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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1927
Page
3
Washington dispatch reports Ford claims the 1927 fall model could achieve 60 miles per gallon in China ads. Experts say such mileage would require a revolutionary advance. Deliveries expected around November with six models and standard gear. Edsel Ford says changes remain. no final details yet.
In a tense ninth inning, the Pirates’ Milius faced the Yankees as Combs and Ruth sparked a rally with singles and a Ruth homer. Gehrig, Meusel, and Lazzeri contributed, while early Pirates hits and fielding kept the game tight. The late surge produced runs and errors, with suspense through the final outs.
Washington DC October reports note the Pere Marquette railway won permission from the interstate commerce commission to declare a 20 percent stock dividend totaling 9 909 200, while the commission held the nonprofit structure and situation of the Pere Marquette company did not justify such a dividend action.
Sheriff Charles Morgan of Boone County reports Roy Sage Martin, 18, Boone, arrested in Hastings Nebraska on charges of seduction. Martin was brought back to Boone today following information from local officers.
A proposed All Iowa Symphony Orchestra of 200 to 300 players, led by Major Frederick Doetzel, seeks high school musicians from across the state for a Nov 4 concert in Des Moines Coliseum. Rehearsals will be held with sections, and board and room paid by pupil or school.
A slight earthquake was felt in Chattanooga Tennessee this morning with no damage reported. Locals noted the tremor as minor and waking residents, but authorities confirmed no injuries or structural harm.
Readable text shows temperatures for Friday maximum and Friday night minimum, plus Saturday daytime high and night low values. Locale appears to be a weather snippet with unclear numerals and minor OCR errors.
Des Moines reports Gov. Hammill urged President Coolidge to invoke emergency tariff powers to raise the corn import duty by 50 percent. He warned Argentine corn flooding Atlantic and Pacific coasts hurts U.S. farmers, calling for a 22.5 cent duty and immediate action. Rep. Cole echoed the request and Coolidge was to refer the proposal to the tariff commission for study.
The forty fourth annual meeting of the Des Moines branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society elected officers for the coming year. Presiding officials include Flora S. Dudley and Ower S. Dow as presidents, with Mrs. Randolph S. Beall as corresponding secretary and a slate of secretaries, superintendents, and editors from Des Moines Ames Mount Ayr and Webster Groves.
The large estate of the late William Lawrence of Cedar Falls is distributed in his will filed for probate among his wife Sarah J, daughter Jessie D Drohman, grandson Lawrence Henry Drohman, and son-in-law Henry H Drohman. The wife receives the homestead and a 200 acre farm in Cedar Falls township. Cedar Falls lots go to the daughter, a 320 acre farm in Saskatchewan to the grandson, two Cedar Falls lots to the son-in-law, and the rest equally among heirs. Drehman is named executor.
Maplewood October 8 The failure of a scheme to use a double for his wife and elope with a 19 year old girl is seen by police as the motive behind the self inflicted death of Raymond Bloch 35 an automobile dealer of Maplewood in a New York hotel. He slashed his wrists swallowed poison twisted a cravat about his neck and submerged himself in a bathtub.
Geneva reports that individual governments alone can end illicit narcotics traffic, calling it “a reproach to civilization.” The League of Nations advisory commission on opium and dangerous drugs adopted the report today after meeting to craft stricter combat methods.
Roscoe T Flack sues Harry P Mason Lloyd Halleck and George Gillespie claiming officers fired on his car during a Grant highway chase after he failed to stop at a banner command. He says bullets chewed the gas tank shattered the windshield and damaged the car while he sped at 70 mph to avoid being shot. Officers admit firing three revolver shots at the tank and search found no liquor. Flack had been driving mules near Waverly returning from Independence when the incident occurred around 1 30 a m.
Mayor Glenn Tibbitts issued a Waterloo proclamation designating October 9 to 15 as Fire Prevention Week. He urged citizens to reduce the national toll of fire in lives and property, noting a yearly loss of about 15,000 lives and 570 million dollars. The notice urged safe storage of gasoline and kerosene, gas-leak checks, and ongoing vigilance beyond one week.
Omaha Nebraska October 8 arrest of all persons connected with showing films of the Dempsey Tunney fight to be made this afternoon if the pitchers are shown. District Attorney J C Kinsler investigating the importation of the films into Nebraska and will demand prison sentences for exhibitors. The films were shown in Des Moines at a meeting of the advertising club.
