Offiers to Be Sworn In DeKalb County Officials
DeKalb county officers elected last November will be sworn in Monday at Sycamore. Fred Delder will become sheriff, Rosa Hanson county treasurer the first woman in the post, Earl Joiner county clerk, and Fred Larson county highway commissioner. Retiring officers will be replaced, with three incumbents re-elected and Ross Millett, Elsie Decker, and Florence Buzzell maintaining deputy roles.
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DeKalb County
Fred Delder
Somonauk
Crawford
Genoz
Rosa Hanson
DeKalb
W. H. Decker
Eee
Teiber
M. Hemerstom
Board of ‘Supervisors
Fred Larson
Sycamore
Board of Supervisors
A. R. Rosegell
Russell
William Pond
George James
Warren Hubbard
Many Boats In Ice Jam At St Marys River
Around 100 Great Lakes freighters are trapped in the ice on St Marys River near Sault Ste. Marie Michigan as temperatures plunge below zero. Rescue crews rush food by team and truck to stranded ships while ice breakers work to create a navigable channel and free the fleet before they must endure a lengthy freeze.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
St. Mary's River
Lakes
St. Ignace
Saint Marie
Mystery deaths stir Wisconsin town in Olson case
Prairie Du Chien Wis Dec 4 Up The intimate details of Clara Olson 22 and her 11 year old lover Erdman Olson gleaned from her father may reveal the cause of her death Prosecutor Earll questions the father and considers murder by medicine or an amateur operation The elder Olson admits he knew of their affair and urged marriage The two shared a surname but were not related District Attorney Earll and Coroner Holly disagree on motive Earll believes manslaughter possible if amateur medical acts occurred Searches extend to Wisconsin Illinois Indiana and Iowa with a Chicago body awaiting burial pending identity confirmation
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Clara Olson
Erdman Sanford Olson
Christ Olson
Kickapoo Valley
J. S. Earil
Earll
Clara
Olon
Erd- Tan
Erdman
Bert
Exill
Frank Holly
Holly
Earl
al Jered
Erdman Olson
Olsen
Wisconsin
Baril
Earls
Gale College
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Chicago
White escapes jail and robs Rochelle dealer
Joe White, captured near the city after a cornfield chase, sawn his way out of the Ogle county jail in Oregon. He stole a town auto and later a ride with Chief Bull, then was recaptured after a pistol stunt and a brief hand-to-hand clash. Police nationwide alerted for his capture.
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Joe White
Bull
Ogle County
Oregon
Bannins
White
Slim” Langston
Banning
Ogle
Baning
Longston
Forreston
Ogleee
Davenport
Caspers
Rochelle
DeKalb
Oscar Larson
Larson
President Coolidge
White House
Amundsen Ellsworth Quit Aero Club Over Norge Flight Dispute
Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth resigned from the Aero Club of Norway amid protests against Umberto Nobile. They dispute Nobile's claim of command of the Norge flight, saying they led the expedition and Nobile was only a passenger. Nobile favors omitting Amundsen's role in his lecture.
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New York
U.P
Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Elsworth
Umberto Nobile
Italy
North Pole
Norge
Aero Club of
Nor Way
Gross
Nobile
Amuntsen
Aero Club
Police Chief Nabs Convict in Sandwich
Sandwich Chief Bert Hickey captured an escaped Missouri prisoner, Jay Tuvell, at Emerson Lawhorn’s Sandwich home aided by a letter from Lawhorn’s cousin Mina Lawhorn. Two men guarded the suspect, with plans to stop another escapee. The prisoner will be returned to Missouri authorities promptly.
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Sandwich
Bert Hickey
Misssouri
Jay Tuvell
Emerson Lawhorn
Mina Lawhorn
Post Office Department
Missouri
Lawhorn
Hickey
Wrecker in Wall Street by Arthur Cutten coup shocks NY
A Chicago businessman Arthur W. Cutten, living near the city, covertly controlled Baldwin Locomotive stock, boosting it from 114 to 165½ in weeks and forcing short sellers to absorb losses. The scheme, aided by western partners, began in October and netted millions, marking another victory for the west over New York financiers.
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New York
U.P
Chicago
Wall Street
Baldwin
Arthur W. Cutten
Cutten
Baldwin—n
Shorts
Scout Meeting Held Friday at Waterman Hall
DeKalb County Scout Executive committee met at the Waterman library to discuss growth. Attendees from DeKalb included J. J. Kingsley B. J. Raymond O. G. Olwin O. E. Peterson George Culver and Franz Parks as several reports showed steady troop formation and ongoing organization in the county.
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DeKalb
Waterman
DeKalb County
Waterman Library
J. J. Kingsley
B. J. Raymond
O. G. Olwin
O. E. Peterson
George Culver
Franz Parks
Elks Hold Memorial Service At Club Rooms
The Elks annual memorial service will be tomorrow at three o clock in the club rooms. Reverend W Magnusson will deliver the address. Elks ritual service assisted by Elvin Carlson and Eugene Nordgren. Members are urged to report promptly at the stated hour.
