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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1927
Page
5
Maines May 7 report outlines 25 years of safety progress driven by legislation and industry. Urick cites drop in accidents from 21,000 in 1913 with 194 fatalities to 8,910 accidents and 40 deaths in 1926, crediting safety devices, supervision, and arbitration efforts.
Most Rotary delegates and visitors will motor to Mason City for the Eleventh District Rotary International annual convention next Tuesday and Wednesday. Delegates from Waterloo include C D Allan and James M Graham among others with sessions at the Cecil theatre and headquarters at Hanford hotel. Key speakers include Tom Sutton Tampico Roy Roenfeld international director and Bruce Gates Waterloo district governor.
Le Mars May 7. Bert E. Wanles, Plymouth county farmer, sues Oscar Thorson, Charles Halliday and John ne alias Clair Hayes, federal prohibition agents, for 15000 in damages claiming an unlawful entry and $150 stolen during a raid in April while he was away. He asserts the raid harmed his reputation and that no liquor was found.
Colleen Moore brings the romantic comedy Orchids and Ermine to the Strand tomorrow with Jack Mulhall as a mistaken valet and a manly romance set amid Ritz Hotel intrigues. The program includes a comedy, Fables, Pathe News, and Strand Orchestra with organ. Across the Pacific begins Thursday.
Ken Maynard stars in Somewhere in Sonora at the Palace theatre today and Sunday. The tale unfolds in Arizona and Mexico with bandits and native tensions, interwoven with a love theme as Kathleen Collins returns as the leading lady.
The Red Cross monthly report by executive secretary Mrs. Ella H. Worthen shows 87 total aid cases in April after 86 carried over, with 244 interviews, 103 in office with veterans, 14 with others for veterans, 106 calls, 21 offsite contacts, and 161 letters written plus a U.S. veterans' bureau visit.
Waterlooan Clarence Cox, a World War veteran and former local express driver, tends Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey animals at Madison Square Garden New York. The New York Post feature describes feeding time with August the hippo, Nubian lions Jenny and Rufus, four Malay tigers, and other creatures, noting Cox’s career path from Waterloo to Baraboo and Bridgeport.
Small step by step payments help debts shrink under the Morris Plan. The ad notes per annum interest and a 2 percent fee, listing 22 Bridge Street as the contact point for paying back loans.
The state hospital at Independence joined two Council of Social Agencies meetings and housed Mobile Mental Hygiene unit workers. Veterans received compensation and hospitalization aid, financial help, locating lost veterans, insurance adjustments, and miscellaneous support including grave headstones for two veterans. One case involved advising a soldier held for desertion, another helped a man obtain naturalization papers and a France trip. Mrs Worthen secured $300 in hackle compensation, with $200 spent on relief.
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