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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1928
Page
11
Coverage of the American Legion convention in San Antonio drawing tens of thousands, with Gen John J Pershing amid fanfare. Miscellaneous items include Austrian politics, a Larry Semon death, air crashes, a postponed World Series game, and Ohio prison fire deaths.
Convicts die as a blaze traps 275 inmates at a prison in Mahhhutia. The fire blocks exits and emergency crews struggle to reach the burning facility amid crowded wards and failing alarms. Rushing flames lower hope for survival as officials probe the cause.
Edward E Spaf ford addressing the national convention in San Antonio Texas urged legionnaires to push for a universal draft as the first aim of the organization.
Herbert Hoover finds campaign travel exhausting yet enjoyable as crowds greet him in Tennessee and New Jersey. He plans a Boston trip Monday with New York stops and a reception in Worcester and Springfield. He and Mrs. Hoover braved muddy streets as police maintained crowd control.
William Edward Hickman, sentenced to death for the murder of 12 year old Marintta Parker in Los Angeles, had his appeal denied by Justice Sutherland of the High Court. The ruling denies further appellate relief in the capital murder case.
The notice states home delivery by 5 90 o'clock and requests customers call 5109 if the paper is not received by that time. It adds calls must reach the office before 6 90 p.m. for a replacement copy.
A blaze swept through a state brick plant dormitory near Junction City leaving at least eleven prisoners dead and twenty missing after the fire broke out around 1 AM. Eleven bodies were found as 12 of the injured were taken to Columbus Central Prison Hospital. defective wiring is blamed. Guards opened exits as a draft fed the flames. three escaped during the chaos.
Waterloo police pursued clues after a hit and run on Westfield avenue killed 81 year old Teter AXress. Bernard Hilton 21 of Winthrop Ia confessed to injuring Alfred Danker in a separate Friday night incident on Hudson road. Danker remains in Presbyterian hospital with serious injuries. Police and county officials planned further action as investigators reviewed possible intoxication and gathered vehicle clues.
Bayonets machineguns and cannon kept the peace in Wiener Neustadt over the weekend amid socialist and fascist counter demonstrations. About 70 600 people joined Sunday protests while 12 000 soldiers guarded and hospital forces were on standby. Both sides claimed the event as a strength review and the date aligned with the social democrats planned October congress. Wiener Neustadt remains a socialist stronghold.
Four additional deaths were reported in New York over the weekend, believed to be from alcohol poisoning, bringing the total to 17. Police found two unidentified men on the East Side and two lodgers in Bowery boarding houses. fifty seven more were hospitalized in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Crawls into furnace at local grader school and sets fire to kerosene soaked clothing. C D Lampert 70 janitor, dies from burns. neighbor Frank Plummer discovers body hours later. A note found at Lampert's home indicates suicide plan.
The John Deere Tractor Company will shift to a six day work week starting next week. The schedule will run six working days of nine hours each. Previously the week consisted of five and a half days. The change applies during July August and September.
M K Reilly of Fond du Lac withdraws as Democratic candidate for United States senator. If no replacement is chosen, Republican Robert M La Follette stands as the sole major party candidate. Reports say Wisconsin GOP conservatives may nominate an independent figure, potentially W J Campbell of Oshkosh.
East High coach M. E. Makeover says high schools struggle to make football pay. He notes dyed in the wool fans favor college games or radio broadcasts and that a 2 pm kickoff could attract radio listeners and working men. He argues football funds athletics and small receipts shrink programs.
Des Moines report notes union coal miners will vote tomorrow on the wage scale negotiated in Des Moines ten days earlier between miners and operators. The plan sets a minimum wage of 5.80 dollars per day and trims yardage and dead work pay from the old Jacksonville scale. Union leaders including Joe Morris expect a favorable result despite objections in some districts.
In Berwyn, the west side suburb near Chicago, the bodies of Mrs. Clyde Ryker aged 35 and her three children were found in a gas filled house this morning. The mother apparently killed her children and then took her own life by gas.
Augusta Ga October 8 Pj Ty Cobb announced a tour of Japan this year with a team of major league players for exhibition games against Japanese teams. He could not announce the accompanying players yet.
Edwin H. Collamer recalls his 1968 term with the One Hundred Ninth Engineers hospital corps in World War I. He describes sea travel aboard the Cretic to France, extended sickbay duty during the voyage, influenza battles at sea, and arriving near armistice as French planes dropped notes proclaiming the war’s end.
The American Legion opens its tenth annual convention in San Antonio with a heated bid to separate Air Service from army and navy departments. Brig Gen William Mitchell leads a rival push for a national aviation department, while Gen Roy Hoffman backs a stand against it. Pershing arrives as 60,000 veterans attend five days of drills, parades, and spirited debates in Texas.
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