Still Hunt for Flyers in Great Lakes Search
Chicago Aug 15 A fierce search by land water and air for three missing aviators Norris Gathercoal Earl Banker and Eugene Coutellier continued after a week long gap. Their families and coast guard crews report no trace on the Great Lakes as efforts resume with a motor boat airplane and two autos.
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Walted Press
Chicago
Fiers
Norrishercoal
Earl P. Banker
Eugene Coutellier
Guathercoal
Kk. M. Gutherco
Coast Guard
Regiar Lake
Great Lakes
Gathercoal
Kelly Field
Miss Gustafson Wins Prize in Kishwaukee Golf
Miss Gustafson, third player for Kishwaukee, won a prize in the Northern Winners Southern Wisconsin women’s golf tournament at Kishwaukee club. She was low bogey and received a half dozen cut glass sherbets, aiding DeKalb in securing the team championship. The error left her name out of yesterday’s winners.
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Chronicle
Mable Gustafson
Kishwaukee
Wisconsin
Wo- Golf Association
Thurs
Miss Gustafson
DeKalb
Oliver Everett Noted For New High Auto Number Record
Oliver Everett is identified as the last person to report a high auto number. A For vedan number 1-046-264 draws attention, mentioned alongside ame leslie and a Colonial Tumblers shoe event at 8 o clock tonight.
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Oliver Everett
Vedan
Leslie
Phone Company Changes Will Be Over Soon
After more than two years of steady work the DeKalb County Telephone Company expects to finish relocating cables from streets to alleys within a month. The plan shifts lines to alleys to connect subscribers on both sides and improve city appearance by reducing curbside poles.
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DeKalb County ‘Telephone Company
Judging Teams Leave Sunday for Champaign
Two 4 H judging teams from this county depart Sunday under County Farm Advisor Thomas Roberts and club work manager Raymond Nelson for the state fat stock and dairy cattle contest at the University of Illinois in Champaign. The live stock squad includes Glen Butler Malta Leonard Rich DeKalb Fraser Hipple Waterman and Clarence Baie Hinckley. The dairy group features Clifford Erickson Leonard Lanegran and Donald Nelson DeKalb. The top teams will represent the state at the national stock judging contest in October with expenses paid.
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Jidsine
Thomas Roberts
Raymond Nelson
University of Hainois
Glen Butler
Malta
Leonard Rich
DeKalb
Fraser Hipple
Waterman
Clarence
Traffic Sign Bids Due In DeKalb Monday
Bids for five automatic traffic signals for DeKalb are due Monday as officials decide between five center-post signs similar to Geneva or twenty Sto and Go signs for First, Second, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh streets. Rockford already uses the Sto and Go type.
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DeKalb
Geneva
Rockford
Superintendent of Steel Plant Takes Vacation
J F Whit stove superintendent of American Steel and Wire leaves tomorrow morning for a long vacation to fish Wisconsin lakes and golf courses. He plans northern routes with no fixed itinerary and will visit several reputed fishing spots while away.
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Wisconsin
J. F. Whitstove
Amercan Steel & Wire Company
Whitgrave
Condition of Mrs Snyder Not Changed In Typhoid Illness
Friends report little change in the condition of Mrs Elizabeth Snyder who remains very serious with typhoid fever. She is the mother of Mrs Homer McDole and W J Snyder of the city and had been ill since the early part of the week after weeks of declining health.
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Elizabeth Snyder
Attempt to Lynch Fiend for An Assault
Indiana Harbor Indiana Aug 15 A mob of 500 citizens tried to lynch John Allen 47 after four year old OV Bell Crockett identified him as her assailant in the basement of her home Police escorted him to the station and spirited him out a back door presumably for Crown Point The girl was brought to the station and named Allen as the attacker She was bandaged after receiving medical care for injuries from the attack
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Indiana Harbor
Ind
John Allen
OV Bell Crockett
Crown Point
Allen
Vendetta ties Chapman gang to Muncie killings
Gerald Chapman and accomplice Dutch Anderson are linked to the August 15 double murder near Muncie Ind. as police connect Charles Wolfe to the Hance killings. Anderson fled, Wolfe was jailed, and Chapman awaits execution in Connecticut for a Hartford murder.