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The
Elks
W. Magnusson
Elvin Carlson
Eugene Nordgren
Dewa
Fis
NURSING LEADER IRENE MAURICE RESIGNS INN
The DeKalb County Tuberculosis board accepted Irene Maurice's resignation as county tuberculosis nurse and sanitarium supervisor, effective January 1. She guided clinics countywide, cut tuberculosis deaths, and expanded sun lamp treatments, with nine or more patients awaiting care. The board has not yet named a successor.
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DeKalb County Tuberculosis Board
Irene Maurice
Maurice
Cecil Cushman
T. Is
Sycamore Road
DeKalb County
Shea
Rae Dorbyn
J. P. Rice
Springbrook Sanitarium
Aurora
Donald Patten Undergoes Appendix Operation At Glidden
Donald C Patten secretary treasurer of the Standard Foundry Manufacturing company Normal Road underwent an appendectomy at Glidden hospital this morning. Hospital reports say the operation was successful and Patten is resting though still very ill. Friends are advised visits will be restricted until later in the week.
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Donald Patten
City Hospital
Donald C. Patten
Normal Road
Standard Foundry & Manufacturing Company
Glidden Hospital
Patten
Navy silence order read in Fall Doheny oil case
Washington December 4 the court admitted for the jury the navy secretary Wilbur s silence order to Admiral Robison blocking confidential testimony on Pearl Harbor oil tank project in the Doheny Fall conspiracy trial Robison testified detailing negotiations with Doheny and keeping Secretary of the Navy Denby informed but not informing Albert Fall The defense argued the order protected public policy and justified actions as patriotic duties amid fears of foreign invasion from a 1921 Gleaves report referenced in court
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Washington
U.P
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Adolph A. Hoehling
J. K. Robison
Pearl Harbor
U.R
Pacific Coast
E. L. Doheny
Albert B. Fall
Elk Hills
Doheny
U. S
Justice Hoehling
Robison
Navy
Edwin Denby
Fall
Caddy Promises Vengeance After Judge Sentences Youth
Threats against Judge Jett arose as Carl Sterman of Hillsboro was sentenced to the Pontiac reformatory. While en route to jail, the boy told a deputy he would “avenge the sentence.” Sterman had previously served as the judge’s caddy last summer.
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Springfield
Jett
Carl Sterman
Hillsboro
Pontiac
Stegman
Illinois doctors plan state post graduate papers for general practice
The Illinois State Medical Society through its Scientific Service committee will coordinate a state wide post graduate program. Members of medicine and surgery departments will submit papers on subjects of interest to general practitioners. Dr W L Shank will contribute a study on internal secretions and their relation to disease.
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DeKalb
American Medical Association
Scientific Service Committee
Illinois State Medical Society
Chicago
W. L. Shank
Health Seals Placed On Sale In City
Double barred Christmas health seals, sold by DeKalb County Public Health League, go on sale in the city at host offices, drug stores, and banks. Each seal costs one cent to raise funds for county health work including a rural nurse for school children.
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DeKalb County
Public Health League
League
Italian gunboat ordered to Hankow from Japanese waters
An Italian gunboat cruising Japanese waters was ordered to proceed at once to Hankow by the Italian minister at Peking as reports from Hankow indicated the situation there had worsened.
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Hankow
Tokio
Peking
Verdict Not Guilty In Hall Mills Murder Trial
In Somerville New Jersey Dec 4 a jury found Frances Stevens Hall Henry Stevens and Willie Stevens not guilty of the murder of Rev Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs Eleanor Mills The trial ended with the Stevens brothers and a cousin Henry Carpender cleared and the mystery of the Phillips farm deaths remaining unsolved after four years The court indicated the indictments may be nolled and bail applications were filed for the Stevens brothers and Carpender
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Somerville
N. Z
U.P
Hall-Mills
Frances Stevens Hall
Willie Stevens
Henry Cums la Bruyere Carpender
New Jersey
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Mills
N. J
Henry
Phillips Farm
New Brungswick
Hall
Stevens Brothers
Will Henry Carpender
Edward Kalsen
Trenton
Nolle
Stevens
Carpender
Jenn Ticks Naliet
Itra
Henry Stevens
Booze Plan Is Fought in Heated Debate
Washington reports a private liquor monopoly plan proposed by Assistant Secretary Andrews would require at least 200 million dollars plus 150 million to buy spirits in bond and funds for two distilleries. Government aid could be asked, with 20 million first year and 15 million second year. Opposition from prohibition groups grows as Congress debates the measure.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Andrews
Drews
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
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Prairie da Chien
Woodlands
Olson
Wrecker
Waterman Hall
T. B. Nurse
Navy Department
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