Mayors to attend Mirport meet in Chicago Deg
Waterloo Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts announced plans to join Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson at an airport conference in Chicago from December 12 to 15. He urged Waterloo to be included in air routes alongside roads and rails, noting a new airport under construction and the goal of a cross country airline landing field.
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Waterloo
Glenn A. Tibbitts
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Tibbitts Coday
Times
Library Reference Books Delivered to Public Schools
County boards adopt and deliver reference books to rural, consolidated, and town schools. County Superintendent A E Jewett distributes to rural and consolidated schools, while Cedar Falls and Waterloo deliveries go through a book store. Each district receives 4 to 9 works based on school age population, with 15 cents per student annually for reference works. Under law, annual adoption and purchase are compulsory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Education
A. E. Jewett
Cedar
Falls
Waterloo
Enrollment up at West High Vocational School
Enrollment in the evening vocational classes at West High rose to 17 after the second session. Mechanical drawing six, blue print reading four, with industrial chemistry dropped unless more men sign up. Open two weeks to allow John Deere Tractor shop workers, idle for inventory, to return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Élasses
West High
John “Deere Tractor Company
Lack of Public Interest Handicap for Nurses
Fort Dodge Ia Oct 20 Lack of funds and public interest are the nursing schools greatest handicaps Miss Faith Ankeny Des Moines told the convention of the Iowa State Registered Nurses association in session here today Hospitals provide 24 hour service while educating student nurses and 1606 students are enrolled in Iowa training schools today Three hundred fifty delegates attend the convention which lasts through tomorrow Private duty nurses should be organized into groups Lillian Clayton president of the American Nurses association said
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Fort Dodge
Faith Ankeny
Des Moines
Iowa State Registered Nurses' Association
Iowa Training Schools
Miss Ankeny
State Department of Nursing
Tama Residents in Auto Crash
An automobile from Traer driven by W. G. McCormick with Harry Everts, F. A. Wignall, and Frank Chizek collided Tuesday evening with a Tama light coupe driven by Cleo Inman. Gordon Paxton and Robert Berry were with Inman. The crash occurred about a half mile east of the corner, 12 miles north of Toledo. About 100 dollars in damage to the Traer car. the coupe’s front wheel badly damaged. Inman is an orphan. guardian Claude F. Weaver of Tama.
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Courier Special Service
Toledo
W. G. McCormick
Traer
Harry Everts
F. A. Wignall
Frank Chizek
Cleo Inman
Tama
Gordon Paxton
Robert Berry
Inman
Claude F. Weaver
Highway Board Awards Contract for Fayette Work
Ames Iowa October 20 contracts totaling 3 533 074 02 for paving grading graveling and bridge and culvert construction have been awarded in the last two days with completion of contract awards Wednesday Paving c o n t r a c t s totaled 126 44 miles in Monroe Worth Henry Jones Lucas Cedar Clarke and Fayette counties valued at 3 213 188 83 Largest contract awarded to A F Johnson Construction company Minneapolis for the paving of 24 95 miles on primary No 11 in Fayette county from West Union south to the Buchanan county line at a bid of 656 979 26 about 26 322 per mile or 2 27 per square yard
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Ames
Monroe
Worth
Henry
Jones
Lucas
Cedar
Clarke
Fayette
A. F. Johnson Construction Company
Minneapolis
Fayette County
West Union
Buchanan County
Willford to Talk to Manchester Walton League
Manchester Iowa October 20 State President A C Willford of Waterloo will address a meeting of Izaak Walton league Thursday evening October 27. Refreshments will be served after the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Manchester
A. C.willford
Waterloo
Izaak Walton League
Toledo Veteran Reichmann Named Aide to Garrity in Havana Plan
Toledo Ia Oct 20 Special Lieut G W Reichmann a Toledo Spanish American war veteran has been appointed aide de camp on Gen John J Garritys staff The national encampment for next year will be held in Havana Cuba and Reichmann expects to attend the trip planned for that event.
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Toledo
G. W Reichmann
John J.garrity
Havana
Cuba
Reichmann
Six Nickel Cigar Theft Case Involving Buster Diamond
Six nickel cigars cost Porter $25 as the price rose to 4.17 each for Green H. Diamond of 204 Salisbury Street after he paid 35 of a 30 fine plus costs on a guilty plea to stealing six boxes from an Irving hotel store room. Detectives Crumrine arrested Buster yesterday afternoon and recovered all but the six cigars from the men to whom he had sold them. plea entered before Judge J.
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Green H. (Buster) Diamond
Salisbury Street
Negro Porter
Irving Hotel
Buster
Hugh Crumrine
Bank executives attend national bankers conference in Houston
Edmund W. Miller president of Commercial National Bank and E L Johnson president of Leavitt and Johnson Trust Company left early today for Houston to attend the national conference of American bankers. Dye factories in this country now produce 30000 tons of colors a year.
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Edmund W. ” Miller
Commercial National Bank
E. L. Johnson
Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company
Houston
Tex
National Conference of American Bankers
Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company Balance Sheet Summary
The Leavitt and Johnson Trust Company of Waterloo Iowa shows at year end October 10 1927 a balance sheet with resources including loans and discounts bonds and securities and other real estate owned. Liabilities include capital stock surplus funds and undivided profits with time certificates of deposits and debenture bonds outstanding totaling 674 788 20 for liabilities and 376 307 23 421 111 03 354 682 88 for resources and other line items abbreviated in OCR.
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Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company
Iowa
Waterloo
Buack Hawk
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Mirport
Chickgo Deg
Tibbitts
Highway Board
Willford
Manchester Walton League
U. S. W. V. Staff
Y. MC. A
Royal Furrier
Coats
Maisner’s
J. H. Steely
East Fourth St
Waite
Bankers
State of
Black Hawk County
EB. L. Johnson
A. G. Greeley
Aieramet
Gered BY Co
W. E. Johnson
BL Johnson
Louise Coleman
Black Noms County
Beal
Morgan & Sullivan
CUT Price Clothing Store
Jake
Bill
ISL
Delco-Light Engineers
General Motors
Delco-Light
Lafayette St
Geo. F. Cornelius
Waterloo, Iowa
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