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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1928
Page
1
Dr Warren L Steeves spoke at Walnut Street Baptist urging the church to abandon comfortable confines and go into the world to aid the tempted and tried. Earl Shreve and Rev Victor C Oltrogge assisted. music by a volunteer choir and 50 junior singers. A party for junior choir children is planned for Saturday at 2 30 p m.
Chicago dated story reports Northwestern University athlete John Acher wounded by gunfire. Phillip L. McKee president of American Greenhouse Manufacturing and real estate dealer D T Church held for questioning. police tie McKee to the shooting with gangster guests. car, cabaret raids, and arrests noted. Acher's condition described as dangerous with a bullet removed from his spine.
Rescue ships scoured the wide sea after the Vestris sank, locating lifeboats and rafts. A man was found dead on a life raft while 123 crew members remained missing. Relatives gathered in Liverpool awaiting word as survivors were picked up by American Shipper and other vessels.
Milan W Johnson, 77, longtime West High janitor, is in Presbyterian hospital with a self inflicted .22 caliber rifle wound to the stomach. Officials note two months of poor health as the motive. He was alone at the family home when the act occurred at 8 45 a.m. His wife, a West High janitress, arrived after the incident.
S H Carpenter 80 died at his home 908 Third avenue west at 3 p m yesterday from complications after a brain hemorrhage two weeks earlier. Born 1848 in Carlisle Ohio he moved to Belle Plaine Iowa in 1872 where he married Caroline Smith the next year. He was a ticket agent for the Chicago North Western at Belle Plaine for many years. Surviving: widow three children Rex A and Louis G at home and Mrs W H Gerke Indianapolis plus one grandson. Brief services tomorrow at Kearns chapel before burial in Belle Plaine. Also note Mrs W K Brott Laura Garrabrant 211 Second street east reports death of Mrs Christina Duke Brott October 13 in Santa Clara California. Daughter of George and Hannah Duke pioneers of Black Hawk township and Waterloo she was last of her family twice married first to William Johnson. Mr Brott known as auctioneer and farmer in Waterloo township.
A reader note advertises a series of intelligence tests offered at major universities. Test I asks which alphabet letter starts the most words, and Test VII asks which letters head no words. The page lists sample words and directs readers to the society page for answers.
Negotiations by Sears Roebuck and Co of Chicago for a Waterloo branch store are under way with several sites examined and terms offered. The branch manager notes no conclusion yet but Waterloo is seen as a probable distributing and sales center for the region.
Chicago reports state Representative Thomas Curran of the Fifteenth district died in a road crash near Kenosha while returning to sign the West Park Board payroll. Attorney Rocco De Stefano is critically injured. Curran, 60, had served 22 years in the legislature and leaves a widow, six sons, three daughters, and three brothers. Judge Curran is his son.
Robert Barber, a year old son of Mr and Mrs Homer Barber of Castle Hill, suffered painful injuries to his right hand and arm at about 11 am today when his hand was caught in a washing machine wringer in the kitchen. Mrs Barber heard his cries while hanging clothes as power was turned on. Medical exam planned with possible x ray to assess damage.
J P Risley Des Moines assistant adjutant and quartermaster general department of Iowa G A R and Judge J W Willett Tama past national commander in chief and past commander will attend the funeral of Thomas F Shannon at St Josephs church tomorrow at 9 am Meeting at Memorial hall at 8 am Pallbearers include D R Gould A J Pairburn Albert Livingston C E Edwards J M DuBois and George Martin all retired Illinois Central engineers Shannon retired from Illinois Central railroad in 1915
E W Manning adds to building at 1312 Mulberry for 100 dollars Frank Clute installs heating plant at 1330 Westfield Cal J Miller constructs garages at 729 Eleventh, 822 Kingsley, 826 Kingsley, 832 Kingsley at 100 dollars each BR Rathbun builds garage at 246 Falls Avenue for 100 dollars Ray Randall expands house from Riverview Park to River View Addition into block three
New York November 13 Gov Alfred E Smith to give a half hour radio address to the American people from the National Broadcasting studio at 8 pm (7 central). He arrived from Albany saying no advance copies would be available and he plans a southern vacation with friends, aiming for warm weather and golf.
The six crew members of the Gloucester Massachusetts fishing schooner Ruth Mildred were rescued early today by the Coast Guard after the vessel grounded on a reef about a mile and a half off Little Island, Virginia, following a night of heavy seas and a strenuous coast guard effort.
