Flood Devastates San Marcial New Mexico Town
Dawn reveals San Marcial swept off the map by the Rio Grande flood. Two Santa Fe railroad buildings survive, housing 45 residents on upper floors as waters rise. Levee breach 15 by 8 feet leaves town in devastation. damages unlikely to be less than hundreds of thousands of dollars. Volunteers fight torrents with shovels and sandbags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Pago
Tex
San Marcial
N. M
Albuquerque
el Paso
A. M. van Colverton
Harvey House
van Coeverton
Rio Grande
Watchman Tortured to Death Over Safe at Laundry Plant
New York Sept 25 A night watchman Freedman was killed at a Washington Square Laundry Co. plant for not revealing the safe combination. He was found with hands slashed and throat cut, a bloody trail leading to the safe and a chair placed before it. The body was dumped on the loading platform after torture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington Square “Laundry, Company
Freedman
Atchman
Waterloo Hounds Track Suspect From Northwood Trail
Northwood Ta police hunt for a masked man who attacked Mrs Pulls, tying her with a towel and fleeing. Waterloo bloodhounds traced scent from a towel to a residence near trails end, but the suspect was not found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwood
J. C. Pulls
Waterloo
F. M. Shores
Mullan
Jefferson Street
Adam Christ
Denver Girl Seeks Mother in 27 Year Gap
A Denver Colorado girl seeks her mother Mrs Marshall who left 27 years ago when the girl was a baby adopted by a Fontaine family. A letter from Dorothy Wood Denver Colorado confirms a missing mother in Waterloo. Jury expected to hear cross examination today in a former Eldon bank embezzlement case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Brues
Waterloo
Aatrs
Marshall
Fontaine
Singe
Dorothy Wood
Emerson Street
Colg
Ghamws
Wo Fell
Eldon Bank
Fire alarms report minor garage fire at 119 Leland Avenue
A small blaze near a garage at 119 Leland Avenue caused rubbish and wall damage and triggered the fire department alarms. The incident, noted Wednesday at 9 55 am, involved resident C. RB Pickett and was contained with minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickett
Leland Avenua
Congress Today Debates Tariff Revisions and Hearings
Congress debates tariff revisions as Senna E. leads discussion. Subcommittee investigates in foreign relations. Executive session on the secretary of state report. Agriculture panel continues hearings on farm board member qualifications. House recessed until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bode Poukiy
Iowa Tax Commission Chairman Seeks Local Tax Ideas
State Senator C. F. Clark, chair of Iowa's newly formed Taxation Commission, plans to visit Waterloo next Friday as dinner guest of the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce and Cedar Falls Commercial Club. A joint conference with the two bodies was postponed to 10:30 am Friday to accommodate Clark's district court commitments, with discussions focusing on equitable tax reform and viewpoints from local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Clark
Cedar Rapids
State Taxation Commission
Iowa
Waterloo
Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Falls
Clark
Court House
George D. Harris
Chamber of Commerce
State Commission
Legion Nominating Meeting Set at Memorial Hall
Becker-Chapman post American Legion members plan further nominations tonight at Memorial hall for officers. Only Charles McKinstry has drawn a nomination for commander. several more candidates expected. A Legion election is scheduled for Thursday night October 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Memorial Hall
Charles McKinstry
Dairy Cattle Congress
Electria’ Park
Steve Armagast
Exhibition Hall No.1
Man Charged With Larceny Of Rocker Found Not Guilty
Bertha Schmidt filed in municipal court accusing Floyd Trainor of stealing a $5 rocker. Trainor testified his wife was in hospital, he believed the item belonged to the household, and he had loaded it with their belongings. Judge G. J. Sager acquitted him of larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha ‘Schmidt
Movie Makers Screen Two Films Tomorrow Evening
Waterloo Movie Makers will host a fall season kickoff screening at 8 p m presenting The Dark Shadows and Soul Thief from the Amateur Cinema League New York. The Dark Shadows follows a haunted house investigation while Soul Thief centers on a soul transfer involving a girl's spirit into an animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mbrary
Amateur Cinema League
New York
Waterloo Movie Makers
Mack
Thief at P T A Meet Steals 11 From Mrs Banford
A sneak thief stole 11 from Mrs. I E Banford at Roosevelt School while she helped at a PTA meeting. The thief took a 10 bill and a 1 bill, leaving a 10 note behind and hid the packet in Mrs Sander's coat in the cloakroom. Police were notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. FE. Banford
Ricker Avenue
Roosevelt School
Pare ani-Teachers Association
Temperature Readings For Tuesday Toa
Temperatures recorded show a maximum on Tuesday and a minimum at night. Unclear notes mention Toa and midweek values with a marked 80 degree reference and a worsening BD during Wednesday.
