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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1927
Page
6
Washington reports that Eugene A. Gilmore will assume interim governor general duties as Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood dies. Carmi Thompson of Ohio, who led a detailed island conditions study for the President, is predicted as the probable appointee.
Washington. The Department of Justice received from the National Surety company of New York a check for 1,000,000 and four notes totaling 450,000 as a settlement accepted by the War Navy and Treasury departments and the DOJ. It settles a claim arising from a government contract with Meadfield-Penfield Steel of Bucyrus Ohio related to deck piercing projectiles under the Hadfield process.
Washington brief notes Minister MacMurray has been summoned to Washington for conferences on the Chinese situation. Also two Army Air Corps units mapped large tracts in Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and Maine New Hampshire Vermont. The Hawaiian Steamship Co bid 494 920 for the William Penn was rejected. Treasury showing July debt drop of 48 million with 18 463 199 183 gross and 164 540 960 net in general fund versus June figures.
The annual statement covers receipts and expenditures of township funds and districts in Thornton Township Cook County Illinois for the year July 1 1926 to June 20 1927. It lists loanable fund interest total expenditures including salaries election expenses publishing and postage and total distributed to school districts 37574.22. Treasurer G A Stevenson swore to the report July 23 1927 before Notary C H Applegate.
The Riverdale village board enacts a rule requiring a permit and deposit to cover engineering and inspection costs before private water mains or service pipes can be laid in any street or public way. Violations incur fines from 25 to 200 dollars per offense, with each day a separate violation. Passed August 9 1927 and published August 12 1927.
The passage urges leaving the past behind as self-indulgent and weakening. It argues looking upward and forward stiffens resolve, steadies the will, and stimulates planning and productive work for the future.
A hungry man at a restaurant utters a shocking remark about a waiter's ear, provoking strong reaction and moral outrage in the Washington Star report.
About 1200 Citizens Military Training Camp cadets at Fort Sheridan Illinois held a formal parade before General Lenihan and Colonel Miles. Blue and White course students acted as NCOs and leaders while the machine gun unit demonstrated control of its mules, ending the tradition of a runaway mule as the Second Infantry Band led the march.
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