DeKalb Corn Show Awards Highlight Sweepstakes Win
Wayne B Challand of Waterman won first place in the Junior Prize and captured the sweepstakes award with ten ears of yellow corn. The DeKalb town show concluded with the Winn Cup at the Innovation Machinery Chamber of Commerce banquet. Webb praised judges and germination tests, noting one winner yielded 101 bushels per acre.
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Wayne B. Challand
Waterman
DeKalb
Chamber of Commerce
Willam Webb
State Farmers Institute
Webb
Mr. Webb
Champaign
Chicago
Acre
DeKalb Egyptian Theatre Opens With New $300000 House
The DeKalb Theatre Company announces the new motion picture house will open Tuesday evening at 6:90. John Miller of Woodstock and Dale Leifheit say the opening will feature The Hottentot, an all talking picture, shown for one night, followed by Rio Rita on the next three days. The sound system uses Vitaphone and Movietone gear, with stage shows added to attract audiences.
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DeKalb
DeKalb Theatre Company
John Miller
Woodstock
Dale Leifheit
Miller
Charles Renich
Chicago
Vitaphone and Movietone
Bandits Rob Hotel Owned By M. E. Rice
Two bandits robbed the Fox Hotel owned by M. E. Rice early Wednesday. They forced the night clerk and bell hop at gunpoint and fled with about 90 dollars from the desk drawer. A stolen Chicago car was used and later located by police.
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The
Fox Hote
Raom
M. E. Rice
Chicago
Two Killed by Gunfire in Springfield Brawl and Holdup
In Springfield Illinois last night a deadly brawl and holdup left two dead and two seriously wounded. Victims are James Rape 34 and Leon Beard 58. Wounded are Orville Griffith 28 and Clark Johnson 26. Suspects Merriman 32 Johnson 28 and Riley 28 confessed. Beard was slain after resisting killers who demanded cash from a gas station. The other shooting occurred in a barber shop where Merriman fired at Rape and Griffith. Merriman was arrested nearby. Johnson allegedly confessed and Riley was later arrested after visiting the hospital.
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Springfield
Ill
U.P
James Rape
Leon J. Beard
Orville Griffith
Clark Johnson
Beard
Decatur
Jesse Merriman
Floyd Johnson
Enroute
Merriman
Regher
Griffith
Johnson
Robert Riley
Riley
Winners in Corn Show May Secure Prizes
Winners in the annual Chamber of Commerce corn show may claim prizes by calling at the Chamber of Commerce office in the DeKalb Trust & Savings bank building. Names were announced at last night's farmers banquet and certificates will be handed to winners at the designated store.
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Chamber of Commerce
DeKalb Trust & Savings Bank
Chamber of Commerce ‘Farmers
Power Company Adds New Truck To Its Fleet
The Illinois Power Company introduces a new truck assigned to Elmer Reese, its line foreman. The vehicle arrived Monday and required a break in before full speed operation, prompted by a rise in business.
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Power Company
Illinois Power Company
Elmer Reese
Vare Loses Senate Seat Over 1926 Expenditure
Washington reports William S. Vare, Philadelphia Republican leader, denied a U.S. Senate seat after a 58 to 22 roll call. The vote cited his 1926 $785,000 nomination expenditure, with 58 voting to deny and 22 to seat.
