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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1930
Page
6
Julius Rosenwald of Chicago received a Bavaria government golden ring for his role with the Deutsche Museum in Munich. Dr H F Simon, Bavarian consul general, presented the token in Rosenwald’s office amid the acknowledgment of his philanthropy.
President Alcover will soon appoint a planning committee for a projected national housing conference. The panel will include leaders of architects contractors real estate and related groups and be led by Secretary of Commerce Lamont. The goal is to lower high mortgage costs and encourage home ownership through revised mortgage laws streamlined construction and better housing design and layout.
The Department of Agriculture forecast on September 1 projects national fruit production close to normal despite drought. Average yield per acre across 15 fruits is about 19 percent above 1929 but 9 percent below the ten year 1920s average. overall 1924 to 1928 five year average. Apples and peaches below average. grapes near average. other fruits above average.
Federal Judge Taylor ordered a receivership for the Alex McMillan company in Knoxville Tennessee on complaint by two eastern insurance firms. The firm lists assets at 3 million with 2.6 million liabilities and over 1.1 million in bonds held largely in Knoxville. It is the city’s largest failure. presidents of four banks were named to liquidate the business.
The Sixth National Eucharistic Congress of Catholics of the United States opened in Omaha Nebraska with the arrival of Most Rev Pietro Fumagioni Biondi apostolic delegate to the United States. Rt Rev Joseph Fr Rummel bishop of Omaha led a welcoming party of clergy and laymen.
A giant relief map of the United States and Canada, 63 by 45 feet, is under construction in Wellesley, conceived by Roger W. Babson. It will take about 50 more years to complete at an estimated cost of $2,000,000, with a 15 foot gallery surrounding it and scales showing four miles per inch horizontally and four miles per foot vertically.
The American Institute of Architects nominates Charles Bulfinch the designer of the United States Capitol for Hall of Fame. Born August 8 1763 in Boston he served as a statesman while shaping early American architecture and city life. His works include the Connecticut state house Hartford 1792 and numerous churches hospitals schools and banks.
London coroner H. R. Oswald ruled that Mrs. Sarah Stedman died after she tripped on the hem of her long skirt and fell. The inquest verdict censured the ultra fashionable garment as the cause of death.
Mrs. N. G. Peters, renowned for memory skills in Denver, would make a strong memory school instructor. After a thief stole 42 phonograph records from her home, she identified each disk by its song title, showcasing remarkable recall.
New guidance states that immigrants to the United States need not know English. The law only requires the ability to read and write some language, not necessarily English, for eligibility.
Mrs. Lottie Holman O Neill of Downers Grove enters the Illinois Senate race as the bone dry candidate challenging Ruth Hanna McCormick the Republican nominee and James Hamilton Lewis the Democratic wet candidate in a heated contest.
Government officials and representatives from six western states gathered in Las Vegas to mark the start of work on the Boulder dam project on the Colorado River, a $165,000,000 venture.
Bishop William A. Leonard of the Episcopal Church died at his Gambier home at eighty two. The long serving resident clergyman was known for his pastoral work and leadership within the diocese.
The Detroit News recalls Sidney Drew in a routine where a mislaid set of teeth leads to an entire act avoiding words with the letter S as the typewriter S bar goes flat. The piece contrasts with a historic note on the Khyber pass as the crucial gateway from Afghanistan to India.
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