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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
7
The family of the late Martha Fritzsche Bell expresses gratitude to relatives friends and neighbors Rev Edward Gade and the organist and school children for their kindness in arranging flowers and memorial wreaths and for car donations. East Texas is noted as having the world’s largest oil pool with 25 000 wells.
Several real estate opportunities listed with low down payments and monthly terms. Properties include a 37 percent lot with 6 room flat, a frame 2 story in Roseland near stores and schools, a 2-flat and 2-family residence bringing in rent, and 600 ft railroad frontage with commercial potential. Loans include 5 percent interest and partial sale contingent on completion, with agents George Hofstra and O110 Brothers Insurance and Loans.
The Whiting Corporation baseball club will host Midwest league contests at Dolton park with players from the Harvey plant. Tonight July 19 the Fernwood All-Stars visit in a twilight game starting at 6715. Next Sunday July 22 the Raab Tailors arrive as a Midwest league entry to face Whiting.
Commander Arthur E Canty of the American Legion Illinois requests five division vice commanders and 25 district commanders to prepare a campaign aimed at Illinois members of Congress. The drive seeks support for universal military training with teeth, aligned to the Twenty sixth Annual convention mandate. The effort follows Woodrum committee findings and national executive steps to inform lawmakers who will return for summer vacation.
Denver reports the mining industry is shifting from mule labor to airplanes and color films to locate new mineral deposits. Known as aerology, the method builds on prewar techniques, and wartime film speeds are accelerating its development toward becoming the ideal prospecting method in the postwar era.
Roosevelt flew mainly on foreign trips while Truman has completed a cross country flight and plans to use air travel whenever convenient at home or abroad, signaling a shift in presidential travel.
The Pointer last week omitted Mrs. Charles Cook, chairwoman of Northeast Riverdale, from the house-to-house canvass workers for the Seventh War Loan drive. Her workers included Miss Mae Berschinski, Mrs. Clara Cossman, Mrs. Katherine Haas, Mrs. Edith Matz, Mrs. Mabel Nelson, Mrs. Esther Peters, Mrs. Pearl Sobeck, Mrs. Emma Tomky, and Mrs. Herman Werner Jr.
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