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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1930
Page
4
Farewell Oration for Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman in Berlin
Germany mourned the departure of American ambassador Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman with a nationwide broadcast. Professor Arthur Liebert of the Kant Society voiced Germany’s gratitude and high regard for his warm heart and understanding mind as he retires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Jacob Gould Schurman
Arthur Liebert
Kant Society
Professor Liebert
Optimism Backed Naval Pact Talk in London Meet
Washington masses hope for a five power naval agreement as the American delegation heads to London for the conference. President Hoover and leaders anticipate progress despite French Italian and Japanese demands. Senator Borah expresses cautious optimism and notes hopes for agreement on freedom of the seas and naval reductions. Henry L. Stimson coordinates the administration’s positions with the delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Capitol Hill
William I. Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
London
Troover
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Moover
Ife
Ienry L. Stimson
Indianapolis Schools Closed by Meningitis Epidemic
Health authorities shut all high schools normal schools and colleges in Indianapolis area amid a cerebrospinal meningitis epidemic. High school basketball games are canceled for the first time. Nearly 50 deaths statewide with 60 cases in December and 13 more outside the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Firetme
Connersville
Wainmond
Warsaw Legation to Be Elevated to Embassy
The American legation at Warsaw Poland will be raised to an embassy by President Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Washington
Poland
Thfoover
Women Pilots Organize in New York for First National Group
The first national organization of licensed women pilots formed in New York, marking a milestone for female aviation. Members aim to advance opportunities, standards, and recognition in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tariff and Prohibition Debate Drives Congress Start
Washington discusses tariff legislation and prohibition enforcement as the Seventy-first Congress reconvenes. Leaders from both parties push to bring tariff bills to the fore while restricting extraneous issues, with a push for a February conference and a possible wet-dry outbreak in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Seventy-first Congress
House
Senate
William B. Borah
Joseph T. Robison
James HE. Watson
George I. Moses
Committee On
Charles L. McNary
Committee On Committees
Joseph W. Byrns
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
Junior Owens
American Bottlers
Byrns
Simons Norris
Chinese Republic Faces Acute Financial Crisis
The Chinese republic confronts a currency collapse driven by a dropping silver Mexican dollar value and political instability. The dollar now yields 38 cents in gold, down from 49, with forecasters predicting further decline. merchants face hardship due to gold-based obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
World Ring of Alien Smugglers Targeted
Seven Chinese arrested by immigration authorities on suspicion of being smuggled by an international syndicate are held awaiting investigation in Houston New York and San Francisco. Aliens said they paid 1000 dollars each for entry and were bound for Mott Street New York, believed to be the syndicate’s headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Houston
New York
San Francisco
United States
Mott Street
France Gets the Gold We’re All Richer and New Theory of the Universe
The column notes $7,250,000 shipped to France on the Berengaria, part of $105,000,000 in gold for the month, praising French financiers and U.S. wealth gains in 1929. It cites Mellon optimism for 1930, reports on wall street losses but dividend gains, a new universe theory from Dartmouth’s Mackaye, and reflections on time, money, and the year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brisbane
France
Wall Street
James Mackaye
Dartmouth
Einstein
Relativity
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