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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1932
Page
3
L. O. Garry heads to Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia to oversee new engines for C. & E. L. service and is expected back by December. Local births, marriages, moves, and social notes fill the week with Dodge County figures and community improvements in Riverdale and South Holland.
The Homewood column notes a schafskopf party at Mrs Brutlay s Sunday November 17 at 3 p m with four cash prizes The fire apparatus committee told the board it visited several towns and trustee Meeboer is mentioned
Deputy J. Popper brought Robert Moore and T. J. Goen to police headquarters on Tuesday charging them with cutting timber in the forest preserve. A large saw and an ax were seized as evidence awaiting court action. Both defendants reside at 179 East 152nd Street.
An economist notes that after three years all items show wear and need replacement including blue serge suits. The remark frames aging goods and replacement cycles as a broader economic pattern.
The Epworth League elected officers on November 6 with Ralph Lyons as president and Nina Larson as first vice president. Homemakers gathered at Mrs. Chas Knipp’s home on November 9 for an entertaining program. Local families shared visits across Bremen, Griffith, Chicago Heights, and Westville as November events and birthdays were noted.
Col S Newman of Chicago promotes a 20 year bond issue to replace 1931 1932 taxes in Illinois Cook County. He argues bonds would inject millions into circulation fund teachers and city workers and save homes facing heavy tax loads amid rising unemployment and uncollected taxes. He urges action to influence the next state legislature and compares the plan to federal bond borrowing.
Edward Payson Weston of Philadelphia walked 115 miles in under 24 hours inside the Industrial Exposition Building in New Jersey in 1882. The feat began a six day grind totaling about 500 miles with completion about one hour under the allotted time.
An 18 year old, Joseph Kubitz of Phoenix, received a sentence from Chief Justice John Prystalski after a hold up of Harvey Finance and Theft on 154th Street. He was captured by H. C. Waldschmidt, a firm owner, and sent to Pontiac reformatory.
Registrar G P Tuttle announced University of Illinois enrollment spans 102 counties with Cook County leading at 3585 students, including 873 in Chicago departments. Champaign county follows with 1252. Vermilion, Peoria, Sangamon, Kane, St. Clair, Macon, Winnebago, Madison and DuPage also show sizable counts, while several counties report ten or fewer students.
The Illinois Central System spans 12 000 miles of trackage 1 800 locomotives 1 950 passenger cars 65 000 freight cars and vast land holdings totaling around 745 million dollars in investment. ICC valued the system at about 415 million in 1915 with additions bringing value to 745 million by 1981 while capitalization stood around 555 million, about 190 million less than estimated value.
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