With Just Weeks Left, Illinois Capital Bill Faces Bumpy Road
1929 was a busy year.
The first car radio is made, sunglasses were invented, Switzerland invented the chainsaw, London installed the first public telephone booth, the first Academy Awards honoring film industry achievement were given out, and Popeye sailed into comic strips.
Locally, after two years of construction, the US 60/62 bridge opened over the Mississippi River connecting Illinois and Missouri.