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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1924
Page
10
Des Moines dispatch reports E. L. Hogue budgets director urges state departments to adopt an eight hour day to improve efficiency and cost reporting. He notes authority is lacking but says longer days would help catch up and please the legislature when it returns.
The governor will call a meeting of the executive council soon to discuss Sen. Hoguelg's plan. The agenda focuses on potential policy changes and legislative implications. Officials expect a coordinated response from state agencies.
The radio schedule shows programs across Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit Dallas Davenport Des Moines Los Angeles Kansas City Jefferson City Omaha Pittsburgh San Francisco and more, detailing times and offerings from orchestras to sermons. A separate note states the Ft Keough military reservation near Miles City Montana was transferred to the agriculture department for a range study experiment station.
Charles W. Hecht, after 41 years away, visited the old Hecht farm six miles northeast of Waterloo in Bennington township. The home is now owned by Frank Gerdes. Hecht, 47, recalls his childhood here while noting his parents are deceased. He is a Seattle public works board member overseeing water. Hecht’s siblings Fred, Will, and sister Hmma live in Washington state.
In Marion yesterday a mob member, silent as he entered the courtroom three years after the event, testified on the witness stand in a case where two congregation members seek to recover money they say they gave to Ferguson. Ferguson was not recognized.
Reporters questioned witnesses as authorities sought the missing pastor who was last known in Chicago. The trial proceedings prompted a scramble for information and raised concern over his whereabouts and potential whereabouts of others in the case.
Cedar Ranida Sept. 6 Rev. H. M. Ferguson former pastor of the Holiness Mission congregation disappeared from this city after being ducked in the river by a unidentified assailant. Officials searched the area and neighbors reported seeing him near the riverbank. The case prompts local officials to issue warnings and launch further inquiries into the incident.
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