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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1925
Page
6
Atlantic City bankers express a confident outlook for continued prosperity with a caution against overconfidence. William E. Knox notes a high national prosperity level and predicts better tomorrows while urging renewed effort, efficiency, and prudent use of resources to avoid past cycles of boom and bust.
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine warns the Chicago Board of Trade to adopt reforms quickly to prevent May wheat manipulation. He says failure to act will force suspension or revocation of the board as a contract market.
Five thousand educators public officials engineers and industrialists attended the four teenth annual safety congress of the National Safety Council in Cleveland. The event covered accident prevention at home streets and factories with eighty five sessions on public industries and home safety. Traffic congestion and its toll of lives and injuries were a principal concern as educators police superintendents officials and safety engineers discussed ways to relieve congestion.
American aviation squadron relieves Duganous fort in the Ouezzan sector, a key operation after a month of attacks by Riffians. A single casualty is noted as Adjt. Soule-Nan was slightly wounded by a bullet while flying low over hills.
Robert Tate and Ruby Tate were found guilty of murder in the Herrington case after a thirteen hour jury deliberation with thirty ballots. He received thirty years and she twenty years in the penitentiary.
Atlantic City N J Oscar Wells president of the First National Bank of Birmingham Alabama was elected president of the American Bankers Association at its convention session. Melvin A Traylor was elected first vice president and is a director in several large corporations.
Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey signed articles to defend his title against Harry Wills in September 1926 in a ten round no decision contest. Forfeits totaling 850000 dollars are on deposit with First National Bank of South Bend Indiana as evidence of good faith per promoter Fitzsimmons.
The will of Victor F Lawson, late owner and publisher of the Chicago Daily News, was admitted to probate. It leaves an estate of about 20.8 million dollars to the Illinois Merchants Trust Company as executor.
The central holy year committee issued a circular warning that women not conforming to proper dress rules will be ejected from church.
Col William Mitchell testifies before President Coolidge's special committee that the United States lacks a modern air force and defense department. He cites aging aircraft, inadequate personnel, and argues for a separate air force within a national defense department, warning of Atlantic and Pacific vulnerabilities and Japan's ambitions.
He argued about administration of army and navy air services and eight related topics including coast defense sea craft air force personnel civil aviation and world power air administration. He warned future wars would collapse a nation without air control and that the United States has no adequate preparation needing three to five years to field an effective air force.
General Poore will take over as commanding officer of the Seventh corps area with headquarters in Omaha Nebraska. The change follows General Duncan’s retirement October 10 after serving as major general.
George B. Haskell of Springfield Massachusetts files a $15 million suit against the Aluminum Company of America charging conspiracy in restraint of trade. A.B. Bausch Machine Tool Company is named in the action.
The British submarine X-1, claimed as the largest undersea craft, departs Chatham naval station on its maiden voyage to an undisclosed destination. Read the Want Ads.
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