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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1920
Page
12
In New York, federal prohibition commissioner John F. Kramer urged Lutheran ministers to use their moral influence to enforce Prohibition. He warned that disobedience by some church members undermines the law and democracy, and said constitutional provisions cannot be modified.
J. H. Moore of Clarion was elected president of the Iowa Hotel Men's association at the closing session in Hotel Russell Lamson. He succeeds J. Levingston of Waterloo. The seventh annual meeting ended with a banquet and dance after sessions on Friday and Saturday. Cedar Rapids will host next year. Officers include George Mong Des Moines vice president Thomas Hoffman Des Moines secretary George Dempsey Davenport treasurer. Hoffman and Dempsey were reelected. Other officers named include George Crowley Des Moines G G McCartney Dubuque W T Irwin Des Moines and R E Pettigrew Burlington elected to the executive committee to replace the late R. M. Fawcett Des Moines. Walter L. Stewart Des Moines was renamed general counsel. A state legislative bill to ease hotel keeper responsibilities was set to be presented later.
The Waterloo Theatre hosts the famed comedy team McIntyre and Hedth in Hello Alexander a near relative of The Nam Tree with a large company including a wide singing and dancing chorus. Also shown are Dinty and A Light Woman at Garden and Plaza theatres with Mae Allison Teddy Hayden and Mae Murray among others in varied films and revues. A Shriners club forms at Magonic temple with N S Huntington as president and officers named.
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