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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1928
Page
9
A powerful Chicago gangster Lombardo is shot dead on Madison Street amid a rush hour crowd. The city braces for more gangland killings as rival factions battle for control of liquor and vice, with bystanders at risk and police under strain.
The eastern United States near New York City will be the hotbed of campaign activity in the final stretch to the election with Hoover speeches in Newark and New York City. Both Hoover and Smith target the South and West, aiming to win the crucial electoral votes clustered in the East. The piece notes rising Democratic dissension in the South, including anti-Smith struggles in North Carolina and other Southern states, plus religious and political debates shaping the Dixie campaign.
The notice directs customers to receive the Courier at home before 6 30 p m and asks them to call 518 to report delivery errors or missed papers. It states copies will be resent if the issue is on the carrier or other cause and urges timely contact with the office.
Geneva report states Charles Evans Hughes of the United States was elected a judge of the world court of international justice in The Hague by the League of Nations assembly. The vacancy followed John Bassett Moore’s resignation. Hughes won 41 of 26 votes, with council consent and formal declaration forthcoming.
Davenport Iowa Sept 8 settlement of the musicians strike affecting Tri City public theatres reached at 1 am today when theatres agreed to the unions demand for an orchestra at the Columbia theatre in Davenport and a general wage increase in all houses of about 5 percent. Managers called it a complete victory for the union and a concert grand piece will be installed in the Columbia on Sept 15 for a 40 week period.
Iowa City on Sept 8 a suit in district court charged Joe Pohler with alienating the affections of Louis Zeller's wife. Zeller asked $10,000 in judgment, alleging the affair ruined his marriage prompting a divorce action. In Bloomfield, a two year old boy died after a farm wagon ran over him when he fell from the driver’s seat as two brothers drove the team to a cornfield on the family farm nearby.
Weather for week beginning September 10 projects showers in upper upper regions and lower Missouri valleys with period of general showers in the latter half. Cooler Monday and Tuesday across most districts with temperatures rising by midweek or toward the end of the week.
Hoover plans a major America first celebration in Elizabethton Tennessee for his October 6 speech. Henry Ford Edison and Firestone have indicated they will attend. The event aims to honor early American liberty traditions and attract prominent supporters nationwide. News reports also note optimistic forecasts from political backers in Missouri New York Maryland and West Virginia. Hoover continues work on a labor speech for Newark and hopes for a Chesapeake Bay fishing trip next week.
Philadelphia Athletics edged Boston Red Sox 7 to 6 in 10 innings to seize first place in the American League pennant race. The doubleheader opener saw New York and Brooklyn results noted, with Fimkes and Sebrane sealing the win for Philadelphia while Morris and Heving worked for Boston.
Washington September 8 President Coolidge will broadcast a speech in support of Herbert Hoover and the Republican ticket likely September 14 from the summer White House at Brule Wisconsin. Hoover plans to expand on prohibition tariff labor and foreign relations but will avoid new issues in a series of planned campaign nights.
Chicago dispatch reports the second fatality from Melrose Park air crash as fireman William Swinfi ng, 25, dies after the craft plunged 100 feet into a cornfield. The first victim, River Forest police officer William Schroeder, 26, was killed instantly. pilot Carl Soderlin, 27, River Forest sergeant and owner, was seriously injured and may die.
New YorkSept 8 In federal indictments two Internal Revenue agents Elmer F Andrews and Edward P Brown stand charged with extortion tied to a demand for 10 000 from magnate Harry F Sinclair The men allegedly promised to approve 1 500 000 in income tax reduction claims and Sinclair and his lawyers reportedly alerted officials and paid the money to trap the agents.
Cedar Rapids reports the Town State Council of Carpenters selected Fort Dodge for the 1929 convention and re-elected officers W. S. Roberts of Dubuque as president Clarence Hofman of Iowa City as vice president and W. W. Reynolds of Keokuk as secretary treasurer No formal action was taken on Governor Hammill's stance in the building trades dispute at Iowa City.
Frederic Mills Ross, head of the Ross Conservatory of Music, laments less great music today and notes a postwar shift toward better classes of music. He cites limited lasting success for composers and points out the Metropolitan as the only profitable American music company now.
Washington Sept 8 Air mail service between the United States and Mexico will begin October 1, the Post Office Department announced after Mexican officials said service from Mexico City to Nueva Paradera would start. The department also extended the same date to link the domestic San Antonio Laredo route with the Mexican line. Air Transport Inc plans to connect Mexico City Monterey San Luis Potosi and New York Boston other large American cities.
Springfield Mass September 8 Three people died in an attempt to restore hearing to a seven year old boy via airplane stunt The boy Luke Bhoda died along with Charles Patholm the pilot and Abraham Mazer 21 after the stunt plane failed to recover from a cog crash at about 2000 feet Bhoda was deaf and dumb since birth and died in mud beside Bhietta and Mazer as the plane plummeted
Police recover part of a family heirloom jewelry theft from the Preston Coast home while a Cedar Rapids Iowa City line search proceeds for further pieces. Leo Kohl and Wesley Semoka section hands found over half the loot wrapped in a cap near the interurban right of way. Magnus Johnson to speak at Linn county dairy association picnic in Marion.
David B. Toenjes recalls his time ten years ago stationed at Dijon France. He led Company O Three Hundred Ninth machine shop repair unit M T O responsible for moving supplies to the front from Dijon base. He describes a camouflage park where papier mache tents and even cows appeared real but were made of paper. Armistice Day brought a large celebration as the unit completed duties and the Jastons trailed four days later with a woman’s support around his neck.
John H. Livingston of Monmouth IH, president of Mid-West Airways, pilots a Waco plane in the cross country derb y racing from Roosevelt Field to Norton Field and lands at Bettisfield McKeesport amid dense fog. He describes terrible conditions and nearly exhausted fuel before a precise landing.
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