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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1924
Page
2
Reports from Washington describe President Coolidge appointing a Black comptroller of customs in New Orleans despite Senate rejection of the nomination. The item notes broader tax and foreign policy actions, plus other political shifts and incidents across the nation.
Luis Angel Firpo knocked out Farmer Lodge in the fifth round of a 15 round bout planned in Buenos Aires. The Tom Gibbons Joe White match in Grand Rapids was canceled and White returned to New York with a badly fractured ankle after stepping in a hole during road work. Harlan Fengler shattered five world records at Los Angeles in the 250 mile national championship at Beverly oval, winning at an average speed of 160 mph.
A fire ripped through the Hankinson Beaty ornamental iron works plant in Sioux City Ta causing an estimated loss over 850000. Separately the American Automobile association and the National Motorists association merged in Washington after weeks of negotiations. A Memphis Tenn grain elevator storage facility at Central and Cooper avenues was destroyed by fire with losses around 100000. A bank heist scene in New York saw 2 million dollars in currency moved by armored trucks halt a run on Lionello Perrara Co. In Texas a Corsicana policeman Richard Watson, a key witness in Somervell county moonshine and bribery trials, was shot dead with fifteen arrests to date.
Edward Stettinius of J P Morgan Co went to Roosevelt Hospital for an undisclosed operation in New York. John K E Fairbanks of the American Railway Association died at his Jersey City home aged fifty three. Gen C I Adams former G A R leader collapsed while mowing in Los Angeles. Henry Phipps and wife of Pittsburgh donated one million dollars to Johns Hopkins Soul hospital. Rep Henry G Dupre of Louisiana died in Washington from a stroke while serving his sixth term representing New Orleans district.
Delegates in London report the return of striking dock laborers after persuasion to resume work. Troop deployments guard the Munich Military Academy where the Ludendorff and Hitler trials proceed. Punjab Sikh masses gather amid expected shrine attack as Paris backs Poincare tax plan with 808 votes. Canadian farmers prepare to press for lower US goods tariffs at parliament opening.
A heated House debate over the Mellon tax bill escalated to near violence as Democrats Garner of Texas and Clancy of Michigan clashed over a double-cross charge. Republicans battled over Clancy speaking on automobile tax cuts, while leaders fought for procedural control and fair play amid disorder in committee proceedings.
President Coolidge pledges to oversee the treasury and asks the public to pressure Congress against piling up large appropriations that ignore the budget system. A White House spokesman cites the rising number of pending appropriations bills as a key concern.
Premier Mussolini told Italian fleet admirals he will strengthen the navy to be one of Europe’s most formidable fighting forces. He said land defense is secure but seas remain unsafe and promised to increase naval efficiency and readiness for any event.
A Ku Klux Klan meeting in Waukesha Wisconsin was dispersed by over 2,000 citizens at the Commercial hotel. The disturbance damaged lights windows and furniture but left no injuries reported.
Indianapolis report says Amos T D Morris former cashier of Discount and Deposit Bank of Kentland is named jointly with Governor McCray in an eighteen count indictment for violation of national banking laws. Morris listed as principal with McCray as surety in most counts.
Pittsburgh pa the first half year of the eight hour day in the steel industry shows greater efficiency in the mills better relations between employer and employees and a higher standard of living for workers and their families.
Katherine Baluk Malm known as the Tiger Girl of Clybourne was sentenced to life in Joliet penitentiary after a jury found her guilty of murdering Edward Lehman. The jury deliberated an hour and twenty minutes.
A sharp remark from The Firing Point quoted in the Boston Transcript asks how long maids are kept, answering until they show remorse for the husband. The line reflects contemporaneous wit and social mores surrounding domestic service.
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