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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1937
Page
4
A collection of tongue in cheek observations on daily life and society from a Chicago newspaper page. It jests about stretching incomes, school needs, and changing attitudes toward work and politics, including a quip about President Roosevelt and a note on government warnings to Japan and China.
Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper argues against urban migration, urging laborers to settle in the country. He warns cities’ idle periods and strikes strain families as rents and groceries rise. He calls for training youths for marketable trades before chasing big city work.
The piece warns of peril as heavy fighting near Shanghai endangers Americans and property. It notes a shell strike between two department stores killing 400 and wounding 1000, cites American property valued at 156000 dollars, and argues for protection and armed support for Americans in China.
The piece argues that $60 billion spent on war should prompt a public warning to evacuate danger zones. It suggests citizens bear property risks and seek government restitution for war damage, claiming such exposure harms prospects for peace and calls for sending warships and troops into peril.
World Peaceways promotes anti war ads showing a baby on a butcher's block to urge countries to curb births. The campaign argues that parents should be reassured their children won’t be sent to die in wars. It contends reducing population might curb fighting races and limit deadly weapons.
President Roosevelt vetoed a bill to allocate 500000 for a Will Rogers memorial preferring a specified form. He favored a memorial that brings happiness, or possibly an educational use benefiting worthy youth to keep Rogers' memory alive through constructive impact.
Dun and Bradstreet notes retail trade up 8 to 20 percent from a year earlier. Some fear a speculative peak like 1929, but rates are low now. 1929 boom rode plant overexpansion. today gains come from higher demand for necessities and steady government stance supports growth.
The Parent Teacher Council of District 148 will meet at Franklin School Dalton on Wednesday evening September 15 at 7 45. It is the first regular meeting of the year with much to do as plans are under way for the District conference in this district Tuesday October 12. Four to five hundred people are expected to attend and the city has been chosen as conference site, promising a day of days for officers and parents to learn more about PTA activities.
A collage of jokes and vignettes from a lively scene with waiters, a failing insurance joke, a serious barber anecdote and a piano of light verse. It weaves thrift and work, family life, a jazz manager digression, a cow stomach clue a collar button tale and an optimistic take on luck.
Alderman Arthur G. Lindell, chairman of the Street Accident Prevention committee, presented a complete city program to reduce Chicago street accidents. He cited 1938 seven month totals of 13 217 killed or injured and a 24 percent rise from 1936, stressing that the plan must be implemented in full for any gains. Adoption is expected at the fall city council meetings.
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