Bond Issue Explained At DeKalb Sanitary Meeting
Oscar C. Gettinger outlined Wheaton’s four year old sanitary disposal plant, comparing bond financing to a special assessment plan as the cheaper option. State figures Gus H. Radebauch and H.F. Ferguson supported improvements, warning DeKalb to curb Kishwaukee pollution and noting legal steps to halt sewer discharge. Public vote on the bond issue set for next Tuesday.
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Wheaton
DeKalb Theatre
Oscar C. Gettinger
Wheaton Sanitary District
Gettinger
Wheaton Board
DeKalb Sanitary District
Gus H. Radebauch
State Department of Conservation
Illinois
Speake
H.F. Ferguson
Department of Pubic Works
Kishwaukee
Ferguson
DeKalb
Murder Charge Against Woman Who Shot Husband in St Louis
Grand jury indicts Mrs. Helen Matlock for second degree murder in the death of her husband Charles Matlock proprietor of a St Louis night club. He entered the apartment he had set up for entertainer Rose Jokerst. Matlock waited two hours with Jokerst, then was shot when he opened the door.
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St. Louis
U.P
Helen Matlock
Charley” Matlock
Miss Rose Jokerst
Matlock
Liberty
Miss Jokerst
Quarantine Set Around Potsdam Amid Meningitis Epidemic
Dr James Stewart Missouri health commissioner established a 50 mile quarantine around Potsdam near Jefferson City as spinal meningitis claims seven lives since Friday. Residents may not protect homes even to buy groceries, officials said.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
U.P
James Stewart
Potsdam
25 Years in Pictures Depict Flight and Flight Milestones
A sequence of images contrasts a modern scene of army and navy aircraft over San Diego during maneuvers with a historic War Department photo of Wilbur Wright in 1903 Kitty Hawk, showing the first powered flight. The caption notes the Wright aircraft lifting from a runway by catapult and achieving 120 feet, marking man's first flight.
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Army
Navy
San Diego
Calif
War Department
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Wright
Hoover Guards Tighten as Buenos Aires Hails Return
In Buenos Aires security for President elect Herbert Hoover was boosted after four arrests tied to a Sandino demonstra tion plot. Crowds cheered Hoover as he arrived at Retiro station and toured ports, stockyards, and meetings with Argentine leaders.
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Buenos Aires
Herbert Hoover
Eee
Augustino Sandino
Police Center
Elpidio Gonzalez
Greneros
Mr. Hoover
Hoover
Retiro
Hipolito Irigoyen
Argentina
United States
Minor foggy crash injures no one on North Fourth Street
Archie Johnson driving his sister's Dodge coupe struck the Wirtz & Wirtz hearse being backed into a garage. The hearse suffered no damage while the Dodge fender received slight damage. Dense fog impaired visibility at the time of the incident.
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Archie Johnson
Wirtz & Wirtz
North Fourth Street
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Business Man Ill With Pneumonia at Local Hospital
L. C. Schermerhorn, a long time local lumber dealer, was taken to Gildden Memorial hospital last evening and is seriously ill with pneumonia. His daughter reports a slight improvement today but notes two weeks of declining health and a possible partial stroke last evening.
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L. C. Schermerhorn
Gildden Memorial Hospital
Towa 1929 License Plates Seen On City Car
The first 1929 license plates were seen on a Towa car stopped in the city yesterday at the DeKalb agency of the Chicago Motor Club for road information. The new plates are large with art letters on green.
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Towa
DeKalb
Chicago Motor Club
Teller to repay bank shortage in East St Louis case
William Brinkman a 45 year old teller from St Louis will restore 20 000 to 25 000 he withdrew from the Deposit Company accounts for his own use and lost in betting on horse and dog races. The bond shows no prosecution planned per Detective Toble.
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Bank East
William J. Burns
International Detective Agency
Brinkman
King Holds Improvement Amid London Bulletin
A Buckingham Palace bulletin said King George showed slight improvement but progress remains slow and uncertain. Doctors warned of anxious days ahead while the king’s children and Queen Elizabeth stayed close, and surgeons Sir Hugh Rigby and Sir Stanley Hewett continued to monitor recovery after the operation to treat toxaemia following the rib procedure.
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London
Stanley Hewett
Hugh Rigby
Dawson
Penn
Keith Jones
United Press
King George
Prince of Wales
Africa
Buckingham Palace
Lord Dawson of
Tide
Huch
the of Wales
Daily Express Today
Prisoner Shot and Captured After Jail Escape
Crawford who escaped from the Henry County jail was shot through the shoulder and captured four miles north of Cambridge. Sheriff Charles Nash proached death, Merle Dugger was knocked down as Crawford and two other men fled. Louis Guthrie of Kewanee and Tom Johns of Chicago were identified, and Mrs. Nash found her husband unconscious after the disturbance. The group had been arrested Wednesday in Galva for store robbery.
