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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1927
Page
6
Senator James A. Watson of Indiana urged retiring the public debt as the best method to reduce federal taxes and called for a $300,000,000 limit on tax reduction legislation in the next Congress.
The Mississippi Valley association called for a ten year flood control and waterways development program at total cost 100 million dollars. It would release 10 million annually, with possible higher early expenditures, to protect farm lands homes towns and villages in the Mississippi basin and tributaries. The plan aims to improve navigable rivers harbors Great Lakes ports dams for hydroelectric power storage basins irrigation spillways and reservoirs while promoting reforestation and regional economic growth.
Hanford MacNider assistant secretary of war completed a July air inspection trip covering 11,905 miles in 48 hops with Capt. R. G. Ervin as pilot. He started in Washington on July 4 and concluded the journey at his final stop.
Grantsburg Wis. ex congressman A P Nelson former Wisconsin lawmaker for fourteen years a University of Wisconsin regent died of a heart attack at his home.
Annapolis athletic authorities announce that Midshipman Michael P. Bagdanovitch has been elected to captain the 1928 crew. The appointment marks a leadership selection at the United States Naval Academy in Maryland.
The village board of Dalton Cook County Illinois passes an appropriation ordinance for the fiscal year May 1 1927 to April 30 1928 totaling 81570 00 for general government police streets and sidewalks fire maintenance village hall water sewer board of local improvements garbage collection bonds and interest The ordinance fixes a total tax levy of 33620 00 and details specific allocations for salaries street repair beautifications and utilities with multiple line items for each department.
A customer selects a suit and agrees to alterations after reading a price cut. The tailor promises free alterations and the customer confirms the discount, choosing to take the suit away.
In a Western town a judge aims to stop youths from shooting in public. One drunk boy fires, is fined twenty dollars and costs. He protests and the judge remarks you might have shot an angel, implying a severe but unpredictable justice.
A Los Angeles Times piece reports that college women surveyed prefer many careers but avoid soldiers and architects. It argues architecture, especially private residences, is a strong yet overlooked field for women, noting challenges in traditional male led domains and client dynamics.
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