Graf Zeppelin delays flight to the United States
Graf Zeppelin faces postponement due to adverse winds en route to Los Angeles. Captain Von Schiller denies Honolulu route plans as Commander Eckener awaits improved weather. All passengers aboard. repairs to rear gondola completed and winds hoped to ease before takeoff from Tokio.
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Tokio
U.R
Hugo Eckener
Graf Zeppelin
United States
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Masumigaura
Japan
von Schiller
United Press
Hawaiian
U.P
Japanese Navy Department
Pacific
Sendai
Senate meeting lasts one minute in brief session
Washington Aug 22 the senate met for one minute and adjourned to next Monday under a gentleman's agreement delaying business until September 4 Only 11 senators attended Vice President Curtis recognized Republican Leader Watson who moved for adjournment and the session ended shortly afterward
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Washington
U.R
Senate
Curtis
Repu
Watson
Nations offer modified Young plan to Britain in Hague
In The Hague a four power proposal by France Italy Belgium and Japan largely meets Britain's demands to modify the Young plan. Germany faces a larger contingent of unconditional annuities and potential shifts in reparations terms. The Big Six give until Saturday for an agreement and consider relocating the conference to Geneva or Veveys.
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Hague
France
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Great Britain
Germany
Four Powers
Ger
Britain
Rhineland
England
Geneva
Montreaux
Switzerland
Eviantes-Bains
Lake Geneva
Glacier Park Forest Fire Threat Near Belton
In Montana, August 22, all available locals rushed to Ceiton near Glacier National Park to halt a 200 yard front forest fire. Belton residents were evacuated by a Great Northern train as winds shifted. By daybreak flames slowed and were brought under control with many fighters. no buildings burned.
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Glacier Park
Kalispell
Mont
Ceiton
Glacier National Park
Belton
Great Northern
Earhart Flying Fast In Female Air Derby Report
Pecos and Midland reports track the women’s on to Cleveland derby with Amelia Earhart setting a speed record El Paso to Midland. Ruth Nichols leads mid race while Florence Barnes avoids injury after a crash and Blanche Noyes extinguishes mid air fire amid gear damage.
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Pecos
Tex
Florence Barnes
San Marino
Calif
el Paso
Barnes
Midland
U.P
Cleveland
Ruth Nichols
Abilene
Ft. Worth
Miss Nichols
Edy Foltz
Portland
Maine
Gladys O'Donnell
Long
Blanche Noyes
Miss Noyes
Amelia Earhart
New York
Louise Thaden
Pittsburgh
Thaden
Miss Earhart
Santa Monica
Long Beach
Cal
Illinois Weather Forecast Fair Tonight With Thunderstorms
The forecast for Illinois calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Friday, with likely thunderstorms this afternoon or tonight in central and southern areas. Cooler temperatures are expected tonight in the north and in the central regions on Friday.
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Illinois
DeKalb Sanitary District to Take Over Sewers by 1930
The DeKalb sanitary district plans to assume maintenance of all city sewers by April 1 1930. Trustees and the sewer and drain committee agreed last evening after months of discussion. A follow up meeting will decide if earlier takeover is possible and a report will go to the city council.
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DeKath
Sanitary District
DeAustin L. Pasley
DeKalb
Sanitary Board
Rally Closes Knights of Columbus Meet in Milwaukee
A Holy Name rally will close the 47th Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention in Milwaukee. About 30,000 Catholic laymen and hierarchy members are expected at Marquette University stadium for the closing ritual. Pilgrims from surrounding states join in this large ceremonial finale with priests in frocks, nuns in gowns, and candles for vivid color.
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Knights
Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
Marinette University Stadium
Reformatory at Pontiac to get building expansion
Pontiac Aug 22 The Illinois state reformatory began expansion with ground breaking for a cell house and department buildings. The project costs about 300000 and is to be built by prison labor under civilian supervision. The cell house will measure 58 by 360 feet with 400 cells for 800 inmates. A new office building will house receiving and discharging Bertillon and school rooms.
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Pontiac
Portiac
Illinois State Reformatory
Exhaust Another Venire In Kentucky Rape Case
Monticello Kentucky August 22 another venire exhausted to select a jury to try Blueford Abbott 24 on charges of criminally assaulting Ruby Taylor 19 a country school teacher Eleven jurors had been tentatively seated when a fourth venire was summoned.
