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Newspaper

Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1937

Page

3

Bank in Dolton reports 1987 financials and officer swears to truth

State of Illinois bank statement lists the First National Bank in Dolton with deposits and capital totals plus sworn signature by cashier William Staat. Separate police report states Jack Lennox shot his wife and wounded another, then fled and remains at large.

Dolton Illinois State of Cook William Staat William Start Lorene E. Waddell Sheriff’s Highway Police Jack Lennox 150Th Street Harvey Eleanor Lindstrom Lennox

Reserve District 7 Report of Condition for First Trust and Savings Bank

The report states bank assets and liabilities as of March 31 1937 for First Trust and Savings Bank of Riverdale Illinois a Fed Reserve member. It lists loans and discounts 98337.51 US government obligations 46000.00. Total assets 597555.67 with deposits 528185.23 and capital 67939.87. Signatures Frank Stewart and others attest to truth of the report.

United States Federal Reserve Bank Oseresensa Innene Reserve District No First Trust and Savings Bank of Riverdale Riverdale Illinois Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Federal Reserve Act Real Estatte Reserve oLicbe Frank Stewart

Canal route changes eyed to ease traffic and river bend

State street would carry more than 4600 cars daily and Michigan avenue about 8500. plan would fill the river bend to extend roadways to 130th street and Indiana avenue, eliminating three sharp turns but require two new railroad bridges and realigned tracks. The forest preserve owns much needed land, reducing costs, while opposing options would widen the canal risking land purchases and impacting the steel company's mill expansion.

State Street Michigan Avenue 130Th Street Indiana Avenue Planning Commission Kingery 130Th Steel Company

Two Die After Truck Train Collision at Thornton Crossing

At the Ridge Road crossing in Thornton a beer truck and the St. Louis Chicago Century of Progress train collided Friday night. Ray Kontz 18 of Harvey died instantly. his employer M R Murray 67 of Harvey died Sunday at St James Hospital Chicago Heights after severe injuries.

Ridge Road Chicago and Eastern Illinois Thornton Ray Kontz Harvey M. R. Murray St. James Hospital Chicago Heights Kont Kontz Murray St. Louis

High School Boys Involved In Grave Robbery Hoax

A Hammond initiation group planned a March thirty one induction but delayed to April five after grave digging became public. Detective work traced clues from a glove and pencil to a student suspect Buege and a partner Shepherd. The headless corpse was found in a slough and reburied by cemetery workers as police prepared grave robbing charges.

Chicago Ewald Kunow McCook Avenue Hammond Funk and Wittig Sandor Singer Abatie Frank Abatie Doty Avenue Pennsylvania Funk W Tig Buege Shephard Hammond News Agency Kunow Carl Hibbs Central Station

Stork showers honor newborn Arlene Esther in Riverdale

Local notices report a stork shower for Mrs. Frieda Walker on April 14 at 18827 Edbrooke Ave with gifts and Bunco. A separate shower for Mrs. Armin Hanschmann at 12917 Michigan Ave featured many attendees and gifts. Also listed are family birthdays, a Riverdale appendectomy case, PT A convention delegates, and Chicago city action allocating 23000 dollars to land taken from Pressed Steel Car Co.

Frieda Walker Arlene Esther Adele Stutzhiem Edbrooke Ave Gladys Wells Lansing Mildred McCracken Harvey Ida Matz Clara Middleborn Lillian Klinkhammer Louise Schaefer Meta Schrader May Rodman Adele Stutzhem Riverdale Claude Berschinski J. J. Beryschinski East 137Th Street Frank Haw Robert Dalton Joe Lansen John Lansen Ralph Zellers Marjorie Wilma al Cauley Norman Billie South Bend Ind Wiliam Zellers Louise Hair Milo Hair Virginia Winamac William Warner Alfred Hair Lee Herbert Hair Herbert Arthur Zellers Chicago Armin Hanschmann Michigan Avenue Hanschmann F. Danielson R. Brewer B. Haslet H. Struven E. Homer W. Carvin H. Strosinski, Jr L. Miller Parent Teachers Association Bloomington and Normal Stanley Dolton Howard Nelson Emily Ripley Milton Younker Frank Thompson George Colwell Landon Gardiner James McGowan Gerald Walker Harry Waterstraat Tied Gronwall Frank Hair Fyle Klitzke William Reaugh Lincoln School I. WK. Klitzke

Notre Dame spring practice opens with newsreel focus

Sports notes report on Notre Dame opening spring football practice with cameramen present. Purdue travels to Shreveport for southern trip but first game postponed by snow. Lafayette weather ideal for a game. Bill Hewitt named Eagles captain. Jim Weaver seeks radio career. Dreesen trims Reds to 23. Tuffy Tavano shines at 1 11 tall. Crowe brothers’ Notre Dame lineage. Isha Tubbs new Iowa coach. Beefy Zeiner shifts to track as weight man.

Notre Dame Purdues Shreveport Lafayette Bill Hewitt Chicago Bear Philadelphia Eagles Quaker City Big Jim Weaver Pittsburgh Charley Dreesen Red Cate Tuffy Tavano Duquesne University Emmett Jrowe Crowe Boys Isha Tvl Tubbs University of Iowa William Jewell College Beefy Zeiner South Bend Reiner

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the First National Bank IN Angie M. Robert Weidner J. W. Malloy Herman J Anders John Harms, Jr Geo Tuch Peter C, Kern LA Verne Enges J.F. Chandler Roofing Co Chicago St Century of Progress Pressed Steel Car Company Hegewisch Chicaco Calumet River Pointer Frigidaire Pata William May Hardware Interocean
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