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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1930
Page
3
Ornithologists report ground dove, sand piper, and a paradise bird seen again after a century of legend. Sea captains of old days spun tales of the elusive species, said to be feeding on shores, and now the revived sightings hint that old yarns may come true.
The article notes diverse combat planes in World War I with varied gun mounting. It states single seat fighters fired through propeller arcs and that German planes carried parachutes late in the war, while Allied aircraft rarely did.
A Washington Star quip notes that an opinion becomes a prejudice and can embarrass its owner much like a runaway horse, as Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown speaks on public bias.
The Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar leveled Jerusalem in 586 B C. The walls and principal houses were demolished, the temple plundered, and most citizens carried to Babylon while the poorest remained. Jerusalem lay desolate for fifty years.
President Hoover nominates Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia a government prosecutor in the Teapot Dome cases to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court succeeding the late Edward T. Sanford. The move responds to the Senate rejection of Judge John J. Parker.
Health Commissioner Arnold H. Kegel outlines a Health and Educational Exposition at the Coliseum May 17 to 25 to promote hygiene and reduce crime and economic losses. Ten thousand Chicago school pupils will participate with demonstrations in cooking sewing painting athletics and more under Miss Joanna Zander. Boy Scouts Y M C A Chicago and Union League clubs lead Boys Day. Girl Scouts Y W C A and Camp Fire Girls lead Girls Day with programs on health education.
The annual concert by the high school orchestra and glee clubs, directed by Isabel Loomis Montelius, William Montelius, Florence W. Samuels, and others, will be held in the auditorium on Wednesday May 28. Proceeds fund the music department for next year with purchases for instruments and music. Tickets for reserved seats cost 75 cents and are available from high school students.
The piece surveys speculative war scenarios with air fleets and blimps over New York, notes Chicago's census gain to over 3.35 million, and mentions Pope Pius broadcasting from Vatican. It also profiles Marion Hollins as a rising oil financier and references H. G. Wells on ape intelligence and Burma earthquake news, ending with caution on tariffs and Swiss trade tensions.
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