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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1930
Page
6
General Smedley Butler, famed for two Congressional Medals of Honor, plans to leave the Marines to take a lucrative civilian position. He now commands the Quantico Base in Virginia as discussions unfold about preserving the Marine Corps.
The American airplane Columbia piloted by Capt Errol Boyd of Canada and Lieut Harry P Connor USNR landed on Trescoe Island off the English coast after a fuel pipe failure. The single motor craft had not been changed since 1927 and completed a second Atlantic crossing before reaching Croydon airdrome.
Scotland Yard detectives arrive in Deeside ahead of royal visit to Balmoral to shadow society thieves. White-gloved criminals allegedly receive invites to functions from peerage sons, easing access to jewels. A veteran detective notes the trouble caused when a peer’s son is intoxicated.
The senate established a beauty parlor in its office building to aid women staff and perhaps influence Ruth Hanna McCormick’s candidacy. The move signals a step toward equality as the chamber, long seen as a male club, showed signs of opening to women last session.
A Tez dispatch to a Berlin paper reports a mutiny by the French Foreign Legion's Second Regiment Third battalion on July 10 north of Skuras. It says 400 men were sentenced to death, with 40 executed, 800 survivors penal servitude for life, and 24 Germans among the executed. The Nationale Socialist cites names and origins of those said to be German or Austrian.
A 51 year old publisher and editor with decades in New Mexico Colorado and Argo Illinois is described. He served in the Spanish American War and World War I era drives. held posts on War Savings and Liberty Loans committees. He is secretary and village collector and active in many civic clubs and boards residing at 6235 S 75th Ave Argo Illinois.
The article notes a normal breath rate of sixteen to twenty per minute and each breath moves twenty to thirty cubic inches of air. It states adults pass about 686 000 cubic inches of air through the lungs in a day, with exercise potentially doubling that amount.
A puzzle-like quip from Twu'edo Glade centers on who truly governs fate a man or his dog. The line questions leadership and life choices, casting a playful lens on control and loyalty within a rustic setting.
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