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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1928
Page
13
An estimated 12 000 to 15 000 workers from the Brotherhood of Railroad and Express Clerks walked out at midnight, halting operations in New York as pickets and police monitored potential clashes. Officials cited alleged seniority disputes as a core grievance amid a broader labor disruption.
The United States will host the first International Petroleum Exposition in Tulsa Oklahoma from October 20 to 29. Fifty-one nations were invited as the state department pursues an worldwide exhibit of oil production and efforts to stabilize the industry through international agreement amid calls for production limits.
Neva Williams, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Williams of 420 Seventh Street East, suffered severe head injuries when struck by a slow moving car driven by John Rooff near her home at 10 p.m. yesterday. Neva regained consciousness at St. Francis hospital and recognized family members. The incident follows two other serious auto injuries in four days, with one fatality.
Commander Richard Byrd and units of his party depart on the CG A Larsen bound for Dunedin New Zealand to join the New York and Eleanor Bolling mother ships. They will move to the Bay of Whales to establish a base for an 18 month Antarctic exploration focusing on mapping uncharted areas and studying ice wind and weather with four specially built airplanes aboard.
Shanghai reports the inauguration of Gen. Chiang Esi-Shex as president of China. The event marks 17 years of republican history and a unified central government with Chiang installed in Nanking. He becomes chairman of the national government council as nation celebrates.
The appeal of B Schultz from a guilty plea to receiving stolen property has been postponed from October 18 to the January term in Black Hawk county district court. Schultz received 60 days in jail and a $500 fine for stealing metal from the Chicago Great Western railroad.
Early October records show the temperature cresting at 86 degrees around 1:36 p m with a high for the day suggesting unseasonably warm weather. In Des Moines a 16 year old girl Mary West remained seriously injured after being struck by a car driven by G Voss near a trolley line. The Los Angeles dirigible completed a flight returning to Lakehurst from Texas, passing over South Bend at 4:43 a m local time.
Secretary Davis assures American Legion in San Antonio that Kellogg treaties will not weaken national defense. He notes U S maintenance of a small army per capita compared with 51 nations and urges vigilance against war while seeking peace. Capt John Ewing leads for national commander. SCapini greets veterans.
Joliet Oct 10 Charles Shader 21 was hanged at Will County Jail for participating in the penitentiary prison break that killed Warden Peter Klein. He was the fourth of seven condemned to die for the crime, with three others executed earlier and one killed during an escape attempt.
Maurice Welsh, superintendent of Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern railway, notes railroad men now discuss motor buses and road quality. He recalls the Town Electric Railway association meeting 25 years ago and says electric railways have entered bus transportation for self preservation. At Cedar Rapids operators' conference next month a large program will cover bus operation and transportation.
Alfred Danker, wounded in a hit and run north of Hudson Friday night, says he will prosecute the driver Bernard Hellen of Winthrop. Danker, hospitalized with a broken arm, calls for accountability to curb such incidents and prevent further harm. He notes Hellen confessed after 68 hours, then visited the hospital.
Secretary Mellon approves a customs order requiring Ganna Walska to pay duty on jewels and wearing apparel brought into the United States. She argues residency in France and necessity of clothing and jewels for her visit. Preliminary value cited at 2.4 million dollars. appeal possible to the Customs Court of Appeals or repatriation to France without duty.
Burlington held a large ceremony celebrating the completion of a $225,000 riverfront improvement. Major General T Q Ashburn and Governor John Hammill spoke as civic and business leaders from across the upper Mississippi valley attended.
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In district court Van Every under trial for assault with intent to commit a statutory offense faced a dramatic escape attempt as Deputy Sheriff Harry Allen fired at his feet and the suspect fled two blocks before surrendering behind a wire enclosure. He pleaded guilty to the indictment and was sentenced to 10 years in Fort Madison penitentiary. The case centers on the attack on Grace Trewin near her Kern street home and the later capture in Avon avenue, with the jury trial before Judge G W Wood.
Leon V. Brown recalls a decade since enlisting in Calgary in August 1914 and leaving in August 1919. He served with the Fifth Canadian Engineers after hospital recovery from shrapnel near Albert on the Somme and notes many comrades did not return. He rated sergeant on discharge and has lived in Waterloo eight years.
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