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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1928
Page
8
In a dramatic Arctic rescue, Bert Hassell and Parker Gramer, believed lost after a forced landing on an ice arm near a fjord, were found safe and uninjured. Their fuel reached Mt Evans and their plane remained undamaged. Local fishermen guided rescue teams to the sighting, prompting widespread celebration in Rockford with whistles, bells, and crowds filling downtown.
Burlington Indiana September 3 sale of majority stock in the Burlington Hawk Eye morning newspaper announced by retiring owners Mrs Hattie H Southwell and John F D Ave. Purchasers include J Tracy Garrett Harold Morgan George Tracy Robert L Getty all of Burlington and Mrs Scott Durand Take Bluff I where Ane will move to California to organize a newspaper syndicate Garrett to be editor and publisher Morgan business manager Getty managing editor long distance and local phone exchanges noted.
Six dead and fifteen hurt in Iowas Labor Day auto crashes. Waterloo plans exodus by water, ball games at Marshalltown and Jesup, and a speech on Soviet Russia by L. M. Hawver. Community picnics, dances, and theatre fare fill the day as planes skim the skies and a Mesquakie pow wow closes the holiday.
In Chicago three hundred outlying motion picture theatres plan to open over the Labor Day holiday without music as the musicians union fails to reach a new contract with theatre owners. An advisory statement from union headquarters followed counsel that a strike would not violate a federal injunction issued by Judge James H. Wilkerson. The dispute covers primarily larger theatres.
In Chicago on September 2, Al bert Pratt, 30, was shot dead by three gunmen who burst into Pratt’s garage while he and John Brown watched. The attackers grabbed a pistol, fired four shots, killing Pratt, then fled in an automobile. One gunman had been seen wounded a patrolman near the same garage the previous Saturday.
Los Angeles reports screen actress Molly O Day was resting in a hospital after an operation to remove excess flesh from her tips and legs. She said her weight caused idleness while under contract, and she chose surgery after other methods failed.
Des Moines Sept 3 An inquest was to be held today into the death of Joseph W Riddle 30 who committed death by inhaling gas fumes yesterday Neighbors said he had been out of work for several months and that just before his death he and his wife Hazel Riddle quarreled
Six people died and fifteen were injured in Iowa weekend crashes near Carroll Des Moines and other areas. Victims include Frank J. Rodgers 83 Rockwell City Fern Rodgers 31 2 Rockwell City Frank Tracey 22 Carroll Milton Brooks 35 Council Bluffs Harry de Ment 45 Sioux City and a one year old child of Duane Crum Bedford. The Rodger car struck by a Northwestern train near Carroll left Rodgers paralyzed and Fern Rodgers killed. Other crashes involved a pole impact in Sioux City and a Iowan Rock Island train in Council Bluffs. Medical updates list multiple injuries and hospital conditions for survivors.
The governor of Kyongnam province reports 110 drownings along the Yalu river as floods wreck seven hundred homes. Bridges and roads are damaged by the torrent after heavy rainfall. Relief efforts are underway in the hardest hit district amid fears of more casualties. A government investigation is initiated in Seoul.
The Courier requests customers to ensure delivery before 5 40 PM and to call 6106 if the paper is not received. A replacement copy will be sent after verification. Readers are asked to contact the office promptly to address delivery issues.
Mrs. Evans Anderson, sister of Bert Hassell, denied reports any crew member heard from him during his disappearance in the Arctic. She said a friend called last night with word of the rescue and noted she and family believed Bert and his navigator Parker Cramer would be found safe. The call came as they prepared for bed, and they were overjoyed by the news.
A dramatic sequence covers Mrs. Henry Craft leaving hospital to visit her husband in jail four days after he shot her. Doctors reported remarkable stamina as she walked from the car to the hospital, then chatted with her husband and law services before returning to Waterloo. The blast fractured by gunfire and domestic turmoil unfolds amid courtroom and county jail scenes.
Copenhagen reports mysterious fires near Edge island and Spitsbergen seen a fortnight ago. Meteors split opinions on whether a signal from the Italia airship or Amundsen seaplane remains. Hunting vessels Jepetter and Tissoc observed a fire off Edge Island. ice prevented reaching Une Island. Survivors' fate uncertain as officials debate origin.
New York dateline Sept 3 Missing two weeks in the arctic Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer American filters were safe at Mount Evans Greenlandon the second leg of their projected flight from Rockford Illinois to Stockholm Sweden They were thought lost after crossing a 250 mile Greenland ice waste but were found unharmed by the University of Michigan Greenland expedition led by Prof W H Hooks They were hungry after subsisting on eight ounces of pemmican daily but in excellent condition.
Hassell and Cramer, piloting the monoplane Greater Rockford, landed on ice near Point Sukkertoppen Greenland due to shortage of fuel. They were rescued by expedition members after signaling with a smoke flare and were later safely brought to Mount Evans station. The search involved US Coast Guard cutter Marion and Danish vessels, with meteorological work planned by Hoobs expedition.
Des Moines report states 19 year old Twone Robinett was shot in the skull and is hospitalized in critical condition. Her fiancé, Lorenzo Hartman, is jailed in Winterset on suspicion after admitting he left home shortly before the shooting. Hartman says they planned to marry next December and claims no knowledge of the shooting. The weapon found beside the unconscious victim is a .22 rifle.
Paris reports a sudden nose dive near Tours killed Maurice Sokanowski France’s minister of commerce and aviation along with four crew members Gabriel Hanin pilot Jean Vidal mechanic Henri Willins radio operator Edouard Lefranc general secretary of the airplane company. S: The minister had quipped about taking precautions before boarding and died five minutes after entering the plane.
Reveland Ohio September 3. The annual Labor Day address by William Green president of the American Federation of Labor will be broadcast at 3 p m today. The National Federation of Labor will relay the speech from the Cleveland Federation of Labor outing in Des Moines.
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