Waterloo Week Showcases Waterloo Made Products
A Waterloo display of local manufactured goods totaling over 50 million dollars debuted citywide. Window exhibits along Langerman’s and Lauerman’s outlets highlight refrigerators coffee and spices petroleum products baked goods and registers. The display aims to show residents the value of buying Waterloo made items and how it supports employment taxes and city prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binacotna Park
Waterloo
Chamber of Commerce
Eity
A. Hanson
Bertioz Refrigerator Company
Bath Packing Company
Black Hawk Coffee & Spice Co
Langerman
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Lauerman
Black
Hinson Manufacturing Company
United States
Waterloo Register Company
Building Permits and Marriage Licenses Noted
Building permits filed include a $4,000 residence at 223 Almond Street Jenni wi and a 22 by 9A foot residence at 322 Charles Street. A garage 24 by 30 feet is approved for 293 Thompson Street and a $50 porch at Independence. Marriage licenses listed: Cedar Falls, Cedar Falls area, Waterloo. Helen Bennett and another party from Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ood. White
Almond Street
Jenni Wi
Charles Street
Thompson Street
Mar SrArre
Independence
Edna F. Reed obituary notice in Waterloo area
Edna F Reeding died of pneumonia Saturday morning in Waterloo at Archer Avenue home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Reeding. Funeral services held at Hileman Gindt chapel with Rev Row Emmann, pastor of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran, officiating. Burial was in Fairview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna F. Rofding
Edna F. Reeding
Arthur Reeding
Archer Averse
Hileman & Gindt
Row
Eemmann
Im Taanary Evannettea
Lutheran Enuteh
Burtal
Sheriff Shooter Will Be Brought Back for Trial
The Waterloo paper reports that Williams, accused of shooting Sheriff Wagner and committing multiple robberies, will face grand jury action at the September term or sooner. Police traced the suspect to Calumbus after raids and tip lines, with Wagner vowing to bring him back alive or in a box. Williams previously stole a car after the incidents and disappeared, eluding capture in Cedar Rapids and Rochester.
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I. H. Luttan
Luttan
Wagner
Williams
Willams
Waterloo
Sutton
Hartman
Calumbus
O. Wagner
Cedar Rapids
Rochester
N. Y
Wileiams
Hoover Conference on Oil Waste Discusses Conservation Need
The Hoover Conference on oil waste urges conservation, urging industry and state governments to share responsibility. It favors a simple compact between states and the federal government, possibly via a joint commission, to eliminate waste and prevent price fixing while avoiding federal overreach.
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Hoover
Conservation Need
Washington
Ai Joint Commission
Congress
Valley B Y PLU Elects Officers in Cedar Valley gathering
In Cedar Falls June 40 Hercey Shuts was elected president of the Valley B Y PLU. Carreior Initan of Charles City was chosen as vice president. The group authorized the president to name a secretary and treasurer. Delegates registered for the meeting at the First Baptist church Saturday evening.
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Cedar Falls
Hercey Shuts
Carreior
Auxiliary Precedes Labor Convention
Towa City Iowa June 10 11 The women's auxiliary organization of the Iowa State Federation of Labor held its annual meeting today while federation delegates were registering and preparing to open sessions tomorrow John Lewis president of the federation is to deliver his annual address tomorrow Several officials at International Trade Union organizations are on the program
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Towa City
Women’s Auxiliary Organization of
Towa
MacDonald May Visit Washington for Hoover Talk
London reports a possible visit by Premier Ramsay MacDonald to Washington for private talks with President Hoover. The discussions would cover naval disarmament and broader Anglo American relations with Canada’s Premier Mackenzie King likely to participate. The Daily Herald said MacDonald favored direct contact and Hoover’s advisers might facilitate.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Washington
Hoover
Canada
MacKenzie King
Dominion
Daily Herald
Labor
United States
Herald
MacDonald
Nminy
Atlantic
Sunday Observer
Baldwin
Oberserver
Stanley Baldwin
al American Visi
Asien Chamberlain
Mir
Jong
Charles G. Dawes
Si. James
Youths Arrested for Theft of Car Paroled to Sheriff
Two youths involved in a touring car theft were captured and paroled to the sheriff. John Stephens, picked up by Capt. William Wilson and Officer Hugh Crumrine, and Olehielm, 29, were detained by Mason City authorities after Waterloo was alerted. The case began with a lookout for license M154. No charges were filed against Stephens by Waterloo or Mason City police, disposition of the local filing station larceny charge not shown.
