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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1928
Page
9
The Supreme Court handed down two rulings from New York and Kansas restricting Klan activities and accessing oath and member information. The decisions limit state enforcement versus federal protections and signal a shift away from Klan influence, marking a turning point after years of secrecy.
Floods driven by the Mississippi and tributaries inundated 15000 acres in Missouri and Illinois as levees failed near Quincy and marks district. The disaster spread across Kentucky and Oklahoma with 17 lives lost and property damage around ten million dollars. Rescue and relief efforts mobilized with American Legion and Salvation Army aid as rail and road networks suffered.
Omaha reports a hatchet killer blamed for three deaths in 24 hours. Victims include Mrs. Harold Stribling and her husband, two women and an elderly man. Police hunt intensified as evidence suggests robbery motive and possible escape routes via a nearby rail line. Cecil Blackman held pending inquest. family details and hospital descriptions provided.
An ammunition factory near Paris, half a mile from the city walls, exploded today. Govern ment owned and run under the War Department, it killed twelve people including four women, with many injured. Rifle cartridges were scattered over a wide area.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that intoxication is not a blanket ground for acquittal in criminal cases. The decision reversed a Story county case, clarifying that the burden to prove degree of intoxication lies with the defense. Guy Patton had been acquitted of larceny from a building after a prior charge. The appeal aimed to settle legal instruction on intoxication as a defense when judgment was affected.
Nath an Leopold, partner of Richard Loeb in the Bobby Franks murder, started his twenty third year of life and fourth year of his sentence today at Joliet penitentiary. Friends and relatives were expected to visit as Leopold works as secretary to the warden.
Graf Zeppelin will not make a second trip to America this year due to lack of gas supply. The Zeppelin works announced today that no further flight is planned this season.
Washington, D.C. November 20. Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of Standard Oil Company of Indiana, was acquitted by a nine men three women jury in District of Columbia supreme court on three counts of perjury. The verdict came after 55 minutes of deliberation. he was released from custody and his bond was returned on defense motion.
Denver delegates from across the United States gathered for the National Farmers Union convention to seek a workable farm relief plan. About five hundred delegates representing roughly 100,000 farmers debated uniting, cooperation as the keynote, and marketing through cooperatives while maintaining individual farming units.
The first day of Waterloo's Community Chest drive reports 19,790.05 pledged from 15 firms reaching 1/4 of the $76,360 goal. Division leaders include E. E. Peek and K. L. Bragdon. campaign director Paul A. Harvey urges broader participation as 100 percent subscribers rise to 15 firms.
A tropical Miami radio station reported an SOS from the Greek steamer Alexandria in distress off the Azores. A tug has set out from Fayal to assist.
Charles H. Tracy, 1617 Commercial Street, who has been blind and dependent on a $25 monthly pension for 11 years, will operate a newsstand in Lincoln Park funded by the Lions club and the Iowa department for the blind. The project, aided by the Waterloo Social Welfare league and park board, aims to let Tracy pay for himself and support his 7-year-old daughter Martha, with potential pension savings if successful.
Aboard the U S Maryland on November 20 President elect Herbert Hoover and Mrs Hoover rest amid semi tropical seas off Lower California. The ship with a population of 1300 offers radio movies and a newspaper to ease isolation. Hoover plans deep sea fishing as it travels at 15 knots.
New Orleans delegates to the American Federation of Labor annual convention heard Paul V. McNutt, national commander of the American Legion, advocate universal draft legislation as part of defense reforms. He proposed abolishing the treasurer’s office by shifting duties to the secretary and stressed the need for broader draft powers to avoid a repeat of 1917 weaknesses.
Clarksville Iowa Nov 20 The funeral of Martin H Long who died early today of carcinoma after a long illness will be held at 2 pm Thursday at the M E church Rev Willard Grant will officiate and the Woodmen of the World will take part Long 54 is survived by his widow formerly Miss DeNice son Wayne and four daughters Dorothy Mrs Arthur Swick Lois and Lola
Twenty five relatives and friends gathered Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Zommack to honor their thirty fifth wedding anniversary. Gifts were presented and refreshments served.
The Courier will be at your home before 5 30. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 to receive a copy. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Burlington police neared an arrest in the death of Clifford Waste from poisoned alcohol on November 7. Investigators traced Waste’s last actions and questioned a local man believed to have poisoned his food or drink near a railroad station where Waste worked. Partners say Waste did not drink liquor, supporting the poisoning theory.
New York Nov 20. High priced stocks jumped on the NYSE led by Dupont which rose about 60 a share to 800. Case Threshing rose 32 to 481 and radio 36.50 to 368. The day saw record turnover with expect 7,000,000 shares traded as big and little traders flooded orders. Rails, Greene Cananea Copper, Johns Manville, May Department Stores, Woolworth, IH, SOCAL, Liquid Carbonic, and Keith-Albee Orpheum advanced 5 to 10, while New Haven, Northern Pacific, and Canadian Pacific pushed to new highs.
Boston November 20 The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union at its fifty fourth convention re elected all officers President Mrs Ellan A Boole Brooklyn NY Vice President Mrs Ida B Wise Smith Des Moines IA Secretary Mrs Anna Marden Deyo Evanston IL Treasurer Mrs Margaret C Munns Evanston IL Recording Secretary Mrs Sarah H Hoge Lincoln VA Assistant Recording Secretary Mrs Nellie G Burger Springfield MO The convention adopted a resolution urging state local W C T U groups to secure federal supervision of motion pictures and raise moral standards of production
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