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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1927
Page
6
Prof. James Breasted, head of the University of Chicago Oriental Museum, returns to Chicago after five months in Egypt and the Near East supervising five expeditions.
Chicago May 10000 citizens from nearly every state are predicted to attend a flood control conference at the Sherman Hotel June 2 38 and 4 Mayor Thompson sponsor says midwestern railroads banking and manufacturing leaders will join in the sessions Vaccaro Brothers of New Orleans and 5000 bankers are among expected participants committee chaired by Melvin A Traylor of the First National Bank of Chicago includes leaders from major Chicago trusts and national banks The aim is to plan measures to prevent future floods with top engineering experts and US government engineers offering input
The civil service commission reports more than 18 000 applications for 2 500 vacancies in the bureau of prohibition. The surge highlights strong interest in enforcement roles amid ongoing Prohibition efforts.
The Bath Michigan disaster killed 37 children and seven adults when Andrew Kehoe a demented farmer and school trustee set a time bomb at the district school. He killed his wife and four others before dying. Investigators report hundreds of pounds of dynamite and related explosives were used or found in the ruins.
President Coolidge will not map a tax reduction plan yet, preferring to base any method on the fiscal year end surplus as of June 30. Panama Canal tolls in April totaled $2,065,326. The War Department received a Panama Canal Zone governor report. Alien property owners gained $342,000,000 via the custodian through cash and asset returns and income payments. More than 30,000 claimants shared the distribution.
Washington A sentence of three months in jail was imposed on Harry F. Sinclair a millionaire oil operator for contempt of the United States senate. Justice Tlitz in the District of Columbia Supreme Court fixed his fine at 500 dollars both jail and fine being mandatory. The sentence was for Sinclair's refusal to answer questions in the Teapot Dome investigation when summoned for the sixth time in March 1924.
The Inland Waterways corporation operated by the government posted a profit of $219,511 for 1926, according to the agency. It marks the first profit since organization in 1920s era.
King Christian of Denmark awards Mrs Clemington Carson formerly Millie Gade of Denmark a gold medal for swimming the English Channel last year. Carson resides in New York and earned the honor through the historic feat recorded in royal recognition.
Jose J. Bravo a scientist from Lima Peru traveling with a Latin American party in Akron was struck by a car and killed authorities said the accident occurred during the visit with no immediate details on the driver or circumstances available.
The American Medical Association executive group adopted a resolution urging Congress to modify the Volstead Act. The change would adjust the quantity of liquor a physician may legally prescribe.
Barbour Lathrop of San Francisco, internationally known botanist, died in the Bellevue Stratford hotel Philadelphia of pneumonia at age eighty.
A club debates a man who had applied for membership in vain. One member calls him unscrupulous, another quips that if he reforms he would need overtime to feel remorse.
The quote urges genuine curiosity about others lives and fortunes as the key to making friends. It attributes the idea to Albert IE Wiggam and emphasizes sincere attention to people’s interests and misfortunes as a social rule.
A light hearted note highlights the large Smith family with love and laughter. The piece portrays a generous narrator smiling at all the Smiths while celebrating a new addition.
A strange natural phenomenon reports an electric caterpillar found in Nigeria that feeds on mistletoe flowers. A collector felt a tingling sensation while handling them, though the insects lack bristles or other irritants.
A Theodore Roosevelt quote condemns the idea that liberty exists against the law. The remark argues that true liberty cannot contradict lawful authority and order.
A De catur led squadron of ten warships sailed to the Mediterranean in March 1915 as war was declared on Algiers. After a bombardment the bey of Algiers surrendered on June 30.
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