then killed herself with her husband present and three children at church. A coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by own action. Saam and one child went to the indicated spot and found all three bodies in a pool about three feet deep.
Senator Brookhart of Iowa said in the senate he would speak tomorrow on enforcement in general and on Wall Street liquor parties. He cited a subpoena issued to the wine party guest who served liquor at a dinner in which new members of Congress attended, as part of the probe.
West to east warming expected as federal meteorologist Charles D. Reed said temperatures will rise across Iowa starting in the western part and becoming general by tomorrow. Weekend weather remained fair with scattered showers and snow flurries reported after nightfall, with official readings never dipping below freezing. In Rome, Crown Prince Hubert arrived unexpectedly from northern Italy after a Brussels bombing attempt, prompting anticipated ovation plans.
Washington November 4 The dollar bill, reduced one third last July, shows little loss in purchasing power as costs since 1918 have fluctuated little. The Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Ethelbert Stewart notes a cost of living index around 170, with food up 55 percent since 1914 and clothing, fuel, house furnishings also higher. He adds increased employment this year versus 1928, especially in bituminous mines, while auto industry jobs declined.
In Raymond Illinois Central crossing tragedy two Waterloo youths died when their stalled car was struck by eastbound train No. 16 at 2 14 pm Sunday. Ray E. Starkey 17 died at Allen Memorial hospital and Rex E. Simmons 16 was killed instantly. Mrs F N Van Drew injured when her car hit a freight train near Waterloo.
Guatemala City, Nov 4. Forty to fifty persons were dead and hundreds homeless after the Santa Maria volcano eruption. Lava rivers swept coffee plantations near Elpalmar, wiping them out. First eruptions began Saturday night as residents fled the base of the mountain in panic.
Winnipeg reports the MacAlpine party eight explorers geologists and airmen missing since September 8 in northern Canada were located alive and well on Cambridge Bay Victoria Island in the Arctic Ocean. The radio message from Fort St James picked up at Churchill names leader H MacAlpine and members C A Thompson J M McMillan Robe rt F Baker Richard Pearce Alex Milne Dan Goodwo with their origins and roles.
Richard Corbett killed his mother to end her cancer suffering and was acquitted of murder by a quick jury verdict in Draguignan France. He argued the act was mercy as she begged him to end her agony.
The Courier is to be delivered to your home before 5 30. If the carrier errs or you do not receive the paper by then call the office at 100 and a replacement will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Des Moines reports the body of Harold Young, son of former U S senator and Des Moines Capital publisher Lafayette Young, being brought from Paris where he died Sunday. He left Sept 6 and had served in the Spanish American War. his health declined due to Yellow fever. He was born in Allentic, Iowa, and moved to Des Moines in 1890. He remained with the Capital until its sale in 1927, accompanied by his brother Lafayette Young Jr.
A detachment of seaplanes assembled at Norfolk to search for missing Ensign George P. Hatfield's patrol seaplane. The missing craft was recovered by the Norwegian fruit steamer Commodore Rollins after being towed into Hampton Roads. The plane was brought in after Harold descended during the Philadelphia to Norfolk trip.
Vienna November 4. Reports that Dowager Queen Marie of Roumania is fleeing the country were dismissed by the Roumanian legation as stupid and ridiculous. Attaches there asserted the queen was seen in several public places in Bucharest on Saturday, countering the circulating stories.
Washington Nov 4 NS Members of the house of representatives have transacted business on the floor while drunk Senator Frederick H Gillett Republican ex speaker of the house declared in the senate today His remarks came during a defense of Senator Bingham Republican Connecticut in debate on the Norris resolution of censure He recalled his own service noting drunken conduct was visible but not necessarily to be censured directly
Secretary Lamont said business conditions are fundamentally sound citing Commerce Department figures showing no inventory buildup, rising forward orders, and flat commodity prices. He supported Hoover and Klein on stability, noted the long term trend contrasts with past depressions, and expected market reactions to be largely psychological among luxury buyers.
In Independence, Missouri a unknown assailant fired buckshot through a kitchen window killing Albert Weddle as he sat in a chair and likely fatally wounding his wife. The couple’s daughter Opal found them. the purse with $123 was in Weddle’s pocket, robbbery ruled out. A second report notes Rev. Charles A Rawsey urging denominationalism outgrown for a united Protestantism within 50 years.
Chicago opens a new 20 million opera house with elite boxholders including Edith Rockefeller McCormick and Samuel Dugall. Social and business leaders of the era fill the golden curve while Verdi’s Alda is staged for the dedication with Rosa Rats in the cast.
In a rare 54 to 32 vote the senate censured Republican Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut for hiring a paid lobbyist, Charles L. Evanson, to aid tariff hearings. Norris sponsored the resolution condemning the conduct as unethical while Bingham defended himself as overzealous but not corrupt.
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