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Washington
U.R
William S. Vare
Philadelphia
United States
Senate
Pennsylvania
U.P
Williams
Vare
Allen
Blaine
Borah
Brookhart
Capper
Couzens
Cutting
Dale
Frabier
Glenn
Howell
Johnson
Jones
LaFollette
McCulloch
McMaster
McNary
Metcalf
Norris
Nye
Patterson
Sacket
Steiner
Thomas
Idaho
Vandenburg
Farmer-Laborite
Shipstead
Democrats
Ashurst
Barkley
Black
Bratton
Brock
Broussard
Caraway
Connally
Copeland
Dill
Fletcher
George
Glass
Harris
Hawes
Hayden
Heflin
McKellar
Overman
Pittman
Ransdell
Robinson
Arkansas
Sheppard
Simmons
Swanson
Oklahoma
Trammell
Tydings
Wagner
Walsh
Massachusetts
Montana
Wheeler
Ware
Bingham
Gillett
Goldsborough
Gould
Greene
Hale
Hastings
Hatfield
Kean
Keyes
Moses
Oddie
Phipps
Pine
Reed
Schall
Short
Smoot
Townsend
Walcott
Waterman
Watson
Norbeck
Harrison
Kendrick
Stephens
Blease
Fess
Stec
Smith
Pennsylvania Senate Denies Ware Seat After Fraud Claims
The Norris resolution declares William S. Ware unseated amid charges of fraud and corruption in his primary campaign. It notes irregularities in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh elections and asserts Ware’s conduct harmed the senate and public policy while asserting no votes counted for his opponent in many districts. Ware sat in the chamber as votes were read with his physician beside him.
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Pennsylvania
Ware
Senate
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
William S. Vare
United States Senate
Vare
Chamber A
John Shaw
Senators
Schacht Statement Shocks House Ahead of Young Plan Referendum
Berlin reports say Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, Reichsbank president, denounced adulteration of the Owen D. Young reparations plan. The memorandum aimed at speeding up German financial reform, stirring cabinet discussion and drawing cautious comments from bankers and industrialists. Schacht criticized other governments for not following needed procedures.
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Berlin
U.P
Owen D. Young
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Re. Schach
Shief Ger
Zeitung Am Mittag
Dr. Schacht
Rudolf Hilferding
Schacht
Germany
Preston Convicted of Death Penalty Slaying
John Preston of Chicago, 32, interior decorator, was found guilty of strangling Agnes Johnston, 26, a pretty stenographer, after an October roadside assault near West Chicago. The Wheaton jury returned a death verdict after about 90 minutes deliberation.
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Wheaton, II
Wheaton
John Preston
Chicago
Agnes Johnston
Preston
Miss Johnston
Matilda Murphy
Miss Murphy
Omission in Ticket Buyers List at Farmers Banquet
The Chronicle lists merchants who bought tickets for the annual Farmers banquet last evening. Lamberson's Grocery is missing, an omission blamed on an error by the solicitor.
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the Chronicle
Lamberson
Wright May Undergo Operation At Mayo Today
Dr. R A Wright said Senator Wright may have operation today at Colonial hospital Rochester to remove a kidney stone moved from the ureter to the bladder. The senator shown improvement and sits in a chair daily and uses crutches. he hopes to return to DeKalb within a week.
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R. A. Wright
Senator Wright
Colonial Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Brothers
Wright
R. F. McCormick
DeKalb
Bee Keepers of the County to Elect Officers
DeKalb County Bee Keepers Association callers a 2:30 PM December 14 meeting to elect officers for the coming year. President Carl Tudor leads, in the Fourth Street Bank community room, with plans to discuss Springfield state association recommendations and a report from Tudor on the state meeting where he was elected vice president. A. L. Kildow may speak if illness allows. beekeepers are invited to attend.
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DeKalb County Bee Keepers Association
Carl Tudor
Fourth Street Bank
Springfield
Tudor
A. L. Kildow
Tramp Steals Overcoat From Bowling Alley
A new overcoat stolen last night from Kylen bowling alley was recovered this morning by police. Dominico Grotto, described as a tramp, was arrested at the depot at 2 am with the coat in his possession after the theft was reported around 10:30 pm.
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Kylen
Dominico Grotto
Chiang Kai-Shek Resigns as China Leader Amid Rebel Upheaval
Nippon Dempo dispatch from Nanking reports General Chiang Kai-Shek notifying the executive council of his resignation. Rebels gain momentum along the Yangtze from Hankow to Ichang with two British gunboats fired and Pukow revolt spreading. Chiang, 42, long targeted by internal uprisings, led nationalist forces to a 1928 victory and faced tensions after the Soviet break and railway seizure.