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T. Foutas
Mason City
Sherff
John Stephens
William Wilson
Hugh Crumrine
Olehielm
Waterloo
Waterloo Pallee
Lcense
Stephens
Niae
Alos
Mason
Swedish flyers stranded near Iceland after fuel leak
Captain Albin Ahrenberg and two companions of the Sverige air crew made a forced landing on the Iceland coast due to a leaky fuel line while pursuing a east to west Atlantic trail. They were aided by the Danish gunboat Fylla and the Swedish gunboat Odin. The crew were reported safe at Skaptaros awaiting repairs and pickup, with plans to resume a route toward New York via Norway and Greenland.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
America
Sverige
Sweden
Terland
Odin
Fylla
Rtockholm
Odtty
Tey
Skaptares
Albin Ahrenberg
Bergen
Norway
Atlantic Ocean
Albin Ah- Tenberg
Skaptaros
Faroe Islands
Ahrenberg
Lient
Axel Floden
Hans Ljunglunt
Btockholm
Stockholm
Ingolfshveidi
United States
Greenland
Belleiste
New York
Ahrenbere
James J. Walker
John Lasche Leads In County Interscholastic Golf
St Marys sophomore John Lasche shot 81 to lead the Black Hawk county tourney at Sunnyside Golf Club. East High star Aito Barney was one stroke back with 82 as more than 30 players advanced to match play in the Burr Lichty sponsored event.
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John Lasche
St. Mary's
Black Hawk
Burr Lichty
Lecay
Laseke
Aito Barney
Star East High Prune
Eres Talacr
Taverna
Lasehe
Ralph Lasehe
8H Mary's
Sminty Proprie
Former Osage man repays fair ticket after past incident
A former Osage resident who previously forced his way past a Mitchell county fair doorkeeper has refunded the ticket price in a letter to officials received recently. He says he wants to recount the incident and that it should not hinder his Christian work. Also notes Allen Lown Whitemore, 11, Rockford, visiting grandparents at 202 Linwood Avenue.
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Nutter Sweetway Service
Osage
Mitchell County Fair
Atom
Allen Lown Whitemore
Rockford
Mir
Hiram Vaighn
Linwood Avenue
Fireless City for Four Days
Fire laddies have had a peaceful and quiet time of the last four days. Late this morning no alarms had been turned in since the morning of June 8. They have been busy as the daily routine goes ahead continually in caring for the huge fire fighting apparatus that must be kept in trim and ready to respond to calls at a moment’s notice.
Two Bullets End Slipping Careers Of Otage Lovers
New York reports two desperate lovers, Margaret Lawrence and Louis Bennison, killed themselves after a failed romance. Lawrence, once a Broadway star, and Bennison, ex-cowboy actor, were found dead in a luxury Manhattan apartment. An apparent note and conflicting theories surround whether a mutual pact or jealousy caused the tragedy. An autopsy will determine the cause as officials review the events and Bennison’s despondency over a vanished stage comeback.
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New York
Margaret Lawrence
Broadway
Louis Bennison
Mok
Park Avenue
Bennison
California
Tianna
Gertrude Chalaire
Long Island City
Miss Lawrence
Princess Theater
Des Moines
East District Attendance and Enrollment Show Gains
The 1928-29 second semester report by Charles W. Kline shows Total East School enrollment 4 615 with attendance good at 98.8 in Frances Grout fourth grade. McKinney led with 6.88, John Fiske 96.66, district tardiness 2 036 cases, and total public school enrollment end semester 4 415 up 251 from last year.
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East Mistrict
Charles W. Kline
McKinney
John Fiske
Frances Grout
Aleast Public Schools
Engineer to Visit Denmark on Scandinavian Trip
Bertel B. Senou, Central locomotive engineer, will leave tonight from Hoboken aboard the United States for a visit to Denmark to see his mother and relatives. He will also tour Norway, Germany and France and return around August 20.
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Bertel B. Senou
Towa Street
Thinois Central Locomotive
Engiieer
Denmark
Hoboken
United State
Norway
Germany
France
Fire Alarms Run to Mendelson Ready Mix Site
Firemen answered a single call Monday at 12 35 PM to 604 Syentmore Street where a hot water heater emitted smoke and soot threatening damage. Only slight damage occurred as the heater was secured. Name fragments include Mendelson and Fourth Street East with local references Hod Hod Elerman G. Miller.
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Syentmore Street
Mendelson
Fourth Street
Gasoline Station Operator Hussey Vanishes After Scam
Hussey, a 48 or 49 year old man driving a maroon sedan, ran a Waterloo gasoline station for a brief period. He issued checks totaling hundreds of dollars, offered five gallon oil gifts, and disappeared around 11:45 pm Sunday with his wife and three sons in tow. Police issue lookout across neighboring cities for a likely repeat offender with several bad checks and stolen car tracing claims.