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Kentucky
Monticello
O.R
Blueford
Abbott
Ruby Taylor
Crystal Gazer Swindle Drains Farmer’s Bank Roll
Peora Illinois August 22 Northwestern News reports Howard Moor of Elmwood a farmer duped by a crystal gazer “S H Miller” who promised buried Civil War treasure. After six seances Moor handed over 175 dollars in trust for 200 dollars needed to reach the treasure while the gazer took 25 percent. Moor later found the sack contained only newspaper. A warrant was issued for the alleged swindler Milatter.
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Peora
Ill
U.R
Howard Moor
Elmwood
Bey
S. H. Miller
Moon
South
Moor
Millatter
Crack pilots of England's Cup team at Cowes race
Lieutenant D D Arcy Grieg, holder of the highest official seaplane speed record 319.5 miles an hour, is a member of Britain’s Schneider Cup team and is expected to pilot one of the new racing ships at the international contest at Cowes early in September.
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D. D'Arcy Grieg
Cowes
England
Britain
R. L. R. Atcherley
Isht
Calshot
Atcherley
Mary McCormick Dies Pioneer Resident At 66
Mary McCormick aged 66 died at 8 30 PM at 418 South Fifth Street after two strokes in three weeks. Born on Navy 3 1863 in Shabbona township she lived in the community all her life except 1918 onward in this city with brother Henry. Survived by two brothers Henry and Thomas and sister Mrs Catherine Finnan of Des Moines Ia and eight nieces and nephews. funeral at 9:00 AM Saturday from St Marys Church with Father J A Solon officiating. Burial in Lee cemetery.
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Mary McCormick
South Fifth Street
Miss McCormick
Shabbona Township
Henry McCormick
McCormick
Navy
Patrick
Henry
Thomas
Catherine Finnan
Des Moines
Eva Finnan
Eugene Thomas
John
William Minnihan
William McCormick
Oak Park
Robert F
John McCormick
Mary Staves
Dan
Roberts McCormick
James Minnihan
St. Mary's Church
J. A. Solon
Lee
Pantages To Enter Pleas On Assault Charges
Los Angeles August 22. Alexander Pantages sportsman and theater figure will appear in court to enter pleas of not guilty to two counts of assault on Eunice Pringle a 17 year old dancer who sought to book her act on his vaudeville circuit. The court will set a trial date after pleas are entered.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Alexander Pantages
Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Pease Seiten
Body of Young Girl Found Near Kenosha Identified
The decomposed body of 22 year old Mary Kreziewski was found in a roadside ditch near Kenosha, Wis. She disappeared a month ago after leaving home with an escort to attend a dance at Racine. Police pursued the escort for questioning while the death is considered possibly murder or accidental.
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Kenosha
Wis
Mary Kreziewski
Mattress
Mary
Racine
DeKalb Man Moves to Chicago Firm as Auditor
Thomas Sargent of DeKalb resigns after fifteen years with DeKalb Ogle Telephone and becomes traveling auditor for Community Telephone Company of Chicago which controls over 135000 telephones in five Midwest states. B A Peterson of DeKalb to replace Sargent as Sycamore accountant and manager and Charlies Hopkins promoted to manager of the DeKalb office.
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Thomas Sargent
DeKalb
DeKalb-Ogle Telephone Company
Community Telephone Company of
Chicago
Sargent
Sycamore
B. A. Peterson
Peterson
DeKalb Exchange
Charlies Hopkins
Truck Blamed In Lincoln Highway Mishap East of Maple Park
Rocco Caringel la, driver for Nick Santucci of Niles Center on a sanitary sewer contract, faced blame for a mishap on the Lincoln highway one mile east of Maple Park last evening. His truck, stuck on the pavement after tire trouble, stood near two and a half feet of roadway. Leo Norton of Belvidere stopped behind it. Willis Ford of Wheaton then collided with Norton's car. Both automobiles suffered damage in the 7:30 p.m. incident.
