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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1929
Page
1
News of Stresemann's death shocks Reichstag and cabinet circles. His leadership kept coalition cooperation and foreign policy steady as Germany faced Young Plan ratification critics. His absence raises questions about future reparations stance and Euro world peace efforts.
The show featured Jersey cows and Belgian mares with top honors awarded to Lindy, bred by Charles Wentz, and to the grand mare Ranga Line Ma. Earle Brown of Minneapolis presented the trophy amid a morning of judging. Oaklands and Taft Jersey Ranch claimed several class wins, with notable entries from La Lomita and Dorothy Zimmerman’s herd. Judge Stu. Hsingerveld and others placed numerous bulls and cows across aged, three-year-old, and four-year-old divisions.
At the Iowa Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo the Belgium ambassador Prince Albert de Ligne attends a horse and cattle show. Grand champion Holstein is Sir Fobes Ormsby Hengveld. junior champion Sir Helmstead Pontiac Beets. Jersey awards go to Double Part with Wonderful Mary of La Lomita Rancho in second. Attendance records set with 32,000 paid admissions.
Monrovia California October 3 Mabel Normand former film comedienne is said to have only a slender chance for life pneumonia severe at a private hospital Dr Francis M Pottenger reports her husband Lew Cody recently recovered enough to return to work at his studio.
Fire alarms sounded at 10 08 p m Wednesday in Mobile and Merriman area but turned out to be a false alarm. Advertisement promotes insurance and a contact for Merman C Miller at phone 2404.
Washington senators argue wine making at home lowers grape demand. Teague of California notes enforcement goals and that home production may reduce bootlegger purchases. Caraway jokes about corn and wheat, Sun Maid Raisin bonds cited, lack of storage facilities hindering wheat stabilization, Teague supports marketing organizations for fruits and vegetables.
Des Moines Oct 3 Thirty two young men including Representatives O J Rejmbers Rock Rapids passed the three day state bar examination and were admitted to practice before the state supreme court today. Chief Justice E G Albright swore in the 39 aspirants to the bar who took the oath today led by Donald Parvin Albert R Bird Thomas Decker Boyd and others from Cedar Rapids Denison Davenport Algona Burrows Keokuk Des Moines Iowa City Cascade Fonda Carroll Mt. Ayr Anamosa Northwood Elma Davenport LeClaire Perry Town City Des Moines Washington Cedar Falls Lake View Georgetown Hamp ton Rock Rapids Fairfield Des Moines and Osage.
Des Moines October 3 D A D Pugh a Des Moines attorney announced the dismissal of his suit against Northwest Bancorporation and the Town Des Moines National Bank. Pugh had alleged creditors claimed against three Des Moines banks forming a consolidation and sought damages for alleged failure to satisfy those claims.
El Paso Texas report of Pred Alvard, a rodeo star from Baird, after a street fight with bronco tamer Ruth Roach. Alvard suffered severe lacerations and bruises while Roach claimed she tried to sober him. Police arrived as he lost clothing and blood in the scuffle.
In Osceola Virginia on October 3 a farmer identified as Ig Crithfeld was killed when a tractor overturned or blew off and threw him beneath the machine. His neck was broken and he died within minutes. He was the eldest of three sons and was with another farmer at the time.
Mason Day, an associate of Harry F. Sinclair in a jury shadowing conspiracy, is released from Washington jail after serving a four month sentence. He bids farewell to fellow inmates, praises Sinclair, and plans a return toward Europe, with reporters noting his passport and hotel departure.
An article recounts Li, a man said to be 252, living in Talsten with a rumored 24th wife. Beginning as a druggist in Yunnan, he allegedly found medicinal herbs and lived since the Kangxi era, with authorities noting extraordinary longevity. Professor Wu cites dynastic records and local astonishment as Li nears 300 years of age, recalling events over a century.
The account notes MacDonald volunteering in Belgium early in the conflict, signaling pro European and pro democratic stances. He appeared before the Reichstag and argued disarmament hinges on courage rather than ease, while warning that fear of peace hinders disarmament more than fear of war.
Mr and Mrs Chester Tempus of 720 Riverside Drive returned from the American Legion convention in Louisville Kentucky. Tempus recently had spine surgery at a government hospital in Dwight and traveled to Louisville afterward. He described the Louisville parade crowd as so large the drum corps lacked space to swing their sticks.
Mrs Maude Williams longtime Waftley resident dies at 11 40 am at her daughter Mrs Cortlandt Ogles home 814 Fourth Street West She was 57 born November 1 1873 married John Williams in 1891 and moved to Waftley in 1895 Surviving children include J E Williams Jr Harry J Meek and Mrs Ogle Two sisters survive and funeral plans are expected for 2 30 pm Saturday at Kearny undertaking parlors Also notes funeral services for William Shook scheduled for 2 pm tomorrow at Petersen Brothers chapel with Rev Moehlmann and burial at Prairie View.