Brookhart Alleges Hidden Flasks at Dinner for Senators
Iowa Senator Brookhart recounts a Wall Street hosted dinner where guests allegedly used under table flasks. He claims Smoot attended and denied seeing liquor, while Smoot says he did not attend and did not observe drinking. The debate follows Hoover’s probe into capital prohibition enforcement.
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Washington
D. DC
Wall Street
Congressional Record
Hoover
Howell
National
Brookhart
Iowa
Nebraska
Smooth
Utah
Arby
Smoot
Seta
Brookhart Sa
Brockhart
Fehey
New York
Senate
Two Waterloo Men Await Sentences in Buchanan Court
Independence, Sept 25 two Waterloo men face prison terms in Buchanan Court. Gil Ham Johnson pleaded guilty to illegal transportation and is to be sentenced Oct 4. Cecil Halley, also from Waterloo, pleaded guilty to illegal transportation and will be sentenced Oct 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Buchanan Court
Courier Special Service
Independence
Gil Ham Johnson
Johnson
Cecil Halley
McPherson Denies Detroit Debt Claims
Aimee Semple McPherson says she paid a Detroit beauty parlor bill of 40.50 herself after Detroit Four Square charges she left debts. She claims the hotel bill and party costs near 300 were paid by her with receipts to prove it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Detroit
Detroit Four Square Gospel Lighthouse
Truckers Review New Legislation At Iowa Meeting
Officers of transfer companies and truck lines discussed the new Iowa trucking law requiring insurance on roads and formal classification cards for tonnage at a Reed Transfer company office. John Shanahan of Bronx City outlined cooperation to maximize benefits under the act. In separate news, $100000 in overdrafts and stock assessments of the Central Trust were sold for 3176 by H A O'Leary of First National.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town General Assembly
Reed i ‘Transfer Company
F P.M. Shores
Iowa Truckers' Association
John Shanahan
Bronx City
Iowa
H. A. O'Leary
First National Company
Central ‘Trust Company
Harrington to Speak on The Waterloo of Tomorrow
Howard W. Harrington advertising director for Phillips Petroleum at Bartlesville Okla will address the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow night at Hotel Russell Lamson on The Waterloo of Tomorrow. He brings a lifetime of market and town building knowledge from advertising surveys and prior work with Moline Plow H.K. McCann Detroit and newspaper advertising. Dinner at 6 30 with entertainment arranged by Henry W Dallman promises interest for all members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Harrington
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bartlesville
Okla
Chamber of Commerce
Russell-Lamson
Waterloo
H.E. Kiester
Weston- Barnett, ‘Inc
Harrington
Detroit
A. F. Hussmann
Chamber
Henry W. Dallman
Denniston Hearing Set for Sept 30 by Civil Service Board
The civil service commissioners announced a tentative hearing date of September 30 for suspended patrolman Frank Denniston. Denniston was suspended in late August for insubordination and neglect of duty and plans to appeal. The 7 PM hearing will be in the municipal courtroom at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Denniston
Civil Service Commissioners
W. T Beecher
Board of Civil Service Commissioners
Denniston
Charles Mohlis
Police Department
Carleton Stas
B. PF. Swisher
Pickett
Swisher and Farwell
City Hall
Westminster Men to Meet Friday Evening at Church
Westminister Presbyterian church to host first men’s organization meeting Friday at 6:90 in the church parlors. Dr W P McCormick and H HM Caughlan will speak and the permanent organization will proceed after a dinner. In Cedar Falls Mrs Roy L Abbott and two daughters travel from Memphis Tenn where she recovered from injuries in an auto wreck on Sept 1. Mr Abbott will meet them in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Presbyterian Church
W. P. McCormick
H. HM. Caughlan
Cedar Falls
Roy L. Abbott
Memphis
Tenn
Wives Obtain Divorces in District Court Actions
Judge G W Wood granted divorces in four district court cases including Dimple Roland versus Eugene Rol Irene Wood versus Verne Wood W A Pritchard vs Eve lyn Pritchard and Alma F Yockey against Walter C Yockey. Plus pig crop tour begins as 4000 visit Bedford Clarinda Villisca Creston Greenfield Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Wood
Dimple Roland
Eugene Roland
Irene Wood
Verne Wood
W. A. Pritchard
Evelyn Pritchard
Alma F. Yockey
Walter C. Yockey
Villisca
Town State Collegé
Creston
Greenfield
Cumberland
Bedford
Clarinda
Five Ages Ready To Search Wilos For Lost Planes
A perilous Arctic search launches with Col. Q. McAlpine leading a party of pilots and geologists to locate a missing plane expedition. The effort involves Western Canada Air Ways and two mining firms backing a potential million dollar operation amid deep snows and perilous cold.
