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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1928
Page
4
Sheriff B T Wagner argues for armed guards in banks with steel plates to deter daylight robberies. He cites Waverly State Bank robbery as proof and says guards could kill robbers, lowering insurance costs and changing robbery tactics to meet the new threat. He plans to press county bankers to adopt the plan.
Richard Hudnut, wealthy perfume magnate and New York druggist, died last night at Chateau Juan in Juan-les-Pins near Nice after heart failure. He was 66 and owned a villa there spending years in residence. His widow is the mother by a prior marriage of Winifred Shaughnessy Hudnut, known on stage as Nathacha Rambova, former wife of Rudolph Valentino.
A pre Halloween prank by youths halted a W.G. PL & N line on Jackson Street when an old touring car was pushed onto tracks. Motorman Harry F. Whitney slowed the street car to avert a crash. windows shattered but no injuries reported. Elmer R. Bitterly issued a warning against tampering with street car property. A trolley-wire post on the Joop line near Johnson's Gardens burned as straw ignited, fought by W. C. FL & N. employees.
The 1929 convention city hosted the business session of the tenth annual Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards, closing its session tonight. An nual reports and technical addresses were presented yesterday to 260 delegates.
Des Moines reports A. J. Kellogg who farms 100 acres near Adelphi seeks a congenial bachelor for companion and cook for the winter. Tobacco a shotgun and a boat will be provided. no woman within five miles, Kellogg said.
Virginia Vidders two month-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Vidders of 712 Main street Cedar Falls will be buried Thursday at 2 pm. The service will be at the Thomas Clark residence 916 State street The child had been failing since birth
Waterloo police chief Charles Mohns warns that Halloween pranks that harm property will lead to arrest. Regular and special officers will arrest anyone caught in the act and may jail offenders, promising no leniency or soft beds for those facing a judge.
Ralph B Slippy former city engineer is recovering at his home 717 Fairview avenue from sewer gas poisoning contracted while at work on the Grinnell sewage disposal plant where he prepared the plans. He has been seriously ill and is under care at home.
O Lumbus reports unlocked pumps at a Washburn Ia station with gas taken. F E Hershberger says a micro meter and three night shirts were stolen from his car on Franklin street. Police find a boy dressed as a girl in possession of the items and return them to Hershberger.
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