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Here
Rocco Caringella
Nick Santucci
Niles Center
Lincoln Highway
Maple Park
Leo Norton
Belvidere
Willis Ford
Wheaton
Norton
Guards Watch Racing Planes In Portland Derby
Guards maintained continuous watch over planes at Swan Island Airport Portland on August 22 ahead of tomorrow's Portland Cleveland air derby for 200 horsepower planes. Nine of ten entered aircraft were present as airport superintendent C Q Loovas ordered guards to deny access to any planes.
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Portland
Swan Island
Ore
Murder Casts Shadow On San Francisco Farce
Tragedy and comedy mixed as easy for Zee Zee continued in San Francisco while police probed the murder of leading man Robert Chapman 22. Playwright Allan Hoffman identified two mystery men. Chapman’s body was found in an apartment shaft with his fingerprints on a window sill. Hoffman was released after questioning.
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San Francisco
Calif
U.P
Zee Zee
Robert Chapman
Chapman
Florence Bell
Allan Hoffman
Hoffman
Springfield to Welcome Derby Flyers
Springfield Ohio will host a stopover for cross country air derby participants from Oakland to Cleveland. The party of aviators, landing about 11 30 am at Commercial Airport, plans to depart for Fort Wayne after a brief visit, continuing a 250 mile leg. The flight begins Sunday morning in Oakland.
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Springfield
United States
Oakland
Calif
Cleveland
Omaha
Neb
Fort Wayne
Ind
Reds Again Cross Line Amid Far East War Tension
Aug 22 dispatch describes Russo Chinese war fears as gas and munition salesmen approach Chinese legation in Nanking. Northward Chinese troop movements from Mukden and Kwan regions, along with Soviet detachments using tanks, escalate clashes near the Chinese Eastern railway. Arrests of Soviet agents linked to recent dynamiting of westbound trains continue. Mukden officials accuse Japan of aiding Russia in the dispute.
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Washington
U.R
Nanking
China
Ministry of War
Peiping
Mukdensamy
K Wai
Changchun
Orjaanchea
Manchuk
Dairen
Mukden
Japan
Russia
Harry Warner Chosen State Chief of Elks
Harry Warner of Dixon was elected president of the Illinois Elks association at a convention in East St. Louis. He ran unopposed after Hugo Weyreuch of Sterling withdrew, and Warner has long led Elks groups in Illinois. He has served as exalted ruler and held multiple offices in Dixon Lodge and is president of Dixon Water Co. and director of City National Bank of Dixon.
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Harry Warner
Elks
Dixon Water Company
City National Bank of
Dixon
Laziest Bandit Goes To Sleep During Holdup
A supposed robber Chester Kopiski entered a DuPage county hot dog stand with 35 patrons and three waiters. He announced the robbery then fell asleep on a daybed, muttering yawns about being sleepy. Victims stood with raised hands as police were summoned.
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Laziest Bandit
Chicago
Chester Kopiski
DuPage County
Bo. Germins
Tragic Runaway Injury Ends In DeKalb
Abraham Weaver, 45, fatally injured when a horse being led by a hired worker plunged into an automobile driven by Hugh McKenzie of Winnetka on West Lincoln Highway four miles west of the city. Weaver died at St Marys Hospital within an hour. An inquest opened by Coroner Dr. Culver was continued. McKenzie testified he was driving about 35 miles per hour with headlights on as the horse and man stood near the pavement. The incident was deemed unavoidable and McKenzie was not detained.
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Hugh McKenzie
Winnetka
Abraham Weaver
Lincoln
Weaver
St. Mary's Hospital
Wirtz & Wirtz
R. P. Culver
McKenzie
Robert MccKenzie
DeKalb
Malta
Charles Wallis
Wallis
Bomb blasts store on State Street in Chicago
A bomb wrecked the front of a South State Street auto accessories shop in Chicago injuring no one. The Warshawsky shop owner, linked to city official Morris Eller, suspects no motive. Police recall a prior jewelry robbery involving Warshawsky, hinting at possible retaliation.
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Chicago
URI
South State Street
Tereal Warshawsky
Morris Eller
Twentieth” Ward
State Street
Warshawsky
Theodore
Fischer
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Earhart
Sanitary District Board
Crystal Gazer
Calshot Aerodome
Crack Pilots
Mary M’cormick
Shabbona
California
Derby Flyers
REDS
Manchuria
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