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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1927

Page

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Debate on compulsory tuberculosis testing for dairy herds set

A debate on compulsory testing to eradicate tuberculosis from dairy herds will be held at the La Porte City sales barn on August 2, announced by County Agent J. L. Uhban. The event follows a Harold Bellinger barn talk where Kennedy, an organizer, urged Farmers' Union membership and voiced mixed views on the test and graft.

la Porte City J. L. Uhban Harold Bellinger Big Creek Township Mr. Kennedy Farmers’ Union Kennedy Uban Texas Gilbertville Raymond Altho Kennedy

Waterloo B. and L. Remakes Its New Home

Waterloo Building and Loan starts remodeling its new home in the Fowler building at Fifth and Lafayette streets after purchasing the structure. A $10,000 building permit was issued yesterday. O.A. Maine company handles the work, affecting the first floor except the E. W. Stroebel Music House area. stairs will relocate to Lafayette street and the entrance will be from Fifth street.

Waterloo Building & Loan Association Ellis Hotel Sycamore and Fifth Streets Fowler Fifth and Lafayette Streets O.A. Maine Company E. W. Stroebel Music House Fifth Street Lafayette Street Fifth

CMT Campaign Officer to Tour Iowa Monday

Captain John F. P. Horan of Omaha arrives in Waterloo Monday July 18 changing prior plans to visit 10 counties in support of the citizens camp. He will be in Cedar Falls 3:30 to 6 p.m. and spend the night at Grundy Center. The August 1 to 30 training period emphasizes sports and physical training with costs for transportation uniforms and living expenses borne by the program. Interested boys may obtain application blanks from Captain Horan or Lt. Leon L. Scheel Cedar Heights county aide.

John FP. Horan Omaha Iowa Waterloo Horan Cedar Falls Grundy den Leon L. Scheel Cedar Heights

Galilee Sunday Evening Union Service Planned

An outdoor interdenominational union service will be held Sunday evening near the Cedar River park footbridge. East High School orchestra offers a prelude at 7 p m with a male quartet. Dr Earl A Roadman will preach on Consider the Lily. Selections and sermon will be delivered from boats on the river as worshipers gather on the shore. Last year attendance exceeded 700.

Union Galilee Cedar River Park East High School Earl A. Roadman Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Jesus Lake Galilee

Fort Atkinson command in Mexican War and railroad survey

Details questions ask who commanded the Iowa volunteers at Fort Atkinson in the Mexican War, the location of Fort Croghar, who surveyed the M and MM rail road now Rock Island, when the Winnebagoes moved from Trow to Minnesota, and who directs the extension division at Iowa State College. answers appear on another page.

Company of Iowa Fort Atkinson Fort Croghar Locat M. and Rock Island Winnebaos Trows Minnesota Iowa State College

Weather fragment sketch with fluctuating readings

Fragmentary weather note presents messy temperature fragments for Tuesday and Wednesday including maximum and minimum values, unclear units, and stray timestamps. Details are illegible, but indicates a sensor reading session with two or more time points and a reported peak near 89 and a low around 84.

Early Fight for Farm Relief At Northwestern Conference

St Paul July 13 A northwestern conference urged Congress to convene three weeks before December to kick off farm relief efforts. The group backed the McNary Haugen bill and accused President Coolidge of repudiating the Republican platform by vetoing it. Members pledged to campaign for allies of the bill across two thirds of the U S to push reform in Congress.

St. Paul Minn J. Kvale Minnesota Gilbert N. Haugen Towa House Agricultural Committee Coolidge Congress United States

Trades Union Opposes Lowden Presidential Indorsement

The Burlington Trades and Labor assembly criticized the Iowa State Federation of Labor for endorsing Frank Lowden for president. Resolutions say Lowden has not been a friend of labor and protest the federation’s ignoring a resolution backing Mayor George L. Berry for the Democratic ticket.

Burlington INS Burlington Trades and Labor Assembly Frank ©. Lowden Iowa State Federation of Labor Lowden George L. Berry Federation

Building Permits Filed in Waterloo Area

Waterloo Building and Loan Association lists permits including remodels at Fowler building for $10,000 and garage work at 202 Lupton Street for $100. Nick Philipchuck seeks a frame dwelling at 1213 Ie ar Ut Street plus a garage for $3,000 and $100. Hero LaPole plans a one story brick dwelling at 309 Arlington Street for $4,500. Joe Paulus seeks remodel of residence at 1708 Jefferson Street for $200. Mrs Olmstead moves a stand from Park Road to 1217 Fourth Street East costing $100.

