Vikings Gather for Pershing Park Picnic Drama
Vikings arriving for the drill team association picnic at Pershing park anticipate four to five thousand visitors tomorrow. A parade led by DeKalb and Rockford bands starts at 5:10 PM with Viking marchers and lodge members in autos. A drum of activities includes an Odd Fellows hall gathering, Viking drill, a dance, ball game vs East End Boosters, and talks by Senator Carlson and J A Linden, amid park flooding and civic backing from the Chamber of Commerce.
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Drill Team Association
Pershing Park
DeKalb Lodge
DeKalb
Rockford
Viking Hall
Lincoln Highway
First Street
Locust
Seventh Street
Liberty Park
J. B. Lindstrom
DeEstin L. Passey
John Swanson
Batavia
Sigfrid Farchayemeens
Lady Vikings
Bhe Sims
Viking
East End
Martin Carlson
Moline
J. A. Linden
Fox River Valley
Chamber of Commerce
Tariff Maker 2 Explains Act at Hoover Camp
Senate Finance Chairman Reed Smoot carried his revised tariff bill to the Hoover White House Rapidan camp for the weekend. They discussed mainly Smoots sliding sugar scale which hinges on Cuban sugar prices and New York refined sugar costs. The scale links a base 1.76 cents per pound to market swings, potentially ranging up to 3 cents.
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Washington
W.P
Reed Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Hoover
Rapidan
Smoot
White House
Mr. Hoover
New York
Claim Car Was Crowded From The Pavement
Two Freeport women riding in a Dodge sedan claim another auto crowded them off the pavement late yesterday afternoon. The mishap occurred about 5 30 on the West Lincoln highway near De Kalb. The car went off the cement struck a culvert and went through a fence into a field. The front wheels and axle were damaged and the women escaped injury.
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Freeport
Lincoln
de Kalb
Woman Fails In Attempt To Forge Checks In Cortland
A Cortland woman attempted to cash forged checks and briefly succeeded with two payments before refunding the money. Chief C. S. Rowe investigated, learned she and her mother bought railroad tickets to Indiana, and after a 20 minute search found her barricaded at the depot waiting for the eastbound train. She explained the mistake and returned the cash from the two checks before leaving for Indiana.
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Cortland
C. S. Rowe
Indiana
Prince of Wales visits world Boy Scouts jamboree
Report from Birkenhead England describes the Prince of Wales visiting the world jamboree as sea scout displays captivate 50 000 attendees at Hoylake and West Kirby highlights include the national sea scout flagship hiessy and the St Joseph Missouri region flagship Saint Joseph leaders and royal guests attend amid pageants and water sports with plans for Prince George to join delayed by unspecified reason.
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Arrow Park
Birkenhead
Eng
Aus
U.P
Arrowe Tark
King Neptune
Prince George of
England
Sea Scout Organization
New School Superintendent Arrives in City
Family of Frank W. Phillips arrives in this city to assume duties as superintendent of schools and head of the teacher training department at the State Teachers College. The Phillips relocate from Freeport and will reside on Augusta Avenue, moving into the former J. C. Brown residence. Phillips will begin his new duties shortly.
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Frank W. Phillips
Augusta Avenue
J. C. Brown
Phillips
Freeport
State
Teachers College
Early Delivery Possible If The Chronicle Carrier Plan
Subscribing city route customers may cooperate with their carrier boy for earlier delivery. The Chronicle’s press rush brings many carrier boys eager to start routes daily. The carrier who pays his paper bill first on Saturday becomes first in line for papers next week. Pay your carrier promptly at the end of each week.
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Chronicle
Fire Chief Eyes Rural DeKalb Fire Truck Plan
Fire Chief Michael McEvoy plans interviews with farmers within six miles of DeKalb to explain a proposed rural fire truck. Sixty-plus farms must subscribe at 50 dollars each, with city funding covering upkeep and Cortland potential participation. The American LaFrance unit, 90 horsepower with 50 gallon per minute pump and 150 psi booster, could arrive in about 60 days for fall service.
