DeKalb County Forms Historical Society Leaders Elected
A well attended meeting at the First M. E. Church in DeKalb organized a county historical society. Frank Stevens was named president with three vice presidents and Waite Embree as secretary treasurer. The group aims to mark local sites from the Black Hawk War and Chief Shabbona’s village, and to place markers for key historical locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. EB
DeKalb County
B.C. Pare DeKalb
Waite Embree
Stevens
Blackhawk
Abraham Lincoln
Shabbona
Four Spanish American War Veterans Attend Col Bennett Funeral
Four veterans from the Spanish American War and members of the Third Illinois Infantry traveled by motor to Joliet to attend funeral services for Col. Fred Bennett age 75, commander of the Illinois regiment. Bennett died Tuesday night at a Joliet hospital from pneumonia. Over 200 Spanish American War veterans joined several hundred other Crets of the army leader in paying final respects.
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Thomas Sturray
Dunn William Duffy
William Seeley
Third Tinois Infantry
Joliet
Fred Benage
Illinois
Bennett
Col Bennett
Santa Claus Visit Planned for DeKalb Children
A local appeal invites DeKalb children to request a daytime Santa visit. Postcards to Santa Claus Headquarters at 111 North Fourth Street may prompt a pre Christmas appearance with reindeer and friends. The community awaits confirmation via radiogram and newspaper updates.
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Santa Claus
DeKalb
Brownies
Elves
Toyland
Santa
North Fourth Street
Donner
Blitzen
Fire at Man in Capture in DeKalb County Ring
Chief Bert Hickey of Sandwich and Officer Felder with Jane County officers captured Nicky Tosopolos in Montgomery after a chase in the colored district. Tosopolos, from Plano, is linked to two Shabbona Lumber Company burglaries earlier this year. John Newburn was also arrested near Elgin with a $2000 bond. Wayne Gates of Aurora aided Newburn in the Shabbona crimes, with guns watches and loot recovered.
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Bert Hickey
Sandwich
Oficer Felder
Plane
Jane County
DeKalb County
Nicky Tosopolos
Plano
Montgomery
Alexander Lumber Company
Shabbona
Isot
Castle
Chronicle
Newburn
Tosopolos
John Newburn
J. D. Ward
Elgin
Ste
Wayne Gates
Aurora
Gates
Treasure Salvage Ship Artiglio Sunk By Explosion
Italian salvage ship Artiglio, attempting to recover about 6 million dollars in gold from the sunken Egypt liner, was sunk by a possible premature blast while removing wreckage from the Florence off Belle Island in 1918. Several crew members are missing or injured and authorities note conflicting survivor accounts.
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Lieue Isle
France
Italan
Artiglia
Egypt
Florence
Pourtesn
theArticho
Articho
Belle Island
America
W'Orient
Belle Islan
The & 8
London
India
Artiglio
Bertolotti
Bay of Biscay
Quiberon
L’orient
Houat
Illinois Professor To Address DeKalb Feeders
Cattle and hog feeders in DeKalb county will hear Prof E. P. Robbins of the University of Illinois College of Agriculture discuss feeding methods and mixtures at a Wednesday session. Hog discussions run 6 30 to noon, cattle topics at 1 30 in the Innovation Girl. The DeKalb County Farm Bureau sponsors the meetings amid rising interest as hog prices are expected to rise later this year.
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Illinois Man
DeKalb County
E. P. Robbins
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Innovation Girl
Prof Robbins
DeKalb County Farm Bureau
Bomb Kills One Victim In Chicago Newsboy Case
Tony May known as The Millionaire Newsboy dies from injuries after a bomb hidden in a birthday parcel explodes in his hands. His son Eugene, 16, is seriously hurt as police seek motives behind the midwest mall‑bombing. May immigrated from Italy at age ten and built a string of newsstands and lending bonds.
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Chicago
U.P
Tony May
May
Eugene
Middle West
Jack Johnson
Johnson
America
Italy
Newsboy
Commuted Death Sentences Reported for Five Russian Technicians
U R states five Russian technicians condemned for plotting with foreign powers will serve ten years in prison after clemency by the central executive committee. The same day five professors condemned for counter revolution receive private executions or ten-year terms, with further civic rights loss for five years.
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Moscow
U.R
Russia
Zik
Central Executive Committee
Soviet Union
U.P
Tme
Central Committee
Union
North Western Closes Tama Roundhouse in Iowa
The Chicago and North Western railroad shuts the Tama Iowa roundhouse and car shops. Workers will be reassigned to Clinton and Belle Plaine Iowa, while East Clinton trains will run to Belle instead of Tama.
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Tama
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Clinton
Belle Plaine
East Clinton
Belle
Grange Delegates Targeting 1931 Illinois Session
DeKalb county delegates plan a concerted effort to attract the 1931 Illinois Grange session to the county. They would host hundreds of delegates, with potential venues in DeKalb or Sycamore, after a county grange meeting at Esmond.
