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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1920
Page
13
At the April 26 council meeting officials expect a W C F N railway proposal on higher local car fares. Auditors and engineers have worked three weeks compiling two years of receipts and expenditures to support any request. Officials favor keeping the cent fare if possible, citing change handling and bookkeeping costs, while noting improvements are financially unlikely.
The court will rule later on an injunction suit filed by James Black Dry Goods against contractors remodeling the Martin building next to the Black store. The suit seeks to restrain pavement cutting on Fourth and Sycamore to allow fewer connections, delaying the improvement until affidavits are filed and final arguments heard before Judge H. B. Boies. Reed, Tuthill & Reed represent plaintiffs. Pickett, Swisher & Farwell represent defendants.
The Boy Scout Council of Waterloo secures permanent offices in the L and J building, with openings slated for May 1. Temporary HQ is at Greater Waterloo Association west clubrooms. Ray L Short, field executive, returns from Joliet with renewed enthusiasm as midwest term scout executives report a successful conference outlining weekend hikes and summer camping.
Clarence Nichols of Vinton a former district judge and brilliant attorney played dual roles in a Benton county justice court hearing. He briefly questioned a state witness for the defense after agreeing to represent the state, then delivered a powerful defense for the defendant. The court praised his work and ruled that the information be dismissed.
Waterloo forms first overall club with 47 of 55 Galloway office staff signing a pledge to wear blue denim or tan khaki overalls during work hours starting April 20. Des Moines rejects overall clubs while Des Moines fair price official urges sane buying. Galloway employee C. Kroesen leaves post to buy Brandon Bee.
Mayor Frisbie and city officials, teachers, Waterloo volunteers, and library board members attended a private showing of the patriotic drama The Copperhead at the Crystal Theatre this morning. The full-length production with orchestra was praised as a vehicle for patriotism and moral guidance.
The Victor Talking Machine Co of Camden New Jersey makers of the Victrola phonographs and records publicly denies any plan to consolidate with another phonograph company. A letter to Waterloo distributors from vice president Chas K Haddon states there is no foundation for merger rumors which he says are spread by people seeking stock market quotations.
Army enlistments for the week ending last night were announced by Sergeant Leik. Lashed by Camp Dodge and Camp Grant, new soldiers include Leslie N. Brechtel Sumner Fourth Engineers Leonard M. Dow Waterloo Third Field Artillery Rufus F. Rush North Vernon Ind Eleventh Field Artillery William R. Vail Warroad Minn Thirteenth Field Artillery Camp Dodge Enlistment in the coast artillery corps one year without prior service is now permitted Corporal James D Behnke Ottumwa Ia is to be the new assistant in the local recruiting station office of Sergeant Leik reports
About 25 Waterloo Rotary members plan contact with other clubs at the Rotary sixteenth district conference in Des Moines Tuesday. The big noon luncheon will be at the Suy oty Monday. Rotary members will travel Sunday night. some will stay in Des Moines to meet the gubernatorial candidate Nate J Kendall whose public notice declares his fitness for governor.
Infrationary work for the past three months at Newton Center Massachusetts will leave St Johns Newfoundland on the PP R steamer Metagama next Saturday for Liverpool. Hog Slus will leave that country May 18 for Africa and expects to be gone at least three youths.
Local Marine Corps recruiting station will issue victory buttons to all men who served in the wars from April 6 1917 to November 11 1918 and enlisted at least 15 days before the end date. Bronze for uninjured veterans, silver for those wounded. Application with discharge papers at the recruiting station.
Akron Ohio April 17 with an enrollment of 5 700 the now Good Miss Beulah McMillan of the Industrial university the first Burton avenue Baptist Church whose s kind was dedicated here to has been taking a course of foreign an
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