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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1927
Page
10
Reports from southern Colorado describe armed guards, campfires, and rockets as strikers gather. About 80 strike leaders, including several IWW members, are in custody, while other miners return to work and guards move prisoners to Pueblo jail under heavy protection.
Voters in 11 states cast ballots for governors congressmen and hundreds of local officials in a tense off year election. The only potential national edge appeared in Mississippi and New York as Kentucky weighed horse racing fate and Ohio faced anti saloon league questions amid a bitter Campbell mayoral race.
Three teams from the Women’s Christian Temperance Union tour the state promoting law observance. Teams include Ida B Wise Smith with Louise Hollister. Carrie L M Ballenwer with Carrie Lewis. Lucille Shadie with Gertrude Walton. Conferences run Ot tumwa to Des Moines with dates Nov 17 to Dec 13.
A failed bank robbery at Farness State Bank in Rudd Iowa occurred at 3 a.m. when a heavy safe toppled from planks as three men loaded it onto a truck and fled. The burglars, identified as part of a Minnesota gang, had recently robbed a jewelry store and stolen two automobiles in Mankato within 24 hours. One captive, Fred Zimmerman, was tied to a wheel and later freed by a pedestrian. The Buick coach used in the escape reportedly overturned near Marshalltown with one driver injured. merchandise including clothing and guns was found in the cars bearing marks of Glidner Bros stores in Minnesota. Sheriff Saddler directed the search with aid from local officers.
Defense in oil conspiracy case suffers setback as Burns detective William V. Long cannot identify H R Lamb of the attorney general's office as the man who trailed juror Norman Glascock to the Potomac field. Lamb denies ever seeing Long while Glascock says he never visited the field. An automobile repairer says Lamb's car was not at the field on October 22, and Clark from Chicago testifies. district attorney's office questions links between Burns agents and Sinclair.
Federal Judge George Scott ruled the raid on the Dougherty warehouse in Sioux City Indiana illegal. The seizure valued at $50,000 alcohol undermined the conspiracy case against six defendants including Harry Klass Joe Shulkin Sam Shulkin Jesse Marshall and William and George Dougherty.
Lions Club holds a joint Father and Son banquet at Black's tearoom Thursday night replacing the usual luncheon. Robert Easley heads the entertainment committee. C. A. Kittrell will deliver the principal talk. A West High violin quartet under Mrs Luce and readings by Miss Thomas will be featured.
Alumni from the Pacific coast and other cities attended the eleventh annual homecoming at the University of Iowa City last weekend. Mathias W. Semple, a mining engineer from Chuquicamata, Chile, on his first Iowa visit in over a century, won all distance attending honors.
WIBM Waterloo Evening Courier reports a star filled week of broadcasts from Forum hall. Tonight features Ray Cexert postmaster, Bloyd Welly orchestra, and Congressman 3. B. Robinson speaking at 8.40. Brunswick recording orchestra from North Carolina and other acts promised for tonight and tomorrow. A new noon market report service from Ralh Packing accompanies the daily program, linking radio and farm prices.
Milwaukee scene details a kidnapped woman and the bodies of her husband and another woman found along a road near Dousman. Police suspect a degenerate gang linked to the disappearances of Lillian Graef and Mrs. Alvin Greenwald. A 19 year old Milwaukee girl, Lillian Graef, vanished after a blind date and was later found beaten and strangled in the Fox River near Waukesha. Authorities believe three assailants in a large vehicle attacked the Greenswalds and abducted Mrs Greenwald, who was found at the roadside. her husband died from injuries days earlier. The investigation centers on a gang theory and additional attacks in the area.
Shenandoah Ta Nav 8 fly Directors of the defunct First National Bank here, formerly run by the Read family, were named defendants in a $670,000 suit filed in federal court at Creston by H. J. Spurway, federal receiver. The Amended petition names T. H. Read Elbert Read J. L. Gwynn Henry Field and Earl Sheets. The case is set for January in this place before special master Claude Porter.
The Courier will be delivered to homes before 6 30. If the carrier is late or fails to deliver by then a replacement copy will be sent. Call or reach the office before 6 20 p m. to report issues.
The article reports a heated House Ways and Means Committee session on the inheritance tax with Treasury and White House backing repeal. Adjutant Edward J. Brucher cites pacifist blame for future war and notes no current conflict, while underscoring past events like Lindbergh’s flight. Treasury under Ogden Mills defends peacetime repeal as a revenue question, with committee members pressing on lobbying, finances, and state contributions to expenses.
Bernardsville New Jersey November 8 Three boys died and 79 orphans were rescued as a fire destroyed St John the Baptist Orphanage in Gladstone Aged three to six children escaped by windows and a heater explosion started the blaze Water shortages hindered firefighting as the stable dormitory burned to the ground.
Former Secretary Albert B. Fall, aged 65, recovered from a lung illness after several days in bed at the Mayflower hotel. Reports said congestion in his right lung was clearing and a normal recovery was expected, allowing a return to his New Mexico ranch.
Managua reports that Second Lieutenant B A Thomas and Sergeant Frank Dowdell, missing Marine aviators since their crash on patrol, were killed after resisting 30 to 40 guerrillas who trapped them in a cave near Ocotal Nicaragua.
Minneapolis gathering of hoboes declares for justice and jury trials on vagrancy charges, citing illegal arrests and urging reform. Noted speaker Innes Eads Howe, a known traveler, argues judges repeatedly deny street presence without funds while enforcement continues.
Des Moines Iowa Nov 8 Major Robert Penfold division commander of the Salvation Army urged donations of clothing and shoes to aid families of southern Iowa miners. The army has already aided Monroe county mining districts where unemployment caused destitution and hardship.
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