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Tokio
Nippon Dempo
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Shanghai
U.P
Pukow
Yangtze River
Zchang
Hankow
Ichang
Peking
Chinese Eastern Railway
Icy Pavements Cause Minor Car Mishaps Here
Icy pavements caused several minor automobile mishaps early this morning with no serious injuries reported. At 6:00 Father J A Solon's car was bumped by Clarence Karrow's Sterling car at Second Street and the Lincoln Highway. Solon was driving to a sick parishioner. Karrow skidded while stopping for a DeKalb car, causing slight damage.
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J. A. Solon
Clarence Karrow
Sterling
Second Street
Lincoln Highway
Father Solon
Mr. Karrow
City rocked by powerful dynamite blast injuring sixteen
A massive dynamite blast crippled a south side Chicago store and apartment building injuring sixteen including eleven year old Frank Marcello. Police suspect labor racketeers targeted drug store and barber shop amid debris and shattered glass.
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Chicago
South Side
Frank Marcello
Tony Marcello
Marcello
Frank Ellison
Daniel Covelli
Chicago Man John Preston Sentenced by Death In DuPage Case
Judge William J. Fulton of Sycamore will sentence John Preston of Chicago to die in the electric chair for the murder of Agnes Johnston. A DuPage county jury found Preston guilty of first degree murder after a three hour deliberation. A motion for a new trial will be heard on December 14.
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Fulton
John Preston
William J. Fulton
Sycamore
Chicago
Agnes Johnston
DuPage County
Encampment Meeting Tonight Elects Officers
Odd Fellow Encampment plans a 7:00 p m meeting with a pot luck dinner. Members and wives will attend. After officer elections and business, the evening shifts to social activities with dancing and cards as main diversions.
Old Religion Attacked By Author of New Book
Chicago reports A Eustace Haydon professor of comparative religion at the University of Chicago argues in The Quest of The Ages that religion should be a quest for a satisfying life in this world. He says belief in a Personal God is outdated as science and industry reshape faith and meaning.
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Chicago
U.P
A. Eustace Haydon
University of Chicago
Harpers
Haydon
United Press
God
De Kalb Hosts Largest Farmers Banquet Yet
More than 450 farmers business leaders and guests attended the De Kalb Chamber of Commerce banquet. Dr Rudolph A Clemen spoke on waste farm products and the shift from large plants to neighborhood manufacturing, highlighting potential markets and new farm materials.
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Chamber of Commerce
DeKalb
de Kalb
Rudolph A. Clemen
Armour’s Livestock Bureau
Union Stockyards
Chicago
Chamber to List Facts on Business Conditions
In Washington a mass of evidence supporting President Hoover that American business conditions are sound was being sorted by the United States Chamber of Commerce after yesterday’s national business survey conference. Over 400 business leaders discussed stock market fears and agreed lower security quotations affect business little.
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Wasington
Hoover
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Business Survey
Julius Barnes
Unsettled Weather With Mixed Rain Snow Expected
Weather forecast for Iiling indicates unsettled conditions with possible rain or snow in the north tonight and Saturday. South areas may see rain Saturday, with colder air moving in on Sunday across the north and central regions.
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Charles A. Dindburgh
Cleveland
Thomas P. Nelson
New York-Cleveland
Wesley Smith
National Air Transport
Majjor Wesley Bratth
Phil Love
Paul Collins
DeKalb Egyptian Theatre
Aum
Bandits Rob
Agnes
Lillian Preston
Colorado
Michigan
Mayo’s
Tramp
Chiang
Nippon Dempn
Kwangsi
Big Dave
Earman
Martin
Looney
Earsman
Rudolph Clemen
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