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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1929
Page
3
Edgar Wallace criticizes life’s non commissioned officers as petty tyrants in industry and politics. He argues foremen and little leaders gain power by oratory, not true leadership, shaping the machinery of control across classes.
A Romanian woman seeking divorce from her English husband claimed Englishmen do not know how to love. The Bucharest judge agreed, noting love is essential to a happy marriage and the husband’s alleged inability to give it justifies the divorce.
Five important diplomatic posts are to be filled by President Hoover and Secretary of State Stimson in the weeks ahead. Ambassadors are targeted for Paris Tokyo Madrid Rome and Berlin with Senator Walter Edge likely to France and Dr. Hubert Work possible as ambassador to Japan. Career foreign service officers are not yet favored for these five posts, with John W. Garrett and Irvin Laughlin among those mentioned as possible appointees.
The War department announced the capture and execution at El Zaus Guanajuato of Jose Padron a rebel band leader who killed American mining officials Joseph M Underwood and C C Alisthrope last February Dispatches from Arandas Jalisco say priest Ariesto Pedroza Cisteros leader was executed in the municipal cemetery but died from two pistol shots by Lieut Maurellio Varela rather than firing squad As Pedroza was led to the wall he resisted and Varela shot him then again to finish him off.
Texas growers and agricultural experts say the potential wheat yield dropped by 6 million bushels due to recent hot winds on the plains. The initial forecast stood at 32 million bushels, nearly a record.
The Central Conference of American Rabbis approved a revision of the prayer book used in more than 400 reform Jewish congregations across America during its convention in Detroit. The move aims to update liturgy while respecting traditions and may influence services nationwide.
Hoover's new farm board will hold its first meeting on July 15 as more appointments are pending. Six of nine members are named including Legge as chairman and Denman as livestock representative. The board will organize, set offices, and prepare a wheat stabilization plan with a revolving fund of 150 million dollars.
Laura Weaver, 21, of Wyoming Illinois, admitted strangling Wilmer Kitselman, 52, with his belt. She moved the body thirty miles to a roadside near Apnewan, burned it with naphtha, and fled. Authorities arrested her at her sister’s Naperville home.
A Tennant resident, L L Hill, received 800 days in county jail for brewing beer at home in Burnham California. No charge of selling the beverage was filed.
Aussheen Wills defended her world queen status by winning the English women’s singles title for the third straight year. She defeated American Helen Jacobs 6 1 6 2 in the first all American final in the history of the British championships.
Paris and London clash over where and how to hold three meetings on the Young reparations plan. France favors three separate conferences in a neutral country to set bases, finish decisions, and finalize plenary talks, opposing a single session.
Governor Reed announced that he has asked R E Clark secretary of the Trans-Missouri-Kansas shipping board to base headquarters in the governor's office to monitor the car shortage. Farmers dump wheat as fast as combines thresh, with 1162 loaded cars reported in Hutchinson, risking embargoes at some terminals if grain men hoard cars.
Maj. Gen. Eli N. Cole, 62, commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Depart ment of the Pacific, died at Letterman General Hospital after a brief illness.
Ocie Nix, a Malta farmer, was found guilty of poisoning his seventeen year old wife in Boston Texas and sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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