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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1925
Page
7
Thanksgiving recess delays weigh on the Mitchell court martial as the defense rests and the prosecution opens rebuttal. The navy inquiry into the Shenandoah disaster adjourns. observers expect days of limelight on the air controversy and Col. Mitchell’s enduring prominence.
City residents paused from busy life to thank God for bounties and enjoy Thanksgiving rites. The day featured plans for union church services, festive meals, and football this afternoon as Waterloo’s West vs East grid clash drew thousands and provided a color-filled backdrop for the holiday.
Early sanity ruling for Loraine Trebon, charged with assault with intent to kill, could lead to a short hearing. Cedar Falls psychologist Dr. T. J. Boman reported Trebon was suffering from dementia praecox and a danger to society, with Trebon recently returned from University Hospital Iowa City for observation.
The Weather Bureau predicted an approaching cold wave in Iowa with a low of 15 above zero in the northwest tonight and snow expected. Des Moines area forecast noted for tonight.
Cupid worked fast on the eve of Thanksgiving and 21 marriage licenses were issued by the district court clerk. The figure is the largest in the state in two years, reflecting a busy local record.
Walter Turnbull, roadhouse owner from Waukesha County, misread a jury verdict as not guilty and thanked the jurors. The court corrected him as they explained the trial judge Geiser ordered him to appear for sentencing for liquor law violations.
Rama VI of Siam dies at age 45 after abdominal abscess surgery. his divorce from Queen Lakshmi Layan and a new marriage aimed to secure a male heir. Prince Praja Dhipok ascends as the new king. a daughter was born to the new queen Chao Chom Suyadana, first royal birth in 32 years.
Chicago dispatch reports Frank Browner, an Iowa City policeman, arrested yesterday with two others en route to Iowa City with 21 cases of alcohol. Browner fled his home for two days and is held on prohibition charges along with Harry Seror and Lawrence Prokseh of Town City.
A Midwest survey finds many colleges resist female smoking in dorms, with Grinnell and Drake opposing it and Northwestern and Chicago deeming it unfashionable. Deans at Kansas and Iowa schools report mixed rules, often banning or policing smoking in dorms while some campuses tolerate it subtly.
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 6 30 o'clock. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, please phone 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p.m.
Gov Miriam A. Ferguson pardoned and paroled 105 Texas state prisoners on Thanksgiving Day, including 48 full pardons and 49 conditional paroles, with seven releases and no fines remitted. The action continues her clemency drive, bringing total pardons to 1,108 during ten months in office.
William S Webb city electric inspector argues single globe lamps offer better efficiency than old clusters slated for replacement by boulevard lighting. He notes higher upkeep and extra current use with clusters and explains dimming by lowering wattage on the single globe system. Most old boulevard lamps in Waterloo were installed about twenty years ago.
San Francisco reporter notes Blake F P Hopkins a house painter who invented a paint spraying machine eleven years ago and built a rights dispute. Judge Frank H Kerrigan validated the patent and ordered damages assessment, enabling Hopkins to collect from infringing manufacturers, with attorneys estimating well over a million dollars in damages.
Des Moines reports that measles caused more deaths than any other single illness in Iowa in 1924. Health commissioner Dr. Dan M. Griswold notes the death rate rose from 4.8 to 9.1 per 100 000 population. Diphtheria and whooping cough followed with 5.9 and 4.7 deaths per 100 000 respectively.
Mason City reports Gerald Larson seven year old son of Mr and Mrs A Larson died moments after being struck by a car as he ran into the street after dark Wednesday evening. The driver Adam Peist swerved onto the curb to avoid the boy and was not held. Floyd County pioneer Charles E Sherman Civil War veteran died at home in Charles City November 2 at age 91. He leaves two daughters and a son. Funeral Friday with Rev Hess officiating.
Paris reports say Former Premier Herriot faces a deadlock as Socialists refuse to join his planned cabinet, demanding a capital levy and anti inflation measures. The crisis deepens with Righ t and Left blaming each other for instability and rumors of a coup d etat. Herriot warns he may relinquish his mandate if Socialists persist in blocking participation.
The Black Hawk board approved a contract for 75 grave markers to honor residents buried at county expense. Cedar Falls Monument Works won the low bid for 18 by 8 by 2 inch headstones inscribed with the deceased's name and birth and death years. The county cemetery is in Hast Waiter township.
Electra Waggoner, noted Texas society figure, died in New York from complications of fall stones. Her lover Guy Fort Worth millionaire raced to her bedside from St Louis aboard a special Pennsylvania train that beat regular schedules by over three hours.
Police report that J. B. DePFrees in Des Moines Nevada had a full Thanksgiving meal stolen from her ice box. Investigators said turkey chicken and all trimmings disappeared in a clean scoop by unknown thieves.
Des Moines reports the federal circuit court of appeals reversed and remanded for a new trial the conviction of William F. L. Cooper and Austin A. Cooper, president and secretary of the Cooper Wagon & Buggy Co. of Dubuque, on charges of defrauding the United States in income and excess profits taxes.
Adolph Smetak aged 24, a farmer youth, was found guilty of murdering his 67 year old father John Smetak on their farm near Wahoo Nebraska. The district court jury set the penalty at life imprisonment.
Federal agent Ti W Terrell of Mount Ayr accuses bankers of enabling bootleg operations in Iowa. He cites banks as bases for liquor deals and cites E W Voepsel Clinton case as financing evidence. Terrell says dealers get light sentences in court and harsher terms in judges chambers.
Gerald Chapman, noted bandit and train robber, awaits Gen. John H. Trumbull signature on a second reprieve to delay execution until March 3, 1926. He seeks to persuade Federal Judge Fr. Thomas that he need not accept President Coolidge’s commutation of his sentence.
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