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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1936
Page
6
Secretary Edward J. Hughes warns that regular brake, tire, alignment, light and steering checks can save lives and prevent injuries. He cites 1935 inspection data showing over 70 percent of cars in poor condition, with many needing tires and lamps, brakes, or steering adjustments.
Local firemen returned from the twelfth annual Illinois Fire College held June 9 to 12 at the University of Illinois in Champaign. The event, directed by the Illinois Firemen's Association, drew delegates from many states and featured courses for paid and volunteer departments plus combined departments. Notables at the opening included Gov. Henry Horner and Urbana and Champaign officials. Dolton and Riverdale send nine men. instructors included Col. Clarence Goldsmith and several Chicago chiefs.
Sheriff's highway police investigated a Hazel Crest incident where a boy named Francis Park was knocked down by a passing motorist and sustained minor injuries. In another case Edwin Sieradzki drowned at Kedzie avenue clayhole. rescue efforts failed and an inquest declared accidental death. Additional report details a man found dead at Winds Brick Co. plant and an auto collision on Chicago road with fault admitted by the southbound driver.
A Portland furniture company with the slogan complete home furnishers asked for a white blue eyed baby girl about a month old to complete a home. Twin sisters file separate divorce suits in Los Angeles against twin brothers. Lous Cats Sebring sues Ray Alven Sebring and Louise Sebring sues the second brother on cruelty charges.
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