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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1929
Page
18
Workmen race to finish Hotel President as Jan. 10 opening nears. Manager F E Laird says floors, painting, and telephone system are last tasks while furniture is set. Lobby gains gold and blue ceiling and chandelier. Lombard room opens Jan. 11. ballroom features colored lighting and oak floor awaiting velvet carpet.
Radio listings detail 6:30 PM circus and wild animal hunt on KDKA WLW WJR KYW WHAS WSM and 7:00 PM orchestra and dance music on WEAP WR wOY WTAM WWd WOW. Additional segments include Then and Now songs, reviews, light opera, and late-night slumber music across WGN WMAQ WJS etc with numerous Chicago and regional stations.
Radio schedule fragment lists performers and times at various venues and programs. Names include George Storm, Helen Hughes, Walter Damrosely, and bands at Waldorf Astoria, Park Central Hotel, and stations in Des Moines. Weather and market notes appear mixed in a dense timetable.
A fragmented radio listing outlines programs on WEAF WHAS WGY and many stations, noting features like Zest for Life, Theatre of the Air, and Choir services. It lists performers such as Florence Austrel and John Amedlo, orchestra programs, church services, parades, and symphonies across Chicago, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Des Moines, and more.
A dense bas relief of broadcast times and station listings spans Chicago, Cincinnati, and beyond. It catalogs orchestral programs, Broadway tunes, dances, and variety features with numerous call letters and network notes, painting a vibrant mid-century radio landscape.
Waterloo ministerial association will hold its annual retreat at the Y W C A next Monday with a 12 15 luncheon. About 40 ministers and wives are expected as Rev A P Blough of the Church of the Brethren delivers the address noting his 35 years of service followed by communion and a brief business session.
Boston Athletic Association star Leo Lermond draws attention at a gathering with Leo The Lion Hearted Track, touted as a possible challenger for Paavo Nurmi in upcoming indoor meets. Lermond, who dazzled last season with rapid sprint finishes from behind, posted 9:16 4-5 for two miles at the national indoor championships, memorable as the second-fastest American time.
Des Moines January 4 Ralph Garrison a parachute jumper now marathoning on roller skates nursed a bruised nose as his girlfriend Erma Thompson clashed with Ruth Tarr in a roller derby at the Coliseum. Erma leaped from a side box and slapped a hair pull. Garrison intervened and Erma warned she would return. Police ejected her as twenty six couples remained in the party nearing its two hundredth hour.
The county board approved deputies and other employes salaries for 1929 and adjourned until next Monday. Most salaries remain at 1928 levels, with statutes governing principal and deputy salaries in election offices and a need to fix salaries for other assistants.
Macon Mo Jan 4 Off icers of the Mark Twain Memorial Park association who bought over 100 acres near Florida Mo and improved it before turning the park to the state hope the legislature acts to restore the site as a worthy memorial for Missouri s greatest writer also urging moving the Ulfe house from Florida to the park with a proper setting. The aged keeper Dad Violette fears loss of sight may hinder care and a local editor denounces Missouri s neglect of the project as parsimony in cultural matters.
The board established salary scales for elective officers and deputies of appointive officers with monthly ranges from 90 to 165 dollars. It adopted 1929 county road work pay: man with team 60 cents hourly. dragging 80 cents. man 40 cents. extra team 30 cents. truck driver 49 cents. motor patrol 50 cents. lash item 40 cents noted as last year.
The Church of the Nazarene at 513 Water Street invites attendance tonight as Rev. C. H. Roberts speaks on The Importance of Possessing the Holy Spirit.
The night program lists Palace presenting The Hero of the Circus a thrill feature with comedy Curiosities and Tarzan the Mighty fourth chapter plus Benara of Bachelors at Riviera with Audrey Ferris and William Col ler Jr. in lead roles. Strand features Corinne Griffith in The Outcast with Edmund Lowe, and adds Tiffany color picture and news reel.
A lively review of the film Beware of Bachelors featuring Audrey Ferris and William Collier Jr as newlyweds chased by a vamp played by Margaret Livingston. The piece mentions slapstick, Vitaphone acts, Irene Stone, Eddie Nelson, stage performances, and musical numbers surrounding the film program at the Riviera venue.
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