Robert Shields of Washington township died at his Cedar Falls area farm home after a stroke Tuesday. He was 43. Survived by his widow and several brothers and sisters. Shields operated a farm northeast of Cedar Falls.
Paramount Famous-Lasky acquires three theatre operators plus interests in a vaudeville agency. The deal includes 37 theatres and eight half shares, with assets like the Victory and Strand theatres in Tampa and Phoenix. Hostettler Amusement Co adds 21 Nebraska and Iowa houses to the portfolio.
In Oct 8, Harold Yarnes, pilot of the speed boat Zipper, crashed with the Miss Thriller on Lake Okoboji, killing nine people. He went on trial in a district court with a jury of one man and one woman chosen. Frank Long and Jasper Alexander, pilots of the Miss Thriller, were indicted on manslaughter charges.
Washington DC reports a new Prohibition Enforcement Committee formed to safeguard Volsteadism in all phases. PH Callahan of Louisville is named active director, with support from major reform and church groups united against modification of prohibition.
Pirates captured the Chinese steam launch Tuklang near the Istenhan river. The captain was killed, crew drowned, passengers kidnapped, and about 10000 dollars taken from the vessel's safe. Details on the captain's death were unclear.
Hutson consolidated school won first place in the consolidated school exhibit at the Dairy Cattle Congress. Dunkerton took second, Janesville third and Jubilea fourth. Other exhibitors included Fast Waterloo, West Waterloo, Cedar Heights and Independence. Exhibits featured art and penmanship with a record 20 schools and 156 entries.
A weather note shows maximum temperatures on Wednesday at 0 and a minimum that night at 1 2/7. It lists a Thursday forecast with 7 pm and 3 am readings and a 34 degree mark in the morning.
Warrant charging murder and conspiracy to murder was issued after a riot at Marion Manufacturing's cotton mill left four workers dead. National guardsmen remained on duty as authorities investigated the East Marion violence that killed John Janaé Sam Miskers Randolph Bryson and two others. The coroner’s jury reconvened after viewing the bodies.
G M Fish Kirk v Gross and Myron O Arbuckle today bought the Bovee apartments at Commercial and Eighth streets from the D W Bovee estate for roughly $20 000. The two story and basement building fronts Commercial Street 100 feet and holds 12 apartments. Fish is sales manager at Construction Machinery. Arbuckle belongs to the law firm Arbuckle and Arbuckle.
Lindbergh completes first leg of flight from Managua to Guatemala and lands at San Salvador at 10 52 p m EST. Pan American Airways base advised by radio. NOVELIST'S MOTHER DIES. Rose Hurst, mother of novelist Fannie Hurst, dies in St Louis from pleurisy.
In Cambridge Oct 1 3 more details from Cupid's Monitor reveal a sequence of marriages and separations. Mrs Sidney T B Cogswell seeks a match while Brown is described with blue eyes. One husband died in an accident, another by natural causes, and a fourth received a divorce based on the advertisement.
Emuneth J. White, a border patrolman, faced a second degree murder charge in county district court over Gust Wirkkula’s death. The hearing was postponed after a federal court writ transferred jurisdiction from state to federal authorities.
Chicago reporters note two unidentified pilots aboard the Chicago We Will plane flew for 78 hours toward a world refueling endurance record. The current holder is the St. Louis Robin with 421 hours.
TM W. Marley secretary of the American Jersey Cattle Club told Lions Club members at Black's Tearoom luncheon that the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress brings more national and worldwide advertising value to towns than anything else.
Hopkinton Oct 3 UAL M Willard in a serious condition at a local hospital after his wife tried to apply the brake on the bar he was cranking but hit the wrong pedal and shifted to low gear.
The Park Board announced plans to erect a modern restroom facility near the golf house on Fourth Street. The J. B. Myers house, the park’s former farm house, was sold to the board for land, and the new building aims to enhance park facilities before spring construction.
Fort Dodge Iowa Oct 3 Mrs Ida B Wise Smith will again head the Town Womens Christian Temperance Union as officers are re elected at the state convention Here The next meeting place will be announced Mrs Laura Thornburg vice president Carrie Ballenger corresponding secretary Ruth Whyte recording secretary Lucile Shadle treasurer Thornburg also was re elected editor of the W O T U Chan Pion the official Iowa Magazine of the organization
United States Ambassador Charles Gates Dawes announced he will sail for New York on the Tra de Franca October 7 to attend a finance committee meeting for the Chicago centenary progress exposition He will return to England on the Berengaria sailing October 30 stopping in Washington with Mrs Dawes The trip aims to bolster support for the Chicago fair.
West Palm Beach on October 3 Nina Winicox Putnams Sander son, a short story writer and novelist, was named defendant in a circuit court foreclosure suit for 3000 dollars filed by receivers of Delray Bank and Trust Co.
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