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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1926
Page
4
A humorous collection mocks social habits and local customs. It notes playful lines about girls using baking powder on boys, sports morale, pedestrians, bar restrictions, alien visitors, baseball errors, daylight saving, poets vacation notices, and athletes showing letters on sweaters.
A movement in the United States senate seeks to curb the habit of numerous investigations. Critics say congression al and senate probes are often for political effect, disrupt industrial conditions, and burden the public. They urge use of established legal and regulatory bodies for proper, less costly inquiries.
The House Judiciary Committee voted 15 to 6 to approve a resolution urging impeachment of U S Judge George W English of the Eastern District of Missouri for high misdemeanors in office. If approved by the House the matter goes to the Senate for trial with a two thirds conviction requirement. The charges cite corruption judicial tyranny and indecent conduct on the bench.
The council of people's commissars awarded pensions of $112 monthly for life to eight women and one man who participated in the 1881 assassination of Alexander II, emperor of Russia, with the payment set to begin immediately.
Dave Perkins and Raymond Sisson, two of three convicts who escaped from the Fulton county convict camp, have been recaptured in Atlanta.
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected a 7 to 8 vote the transcontinental lines request to cut freight rates from Chicago and western points to Pacific coast terminals. The decision affects Middle West manufacturers facing competition from Atlantic seaboard producers via the Panama route and ties to the Gooding long and short haul bill debate.
Wrance reopens discussion with the United States over a four billion dollar debt. The House passes the Porter bill to spend ten million for constructing American embassies and consular buildings abroad. Rear Admiral Billard orders the nation’s first dry air corps as coast guard commandant. The Internal Revenue Service will accept separate tax returns from husbands and wives in six western states. KEGK becomes the North Pole Radio Station call sign for Byrd led Arctic expedition with daily telegraphic reports planned.
A federal grand jury in Cleveland charges 112 people in twelve cities with conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law. Harry Volpe of Providence pled guilty and was released on a $10,000 bond as sentencing was deferred. U.S. Attorney Bernsteen says more indictments will follow and total defendants may exceed 200. The case cost the government about $110,000 to $265,000 and 350 witnesses were examined before a April 1 recess.
Jack Delaney halted Mike McTigue, veteran light heavyweight, in the fourth round of a scheduled 12 round bout at Madison Square Garden in New York.
A jumble of jokes quotes stories and wisecracks fill a Grand Rapids office overheard tale. The miscellany features Irish green lore American sayings and light quips about love divorce health and daily life.
A verse riddle claims God made a thing from dust before man to guide and enlighten, without limbs or a soul at first, later given a name by Adam. It travels pole to pole, sheds a soul, and yields light to fallen man, yet denies heaven, grave, or hell. The answer urged to be searched in the Bible.
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