Waterloo Building & Loan Association Fowler M. G. Kellogg Lupton Street Nick Philipchuck Walnut Street Iearut Street Hero LaPole Chestnut Street Arington Street Joe Paulus Jefferson Street Olmstead Fourth Street 300 Rock On Park Road

Texas Jury Panel Hesitates to Hang Girl Bank Bandit

In San Marcos Texas a 24 year old Rebecca Bradley Rogers university graduate moved to a change of venue as 19 prospective jurors were dismissed for hesitating to impose the death penalty on a woman charged with robbery with firearms. The state noted no women serve on Texas juries.

San Marcos Tex Rebecca Bradley Rogers Texas University Texas

Gates August Lads Total Graduation List

Thirty-eight students of Gates Business college will receive their diplomas Thursday Aug 11. The list includes Alfred Free Hampton and many graduates from Waterloo Cedar Falls and surrounding towns. The class elected officers John Wente president Thelma Davis vice president Raymond Bull secretary Thelma Greeley treasurer. Delft blue and gold are class colors with yellow tea rose as the flower and At the Foothills Climbing as the motto.

Gates Business College John Wente Thelma Davis Raymond Bull Thelma Greeley Delft Alfred Free Hampton Belen Stickney Vinton Geraldine Currie Grundy Center Albert Dahms Gladbrook Clinton Renning Shell Rock Agentha Jensen Cedar Falls Genevieve M. Holland Shell Roex Bertha Healy Mt. Auburn Alice Thompson Mabel Nelson Shenendoah Edna Petersen Potter Minn Ma- Tee Finley Waterloo Macieda Zwanziger Webster City Erma Evans Dell Rapids S. D Hazel Wilcox Charles City Marjorie Blackman Marie Schoenbohm Denver Francis F. Frese Gladbrook Flora Mordhorst Reimbeck Faith Gooder Riceville Raymond C. Bull Tripoli Wiliam Kelling Bava Bennett Arthur W. Cox Helen Moline Eelma Reimter Sumner Reinbeck Trene Till Independence Edith Silverman Monone Oliver Jungling Parkersburg Fred Richardson Manchester Vera Marietta Wintom Elmer Gallery Masonville Isabel Foster Raymond Henniges Alta Vista Howard Jamerson

Iowa Public Service Picnic Set for July 28

The annual picnic of Iowa Public Service Company employees and families will be held Thursday July 28 at Electric Park. A committee plans games and contests for entertainment and rides at the park will be free for picnickers. Several hundred people are expected to attend.

Iowa Public Service Company Electric Park

Dry Agents Nab 2,500,600 Gallons of Tabooed Beverage in Past Year

Washington July 72.i0Ns) federal authorities report a record rise in prohibition arrests for the year ending June 3. Nearly 80,000 arrested, 20,000 more than the prior year, with most charged under violations of the law including conspiracies, smuggling, and bootlegging. Over 200,000 gallons of whisky and other spirits seized. enforcement leaders warn of continuing big bootlegging networks and tougher future enforcement.

Washington, D. C Hipepocket Teters Milo Chicago Montana

Illinois Central seeks bus route parallel to North Branch

Jefferson Highway Transportation Co requests permission to run motorbus service from Owatonna Minnesota south through Osage Mitchell Orchard Floyd to Charles City, paralleling Illinois Central. Residents say IC service insufficient but fear added losses. decision pending. Rock Island filed objections. Maurice A Welsh attended for WCN.

Jefferson Highway Transportation Company Owatonna Minn Iowa St. Ansgar Illinois’ Central Osage Mitchell, Orchard Floyd Charles City Mason City Illinois Central H.G. Brown Waterloo L. BE. McCabe Dubuque Helsell & Lee Fort Dodge Railroad Rock Island Maurice A. Welsh

Three Thousand Cosmetologists Get One Dollar License

Des Moines on July 13. Grace Shinn, secretary of the state board of cosmetology examiners, announced that more than 3,000 Iowa cosmetologists used the exemption in the cosmetology act to obtain a license by filing an application and paying one dollar. The exemption period has ended. future licensees must pay ten dollars and pass an examination.