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Cambridge
Wee
Crawford
Here
Charles Nash
Trusty
Merle Dugger
Louis Guthrie
Kewanee
Tom Johns
Chicago
New Henry County
Nash
Dugger
Bandits raid Mexican town seizes 22 girls in night attack
In Jicotepec 70 bandits destroyed the city hall and abducted 22 young women as federal troops pursue the gang into the hills of Jalisco. Mothers and fathers helpless as the town’s population watched a picture show. The fate of the captives remains unclear and authorities vow a rescue.
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Mexico City
U.P
Jicotepec
Jalisco
Mexico
Grafico
Influenza Spreads Quietly Across Midwest
Chicago reports ten influenza deaths and eighteen pneumonia deaths in 24 hours as schools and universities close citywide. Colleges in Illinois Wisconsin Missouri and North Dakota suspend classes to curb the flu while Mme Ganna Walska is hospitalized and her engagements canceled.
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Chicago
U.P
Middle West
Denver
Los Angeles
Ganna Walska
Harold F. McCormick
Harvester
Mme. Walska
Joseph A. Capps
Robert Preble
Wisconsin
North Dakota Agricultural College
Fargo
Missouri
Kansas
University Ofllinois
Pontiac
Til
Tlinois State Reformatory
J. A. Marshall
Galesburg
Knox College
Reams Dies In Joliet Penitentiary From Tuberculosis
Orlie Reams aged 39 died at Joliet state prison from tuberculosis while serving a one to five year term for truck freight theft connected with a DeKalb county case. Born in Paw Paw he had moved to DeKalb with family three years earlier. Funeral services set for 9:30 am at Rowan chapel with burial in Paw Paw cemetery. several co-defendants had faced similar sentences earlier that year.
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Orlie Reams
State Penitentiary
William Fulton
DeKalb County
Joliet State Prison
DeKalb
Rowan Chapel
South Fourth Street
Paw Paw
J. C. Spencer
Methodist Church
Reams
Chicago & North Western Railroad
John McGlynn
George Thorworth
Arthur Eddy
McGlynn
State
Fulton
Thorworth
Eddy
Joliet
Former Afton Resident Dies At Afton Township
Mrs Imma E Anderson aged 62 former Afton township resident died in Chicago where funeral services are expected Monday. She is survived by brothers Albert Larson of Chicago Philip Larson north of the city and Gilbert Larson of Detroit and a sister Miss N Larson of Chicago. Mr Anderson died eight years ago and she moved to Chicago to make her home.
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Afton
Imma E. Anderson
Chicago
Anderson
Albert Larson
Philip Larson
Gilbert Larson
Detroit
N. Larson
Mr. Anderson
Crib Tourney Postponed After Bert Shetter’s Death
The weekly cribbage tournament scheduled for tonight is postponed in respect to Bert Shetter who died suddenly. Teams will meet next Friday evening as organizers honor his memory and note his longtime support and cup presentation in past years.
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Bert Shetter
Shetter
Ford Coupe Stolen In Rochelle Report
DeKalb police report a dark green Ford coupe stolen last night from Otto Udesen of Rochelle rural route 1. The theft was logged this morning with details focusing on the vehicle description and owner location.
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Rochelle
Otto Udesen
Route 1
DeKalb
Cataract surgery aims to cut Knox County blind pension cost
Knox County officials in Galesburg Illinois propose removing cataracts from blind pensioners to save about five thousand dollars a year. The plan sends eligible recipients to Chicago for free operations with travel paid by the county. If successful, those pensioners would be removed from the pension list, reducing a long standing county burden.
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Galesburg
Ill
Knox County
Chicago
Illinois Eye & Ear Infirmary
Peace at Pan American conference to avert Bolivia Paraguay war
Washington delegates at the Pan American conference moved to extend good offices to the Bolivia Paraguay crisis. The proposal, supported unanimously, urges conciliatory measures while preserving arbitration as a foundation of international life and directs the committee to report on developments.
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Washington
United States
Bolivia
Paraguay
Kellogg
Confernce
Eligio Ayala
Ayala
Advantages of Bond Issue Stressed in Article Today
The article compares funding public improvements by special assessments versus general bond issues. It argues bonds reduce costs by 5 to 6 percent, since contractors bid lower when paid in cash from bonds, and taxes can cover both real and personal property including capital stock and machinery.
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Capita
Three Incar DeKalb Jeweler Dies In Fog Aide Crash
Bert Shetter 68 longtime DeKalb jeweler, riding in a Packard with Mr and Mrs William Adee, was killed when their car struck a stalled Amboy truck on Lincoln Highway east of the city. Mrs Adee injured, truck rear lights lit, foggy night. Inquest slated. Coroner Culver to convene as officials investigate.
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Bert Shetter
DeKalb
Amboy
Lincoln Highway
Shetter
Glidden Memorial Hospital
William Adee
Adee
Packard
R. P. Culver
John Gentry
Chicago
Culver
T. E. Courtney
David Katn
Mr. Shetter
Mr. Adee
Mr. Courtney
Mr. Katz
Courtney
Harley Mitchell
Mr. Kats
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