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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1928
Page
3
The Chinese term Kuomintang is explained as Kuo Ming Tang meaning country in the hands of the people. Min means people and tang means association, with tang signifying an organization. The full interpretation portrays the party as partly patriotic and partly political.
Canaries were kept in a domes tic state by the late fourteenth century though Gesner in 1555 said he had never seen one. Early variation appears with partly yellow birds in Nuremberg 1614 and wholly yellow canaries plus a white variety in Augsburg 1677. Distinct geographic origins produced many forms, some now rare, with a devoted following of fanciers. At present at least 14 distinct strains with numerous varieties exist.
The article notes light travels at 186000 miles per second and would take about one million years to reach Earth from the Andromeda nebula, illustrating vast cosmic distances.
A western irrigation district used irregularly scattered artificial concrete boulders in fast running river beds to curb erosion. The rocks, containing two cubic yards of concrete each, withstood flow velocities up to thirty feet per second, according to Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Corn Silk shows potential as a new textile source after success with wood based artificial silk. Experts report cornstalk fibers can be spun into thread similar to silk, signaling a shift in synthetic material research and industrial applications.
The candidate, a longtime familiar with Thornton Township streets, pledges full value for every dollar spent and to lower high taxes. He is Alderman of Calumet City's 3rd Ward and described as active and progressive.
Walter G. Davis voices support for Louis L. Emmerson for governor Carlstrom for attorney general and John A. Swanson for Cook County states attorney urging Republicans to vote for "good government and decency" on April 10 primary day.
Railroad lines in the Pocahontas region adopt radio intercommunication on Chesapeake and Ohio trains to replace hand signals. Transmitter and receiver with loudspeakers mounted on engine and caboose enable engines and cars to coordinate moves across mountain and river terrain. A 24-volt storage battery powers the system, with a dynameter providing transmitter voltage and a coder switch for the handling of signals.
President T J Crowe of the Sanitary District of Chicago gains Cook County takeover of a 100 foot right of way on both sides of the Calumet Sag channel for a bridge. The bridge contract starts soon with Harlem avenue nearly complete except for two gaps. The 1928 Appropriations Bill provides 300000 for preliminary work and partial substructure construction to be done this year.
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