Perils for World Trip Graf Zeppelin Prepares for Flight
Lakehurst New Jersey August reports say refueling and lifting gas provisioning for the Graf Zeppelin proceed despite forecasts of wind delays. Dr Hugo Eckener warns Siberian tundra and sparse maps pose dangers while radio stations and surface ships aid navigation for the planned midnight departure on the eastward round the world flight.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Friedrichshafen
U.P
Graf Zeppelin
New Jersey
Hugo Eckener
Divicible
Eckener
Siberian
Tokio
Asia
Detroit Prohibition Agent Feared Drowned After Cabin Cruiser Encounter
Detroit Engineer John M Heath claims he swam to his Maxine after a struggle with Prohibition Agent George Sundland who, without showing a badge, boarded the Heath cabin. Customs official Walter Petty cites affidavits from fishermen supporting Sundland’s disappearance in the Detroit River. Heath says Sundland entered the cabin uninvited and a struggle over Sundland’s badge led to a chaotic scene. Sundland reportedly disappeared while the Maxine was later sailed away.
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Detroit
Michigan
U.P
John M. Heath
George Sundland
New York City
Heath
Max Finkleston
Sundland
Maxine
Walter S. Petty
Petty
Customs Border Patrol
Milton Larsen
Sundiland
Hit and Run Crash Near Rochelle Injures Omahan
A search continues for the driver of a car that forced Mrs. J. T. McDonald and her secretary Miss Vera Brek off the road a few miles west of Rochelle. McDonald of Omaha is severely injured with a compound arm fracture a broken leg and internal injuries and is hospitalized at Rochelle.
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J. Tl. McDonald
Omaha
Neb
Rochelle
McDonald
Vera Brek
Rochelle Hospital
City Launches Open Drive To Clean Up Homes
Mayor J B Lindstrom appoints a safety focused cleanup week for August 11 to inspect homes and vacant lots. Residents are urged to remove rubbish and ensure furnaces chimneys and plumbing are sound. utility checks will be offered by Fire Chief Mike McEvoy and Public Works Chief H B Goodison.
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Lindstrom
J. B. Lindstrom
Mike McEvoy
Public Works
Goodison
Winningers Erect Theatre In Home Town
Frank Winninger and his five brothers, longtime leaders in American theatre, have built a theatre on his home lot in Schofield Wisconsin. The Winninger stock players, known for decades of touring, will maintain road work but establish Schofield as their central station.
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Frank ‘Winninger
Winninger
Schofield
Wis
Frank
Reparations talks open at The Hague with British objections
The six creditor powers convene to resolve postwar reparations questions. British Chancellor Snowden presses to raise Britain’s share beyond the Young plan while France and Germany urge goodwill and a broader political framework. Briand and Stresemann urge cooperation and a unified economic future.
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Hague
Holland
U.R
Great Britain
Owen D. Young
Germany
Paris
Philip Snowden
Britain
Snowden
Maurice Hankey
Henri Jasper
Belgium
Gustav Stresemann
Allemagne
Stresemann
DeKalb Autoists to Pay Big Share of County Tax
DeKalb motorists within the city limits contribute to the state gasoline tax fund an estimated 52 000 annually with about 17 333 going back to the county for road improvements. Based on 6 000 county cars, the year’s total tax is 156 000 with 52 000 returned to the county.
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DeKalb
G. N. Blackman
Illinois
Tong War Spreads Across Cities In Three Day Crisis
Reports from New York Boston and Chicago recount renewed Tong conflict with killings in Chinatown districts. Chin Lee in New York and Yee Wah in Boston were slain as police and federal officials warned feuding Tong factions to end the violence.
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New York
United States
Charles Huggartie
Chin Lee
Samuel
Young
Tuttle
Desire Large Attendance At Band Concert
Freeport Concert Band directed by Charles Wilcox presents a concert this evening at Huntley Park replacing the DeKalb band. After a strong turnout for the DeKalb visit earlier in the week, organizers urge broad city attendance and ask guardians to keep children away from the band stand.
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Freeport
Charles Wilcox
DeKalb
Huntley Park
Mrs Kennedy Granted Divorce From P E Kennedy
Mrs Kennedy was granted a divorce from P E Kennedy by Judge H W McEwen of the city court late last week. The ruling concludes the divorce proceedings in the local court.
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Sarah Kennedy
P. E. Kennedy
H. W. McEwen
DeKalb Theatre Roof and Interior Construction Under Way
Material for warming the roof arrived in the city as workers prepare to start building the roof next Monday morning. Interior work will follow with plastering supervised by a Rockford firm. Concrete pouring for the balcony and main floor will begin soon, with Guldbeck and Eckstrom handling the balcony contract and mobilizing a large crew.
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DeKalb Theatre
Rockford
Guldbeck & Eckstrom
Stolen Tire Recovered By Police Chief Rowe
A tire stolen last week from Sawyer & Sons garage was recovered Saturday evening by Police Chief C. F. Rowe. It was found on the car of a DeKalb youth who confessed to the theft after Rowe located the vehicle at the boy’s home. The tire had been sold to Harley Self, who was overseeing highway repair nearby, and was left near the garage door before its disappearance.
