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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1927
Page
4
Paris reports France's Forty Immortals of the Academie Francaise will have salaries tripled from about 100 francs monthly plus session bonuses. Some fellows lowered their pay to assist poorer colleagues, while the plan also includes adjustments for time worn revenue and long-standing poverty among scholars.
A family education vignette in which parents and their two children model how daily demands become habits. The piece argues that children learn to command from parents and that adults must counter this by asking politely and avoiding overbearing responses. The dialogue highlights a shift from parental control to refined, courteous requests.
G N Child, Salt Lake City superintendent of schools, calls kindergarten a necessary forerunner to formal class work and crucial for physical, mental, and moral development. He urges communities to offer kindergarten and suggests contacting the National Kindergarten Association in New York for guidance.
Nine pigeons dropped near Waterloo during the Dairy Care Congress were part of a 1700 casualty tally in a 300 mile Chicago Concourse race from Ames Indiana. About 1000 of roughly 2700 released birds returned as crews blamed the conveyer for tossing birds in windy rain.
A coroner's jury in Manchester Iowa blames Grant Brayton for a fatal collision near Delhi dam. Brayton faces a manslaughter charge after admitting no lights on his truck when it struck a light coupe carrying Steven Hoskins of Muscatine and Victor Roth of Manchester. Hoskins died. Roth survived.
Sioux City Iowa November 5 War rants were issued for the arrest of officials of Moneshan post of the American Legion and of the Elks lodge for showing moving pictures of the Dempsey Tunney fight. They were based on information from Mrs Alice J Vickers representing the W G T U The hearing was set for this afternoon in justice court and the pictures would run until tonight unless the court intervenes. Chinese Troops Mutiny. Shanghai China November 5 A strong body of nationalist troops mutinied at Tungchow sixty miles north of here Royal nationalists were said to hold the situation in hand.
The document lists flight data for 11 birds on the first day, noting speeds such as 42 miles per hour and 965.55 yards per minute for the poorest flyer. Distances traveled are calculated using an air line to the loft to the thousandth of a mile, with each wing dip credited to the straight line path.
Waterloo local and long distance calls total about 68,100 daily for 118 operators, averaging 2,840 per hour. The article highlights cheerful operators, seasonal call surges, and the role of the chief operator in training and supervising to ensure courteous service. The piece notes 15 minute daily breaks and ongoing work across 34 hours of service.
The article notes the town maintains a working force to cover daylong operations with sufficient operators. It explains even distribution of calls among operators and invites Waterloo residents to tour the central telephone building to understand how equipment serves them, aiding service satisfaction.
DeMoines Nov 5 heirs of Mrs Emma E Young Clinton paid 88001 25 in inheritance tax as part of October Iowa collections. Young estate valued at 2431541 14 mainly stocks bonds and mortgages. October inheritance tax total 154414 03.
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