Four plans offered for untangling traffic congestion
A Chicago traffic conference outlined four main approaches to easing city congestion. Prohibit parking in crowded areas, adopt a simple uniform traffic code, widen streets with safeguards for future builds, and speed up transit. A nationwide move toward these measures is seen as feasible, with parking bans likely increasing as car use nears saturation. The Washington Post notes expert surveys support a practical, universally adoptable program.
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Chicago
Washington Post
Waterlooan Law R E Olds Egged in Try Out Auto
A Waterloo observer recalls a Lan sing incident from about 35 years ago when R E Olds pioneer of the motor car was egged by boys as his experimental vehicle passed. A. W. Chamberlin, ex school official and now real estate man, notes the parallel.
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Waterlooan Law
R.E. Olds
A. W. Chamberlin
Waterloo
East
Lansing
Mich
R. E. Olds
America
Olds
Chamberlin
Legion-Paris Fares for Water Round Trip Announced
Des Moines April 27 American Legion delegates to the Paris convention will face steamship fares from 145.50 to 270 for round trips aboard nearly all fleet ships. Leviathan listed at 151.50 and up. Advance sailings start August 10 with late departures by November 12. Special trains and half fares by railroads facilitate travel from home towns to embarkation ports.
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Legion
American Legion
Paris
France
Leviathan
Howard Pf. Savage
State Legion
Montreal
Quebec
Boston
New York
Hampton Roads
New Orleans
Galveston
Europe
Southampton
Havre
Cherbourg
Antwerp
Convention City
Warns Towans of Low Atmospheric Pressure in June
Towa City April 27 Lloyd A Nagler hydraulics expert of the University of Iowa warns residents of Iowa lowlands to brace for spring and summer thunderstorms. He notes June as the danger month due to low atmospheric pressure and widespread thunderstorm activity threatening rivers and streams.
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Towans
Towa City
Iowa
Lloyd A. Nagler
University of Iowa
Tewa
Nagler
Body of Soldier's Widow Goes to Its Long Home
Mrs Beady E Alden 88 wife of Maj J Aten widow of Civil War officer who aided Logan recalled the siege of Vicksburg and Fort Donelson. Her burial is set in Benton Illinois after dying at her daughter’s Waterloo home.
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Logan
Beady E. Alden
Waterloo
Benton, Il
Alden
Henry ‘J. Reynolds
West Street
Maj. J. Aten
Cuatro Territory
Illinois
John ‘A. Logan
Mary Simmerson Logan
West
Vicksburg
Confederacy
Thirty-first Illinois Infantry
Fort Henry
Fort Donelson
McPherson
Jackson Road
Shirley
White House
Cairo
Mississippi
Gettysburg
North
Mrs. Alden
Chauncey Depew Turns 93 Apostle of Happiness Says Shannon
Chauncey M Depew marked his 93rd birthday with reception at his New York home where Dr B R Shannon of Waterloo has sent annual congratulatory letters since 1914 The Waterloo physician praised Depews sunny outlook and recalled Depews remark about preferring good new times to good old times A anecdote noted Depews near wealth from a potential Bell partnership but he valued life’s finer things over wealth The Cedar Falls Rotary Club and officers are listed with luncheon at Hotel Black Hawk and contesting for the right of war is cited as a principal cause of automobile accidents by the California State Automobile Association.
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Chauncey M. Depew
America
Hiss
New York
B. R. Shannon
Waterloo
Shannon
Depew
J. E. Brinkman
Chauncey Depew
Dr. Shannon
Good New Times
Good Old Times
Alexander Bell
Cedar Falls
The
California State Automobile Association
Adam Wagner Elected Rotary President in Cedar Falls
Adam Wagner was elected the fifth president of the Cedar Falls Rotary Club at a Cedar Falls gathering reported by Courier Special Service. The April 27 event confirmed Wagner as leader of the local service organization.
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Adam Wagner
Rotary
Cedar Falls
Courier
Drake Glee Club Delights Waterloo Audience
Drake University glee club from Des Moines entertained a small Waterloo audience at Central Christian church with an hour of varied songs. Under director Glen M. Case the 24 singers wore blue coats and white flannel trousers and delivered a polished program including Scotch songs by Elden MacVeety and piano by Harold Avery. The Drake quartet impressed with Little Cotton Dollie and Knocked Em in the Old Kent Road, while Douglas Grant drew applause with Quiet.
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Drake University Glee Club
Des Moines
Central Christian Church
Glee Club
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Glen M. Case
Elden MacVeety
Harold Avery
Goosens
Lloyd Swanson
Wood
Spross
Drake
Geibel
Kent Road
Ingle
Douglas Grant
Handel Anthem Featured By Glee Club Soloist
The glee club performed Whet her You Walk with Cyril Erickson as tenor soloist, highlighting a standout vocal display in the program.
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Bers
The
Glee Club
Handel
Cyril Erickson
Overland Chrysler Care Opens New Salesrooms Monday
On Monday morning May 2 the Overland Waterloo company at Franklin and Fourth streets and the Franklin and Sixth streets distribut Waterloo Motor Sales company, dealers of Chrysler cars, will exchange locations and be open for business.
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Chrysler
Overland Waterloo Company
Franklin and Fourth Streets
Franklin and Sixth Streets
Waterloo Motor Sales Company
Tors
Chrysler Cars
Auto dealers plan move to larger quarters Saturday
The Overland Waterloo company shifts to smaller space as Waterloo Motor Sales, led by D. S. Ramage and C. D. O'Harrow, becomes a Chrysler distributor in northeastern Iowa. Both firms say the quarter swap is agreeable and advantageous for business.
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H. S. Butters
Overland Waterloo Company
Willya-Koight
Overland
Whippet
Waterloo Motor Sales Company
D. S. Ramage
C. D. O'Harrow
Chrysler
Iowa
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