New Automatic Train Control Trial Begins on North Western
The North Western railroad tests a new automatic train control on engine No. 1636. The system signals block limits and speed, automatically slows or stops trains approaching limits. Trials at DeKalb and Milwaukee will fix interference issues before wider rollout.
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North Western Railroad
North Western
DeKalb
Milwaukee
Pla
Council Bluffs
Boone
Chicago & Western
Attorney for Small Starts His Argument
Springfield Illinois December 10 The defense argument began today by Attorney Chester Cleveland of Chicago Governor Len Small’s council on Master in Chancery Briggle’s report in the interest suit against the governor. Cleveland started his argument after Warren Schroeder finished a five day examination. Small’s attorney argues to suppress the report which recommends the governor be held to an accounting of funds he handled as state treasurer.
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United Press
Springfield
Chester Cleveland
Chicago
Len Smaill
Briggle
Cleveland
Warren Schroeder
Small
Clinic Will Be Held Sycamore at Court House
A county tuberculosis clinic is set for Sycamore at the courthouse on December 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Miss Cushman and Dr. I P Rice of Springbrook Sanatorium Aurora will examine patients. Residents may contact Miss Cushman to arrange appointments with Aurora specialists.
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Court House
Tubercus
Miss Cushman
Sycamore
I. P. Rice
Springbrook
Aurora
Bank Vice President Vanishes Amid $100000 Shortage
Isadore G. Lucchesi, vice president of a Des Moines bank, fled when an examiner arrived to audit the books. He later admitted a cash shortage of over $10,000 in Memphis after being arrested there, saying the shortfall would not be tied to a spree of roadhouse parties or similar high life.
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Isadore G. Lucchesi
Des Moines
Lucchesi
Memphis
Tenn
Chicago Cops Instructed to Work Overtime
Extraordinary police measures were in effect today as a cold wave hit. The seven day week and ten hour day began at 10 00 am replacing the six day week and eight hour day. Plain clothes and non regular duty officers were assigned to street work. Revolver practice was halted to redirect time to field duties. Superintendent Collins said the emergency boosts efficiency by about 42 percent and that Chicago faces a common big city situation.
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My Uniea
Chicago
Collins
John Bull Gets Smart Reply to Note to Hughes
Washington is preparing a formal reply to Britain's protest against the United States accepting German reparations. The note will argue U S rights to reparations under the treaty and reference a Dawes report estimate of twenty one million dollars for mixed American German claims. It will note pensions and allied debts as part of the reparations and reject excluding reparations.
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John Bull
Hughes
Unite Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Great Britain
Dawes
Seeks Permit to Become an Electrical Contractor
Melvin Jacobs, employed four years at American Steel and Wire, seeks a permit to operate as an electrical contractor in DeKalb. He has posted the required fee and will present himself for examination by the board of examiners before the permit is granted. Jacobs plans to perform all kinds of electrical work if approved.
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Melvin Jacobs
American Steel & Wire Company
DeKalb
Jacobs
Board of Examiners
Judge Glidden Illness Rests Court Desk
Judge V A Glidden of the police court is at home this week with illness. Charles Riegard fills the desk sergeant role during daytime hours. The condition is not serious and he is expected to return by week’s end. Also notes See tobacco products and Secor's for pipes and military sets.
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Glidden
V. A. Glidden
Charles Riegard
Secor’s
Firing during Belvidere milk strike wounds two farmers
Two Belvidere farmers, Richard Saunders and Charles Carlson, were wounded in a milk price protest against Gifford Milk Products. Saunders, shot in the abdomen, is in critical condition after a gunfight that followed the mob stopping a milk truck. Deputy Sheriff Nester faces potential charges for shooting. State Policeman Clendenning is jailed for assault. About 200 pickets guard roads to the plant.
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Gifford Milk Products Company
Belvidere
Richard Saunders
Charles Carlson
Herbert
Fremont Nester
Saunders
Paul Clendenning
Carlson
Nester
Clendenning
America to Attend League Arms Conference
Washington reports the United States will accept an invitation to the arms traffic conference planned for May 4 next year. Secretary Hughes’ message offsets earlier regret over Britain’s request to postpone the originally set June meeting. The council views the May date as key to next year’s push for peace.
Finish Cement Work This Week at Sanatorium
After a new roof was installed at the DeKalb County Tuberculosis association property on Sycamore Road carpenters completed cement work and stucco this week. The raised roof with ventilators on both sides aims to stop leaks and improve appearance, offering patients reassurance.
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DeKalb County Tuberculosis Association
Sycamore Road
Dixon Police Report Ford Coupe Theft
Dixon police officials reported the theft of a Ford coupe from the streets last night. DeKalb officers were notified to be on the lookout for the stolen car. no license number was listed in the report.