Des Moines Iowa Grace Shinn State Board of Cosmetology Examiners

Communities 10 Have Dociable Dolls Thursday

City playgrounds announce multiple community events. Pat's Pond hosts a festival with 6:30 to 7:30 pm jazz by the Waterloo Jazz Pirates led by Jack Dunlevy, followed by dances and games. Gates Park Civic Club sponsors a social with East High band. West High sociable offers cake and ice cream. A doll show and parade with 150 children is set for Lincoln Park at 7:15 pm, featuring dolls in costumes and doll buggies, plus a pet parade Friday at 2:30 pm.

Pat's Pond Waterloo Jazz Pirates Jack Dunlevy Hsther Worrell Gates Park Lincoln Park Fourth Street South Street Washington Park

Mrs W R Vorce Dies in Cedar Falls Funeral Thursday

Cedar Falls notes the death of Mrs William R Vorce aged 79 born in North Amson Missouri. She married in Joliet Illinois on March 28 1868 and moved to Cedar Falls from Waterloo in 1910. Funeral is set for 3 pm Thursday at Brown chapel with burial at Fairview Waterloo. Surviving daughter is Mrs A Sylvester McCann of Chicago and granddaughter Mrs E W Moore of Waterloo.

Courier Cedar Falls William R. Vorce Brown Chapel Fairview Waterloo Sexton Vorce North Amson Joliet Ill A. Sylvester McCann Chicago Grand- Gavshiee E. W. Moore Waerioo

Sine Buys Mill and 12 Acres in Mitchell County

Cedar Falls July 13. J Sine millwright of 28 years becomes owner as Cedar Falls Mill Co closes. He will operate a feed mill at Otranto Station Mitchell county and 12 acre farm. The sale fetched 8000 dollars for four acres and a residence on Waterloo street Rainbow drive. The new owner is W C McCarty of Fort Dodge.

Gourier Cedar Falls J. Sine Waterloo Cedar Falls Mill, Co Otranto Station Mitchell County Line Waterloo Street Rainbow Drive W. C. McCarty Fort Dodge

Miller Factory Expands Equipment For Higher Output

The George B. Miller & Son Co. of 1261 Westfield avenue adds machinery to meet surging orders for its Farm Aid Cornhusker. George D. Miller says a second 500 unit order from Linninger Implement Co. Omaha has shipped, with more orders from Iowa and neighboring states. The husker, once experimental at the Dairy Cattle Congress, now runs reliably as a core product among many offerings.

Farm Aid Cornhusker George B. Miller & Son Co Westfield Avenue George D. Miller Linninger Implement Company Omaha Neb Iowa Dairy Cattle Congress

Changes in Iowa University departmental heads announced

President Walter A. Jessup announced the appointment of three acting and two permanent heads at the University of Iowa. Winton D. Starbuck will head philosophy while Carl E. Seashore leads psychology. Acting heads include D. M. Lierle in oto-laryngology, A. V. Hardy in hygiene, and A. W. Ryan in psychiatry. Dr. Korns from Western Reserve joins internal medicine.

Iowa City University of Iowa Walter A. Jessup Winton D. Starbuck Carl E. Seashore D. M. Lierle College of Medicine A.V. Hardy Dan M. Griswold A. W. Ryan Dental Pathology Samuel Orton Korns Western Reserve University

Receiver Named for Maisner Shop

Dreyfus Hano Wolferman Inc of New York filed for receivership of Maisner shop at 220 222 Fourth Street East seeking J H Steely as receiver. Maisner confessed judgment for 279.97 and agreed to the appointment while claiming inventory overload and poor spring weather caused losses. Judge G W Wood ordered Steely appointed with a $5,000 bond.

L. C. Maisner Dreyfus-Hano & Wolferman, Inc New York City N. Y Maisner Fourth Street J. HE. Steely Second Street East

Habeas corpus writ over care of Thomas Hotchkiss Jr

Judge G W Wood heard arguments on a habeas corpus writ filed by Thomas Hollister Hotchkiss against Daniel and Catherine Donahue. The case centers on possession of the child after the mother's death with the grandparents at 618 Pine Street as custodians and the father seeking custody through the court.