Mrs R L Ingersoll of 42 Mulberry Street has come back from a weekend visit with her nephew Dr John H Nauman a Grace Hospital house physician in Detroit Michigan.
Voter list fragments show Lewis W. Christian and Wilma A. Peters from Tipton and John Henry WDoelz with Platteville ties. Additional partial names include Ella Parish and Florence Abel linked to La Porte City and similar locations, with unreadable vote counts or dates.
James Ramsey of Chicago visited his parents at 806 Walnut street. Phil Hanna, former consul general to Mexico, shows improved condition in Presbyterian hospital. Ed Tucker of Oak Park and Adelaide visited Waterloo relatives at 311 Baltimore street. Iowa City students Maybelle Wasnuck and T. J. Roemer spent the weekend with Roemer’s parents at 1129 Randolph street. Dr. E. C. Claus and wife announce a daughter born Nov. 10 at Tripoli. The Claus family has Waterloo roots through Jim m ie Clasen. Waterloo Airport stockholders’ annual meeting postponed to 8 p m Monday at Hotel Russell Lamson. A. B. Chambers presides. Chris Olsen’s will leaves property to his wife Karen Marie, who has since died. estate divided among sons Charles W Grant Arnold. Wallace Henderson of Waterloo, a Grinnell freshman, joins Scarlet and Black staff. East Junior High invites patrons Thursday to tours and a 7:30 p m program by students. Cedar River remains 13 ft 10 in stage. normal is 12 ft 7 in. Mamie Wilkinson seeks divorce citing cruel treatment. temporary injunction issued. William T. Evans and family move from Parkersburg to Cedar Heights. he is a lawyer, once state senator. Sleeper car service to Chicago and Los Angeles available via Chicago Great Western. reservations by phone.
Ray O Wyland New York acting director of education and division of church relations Boy Scouts of America urged Kiwanis members to set an example of real manhood to mold a strong citizenship. He cited resources and inventions and stressed social engineering guiding home church schools and community effort. He noted Boy Scouts growth to 8 million with troops in 60 countries and called adult leaders vital to character and leadership education.
The October monthly Red Cross report by executive secretary Mrs. George B. Worthen shows 67 cases. 63 from September carried over. She logged 275 contacts with veterans or families, and 218 letters written. Six thousand folders will be distributed in bundles by local laundries to promote the annual roll call. A luncheon of the Waterloo chapter’s board, led by Herman C. Miller, discussed expanding roll call efforts through Thanksgiving.
Leaders of the Community Fund campaign announce a survey showing more than 60,000 acts of kindness by seven agencies supported by the fund last year. The tally includes 8,337 meals, 3,489 clothing items, 586 shoes, 775 jobs, 436 homeless lodgings, 2,172 nursing calls, 1,139 free clinical services, 960 medical treatments, 838 exams, and programs for youth and character building.
Paden Players and Watkins gave a musical program for Canopus club members after their weekly luncheon in Black's tearoom. The audience heartily encored. Charles E. Watkins from Chicago urged that cities must be planned and built by people, or they will sprawl without aim.
New York, Nov 13. The Hoover market surpasses last spring's stock surge, straining Exchange staffs to exhaustion. Brokers burn midnight oil as margin demands rise, older members step aside for younger. Affected venues extend weekends. Meehan takes a month off after amassing new gains.
Official canvass of Black Hawk County general election results shows McFarlane leading with about 5,300 votes for lieutenant governor and Hammill and Hoov et leading in other races. President results list Hoover and Smith with totals near 19,000 and 7,346 for governor shows Hammill ahead.
Walter Olson the Illinois state champion captured the U S national corn husking championship near Fowler Indiana. He husked 26 62 100 bushels in one hour and 20 minutes to take first place. Elmer Williams finished second with 25 31 100 bushels.
The state supreme court affirmed a $550 verdict for Mrs. EEBE. Howard against the city of Waterloo. She claimed a fall caused by a sunken cement block on the Overland building side on Fourth street east, creating a two inch offset.
More than 100 homes await the six weeks old baby Ruth found in a hotel linen closet in Sioux City Iowa. The child is at St Anthony's orphanage while efforts continue to locate her mother. A note on the blanket reads Ruth born September 28 1928 at 6 30 am.
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