No Sleepers at City Hall Despite Cold Night
Report notes 11 sleepers at the city police station Monday night but no travelers appeared for free lodging despite cold weather. The annual sleeper list remains large, surprising officials who expected guests at a warm place to stay.
Physician Orders Trotsky to Caucasus
Four Moscow physicians ordered Leon Trotzky to depart for a warmer climate in the Caucasus citing his health. The notice appears in Moscow on December 10 and mentions immediate travel for restoration.
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Trotsky
Caucasus
Moscow
Russia
Leon Trotzky
Labor Aid Seals Drive Urges Christmas Seal Purchases
John H. Walker of the Illinois State Federation of Labor urges unions and workers to back Christmas seal fundraising for the tuberculosis association. The drive notes Illinois has cut death rates, cites housing and working conditions as infection factors, and highlights mail sales in Lake, Winnebago, Whiteside, and DeKalb counties with mixed early results and calls for broader participation.
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John H. Walker
Illinois State Federation of Labor
Miinois
Waller
Smoia Tuberculosis Association
Illinois
W. T. Hardie
Lake County
Helen Marshall
Winnebago County
Whiteside County
Large Crowds at Meetings at Advent Church
Reports say the Advent Christian church at Seventh and State streets holds nightly special meetings with large crowds. Pastor delivers an inspiring message and G H Baker from Aurora college leads the singing and performs special numbers each night at 7 30 with public invited.
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Advent Christian Church
State Streets
G. H. Baker
Aurora College
Farmers Press Congress to Fix Tax Law and Labor Rules
At the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago on December 10, farmers urged Congress to close holes in the income tax law and oppose a child labor law. The resolution backs tariff and consumption taxes to raise 25 percent of the federal budget and seeks limits on tax free securities and bank lending profits. It also endorses Coolidge's economy program and calls for nominations for a new secretary of agriculture to succeed Howard Gore.
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Gay Uuu Rressy
Chicago
Ilinois
Congress
National Convention
American Farm Bureau Federation
Taxation and Legislation Committee
Farme
Coolidge
Federation
Farm Organization
Howard Gore
West Virginia
Baldwin Wins Test Vote In Commons
London reports the Baldwin government won the first division in the House of Commons by 277 to 81 with a government majority of 196 after opposition protests. The note mentions a focus on government business and the test vote as indicating support.
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Baldwin
Commons
London
England
House of Commons
Artist and decorator J Holslay dies in DeKalb
J Holslay an artist and interior decorator of local reputation and brother of Mrs. E J Raymond died at Glidden Memorial hospital this afternoon at 3 25 after five months in the hospital with a condition requiring operation Monday night. A relapse at midnight hastened his end and complete funeral details will be published tomorrow.
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J. Holslay
DeKalb
Glidden Memorial Hospital
Mr. Holslay
E. J. Raymond
Trial of Rev Hight and Mrs Sweetin in arsenic case
Lawrence M Hight former Ina pastor faced a Benton drug clerk testimony in the Wilford Sweetin murder trial. The clerk recounted Hight’s July 22 request for arsenic and negotiations over safer poisons before approval to sell. A Chicago physician testified three grains of arsenic in Sweetin’s body, deemed lethal.
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Ty Wresoca
Mt. Vernon
Lawrence M. Hig
Ina
Elsie Sweetin
Wilford Sweetin
Hicht
Hight
Sweetin
William McNally
Chicago
Census of Agriculture reports urged to DeKalb farmers
An appeal to DeKalb county farmers asks them to complete 1924 federal census of agriculture reports mailed by the bureau of census. Enumerators face low pay and staff shortages. 25 cents per report. Farmers should prepare data on farm values, mortgages, taxes, acreage, crops, milk, butter, poultry, and debt, and hand schedules to enumerators when they call. All data are confidential under law.
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DeKalb County
Bureau of Census
Edward W. Koch
Rockford
Congress
Dennis A. O'Brien
DeKalb
Afton
Milan
Pierce
John A. Mercer
Waterman
Clinton
Shabbona
Squaw Grove
Blanche A. Hotchkiss
Cortland
Malta
William H. Mason
Esmond
South Grove
C. A. Gatling
Genoa
Sycamore
George A. Stratton
Leland—Paw Paw
Sandwich
Somonauk
Vietor
Post Office Department
Strike Continues as Illinois Traction Workers Press Demands
The Illinois Traction Company strike enters its fourth day with no end in sight. Strikers and company officials met with Mayor F A Bullard but achieved little. The main issue is overtime after ten hours, with the company offering arbitration if workers return. The walkout began at midnight Saturday in Litchfield. Olive Shoe Plant workers relocated to Springfield, boosting the town’s population as a shoe plant special ran daily.
