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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1929
Page
13
The report notes atmospheric pressure shifts that may steer the hurricane away from land, turning it back toward the Atlantic. Meanwhile residents flee coastal areas as highways clog with evacuees and Everglades farmers near Lake Okeechobee brace for developments after last year’s losses.
Comtroller Pole plans to plead for congressional action and treasury guidance at the American Bankers association meeting in San Francisco. From 1914 to 1918 only 936 of 8,500 eligible state banks joined the federal reserve, while 79 national banks moved to state charters in 1929, threatening the national system and prompting talk of branch banking reviews.
Ulysses S. Grant Jr. eldest son of the late General Ulysses S. Grant died in his sleep at Sandberg lodge about seventy miles north of Los Angeles. He was 77 years old and had remarried four years after his first wife’s death in 1909 to Mrs. America Wills of Marshalltown Iowa.
Lois Bantares Pantages found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Jura Rokumo a Japanese gardener in a motor car crash in Los Angeles. The judge must sentence 1 to 10 years, probation possible. Bail set at $60,000. verdict delivered by a seven man five woman jury after eight hours of deliberation.
A major earthquake struck western Hawaii near Hilo on September 26, causing panic as up to 150 temblors rumbled for over a day. Buildings collapsed in parts of the quaking zone and residents fled their homes as the seismograph at Kealakekua was damaged.
New York Sept 26 4 Jack Sharkey from Boston will have less than a ten pound advantage over Tommy Loughran former light heavyweight champion in a 15 round bout at the Yankee Stadium tonight Sharkey weighed 196 pounds Loughran 186 four pounds reading suggests 18644 due to OCR.
Hawkinson 53 a construction laborer confessed in Galesburg that he killed his wife Mary 42 and George Martin 23 in Dayton Ohio. He said jealousy drove him to shoot Martin and his wife and to slash their throats when he found them together in his home late last night.
Miami residents and officials watched a tropical storm drift from east of the city toward a southward position. Forecasters warned the center could pass near or over Miami with high winds possible, while Nassau radio and Bahama reports showed uncertain movement. Residents boarded up, relief units stood by, and coastal vigilance remained high as the storm’s future path stayed unclear.
The will of Harry B. Lusch of Waterloo provides one million dollars for charity. The statement appears in a brief notice noting his native origin and the philanthropic bequest.
Refugees in El Paso area observe a San Marcial New Mexico team amid Rio Grande flood wreckage. Debris coats the mud as two dozen stay on higher ground after flood crested. Health fears grow as disease risks rise. searches to begin when ground dries.
Reports from Calcutta claim Amir Habibullah also known as Bacha Sa Kao, master turned bandit king in Afghanistan, has been assassinated though official confirmation is lacking. Berlin also announces a planned merge of Deutsche Bank and Diskante Gesellschaft creating a 300 million mark capital bank.
Dan Turner of Corning, candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, spoke last night advocating a revision of Iowa’s tax system to shift part of state government expenses onto incomes. He argued for a broader income tax base to share fiscal burden.
The Chicago will of Harry Berard Lisch, Waterloo native and paper merchant, leaves at least ten Cook County charities as income beneficiaries from a Chicago estate valued in bonds and stocks. Executors include Alfred Carton and the State Bank of Chicago. the trust will fund a memorial in his name and perpetual gifts to Protestant or nonsectarian institutions.
Des Moines forecast calls for cloudy weather with probable showers and cooler temperatures across Iowa. Showers began yesterday with notable totals in some counties while Estherville reported 0.73 inches. Decorah recorded a high of 88 and a low of 56 as the warmest and coolest spots in the state.
In New York on Sept 26 1951 Girolamo Casciola a 40 year old wealthy importer was shot in the driveway of his Brooklyn home by the Black Hand for refusing to pay 5000 dollars. Police report he is in a dying condition. Ten days earlier Centric Iazzetta a retired baker was murdered for similar reasons.
Onawa Iowa Sept 26 U P Fred Shipley 20 Ute Ia was killed when shot accidentally Allen Coe 75 Mapleton night marshal charged with Shipleys death testified in his own defense saying he did not touch the trigger during a scuffle as Shipley tried to wrest the gun. The defense was expected to rest today.
In Los Angeles physicians report Joseph Mayott, 54, a Spanish American War veteran living at the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home, is afflicted with Paget's disease causing progressive bone shrinkage. Doctors say there is no cure and he may live many years more, though he currently experiences no pain or immediate danger.
Senator Brookhart charges James C. Stone vice chairman of the Federal Farm Board with alleged improper dealings in a 1916 warehouse sale to the Burley Tobacco Growers Association and 1921 resale, as testimony before the Senate Agriculture Committee is read. Stone calls the testimony partly true and partly false while testifying first in today’s hearings.
Col Charles A. Lindbergh arrives in Port of Spain with wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh and Juan Y. Trippe. The group tours Pitch Lake with Governor Grier aboard and plans a later takeoff to Maracay Venezuela 415 miles away.
Washington correspondent Drew Pearson told a senate committee that William B. Shearer a $25 000 observer funded by American shipbuilders showed strong influence against Anglo American goodwill with naval experts at the Geneva conference held in 1997.
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