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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1930
Page
3
Terre Haute Tribune quotes a magistrate observation about the Long Parliament lasting from 1640 to 1660 and the public’s misgivings when a physician falls ill. The Parisian style remark hints at political resilience despite health issues.
The article notes early bells were long metal bars and later cup shaped bells appeared in the fourth century. It highlights the Tsar Kolokol in Moscow weighing 193 tons as the world’s largest bell. Large bells are struck rather than swung.
Chelsea New York mystery duck disappearance solved after an employee fired at a skimming object and stunned a four foot alligator. Investigators traced the animal from Florida, escaping a local farm to a brook then the lake, where it began killing ducks before being captured.
The Chicago elevated railway lines transport about 3,250,000 passengers each five days, a figure equaling the city’s entire population.
A photograph of Rita Gordon attracted Poland's leading chocolate maker who named a principal brand Rita and used her image on boxes. Her father sold the copyright on her features for ten years for 2500 dollars annually. Gordon, a Pole of Scotch descent, is central to the tale. Enrollment in Illinois high schools rose 168 percent from 1915 to 1925.
Washington the navy seeks to trim costs by consolidating shore activities and closing surplus plants. Congressmen protest as districts face closures while officials hint White House support for eliminating overlarge overhead. Plans target six Atlantic yards down to three with Philadelphia New York and Norfolk as hubs and Portsmouth NH shifting to submarine work.
A Navy pilot Lieut. Jack P. De Shazo and a spectator were killed when a plane plunged 50 feet at Curtiss airport during the 1930 National Air Races. About 12 others were slightly hurt as 35,000 fans watched the finish. Colonel Charles Lindbergh and wife were among the spectators. Col. Goebel finished the Los Angeles Chicago nonstop derby in 9 hours 21 minutes 9 seconds, 12 minutes slower than Wiley Post who won $7,000.
Three prisoners Claude Udwine William Force and Jesse Thomas were electrocuted for the Auburn prison riots that led to Henry Sulli van's death. All three spoke bravado and profanity as the executioner attached the electrodes Force protested with a quip. For first time in 15 years all three Sing Sing chaplains were present to comfort the condemned.
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