G. W. Wood Thomas Hollister Hotchkiss Daniel Catherine Donahue Pine Street Thomas Hotchkiss. Jr Hotchkiss

Old Swimmin Hole in Black Hawk Creek Remains Still

Descriptions of a Waterloo water spot known as the old swimmin hole along Black Hawk creek recount a shaded 10 foot bank, sand beach, and a slow moving pool of eight to ten feet depth. Boys and girls aged six to teen gathered there, using diving boards and a tree board for high jumps as they enjoyed a summer rite.

Black Hawk Creek Riley Waterloo Black Hawk Euclid Avenue Great Western Railroad Elsa Street

Governor Demands Openness in Iowa Medical School Probe

Des Moines July 13 Gov Hammill urged the state board of education to make public the facts from its investigation into the medical school turmoil at the University of Iowa. He faulted the secrecy of the inquiry and said the public deserves transparency. No officials would discuss the conference and a report’s publication status was unclear.

Des Moines State Board of Education Hammill University of Iowa Iowa City

Coal Carriers Seek Rehear on Rate Cut to Iowa

Illinois Indiana Coal Traffic commission railroads will ask the Interstate Commerce Commission for a rehearing on its recent decision reducing coal rates to Iowa from eastern states. The cut saves Iowa shippers 20 to 22 cents per ton on coal.

Illneis-Indiana Coal Traffic Commission Interstate Commerce Commission Iowa

Izaak Walton League Delegates to Rebel Convention

Iowa City chapter endorsed Professor Bohumil Shimek s fight against national officers of the Izaak Walton League at a meeting last night Delegates to the rebel convention of Iowa chapters to be held at Marshalltown tomorrow were also selected Fifty chapters will be represented at the Marshalltown meeting

Iowa City Bohumil Shimek Izaak Walton League Iowa Marshalltown

Lightning Kills 5 Horses at Vinton Camp

A severe thunderstorm swept through Vinton Iowa killing five horses used for road grading at the G. A. Lowe construction camp nine miles southwest of town. The animals were herded together and died simultaneously during the storm according to camp workers.

Vinton G. A. Lowe Here

Check charged filed against man accused as bigamist

Alexander Dickinson of Cedar Heights and 413 Jefferson Street remains jailed on bigamy charges after bond rose from 1000 to 1500 with a second charge filed in municipal court for falsely uttering and drawing a 40-dollar check on May 6 drawn on Security Savings Bank Cedar Falls to Truitt Matthews Banking Co. Emma M Louis, Dickinsons second wife, stays jailed on 1000-dollar bond.

Alexander Dickinson Cedar Heights Jefferson Street Dickinson Security Savings Bank Cedar Truitt Matthews Banking Company Emma M. Louis

Marriage Licenses Granted in Waterloo and Hampton

John Kravel of Waterloo and Goldie N Williams of Hampton receive marriage licenses. The notices list the couples under the marriages section with their respective locales.

John 4 Kravel Waterloo Goldie N Williams Hampton

Fliers Aim to Span Ocean with Air Link to Orient

Oakland flight heroes Maitland and Hegenberger dream of crossing the Pacific to the Orient. After a San Francisco reception and a military parade, they toured Oakland and attended a community dinner. Senator Shortridge pledged support for a suitable reward. A luncheon in San Francisco honored them as guests of Army officers.

Oakland Cal America Orient Pacific Lester J. Maitland Albert Hegenberger San Francisco Bay California Honolulu Maitland Hegenberger Market Street San Francisco Civic Center Oakland Municipal Airport Municipal Auditorium United States Samuel Shortridge San Francisco Presidio

Girl in Red Dress Still in Jail The Friends $100 Out

Dorothy Acken, alias Dorothy DeVon, known as the girl in the red dress, remains jailed on lar ceny and prostitution charges. Leonard Smothers, linked to the same case, is also detained. A. Adamsen, jailed for beating a board bill, is involved after helping with bonds and a $75 diamond ring recently surfaced from Fort Dodge.

