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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1925
Page
8
A column reviews shifts in corn markets with fear of farmer losses, introduces Vanderbilt Jr and a national system of landing fields, and touches on local bans on fortune telling and a Charleston dance fad. It blends satire with social critique, noting policy limits and legal tangles.
The notice instructs readers that the Courier should arrive by 5 30 pm. If the paper is not received by then due to carrier error or other cause, readers should phone Stop to obtain a copy. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 pm.
A Washington delegation of bankers and farm equipment manufacturers urged President Coolidge for a permanent farm relief plan as corn prices slump to about five cents, with oats similarly under cost, while Iowa banks face credit burdens. They favor a government backed marketing mechanism akin to McNary Haugen to prop up exportable crops, contrasting tariff protection with farmer need for stable prices.
The Evening Courier organizes moving pictures of the East High versus West High football game. The film will be shown at the Plaza theatre tomorrow night under a special arrangement with the Ireneacre management.
A reader asks whether to walk or swim across the United States. The piece notes U S distances from San Diego to Jacksonville about 2100 miles and Cape Flattery to Quoddy Roads about 2700 miles, plus the swimmer’s need to route via Panama to avoid Caribbean sharks.
Waverly Iowa November 25 A coroner inquest is held to probe the death of Mrs Will Warren killed instantly by car driven by Carl Swartz Tripoli about 7 20 pm Tuesday She was walking on the highway between her home and her son's farm near Horton to care for stock Swartz says she was on the wrong side of the highway and stepped back into the path of his auto
In Waukegan Illinois Tl Nov. Mrs Clara Haren her stepfather Arthur Bpi and her husband Albert were acquitted by a jury of murdering Mrs Holt, the Haren matrona. The defense said Mrs Holt died from self inflicted sun shot wounds during a dispute with relatives. Tonight they will be hosted at a dinner with friends.
New York dated November 25. With the Italian debt settlement confirmed, Count Giuseppe Volpi li Misurata and members of the Italian debt commission sailed for Italy. In a speech he praised Benito Mussolini's government as one of supreme consent.
Col Kinn Mitchell faces a court martial in Washington four weeks after his initial appearance amid charges against the war and navy departments. In Grundy County Royal Neighbors meet at Grundy Center with wide county representation.
Vanderbilt announces a national program to equip major air ports with standard terminal facilities. New fields will open at Palin Beach Miami Tampa and Orlando within 20 days. Additional Vanderbilt airports will be placed along routes from Boston to Jacksonville Detroit to Atlanta and onward toward the Pacific coast. Headquarters will be in Atlanta.
At Benore road and the Michigan Central tracks east of Toledo two men and a girl died when a car was hurled 1000 feet and demolished by a fast train. Four others were injured including a high school girl from Blissfield Michigan.
At its closing session the Mississippi Valley association resolved to urge President Coolidge and Congress to push the inland waterways project. Delegates pledged to interest localities in the affected district and re elected officers led by James E. Smith of St Louis as president, with VPs including Thomas Cunningham New Orleans Walter Dickey Kansas City B L Harris Chicago G C Richardson Sturgis Ky Walter Parker New Orleans and R P Warner St Paul.
In Shefield Ta a mile of copper wire was stolen from the Den tal Light and Power Co substation in Charles City. Police and county officers in surrounding towns were asked to be on the lookout for clues.
Floyd county board of supervisors announced paving of a ten mile primary road from Charles City toward Nashua to start early next spring. The project will extend the Charles City to Algona segment to about 100 miles, with the Nashua to Janesville link serving as the remaining paved connection to Waterloo. The plan follows a conference with the state highway commission.
Reports from Tientsin say Gen Chang Tso-Lin was slain in a Mukden mutiny by his troops. Chang is said held prisoner. armistice with Gen Yeng-Yu-Hsiang may be ended as lieutenants clash and seek a soviet government at Peking.