An in quest is to held into the death of Jacob J. Hubingen of Keokuk aged 60 whose body was found floating in the Mississippi river here a week after he left to visit a brother in New Haven Conn A watch and 96 in currency were found on the body leading investigators to discard the theory he was robbed and slain
Anthony Petrillo known as Tony the Wop seeks a new trial in Des Moines district court claiming his good name and character were maligned by jurors who heard he was the most dangerous criminal in the world. He was convicted recently on burglar tools charges.
Dr. Roy M. Crouse of Chicago, who once ran a dental office here, has been visiting for the past two days.
Des Moines reports a third successive light frost in Iowa tonight as the government weather bureau notes no crop damage yet. Frost is not expected to be heavy enough to kill plants, with central and northern Iowa corn largely mature and out of danger.
Indianapolis reports militant United Mine Workers president John J. Lewis sees work pending settlements moving toward an end as Illinois Indiana and other districts sign new pacts. Ohio and western Pennsylvania remain on strike while Iowa operators and UMWA workers form a joint fact finding commission to probe mining costs wages and conditions. Peace in Indiana follows Jacksonville wage scale renewal and affects about 13 000 miners and 70 mines with expected regional impact.
Nevada Iowa October 8. INS says W Criswell announces candidacy for the state senate from the Boone Story district to replace Lars J Skromme. Criswell previously served in the Iowa House during the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth and Fortieth extra sessions. A Swedish inventor reports a new method of joining a test falls that can adapt with temperature changes while remaining in any piece and moving longitudinally.
Mrs Fred Saxton Pettit retiring president of the Woman's Synodical Society for Missions Iowa reports the fifty-second annual meeting closed after a three day convention at Westminster Presbyterian church WII Go East. She highlighted growth from 25 000 to 80 000 yearly to missions and support for 29 missionaries. Rev E D Torres Gardena Cuba urged a dormitory for religious schooling and US aid to build one. Closing rites included the lord's supper conducted by Dr W P McCormick and Rev Harold Anderson with bread and wine led by respective ministers.
Bodies of two men tied hand and foot and shot to death were found early today in an east side park. Police believe the victims, likely Italians, were slain in a bootleg feud and later dumped from an automobile after a ride.
Clarence M. Dunbar imperial potentate of the order of Mystic Shrine left Des Moines for Omaha with Nobles from Kansas City Chicago Peoria Omaha St. Joseph Minneapolis and St. Paul. He will be guest of Tangier temple in Omaha. More than 3 000 Iowa members attended ceremonials in his honor yesterday.
Paris reports the recall of Christian Rakovsky as Soviet ambassador to France is imminent. A formal French demand for his recall was presented to Moscow, and the Soviet government is said to have promised withdrawal.
LeRoy F Weisburd Cedar Falls and Fisie L Buckholtz La Porte City register as spouses. Donald Coates Waterloo and Mable Larson Waterloo appear linked to marriage filings dated April 20.
Kimberly Wisconsin October 8 three men buried nearly a day in the wreckage of a collapsed Kimberly Clark paper mill building were rescued alive. Six killed three missing and 15 injured. Victims include Albert Jansen severely injured with a broken leg Chester Mauther badly cut and bruised and George Pocan Jr carried from the ruins on a stretcher. Coroner to investigate cause of the collapse.
Linn county authorities probe the August death of Joseph Drahosh, a wealthy recluse, after a stranger’s street remark in Lisbon led to a new line of inquiry. Drahosh’s charred body was found in his Bertram home ruins, with a lead pipe fragment nearby. robbery is suspected.
George Baruth operates a heating plant at 10 percentPhillips. Waterloo Bottling and Works seeks a heating plant at 1205 Jefferson. Rev N J Lentz files a garage at 319 Rhey for 200 dollars. Waterloo Building and Loan plans a heating plant at 845 Sixth West. W P Schuetz a heating plant at 338 Adrian. Lewis Pinkerton files a garage at 217 Le land for 150 dollars. John Deere Tractor Company remodels a roof at Miles for 2500 dollars. John Deere Tractor Company remodels building at Miles for 3000 pounds. United Brethren church remodel at 610 Alen. E Hovenberg adds to a garage at 743 Eleventh West for 50 dollars. Ida M Bell garage at 625 Vermont for 150 dollars. Isadora Glass moves a garage from 420 Wellington to 210 Mobile South. Thomas Morris heating plant at 415 Fowler. Alcock heating plant at 1012 Denver.
Elmer Kane and Harry Mundale, paroled for 12 days from Danville jail, work on their planes at Kane’s Cedar Falls airport and Mundale’s site in Faribault, Minn. They must return to jail Oct. 15 to finish a 60 day sentence for interstate transportation of a stolen auto. Kane talks of joining an airplane firm’s engineering department at Morrison, Iowa and closing his airport here.
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