Two Highways Tie Waterloo and Cedar Falls Closer
A historic survey notes Rainbow drive opened in 1916 linking Waterloo and Cedar Falls, followed by a 1924 hard-surfaced north road. Now planners seek a shorter route by paving the south Waterloo Cedar Falls road to reduce factory district traffic. Informal meetings with Highway Commission members Clifford Niles and T J O'Donnell backed the push for paving within two to three years.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Rainbow Drive
Black Hawk Construction Company
Iowa State Highway Commission
Bryant Paving Company
Cedar’ Falls
Highway Commission
Clifford Niles
Anamosa
T. J. O’donnell
Dubuque
Highway ‘Commission
League of Nations Eyes Delhi Bureau to Unite East and West
Geneva reports a new move toward global harmonization of capital and labor by creating a Delhi branch of the International Labour Office. The bureau will collect and collate information on eastern labor problems as part of expanding the league’s universal scope.
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League of Nations
Geneva
Delhi
India
International Labor Office
Indian Bureau
Bishop's Cafeteria Banquet For Newsies Dec 27
About 250 carrier boys and newsboys in the city will attend Bishop's Cafeteria Christmas banquet and party on Thursday evening December 27 at 7 o'clock. CG G. Stoddard and I. E. Warner will host the annual event, a long held Christmas gift from the Bishop's Cafeteria.
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Bishop’s Cafeteria
Carrier Boys
Newsboys
CG. G
Stoddard
Bishop's
Christ‘mas
Newsies
French Divorces Rise Rapidly Since Naquet Law
Paris reports a sharp rise in divorces since 1881 under the Naquet law. By 1934, 35 000 divorces occurred, about 25 times the first year, with postwar years seeing rapid growth. A Paris civil court recently issued 95 divorces in one sitting.
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Paris
Naquet
France
Cubans ban artistic Havana journals on obscenity
Havana officials report U S postal authorities move to bar several Havana publications deemed to glorify womanhood from an art studio viewpoint. The postmaster general and others reviewed the situation as seven weekly comics are expected to curb provocative art. Cuba cooperates with Washington as part of a campaign against salacious publications.
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Havana
Dec
United States
Cuba
Washington
Albania Faces Famine After Crop Ruin
Tirana December reports a wide area of Albania threatened by famine after crop failures. Five months of drought scorched the land and left farmers fearing widespread hunger and hardship across the farming regions.
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Albania
Tirana
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