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DeKalb County
Illinois Grange
Kewanee
Farmer's Grange
Pomona Grange
DeKalb
Sycamore
State Cops to Receive Machine Guns and Shotguns
Illinois state patrol will be equipped with 150 shotguns and 20 machine guns. Each district will receive one machine gun, and 40 additional Ford coupes are ordered for highway patrol, aiming for a two officer per car ratio.
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Illinois
O. N. Larson
T. L. Eimendorf
Believed murder probe after Snapp clothing found
In Beloit Wisconsin a clothing find on Turtle Creek bank is linked to J Everett Snapp, a missing Rockford phonograph salesman. Authorities search waters for the man they believe was murdered and robbed. Mrs Snapp identifies two knotted handkerchiefs and torn pajamas as his property.
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Beloit
Wis
Turtle Creek
J. Everett Snapp
Rockford
Twenty Men Set To Cut Trees In Hopkins Park
Twenty men led by Robert Powell depart at 7 30 this morning to cut trees in Hopkins park. It is the second crew Powell has taken to the park grounds this month, with a prior crew of fifteen working the last three days of last week. The new crew has not worked there before. Earl Misner, a Pond Street store operator, supplied lunch at noon today, following last week when police provided luncheons.
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Robert Powell
Hopkins Park
Mr. Powell
Earl Misner
Pond Street
Insane men jailed after Beacon escape in Brooklyn raid
Four of seven escapees from the Beacon state hospital for the criminal insane were recaptured by detective George E. Webber and three colleagues in a Brooklyn apartment. The group included William H. Nelson Harry Gordon John Biggins and Frank Gambill with Mrs Marie Ockenfels charged with harboring criminals. Webber tracked them to the rented apartment before dawn and other detectives arrived to arrest them.
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New York
Dec. S
U.P
State Hospital
Beacon
N. Y
George E. Webber
Brooklyn
William H. Nelson
Harry Gordon
Rochester
John Biggins
Frank Gambill
Marie Ockenfels
Webber
Don’t Read This If You’ve Done Your Christmas Shopping
Urges readers to delay Christmas shopping with a tip that today is the best time for bargains and a last minute rush has not yet started. Warns that delaying will lead to regret and suggests taking time to shop.
Police raid ends with two women fined for dis orderly conduct
A Pleasant Street liquor raid led to the arrest of Anna Bredis and Margaret Wituski on dis orderly conduct charges. Walter Mathely and Charley Sims fled. Sims was later linked to a crash while driving Mathely’s car and is sought by police.
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Pleasant Street
Milk Consumers Building
Anna Bredis
Margaret Wituski
J. M. Blair
Bredis
Pine Streets
Farrell
Sims
East Lincoln Highway
DeKalb
Sycamore
Dixie Sims
Benefit movie for Good Fellows at Egyptian theatre
The Good Fellows plan a charity film night at the Egyptian theatre to raise funds for their city work. The comedy Only Saps Work will be shown with advance ticket sales led by volunteers. City officials and church leaders praise the effort and urge public support for the Christmas appeal.
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Good Fellows
de Estin Pasley
Lindstrom
The
Chronicle
Hinckley Boy Is Picked Up In Nebraska
Jerome Berg, 15, fled Hinckley in his father’s car seeking adventure with Indians. He was found asleep in Omaha after police woke him. He agreed to return home with relatives who came for him.
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Jerome Berg
Hinckley
Omaha
Nebra
United Press
Neb
U P
Jerome
Noted Aviator Stays in DeKalb Saturday Night
Edward Stinson the Stinson Aircraft Company president landed at DeKalb County Airport on Saturday and stayed at a DeKalb hotel. Weather allowed continuation of travel Sunday as two tri motor planes, each valued at 25000 dollars, prepared for a regular 8 am run.
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Edward Stinson
Stinson Aircraft Company
Detroit
Mich
DeKalb County
DeKalb
Stinson
Western Air Service
Omaha
Neb
Daniel Boone
Pilot
Shabbona Grove
Weather Report for Illinois Region
For Illinois pair south, partly cloudy north portion tonight and tomorrow. Little change in temperature.
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George Gowery
George H. Gunner
A. F. Hiland
John Davy
Harriet Greenaway
Alrora Society
Credit Hickey-Felder
Black Hand
Leonid Ramzin
All-Union Heating Institute
Victor Larichev
State Planning Commission
Ivan Kalinokov
Nikolai Charnovski
Techno-Scientific Society
Alexander Fedotov
Sergei Kuprianov
Supreme Economic Council
Vladimir Ochkin
Eee
Poland
Roumania
Janin
Col
Joinville
Richard
Messieurs
Vishinsky
Wishinsky
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Charnovsky
Larichex
North Western
Iowa
County Grange
Esmond
Srange
Srangers
Glenn Wilson
Fairdale
Grange
Pomona
Ohio Grove
Charter Grove
Ney
James McKenzie
Esmond Grange Will Probably Be One of the Delegation and Both Carmi Jordan
Clifford Astling
Alva Peterson
F. R. Bowen
Willowdale Grange
Fred Wickler
Pomona Grance
Lulu Gibson
Bulletin
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Nebraska
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Aft
Jack
Katherine
Chester Morris
Glenn Hays
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