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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1930
Page
6
Sofia Bulgaria Pleyna express reached the city recently. The station chief issued a severe reprimand to an engineer who was later identified as King Boris.
Washington leaders predict final enactment of the tariff bill by mid May at the latest after a month of conference committee work. The committee is reviewing earths and earthen ware and other topics while debates loom in the Senate. Reed Smoot leads finance as conferrees push rapid progress despite several controversial issues including a possible vote on the debenture question and agricultural concerns. The United States Leather Company urged free cattle hides in a brief to conferees.
Bishop James Cannon Jr. cables from London to the Methodist Episcopal Church South board saying liberal witnesses before the House Judiciary Committee failed to prove repeal. He urges education and stricter enforcement instead and labels liberals as advocates of selfish individualism over the general welfare.
The War department announced that the most complete coast artillery establishment will be assigned to Fort Monroe to guard Chesapeake Bay. Anti aircraft guns machines lights rail and tractor drawn artillery and fixed harbor defense guns will be concentrated there for demonstrations and instruction of coast artillery school students.
The street railway firm offers to deed its Missouri River bridge to Omaha and Council Bluffs at no cost. Conditions include no municipal bridge within six and a half years and tolls to continue until the bridge is paid. Cities debate whether to accept while considering competing bridges and legal hurdles.
A granite 40 meter high memorial rises above Brest overlooking the Atlantic to honor the U S Navy and its World War I operations. The city aids the American Battle Monuments commission with construction, due for completion in about 18 months. The monument features a tall polished tower and a bronze star adorned anchor with a climbable staircase for panoramic views.
A forty year old horse owned by Dr. Eugene Shurtleff of Boston died in Westfield after living for years on a specially prepared diet following tooth loss. In youth the animal carried the doctor from the railroad station to his Blandford summer home.
Napoleon the Great prized Camembert cheese as a favorite during marches through northwest France. He declared it delightful and requested it often, spurring rapid growth in Camembert production and turning the cheese into a prime favorite across Europe and later America.
The article describes Wentworth Woodhouse as England’s largest private house. It notes its vast size, with owners unable to explore all recesses. A predecessor reportedly wandered the cellars and met a boy who answered I’m the chap and explained the work in the house.
The Boston Herald notes Roman brickwork at the baths of Diocletian shows old foundations lasting nearly twenty centuries while Europe’s Dark Ages obscured brickmaking. A revival in the 11th or 12th century renewed bricks built to endure.
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