Sycamore Council Sessions Highlight Traffic and Unemployment
The Sycamore council meets tonight with police and traffic regulation plans on the agenda. Walter Petrie is poised to be named night officer after merchants supported the resignation era. A debate over stop sign enforcement and police motor cycle costs is expected amid routine finance items.
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Police Commission
A. K. Stiles
Beckler
Sycamore
Petrie
Walter Petrie
Merchants
W. H. Decker
Flyer Speaks Here Thrills The Audience
Those who failed to hear Captain Dennis Rooke, flyer and adventurer, missed one of the most entertaining speakers and the real experiences of a solo journey.
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Flyer
Dennis Rooke
Watch Tomorrow's Chronicle for Full Page to Sale Advertisement
A teaser notes an upcoming full page sale advertisement in tomorrow's Chronicle. The brief urges readers to check the issue for details on items, prices, and sale terms.
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Tomorrow's Chronicle
Chronicle Delivery Guarantee Ensures Service in DeKalb
The DeKalb Daily Chronicle pledges responsibility for its home delivery in Sycamore area. Subscribers may call Mr. Otto Fellinger at Sycamore 20 for a special delivery copy if missed. Complaints will be investigated and remedied. carriers are to be paid weekly to meet bills and earn profit.
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Chronicle Delivery
DeKalb Daiy Chronicle
Sycamore
Otto Fellinger
Sycamore 20
Free Stevens Lecture Series Draws Bright Crowd
The Stevens Free Lecture and Concert Course hosts its third 1980 31 winter event titled Mighty of 7000 miles detailing its educational value and gripping interest. The Community Center notes paid admissions attract larger crowds despite free offerings and previews the January 11 1931 Apollo Duo recital.
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Stevens
Apollo Duo
Community Center Association
Drifting Men Enjoy Coffee At City Jail
The Federated church donated two cartons of sandwiches for the drifting men who stop at city hall for a night’s rest. A donor unknown to the chief provided two loaves of bread. A gas range plate is now working and the aroma of hot coffee welcomes these itinerant men as they travel through the country.
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The
Federated Church
Sycamore Motorists Put Guns In Autos
After a front page Chronicle story about a banker chased and fired on east of Sycamore, at least a dozen motorists have begun carrying firearms in their autos. Whether this will prevent accidents or prove beneficial remains to be seen.
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Sycamore
Armory Dedication Marks New Chicago Facility
The 1.5 million dollar 124th Field Artillery Armory in Chicago will be dedicated around January 1, 1931. A December 13 indoor game between the 121st Field Artillery Regiment and the Fuka Booster Floor will showcase the hall’s size and features including a 115 by 50 yard floor and a 200 horse capacity stable complex.
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National Guard
124Th Field Artillery Armory
Chicago
121Th Field Artillery Regiment
Fuka
Cottage Grove Avenue
Fifty-second
Fifty- Third Streets
High School Alumni Game Ends With Car Theft
William Bussell known as BH, a former high school athlete, attended the alumni basketball game Friday evening. His 1923 Ford Model A, parked near the high school, was stolen but recovered Saturday at the east end of Sycamore Street with the gas drained and the car otherwise undamaged.
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William Bussell
Sycamore Street
Elks Memorial Service Unites DeKalb and Sycamore Lodges
DeKalb and Sycamore Elks lodges joined for their annual memorial service on December 7 at 3 PM. Exalted rulers C J Schulenburg and Vance Andristed presided at Elis hall with Stevens quartet providing music.
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DeKalb-Sycamore Elks Lodges
C. J. Schulenburg
DeKalb Lodge
Vance Andriste
Sycamore Lodge
Elis Hall
Stevens
Charles Button
Martin Johnson
Earl Wetzel
A. D. Gates
Burl Wells
G. A. Rowles
December society events note lively pancake supper
The Elks expect a large crowd at the Methodist church pancake supper at 6:00. Tomorrow night at 6:00 men of the church host a dinner served by men only. A charity ball is set for December 30 along with the Business and Professional Women's party. National Church of DeKalb featured a principal speaker. Mrs. E S Boies contributed a memory basket of flowers.
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The
Methodist Church
the Elks
National Church of DeKalb
E. S. Boies
Sycamore Fans Hopeful After Early Cage Victories
Sycamore fans cheer as the new high school cage teams beat a strong Alumni lineup in a rough game last Friday. Shrowt's squad faces Genoa next, with local opinion split on Genoa's strength and the window for a victorious season opening.
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Horatio Alger
Sycamore
Shrovwt
Sycamore Student Receives Illini Key for Daily Illini Service
George Dooley of Sycamore, son of Mr and Mrs James Dooley, earned the Illini key for faithful and expert service on the Daily Illini. He covered all soccer football games and traveled with the Illini squad, hopeful that soccer may replace rugby in the United States.
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George Dooley
James Dooley
Illini
Daily Illini
George
Mlini
Christmas Arches Light Up Corner in Sycamore
Ed Swanson of Swanson Brothers electric shop hung four red and green arches across the corner of State and Somonauk streets. The central peak archlighting creates a festive display unique in Sycamore's Christmas decorations this season.
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State
Somonauk Streets
Sycamore
Ed Swanson
Swanson Brothers Electric Shop
Berlin Tokio air line eyed as world’s longest link
Reports from the Japanese Aviation Bureau indicate a Berlin to Tokio route may become one of the world’s longest air lines. The proposal would run Tokyo to Hong Kong, over India by England, then Germany. Dutch statisticians estimate world population at over a billion, with one in 25 people living in the United States.
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Tokio
Ministry of Communications
Hongkong
India
England
Germany
Holland
United States
Congress Debates Major Funding and Appointments
Senate weighs a $60 million drought relief appropriation and the Jones maternity bill. Appropriations committees review postal treasury funds. Finance panel opens tariff commission nominations. Judiciary panel holds executive session on other nominees. House considers interior department appropriation. Immigration panel continues measures to suspend immigration.
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Appropriations
Post Office
Treasury
Finance Committee
Judiciary Committee
House
Interior Department
Immigration Committee
Aurora man named federal prohibition officer for Illinois
Thomas Smith of Aurora is appointed as a federal prohibition officer for the northern district of Illinois. The appointment, publicized recently, becomes effective immediately. Smith, long a deputy United States marshal in Chicago, is also known in Sycamore for his visits to the county jail.
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Thomas Smith
Aurora
Thomas ©. Smith
Illinois
Smith
United States
Chicago
Sycamore
Deer Shot By Wisconsin Trip Party Near State Line
Harrell Stewart of Stewart & Hammerich returned from a week long hunting trip in northern Wisconsin 380 miles north of home near the Wisconsin Michigan state line. He and eight others of a ten man party bagged deer with Stewart shooting his on Thursday after days without game.
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Harrell Stewart
Stewart & Hammerich
Wisconsin
Stewart
Here
Wisconsin- Michigan State Line
Fox River Coach Line Opens Aurora Terminal Plans Schedule
The Fox River Coach Line of Aurora opened its Aurora terminal at the Aurora Leland hotel today. Three new seven passenger buses will be placed in operation with each bus carrying $40,000 liability insurance. No schedule details have been announced yet.
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Fox River Coach Line
Aurora
Aurora-Leland
Parlor Coaches and Steel Cross Ties Experiment
The charter grants the company permission to run five 21 passenger parlor coaches. An English railway conducts the first extensive experiment in that country with steel cross ties, previously found to interfere with electric signaling.
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