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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1937
Page
4
A lighthearted column riffs on coronation robes for King George and the American commuter, windblown hats and crowns, car fenders and signals, bridge games and money, apple blossom joys, wandering minds in church, grammar slips, and women keeping hats on. It pokes fun at speeding, urging slower driving from 60 to 10.
The Duke of Windsor will marry Mrs. Warfield on June 8 drawing global fascination. The romance is described as a dramatic sacrifice of a throne for love, reflecting royal constraints where government powers limit even royal families.
The retirement of Justice Van Devanter, a leading conservative, suggests the court will tilt away from strict limits on federal power. One view favors states’ rights, while another argues broad federal authority to tax for general welfare and regulate interstate commerce. The shift likely increases federal regulation of national business and remedies of evils left by states.
In New York a large crowd marks the 10th anniversary of Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight to Paris. Lindbergh sends a brief note thanking supporters and downplays fame. A third son was born to the Lindberghs on May 12 at their temporary home in England.
The piece notes 209 clubs promote walking and 150 vigorous members who hike openly. It contrasts walking with rising automobile use and criticizes hitchhiking while praising hiking as a path to nature’s riches beyond the speed of motor travel.
An AP dispatch from Kansas City recalls a father’s joke about an encyclopedia and a boy’s need for one in school. The piece argues pupils should have access to a library of knowledge and learn to use it, fostering intelligent speech and informed habits.
The straw hat season is starting as cheerful lids blossom with spring. Men wear light colored straw hats, signaling summer outings and a return from winter discontent, though the hat shows dirt and wear earlier than other wear.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams across numerous junior and associate roles in agriculture biology and related fields with salaries from 2 000 to 8 800 dollars. Posts span Department of Agriculture Air Corps War Department Railroad Retirement Board and Children s Bureau with details from the Secretary of the Civil Service Board of Examiners or the commission in Washington DC.
A collection of one liners and cartoon caption style jokes about life work and politics. Witty exchanges feature a juror and capital punishment, a drunk and a bell, a farmer weathering grasshoppers, and Uncle style quips on government red tape.
The Roseland station of the Chicago fire department received a new eighty five foot aerial ladder mounted on a truck that also carries a sixty five foot ladder and others of fifty thirty six and thirty feet. A demonstration last week showed its speed and usefulness in firefighting.
Fred Koppitz, chairman of the Lansing village council building and grounds committee, leads a project to beautify the grounds around the new water reservoir at Wentworth Avenue and Bernice Road. Village council last week appropriated funding to develop the area into a park with trees and shrubs being planted to create a town beauty spot.
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