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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1931
Page
5
Baseball continues as the Hearts face Riverdale Merchants next Saturday and a Chicago team on Sunday at home. Fans are urged to attend the season’s fourth Riverdale clash and to watch Wee Colter and the pitching in the hot field conditions.
Kenneth Churchill of California, defending champion, won the intercollegiate AAU meet in Philadelphia with a javelin throw of 210 feet 7 inches, outdistancing his nearest competitor by 18 feet.
Noel Fraps of Radio Pictures models a chic afternoon dress with a mannish batere style, jabot, and flared elbow sleeves in netted fabric. The ensemble blends simplicity with period fashion cues.
Veterans Administrator Lines outlined a plan to remove pension inequalities for World War I veterans and urged quick data collection for congress. He spoke at the Dunables American Veterans of the World War and noted consolidation of relief agencies into a single committee could ease future legislation. Lines cited $1,156,000,000 in loans and current disability applications as evidence of active benefits administration.
Julia Maude Lowther, 23, an Ashita bula housemaid of Indian descent, is doomed to die in the electric chair at the state penitentiary on October 2 for the first degree murder of Mrs. Chara Smith, wife of the man Lowther loved. Judge James Osleyree denied a new trial and Lowther broke down as the sentence was read. Mrs. Smith was slain in her husband’s truck. Smith’s two children were present.
Mrs. Katie Alice Moss of Point Arena California sues Southern Pacific and American Railway Express for 50000 alleging they promised a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the D Autremont brothers Paul Hugh and Rayo. She claims the agreement was not honored.
A Dalton notes column recounts long ago visits and travels. Mrs TP Po Qetes and daughter Helen left for Mexico Missouri for two months. Emma Baecker visited relatives in Monee. Mrs Cornelius DeRidder and daughter Anna returned from 10 weeks in California and Hillgrove Pesadena. St Pauls German Luther Parochial graduates listed. local staff honored with gala pins. coronation rep Henry DeRidder studying in London. heat incidents and recovery at C E I yards. election on electric lights.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will participate in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair exhibit to show improvements in working and living conditions from organized labor. A conference of 125 independent bakers also voted to exhibit on behalf of the baking industry.
A prohibition agent who pursued bootlegger activity is killed. His death leads to his wife filing a pension petition.
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