State Wins A Skirmish In Gas Tax Case
Springfield Dec 10 The state of Illinois won the initial skirmish on the three cent gasoline tax as Judge Frank W Burton upheld its validity in Sangamon county court. Six oil companies among over 100 that protested the tax have 20 days to appeal to the state supreme court. If no appeals are filed litigation ends. if any appeal is filed the final disposition will await the supreme court ruling. Others named include Dunkel Oil, Lynn Quality Oil, Parker Co., Foley Gasoline & Oil, McHenry County Oil and Whiteside County Oil.
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Springfield
Illinois
Frank W. Burton
Sangamon County
Burton
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Carlstrom
Eny
Dunkel Oil Coporation
Lynn Quality Oil Corporation
Charles V. Parker Co
Foley Gasoline & Oil Co
McHenry County Oil Co
Whiteside County Oil Co
Smooth Way for Tax Cut
A peace plan has been negotiated by Republican floor leader Watson to get the administrations 160000000 tax reduction bill through the senate Friday. He has secured cooperation from senators interested in Shoals and delayed the tax bill so at least one senator can prepare an amendment. Watson promised to take up the house resolution Friday with expectation it will pass before the senate adjourns that day. He faced opposition but holds a strong majority as tariff uproar has cooled willingness to push hard. Watson worked five hours in conference for the agreement. Alabama Senators Heflin and Black oppose unless Norris resolution gains ground on Tennessee river project. Blaine will not consent until after tariff bill passes next month. Couzens prepares an amendment as possible action stalls turn to page 10.
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Washington
U.R
Watson
Senate
Ble
House
Muscle Shoals
Heflin
Black
Alabama
Tennessee River
Blaine
Wis
Hawes
Dem
Couzens
Mich
Grundy
Pennsylvania
Congress
Kansas City
Illinois Weather Outlook Sees Rain Across Two Days
Occasional rain is forecast for Illinois on Monday and Tuesday with cooler temperatures. Meteorologists expect light to moderate showers, followed by variable skies and a gradual temperature drop into midweek. Local high temperatures may reach the upper 50s to low 60s, with overnight lows in the 40s.
A Word to Our Advertisers
The Daily Chronicle asks advertisers to submit copy in advance for better positions during the Christmas season. It notes the Golden Rule edition Monday deadlines, with the office needing ads by Friday noon. The notice thanks advertisers for cooperation and support.
Troops Called Out Over Illinois Coal Mine Dispute
Soldiers from five state militia companies deployed to guard four mines near Taylorville Illinois after the National Miners Union called a general strike in the coal fields. Troops arrived following an appeal by Sheriff Dunbar to Governor Sterling, with orders to maintain order as miners milled and some workers resisted entry at Mine Number Eight. The situation remained calm, though tensions persisted around Langley and Mine Nine, and production at Mine 68 resumed after partial shutdown.
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Taylorville
Dee
U.R
National Miners Union
Illinois
D. L. Dunbar
Fred E. Sterling
130Th Infantry
Decatur
Springfield
106Th Infantry
Gulick
Urbana
Carlos E. Black
Illinois Miners’ Union
Langley
Night Officer Aids Thieves Reaching Garage
Night Merchant Patrol Officer Maynard Ebbesen saw three well dressed men attempt entry at the Boston store and Buckaloo Ruppi Burroughs shop Sunday night. He helped them reach Fisk garage by standing on a running board. They then drove away at high speed after the garage door opened, crossing Fourth Street tracks at about 50 mph through a red light.
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Boston
Maynard Ebbesen
Hbbeson
Fisk
Ebbesen
Fourth Street
New Playhouse Opens Doors To Public Tonight
The DeKalb Egyptian Theatre opens tonight at 6:00 PM with a 7:00 PM curtain for a two hour program. A 9:00 PM second show follows, in a 1,600 seat venue expected full. An orchestra led by Mrs. Lucille Kirchner will perform before the first curtain. Rio Rita starts tomorrow for a three day run.
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DeKalb
DeKalb Theatre
Lucille Kirchner
New H engines to power Chicago and North Western passengers
Local agent H Thiele says four Galena division passenger trains will switch to the new H type locomotives starting next Monday. The engines were tested last week on a Chicago to Council Bluffs run, with a fourteen car train including a business car, and performance was satisfactory.
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H. Thiele
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Thiele
Galena
Chicago
Council Bluffs
Land Values in County Listed By Northwestern
The average true value of farm land in this county on April 1 of this year was $165.25, based on statistics by R A Miller, tax commissioner for the Chicago North Western railroad. The report covers 22 Illinois counties crossed by the railroad and shows shrinkage from 1927 to 1929 of about 14.56 percent. Shabbona township has the best priced land at $201.50 per acre, Clinton $196.75, Victor $190, Sandwich $186.75, DeKalb $185, with nearby counties ranging from $121 to $176.75. The land sales period spanned 1923 to 1929 with an average county sale price of $180.32 and 22,039 acres surveyed.
