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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1927
Page
10
Frank C. Fish, councilman and Fish Sign Service owner, denounces car soaping as a destructive Halloween prank. He warns a single soap mark can ruin paint and cost owners at least $100 for a new paint job, urging strict penalties.
The sixth birthday of Michael I was marked by a martial law proclamation overshadowing other observances. Reports say the Carolists plot was exposed, with letters from the exiled prince demanding a referendum on his return. The declared monarch, heir to vast palaces, faces praise and criticism amid the political turmoil.
Melvin A Traylor, president of the American Bankers Association, urges a revival of tolerance and faith in a speech to about 3,000 bankers at the 53rd annual convention in Houston. He warns against tinkering with the federal reserve system, discusses the Dawes plan, foreign investments, relief for farmers, and the need for stable, just policy in world finance. He predicts a possible future hero from transport and distribution studies and notes bankers cannot escape global loan exposure.
Chicago lawyers halted a planned burning of "pro British histories" in the public library after promises from May or William Hale Thompson to await next Tuesday's injunction hearing. Judge Ira Ryner declined an immediate injunction but will hear arguments in a week. Edward J. Bohac sought the order to stop the bonfires.
A Des Moines hospital faces a probe as Lauren Dewey, 19, died after receiving only nurses care for about 30 minutes post arrival. Witnesses say interne on duty ignored calls, claiming off and on duty times before investigators arrived.
Casablanca reports a battalion of Senegalese troops left to rescue six Europeans held by hostile Moors at Beni Mellal. Prisoners include Yves Steeg nephew of the French resident general and others. The force recalls WWI era memory of brutal acts by the captors.
Mrs Catherine Cassler received a 60 day stay of execution from Judge Philip L Sullivan in Chicago after being sentenced for the murder of William Lindstrom. The delay allows her attorney time to appeal the case to the state supreme court.
The courier should reach homes before 5 30. If delivery is late due to carrier error call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Calls must reach the office by 6 20 p m.
Minneapolis reports stressed operating economies from proposed merger of Great Northern Northern Pacific and Spokane Portland & Seattle. C. O. Jenks and H. B. Stevens testified the consolidation would cut costs through fuel sharing routes and fleet common ownership, with at least ten million dollars yearly needed otherwise.
In Creston Iowa the Read family bankers T H Read and sons Henry and Elbert face federal fraud charges. Attorneys spar over admitting testimony by W A Davidson as five witnesses identify handwriting on bank documents before a noon recess.
A two story Bridewell administration building burned causing an estimated 400000 dollars in damage. Guards and police rallied inmates as firemen fought the blaze started in the laundry room with unknown origin. Nearly 200 inmates were women and a panic was narrowly averted.
Ruth Elder, American trans-Atlantic flyer, and co pilot George Haldeman arrived on the Lima in Lisbon at 4 p.m. They planned to see the American minister soon and accept an invitation to stay at the legation. Elder said she was very tired in a wireless message.
Michael, the world’s wealthiest royal child earning a 1 million dollar yearly salary as king of Roumania, marks his sixth birthday in Sinaia. The blue eyed prince reportedly prefers his American kite to ruling his kingdom and has received many birthday presents per Princess Helen.
Washington reports the United States gaining consent from major nations at the international radio conference committee to split rules into two groups. The U.S. will subscribe to one set while opposing one for government systems, with annexes for private and government networks. The scheme covers interference safeguards and frequency allocation for mobile service on vessels and aircraft. The British accused Washington of delaying talks, but acceptance followed quickly as nations aligned.
President Coolidge accepted an invitation to address the Union League in Philadelphia around the middle of next month for a founders day celebration. He will speak in Washington October 25.
Detroit news reports Frank J. Navin acting head of the American League called a special meeting of league directors for Chicago at 11 a m on November 2 to elect a successor to Ban Johnson who resigned last week.
In Humboldt Iowa on October 25 Yeegs blew open two safes and stole $217 plus registered mail from the Minneapolis and St Louis depot and from the Farmers Co operative elevator. The elevator suffered losses of $137 and $80 respectively.
Cecil Moore a 19 year old chorus girl with a public stage show group died after drinking poison in a Des Moines hotel room. A maid found her in the bathroom in pajamas and several notes suggested she planned suicide. Police believe her home is in Chicago and she came from Kansas City after the show broke up there.
Mrs. Philip M. Newcomb, 77, of Cedar Rapids Iowa, died from injuries after a motor car crash on the Lincoln highway. She had left home for the first time since April 1926 and was riding with her husband and son-in-law Harry Pratt when the car overturned following a collision. Mrs Newcomb had suffered a paralysis stroke a year earlier.
The Indiana supreme court upheld the La Porte superior court ruling denying D. C. Stephenson release from prison on a writ of habeas corpus. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Indiana Klan, is serving a life sentence for murder.
In Chicago, Harry Rosenthal, facing a group of armed robbers, tells them money isn't hidden and offers a chair and rope. The bandits back away, noting this is his fourth visit to the shop. They take $44 before fleeing.
In Council Bluffs Iowa last night the Town Council of Social Workers discussed rising poverty linked to illicit liquor sales. The conference cited unskilled county aid administration and more dependent families as core issues, with alimony gaps and more children born out of wedlock adding to social workers’ burdens. Mrs James Devitt of Oskaloosa spoke on council supported legislation.
Tina Wortman and Leona Coine, two mothers, were found guilty of fraudulent voting in the last November election. Judge Edmund Jarecki sentenced each to a year in Cook County jail, noting they lent themselves to the fraud but not as the actual perpetrators.
In Gary Indiana Judge Grant Crumpacker granted a temporary injunction restraining the city from building a high school for Negro students. The move follows a white student strike of four days as the Negro faction contends segregation is illegal with a permanent injunction hearing set before Crumpacker.
Martial law is proclaimed as authorities foil a plot to restore exiled Crown Prince Carol to the Romanian throne, amid king and regent tensions, with King Michael’s birthday observed as the crisis unfolds and Manoilescu imprisoned.
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