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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1928
Page
3
A Washington correspondent reports that the general impression is delegates will value responsibilities and avoid smoke-filled hotel rooms at dawn. The piece notes past conventions, especially Chicago 1920, and argues nominating power remains with party bosses who control delegates.
Col Lindbergh will receive a new plane built by the Spirit of St Louis makers and using a nickel plated engine. The cabin will be roomier and the pilot will have better visibility, with a mahogany instrument board and upscale fittings. The Spirit may move to a museum once the new craft is finished, while the builders debate costs and credit for the project.
The article argues the value of an air route for the community and frames the fight between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids to become the refueling and transfer station between Chicago and Omaha. It notes Iowa City's long role as a stop, Des Moines detours, and Cedar Rapids recent trial plans canceled by runway repairs at the Athens field with crushed rock to improve traction.
Gov Hammill designates March 5 as Made In Town week urging residents to survey Iowa town manufactures. The piece praises the state’s processing and refining sectors and encourages buying Iowa products to support prosperity during hard times.
The piece notes women drawn to Herbert Hoover promotion efforts at meetings showcasing Hooverized meals. It warns against vivid reminders of hard wartime shortages while praising Hoover’s food administration record and urging restraint in rhetoric about past shortages.
Dr Brady answers reader questions on pneumonia immunity noting it is a positive, relative state not easily lost, and highlights factors like sunlight, vitamin A sources, and fresh air. He argues vaccines and serums show limited effect on immunity and urges adequate nutrition and minimal cooking to preserve vitamin content.
A summary of health standards for children from the National Education Association and American Medical Association report on Health Education. It outlines physical and mental health indicators including body awareness, vigor, appetite, weight consistency, sleep quality, adaptability, intelligence, attention, curiosity, self confidence, happiness, social cooperation, and responsibility toward others.
London diary describes Whitechapel poverty and kidney pudding in Soho, noting Prince of Wales visits, Rosa Lewis at Cavendish, and English youth vitality. The piece contrasts English and American attitudes, cites prohibition debates, and plans a return on the Ue de France from Plymouth.
Uncle Wiggily Bunty and Vallie ride an airship toward Venice, escaping a leaking balloon. They discuss dry streets and canals, noting Venice’s waterways, bridges, and the city’s wonder as they descend toward a paved square near a tall tower.
A stream of whimsical travel on an airship to Venice. Uncle Wiggily, Bunty, and bunny girls explore canals, gondolas, and the Square of St. Mark while pigeons guide them through the city’s water streets. The tale shifts to a volcano alert as the journey continues toward home.
The article discusses Dr. Millikan's view that cosmic electromagnetic vibrations fuel continuous creation of Earth, delaying decay and implying the planet's perpetual renewal. It contrasts this with older doom-centric views and notes Briand Kellogg-era diplomacy surrounding renunciation treaties and postwar hopes.
A pupil asks where ashes and water go if the world ends and fire burns water. Uncle Ray explains that doomsday predictions have recurred for centuries but science shows the sun will not extinguish soon and a collision with a star is unlikely. The Earth remains here for millions of years. use our lives well and be kind.
The Guggenheim Fund for the Planning of Aeronautics predicts a time when absolute safety airplanes will be attained. It says with a good plane and qualified pilot and decent weather there is little risk. Public trust in air travel remains cautious but improvement is anticipated and commercial and pleasure aviation could expand dramatically.
Mason City Globe Gazette praises Ludwig as a great biographer with forward looking values. He calls his greatest work his son and his best work his next, showing an invincible spirit toward improvement.
Muscatine Journal notes manager Green writes the only Midwestern member of a wave and means committee. He has served as chairman for years. It will be a long time before Iowa finds another chance, since any new member must work in from the bottom.
A fragment from a 1935 Nature Notes column invites reader questions about ostriches worms birds and spiders. It mentions Carolina wren observations from South Carolina and notes on trout size growth and feeding, with scattered, garbled Q and A exchanges and species details.
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