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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1925
Page
6
Lieut Alford Williams of the USN piloted a 2200 pound Curtis racer at Mitchell Field New York setting an unofficial speed record of 802.3 miles per hour on a one kilometer course. The plane uses a Curtis V-1400 motor and measures 22 feet wingspan and 19 feet 8.5 inches length.
The Illinois Central speeds toward a July 1 start for its suburban electric service with wiring, poles, and substations advancing across the 67th street to South Chicago route. Pullman plans mass production of 129 cars as Standard Steel builds 85 trailers, aiming for a 57 mph tangent service once complete.
A large wooden and stucco building housing Japan's diet was entirely burned. The block-long edifice was razed with losses pegged around 1 million dollars. Gendarmes rescued imperial portraits and the throne's brocade covering.
Secretary Work departed for Denver Colorado where his sea is i.
The state emergency fuel administration prohibited delivery of domestic size anthracite coal to consumers with half their winter stock and banned shipments over three tons at a time to households.
President Coolidge named Charles W. Hunt of Iowa to the federal trade commission. The brief notice notes Hunt's Iowa ties and confirms his reappointment amid ongoing anti trust and regulatory oversight discussions.
Col John Coolidge a Justice of the Peace officiated in Plymouth Vermont uniting Miss Doris Keith and Hollis Holt in marriage in the same room where President Coolidge once took an oath two years earlier. A friendly crowd threw rice as the couple wed in a farm house setting.
Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania expressed increased confidence that the senate will ratify the world court protocol at the next session after a conference with President Coolidge. He said the senate would cooperate with the administration and work out a ratification plan along the president’s proposed lines, predicting little difficulty in forming a bipartisan two thirds support.
Mrs Terry McGovern formerly Mildred Harris film star and ex wife of Charlie Chaplin gave birth to a son at a local hospital in Great Barrington Massachusetts The McGoverns have been summering at South Hyremont near the town The note closes with a proverb about fame and death.
President Coolidge narrowly escaped being struck by a car during a routine downtown walk. The driver, Walter D. Smith of Baltimore, was arrested on traffic violation charges as a Secret Service agent pulled the President back from the curbing near H Street and Jackson Place, a block from the White House.
Alfred Cotton Bedford chairman of the board of Standard Oil Co of New Jersey died suddenly of heart disease at his East Norwich Long Island home. He would have turned sixty one on November 5. He headed the largest petroleum group in the United States, if not the world.
The Department of Labor is expected to extend the visit time for Hannah Chaplin, mother of Charlie Chaplin, allowing her to remain in California another year. Officials cite her nonproblematic presence and minimal disturbance as reasons for the extension.
United States grain exports reached 6,837,000 bushels last week, up from 4,492,000 bushels the prior week. The report highlights stronger shipment activity in the grain trade.
A record number of travelers arrived at New York Port as 8,566 tourists returned on 16 steam ships in a single day.
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