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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1928
Page
3
A flight from Cloverfield Santa Monica to Rockwell field California reports a defective landing gear on Lieut. A. J. Strickland's plane. An interceptor plane with a Do not land until OK sign evaluated the issue and the left wheel was found several inches lower than the right. Strickland then landed safely after guidance from the air inspection.
Middlesex county grand jury indicted Nathan Rosenthal of Roxbury for larceny of a ring from his fiancée Miss Diana Richmond of Maiden valued at more than 900 dollars. Authorities say the couple were engaged and planned to marry this fall. On August 26 Rosenthal visited Miss Richmonds home asked for the ring to have a wedding ring made in the same design and then left with the ring.
The idea that success grows from steady, daily effort. Achievement comes to those who focus on the task at hand and persist through gradual progress.
Andrew Jackson helped draft Tennessee's constitution and proposed the name to the constitutional convention. He noted Mrs. Jackson suggested the state be named for the river with that Indian name meaning crooked spoon.
The text frames passing as a grand adventure and key to life. It emphasizes starting early to cultivate friends with passing and links daily youth effort to a fulfilled future. The lines personify passing as the true map and solution to mysteries.
Argentine shipyard records show iron vessel development before the Civil War. Scotsman Thomas Harkness offered to build a monitor like Ericsson's for Argentina, while his specialty was iron lighters for cattle transport. The Salud Senora carried 180 head of cattle and measured 66 by 29 by 3 feet.
London reports the British cabinet weighing the American rejection of the Anglo French naval pact. Prime Minister Baldwin heads to Balmoral as Washington expects a reply from Britain and France offering a compromise and urging three power talks.
National Broadcasting Company officials urged the Federal Radio Commission to modify new allocation rules set to take effect November 11. They argued the one hour nightly limit for chain broadcasting harms stations linked more than 30 miles apart and hurts over 50 NBC affiliated outlets.
A proposed consolidation of nearly 100 semi bituminous coal properties in southern West Virginia into a $150 million organization was abandoned as the committee in charge announced it has dropped the project.
Alfred Sze the Chinese minister to the United States has been authorized to sign the Kellogg anti war treaty on behalf of China in Washington.
Illinois items report HB Shangon dies from auto injuries in Moline. Wilmette voters approve Sunday movie openings 1804 to 1163. Milford man Walter Gussawai dies from infection from an ulcerated tooth. Mo line contractor Oscar Carlson killed in bicycle accident. Galesburg infant Emma Theesfeld dies after kerosene ingestion. John Herman of Maline commits suicide after wife’s death. Disciples of Christ hold seventy eighth annual Peoria convention. Danville boy John Bullington breaks arms in field fall. Alpha Delta sigma to convene in Urbana October 12 13 with 21 universities. Robberies strike Sutton jeweler in Springfield and Farmers and Mechanics bank in Averyville. Chinese students lead in University of Illinois foreign enrollment 37, down fourteen. William E. Gould extradited to Chicago over bank embezzlement charges. Du Page cuts courthouse plan. add wing instead. Vernet Rowes dies from beer wound in Joliet. Danville coal mines operate under $6.10 wage pact. Danville grand lodge officers elected. Rev Lumsden killed in train collision near Llinckley De Kalb county. Illinois teachers meet in Chicago October 12 13 to discuss vocational arts education.
King George purchases a new British made automobile, his fifth in twenty years. Royal cars are kept in service long after typical models wear out, with the latest British mine model boasting a double-six engine.
Col Charles A Lindbergh Charles Evans Hughes and Frank M Chapman to receive Roosevelt medals for distinguished service at a October 27 banquet at Roosevelt's birthplace. Garfield cites Lindbergh’s exemplary youth impact Hughes’ public service and law work and Chapman’s bird life studies.
Senate navigates early action on the 16 cruiser and wireraft carrier bill as Coolidge aims to advance naval appropriations before adjournment. Hale pledges a vote within weeks after Congress convenes. the measure has already passed the House.
In Managua the election board plans to mark voters with a chemical stain to prevent repeat voting in the presidential election on November 4. Details were withheld to avoid misuse by parties. The stain is described as harmless and temporary, vanishing a few days after the election.
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