Short Interviews With Home Folks notes a driver identified as No 6 5556, who in a cloud of smoke speaks through three coughs about careful driving while blasting through stop signs on Commercial Street. He breezes through Bridge Street, nearly colliding with three right of way cars, then squeezes through Fourth Street, narrowly missing a collision with the Leavitt Johnson tank building.
Sioux City authorities hunted a bold midnight bandit who entered the Johnson home and took 250 dollars from Sam Johnson and a neighbor. The man claimed a gun was ready and warned of a lookout outside with a threat to shoot if disturbed.
Melvin Eusiere, a Northwestern graduate, suffered a broken knee while attempting a difficult Charleston step in Des Moines. He remains in splints as he receives treatment amid the public appeal for the fae mysteries and a show tonight.
William Bone an escaped inmate from Ashland Wisconsin kidnapped a trapper and forced him to drive into Iowa before being shot by the trapper and hospitalized in Decorah. He is wanted in Waterloo for forgery and is described as an ex service man about 28 with extensive bank check forgeries across many states. Gerrard Bogart escaped. Ashland authorities seek Bone’s return when fit.
Nashville Tenn Nov 25 AP Dr A J Lamar custodian of ballots says unification plan has no longer a doubt of defeat with unification backers under 360 short of a three fourths majority totals not yet official.
Des Moines at Nov 25 AP report says Mrs Helen Trewhart won $600 damages in a breach of promise case against J E Richardson a wealthy Redfield contractor. She claimed the man left her waiting at church while in Chicago and sued for 20000 dollars.
London reports a catastrophic flood in Athens on Tuesday with over 100 feared dead. Many refuges’ houses collapsed and residents were swept away. Flood waters from Mount Lycabettus uncovered 38 tombs on Antagnastoyoulou street, unearthing five mummies and gold ornaments. epoch of the tombs remains unknown.
Plymouth November 25 Col John C Coolidges housekeeper Miss Aurora Pierce released the Vermon t mince meat recipe to mothers preparing Thanksgiving feasts. Ingredients include bailed best, suet, apples currants raisins citron sugar and cider with spices added last to taste. The method calls for chopping fruit boiling with cider and sugar then mixing with meat and suet before a final jelly or fruit juice boost.
Des Moines police arrested Perry Helm aged 15 and Ernest Griffith aged 16 who ran away from Waterloo homes. Helm faces commitment to Eldora state industrial school and will be sent there immediately. Griffith’s case has been assigned to probation officer Myrtle Dollmire for oversight.
Bangkok Siam November 25. A daughter was born today to the new queen Chacachom, successor to the childless queen recently deposed. The king said the former queen failed to perform her duty to ward the country by bearing no offspring.
Paris November 25 AP Senator Paul Doumer told the president he could not form a cabinet. Later Premier Herriot, head of the Radical party and president of the chamber, was summoned by the president.
The Weather Bureau forecast a wet and muddy Thanksgiving for the eastern seaboard with snow only in northern New England and northern New York. A snappy, clear outlook was predicted for the Midwest.
Gov Miriam A Ferguson breaks silence calling a proposed special legislative session a Ku Klux Klan movement to discredit her administration. She cites petitions from 55 lawmakers and notes others may act if she refuses to call the session by December 10.
Gerald Chapman, held in Connecticut after federal commutation, will not be hanged December 3. State officials say commutation of his federal sentence makes him a state prisoner, while a habeas corpus hearing continues. Governorship and reprieve considerations loom as the case unfolds in Hartford.
Washington DC November 25 The navy investigation into the Shenandoah disaster ends provisionally today with the decision to hear Col William Mitchell if necessary after he previously refused to testify before the naval committee The process may proceed to trial unless Mitchell is called.
A provincial legislative committee suggested taxing women to aid farmers. Dr. DoJ. McLern, minister of finance, backed the plan noting it would fund relief payments. The proposal would apply a poll tax on wage earners, with proceeds directed to farmers’ relief programs.
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