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Michael McEvoy
DeKalb
Cortland
la France
McEvoy
County Roads Under Heavy Workload Across Region
DeKalb county crews are accelerating graveling and grading on major road projects due for completion this year. Work stretches from Shabbona north to the Milan area and to the Lincoln Highway, with 125 cars of gravel slated for a four mile segment. A separate contract involves gravel from a nearby pit for traffic to the state aid road east of Milan church. Grading runs north from Annie Glidden corners toward the county line, using Mayfield Town hall area as a base.
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DeKalb County
Shabbana
Malta
Milan
Milan Church
Annie Glidden Corners
Mayfield Town Hall
DeKalb Legion Plans Two Day Air Show at Airport
The DeKalb Post of the American Legion, with BeHKalh County Airports, plans an August 17 and 18 aviation carnival. Army planes from the dedication, and navy planes, may attend for a day. a T-2 balloon might visit from Bele ville Illinois. Parachute jumps, vaudeville, dancing, plane rides, and aerial fireworks are planned. crests from supporting firms will be displayed.
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DeKalb
American Legion
Behkalh
Army
Buckbee
Beleville
Hil
Fied
Corn Pack to Start at DeKalb Plant Next Week
The DeKalb plant of Mid-west Canneries Inc will begin packing sweet corn next Thursday. Superintendent Beck is in Rochelle on business, so the report could not be verified. The pea crop was packed a week ago and machinery is being adjusted for corn.
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DeKalb
Mid-west Canneries, Inc
Beck
Rochelle
Holt Trial Returns in Legal Suit Over Foreclosure
In Waukegan Illinois on August 3 40 Clara Harey her husband Albert and stepfather Arthur Holt all of Chicago were acquitted four years earlier of Mrs Lillie Holt murder and now face renewed coverage as the Roselle State Bank seeks to foreclose a $2500 note on the Fox cottages property tied to Mrs Holt.
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Waukegan
Clara Harey
Albert
Arthur Holt
Chicago
Lillie Holt
Arthur
Clara
Roselle State Bank of
Roselle
Fox Foxes
Mra Holt
Mail Planes Late From Chicago Amid Poor Weather
Poor flying conditions delayed all westbound mail planes from Chicago and caused eastbound planes to fly far south of DeKalb, obscuring schedules. J. G. Murray diverted to DeKalb airport due to low weather between DeKalb and Aurora, remained grounded until 1 20 PM, after departing Omaha at 1 AM. His Boeing later resumed to Chicago. Cedar Rapids runway mud trapped his plane for over an hour.
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Chicago
DeKalb
J. G. Murray
DeKalb To
Aurora
Murray
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Rail Traffic Delayed As Midwest Storm Bursts
Chicago reports 3.5 inches of rain as torrential downpours wash out tracks across Iowa and nearby states. Trains delayed from 3 to 20 hours, many lines reentering service, while farmers lament losses from flooded fields and washed away oats and machinery.
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Chicago
U.P
Middle West
Towa
Iowa
Services For John Lundberg Sunday Funeral
Funeral services for John Lundberg, veteran DeKalb businessman, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from the Methodist church conducted by Rev. J Spencer. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery with Knights of Pythias in charge at the grave. Lundberg was a charter member of the order and his home will be open to friends from 12:30 to 1:30 tomorrow afternoon. The body will lie in state at the church from 1:30 until the service.
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John Lundberg
DeKalb
Glidden Memorial Hospital
Methodist Church
J. Spencer
Fairview
Knights of Pythias
Lundberg
Order
Wreck in Armonk NY Under Coroner Inquiry
An Armonk New York airplane crash that killed three men is under investigation by Greenwich coroner Dr. John A. Clarke. Eyewitnesses said one wing collapsed during a loop maneuver. The deceased are J. L. Cagnani 27 New York pilot Francis B. Gundry 23 Cleveland and Ambrose Menell 23 London Conn.
