Illinois Senate approves state police reapportionment plan
Springfield votes 81 to 8 to adopt a joint resolution guiding a new apportionment of Illinois into senatorial districts. John B. Fergus plans reapportionment or future remedy. Senate also approves a $50,000 bandit reward fund and a Barr bill creating a state highway police force. Senate and House actions fund road, university, and state services while considering education, taxes, and public health measures.
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Whaenisch
Linois
John B. Fergus
Small O. K
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Statehouse
Department of Conservation
Fish and Game
Chicago
University of Ilinois
Illinois State News Spurs and Scandals Across the State
The Christian County Bankers Association pledged 1000 dollars for the body of any dead bank bandit or a higher sum for a bandit captured alive and convicted. United States Marshal Palmer E. Anderson, appointed a month ago, will resign May 1 to become collector of internal revenue in Springfield. A water supply survey by the Illinois health department aims to test every well and spring along hard roads and label safe sources while sealing polluted ones. Benedetto Puntillo, four, died after burning himself with matches in a straw-filled dog shed in East Chicago. A massive gun battle near Palmer Court in Chicago left thousands of dollars of burglary loot recovered after police bombardment of a target on North Kedzle Avenue.
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Taylorville Country Club
Palmer E. Anderson
Chicago
Anderson
Internal Revenue
Springfield
Ilinois
State Department of Health
Pete Molyn
Palmer Court Apartments
Kedzle Avenue
Hicago
U of I Accepts Radio Station Gift for Two New Stations
The University of Illinois accepts a $100,000 gift from Boetius H Sullivan to fund two new radio stations, WIND at Notre Dame and WILL at Illinois, with construction led by George Hull Porter of Western Electric. Notre Dame’s WRM will be discarded.
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Ilinois
Chicago
State University
Boetius H. Sullivan
Roger C. Sullivan
University of Notre Dame
The
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Sullivan
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Illinois News in Brief on Accidents and Legislation
A set of short items reports: seven year old John Whittier electrocuted by a downed wire at Bardolph, eighty six year old John Crane fatally burned near Stockton, Ann Werner jailed at Urbana for speeding fines, Sheldon Ball killed when his car was struck by a Big Four freight train at Paris, counterfeit twenty dollar gold certificates with serials 8-20 or B-297 circulating in Chicago, fugitive Jimmy Poynes escaping through a court window at Peoria after burglary charges, decline in Illinois horses with January 1, 1925 totals and values, Lafayette visit to Kaskaskia marking a historic anniversary, Illinois legislature proposed tax on grain futures to fund public schools, Senate committee approval of the plan to tax margin players.
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McGuire Cummings Manufacturing Company
Paris
James
Jimmy” Poynes
Polie
Frank Hall
Peorila
Harry Miller
Poynes
James Penn
Illinois
Kaskaskia
Marquis de Lafayette
Marquis
I Ilinois
Coles
New York
America
Kessinger
Aurora
Chicago Board of Trade
Senate Agricultural Committee
Springfield
Freshman Quarantine Possible At Lake Forest Over Typhoid Outbreak
Harvey Smock of Santa Barbara California was moved to the contagious diseases hospital. Miss Emma Dryer a Chicago educator and philanthropist died at her home after more than fifty years in the city. Dryer formerly led a ladies seminary in Knoxville in 1865 and later taught at Normal University.
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Lake Forest University
Harvey Smock
Santa Barbara
Cal
Contagious Diseases Hospital
Emma Dryer
Chicago
Tailored suits reflect spring chic and conservative grace
A fashion writer notes the season favors slender youthful silhouettes, refined, individual styles, and a subdued color palette. Designers like Lanvin feature plaiting and panels, while ensembles pair coats and dresses in wool, silk, or crepe. Beige tan gray and taupe dominate with soft harmonies and new printed crepes.
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Lanvin
Fashion notes on Paris skirts and spring fabrics
The piece surveys Paris styles from long to ankle skims, noting designers Redfern Martial et Armand Patou and Molyneaux among others. It highlights fabrics like natural kasha, beige crepe, and two piece suits, plus the vogue for a slender straight silhouette and varied coats. It also includes a vignette from By Way of a Kittyclasm about Tess and Arkley Chandler amid hospital life.
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Couturieres
Redfern
House of
Martial Et Armand
Jean Patou
Molynegux
Louise Boulanger
Docufillet
Agnes
Cheruit
Godet
Worth
Evel
Tess
Evelyn
Tessa
Arkley Chandler
Texi
Laddie
Women Marksmen Tie for Reading Trophy at English Shoot
In a field near 2000 lifemen competitors for 132 prizes offered by the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs of England, two women were among the four tied for the Reading Trophy, highlighting strong female participation in the event.
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Society of Minilature Rifle Clubs of England
French Tobacco Use Per Person Across France
Tobacco consumed during the last year in France averages three pounds per person for every one of the 89 million residents. The data cover men women and children across the country.
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France
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