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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1929
Page
9
A playful groundhog forecast prompts hope of early spring while northern regions face lingering snow. The piece notes public anxiety, business disruption, and citizens watching skies, alongside brief local transit updates on snow removal and air service adjustments at Des Moines.
Rotarians will entertain wives at a dinner dance Monday at the Elks Club with a 6:90 start. Alexander Carr of the American City Bureau in Chicago is expected to speak at the weekly Kiwanis meeting in Hotel Russell-Lamson. Waterloo City Kiwanis to entertain Kiwanians’ sons and daughters February first. four youths from Town Uland attend. Maple Leaf hockey players from Winnipeg will join Lions at Black's tearoom for Thursday noon meeting. Alexander Carr may speak.
The Iowa Railway and Light company of Cedar Rapids purchased Vinton’s long distance heating plant and will operate it with the local gas plant. Boilers from the heating plant will be moved to the gas plant site in spring. F E Patton to manage both plants. Rev A Raymond Grant refereed Dysart Tama game last night. Mrs S A Ullom hosted a social afternoon with luncheon. Philip J Pint leaves estate to wife Katie for life, then to children Leonard and Loretta Pint. Prussia policewomen now require a state welfare diploma and nine months of training.
An aircraft engine design by Miles City inventor George E. Franklin features 16 horizontal air cooled cylinders with a spiral cam drive and shuttle like piston action that eliminates a crankshaft. Weighing 359 pounds complete, it tests at 400 to 445 horsepower at 1200 rpm. Financing by Miles City citizens supports development with John T. Sugars as engineer. The design aims for fewer wear parts, smoother operation, and potential eight cylinder upgrades. Franklin moved to Kansas City to build the engine through E. E. Porterfield Jr. of American Eagle Aircraft. Tests are planned for next spring before plane installation.
An Iowa naval party led by Commander Chester H. J. Keppler heads to the Philippines in May to observe a solar eclipse. The team includes Prof. William A. Cogshall, Astronomer Paul Sollenberger, and Lt. H. C. Kellers, with Manila Observatory cooperation and Swarthmore and Sproul observatories contributing data. The May 9 eclipse spans across Sumatra, Kedah, Siam, and the Philippines, offering over five minutes of totality and broad international scientific collaboration.
La Porte City Iowa February 2 J G Frank is seriously ill at his home on West Main Street suffering from septic sore throat and complications A council of doctors met yesterday afternoon a professional nurse taking charge of the case Local notices include a Christian Endeavor meeting at Evangelical church with Evelyn Rober as hostess Twenty two youths attended and Valentine decorations were used A Literary Circle meeting scheduled at Mrs T M Nielsen home postponed to next Friday unrelated items note a postponed open meeting and a Presbyterian church supper planned for January 6 Also reports Dr and Mrs L F Batley attended the funeral of his brother Wilmer Batley at Marion after a hospital death in East Lake City
Enrollment in West schools has risen by 350 pupils since September, prompting the hiring of four instructors to start Monday. Miss Esther Selile Powers Lake, Miss Genevieve Graham St Paul, Miss Stella Farley Lorimer Ja, and Mr William G Dixon Aberdeen S D share assignments at Irving Kingsley Riverview Lowell and Central schools. Endorsed by Subsuperintendent Charles A. Kittrell, the plan saves taxpayers by avoiding nine instructors, though class rearrangements balance the load.
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