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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1928
Page
13
President-elect faces a divided slate with Dawes named to lead the M V A as news of a battleship docking at Amapala port unfolds. The era of horse based lawsuits declines as automobiles rise in court prominence with ownership transfers and accidents highlighted by municipal court clerk Ernest W. Koepke.
The Maryland battleship arrives off Honduras and Hoover party members land at Amapala and Las Union to greet Hondurans and Salvadorans officials. State politics hint at a speaker race between J H Johnson and Safe Bill as post election analysis begins.
Washington reports Charles Gates Dawes will return to his post as chairman of the Central Trust Company of Illinois on March 4, 1929, after resigning the vice presidency. He plans to engage in Chicago affairs including support for the 1933 world’s fair and related economic efforts.
Sioux City on November 26 reports a downtown fire in the Iowa building. Firemen fought flames for hours as smoke and water damage accounted for the bulk of the estimated $15,000 loss.
The courier will be delivered to homes before 5 30 every day. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 for a copy to be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
In Villisca Iowa Rev R J D Blue pastor of the Presbyterian church announced he would resign if his salary was tied to commercial Sabbath money and old grudges were not dropped. The congregation voted. no member opposed his condition and the resignation will be accepted.
More than 30 volunteers in Waterloo start a canvass to raise the last 1000 needed to reach the 1929 community fund goal. With 689.10 still to raise and 5000 more subscribed than last year, workers expect strong plant and store employee participation and at least one contribution from nearly every home. They meet at the YWCA at 6:30 for a final report.
Wellington reports all units of Commander Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition assembled in Dunedin for the first time since departure of the first contingent. Byrd plans to sail for the Ross Sea aboard the City of New York, with the other supply ship to follow. Richard Brophy of New York named second in command as preparations move to transport equipment to the ice barrier aboard the Eleanor Bolling a week after the City of New York sails.
Wealthy manufacturer Joseph J. Siddall was killed in two fires along Chicago's Gold Coast near Glencoe. An explosion in his garage followed a motor trouble incident as Siddall leaned over a leaking carburetor with a lighted cigar, causing a fatal blaze and an estimated $150,000 in damage to Laurance H. Armour's home.
Washington reports indications that unrest in Bulgaria is subsiding. American Chargé d Affaires Trojan Roeding said Sofia and surrounding areas are entirely normal and orderly, with frontier districts also normal, according to state department dispatches.
William R. Dawes of Chicago, cousin of Charles G. Dawes and vice president candidate, drew strong backing at the Mississippi Valley association tenth annual convention in St Louis. Delegates anticipated his nomination as president, with Hoover’s name invoked as support for inland waterway plans. officials pressed for broader river traffic, rail cooperation, and large federal appropriations to finish the waterway system and flood control projects across 26 states.
Sidney Stejer named as beneficiary in Arnold Rothstein will was arrested near the Park Central hotel where Rothstein was shot. Police renewed efforts to solve the Rothstein murder as federal authorities consider a possible international drug ring link. Between 60 and 70 witnesses were called to testify before a grand jury about Rothstein’s life and death.
Ernest La Barre election commissioner and witness in the Morris Eller trial asks police to find his wife Blendie 25 mother of four who vanished since Friday He fears kidnapping after threats tied to his testimony against the Ellers The Ellers face trial for the murder of Octavius Granady political opponent of Morris Eller.
Washington officials say the state department will renew negotiations with major powers for American entry into the world court. President Coolidge told senators he favors U S participation, but the Senate reservation barring advisory opinions without U S consent remains a key obstacle, drawing objections from France and Great Britain.
Chicago dispatch reports Thomas Conway, 30, soft drink shop owner, was shot in the abdomen by one of two men who burst into a wake behind his store. The assailant fled through a glass door after Policeman Martin Joyce knocked the gun from his hand.
Col Charles A Lindbergh departed Kelly Field Texas at 8:31 am heading to an undisclosed northern destination. He arrived yesterday from a Mexico hunting trip and did not reveal plans or next landing place but officers believed he aimed for a nonstop flight to New York today.
Washington Nov 26 The United States army has been reduced to fewer than 150000 men the annual report of Maj Gen Lutz Wahl adjutant general showed to June 30 1928 the actual strength of the army including 699 army nurses and 878 West Point cadets amounted to 136115 individuals Of these 12112 were officers and 12185 were enlisted men Of the 55600 men enlisted and re enlisted during the fiscal year ended June 30 Wahl said 937 percent were native born Americans
Hollywood California November 26 The honeymoon of John Barrymore and Dolores Costello is postponed until Costello finishes a picture. Barrymore would not comment on reports he is not legally divorced from his second wife, known as Michael Strange. The aerial honeymoon plan was postponed until the film's completion.
Members of St Johns Reformed church began plans to repair after a fire yesterday gutted the attic and upper wooden structure and destroyed the ceiling. Damage was estimated at 3000 dollars.
Cleveland Ohio November 26 three aviators and two passengers died in weekend crashes blamed on blinding snow flurries in Ohio s first storm of the season Edwin H Basset pilot for universal airlines of Chicago Mrs Basset and Glen R Butt of Cleveland were found dead in an eight passenger monoplane wreck near Edgerton Ohio the landing marred the Bassett s eighth wedding anniversary plans Boy trappers found Tilden Johnson novice pilot employee of Continental airlines near West Lebanon en route to Cincinnati with 100 pounds of mail when his plane crashed Lawrence H Garrison veteran pilot for National Air Transport Company was found burned near Bristoville Ohio after his plane caught fire
Manila reports the most severe typhoon in years sweeping southern Luzon with winds near 70 mph. The storm causes millions in damage and destroys 30 percent of the coconut crop. Tyabas province loses wharfs, Lilegaspi floods, ships wrecked, and government buildings damaged while Milwaukee delivers relief. Telegraph and radio reports are fragmented.
Swedish nobility arrived in New York to attend the marriage of Count Folie Bernadotte to Miss Estelle Romane Manville, daughter of asbestos magnate H. E. Manville. The ceremony will be held at Pleasantville next Saturday, with Gustavus Adolphus and other Swedish dignitaries among the 15 court members arriving on the Gripsholm.
President elect Herbert Hoover arrives in Amapala Honduras aboard the U S S Maryland to begin a six week Latin American goodwill tour with a large local welcome. The ship then proceeds to La Union San Salvador and later Corinto Nicaragua as the trip continues southward with stops planned in Costa Rica Ecuador Peru and beyond. The voyage aims to strengthen ties with regional leaders and improve understanding across the Americas.
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