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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1927
Page
10
Pittsburgh specialists combed through wreckage from the $1,000,000 gas explosion. The death toll reached 27, with about 500 treated in hospitals as roofs and walls collapsed and glass damage neared $50,000. insurance coverage is unlikely.
Rumors in New York on November 15 propose a $100,000,000 combination of seven automobile makers under William C Durant. The Moon, Chandler, Gardner, Hupmobile, Jordan, Peerless, and Star motors would form the new organization.
The fall term of federal court opened in Keokuk on November 15 with Judge Martin Wade on the bench A jury was being impaneled that day, marking the start of proceedings in the term Involving federal cases in the area the report notes the early jury selection underway under the judge’s supervision.
A severe early winter blizzard swept northern Wisconsin and spread toward Iowa, snapping telegraph wires and closing highways. Snowdrifts reached four feet in places, with trains and road traffic halted and schools closed across the region.
A man identified as Marty Burns was shot and killed in a fight at an election for the South Side Elevated Railway employees union. His brother Charles Burns was fatally wounded and is in critical condition. The attacker fled from a billiard hall where the election was held.
The treasury reports US exports in the first ten months of 1927 reached 3.998 billion dollars, up 135.4 million from 1926, while imports were 3.509 billion, down 188.5 million, yielding a favorable trade balance of 489.48 million and an increase of the gold stock by 226.682 million.
Des Moines reports a harmonious stand by farm group teachers from a Washington D. C. meeting will guide the fight for farm equality. Charles E. Hearst, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau federation, says unity among the American Farm Bureau federation the National Farmers union and the National Orange suggests strong cooperative relations.
Snow will blanket Des Moines tonight and tomorrow as temperatures drop over twelve degrees below freezing. Government meteorologist Charles Reed predicts low temperatures around 20 degrees with higher readings elsewhere, while central areas may see steady snowfall.
Washington officials reported waning optimism among congressional tax cut advocates as the administration pressed to limit the proposed reduction. The Ways and Means Committee grapples with a $400 million plan, while a Democratic House program targets about $321 million and treasury limits press toward $225 million.
Denver voters face a prohibition focused special congressional election to fill Rep. Vaile's vacancy. Democratic nominee S Harrison White backs Valstead act modification while Republican State Senator Francis Kniss opposes any change.
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied a reduction from 1.05 to 90 cents per 100 pounds for canned goods between California and the central states and authorized an 8 cent reduction after schedules are revised. The move followed a May attempt by railroads citing Panama Canal shipping effects and provoked protests from shipping lines and traffic groups in the southern Atlantic regions.
President Coolidge expressed doubt that tariff revision will materially aid farmers. He viewed data on farm relief but opposed Congress suggestions for tariff changes. The administration plans to emphasize boosting domestic trade in agricultural products over foreign trade.
Citizens urged to donate as Welfare and Salvation Army groups prepare for the campaign running Nov 28 to Dec 3. D J Walker chairs the citizens committee and Hotel Russell Lamson hosts planning session. Six divisions will be led by A Mortis Harre Shaw Jackson McCoy C Butler and Bruce Gates with Walter Hunt heading the speakers bureau.
Pittsburgh reports show 21 bodies in morgue and 17 identified amid a blast from two large Equitable Gas tanks. Rescue shifts to the Pittsburgh Clay Pot plant with about 100 workers missing and hundreds injured across multiple hospitals.
Cuban house of representatives passed a bill granting Gen Leonard Wood's widow a pension of 40 a month for her late husband’s service as Cuba’s administrator after the Spanish American War.
A Chicago crash when a truck collided with a streetcar on Four Street left more than 100 passengers in panic and eighteen people injured. Investigators cited a broken steering knuckle as the cause amid a chaotic scene on the avenue.
G C Grady prominent farmer and financier attempted self harm at his Hartford home early morning slashing his throat with a razor. Found by wife and stepdaughter in sleeping porch after he failed to come downstairs he faced fatal blood loss. A son John C Grady was summoned from Waterloo. Recovery deemed unlikely by physicians. Grady about 62 had retired from farming and pursued business ventures.
George Remus, on trial for the slaying of his second wife Imogene Holmes Remus in Cincinnati Ohio, gains the right to question veniremen to decide if he was insane at the time of the fatal shot or faces execution. The prosecution challenged his participation arguing insanity was the defense. Judge Chester R. Shook ruled the mental status on Oct 6 is a legal question.
Florence Trumbull has graduated and Mount Holyoke College nears Amherst in a report with scattered names and a sketch of a campus social scene. A tall blonde sophomore is noted at a first formal college affair and a Kimpton figure from Keokuk is mentioned amid an incident where a man attempted self harm but was revived.
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Claude A. Clark critiques a synthetic rubber announced by German chemists as inferior to natural rubber. He notes the need to market a superior or cheaper product to back an established industry, with millions invested. Clark mentions British rubber control and Firestone and Ford pursuing plantation investments in Liberia and South America.
Henry M. Leland and son Wilfred C. Leland file a chancery suit in Pontiac Michigan seeking six million dollars from Henry Ford. The suit represents nearly 2000 Lincoln Motor Company stockholders and stems from Ford purchase of Lincoln in February 1922 for eight million dollars. The Lelands allege Ford failed to honor a verbal stock-buy agreement with active stockholders.
Bucharest reports Premier Bratiano may seek a reconciling tilt with former Crown Prince Carol following the surprising acquittal of Michael Manoilescu by a three court martial on sedition charges. Diplomats call the verdict a setback for Bratiano and a sign of army independence.
A coastal launch Tukaram foundered 60 miles off Bombay in a violent storm. One hundred thirty two people perished and seven were rescued. Rescue ships searched for another vessel Jayanti feared sunk with 96 Indian passengers and crew.
Dismissing charges against officials of the Biks lodge and Mona han post of the American Legion in Sioux City Iowa witnesses failed to prove the films shown were Dempsey Turley prize fight or tied to the defendants or that as officers they caused the exhibition.
Washington officials pursue potential contempt actions as grand jury expands probe into Burns detectives shadowing the Sinclair Fall jury. Justice Siddons orders review after juror Kidwell affidavits alleging an impending car incident and jury interference.
The state highway commission awarded Bryant Paving Company of Waterloo contracts to pave primary highways in Delaware Buchanan and Butler counties after a bid opening held at the commission meeting.
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