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R. A. Miller
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Mr. Miller
Illinois
Lake County
DuPage
Kane
Tazewell
LaSalle
Boone
Lee
McHenry
Ogle
Whiteside
Winnebago
Shabbona
Nine Die In Pathe Fire At Sound Film Studios
A Pathe Company sound film studio on Park Avenue near 130th Street in New York was ripped by a series of explosions today. Nine people were killed and several injured as flames spread. many bodies were laid on the curb while rescuers searched for others still inside. The tragedy struck during preparations for a recording by Eddie Elkins and his fourteen musicians, with about 30 chorus girls nearby. Fire crews battled the blaze amid a growing crowd as ambulances ferried the injured to hospitals.
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New York
Pathe Company
Park Avenue
130Th Street
Eddie Elkins
Harlem
Knickerbocker
Harry Delmar
Delmar
Death trail to Sycamore linked to Rockford teacher murder
Sycamore resident questioned by DeKalb deputies over the weekend in the Cordelia E. Gummersheimer murder case. Officials said the man’s alibi was supported by information from deputies. Rockford police press for clues, with a dentist confined in Rockford’s county jail amid ongoing investigations.
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DeKalb County
Cordelia E. Gummersheimer
Rockford
Chicago
DeKalb
Report HITS Grundy Hard in Senate Lobby Probe
Washington reports detail Joseph R. Grundy head of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association as a major donor and influence in Republican campaigns and tariff policy. The senate lobby investigating committee cites his large contributions from 1926 to 1928 and his extensive campaigning in Pennsylvania, noting his wealth from wool yarn protectionist industry and his role in supporting Pepper and Fisher while preferring Ware for senator.
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Washington
U.P
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania
Aeons
Congress
Senate
Grundy
Ittee
Charles L. Evanson
Connecticut Manufacturers’ Association
Bingham
William F. Burgess
John Fisher
Williams
Ware
Fisher
George Wharton Pepper
Pepper-Fisher
Congress Today Senate Tariff Debate and Hearings Continue
Senate debates tariff bill as judiciary subcommittee resumes lobby investigation. Owen D. Young testifies before the Interstate Commerce Committee while the House continues consideration of Interior Department appropriations.
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Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee
Owen D. Young
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Interior Department
Credit Manager Speaks Before Kiwanis Club
E M Holman of Wilson Brothers spoke to the Kiwanis club as guest of Swanson Benson DeKalb clothiers. He described modern product distribution methods and stock handling for fast delivery, noting the need for a perpetual inventory to meet orders promptly.
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E. M. Holman
Credit Department
Wilson Brothers
Kiwanis Club
Carl Swanson
Swanson- Benson, DeKalb Clothiers
Holman
Overcoat Thief Sentenced In DeKalb County Court
Dominico Grotto was sentenced to 90 days in DeKalb County jail and a $1 fine after pleading guilty to stealing an overcoat from the Kylen bowling alley. Police arrested him last week at the depot with the coat, found in his possession. He had recently worked on the city's sanitary sewer project.
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Dominico Grotto
DeKalb
Sycamore
William L. Pond
Grotto
Kylen
China Torn by New War in Canton and Shanghai
Severe fighting reported as Kwangsi rebels clash with government forces near Canton while national troops engage along east and west rivers. The U S cruiser Pittsburgh with Admiral McVay departs Manila for Shanghai to safeguard American interests. Foreign powers move to protect citizens as Nationalist troops enter Nanking. British and French troops reinforcing Shanghai.
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Canton
Kwangsi and “Ironsides
Manila
P. L
United States
Pittsburgh
Charles McVay
Shanghai
Manila Bay
McCormick
Bulmer
Chiang
U.S
Eean Kal-Shek
Nanking
China
Hermés
Hong Kong
Haitian Inmates Claim U S Farm Instructors Poor Fit
Prisoners in Port au Prince say about a dozen American instructors at the Danien agricultural school draw salaries of four to five thousand dollars a year plus expenses while unable to speak French. They were jailed after martial law and cited by inmates as politically charged. The three early interviewees from the service technique said they are not political prisoners and do not know their charges.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
U.P
Danien Agricultural School
United Press
National Penitentiary
Employers’ Committee of the Service Technique
Gaston Woel
Port Au pEinte
Jone
Neu
Condi
Dentist Is Not Slayer In Rockford Gas Pipe Murder
Rockford New Mexico December reports say Dr Floyd Leach, a dentist, is questioned in the gas pipe murder of Cordelia Gummersheimer, a Rockford High School Spanish teacher. Leach is held without charge as investigators pursue leads and rule out several suspects including four named men.
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Rockford
Floyd Leach
Cordelia Gummersheimer
Leach
Arthur D. Fischer
Willliam D. Knight
Miss Gummersheimer
Evers
Eary
Gummersheimer
Ufe
Civil War Vet John Underfanger Dies in Springfield
John Underfanger, Civil War veteran and father of Mrs. Scott Peacock, died at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield after a period of ill health. He served in the Union army and aided Lincoln’s guard at Ford’s Theatre. Funeral services are expected tomorrow with burial in the state capital. He leaves two sons, John and Me Peacock, and his daughter, Mrs. Peacock, who traveled from Haish Boulevard to Springfield.
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John Underfanger
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Scott Peacock
Haish Boulevard
St. John’s Hospital
Underfanger
Springfield Hospital
Peacock
State
Lincoln
Grand Army of the Republic
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