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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
6
Admiral Charles IF Hughes, commander in chief of the United States fleet, was named chief of naval operations effective November 14, succeeding Admiral E W Eberle. Secretary Wilbur announced other changes in high commands at the same time.
President and Mrs. Coolidge visit Hammond Indiana en route to the Black Hills camp. He delivers the dedicatory address at Wicker park in Lake county, honoring World War II heroes. Park financed privately by local workers and later taken over by the township. Military and civic groups greet the President with a large escort from Fort Sheridan and Great Lakes Naval Station.
America now fields about 8,000 troops in Shanghai with 1,150 more Marines arriving from the Philippines. The force, including naval crews in the harbor, represents the largest U S landing in China and rivals Britain's presence, with 16,000 British personnel. American engineering units deploy airplanes and tanks alongside British forces in the region.
Six men women and children from St. Paul drowned when a rowboat with eight aboard capsized on Forest Lake three and a half miles southeast of here. The victims named Haakon Wilasen age 38 his son Herman eight and wife Olga three plus Hjalmar Hansen his wife and their daughter Aun aged two.
Notice by publication and posting in Cook County Illinois that the Village of Dolton seeks just compensation for private property to be taken for a sanitary and storm sewer system. It lists affected parcels in 145th Street area and outlines assessment method, hearing date June 27 1927, and parties involved.
The Board of Trustees of Dolton orders grading curbing and paving of Pennsylvania Avenue Park Avenue Adams Jefferson Monroe Street and related streets with a 31 foot wide Portland cement pavement seven inches thick and installation of storm sewers basins and manholes as part of Special Assessment No 29.
A note on high energy radiation describing gamma rays as a super N ray and mentioning milliken or cosmic rays shorter than this. They estimate 635 trillion rays per inch, with origin and use still undetermined.
A Tumkur village pillar reportedly wept rust red oil from an iron spike hidden in a cup atop the shaft. Six senior students climbed a temple ladder to prove the bleeding was caused by the spike and then preached Christ to the gathered crowd.
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