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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1929
Page
3
The Waterloo Daily Reporter announces publication details and advertising policies. It lists editors and managers, subscription rates, and bureau affiliations while noting ownership and the paper’s conduct policies.
A Hoover backed export debenture idea would issue notes equal to half the tariff on exports, usable only for tariff payments. Critics say it cuts government revenue and widens farmer- versus corporate income gaps, while diplomats warn foreign tariffs would rise. Senator Brookhart proposes delivering debentures to the federal farm board to bypass objections.
The Daniel Guggenheim Fund offers prizes totaling 150000 for aircraft designed to show the greatest advance in aerodynamic safety without loss of efficiency. Tests at Mitchel Field involve 12 manufacturers and nine demanding performances to prove level flight, controlled glide, rapid stopping, obstacle clearance, and stable takeoffs and landings.
In 1928 western railways posted total net earnings of 454 million dollars, near the prewar level of 456 million, though conditions now differ vastly. Net investment climbed about 30 percent since 1916, pushing returns from 5.8 percent to roughly 4.3 percent, signaling a belated start of recovery amid court rulings favorable to valuation.
A brief musing on rising ocean travel costs for first class. The writer ponders American investors abroad and their potential need to return steerage. A tangential note mentions summer fashion and a cable on seasonal styles. The piece evokes nostalgia for youth and county fair weather questions.
A 1920s critique argues New York law requires 200 minutes weekly physical training and hygiene education, but schools undercut it with limited gym periods. The piece urges teachers and parents to push for real health measures, limits on after hours study, and better school day hygiene and sunshine. It also includes reader Q A on foot fungus treatment, calcium carbonate dosing, and diphtheria prevention advice.
The column argues political indifference among the masses stems from belief government does not affect daily life. It contrasts public debates with practical gains like salmon yields, wages, prices, leisure, and industrial efficiency, urging focus on non legislative factors shaping ordinary lives.
A collage of anecdotes and quotes from various papers laments union influence in football recruitment, jokes about wages and fashion, and reflections on higher education leadership. It touches Chicago, New York, Iowa, Cornell, and the University of Chicago, noting alumni power and youth in academia.
Washington dispatch notes Herbert Hoover’s early success with confirmations and limited aims on a new Congress. It outlines friction with Republican regulars, Porto Rico’s Teapot Dome ties to San Geronimo, and potential picks like W Cameron Forbes as ambassador to Japan while Wyoming’s Mount Warren proposal honors Senator Francis Warren.
Thoughtful vignettes from New York in June describe chaperoning women at art events, hotel gloom, taxi fare disputes, and fashion notes. Nostalgic scenes include familiar names, theaters, street life, autographs, and the pace of Broadway wreckers and social figures in the city.
Washington Daybook recalls Senator Copeland visiting the White House to discuss official business and remarking on ventilation. It notes Navy doctors and presidential physicians shaping White House health care since Roosevelt era, mentioning Harding Coolidge and Woodrow Wilson in the broader medical tradition.
A historical note describes IQ style visualization tests used in mental examinations. Questions include counting cube faces, viewing from around a table, coin sightlines from above, combining shapes, and circle intersections. Answers promised on the Society Page.
A fragmentary Abe Martin item reflects on gossip about a woman accused of killing her husband with a buggy. Mrs. Lido Hanger comments on the hatchet image and the public appetite for sensational claims.
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