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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1930
Page
6
Washington announces the appointment of Eugene Meyer as governor of the Federal Reserve Board with the resignation of vice governor Edmund Platt accepted. The change enables Meyer, a New York district resident, to assume the post.
Paris reports War Minister Andre Maginot told Maeux commemorators that France has done all it can to limit armaments and that further disarmament must come from Germany. He warned against one sided concessions as Europe faces security questions ahead of the League of Nations meeting.
A trainload of 156 aliens including 78 from Chicago was sent to New York and Fills Island for deportation to European nations. The move targets undesirables here illegally as federal immigration drives continue. The Chicago group formed the largest batch in months with many from southern and central Europe led by Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Italy and substantial Polish representation.
Ottawa advices to the ministry of trade and commerce state that the German wheat crop will exceed 1929 levels while the supply of other domestic grains will be smaller.
The author argues that intellectual progress hinges more on a student’s drive than on teachers. He recalls personal experiences with limited formal schooling, notes that easy education harms growth, and highlights a renowned self-taught scientist who built knowledge independently.
The clock above Monticello in Richmond Virginia is running again after years out of order. It has a double face showing the hour from the hall and terrace and its hourly strike can be heard again. A jeweler offered to repair it at his own expense, citing interest in the ancient timepiece.
The potato faced initial unpopularity after its 200-year voyage into Scandinavia but grew to become an essential crop in Sweden. Its agricultural value rose as farmers adopted the tuber, transforming dietary and rural economies.
A reflective column urges balancing optimism with practicality as it discusses sharing light and warmth. It emphasizes daylight as a simple benefit for readers, linking bright weather to better mood and community spirit.
Paris reports Dr. Raoul Baudet challenged the long standing view that Napoleon owed his drive to epilepsy. He attacked Lombroso and Cesar Juarros for unproven claims, arguing Napoleon’s father was temperate, the sister’s ailment exaggerated, and the mother’s poverty not proof of disease.
From Harbin a report says millions of rats march in disciplined units through outer Mongolia toward north Manchuria. The army, led by various corps leaders, stops only to gather food, seemingly purposeful in their move.
An expedition near Sebastopol Crimea searches beneath the Black Sea for an ancient Greek town believed submerged by shifting earth. Excavated objects washed ashore at this point support the theory that led to the voyage.
Francis H. Robinson, Hoover’s longtime chauffeur since 1910, was formally recognized by the Dayton safety council for an unblemished record. The council sent the president a copy of its resolution commending his safe driving history.
In Wellston Ohio a dog trapped in an abandoned mine shaft was saved after three weeks when rescuers sent down a second dog. The first animal periodically retreated to the bottom tunnel but finally emerged and was hauled to the surface.
A young Frenchman Reynaud from Elaine wheels a wheelbarrow across the country as part of a freak endurance craze. Mile. Adrienne Flautis of Vienna claims a world record by staying poised on her toes for fourteen and a quarter hours.
A playful riff wonders how future historians will interpret today’s sports headlines and judge our era. The piece notes how language shifts and public interest may color later perception of present sports culture.
A reflection on memory by De Quincey asserts that traces once formed endure as indelible marks, negating the idea of ultimate forgetting. The passage contemplates the permanence of remembered impressions and their quiet persistence through time.
Mrs Owen Nildare argues in a provocative statement that most women are deceitful and only truthful women are rare, suggesting deceit is the weapon women must use to achieve their ends as urged by male expectations.
Atchison Globe quotes readers venting about the habit of conceding general truth while insisting a single case proves otherwise. The piece framing recalls local opinions on argument and fairness.
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