Waterloo Gas Engine boss defends plant in board report
J E John manager of the Waterloo Gas Engine company says the arbitral board report reveals no basis for accusations against the firm. He asserts the factory is running, workers are available and no layoffs occurred for cause. He adds there is no incentive to retaliate and discussions with willing workers will occur if they want to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ings
Gov. Hard
J. E. John
Waterloo Gase Engine Company
John
John Deere Company
John Bre Company
Terloo
Bening
Johnson
Vody
Return to Charge of Dr Lockwood Requested
The Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Waterloo asks the Upper Iowa Conference to return Dr EH Lockwood to the pastorate at Grace Church. The request was approved at the 7th quarterly conference with W F Spry presiding, citing Dr Lockwood’s leadership and community impact. Mrs Lockwood’s support is noted in the resolution.
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M. E
Dr. Lockwood
EH. J. Lockwood
Grace
Upper
Iowa
Charles City
Iten
W. F. Spry
Episcopal Church
Waterloo
Wood
Lockwood
Upper Lown
Waterloo Red Cross Chapter Seeks $7300 During Drive
Waterloo Red Cross Chapter aims to raise 7300 as its quota of a November drive to help fund a 15000000 national appeal. H B lopper, chairman, reports progress as past drives yielded 850 and about 50000 in later efforts. The campaign will support world postwar relief and a large membership push this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
America Red Cross
United States
H. B
Lopper
Secrd
Actill
Red Cross
B. Kelly Enters Insurance Business in Town
K B Kelly former secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and Warlen club becomes supervisor of agents for the War Life Insurance Company. He brings prior insurance experience and will operate from offices in the Town Life suite of the L and J Bank building.
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K. B. Kelly
le Chamber of Commerce
Warlen Club
War Life Insurance Company
Sity
Anfren Old Line Insurance Company
Ife
L, & J. Bank
VO COLLEGES SEEK LAWN CITY EDUCATOR
Kedar Falls September 18 Special W Stone formerly with Teachers college was discharged from Y M C A work and received two offers yesterday The first would make him acting as hiatw professor of educational Vchology at the University of Illinois Urbana accepted by him Then a telegram from the University of Washington offered him a professorship of education The Washington position would be open if he fulfills his contract with the other institution
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Kedar Falls
W. Stone
Teachers College
Ashiatw
University of Trois
Uirbana
Theniversity of
Ashington
Reserve Teachers There Ain t No Such Animals
Examiners waited for provisional teaching certificates as candidates failed to appear at the county superintendent s office. Deputy superintendent Le Miss Ida Surtees said all local schools are currently supplied, with demand exhausting the available rural teaching supply.
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Ida Surtees
Living Costs Are Lowered Slightly at State Capital
Des Moines reports state food and dairy commissioner W. B. Barney set potatoes at 50 cents a peck to reduce prices on the city market. Packers note beef and pork prices down 1 to 5 cents a pound from three weeks earlier, retailers vary in matching the cuts, Barney will probe further. In Mason City robbers blew the safe at the Mason City Oil and Grease company but fled empty handed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. B. Barney
Mason City
Mason City Oil & Grease Company
Father John's Medicine Promises Weight Gain for Children
An old advertisement urges mothers to mail for a free table of proper child weights and endorses Father John’s Medicine as a safe, alcohol free tonic. It claims weight gains of up to 20 pounds and cites a Springfield Ohio testimonial, urging early use to prevent weight loss in underweight children.
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Father John
Lowell
Mass
John
Mary
W. Smith
Springfield
Ohio
Eleanor to wed but which man in love triangle
Chicago dispatch reports Eleanor Fair 1% may wed suitor. Two navy veterans Leo Bittershaw of Bittershaw and Edward Kenney of St Louis vie for her hand after mixed plans and a trip to the marriage license bureau ends with Bittershaw seeking a license while Fair accompanies him and detectives verify the nelg.
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Chicago
Fair Mleanor Fair
Leo Wittlershaw
Lowe Avenue
Edward Kenney
St. Louis
Navy
Hi¢mer
Bittershaw
Kenney
Mr. Bittershaw
Miss Fair
Relief Is Offered Women Who Suffer From Nervousness
Mrs Edward Lehmeer of Portland Oregon testifies that Dr Williams Pink Pills tone the nervous system and cure nervous headaches exhaustion and indigestion. She reports improved appetite sleep and color after a brief trial and urges other women to try the remedy via their druggist or direct order with a booklet offered.
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Williams
Edward Lehmeer
Atlantic Street
Portland
Ore
Dr. Williams
Iowa
Dr. Willams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectaen
Unclear crime note terse lines in Chicago pursuit
A fragmentary report describes a detective bureau in Chicago assisting a mother seeking her missing daughter and a man named Kenney arriving to search for a thief. The text is garbled, with several words unreadable, but references a neutral detective bureau and a pursuit in progress.
Body of Nude Man Found in Iowa City Street
Mystery surrounds the discovery of William J. Bixby a 46 year old Davenport resident in Iowa City last night His neck was broken and his nude body lay in the street His room three floors above showed disorder with the door locked and screens closed clothing hidden in the room
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Iowa City
William J. Bixby
Davenport
Bixby
Iowa Corn Crop Nears Frost Safety, Says Central Bureau
The Central crop bureau reports corn conditions at nine to ten percent, with a frost delay scenario giving 8 percent yield protection if frost holds to Oct. 1 and 8 percent unsafe if frost occurs. Average yields for wheat, oats, barley, and rye are listed, with cheese production noted as advanced and nearly finished.
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Clinott Central Crop Bureau
Order Of Blackbirds Vote On Winter Plans In Waterloo
The Waterloo chapter of the Royal Order of Blackbirds met before daylight as thousands gathered at the corner of Might and Franklin streets. They debated whether to move south or wait weeks for ripening food in the north, voices heard for blocks. Secrecy surrounded last week’s Cedar eight chapter actions and a few members may remain in the city. A line of other orders faces changes in members and locations this year amid similar seasonal planning. Lineman Charles Cawley, 24, was electrocuted in Manon City yesterday while working for Western Sente Telephone, leaving a widow and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Vwoyal Order of Blackbirds
Might and
Pranklin Streets
Cosenmain
Vitek Und Geaan
Misait
Sippl
Manon City
Charles Cawley
Western Sente Telephone Company
Light rainfall totals touch Cedar Falls region
Less than half an inch of rain fell over about 20 hours with the gauge showing 0.44 inch by late last evening and 0.05 inch before 7 am yesterday. The light rain aided soil moisture and aided germination of the winter wheat while Cedar Falls residents learned of church lay delegate selections with C A Wise named for the district conference.
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M. BE
Cedar Falla
Specelal
C. A. Wise
M. E
Charles City
W. H. Moerner
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Los Angeles
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Jter
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Oregon
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Ero
AAA
Fox Shoe Store
Sycamore Street
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GHAI
Tom Thumbs
Order OF Blackbirds
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