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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1930
Page
3
L. W. St. John, athletic director at Ohio State, endorses rowing expansion after spring discussions. A nearby boat club offers its facilities to support the proposed Ohio crew. Courts define infringement by confusion from similar form or sound, not identical wording.
The Jefferson Memorial foundation was formed April 13 1923 on the 180th anniversary of Thomas Jeffersons birth. It has acquired Monticello and is dedicating efforts to upkeep and restoration of the home and site.
Dean Thomas Arkle Clark of the University of Illinois recounts visiting Baker and observing how parents overly spoil their children. He contrasts two mothers, one who overindulges a son and another wealthy mother who taught restraint, arguing that easing life harms preparedness for future work. The piece argues against making life too easy.
Seventeen year old George Spitz of Flushing wins the Metropolitan Interscholastic high jump title with a new mark of 6 feet 4¾ inches, eclipsing all known schoolboy records.
The British Empire spans about one fourth of Earth's land area and accounts for roughly one fourth of the world population. The statement highlights its global extent and demographic presence.
Ambassador Hugh Gibson announced at London that the London naval conference among the United States Great Britain and Japan reached a three power agreement. Nine battleships will be scrapped three for each nation with no new battleships laid down for six years. The deal lowers fleet tonnage and sets a framework for broader limits on cruisers destroyers and submarines.
Leaders of the Society of Militant Atheists plan to center anti religious activities on advancing the five year plan aiding collective farms and fighting alcohol. Two hundred new anti religious cells will be created in Moscow and anti religious schools for peasants will open on Easter day. Similar institutions will start in other regions.
Mexico's national anti alcohol committee proposes banning corn alcohol production to reduce corn imports for food. The semi official group argues enough alcohol can be derived from waste materials in sugar processing and ties the move to its 1980 campaign to curb drinking.
The Mary Sudik well near Oklahoma City was finally shut in after wild flow continued for eleven days, ending a dramatic gusher that drew attention to oil field activity in the region.
Washington reports Dr. Julius Klein, assistant secretary of commerce, says government experts estimate 11 billion dollars will be spent on U S construction in 1930. He calls it the dawn of a new day for economic stabilization and highlights a 1 billion dollar rise from prior estimates.
New York journalist notes Frank B. Hawks completed a trans continental glider flight from San Diego to Van Courtlandt Park New York covering 2869 miles in eight days. The journey featured staged legs and a 4000 foot tow split above the city with 15000 spectators watching the landing in fair conditions after stops at Syracuse and Albany.
Washington reports Republican leaders who dominate the house will shelf most controversial bills for this session. If their plan holds, Norris constitutional amendment and other measures such as anti trust, railroad consolidation, branch banking, and related issues will wait for the December session. Leaders aim to wind up by June 1.
Queen Victoria of Sweden, aged sixty eight, died in Rome after a long invalid status and pulmonary trouble. Her husband King Gustav had returned from Naples amid her decline. A Baden born princess, she wed Gustav in 1881, with a 1907 coronation noted for its simplicity.
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