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Sawyer & Sons
C. 5. Rowe
Chief Rowe
DeKalb
Harley Self
Car From Java Passes Through DeKalb Sunday
A foreign Lancia automobile caused talk in DeKalb as Mr and Mrs W P C Hop drove through en route from Java to the Hague to take up residence. The Italian car with right hand drive stands over four feet tall and features a four cylinder motor capable of 90 mph.
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United States
DeKalb
Lancia
W. P. C. Hop
Java
Hague
Holland
Ballast Cars Added to Chicago & North Western Line
A number of large ballast cars with improved design have been added to the Chicago & North Western line. The new cars include labor saving features and a system that allows reloading or unloading from either side or at the center.
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Chicago & North Western
Illinois Weather: Cloudy Tonight With Showers and Thunderstorms
Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with showers and storms in the extreme northwest. Temperatures rise slightly tonight in the extreme south portion.
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Illinois
Floods Do Great Harm Across Riverfront and Dams Fail
A four hour rainfall raised the Mis ote river two feet causing basements flooding and auto washouts along the water front. Tracks at the depot were under six inches of water but train service continued. Lightning and thunder disabled radios and telephones. residents called it the worst electrical storm in city history. Nearby Littlefield dam near Las Vegas failed after a cloudburst, drowning livestock and forcing evacuations. three deaths were reported in California and Nevada, including a freight train washout near Baker California and a drowning near Milan California.
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Quincy
Misote
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Burlington Station
Las Vegas
Littlefield Dam
Arizona
Bunkerville
Los Angeles
California
Nevada
J. Quinn
Tonopah and Tidewater
Baker
Calif
Milan
Centro
Little Boy Hurt After Fall From Auto
Nine year old William Lewis son of Mr and Mrs Fred Lewis was injured Sunday afternoon when he fell from the rear bumper of a moving car on Gurler street en route to the Viking picnic at Pershing park. He struck his head on cement pavement and was unconscious at first. He was taken to Glidden Memorial hospital where doctors reported his scalp wound severe but improved later today.
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William Lewis
Fred Lewis
Gurler Street
Pershing Park
Glidden Memorial Hospital
Peace tips futile in tense Moscow dispatch
A U P report says the United States seeks an international crash commission to study the Russia China dispute and assign responsibility for the Nanking seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railway. Stimson reportedly proposes a foreign manager for the railway with broad powers to protect all parties. Soviet officials reportedly view such intervention as anti Soviet. Meanwhile China fails to advance talks with Soviet envoy Melnikoff in Manchuria en route to Moscow.
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Moscow
U.P
United States
Russia
China
Henry L. Stimson
Great Britain
Japan
Germany
Italy
France
Nanking
Chinese Eastern Railway
Stimson
Weather Man Is Generous With Favors
Dekalb County official weatherman James E. Richardson reports a mild month with 20 ideal outdoor days in 31. Highs reached 93 on the 23rd, rainfall totaled 4.31 inches, with ten days of precipitation and only one electrical storm noted.
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James E. Richardson
Dekalb County
Reese couple to Wisconsin lake trip for fishing
Mr and Mrs J W Reese of Locust Street departed yesterday for a lake in Wisconsin. They plan to spend the next week or ten days there while Mr Reese expects to do considerable fishing during his absence from the city.
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Wisconsin
J. W. Reese
Locust Street
Traveloquist recalls a spring trip to Washington D C
An editors note chronicles a April journey to the national capital with stops in Pittsburgh and Harpers Ferry. The author describes steel mills and Allegheny scenery, noting a memorable convergence of three states and two rivers near Harpers Ferry. The trip aims at paying regards to Calvin Coolidge and the Washington scene.
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Pittsburgh
Alleghany
Harpers Ferry
Lawyers Reach Near Settlement Over Route 71 Injunction
Prospects slim for hearing on injunction against Route 71 work near Waterman Library as parties discuss settling without trial. State officials and Waterman residents named in the suit may drop action if a peaceful resolution is reached, with discussions centering on rerouting the highway or moving the library project.
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Lane
Shabbana
Department of Public Works
Stevens Brothers
Waterman Public Library
Tai
Latham Castle
Kanea
Castle
Waterman Peake
Oecar Carlet
Oecar
Hinckley
Benjamin Alford
L. Carlson
Waterman
The
Library Board
Roy W. Woods
Harriett P. Brainerd
Carrie Fuller
Ida Kirkpatrick
David F. Hipple
More Fraud Is Claimed in Chicago Diploma Mill
Chicago August 6 A diploma mill alleged to forge graduates certificates of reputable medical schools is being investigated in a probe into fake physicians and dentists licenses. A confession from Jacob Crane, former owner of a Springfield printing plant, may involve several Chicago printing and engraving concerns. State investigator Patrick Roche disclosed indictments of W H H Miller and eight others on conspiracy charges. The disclosures followed a tip from the wife of an onetime dupe who paid 3500 for a license and 5000 for a bogus diploma. The accused contends he never practiced. See page 6.
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Chicago
Finois
Jacob Crane
Springfield
Tor New
Patrick, Roche
W. H. H. Mitler
State Board of Registration and Education
Jarrest
Uipster
Senator Browski
Harry Goldstein
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van Blokland
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Bernard Thompson
San Francisco
Cleveland
Ohio
St. Louis
Boston
Yee Wah
Tony
Shing Hing
United States Immigration Service
Willie Lee
Ching Bing
Ching
Kay Leon Wong
Wong
On Leong
National Capitol
Washington, D.C
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Washington
Washington, D. C
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