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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1930
Page
5
The text explains that 1 percent inch of ice can bear a person, four inches can support cavalry and light guns, five inches for a 14 pound cannon, ten inches for a crowd, and eighteen inches for a railroad train.
A compact note lists places matching vowel sounds across regions: A Sweden, Is land Japan, O Normandy village, U China city, a river near Amsterdam, Aa river in Holland and Belgium, Eu Normandy town, Oa cape in Scotland.
The Public Service Company of Northern Illinois announces reduced residential rates effective August 1, filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission. The new net rates of 8c 1c 5c and 3c per kilowatt hour apply to most areas, with Arlington Heights Kenilworth Lake Bluff and Melrose Park seeing a 1c higher initial portion due to local ordinances. The company projects more than a million dollars in savings over twelve months.
Bobby Jones captured the British amateur championship by defeating Roger Wethered seven up with six to play. He already held the US amateur and the Open titles, and this win crowned his golfing ambitions.
The Supreme Court in a unanimous ruling, delivered by Chief Justice Hughes, upheld an injunction against Texas and New Orleans Railroad a Southern Pacific subsidiary. The order bars a company union, requires recognition of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, reinstates workers discharged for not joining, and protects employee rights to choose bargaining representation under the 1926 Railway Labor Act.
The California Athletic Commission ruled to recognize the Sharkey versus Schmeling heavyweight championship fight as a valid title bout. The decision confirms the bout's place in the official heavyweight championship lineage.
Census figures show Miami in southern Florida reaching 110,025 residents, a 272.1 percent rise since 1920, marking its entry into the 100000 population category.
In Flint Michigan the total shortage due to embezzlements by former officers and employees of the Union Industrial Bank was reported at 3.604 million dollars by auditors.
Navy contracts for 52 fighting planes torpedo and bombing air boats total 3 000 177 dollars. The piece argues for a 5 000 plane air fleet and notes U 12 submarine participation in Arctic exploration. It contrasts costs with battleships and highlights global tensions and American war aims.
Henry Ford urges Americans to stay cheerful and push mass production, while farmers struggle to apply factory methods to 50 acres. Wall Street eyes J. P. Morgan's United Corp plan for a five billion dollar utility empire in the North Atlantic region. Cyril Rosser.
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