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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1925
Page
7
Black Hawk County reports a record surge in motor vehicle licenses with 12 048 sets sold by 11 am and 116 new autos licensed since April 1. Five business days avg 22 cars daily. State inspectors uncover violations including a 688 car on paper plates operated for months.
Dr. W. J. Humphreys of the Weather Bureau notes that tornado damage is usually limited to small areas and lightning and wind cause broader risk. He cites studies on the Mississippi Valley showing tornadoes seldom exceed a quarter mile by thirty miles, with origins tied to unseen atmospheric factors.
Cedar Falls April 7 council members object to Mayor J. K. Cross's appointment of J. E. Perry as street commissioner delaying next biennial term. Perry has served three terms. other mayoral appointments approved. Nathan Enlow to begin twenty fourth term as marshal with assistants A. H. Adams and Leonard Schwapka.
The Colored Boys Pioneer Club, overseen by the Railroad, has grown quickly in two months. Secretary Charles Smith reports local turnout swelling from under 20 to a sizable, ongoing group meeting each Thursday at Grant School with Bible study and gym games.
The University of Wisconsin men's glee club will sing in concert at West High School on Thursday evening April 16. The group has broadcast from WEAF Schenectady and WOR and just returned from a tour visiting New York Washington Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Illinois Central announces half price round trips to Chicago during spring Market week April 11 to 18 and during the women's world's fair April 17 to 24. The reduced rates apply to the fret event until April 22 and to the second until April 27.
April 7 La Porte City reports the annual Evangelical church conference at Dysart concluded with universal regret as Rev Kenney leaves the Cedar Rapids field. He helped unite two congregations and oversaw improvements to the Evangelical church edifice. The article notes his role with the Boys' Society and ongoing Easter services.
New York reports Roald Amundsen Lincoln Ellsworth and an Arctic team plan a polar flight by airship sponsored by the Aero Club of Norway with Norwegian government support. They aim from Spitzbergen to the pole, using Dorniers with Rolls Royce motors and skis for landing, hoping a Greenland Alaska transpolar flight may follow.
ABE MARTIN mocks U S bravado and heavy taxation in a satirical monologue about laws, inspectors, and enforcement. He claims citizens must be brave to own homes and survive high taxes and regulations while bootleggers dodge fines. He notes widespread enforcement challenges and public risk in everyday life.
A Y M C A event providing free memberships to boys was cancelled tonight. No dinner will be served at the building as officers announced the cancellation. Meanwhile a Waterloo Savings Bank sign installation is under way at a corner site with opal glass lettering. Berline Germany’s March payments under the Dawes plan reached 1 694 000 marks.
Cornell University announces the twenty seventh Mount Vernon music festival featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frederick Stock. Merle Alcock of the Metropolitan Opera and violinists Gilbert Ross and Sylvia Lent join a galaxy of artists. The program includes two CSO concerts with Jacques Gordon soloing on violin and a final combined concert with the Cornell Oratorio Society led by Prof. Weisaf. The festival closes with The Mystic Trumpeter set to music by Hamilton Harty and lyrics by Walt Whitman.
R F Saberson of St Paul spoke at the Kiwanis noon meeting in Hole Russell Lamson about the lumber industry. He said wood is used four times faster than it is produced yet enough lumber remains to meet commerce for about 45 years. Much potential supply lies inaccessible in mountains away from railroads. He blamed tourist campfires for burning sizable portions of the supply.
The Sibert & Sons Bottling Co. at 716 Bluff Street sold its bottling equipment to Ceres Syrup and Artificial Ice Co. of Waverly. The room is vacated and the equipment is expected to be moved to Waverly soon.
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