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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1929
Page
11
Savannah river flood drives 1,609 men to shore up a 13 mile levee around Augusta Georgia. City cut off from outside world power gone trains cancelled residents flee low areas as backwater fills streets and merchants move stock by candlelight amid uncertain levee safety.
Fort Dodge council tabled an ordinance to cut local light rates by 830,000 annually after a session where objections flew thick and fast. The proposed lower rate was claimed to be too high to benefit the average customer. Nearby, Harold Cerny of Belle Plaine was named concert master of the University of Iowa orchestra for the coming year.
The National Belgian Horse Show and Dairy Cattle Congress drew large crowds as Prince de Ligne, Belgian ambassador to the United States, attended to present the Kynderick cup for the best Belgian stallion or mare. Gate attendance neared record levels with Gov. Hammill slated to attend Friday and Saturday.
In Augusta Georgia on October 2 the Savannah River flood warning grew as 1600 workers labored to reinforce a 1 1/2 mile levee. Water stood 42 feet with expected rise to 47 feet, prompting Mayor Belt and W P officials to urge residents to seek higher ground and merchants to move stock upstairs as the city faced isolation and train disruptions.
Detroit real estate dealer Henry S. Thompson awaited an extortion letter from his five year old son Jackie's kidnapers as detectives entered a second day of the search. Thompson allegedly acknowledged a possible connection to the abductors and was told a message would specify terms for the boy's release.
Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde will attend a breakfast in Des Moines on October 19 with town business and agricultural leaders. Afterward the party will drive to Ames to tour the grounds and buildings of State College.
By Harry Reed special service Louisville Oct 2 the old gray mare lamented as the Legion's heart breaks at the national convention scene In 1918 Louisville the parade drew 30 bands 30 000 marching men in military form Drums rest Thursday as army spirit runs high amid cheers and a disconsolate bugler winds down the night
Fort Dodge Iowa October 2 1930 The Fort Dodge schools superintendent K D Miller tells the state WCTU convention that Americas future rests with mothers and moderationists he accuses wet interests of masking under dry banners He cites 21 years ago as saloon days and notes drunken incidents among young students while urging action against prohibition foes. The piece also notes a libel suit filed in Appleton Wisconsin against Reinke Court and a separate local ad.
In Lynn Massachusetts on October 2, officers enforcing Mayor Ralph Bauer's edict over bare legs among spectators at a fire sent a young woman home after she was found stocking less. A later incident involved a girl with stockings rolled down being stopped. she claimed she had not heard of the mandate.
Major Clarence M. Young of Des Moines was sworn in as assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics, succeeding William B. MacCracken Jr. Young, a World War I veteran who served overseas and was shot down over the Italian front, previously led the air regulations division and became director of aeronautics ten months after September 1928.
Washington Oct 2 A senate judiciary panel led by Senator Norvis Nebraska was authorized to conduct a wide inquiry into lobbying activities and payments to influence legislation with a five member subcommittee to be appointed. The Caraway resolution enables broad powers to examine all forms of paid influence on policy.
At Marion North Carolina a clash between union and nonunion workers at Marion Manufacturing's cotton mill left two dead and eighteen wounded. Mob scene escalated as 80 picketers formed outside the mill and firefights ensued during shift change. Authorities ordered National Guard units to Marion to restore order.
In St Louis on October 2, a slender 22-year-old, known only as The Kid, entered a shooting gallery, bought a pistol, and shot himself. Proprietor Fred Glear turned away to make change and returned to find the youth dead. A note found on the body asked that his identity be kept from his mother and sweetheart, citing failure to succeed as the reason.
Fort Dodge Drum Corps is listed among the ten top scorers in the American Legion drum and bugle corps preliminary contests announced today. Also named are Uniontown Pennsylvania Miami Florida Massion Ohio Brownsville Texas Kingston North Carolina Belott Wisconsin Charlotte North Carolina Kankakee Illinois and Rockford Illinois. Judges found no significance in the order of the announcement.
The American Legion, meeting in Louisville on October 2, decided to hold its 1930 convention in Boston Massachusetts.
Paris dated report says Reynolds of the First National Bank New York City has been chosen chairman of the commission to organize the International Bank for handling German reparations payments, announced by high authority today.
Three American sailors from the President van Buren were detained by Genoa police after a row with Italian boatmen left one Italian dead. Authorities said the sailors were intoxicated after dispute over passage fare. The sailors say the boatmen demanded high fare, attacked them, and one Italian drowned when they pushed a rowboat man overboard. An Italian customs guard fired, claiming he aimed to scare pollen, but hit a boatman.
The Senate adopted a Democratic plan to restore Congress power to set tariff duties after tariff commission review. The vote was 47 to 42. Earlier, a proposed amendment allowing presidential action on tariff changes within three months if Congress did not act was rejected 47 to 42.
North eastern Iowa saw light frost last night per U S Weather Bureau. Federal observer Charles D Reed said frost would not kill vegetation but slow growth. Warmer weather was forecast for most of the state tonight and tomorrow with no hard frost expected in towns. If conditions hold, the state may escape frost until late month. A separate note from Sitka Alaska said the Soviet plane Land of the Soviets flight to Seattle was postponed due to motor trouble.
The National Grain Marketing corporation proposed to cooperate with the federal farm board to aid grain farmers may start within a week. Debates centered on whether the board can authorize loans to cooperatives or to corporations, with Brookhart and Wheeler pressing that cooperatives remain farmer-controlled and that the plan not favor gamblers or market manipulation. If approved, the Delaware corporation could be organized quickly and begin functioning in about 30 days, boosting storage and marketing oversight for farmers.
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