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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1927
Page
9
The Spotlight column notes a conference call being arranged following today’s news item. Authorities or organizers are expected to discuss developments and next steps during the meeting. Further details remain sparse in the snippet.
President Coolidge and General Summerall meet in Washington to discuss housing conditions for the army. Rumors say Davis and Hanford resignations are discussed elsewhere, while Levine eyes a 50 cent air service to Europe by 1929. Other notes cover the Dawn amphibian crash near Old Orchard and Schumann-Heink's farewell Chicago recital.
Mark Sullivan reports on how a Progressive Republican challenge to Hughes and Lowden shifts party dynamics in the West and complicates the 1920 race. The piece notes Western progressives unite with regulars, eye 10 percent voter strength, and plan to influence Congress with farm and tariff policy debates.
Chicago official Frederick Rex, municipal statist, announced the city’s population at 3,741,916. He attributed gains mainly to growth on the outskirts while core areas showed less change.
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 5 30. If you do not receive the paper by that time or if a carrier error occurs call 108. A copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p.m.
About 130000 workers in Germany prepare for a broad stoppage with 70000 lignite miners in Halle striking and 60000 textile workers in the Munich Gladbach district ordered to strike after failed wage arbitration. The action threatens Berlin electricity supply as power plants join the affected region amid widespread labor unrest.
Washington Oct 17 The U S Parole Board has recommended parole for Gaston B Means former federal investigator who served four years for city law violations and would have expired next year He was a key witness in the Senate probe of Harry M Daughertys DOJ administration Also reportedly recommended parole for Earl Carroll but no report has been received by the Justice Department.
In Des Moines three robberies occurred as bandits struck garages after victims parked their autos for the night. C. Osgood, owner of a restaurant, lost 180 dollars and a diamond ring. Ed Hamne surrendered 150 dollars. H. S. Thompson had 130 dollars taken. Police had warned of renewed robberies despite crackdowns.
The National Academy of Science autumn meeting opens in Urbana tomorrow with renowned scientists from across the United States and abroad. The three day session will feature discussions on new scientific developments and several papers across disciplines. A meeting of the Association of American State Geologists occurs Thursday.
The U S chamber of commerce outlined a broad program for Congress including lower corporate income taxes and repeal of war taxes and the estate tax. It calls for federal flood control on the Mississippi, limitations on government shipbuilding, and reorganization of federal agencies to boost efficiency.
Miss Florina Lampe, 21, was found dead in her Clinton County home with an empty poison bottle nearby after an evening with friends. Elmer Willert, 18, of Toronto, also died by a gunshot, reportedly grieving injuries from a year ago that left him unable to work.
French aviators Dieu donne Costes and Joseph Le Brix arrived in Rio de Janeiro at 12:15 p m in their Nungesser Coli. They departed Caravelles at 8:10 after traveling Paris to St Louis Senegal and then a mainland to mainland South Atlantic crossing landing at Natal.
Two young women with dark bobbed hair were tentatively seated as jurors Nos. 1 and 2 as the Sinclair-Fallo oil conspiracy case opened. Selection moved quickly with seven jurors admitted to the box by noon. The jurors include Mrs Anna Bailey, a piano company employee, and Miss Bernice Heaton, a telephone office instructor who testified they knew little of the case.
The Sikorsky Dawn attempting a dawn takeoff from Old Orchard Beach, Maine, ran nose heavy after a test with 260 gallons dumped midair, forcing a postponed flight toward Europe. Pilot Wilmer Stultz executed a safe landing as crew and observers watched. The incident halted the European bid and delayed the next attempt until daylight.
U S Supreme Court district enjoins Swift & Co Armour & Co and other large packing firms from keeping capital stock in public markets and in related railroads and wholesale groceries following the 1921 consent decree. Hearing scheduled for the first Tuesday in January.
Charles A. Levine, sole trans Atlantic air passenger, arrived in New York aboard the city tug Macom with a mayoral reception committee. He announced plans to fly Europe to America next summer and to establish an ocean air mail service within two years charging 50 cents per letter. Clarence Chamberlin’s relatives attended the welcome. Levine’s pilot was absent with no reason given.
Eight gunmen held up The Barn road house northwest of Chicago, killing Joseph Red Goodman, a professional football player, as patrons at a discoed siege were threatened with two machine guns. About $600 from each guest plus jewelry and other cash were taken, totaling around $10,000. Authorities searched for eight suspects.
Davenport Iowa October 17 two men involved in a gun incident on Brady street road north of Davenport Claude Pointer accused of robbing Robert Champeau. Champeau halted hundreds of Sunday motorists with a shotgun until arrest by Marshal Joe Epping DeWitt pointer wounded in hands and legs both men jailed in Scott County jail.
IPSOS dispatches say the US Shipping Board steamer Nile 6868 tons is sinking about 100 miles west of Cape Bongaroni with the crew reported safe in the final message from the vessel.
Chicago Oct 17 ex convict Michael Halalack 39 was arrested at the home of Edith Rockefeller McCormick claiming a social call He said she recently visited the penitentiary where he served time and invited him to call Police placed him in the pay cell ward for observation during the visit by Prince William of Sweden at McCormick’s home
Chicago Oct 17 Mrs Ernes tine Schumann Heink after 51 years in better voice in last decade at 66 will retire from concert work after farewell tour. Reviewers note reduced power yet familiar magic as she ends long career with Chicago home base.
Chicago reports the corn belt survey finds farm prosperity returning after months of doubt. Production is aligned with consumption, prices are profitable, and farm equality restored. Livestock producers gain. the winter trade is expected to peak since 1920.
Four people died when a plane forced to land in front of the Mormon temple exploded after striking the ground. The victims include Holbrook Goodale president of Inter-Island Air Transportation, Miss Janette Starr, E. S. Brooke Jr. photographer for Paramount, and an unidentified man.
Mrs W H Settle who sang for Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War dies at her Gridley home. The veteran vocalist, known for her Civil War era singing, passes away at age 1.
Ninety six potential jurors were assembled as the trial of Fall Sinclair and allied figures on conspiracy charges related to the Teapot Dome lease began in Washington. The case, tied to a Harding era oil scandal, could carry up to two years in prison if convicted. Government counsel expect to call more than thirty witnesses with new testimony from Robert W. Stewart of Standard Oil Indiana, while defense plans a large witness list.
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