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Wilos
Irmen
Q. McAlpine
Northwest Territory
McAlpine
Perty
Coronation
Gulf
Aklavik
Duke Schiller
Greenly Island
Bremen
Arctic Circle
Punch Dickens
H. A. Oakes
Canadian Mail -Pilots
Pat Reid
C. F. Mew
Bheers
Hudson's Bay District
Western Canada Air Ways
Canada
Dominion Explorers
Northern Aerial Mineral Exploration Company
Complete Jury for Trial of Mexican in Celwein Killing
West Union Iowa Sept 25 The second trial of Pedro Raints for complicity in the murder of Matilia Renada at Celwein last fall began with jury selection finished before noon adjournment. Valle and Lopez who pleaded guilty to murder testified. Raints denies presence and cites his alibi. The jurors include nine farmers one railway worker a hardware merchant and a housewife.
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Courier Special Service
West Union
Pedro Raints
Matilia Renada
Valle
Ramos
Vaile
Lopez
Fort Madison
Tena Hoth
Fremont Township
Ida Alton
Eden Township
Anton Banking
Fremont
Sidney Buss
Westfield Township
A. J. Weltenhagen
Banks Township
Roy Kirkpatrick
Oelwein
May Hitchings
Harlan Township
Ww. B. Stone
Eden
Leslie Yearous
Putnam Township
Henry Voshell
Fairfield
Henry Buenneke, Jr
Harlan
Death notices and obituaries from local records
John Wesley Robinson 90 died at 8 a m today of heart disease at 129 Logan avenue after three years illness. He was born October 30 1848 in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin and lived here since 1878. Survived by widow Sarah Jane Perry mother of five children. Funeral plans pending at O Keefe and Towne. Mrs Fred M McLannan 84 dies at 1011 Sycamore with services Thursday at 10 a m at O Keefe and Towne chapel. Burial Nashua. Survived by husband two daughters and three grandchildren. George McFadden five year old son of C W and Mrs McFadden 416 Oakland avenue died at Allen Memorial Hospital from spinal meningitis born May 24 1624. Survived by parents and sister Muriel.
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John Wesley Robinson
Logan Avenue
Llness
Robinson
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Aince
Sarah Jane Perry
West Union
Mary Sibin
Waterloo
William P. Robinson
Lime Street
Joseph Auderle
Reed Street
Edward Kann
Council Bluffs
Harry Robinson
Cedar Rapids
W. L. Pitzpatrick
Los Angeles
Viola
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Fred M. McLarnan
Fred M. McLannan
Sycamore Street
O'Keefe & Towne
Thomas R. Niven
First Presbyterian Church
Nashua
W. H. Sentman
Waverly
George McFadden
C. W. McFadden
Oakland Avenue
Allen Memorial Hospital
Malert
Inesa
Anaister
Muriel
East High School
Chicken Thieves Steal 380 Birds From Iowa Farm
Thieves raided Leander Perry's Greene county hen houses near Allison and took about 350 to 380 Columbia Wyandotte chickens. Sheriff H. W. Burma and the owner traveled to Waterloo to investigate and warn others of potential market thefts to distant cities. Estimated loss runs between 400 and 500 dollars as officers note rising poultry thefts and increased nighttime guard measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Perry
Greene
Columbia Wyandotte
H. W. Burma
Allison
Waterloo
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Explosion at Parker Gasoline Service Station St Ansgar Ia
A blast at Parker Gasoline Service Station in St Ansgar Iowa killed three people Saturday. Investigators led by County Attorney Bush and Mayor Tessmann say the electric motor switch was on when the explosion occurred in the basement storage area. Mrs Simmering, widow of one victim, spoke briefly with investigators as funeral plans began for her husband and Miss Doris Conklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ansgar
Henry Simmering
Simmering
Parker
Doris Conklin
Mitchell
Hilton's Bond Set at $500 in Cedar Falls Hearing
Hilton of Waterloo was held to the grand jury under a 600 bond on bootlegging charges after waiving a hearing. Bond to be furnished by Hilton's counsel was noted in R. E. Murray's justice court. Also mentions Chicago visitors and an arraignment schedule for Black Hawk county prisoners. A theft report notes $31 stolen from James Geiger's room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton
Cedar Falls
Courier
Hurst Hilton
Waterloo
Grand Jury
R. EB. Murray
Murray
W. H. Whitford
Black Hawk County
R. W. Hasner
Railroads Offer Special Rates for Dairy Cattle Congress and Show
The Illinois Central, Rock Island and Chicago Great Western railroads grant fare concessions for the Dairy Cattle Congress and National Belgian Horse Show opening Monday. Rock Island and Great Western offer round trip fare from Sept 28 to Oct 4, then 1 1/4 cents per mile for the round trip. Illinois Central rate to west of Rockford and from Madison Wisconsin to Omaha and neighboring states. An official Dairy Cattle Congress office opens at the Hippodrome with staff on duty daily, and Waterloo Boy Scouts along with a guard will oversee flag-raising ceremonies each evening at the Hippodrome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinoiis Central
Rock Island
Chicago
Western
Cattle Congress
E. S. Estel
Great West
Estes
Illinois Central
Great Western
Ilnois Central
Rockford
Madson
Wis
Sioux Falls
S. D
Sioux, City
Catcla Congress
Waterloo Boy Scots
Fast High Class Elections Will Be Held October
