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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1927
Page
12
Eight recruits were among those reported to have left for training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois. Cedar Rapids naval recruiting officer T. B. Burns confirmed the transfer, noting they were part of a group from the Cedar Rapids area.
Twelve men were enlisted from the Waterloo Cedar Rapids district in the recruiting drive. Four were rejected at Des Moines. The announcements place emphasis on the district's turnout and the rejections reflected in Des Moines during the same period.
The state quota lacks 16 men and Burns will be in Waterloo again tomorrow to receive enlistments with headquarters in the lobby of the post office. When the quota is filled, enlistments will be closed until after January 1.
Des Moines reports an alleged late night party led to assault and robbery of H. Beedle of Des Moines and A. B. Anderson of Chicago. Beedle and Anderson identify Sharp and Massingham as assailants after a 3:45 am incident on Park Road. Police hold Sharp and Massingham pending investigation. neither has found the $35 brown billfold. A separate note reports Walter Abbott, 18, jailed five days after pleading guilty to speeding 58 mph.
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