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Fage One
Skelly Oil Company
Hussey
Waterloo
Columbus
Standard Battery & Electric Co
Mike George
Jefferson Street
Washington Street
Nicholas Lutgen
Allen Street
Eame
Great Western Freight Wreck Damages Big Cost and Delays
Seventeen cars wrecked on the Chicago Great Western main line between Oelwein and Waterloo, blocking traffic for over 12 hours after a derailment near Dunkerton. No injuries were reported as crews from multiple towns worked to clear the line and detour passenger trains. Estimated damage to cars and goods plus clearing and repair costs runs about 78,000 dollars.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad
Oelwein
Waterloo
Dunkerton
Big Wanpsie Bridge
Hudson
I. C
Independence
Rock Island
Great Western
An Gelwein
Great Western Today
Organized Farmers Plan Relief Meet
Des Moines plans a strong farm relief push backed by the Corn Belt committee the farmers union the state grange and other farm groups. Preparations for a special Corn Belt committee meeting in Des Moines were completed with William Hirth of Calumet Massachusetts called to mobilize behind a campaign for farm relief both direct relief and tariff rearrangement.
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Des Moines
U.P
Corn Belt Committee
Farmers’ Union
State Grange
Willian Hirth
Calumbra
Miss Callie Wieder Tours the East with Miss Bumgardner
Waterloo librarian Miss Callie Wieder spends vacation touring the east with Miss Callie Mae Bumgardner of West Branch. They visit New York Washington Baltimore and other eastern cities. Wieder expects to return in about two weeks.
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East
Callie Wieder
Waterloo
Former classmates meet at Cedar Falls church reunion
Dr. W. G. Rowley and a Princeton seminary alumnus, Rev. James Hill, reunited after ten years when Hill and his wife attended Sunday services in Cedar Falls. Hill is pastor of a large Presbyterian church in Dayton, Ohio, and planned the surprise upon learning Rowley’s location.
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Cedar Falls
W. G. Rowley
Princeton Seminary
James Hill
M. E
Hil
Mr. Hill
Dayton
Labor men defend strikers after deadly Gastonia clash
Elizabethton Tennessee June 10 large bus blown up near Beulah Dean terminal 15 miles from here escalating labor unrest. Gastonia North Carolina June 10 international labor officials and union leaders move to defend 70 arrested in connection with the slaying of Chief Orvill F Aderholt and wounding of four others during strike disturbances. Beal and Byres held after lynching scare as guards and officials keep prisoners secure. Nine women among those charged with assaults with intent to kill as hearings likely delayed.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
Beulah Dean
Stoney Creek
Rbemberg-Glazstolf Rayon Mills
Gastonia
N. C
U.R
Orvill F. Aderholt
George Moore
Aderholt
Fred Erwin Beal
National Textile Workers Union
American Federation of Labor
North Carolina
Beal
Spartanburg
S.C
K. O. Byres
Sanday
Byres
Robert Craig
Independence Game Victim Rebounds After Pitch Hit
Howard Michaels of Winthrop was struck above the right ear by a pitch in a Sunday game at the fair grounds. He was unconscious for hours but later reported to be recovering with no evident fracture. Independence beat Dunkerton 5 to 1 as Floyd Fox caught in the final innings.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
Howard Michaels
Winthrop
Sherit
Michaels
Independence-Winthrop
Dunkerton
Fair Grounds
Floyd Fox
Assessor Townsley Urged for State Tax Commission
Davenport assessor Fred D. F. Finch and Cedar Rapids assessor Don Feierelsen urged Waterloo City Assessor J. A. Townsley for appointment to the newly created state tax commission. They sent a letter to Governor Hammill outlining Townsley's value as an asset to the panel. The trio, executive committee of the Iowa State Assessors association, met to plan the annual convention at Fort Dodge on July 24 25 and 24.
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Fred D. F. Finch
Davenport
Don Feierelsen
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Townsley
Waterloo
Bby
Townsley
Hammill
Iowa State Assessors Association
Fort Dodge
Fred Linde, 75, Dies at Dumont
Fred Linde longtime resident of the area died in Dumont this morning after returning from Bellingham Washington a few weeks ago He was about 75 years old He is survived only by a step daughter Mrs Anna Gruner His wife died about a month ago and was buried here
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Fred Linde
Dumont
Rauhay
Bellingham
Wash
Linde
Anna Gruner
Free Methodist Vacation School Opens With 85 Pupils
Vacation bible school of the Free Methodist church opened this morning with 85 pupils. Rev Jon Whiteside pastor and superintendent of advanced classes. Mrs Iva DeWald superintendent of primary and senior classes. The faculty includes seven teachers.