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United Press
Post- Muncie
Charles
Ben Hance
Gerald Chapma
Yorkséton
Anderson
Muncie
Ind
Gerald Chapman
Pen Yange
Vvness
Hance
Dutch Anderson
George Dutch Anderson
Chapman
Indiana
Atlanta
London Fog Delays Traffic in Local Community
Thick London fog swept the area Friday evening and lingered into Saturday morning. Visibility dropped to about ten feet at six o'clock as motorists faced near impossible driving conditions. The fog, described as the heaviest in years, reduced travel to a near standstill until dawn.
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London
Swedish Services at First Lutheran Church
Members of the First Lutheran congregation are asked to remember that Swedish services will be held tomorrow evening in the church with Rev Walter Pearson of Salem Lutheran of Camore in charge. Pearson is conducting the service in exchange for the service Rev BW Magnusson conducted in Sycamore a short time ago.
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First Lutheran Church
First Lutheran
Walter Pearson
Salem Lutheran Church
Miss Jane Farley Dies Former State College Librarian
Miss Jane Farley, once head of the reading department at the state normal school and later an instructor at the Los Angeles college, died suddenly in Los Angeles. She had been a influential figure, beloved by students and faculty, with a lengthy tenure at the state normal school. Further funeral details were not available at report time.
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State College
Los Angeles
Mix Josephine Jomdell
Cal
Jane BE
Farley
Mies Dhimself
Wight
Mis Rley
Wn Cook
State Normal School
Miss Parley
Department of Reading
Los Angels
Messi
Miss Burley
Los Angels College
Three Typhoid Fever Cases Reported in DeKalb
City Health Officer J. B. Hagey reported three typhoid cases in DeKalb with one other not serious. Current patients include Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder who is serious, and Thomas Skelly and Miss Anna Hanson who are recovering. Four in the same family had smallpox. one member has recovered. Three typhoid suspects are on record at Dr. Hagey’s office.
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City Health
J. BL Hagey
Ace
Elizabeth Snyder
Thome: Skelly
Anna Hanson
Skelly
Miss Hanson
DeKalb
Children Handkerchief Sale At Leslie's Tonight
At Leslie's store tonight at eight o'clock a sale offers children’s handkerchiefs at five for ten cents. Five for ten cent deal featured to shoppers seeking affordable school supplies.
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Leslie’s
Militia Chief Kehoe Under Fire in Kentucky Row
Gov. W. J. Fields ordered an official probe into charges against Brig. Gen. James D. Kehoe Kentucky adju tant general. Brig. Gen. Ellerbe W. Carters filed accusing Kehoe of drunkenness and misconduct with guardsmen. Kehoe commands Camp Knox and oversees 10,400 Indiana and Kentucky National Guards.
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United Dress
Frankford
W. J. Fields
James D. Kehoe
Kentucky
Kehoe
Ellerbe W. Carters
Kentucky Field Brigade
Kelwe
West Point
Camp Knox
Indiana
Widow May Get Senate Place of Ladd Spouse
Washington Aug 15 Agitation grows for nominating Mrs Rizpath Ladd widow of Senator Ladd to succeed her husband Governor Sorlee of North Dakota is said to be near appointing her and she is expected to accept If chosen she would be the first working woman senator Mary Lenton of Georgia briefly sat in a senate seat years ago but did not participate in business
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United Press
Washington
Georgia
Senate
Deputy Slain In Ambuscade In This State
Harrisburg Illinois August 15 United Press reports deputy sheriff Royce Cline was shot and killed in an ambuscade in the swamp section seven miles north of the city. Sheriff Silas Rude accompanied him on a raid targeting suspected liquor violations. The killer is believed to be black.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Ill
Royce Cline
Cline
Silas Rude
Knights to Attend Big Picnic at Batavia
A local Knights of Columbus group plans a big Fox River valley picnic at Roach's Grove east of Batavia tomorrow. A fine program is prepared and the delegation will travel via the Lincoln Highway turning east on Wilson Street and descending the hill.
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Knights of Columbus
Order
Fox River Valley
Roach’s Grove
Batavia
Lincoln Highway
Wilson Street
DeKalb Garden Club to Award Prizes for Flower Show
The DeKalb Garden Club announces a detailed prize list for its upcoming show at the Innovation next Saturday. Entries are free but must be in by 10:30 a.m. August 22 with containers provided by the club and exhibitors growing their own specimens unless specified.
