19 Apr 1930
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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1930
Page
1
The DeKalb fourth ward reports show 1471 residents as of April 1 1930 with 1375 in 1920, indicating growth toward a city total above 9 000 and possibly 10 000. Final city figures due in a week or ten days may reflect over 9 000 residents.
Nehring Electrical Works employs a full night force at its east and west plants to run nonstop through summer. Paul Nehring says no new factory addition developments. plans for the addition are under Architects. machinery orders placed with 2 to 3 months delivery. A copper price drop encourages copper users to advance delayed projects.
Officials from fifteen southern Illinois towns meeting in Carbondale say a movement aims to double bonding power. They urge a law setting five percent of full assessed valuation, up from the current two and one half percent, as reported by U P.
A former Brooklyn aviator, Syd Tall aged 30, was arrested in Gary Indiana as a suspect in Chicago s first air mail robbery. Adolph Stehno driver of the robbed mail truck identified Tall and police found five rifled mail sacks off the Chicago and Western Indiana right of way on the south side. Kept for questioning, Tall faced officers after authorities noted his possession of 50 worthless checks.
One student from each state will compete for a Thomas A. Edison technical scholarship. Robert Hunt of DeKalb high school is named DeKalb schools entry. Tests proceed from county to state level culminating at Edison laboratories in East Orange.
Boston readers in 1940 hear of a tercentenary idea to race an automobile along the Paul Revere route from Boston to Lexington. The event pairs a motor car with Sergeant Robert D. Rodes mounted as Paul Revere to compare speed and the age of machines.
London reports the 1930 naval arms pact completed and awaiting signature next Tuesday. The preamble touts reducing armament and continuing Washington conference work, with a safeguarding clause allowing Britain Japan and the United States to build as needed while France and Italy are not limited.
Chicago April 19 40 A hulking man about 40 and over six feet forced entry to a young housewife's kitchen and stabbed her with a razor then tried to choke her as police seek the suspect believed to be the same man who strangled Mrs Mildred Helsing in the same west side neighborhood. The attack occurred two blocks from the Helsings' home where Mrs Pegey Sheldon 21 wife of Jack Sheldon was alone.
Deputy Sheriff A J Dolder drove to Joliet and then Stateville to deliver Johny Miller to the state penitentiary. Miller, convicted of operating a confidence game against a DeKalb bank in 1923, received a sentence of one to ten years. Judge John K Newhall sentenced him on Tuesday after a guilty plea to the 1923 indictment.
Increasing cloudiness with possible showers Sunday, mainly east and north. Warmer tonight. Week forecast favors fair early week, with rain on Monday and showers mid to late week. Temperatures trend toward seasonal norms.
Fragmentary OCR presents a resurrection scene: women visit the tomb find the stone moved, encounter an angel, and learn Jesus has risen. Mary Magdalene and others report sightings, while fear and disbelief appear among the disciples. The text urges followers to spread the gospel to all creation.
Kenneth Littlejohn, son of Mr and Mrs Carl Littlejohn, retains the Flying Finn cup by winning last night in a three night Finnish troop Boy Scouts sponsored tournament. Hazel Littlejohn finished fifth while George Masalanis took second and Rodney Wright third. Kenneth also earned a sweater labeled Mile Champion 1930 as the top prize. Over 600 spectators attended as organizers consider larger venues for next year, potentially State College gym.
Richard Wiltberger remains the Chronicle’s top paper carrier with eighteen consecutive months delivering to every subscriber in March. Edgar Swanson has eight months, Kauno Wouri seven, Ralph Peck and Robert Lundgren six, Lauri Koski four, Arthur Primeau and Riina Ruppi three, Sam Parks Laverne Barnes and Preston Wiltberger two, Wesley Bergstrom one.
In Costeshti Romania a wooden church burned during Good Friday services. About 150 perished with 96 bodies recovered and 17 in hospital. Victims will be buried in a common grave as the village mourns.
Wisconsin Iowa Missouri and Illinois representatives meet at State Teachers College for the Interstate Teachers College Forensic Contest. Two divisions oratory and extempaneous speech focus on world peace disarmament and law.
Raymond YPowickowski sixteen year old Chicago lad who fell 600 feet from Starved Rock week ago last Sunday is slightly improved. He is a patient at St. Marys hospital in LaSalle. He was critically injured and had little hope of recovery until recently when he partially regained consciousness and shows some return of faculties.
Western United Gas and Electric Company to build a 2300 volt transmission line from U. Virgil township Kane county. The utility will also operate a public utility business in the village after being granted rights by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
London, April 19. The Duchess of Leinster avoided prison after conviction for attempted death by own action. Sentence postponed two years and placed under court custody with prohibition on further self harm. She was found suffering from gas poisoning following a quarrel with Stanley Williams, a 26 year old cook, with whom she had lived. She remains separated from her husband, the Premier Duke of Ireland.
Washington observers weigh President Hoover’s stance after a year studying Prohibition. George W. Wickersham signals possible modifications to obtain maximum abstinence, while Stayton leaks a view that Hoover may doubt enforcement. Debate centers on altering the Eighteenth Amendment or federal laws.
Announcement by manager Dale Leifheit states the De Kalb Egyptian theatre will operate as a unit under Metropolitan Entertainment starting Easter Sunday. The lease was bought by De Kalb Egyptian Theatre, Inc and sold to a Katzman-led Chicago organization. New policy aims include talking pictures from major studios and a lineup headlined by The Vagabond King with Dennis King.
William J. Little, a census taker, endured hunger and thirst while enumerating 198 people across 400 miles of desert. He was found near Death Valley after water ran out and his truck failed. He recalled an old mine with a spring that later proved dry, and after walking 26 miles to another spring, collapsed in a lake bed.
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