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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1928
Page
12
Billy Ranier, 100, returns home today after a week’s forced absence, with his father saying the abductors freed him when unable to meet the $60,000 ransom. A conference with the captors and threats of amnesty followed, while police were not asked to intervene.
Democratic nominee Smith and Republican Hoover plan synchronous cross country campaigns with six state stops each. Smith targets Nebraska Oklahoma Colorado Montana Minnesota Wisconsin to win 63 western electoral votes while courting farmers. Hoover aims eastern towns Newark Boston New York and Boston with aims to marshal anti wet sentiment.
The notice states the Courier should be at your home before 5 30 PM. If delay is due to the carrier or any cause you should call 518 to get a copy sent, and phone calls must reach the office by 6 36 PM.
Herbert Hoover plans to extend his New Jersey trip visiting Princeton Trenton and more than a dozen towns. He will tour Elizabeth Brunswick Edison East Orange Jersey City Hoboken Weehawken and Newark meeting officials en route and possibly deliver one speech in Trenton. He will sleep with Thomas A Edison in East Orange and return to Washington Tuesday night.
Jackson county supervisors refused to authorize the sale of 60 000 road bonds after charging that two miles of paving near Bellevue were not in the program voters approved for the 1 000 000 road bond issue last spring. The highway commission awarded paving contracts last week.
Four armed bandits held up the University State bank in Des Moines and escaped with more than $7,000. Clerk forced to open the safe. cashier M Messerschmidt estimates loss over seven thousand. A bystander, merchant Sam Raphael, was slugged and knocked unconscious. Police dispatched gun squads to search the area.
Charles 4. Smith of 622 Washington Street recalls a 1900s event aboard the U S S Henderson, a marine transport vessel later used to take Harding to Alaska. On July 1 a fire raged for days, marines were moved to a nearby ship, and the captain dumped ballast into the waters to fight the blaze. Smith served five years in the navy.
Pittsburgh detectives report John F. Meckley confessed to killing Dr. Henry Dapper a Carrick physician after the doctor refused to pay for stolen liquor and drugs delivered to Meckley for disposal.
Cedar Falls Sept. 14 A gun battle erupted on First street near Washington when patrolman Harry Mason ordered a Ford coupe to halt. The driver and a passenger shot at Mason shattering his windshield, wounding his upper lip and eye area as he fired back with a revolver. Mason pursued the fleeing car to Allison with Sheriff H T Wagner and Lewis Swanke, as authorities alerted Fort Dodge Humboldt Dakota City and other towns. County Attorney F W Edwards said the suspects are likely wanted and may have criminal records.
Budget Director E L Hogue reports Iowa fiscal departments filed estimates for the 1929 31 period. Levy is expected to rise about one mill to restore normal levels after a two year drop from reserve withdrawals. Major requests include 3 513 297 for the state university and 2 933 500 for Iowa State College each year with library and campus expansion funds also sought.
Dubuque, Sept. 14. E. Shambaugh vice president of the Dubuque Paper and Supply Co. is in serious condition in a local hospital with three inlet wounds in the chest. He says the gun jammed while he was shooting bats in a storage loft and discharged accidentally. Doctors report he will live.
County Treasurer Ed Madigan urges property owners to pay taxes promptly to avoid delays and penalties. He notes a lack of funds for extra clerks and says steady patronage will keep service smooth. Taxes due by Sept 29 carry a penalty, with September collections at $75,108.24 versus $71,518.36 a year ago.
Cleveland Ohio September 14 In a record quick indictment the county grand jury charged Paul Jaworski with murdering Patrolman Anthony Wieczorek. Jaworski who confessed to a string of crimes including 26 killings refused to name his accomplice John Vasbinder.
At Brae Burn Country Club West Newton Mass Bobby Jones meets Tim Perkins in a 36 hole final Perkins, British amateur titleholder, defeated Voigt North Hills to reach the final Jones defeated Phillips Finlay Harvard student 13 and 12 to advance to the title match scheduled tomorrow.
Iowa University will host seven debates this winter with two foreign teams. The University of Sydney, Australia, opens the season on December 7, and a composite English group will visit Iowa later. Other debates include four members from the Big Nine and a Chicago match, with teams from Minnesota Michigan Northwestern Iowa State.
Two cadets on a practice flight collide at about 7 000 feet near Kelly field in San Antonio Texas. Cadet Gaynor Tostein 23 of Racine Wisconsin is killed and Cadet Sheldon B Yoder of Almont Michigan is saved by his parachute. The incident occurred during military maneuvers today.
A distorted two team report shows New York at bat in a NL game with odd scoring and a list of players including Fitzsimmons Hogan Smith Edwards Greenfield Clarkson and Fasior.
An Atlantic hurricane devastates Porto Rico and the Bahama region with 159 mph winds. Communications collapse, crops ruined, and thousands homeless. Red Cross orders disaster relief chief Henry M Baker to Porto Rico. Navy stations work on temporary wireless links as authorities fear famine and disease without rapid aid.
London reports eastern Europe fear prevails among Jewish communities due to rumors of ritual murders. Authorities have arrested 40 people in Banat for anti Semitic propaganda inciting violence. A missing 15 year old servant girl Marguerite Tukateh was found exhausted after rumors spread accusing Jewish synagogues of immuring Christian children.
Darkened skies and drizzle marked the Johnson County Old Settlers Association reunion as 150 members attended the roll call. Of those who rode the rail last year, 252 have died.
In a RN application to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Rock Island requests permission to abandon nine miles of rail between Iowa City and Elmira Iowa due to insufficient traffic. The filing was made from Washington D C dated September 14.
The mail plane from the Ile De France, missing after a catapult from the liner, was found off Bishop's Rock. Commander Louis Demougeory and his aide are safe. The seaplane crew were rescued by a French gatling vessel and are being towed toward the French coast.
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