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Greenwich
Conn
Armonk
N. Y
John A. Clarke
J. L. Cagnani
New York
Francis B. Gundry
Z. Cleveland
Ambrose Menell
London
Prisoners Given Food After Leavenworth Riot
Leavenworth Kansas August 3 1940 Peace returned to the battle scarred federal penitentiary after a 36 hour inmate uprising. Prisoners confined to cells since Thursday were given meals and water was piped into cell houses. One convict was killed three seriously injured and about 20 hit by buckshot in the riot attributed to severe overcrowding. Warden White cited congestion in housing 23 770 inmates in a facility for 2000 as a key unrest factor.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary
Austin H. MacCormick
Federal Penitentiaries
Armies Face Each Other as Manchuria Tense Situation
In Manchuria on Aug 3, Russian and Chinese forces remained entrenched along the border with little activity beyond Soviet air maneuvers. Manchhull’s population fled inward, while tens of thousands of Chineses Eastern railway status looms. Russia insists on return to status quo ante before any direct talks.
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Manchua
Manchuria
W.A
Far East
Russia
China
Red Army
Siberian
Manchhull
Manchuk
Siberia
Moscow
Powell Murder Trial Nears Verdict in Illinois Case
At Menard county court William Powell, wealthy farmer, testified in his murder trial over Albert Wells, a former employee. Closing arguments set, jury decision expected by nightfall. Powell's defense cites unwritten law and alleged Wells Powell relations.
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Wells
Powell
DeKalb Canneries Improves Waste Controls After Sewage Spill
Officials at Mid-West Canneries DeKalb plant report new measures to prevent corn stalk and pea wastes from polluting the Kishwaukee. A recent spill prompted installation of a piping system, a mixing pit, a centrifuge pump and seepage beds, with plans to relocate corn stacks and tighten controls. Production will slow if overflow threats recur.
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Sanitary Board
Beck
Chicago Man In Hospital After Mishap
E A Cleeton of Chicago enroute to Fulton was cut and bruised when his Dodge sedan left the pavement near Cortland. The car overturned after a sharp turn and Cleeton was taken to Glidden Memorial hospital for treatment. He was expected to be released the next day.
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E. A. Cleeton
Chicago
Fulton
Cortland
Cleeton
Glicden Memorial Hospital
Creeton
Glidden Hospital
Locusts Reported in City Amid Curious Police Find
Locusts appeared in the city with the seventeen year brood spotted near College Avenue. Chief of Police C S Rowe found one at his home yesterday and brought it to the station. The sight has attracted attention though officials do not fear a full invasion and consider the insect for possible use as fish bait.
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College Avenue
C. S. Rowe
Graf Zeppelin Progresses Toward U S Coast From Azores
A U P dispatch notes the Graf Zeppelin was about 150 miles south of Flores Island Azores at noon Azores time and then 500 miles southwest of Fayal while 2 015 southeast of Lakehurst. Reports say she averages around 49 50 mph with slow, steady progress toward the American coast.
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Tanta Delgada
Azores
U.P
Flores Island
Flores
Frocus Islands
Lnitude
New York
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
S. Scythia
Fayal
America
M. J
Graf Zeppelin
United States
mid-Atlantic
Friendrichshafen
Washington
Navy
Mackay Radio & Telegraph Company
United Press
Graf
Artington
Pico
Weather Illinois Outlook for Aug 6–10 1929
Mostly fair tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions tonight. A slow moving disturbance from Friday morning lies north of Lake Huron with showers and thunderstorms extending across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Temperature falls observed in the northern Great Plains. elsewhere above normal except the northeast. Outlook covers upper Mississippi, lower Missouri valleys, northern and central Great Plains with possible showers near the end of the period.
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Lake Huron
Middle West
Great Lakes Region
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountain Region
Pacific Northwest
Great Plains
Mississippi
Missouri
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SEA Scouts
Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Wilbur B. Huston
Fort Madison
Wash
Huston
Legion
Holt
President
Uri—Press
Kishwaukee
DeKalb Sanitary District
Sanitary District Board
Bermuda
Cadiz
Norfolk
Illinois
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