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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1928
Page
3
In Bordeaux France a large pendulum was set from a cupola swinging in a fixed plane while the graph sheet showed the earth turned beneath it. The 75 foot long pendulum completed a 4 1/2 second swing and mirrored Foucault’s phase in Paris proving the earth rotates.
Edward Gertenschinger, 45, of Wadsworth near Akron, blew himself up by lighting dynamite sticks placed under his body, the blast occurring at the rear of his house.
Notice posted in Thomas A. Edison laboratory building forbids smoking and threatens instant dismissal for any employee caught lighting a cigarette. The directive is signed by the so called wizard. This warning appears in the Want Ads section.
Author Meredith Nicholson claimed he coined The Port of Missing Men title for his 1907 book. A Connecticut promoter later opened a tea house in a subdivided tract and named it The Part of Missing Me. The location had no link to the book story set in Virginia hills.
German researchers demonstrated dogs following imitation footsteps created by a rolling wheel. As the wheel rolled along the ground it imprinted tracks from model shoes, and in tests the dogs showed the ability to follow these imitated traces using more than smell.
A compact collection of literary snippets features quotes attributed to Ste venson on verbal craft and William Blake on infinity in a grain of sand. The prose-weighted lines juxtapose common objects with deep philosophy.
The Boston Transcript reports that advances in brain surgery show progress toward aiding a living politician, but authorities caution it has not yet reached the point of transforming a living statesman into a fully functioning political leader.
Two missing Rockford flyers Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer are saved at Mount Evans Greenland after a two week Arctic ordeal. They landed due to gasoline shortage near Point Sukkertoppen on August 19 and were brought to safety by Prof. W. H. Hobbs led expedition. They survived on pemmican and were unharmed aside from hunger. Rockford Chamber of Commerce backed the flight and urged the men to salvage the plane or return home.
The Catholic Central Verein of America urges abolition of crop forecasts asserting they harm the farmer by affecting market prices. The group also supports cooperative marketing plans for agricultural products.
An audit uncovered a $2,000,000 shortage in the accounts of Benjamin Dansard & Co., brokers, prompting reporting of financial impropriety. Dansard then killed himself at his summer home near Monroe, Michigan, in what authorities described as a self-inflicted death.
Rev. William Coleman Nevils S. J. appointed president of Georgetown University succeeding Rev. Charles W. Lyons S. T. Nevils takes on leadership at the historic school in Washington.
Illinois miners and operators reached a four year pact reducing wages by 15 to 20 percent with a basic day wage of 6.10 and 0.91 per ton for tonnage miners. Ratification by the union is expected within two weeks, with the agreement effective September 16 through March 31, 1982, and a commission to study loading machinery pay promote equity.
France mourns Maurice Bokanowski minister of commerce and aviation and four others after a sudden plane nose dive and fire near Toul. Bokanowski had joked minutes before boarding about flying dangers and died five minutes later alongside pilot Gabriel Hamlin mechanic Jean Vdial radio operator Henri Willin and Edouard Lefranc general secretary of a plane company.
The White Star line announces a new Atlantic liner to be built at Belfast with 60 000 tons capacity the largest ship in the world. It will cost 50 000 000 dollars take three years to complete and operate between Southampton and New York.
Carver of Boston won the Veterans of Foreign Wars leadership race. He defeated Patrick W. Kelly of Portland Oregon by 830 to 817 in the Indianapolis Eugene FP race for commander in chief.
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth return to Antwerp after a long Belgian Congo tour. The royal party completed a lerginy voyage visiting colonies and met with local officials before resuming duties at the royal residence.
Chicago reports show 70 000 railway trainmen and conductors favor empowering union leaders to call a strike. Wages 7 percent demand, vote tied to heads, with a peace plan under discussion to avert walkout. Results to be tallied at Great Northern hotel in a few days.
Greek Premier Eleutherios Venizelos contracts dengue as Greece endures weeks of epidemic. In Athens over 250000 dengue cases reported. August deaths in the city total 413 from the fever, with Pirens also hard hit. Cairo reports dengue presence.
In Managua 580 men, previously listed as potential bandits by Nicaraguan leaders, surrendered to United States Marines in the last 30 days, bringing the total who have handed in rifles to 1,672.
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