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Vacation Bible School
The
Free Methodist Church
Jon Whiteside
Iva DeWald
Davis Family Plans Two Month European Tour
Mr and Mrs Charles H Davis of 1102 Fourth Street West and daughter Mary will sail from New York on June 22 aboard the Transylvania for a two months tour of Europe visiting England Holland Germany Switzerland and Italy in that order The trip ends with an extended stay in southern France and Paris with a planned return on the Majestic in September.
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Charles H. Davis
Fourth Street
West
Mary
New York
Transylvania
Europe
England
Holland
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
France
Paris
Majestic
Fragmented Weather Note Displays Unreadable Data
A damaged OCR weather fragment shows disjointed terms for maximum and minimum temperatures across days. The legible parts reference Sunday and Monday but lack clear figures or locations, making precise forecast details unavailable.
Debenture Row Splits Borah Hoover Debate
Washington June 19 The Borah challenge to a farm relief debenture spurs party rift as Senate Democrats delay a summer recess and set no fixed fall date for tariff action. Administration and minority leaders clash over timing to pass farm relief and tariff revisions, with hearings on the tariff bill looming and possible four to six week recess.
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Washington, D. CO
Wa.p
Senate Democrats
Congress
Hoover
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
House
300000 Worth 1930 Auto Plates Are Received Here
A carload of 34000 license plates for Black Hawk county motorists arrived from Anamosa reformatory where prisoners made them. The $300000 shipment comprises 17000 pairs. Plates are one fifth smaller than last year with white characters on a dark blue background and carry the initial H for Black Hawk. Further shipments will be made as needed and sales will begin in December.
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Black Hawk County
Anamosa Reformatory
Waterloo Minister Given Degree by Coe
97 Coe college seniors received degrees at Cedar Rapids forty-eighth commencement. Honorary doctor of divinity honors went to Rev. Robert Hugh Morris of Haddonfield and Rev. Thomas R. Niven of Waterloo. Morris delivered the baccalaureate. Dr. William Thompson spoke as addressant. President H M Gage conferred degrees. First honors went to Stanley Stolha of Cedar Rapids. Mary Helen Kent of Cedar Rapids was second.
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Cedar Rapids
U.P
Coe College
Robert Hugh Morris
Haddonfield
N. J
Thomas R. Niven
Waterloo
Morris
William ©. Thompson
University of Omo
Harry M. Gage
Btanley Stolha
Mary Helen Kent
Upper Iowa University Summer Term Opens Tuesday
Registration for summer school at Upper Iowa University began today in Fayette Iowa. Regular classes start tomorrow with faculty returning for the session. Staff include M Hewett head of normar training, Professor Glen Day in manual training, and Miss Helen Kelly from the commercial department.
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Fayette
Upper Iowa University
M. Hewett
Normar
Glen Day
Helen Kelly
Drunken Driving Case Set For Wednesday In Crumm Incident
The state of Iowa against O V Crumm for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated is set for a Wednesday hearing at 2 PM in municipal court. Crumm was nabbed June 2 after a rampage incident claimed to involve alcohol and pills found in the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Towa
Grumm
Crumm
Fisil group sails to Lake Mohaska for week of fishing
Four ardent followers of Tzank Walton left Waterloo Saturday for Lake Mohaska in Faribault Minnesota for a week's fishing. The charter included J Rink Fred Medes a Mr Moore and Mr Smith. They report a fine motor trip and excellent fishing thus far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FISIL
Paribault
Tzank Walton
Waterloo
Lake Mohaska
Faribault
Minn
J. Rink
Fred Medes
Moore
Mr. Smith
Typhoid illness of Mrs. Earl Crockett noted in report
The condition of 54 year old Mrs. Earl Crockett of Jefferson Street in Allen Memorial Hospital was listed as not very good. She contracted typhoid fever some time ago and was transferred to the hospital for care when deterioration was noted.
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Earl Crockett
Jefferson Street
Allen Memorial Hospital
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LYONS
Michael N. i
Ron Deri
Wall
Forster
Portal
Hileman & Gindt Mortuary
Ford
Edison
Henry Ford
Seth
Ruifo
Atlantic City
Alfred Perkins
Thomas A. Edison
Henry
MacDonald May Vislt
Champion
Barney
East School
Elerman G. Miler
Phons
Wallingford
Great Western Freight
Free Methodist
C. H. Davis
Borah
Coe
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