City Offers Work To DeKalb Men For Immediate Projects
DeKalb aldermen authorize two improvement efforts to employ unemployed men. One project funds wages while the other provides wood for stoves as part of park and drainage work. A storm drain from Sycamore Road to Kishwaukee is planned, with sanitary district cost sharing. Hopkins Park clearing and dead tree removal to boost park beauty also planned with supervision by local and state officials. Fifteen workers will start at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, meeting at City Hall.
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DeKalb
Inst Nizsht
Tion
Sycamore Road
Ib Avenue
DeKalb Avenue
Clear Park
Hopkins Park
Sygore Road
Kishwaukee Santry Club
Opkina
da Asleter
William Swinbank
State Teachers’ College
E. G. Clark
Robert Powell
Eugene Stone
Wallace Id
Clyde Holderness
Robert Newcomer
Powell
J. B. Lindstrom
Ilness
William Hyde
Illinois Northern Utilities Comming
Dodge Addition
Seagrave
Stove relief for Gillman family after fire prompts city appeal
Chief C. F. Rowe and Mrs. S. W. Boardman organized aid after a cooking stove and burner were requested in the Chronicle for the Frank Gillman family burned out Sunday night. More than fifty stoves were offered. relief items include beds clothing and dishes. nine family members with six children receive help while the youngest is four months old.
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Rowe
S. W. Boardman
Frank Gillman
Squatters Provoke Battle Over Abandoned Oklahoma Railroad Strip
Oklahoma City patrols safeguarded a six block by 100 foot rail line as squatters filed notices under the townsite act to stake the land. Rock Island officials and city attorneys argued over transfer deadlines while Deputy Marshal Server led the eviction runs. Legal questions loom as officials consider delays and possible court contests to determine ownership and parkway plans.
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Oklahoma
City
Oklahoma City
Rock Island
Server
W. A. Wallace
United States
Wagoner
Washington Land Office
Heavy Casualties Reported in China Kidnapping Case
Hankow China Dec 3 UK troops clash with Communists while holding Bert Nelson a Lutheran missionary from Minneapolis Minnesota for ransom. Nelson kidnapped in October and reports say he is in summer clothing, cold damp conditions, poor food, and threats of ransom or death from captors.
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Hankow
China
Nen
Bert Nelson
Minneapolis
Minn
Nelson
Weather Outlook for Illinois Rain Possible South Tonight
Cloudy with possible rain in the extreme south tonight and tomorrow morning. Colder air moves in tonight for north and central Illinois, with temperatures dropping across the region.
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Illinois
Relief bill shape outlined for Hoover relief program
Washington December reports reveal House plans a lump sum unemployment relief bill of about 150 million dollars based on Hoover suggestions and budget estimates. Agriculture chairman Hagen to push a 25 million seed loan bill while Hoover intends to stay at his desk during the short session. The measures aim to fund public buildings river and harbor projects and flood control outside regular appropriations, with opposition from some Democrats over cabinet committee spending. Senate debate centers on whether Congress should control the relief funds or hand them to the president, as Senator Thomas advocates congressional oversight and a special committee is urged to draft relief legislation.
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Washington
House
Hoover
Wil! Wood
House Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Haugen
Agriculture Committee
Hyde
Heagen
Washington, D. C
Congress
White House
Florida
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Wood
John N. Garner
Joseph W . Pyrns
Tenn
Elmer Thomas
Dem
Okla
Shipstead
Farmer- Labor, Minn
Farmer Dinner Guests Expected At Chamber Banquet
About 450 guests are anticipated for the Chamber of Commerce annual banquet at the Innovation tomorrow night. Invitations mailed today arrive tomorrow morning with a request for farmers to call 188 to confirm attendance. One farmer has not yet replied. The event follows the Corn Show in the grill room, with winners announced at the banquet. Speaker Sam McKelvie, former Nebraska governor and Federal Farm Board member, edits the Nebraska Farmer.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sam McKelvie
Federal Farm Board
Nebraska
McKelvie
Nebraska Farmer
Mountain Doctor Braving Blizzard Performs Emergency Operation
Dr. Don Numbers braved a Idaho blizzard to operate on J. D. Monroe in a Burgdorf cabin. Despite zero nurse help and frigid winds, he warmed the patient, began surgery in fading light, and kept vigil as the storm raged around the snowbound station.
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Boise
Ida
Idaho
Burgdorf
Don
J. D. Monroe
Squaw Meadows
McCall
Numbers
Ang
Australian flyer recounts Andros Island landing
Miami reporter details Mrs. J. M. Keith Miller's near finish after a long flight from field to sea to land on Andros Island Bahamas. She says a west gale and mistaken landfall caused the diversion and gas ran low before a safe landing.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
J. M. Keith-Miller
Andros Island
Bahamas
John Liggett
Nassau
Liggett
W. Mancaster
Keith Miller
Florida
Reno Divorces Lose New York Recognition
Will Rogers notes New York will not recognize Reno divorces, causing social upheaval as couples must revert to prior spouses. He jokes about alimony ending and laments Reno’s economic impact, predicting the town could become a sheep ranch. Beverly Hills dispatch dated December 3.
