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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1927

Page

3

Waterloo Evening Courier Column and Rates Notice

Water loo Evening Courier details ownership editors subscription rates and advertising policies. Mentions W H Hartman Seckson McCoy and Waterloo Iowa post office, Associated Press and United Press International wires. Includes rates and rules for advertising and policy on unacceptable ads.

Waterloo Evening Courier AM Watlalog W. H. Hartman Courier Bidg Corner Park Ave Commercial & Telephone Branch Exchange Martman Seckson _McCoy Waterloo Iowa Associated Press United Press International News

On Guard: Officials clash over defense policy disclosure

Rear Admiral Magruder and General Summerall push for frank public airing of defense needs, challenging disciplinary norms. Hanford MacNider echoes concerns about army and navy ammunition supply as officials resist public scrutiny, while critics argue the public has a right to know the state of national defenses and that honest disclosures protect the public welfare.

Magruder Summerall Hanford MacNider Army Navy

Treasury unpaid matured bonds draw concern

An assistant criticized for urging bondholders to redeem near maturity faced scrutiny from Comptroller McCarl over unnecessary publicity. The New York Times tracked $45,518,122 in unredeemed matured bonds, with $2,324,000 of prewar issues and Civil War era redemptions still outstanding, many long forgotten or destroyed, implying waste.

Treasury Department McCarl Liberty New ‘York Times Treasury United States

Ocean travel safer than peril on sea past record

A brief on ocean travel safety cites the Principe Mafalda sinking near Brazil as rare in danger, noting major disasters over 15 years include the Titanic and Empress of Ireland. It argues modern vessels keep fatalities low as hundreds of ships traverse seas daily. It concludes ocean voyages are often safer than crossing streets.

Brazil Vanguard St. Lawrence Chicago

Air travel gains ground as time saver for busy professionals

Dr Frank W Chandler Hollywood dentist sought Detroit ADA meeting and chose an air mail flight from the west coast to Chicago at 206 dollars. Rail fare excluding Pullman would be about 100, yet air travel saved two days and wear on health. Many people value time more than five dollars a day as such journeys become practical and economical.

Frank W. Chandler Hollywood American Dental Association Detroit West Coast Chicago Pullman

Claim of Doubling for Lon Chaney Stirs Talk

A remark surfaces that someone asserts they act as a double for Lon Chaney. The claim draws interest amid rumors of film work and star impersonation in entertainment circles.

Personal Health Service An Outline Of Hygiene Vitamins

This article reviews the discovery and roles of vitamins A through E, detailing their sources, key foods, and dietary impacts. It notes that five vitamins are cataloged with more possible additions, explains how cooking affects vitamin content, and emphasizes vitamin deficiencies and the health benefits of proper nutrition for immunity and growth.

Tropics Man

Answers on paternity and pillow use from Mr. Bo

A reader asks if a blood test can prove paternity. the answer: no test can prove fatherhood and none is known. A second note compares pillow preference for sleep, saying it is personal. A child left handed question is addressed: forceful use of the right hand can cause stuttering, let the child choose. A muscle imbalance from wrong eyeglasses is discussed as a cure for neuroticism.

M. L. EL

Rule by the Ordinary

Glenn Frank argues that English public life favors mediocrity and private excellence over grand leadership. He cites Santayana on England’s anti professional leaders and warns America must blend private merit with public greatness to meet future challenges.

Glenn Frank England George Santayana Santayana America

Electric pants presser sparks gossip in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Public Ledger quotes a New York American remark about an electric pants presser that would ease household chores for women. The column playfully questions who originated the notion that women press their husbands trousers.

Jay E. House Philadelphia Public Ledger New York

New York City oddities and a Beetle Bailey moment in prose

A New York oct. 28 stream of thoughts notes grocery radio entertainment and modern oddities from bread sticks to puffed sleeves. It mentions Eddie Cantor, a Broadway racket, a jeweler scam, and a doctor attributing migraine relief to bobbed hair. The piece weaves in a Uncle Wiggily story inset with a childlike woodland scene.

New York Dudley Field Ma Jone Globe Trotting Eddie Cantor Graham McNamee Boston Broadway Tip Riviera

Uncle Wiggily and the Dancing Leaves

Uncle Wiggily the rabbit opens his hollow stump bungalow door to weather and a gust. The wind rips the door knob from his paw as Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy and Mr. Long-Eats react. They fear the door may pinch his nose and discuss bracing for winter.

Nurse Jane Mr. Longears Jingle Jangle Custer Duster Timble Bunny Daddy Uncle X Wiggily Uncle Wiggily Uncle Wigerly Rabbit Mr. Longeats Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy

Pitenomenon Sparks Water Use Debate At Notre Dame

In Baltimore Sun style, South Bend residents react to Saturday night water dips as a sign of changing habit. The city’s water consumption falls on weekends, reflecting the Notre Dame and Navy game crowd effects on Hoosier water use.

Baltimore Sun South Bend Ind Notre Dame Navy

The Vital Question Boston Transcript Heat Delays

The Boston Transcript speculates on winter impacts as tenants worry about landlords falling behind on heating. The piece questions timing, responsibilities, and possible remedies if heating lags during cold months.

Boston Transcript

Autumn-Tinted Secrets Stir Tabor Wynne’s Life

Tabor Wynne navigates a tangle of love, infidelity, and ambition as Mona Desmond pressures him about identity while Wynne’s wife June and stage star Jennifer Challis become entwined in a web of favors, betrayals, and possible divorce. A city-night encounter at the Ritz reveals uneasy truths about names, secrets, and future prospects in a drama of show business.

Tabor Wynne June Mfe Lance Fairless Wynne Jennifer Challis Jane Fairless New York Miss Challis Lance Jenny By& Leading

Cracks from Iowa Paragraphers

A collection of humorous quotes and witticisms about society, politics, and everyday life from several Iowa newspapers. The items poke fun at sympathy for the poor, fashion, cleverness, barber skill, village scheming postmasters, attorney life, and the idea of the “average man.”

Abe Martin on fear and public opinion in society

Abe Martin notes that fear of what others will think keeps people on the straight and narrow. He recalls Barnum’s claim of a sucker born every minute and mentions a ring side circus seat costing 50 cents.

Barnum

If a star fell and what it would mean

Uncle Rays Corner explains the difference between meteors and true stars, describing meteors as small rocks burning in the atmosphere and true stars as immense distant suns. It notes a star striking Earth would be catastrophic, but such an event is millions of years away and not a cause for worry.

Broadway C. A Aeploye Earth American Museum of Natural History New York City Ray

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