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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1927
Page
6
William A. Gaston, a Boston financier and notable Massachusetts political figure, died in Barre, Massachusetts at age sixty eight. He had run for senator in 1922 against the late Henry Cabot Lodge.
U S Secretary Kellogg says the United States will hunt Sandino as an outlaw after his forces attacked 87 Marines and National Guardsmen near Oco tal. The 16 hour battle left 300 Sandino fighters slain and Marines and planes countered with machine gun fire. Green cited labor delegates complaining of US interference as part of the dispute.
Three men convicted of the murder of Peter M Klein deputy warden of Joliet penitentiary were hanged on one gallows in Will county jail yard Joliet after breaking jail three times.
Geneva report claims tentative 12 10,000 ton cruisers for U S, 12 for Britain, 8 for Japan at tri power naval talks. Observers caution over smaller cruiser size and gun calibers while Britain resists reduced totals and displacement limits.
Ten persons including a girl and a banker drowned during holiday outings in the Chicago area waters. Five died while rescuing others and three deaths were caused by a strong undertow near Gary. The victims named are Anthony Lucas Sr and Jr, Miss Elsie Owen, Steve Watson, Charles Jarmuth, Louis Dolewski, Adolph Wojewhnik, Walter Wojewhnik, John Isom, and Otto Brzeneski.
Nine lynchings were recorded during the first half of 1927 by the department of records and research at Tuskegee Institute. All victims were Negro, with two in Arkansas, one in Louisiana, four in Mississippi, one in Missouri, and one in Texas.
Aaron B. Gingerich purchased the 42 acre farm of Emory B. Yoder in Cedar Rapids Iowa for 12 240 dollars. The price works out to more than 291 dollars per acre.
A trial flight by Richard Grace from Hawaii to California ended in a crash near Koloa. The fuselage and wing were wrecked, the rudder suspected as the problem, and Grace returned home heartbroken. Lieutenant B. Roger, the flight manager, collapsed.
David C. Stephenson, former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon, had his request for a 90-day temporary parole denied by the Indiana pardon board after a full review. He is serving life for the Madge Oberholzer murder and sought to supervise an appeal to the State Supreme Court.
Federal Judge Fred M. Raymond set September 12 as the tentative retrial date in Aaron Sapiro's $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford and Dearborn Publishing. A mistrial occurred after an afternoon paper published an interview with a woman juror despite charges filed by the defendants.
National officers report more than 12300 Legionnaires have made steamer reservations to attend the national convention in Paris in September.
Harry Wills defeated in Brooklyn as Paulino Uzendun the Basque wood chopper knocks out Wills in the fourth round of a fifteen round bout.
Sergt Sammy Baker a New York soldier fighter defeats Mushy Callahan of Los Angeles by technical knockout in the ninth round at Wrigley field boxing show.
Cincinnati civic officials announced plans under consideration to build a municipal airport at a cost of one million dollars.
Public Relations piece warns widows are prime targets for high pressure promoters. It urges consulting bankers before investing and explains how false credentials and shining promises mask real losses. It advises contacting the National Better Business Bureau or a local banker for reliable information before committing funds.
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