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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1923
Page
2
Washington reports that in May the government seized fifteen automobiles used by men bootlegging immigrants across the border from Canada. The note lists other federal actions including cabinet expenditures, pardons, and naval expansion plans.
The Rev. BR Cave aged eighty one longtime pastor of a nonsectarian church in St. Louis Missouri and a nationally known orator died after a short illness.
A series of weather reports detail a severe cold wave in northern Italy with heavy Alpine snow. San Candido records 18 inches, Bolzano drops to 24F as conditions deteriorate across the region.
The Fifty-third Illinois General Assembly adjourned at 1:10 AM after passing 312 bills and sending major measures to the governor. Key actions included a $100,000,000 read bill for a 1924 referendum, the gateway amendment allowing two constitutional changes at one election, a 14-member tax-law revision commission, and the farmers cooperative marketing act aiding market access and cooperative supplies. The session also backed tuberculosis indemnity for cattle, state aid for agricultural fairs, and an aggressive medical practice act, while curbing the Mason child labor bill and tightening penalties for speeding. Speaker Shanahan praised the work, noting strong farm support and local relief measures.
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied the Virginian Railway permission to build a one mile coal branch in West Virginia to serve Pocahontas mines. The ruling cites ample existing mines and aims to concentrate facilities. Construction had begun in the Guyandot river valley with an estimated cost of 62000 dollars.
Premier King told the house of commons Canada invites U S officials to Ottawa after the current session ends to discuss tighter cooperation on liquor shipments across the border.
Wage increases for 6,000 clerks and station employees of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railway total 275000 dollars annually. The raise follows conferences with employee representatives and was announced by J. L. McLean, chairman of the Brotherhood of Clerks of the Rock Island.
New York dispatch reports eight killed and eighty three injured when two wooden Fifth Avenue line cars plunged from an elevated structure into a busy Brooklyn intersection at the Long Island station. Police and fire crews responded to the disaster as emergency services evacuated the wreckage and tended to the injured. The accident darkens a busy commute hub as investigators begin assessing the cause.
Denver Colorado historian and noted newspaper man Thomas I. Dawson dies in a Denver hospital from injuries in the Bear Creek canyon auto crash, becoming the third victim in the Harding party accident.
Paris reports Bishop Edgar Blake of the Methodist Episcopal church pledges $50,000 to finance the Russian church educational program. The Paris headquarters notes the donation is aimed at supporting education.
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin told the House of Commons that American authorities are within their rights to break British customs seals in American territorial waters. The statement was made in London on June 26 during a question session.
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