Dorothy Acken Dorothy DeVon Dorothy Leonard Smothers Smothers A. Adamsen Adamsen Fort Dodge

Moscow Spy Wife Faces Death Sentence

Mme. Klepikov, wife of Commander Klepikov executed for espionage, was sentenced to death by a court martial after a new trial. She had been tried weeks earlier for complicity in her husband’s alleged espionage and sentenced to three years in prison.

Moscow INS Mme. Klepikov Klepikov Mme

Reinbeck Girls Are Sent To Grandparents

Custody of Irene and Rosgean McCalley, daughters of R. L. McCalley, is with Linn county court. The girls, who ran away after an alleged beating by their father, are sent to the home of grandparents Mr and Mrs George McCalley in Walker. Probation officer Myrtle Dollmire said the girls admitted riding much of the way to Waterloo to escape their father. Cedar Rapids court consented to send them to Walker, noting they cannot return to their mother in Cedar Rapids.

Irene Rosgean McCalley R. L. McCalley Reinbeck Linn County Court George McCalley Walker Myrtle Dollmire

Legionnaires Meet in Nashua Fourth District Convention

The Fourth district American Legion convention met in Nashua with 150 delegates from outside the city. Speakers included Hanford MacNider assistant secretary of war who flew from Mason City Ralph McGinnis state commander R J Laird state adjutant Frank Miles editor of the Iowa Legionnaire and E Earl Hall Mason City After the business session a dinner was held at La Schultz inn Lake Shore resort followed by dancing Mayor R R Waite gave the welcome address.

Courier Special Service Nashua Hanford MacNider Mason City Ralph McGinnis R. J. Laird Frank Miles The Iowa Legionnaire E. Earl la Schultz Inn Lake Shore Resort R. R. Waite

Chilblains to Oil Fire Demonstration Near Vaughan Street

Frostbite sufferers and residents brace for a staged 600 gallon oil fire at Vaughan street and the Rock Island tracks. Fire Chief Ray Tiller will oversee the demonstration of a chemical extinguisher as a pit 25 feet across is set to burn gasoline and oil in the 4:30 p.m. event.

Vaughan Street Rock Island Ray Tiller Tiller

Legion Bandmen Now Uniforms Tomorrow Night

The American Legion band under Cressy Whaylen will debut in khaki serge uniforms with nickel helmets and Pershing style caps. A parade through the business district leads to a concert at Franklin Park at 8. The program includes Robison's Grand Entry, King Princess of India, and Breezin Along With the Breeze among others.

American Legion Cressy Whaylen Legion Memorial Hall Fifth Street Bridge Franklin Street Franklin Fourth Street Washington Park Robinson King Princess of India Davis Woods James Edwards Whiting Porgefolo Capweesie Aceeseesaenee King Oeesn Crumling Sky Pilot Lawrence

Former Opera Star Found Dead in Room

Chicago reports police found Miss Marie Gephardt, once with the Metropolitan Opera and famed in Austria and Germany, dead in a third floor lodging room. Surrounded by old clippings, costumes, and scores, she died at 55, heat prostration listed as the cause.

Chicago Marie Gephardt Metropolitan Opera Company Austria New York

Mortuary Notice for Mrs Louise Witte in Chicago

Mrs Louise Witte died at 10 45 am at her daughter's home 250 Alta Vista avenue Chicago paralysis following onset last Monday She was 66 born in Sheboygan Wis last August and had lived in Chicago many years She was twice married Her children include Mrs Fred Weise William George Kol berg and Mrs Herzberg Waterloo The body goes to O Keefe Towne parlors and will be sent to Chicago for funeral and burial in Waldheim cemetery

Louise Witte Paul J. Herzberg Alta Vista Avenue Chicago Sheboygan Wis Fred Weise William and George Kolberg Herzberg Waterloo O’keefe & Towne Undertaking Waldheim

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Aus Laporte Waterloo B. & L Roshman OWA Associated Press State Historical Society of Iowa Beeen Brooklyn Prospect Place Sarah Elizabeth Brownell Alfred Bennett Ludwig Lee McNary-Haugen Girl Bank Bandit Wente West High Gates and Pat W. R. Vorce Sine Miller Cornhusker Ikes Bolt Amy Ocean Maitland and Hegenberger Friends Legionnaires of Lester W. Miller Pioneer Bank Leo Darling Sales Representative
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