Graf Safe In Hangar Glorified Arrival At Lakehurst
The Graf Zeppelin arrives at Lakehurst New Jersey under guard after a non stop flight from Friedrichshafen Germany. A stowaway German apprentice Albert Buschkin is ordered deported as an undesirable alien. The dirigible is refueling for a round the world flight and will be moved into the hangar after weather and ground crew manage the winds.
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Gloucester
N. J
Aus
Albert Buschkin
Duesseldorf
Germany
Immigration Board
Buschkin
Lakehurst
Graf
Hueco Eckener
Eckener
Ernst Lehmann
Hans von Schiller
Zeppelin Watch Staff
New York City
Sir George Humbert Wilkins
Widening of College Drive Underway Near State Teachers College
Construction has begun to widen drives around the State Teachers College buildings. The east side brick pavement by the main building has been removed and will be replaced with a broader drive. The front approach and the dormitory access from Normal Road will also be paved. All work must finish before September opening of the fall quarter.
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College Drive
State Teachers College
Normal
Tom Reed Arrested On Drunk Charge
Tom Reed of this city was arrested early yesterday morning on charges of being intoxicated. He was later given a small fine and costs by Police Magistrate J. M. Biatr.
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Tom Reed
J. M. Biatr
Sea Horror at Ostend Claims Dozens In Launch Collision
Ostend Belgium August 5 reports say ten bodies recovered and 12 missing with 29 hospitalized after a collision near the seawall. A 43 foot motor launch Ox CXO 8 carrying 50 to 100 Sunday vacationists struck a foot pleasure boat. both halves sank, with passengers struggling in the water.
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Ostend
Belgium
U.P
Tovay
Repairing Plastering In McMurry Rooms
Workmen at McMurry Training school restore walls and ceilings damaged by falling plaster. Crews tear off deteriorated plaster and replace it to remove a danger to students and improve room appearance.
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McMurry
McMurry Training School
Condition of Local Girl Is Very Serious
Anxiety rises over Miss Louise Claxton after a prolonged swim in the high school pool led to serious illness. Pneumonia set in and she remains in a weakened state with a high fever of 105 to 106 last week. the community sends best wishes for her recovery.
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Louise Claxton
Miss Claxton
Louise
State Legion Commander Tours City During Visit
David Schillinglaw, state commander of the Illinois American Legion, stopped in the city Saturday for a brief visit with friends. He met Julius Silverman, chairman of the state Legion committee on reserve military training camps, and planned to spend the weekend in Oregon at the Lorado Taft cottage, promising a longer stay in the city for Legion purposes.
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David Schillinglaw
Illinois American Legion
Schillinglaw
Julius Silverman
American Legion Committee
Oregon
Lorado Taft
American Legion
Arch Murderer Born in Shabbona Grove Near DeKalb
Jesse H. Pomeroy, born in Shabbona Grove, now 41 years in solitary at Charleston state prison, refused state farm medical care after a brief glimpse of the outside. He previously faced life for murdering and torturing children, and his hunger strike continues as guards deny a return to solitary confinement.
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Jesse H. Pomeroy
Shabbona Grove
Charleston
Massachusetts
Pomeroy
Bridgewater
Emmerson Wields Axe on Illinois Commissions
Governor Louis L. Emmerson moved to reshape state boards naming Major Mariano B. Southwick of Chicago to the boxing commission with others urged for the remaining two posts. Resignations from the Illinois Commerce Commission and the state tax commission were anticipated as part of a broader purge across state agencies.
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Springfield
Pocal
Louis L. Emmerson
Mariano B. Southwick
Chicago
State Boxing Commission
Southwick
Fred McLaughlin
Chicago Blackhawks
Sheldon Clark
Hiinol
Emmerson
Boxing Commission
Commerce Body
Illinois Commerce Commission
Patrick Moynihan
James Clark
Bloomington
J. Paul Kuhn
Batavia
Hal Trovillion
Herrin
Alex J. Johnson
William Smith
Waukegan
Daniel Jackson
State Tax Commission
State Industrial Board
Executive
State House
Kuhn
Clark
Commerce Commission
Act On
Charles Hadley
Wheaton
William Brinkman
Gale Gilbert
Mt. Vernon
Council Meeting Promise of Much Work Ahead
The August city council session will be held tomorrow evening in the council room. Several committees including the ordinance committee and the board of local improvements are expected to report. The meeting is likely to run longer than in recent months due to non routine matters.
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Board of Local Improvements
Open Bids For Paving Evans Avenue Prospect Street
City board of improvements will open bids at 2 oclock tomorrow afternoon at city hall for paving more than 30 blocks in two projects Evans avenue and Prospect street plus widening Lincoln Highway between Third and Fourth streets. Bids were previously rejected to seek lower figures and contracts will be let as soon as possible before week’s end.
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Lincoln Highway
Board of Local Improvements
City Council
Eluctiod
Evans Avenue
Prospect Street
First Group of Scouts Entered Camp Yesterday
The Amerina area Scouts arrived at Camp Rotary MacQueen in Kirkland yesterday afternoon and organized by supper. The 33 Chief Shabbona area Scouts join five from Earlville, with many from nearby towns. They will stay until August 16 when a second large group is expected to arrive. Each Scout traveled independently to the camp.
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Amerina
Rotary MacQueen
Kirkland
Earlville
Sycamore
War Veterans to Kankakee for Annual Reunion
DeKalb veterans of the Third Illinois Volunteer Veterans Association will travel to Kankakee next Monday for the annual reunion. Attending from DeKalb are Captain Thomas Murray Jack Kylen William Duffy William Seeley and Ed Dunn. The city previously hosted the reunion and may do so again in five or six years.