Principal Fred J. Miller announced student elections will name East Senior and Junior High class officers on Tuesday October 1 following a third hour assembly. Primaries for both classes occur Friday this week. A new cafeteria dismissal system starts today with one minute staggered exits by floor and weekly rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Fred J. Miller
Red Cross Field Worker Advises Roll Call Effort
Kathryn Glerum, Red Cross field secretary in St Louis, met with the local board at Black's tearoom to discuss the county roll call drive in November. Etta Worthen, local executive secretary, reports July and August cases totaling 92 served, plus 311 total interviews by various means. Four war veterans died. compensation awards reached 470 dollars with 56 veterans seeking compensation or hospitalization, plus notes on financial matters and other services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Glerum
St. Louis
American Red Cross
Black
Etta G. Worthen
Penney Manager Heads to Fall Convention in Omaha
D. Major, manager of the J. C. Penney Co. store, will attend the fall convention at the Hotel Fontanelle in Omaha Neb. The meeting attracts store managers from 15 district conventions nationwide with over 1400 attendees. Major notes record growth and open stores, with sales reaching new highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Major
J. G. Penney Company
Omaha
Neb
J. C. Penney Company
Hotel Fontanelle
Major
Captains Change as Farrell Returns to Second Shift
Capt John T Farrell of the police department returns to the second shift after serving on the day shift since Capt Morris retired last month on pensign. Capt John Collins, who was appointed second shift captain, assumes Farrells former first shift post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Farrell
Police Department
T. J. Morris
Pensign
John Collins
Morris
Farrell
Storm Belizeu storms near Florida coast with warnings
Weather bulletin describes a tropical disturbance moving toward the Florida coast between West Palm Beach and Daytona Beach. Forecasters say center could reach hurricane proportion and affect the coast later in the afternoon while muggy, light winds persist and barometers fall along the east coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
West Palm Beach
Daytona Beach
Miami
Juniper
Flo
Charleston
West Coast
Key West
Map in Her Kit Illustrates School Admission Confusion
Principal Fred J. Miller of East High recounts a girl’s misnavigation between East High and Junior High. After admission trouble and failed attempts to reach class, she returned home each time, later claiming she might now know the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J.’ Miller
East High
Waterloo
East
Miller
Towa Is Greatest Wild Duck State 230000 Birds Here
A radio report from Washington DC quotes a Department of Agriculture spokesman stating that Towa leads the nation in wild duck numbers with an estimate around 290,000. Minnesota and New Jersey were noted as other potential breeding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Washington
Dd, C
E& Representative
Department of Agriculture
States of
Union
Minnesota
New Jersey
Honeymooners at Old Coolidge Home
Honeymooners John Coolidge and Florence Trumbull stayed at the Coolidge homestead in Plymouth VI after their wedding in Plainville Conn. The house, a national shrine since 1925, hosted the couple on the second night of their marriage following a visit to former President and Mrs Caylidge in Northampton Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
John Coolidge
Florence Trumbull
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Plainville
Conn
John
Florence
Tate
Caylidge
Northampton
Mass
Cattle Congress Committee to Meet in Eugene
Members of the Dairy Cattle Congress committee of Eugene Clark post Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a special meeting at Post Commander A. R. Locke 424 Manhard Street tonight to hear reports. A Mess Kit frolic at the Armory will be set at the next regular meeting Friday night in Memorial hall with refreshments and dancing. Plans will discuss entertaining department officers meeting in Waterloo Oct 6 to draft a bill to exempt former soldiers from poll tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Cattle Congress Committee
Eugene Clark Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A. R. Locke
Manhard Street
Armory
Memorial Hall
Department of Administration
Waterloo
New Black's Tearoom Opens For Farewell Dinner
The eighth floor addition to Black Building annex hosts a farewell dinner for R. H. Garrison before the enlarged Black's store formally opens in the first half of October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
Black Building
R. H. Garrison
Black's
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Faye Reisinger
Western Avenue
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Jake Alberts
Dike
Bond
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Evelyn Hendricks
Ardokhart
Aimee
Graves Memorial United Brethren Church
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Westminster
Schiller
Celwein
Adele Rogers St. John
Tha
Mir
Willliam A. Lindgren
Lake Country
J. E. Wood
Fletcher Avenue
James Geiger
RED Cross Cives
Penney
Whittier School
Leste
Pioneer Bank Bldg
R W. Miller
Cine Bank Bide
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V. F. W. Cattle Congress Committee
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