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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1927
Page
9
A collage of era reflections on 300 years since Plymouth and Jamestown. Notes on Thanksgiving, snowfall in Waterloo, and a parade of brief items from politics to crime. Articles cover Roumania’s premier death, Chicago gunmen arrests, Admiral Bullard’s death, and proposed poultry flock testing welfare ideas.
Washington reports a renewed congress battle as supporters and opponents react to Special Master Hughes findings that Congress has authority over lake water withdrawals. Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan pursue remedies while Chicago weighs compensating works and sewer improvements to curb outflow and avoid further action. Milwaukee plans legislation to forbid diversions and block Chicago moves.
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The Evening Courier announces its continued sponsorship of the Good Fellows club to bring Christmas happiness to hundreds of poor children. Letters to Santa Claus arrive seeking gifts, and a donor has already given to the Christmas fund. The club operates independently of welfare groups, relying on voluntary gifts to ensure every child experiences a Christmas joy. The Waterloo Business and Professional Women's club will administer the Christmas beer provision, with daily fund tallies under FL Kistner. 2925
Washington, D. C., Nov. 24 Rear Admiral Willam H. Bullard, chairman of the Federal Radio Commission, died at his home. The 61 year old naval officer, appointed last March by President Coolidge as the first executive, suffered high blood pressure and planned a tonsil operation after a brief rest. He served in the navy from 1882 to 1922 and helped develop naval communications including the electrical engineering department at the Naval Academy. Bullard received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal and was honored by France and Poland.
President Coolidge abandons activity for a traditional Thanksgiving in Washington. He attends church with Mrs. Coolidge and dines with Boston guests Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns. Son John cannot leave Amherst. A public Army band serenade is planned at the White House and the president delivers his Thanksgiving proclamation via radio broadcast.
Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow’s professional report on the Mexican Supreme Court’s decision in the injunction suit brought by the Mexican Petroleum Company was forwarded to Washington today. A full analysis will be sent once Counsellor F Arthur Schoenfeld and Reuben Clark complete their study of the ruling based on court records.
Jil Kinney, from Oxford Ja, held in Johnson county jail on bootlegging charge linked to Milo Slezak killing near town. Sheriff Smith would not confirm further charges but said arrest to clarify facts and keep Kinney available as probe continues. Kinney reportedly said Slezak was killed Saturday while liquor moved from Slezak’s car to Kinney.
Wisconsin students at the University of Wisconsin in Madison vote in a referendum on military drill. Early partial results show a strong tilt against abolishing drill with near ten to two support for keeping it. The issue, long debated, centers on compulsory versus optional drill under a 1925 law.
Northwood Iowa Nov 24 Representative Gilbert N Haugen leaves for Washington to press farm relief in line with the McNary Hatgen bill. En route he will speak in Chicago. He starts his thirtieth year in Congress and backs farm relief as vetoed by President Coolidge. Lohrville Iowa Nov 24 Mrs C J Morris of Panora dies when the car overturns west of town. her husband the driver is slightly injured.
Waterloo and nearby towns marked Thanksgiving with family reunions and a general business pause. Snow covered the landscape despite forecasts of sunny weather. Iowa halted offices and banks, churches held services, and union gatherings preceded a day of football games across Des Moines and regional towns.
A Detroit auto bearing plates issued to a son of H. S. Kresge, a Prohibition supporter, was seized with 11 quarts of whisky at the Windsor ferry docks. The driver, claiming to be H. C. Kresge, paid a $55 fine to customs after a late night inquiry and agreed to report back through regular channels.
Des Moines Nov 24 Mrs Emma Livingston 50 admitted her earlier claim of being kidnapped and robbed by two men on Nov 19 was false. She said she had accepted an invitation from two men to take her home from a place where liquor was obtained. Police later questioned the men but she declined to file charges.
Rev. William T. Dorward, once silenced by an operation and retired from the ministry to run a Milwaukee gas station, plans a comeback. His Bible class at First Baptist is building an amplifying device to restore his former voice.
Detroit, November 24. William H. Rosewarne, Giles backer, says he will fund one more attempt to fly from San Francisco to Honolulu. He criticizes Giles for weather bureau disputes and calls for true performance. He believes Giles faced bad weather and insists the final test is the next flight.
In Huron Indiana on November 24 1944 Ronald Flathers 21 shot Doris Rounds 19 and Earl Fraum 22 then shot himself. Fraum and Rounds were wounded in the abdomen while Flathers sustained a gunshot to the left lung just above the heart. All three were hospitalized in critical condition.
LESLIS Small, son of Gov Len Small, was hospitalized in Peru after his car collided with a vehicle driven by W H Keegan Jr, an undertaker from LaSalle. He suffered facial and head injuries requiring 15 stitches. His mother Mrs Small arrived to decide on moving him to their Kankakee home.
Rome reports a 20 year defensive alliance between Italy and Albania signed in Tirana. The treaty commits mutual defense, exchange of military and financial resources, and promises no separate armistice if war occurs. It appears a response to a Franco Yugoslav pact.
Premier Lionel Bratianu dies after a tonsil operation in Bucharest. Regency selects his brother Vintila Bratianu to form a cabinet and pursue his policies, blocking Carol’s return. Garrison mobilized as political tension rises amid the crisis.
Short Interviews With Home Folks notes Waterloo Iowa has reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving. Will A Lane of First National Bank cites record payrolls, larger savings, and reduced reliance on borrowings as signs of strength. He praises building growth, population gains, and overall favorable conditions, while noting the city has avoided national disasters.
William McAndrew walked out of his school board trial in Chicago after the board refused to permit a statement in his defense to 16 charges of insubordination and improper conduct. The move came as he faced charges over alleged pro British textbook materials in city schools.
Des Moines, Nov 24. County Attorney Missildine charges private detectives with irregular conduct in pursuing bad check cases and alleges special deputies used county justice courts to collect civil debts by criminal procedure. A district court order directed a probe into wrongful imprisonments and a practice of using courts to collect rent on storage batteries.
Chicago police shot Harold Hess, 20, a dental college student, seriously wounding him as they surprised him stealing auto accessories. A companion, John Lichermann, escaped after a 12 shot chase, with Hess reportedly attempting to flee.
A well dressed man, presumed victim of a gangland attack, was found dead in Chicago today. Investigators say he was likely ambushed after being lured for a ride, with shotgun slugs implicated in the fatal shooting. Authorities are pursuing leads as they examine possible gang connections.
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