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Nmekalb Chronicle
Beverly Hills
Cal
New York
Reno
Army Filling Many Needs As Winter Comes
The Salvation Army drive nears its $1500 target with cash and pledges. Creamery Package and Mfrs Co employees contribute 35.50, Post Office 11.00, DeKalb Daily Chronicle 14.00, and many others await pledges. Captain Honings reports aid since November 15: 94 people in 17 families helped with groceries and meals, 22 clothing items, 30 bedding, 60 total transients aided, and ongoing relief efforts. Nine hundred dollars remain to meet the budget, urging public donations.
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Salvation Army
Friends of the Army
Creamery Package
Mfrs. Co
Post Office
DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Big Sums Planned for Prohibition Enforcement
The federal government plans about 50 million dollars for prohibition enforcement next fiscal year. About 28 million goes to three Treasury units the coast guard customs and industrial alcohol. The Justice Department enforcement and prosecution are expected to total around 21.5 million. Coast Guard receives nearly 32.9 million with 16 million for prohibition enforcement. Industrial alcohol unit gets 4.81 million under Dr. James M. Doran. Customs Bureau is 23.98 million with over 7 million for prohibition enforcement. Doran cites inefficiencies under the split Treasury Justice system and discusses diversion of alcohol from finished products.
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Washington
Dec
U.R
Coast Guard, Customs Service and Industrial Alcohol Unit
Treasury
Treasury and Post Office
House
Congress
Justice Department
Federal Prohibition Bureau
Coast Guard
Ogden Mills
Appropriaters Committee
James M. Doran
Customs Bureau
Prohibition Enforcement
Industrial Alcohol Unit
Appropriations Committee
Doran
Prohibition
Justice Departments
Funeral Held Today for Arlene Draves in Indiana
The body of 18 year old Arlene Draves was buried in Reynolds after a funeral in Gary attended by about 500 people. Five youths from prominent families, Virgil Kirkland David Thompson Paul Barton Leon Stanford and Henry Shirk, are jailed in Crown Point facing first degree murder charges related to the drinking party incident. Prosecutor Oliver Starr says a special grand jury will hear the case next Monday.
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Gary
Ind
Arlene Draves
Reynolds
Crown Point
Miles
Miss Draves
Oliver Starr
Virgil Kirkland
David Thompson
Paul Barton
Leon Stanford
Henry Shirk
Starr
Kirkland
Miss Drayes
Stanley Buckling
Liss Draves
Rioting Continues as Havana University Reopens
Police clash with students during registration at the University of Havana. One policeman was fatally shot and two students seriously hurt as demonstrations flared up, then police broke up the protests and restored order.
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Havana
Cuba
U.R
University of Havana
Brundige Sued Over Thompson Gang Article
Louis Weisbrod, a Chicago dealer in machine guns and weaponry, sues St. Louis reporter Harry T. Brundige for 100000 over a detective magazine article about Chicago gangland. The suit alleges Brundige wrote and introduced the piece while Frank H. Thompson signed it, implying drug connections and weapon sales.
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Kirkland
Chicago
Weisbrod
Brundige
Thompson
Healthiest girl and healthiest boy named at livestock expo
Marian Lyndegaard of Grundy County Iowa and William Bodenhamer of Johnson County Missouri were chosen America's healthiest girl and healthiest boy at the International Livestock Exposition. Marian stood five feet three and a half inches with blue eyes and light brown hair, while William rated 98.7 percent. A steer named Jimmy also attracted crowds as the 1930 grand champion. The event noted high public interest and anticipation of auction prices.
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Chicago
Marian
Marian E. Lyndegaard
Grundy County
Towa
America
William R. Bodenhamer
Johnson County
United States
William
Jimmy
Minstrels Draw Crowds At High School Auditorium
The Men’s Fellowship of the Baptist church presents a traditional minstrel show Friday night at 8. Tickets have sold well and a large audience is expected. Proceeds, after expenses, go to the city Good Fellows. The event features both first and second parts with rehearsals completed.
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Men's Fellowship of the Baptist Church
Good Fellows
Modern Boy Good Fellow Says Worker With Youth
St Louis learns from R. Atkinson that today’s average American boy is healthier, brainer, more polite, and reads more trash yet favors mechanical topics. He admires Lindbergh, Roosevelt, and parents who offer truths, with two outfits per year 1910. He breaks more laws in cities, uses slang, and swears to vent tension and fit in.
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St. Louis
R. K. Atkinson
Boys Club Federation of America
Atkinson
Boys’ Work Council
Theodore Roosevelt
Hoover proclaims near four billion dollar 1932 budget
President Hoover sent Congress a record peace budget totaling 3.93 billion for the 1932 fiscal year plus 221.9 million more than current spending. Increases cover the Farm Board, veterans, roads, and the Shipping Board. He warns against new large ventures while signaling a slim surplus in 1932 and a potential deficit in the current year.
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Washington
U.K
Hoover
Congress
Federal Farm Board
U. S. Shipping Board
Mr. Hoover
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