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DeKalb
Kankakee
Illinois Volunteer Veterans Association
Illinois
Thomas Murray
Jack Kylen
William Duffy
William Seeley
Ed Dunn
Week-end Accidents Describe Minor Crashes and Traffic
Week-end traffic was heavy due to a Viking drill team picnic. Two Iowa cars, Charles R. Martin of Belle Plaine and Frank Hyde of Clinton, collided west of the city near a curve being straightened with slight damage. Raymond Dubos of Grove Street collided with a Massachusetts car, causing damaged fenders.
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Viking Drill Team Association
Iowa
Charles R. Martin
Belle Plaine
Frank Hyde
Clinton
Raymond Dubos
Grove Street
Massachusetts
Sugar Gets Limelight in Washington Policy Battle
Washington reports sugar has become the key political issue drawing President Hoover and senators from both parties, lobbyists, and a new Democratic publicity agency. Senator Borah signals a tariff bounty alternative, while public hearings on the Smoot scale are set for Wednesday. Senator Connolly urges Hoover to oppose price fixing.
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Washington
Aus
Hoover
New Democratic Publicity Agency
Shenandoah Valley
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
United States
Borah
Democratic Publicity Bureau
Connolly
Dem
Tex
Mercer Family Heads to Lake Geneva Cottage Vacation
William Mercer and relatives depart for Lake Geneva this morning to spend the week at a cottage with golf as Mr Mercer’s main activity. They are joined by relatives from Centralia and will travel south next week to visit more family across the state.
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William Mercer
Lake Geneva
Mr. Mercer
Centralia
Machinery For Sewage Plant Now Arriving
Equipment to treat sewage at the disposal plant is arriving, hauled to the site built by Union Construction Company. Six buildings form the plant complex with half the concrete poured and about 49 percent completion. The Dorr plant supplied specialty machinery for sewage treatment.
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Union Construction Company
Dorr
Moses chosen to head Republican senatorial campaign
Washington reports Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire was named chairman of the Republican senatorial campaign committee. His high tariff stance may aid some as he seeks to rally funds and connect with industrial and agrarian interests, while complicating votes in agricultural states.
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Washington
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Moses
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
East
Borah
Idaho
Capper
Kansas
Ciuzens
Michigan
McMaster
South Dakota
McNary
Oregon
Norris
Nebraska
Schall
Minnesota
Maxes
Hoover
Dr. Work
Chenette To Direct DeKalb Band On Radio Concert
DeKalb band directed by Ed Chenette will take part in a Chicago WMAQ radio concert with Girard Swanson and Phillip Sargent among the DeKalb members. The All-American high school band training for the Chicago fair will broadcast tomorrow at 7 PM CST for one hour.
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DeKalv Feuupraltis
Chicago
WMAQ
Girard Swanson
Phillip Sargent
Ed Chenette
de Kalb
Ees
Allied Envoys Gather To Split Reparations
London reports that Britain's delegation to the Hague faces a clash over the Young plan. Chancellor Philip Snowden is expected to defend Spa percentages and seek a reconsideration of reparations in kind, arguing any cuts would hit Britain's budget and extend payment duration.
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London
Hague
Great Britain
England
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Philip Snowden
The
Britain
Snowden
Exchequer
Young Plan
Outing Draws Three Thousand Vikings to DeKalb
Forty lodges from Northern Illinois and parts of Indiana gathered for the Viking lodge Staff Association outing in DeKalb. A two day program featured a large parade with 13 drill teams, bands from DeKalb and Rockford, and a Liberty Park program with talks by city and lodge leaders. Senator Martin Carlson of Moline gave the principal address, and the Fox River Male Chorus performed as organizers credited a DeKalb committee for staging success.
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Illinois
Indiana
Viking Lodge
DeKalb
DeKalb Municipal
Rockford Viking
Chicago
Rockford
Highland Park
Evanston
Batavia
Aurora
St. Charles
Liberty Park
Lindstrom
C. A. Anderson
John Swanson
Chicsto
Order
de Pasley
John Linden
Lodge
Pershing Park
DeKalb Viking
East End Roosters
Martin Carlson
Moline
America
United States
George Swanson
Allen J Johnson
Fox River
Jome
Mr. Benson
N. H. Nelson
Andrew Nelson
Charles Quarnstrom
Andrew Hallgren
Carl Johnson
Bernard Johnson
Albert Carlson
Charlies Anderson
Beer Hegberg
Troop Three Excursion To Lake Geneva Brightens Saturday
Troop Three of the DeKalb Boy Scouts toured Lake Geneva on Saturday. DeKalb Independent Company provided transportation. About fifteen boys participated and spent an afternoon swimming and enjoying a roadside lunch. Scoutmaster Adolph Land plus Ed Carsteadt and Peter Seabohim accompanied them.
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DeKalb Boy Scouts
Lake Geneva
DeKalb Indepense Company
Adolph Land
Ed Carsteadt
Peter Sea~hoim
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George O'Brien
Rochelle
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Huntley Park
Charles
Wilcox
Asollows
Spain
Alford
Czardas
Roszika
Roberts
Rose Marie
Friml
Star Spangied
Great Summer Resort
Arch Murderer Was
Frank E. Nicholson
Columbia Broadcasting System
Blow
Nicholson
Columbia
Farm Belt
Chenette
Carisoneo
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