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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1930
Page
4
Nearly 100 volunteers from the City Club at 315 Plymouth Court offer free talks to civic groups city and county wide. The bureau meets rising demand for informed speakers on topics from taxation and public finance to education and foreign affairs. The office, at 815 Plymouth Court, handles speaker arrangements to reach outlying communities.
F M Gunn told the Roseland Kiwanis that Pullman plant payroll will reach ten million dollars in 1930, two and a half million more than last year and near the 1924 peak. He traced his family ties to South End and noted local educational limits sending children to Hyde Park high school. Gunn praised Pullman’s 60 year legacy, its railcar leadership, and hinted at a strong business year for South End.
Under a five year plan the Soviet Volunteer Society for Aerial and Chemical Defense aims to mobilize 17 million people in air and gas defense by 1934. Current strength is about 5 million with aviation schools rising from four to twenty five and aviation groups from 500 to 2,500. Volunteer detachments 31,000 with 6 million members will guard homes against gas attack.
Italy reports 462,948 unemployed as of January 31 up from 461,899 a year earlier. The January total marks a seasonal rise and shows an increase of 59,200 compared with December.
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