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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1927
Page
9
A chaotic late report details a deadly trolley car crash near Indianapolis killing Grotto drill team members and friends, with drivers blaming missed signals. It follows aviation news from Coates to Natal, Brazil as Ruth Elder and others pursue dramatic long flights amid warnings on safety and luck.
Los Angeles, October 15. Mrs Elliott Dexter files a suit for divorce from actor husband charging desertion. The Dexters wed in November 1922 and both have prior marriages and divorces.
Washington October conference of GOP leaders signals an unexpected role for President Coolidge in naming the party's presidential candidate. Leaders face choosing a course after Coolidge withdrew from seeking renomination, with Roosevelts example cited as guidance and debate continuing across the party.
Chairman Shaver of the Democratic National Committee announced a meeting here on January 12 to select the city for the party's national convention next June. He indicated the convention would likely be held in a neutral middlewestern territory.
Des Moines reports the opening pheasant season in Iowa with 1800 to 2000 hunters. Melvin Hurley of Fort Dodge died from a abdominal wound, another hunter was shot in the hand, and a third was injured in a car accident eight miles north of Kanawha. Fortunate crowds in Worth and Winnebago counties joined large contingents statewide.
Old Orchard Me Oct 15 Weather cues a fresh postponement of the trans Atlantic hop off by Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson and two companions. The nightly poll of steamships shows strong adverse winds extending from 400 miles off the coast to Europe. The expedition will now leave at low tide tomorrow morning, and the party is disappointed at the latest delay.
A 5 pound 12 ounce boy was born on an elevated train in Chicago while en route to a hospital to Mrs. Nina Hughes. Another boy followed in Manitowoc Wisconsin as Mrs. Irving Zarm gave birth in a car on the highway toward Two Rivers while being taken to a hospital.
New York Congressman Fiorello H. La Guardia departed Miller Field before dawn in a Douglas observation plane bound for Duluth Minnesota. He planned stops in Cleveland and Chicago to inspect air mail flying fields en route and to dine with Congressman Charles W. Carr of Minnesota at Duluth that evening.
Weather outlook for the week starting Oct 16 in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Unsettled and showery conditions persist for much of the week with temperatures mostly above normal.
Indiana investigators including the public service commission and coroner opened separate inquiries into an auto trailer interurban wreck that killed sixteen near Indianapolis. The driver and one passenger escaped. sixteen dead, many injured, with other relatives affected as the barn dance party veered into tragedy.
Atlanta records the marriage of Florence Stevenson to Asa G. Candler Jr. at Bishop Warren A. Candler’s home. The ceremony follows a pattern in the family as Candler men wed their stenographers or employees. The couple plans trips to San Francisco and Hawaii, echoing prior Candler marriages within the same circle.
Des Moines reports a municipal court case where H. B. Wagner twenty one and Roland Martin thirteen faced charges after Wagner kissed a girl in a parked car and was snickered at by Martin and companions. Martin was accused of shaking Roland during the incident. police were called by his mother and sister as the matter was heard before Judge Sellers who took it under advisement.
A blanket shrouded figure drew attention as police questioned the motor truck driver at headquarters. The scene suggested a mysterious incident with authorities seeking details.
A Japanese traveler, 29, en route Boston to Fresno, is hospitalized in Cedar Rapids after two attempts to kill himself within 12 hours. He jumped from a westbound Northwestern train near Dewitt, was rescued, and later threw himself before another Northwestern train at Union Station. He is listed in fair condition and believed to be insane, claiming he jumped to reach Fresno police by telephone.
Des Moines reports Royal Typewriter announces a monoplane delivery marked by 53 machines landed to move to branches and then flew east with 200 more typewriters aboard. A trap door and parachute system allows cargo drops where landing sites are unavailable.
In Urbana Iowa State opens 6 to 0 after on the wire report shows Johnny Miller from Waterloo breaking loose for a 70 yard touchdown run for Illinois to end the opening minutes.
W Washington D C Oct 15 Sam Pickard of Manhattan Kansas was appointed today by President Coolidge to be a member of the federal radio commission. He succeeds Henry A Bellows who resigns effective Nov 1. Pickard, a Democrat, will represent the same section of the country as the Minneapolis man. He was secretary of the radio commission after leading the agriculture department radio division and served as a WWI aviator in France, wounded in action.
In Prague on October 15 Agivad Bebi a student from Albania shot two bullets into Tseng Bey Albanian minister to Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia in a cafe. After the act he handed the revolver to a waiter and surrendered to police explaining he killed the minister because he believed he planned to betray Albania to Yugoslavia. The minister died en route to a hospital and the incident caused a national uproar.
Pliny E. Richardson, a wealthy contractor known for his love life, gained a $20,000 verdict in a damages suit against Mrs. Helen Treuhart, a former fiancée, who he charged with malicious prosecution. Earlier Treuhaft had won $600 for breach of promise.
Pearson B. Smith 69, a local pioneer, died at 3 a m after being overcome by smoke while trying to escape his burning home in St. Edward Nebraska. The fatal fire occurred early today and Smith was found inside the residence. Neighbors reported smoke and flames, and firefighters battled the blaze but were unable to save him.
Roscoe T. Flack files crime charge against Mason Gillespie and Halleck after Grant highway shooting during a police stop for liquor. Flack seeks $50,000 damages in civil suit. county attorney F W Edwards may be replaced as prosecutor, with potential defense-representation conflicts.
United Press reports a merger of coal mines in Apanoose County Iowa the state’s largest producing area. The consolidation aims to operate on the 1917 wage basis with investments in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Officials say the move is the most sweeping in Iowa coal mining history and will bring stability. a formal consolidation statement is expected soon.
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Town plan their annual encampment grand lodge and assembly in Keokuk starting Monday and running through October 21. Grand master John Scott from Keokuk will preside as chief officer. More than 2,000 visitors are expected to attend.
Central Nebraska has the best crops harvested in ten years per J A Townsley delegate from the Waterloo Kiwanis Club to the Nowa Nebraska district convention in Kearney. Eighty eight delegates enrolled with many visitors at the two day sessions. Newton Indiana awarded next year’s meeting. Kearney at the center of a coast to coast line. a clubhouse there hosted a banquet. Townsley notes good duck shooting along the Platte river. Two hunters appeared in one afternoon. Townsley counted 48 ducks for one and 60 for the other.
An advertisement lists Gan Felice Henry George Tholita Martin and Uavana Ribbon with cigars for sale. The concise ad highlights names and product without additional context.
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 5 30 each day. If the carrier errs or the paper fails to arrive on time, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls should reach the office before 6 38 p m.
Ruth Elder and George Haldeman landed at Fayal after their mid ocean crash aboard the Barendrecht. They were rescued when fuel tank exploded and sank their plane. Crowds cheered at the Azores dock as they arrived aboard the Barendrecht and viewed the arriving Junkers sea plane C-1230 bound for New York.
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