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Springfield
Mlinois
Minois Traction
F. A. Bullard
Litchfield
Bert Foster Improving After Hospital Stay
Friends report Bert Foster of the post office is making splendid progress after surgery last week. His condition was serious for several days and visitors were restricted, but current physician reports say he is improving and may leave the hospital within two weeks.
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Bert Foster
Post Office
Foster
DeKalb Woman Progress Sparks Local Theatre News
DeKalb reports a woman recovering after an operation last week with noticeable improvement in condition. The theatre at DeKalb Tonight features Lon Cheney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame with positive local reception. Chief of Police Scott and his daughter Faye Louise visit to pass the afternoon.
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Ee Meree
Lon Cheney
Notredame
Rochelie
Victor Hugo
James Scott
Scott
Faye Louise
Dallent
Rotarians Host Football Players Dinner in DeKalb
DeKalb Rotarians hosted about 50 township high school football players and 50 Rotarians for a dinner. Major John L. Griffin athletic director of the Big Ten spoke, coaches Garner and Rutledge received gifts, and Principal R G Beals and A G Kennedy addressed the gathering.
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DeKalb Rotarians
Township
John L. Griffin
Big Ten
Garner
Rutledge
R. G. Beals
A. G. Kennedy
Board of Education
Ince Death Probed by District Attorney’s Office
Hollywood producer Thomas H. Ince died November 19 and the District Attorney Chester Kempley announced a probe into a yachting party in the local harbor. Witnesses have been questioned and others will be called as the investigation proceeds. Ince died at his Beverly Hills home a few hours after the yachting trip aboard the Oneida, owned by the International Film Company.
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Chester Kempley
Ince
Beverly Hills
Oneida
The
International Film), Company
Split Reward Given for the Franks Clues
United Press reports the 6000 dollar reward for clues to the Leopold and Loeb murder was distributed among several reporters and locals. Tony Minks received eight hundred fifty dollars for locating the body and others earned smaller sums for evidence linking the suspects to Bobby Franks' murder in Chicago.
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United Press
Chicago
Nathan
Leopold
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Centrary
James W. Mulroy
Chicaco
A. H. Goldstein
St. Louis
Tony Minks
Roby
Pa Kross
Bernard Hunt
John Kaleska
Walter
John Knitter
Minks
Nearby Place Receives Gifts Worth Over Two Million
Gifts valued at more than 2 000 000 will be turned over to St Charles in spring by Lester Norris and his wife formerly Debra Angel heir to the 38 000 000 Gates fortune. The gifts include a 150 000 movie theatre an 18 hole golf course and a club house. A similar theatre has been donated to West Chicago.
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United Press
St. Charles
Lester Norris
Debra Angel
John
Gates
West
Chicago
Minnesota Christmas Trees Still Available at Carlson Bros
Still have a few Minnesota Christmas trees left in table, medium, and large sizes. Order early to get your choice. Carlson Bros. Phones 296-749.
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Minnesota
Carlson Bros
Court hears Mortimer testimony in Forbes trial appeal
In Chicago at the federal court room on December 10 Elias Mortimer, government witness in the Forbes Thompson fraud case, testified about the White House visits and a New York indictment. He said he called twice, once amid a dispute with Colonel Forbes and his wife, and denied a separate alleged statement while facing cross examination.
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Thired
Federal Court Room
Chicago
Hanling
Charles RL Forbes
A Mer
Elias HL Mortimer
Hussand
Porkes-Thompson
Mortimer
White House
Willix
Forbes
Randolph Laughlin
J. W. Thompson
Itimer
New York
Grand
James Eashy Smith
Veterans Bureau
Uncle Sam May Have to Raise Tax on Incomes
United Present Chicago reports December 19 that under secretary Gerard Winston warned before the Minors Manufacturers that income tax reform may be needed to curb evasion. He argued higher rates on moderate and high incomes and lower exemptions could compel payment, urging easier tax payment over avoidance.
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United
Chicago
Ilinois
Gerard Winston
Secretary of the Treasury
Winston
Herriot Sick from Efforts Against Reds
Paris December reports Premier Herriot is ordered to rest by his physician after a nationwide drive against communists and foreign agitators. He suffers a mild illness but doctors say his condition is not serious, while the Chamber of Deputies backed his internal policy to repress the reds.
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Cuecrete
Paris
France
Herriot
Sarrippe
Chamber of Deputies
Asong
Eastern Normal Hit by Serious Blaze in Bridgewater
A major fire destroyed six of nine buildings at Bridgewater State Normal plant in Bridgewater Massachusetts. Between 600 and 800 students were evacuated by nearby police. all escaped injury. Personal effects were lost for many as Christmas neared.
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United Press
Bridgewater
Mass
Bridgewater State Normal Plant
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