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DeKalb Garden Club
Illinois Weather: Thunder Showers Possible Tonight
A weather note indicates possible local thunder showers tonight or Sunday in Illinois. Temperatures rise tonight with warmer conditions in store.
Congressman Snell Wins First Round in Alienation Suit
Congressman Bertrand H. Snell of Potsdam N Y won the first round in the $400 000 alienation of affections suit brought by his sister in law Edwina B Snell wife of Kimball J Snell Justice Ernest Edgecomb denied Mrs Snell s request to examine the congressman before trial affidavits from both sides argued he failed to file an accounting as executor and allegedly withheld money while amassing a fortune of 3 000 000 from estate funds The suit claimed the demand for accounting led to family estrangement and the break up of the Snell home
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Angressy
Syracuse
N. Y
Bertrand H. Snell
Potsdam
N.Y
Edwina B. Snell
Kimball J. Snell
Ernest Edgecomb
Kimball
Miss McCullen Funeral Held at Maple Park
Services for Miss Josephine McCullen of Maple Park were held at St. Mary’s church at ten o’clock this morning, with interment in St. Mary’s cemetery. She died Thursday at Springbrook sanitarium Aurora just days before her 21st birthday. a longtime Maple Park teacher, she had resigned due to illness.
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Miss McCullen
Josephine McCullen
Maple Park
Springbrook Sanitarium
Aurora
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary’s
Wisconsin Democrats Convene to Name LaFollette Vacancy Candidate
Wisconsin Democrats meet in Milwaukee on August 15 to choose a candidate for the U S Senate seat left by the death of Robert M La Follette. Leaders seek party harmony to reunite factions and rebuild statewide organization amid Republican split. Gov Blaine expected to set a date for a special primary within a week.
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Milwaukee
Democrats of
Wisconsin
United States
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin Partics
Republican Party
John J. Blaine
Bank Bandits Rob Burt National Bank
Eight men robbed the Burt National Bank at Burt on Aug 15, seizing $5,000 in cash and $11,000 in Liberty bonds. They cut wire lines, set a barricade, tied Jim Foster to supervise, opened the safe with two charges, then jailed him in a box car before fleeing in autos.
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United
Eone Burt
Burt National Bank
Jim Foster
Foster
Bell Opens New Restaurant in City After Absence
P. E. Bell, former DeKalb resident and former restaurant owner, opens Bell's restaurant in the city. The business, managed by Bell, offers a menu of dainty repasts and attracts many friends of the former resident. Located in the former Mulis brothers building.
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P. E. Bell
Bell's Restaurant
Bell
DeKalb
Mulis , Brothers
New Bleachers Planned for Sandwich Fair Grounds
Work has begun on a new outfit of bleacher seats for the Sandwich Fair Association plant. Congestion has troubled the management for seasons, and the forthcoming bleachers will provide an outlet. The block will be 40 by 60 seats.
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Sandwich Fair Association
Records Set In Soft Coal Output For Week Ended August 8
The Bureau of Mines announced today that soft coal production reached new highs for the week ending August 8, with records dating back to February 7. Anthracite output edged down slightly amid a looming September 1 walkout threat.
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United Press
Bureau of Mines
Dollar Day Big Event in De Kalb Daily Advertisements
An upcoming Dollar Day in De Kalb promises deep cuts on summer and fall merchandise to clear summer stocks and make new trading friends. Merchants aim to outdo past years with drastic price reductions, while shoppers will scrutinize Monday’s Chronicle ads for bargains ahead of the Wednesday event.
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DeKalb
the Chronicle
Delal
Leave Today On Auto Tour Through West
Mrs. Caroline Branxnn, nurse at the American Steel and Wire Company and conductor of the weekly baby clinic, left this morning for a two week auto trip through the Black Hills of South Dakota and into Yellow Stone park. She travels with her son Earl Franklin, a traveling salesman on his annual vacation. They plan to camp part of the time and to visit Yellow Stone after touring the Black Hills.
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Caroline Branxnn
American Steel and Wire Company
Black Hills
South Dakota
Yellow Stone Park
Earl Franklin
President Coolidge's toothache prompts brief Plymouth trip
President Coolidge suffered a toothache and drove to Woodstock for dental relief. The outing occurred early in the day as he sought treatment from a local dentist. A small classified line notes a two quart aluminum pitcher for 50 cents.
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United Press
Plymouth
Coolidge
Woodstock
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