Paved Roads Open After Night of Snow Plowing
State highway crews under Arthur Self cleared drifts on paved highways allowing one way traffic in this district though DeKalb faced heavier conditions. City plows and a second night crew were mobilized while buses and rail service faced delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Self
State Highway Maintenance Department
DeKalb
Self
Thomas Olsen
J. B. Lindstrom
Greyhound-Pickwick
Chicago In North Western Railroad
Chicago
Mr. Self
Lincoln Highway
Leland
Plano
Marengo
Belvidere
Harley Self
Ships Crash at New York Harbor Fort Victoria sinks
In dense fog off Ambrose Channel the liner Fort Victoria rammed the Algonquin and sank at 7:30 p m after Captain A R Francis stayed aboard with a skeleton crew. 431 passengers and crew were saved or landed, with radio and harbor craft key to the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, N. Y
New York Harbor
Fort Victoria
A. R.francis
New York
U.P
Alongquin
Mackay Radio & Telegraph Company
United Press
Mackay
Fort ‘Victoria
Furness- Bermuda
Amrose Channel
Bermuda
Francis
Miami Land
Galveston
Tex
Ambrose
Police Help Feed Sleepers With Community Aid
City volunteers and donor groups assist the police in feeding persons who sleep at the station. Officials find it cheaper to prepare coffee and sandwiches in the morning. Local dinners send leftover food, aiding officers and sleepers and earning appreciation.
Lottery Winners Buy Fine Coffin In Camaguey Tradition
In Camaguey Cuba, gamblers celebrate Christmas with the first purchase a coffin. Funerarias display caskets in streets as winners distribute remaining winnings, while the town recalls its move 40 miles to the current site and a history of English buccaneers taking women from Puerto Principe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camaguey
Cuba
U.P
Suerto Principe
Puerto Principe
Suspect Held in DeKalb Linked to Rockford Murder Case
Russell Keeling a 21 year old detained by DeKalb police while Rockford authorities verify alibi in the murder of Cordelia E Gummersheimer a Rockford High School teacher. Keeling says he came to DeKalb to seek work and to Rockford a week ago staying in three rooming houses. Police note he appears childlike and vague about actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Keeling
DeKalb
Rockford
Cordelia E. Gummersheimer
Keeling
North Main Street
Furniture City
Postmaster at Kirkland Dies in Noon Stroke
Kirkland December 18 Specmay-rree A Griggs long time postmaster here died suddenly yesterday noon after suffering a stroke at the post office. He was taken home by Al Peterson and died as the family doctor arrived. Survived by widow a daughter Mrs Louisa Brundage Chicago a son Calvin Marionette Wis a sister Mrs Richard Heyward Pasadena and a brother William Rockford. Funeral at 11 tomorrow from the home with burial at Hicks Mills Kirkland. Rev John Gordon Rockford to conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkland
Specmay
A. Griggs
Boone County
Louisa Brundage
Chicago
Calvin
Marinette
Wis
Richard Heyward
Pasadena
Calif
William
Rockford
Hick’s Mills
John Gordon
Rockford Hosts Northern District High School Band Contest
Fifteen bands from the northern Illinois district will compete for district honors in Rockford on April 4 and 5. De Kalb, Streator, Freeport, Rockford, Byron, Fulton and Capron attend. Shields will be awarded to first place bands. medals to winners. The event, at Tebala temple, is the first high school band contest in Rockford, aided by the Chamber of Commerce and an $8,000 instrument upgrade funded by the Rockford board of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Illinois
Rockford
DeKalb
Temple
Band Association
Streator
Freeport
Byron
Fulton
Capron
Tebala Temple
Frank A. Jensen
Air Mail Delay and Plane Crashes Reported
Airlines rerouted 70 pouches from two Boeing planes at DeKalb County port due to fog and wind. News mentions Munson and Johnson landing at the airport, with further delays from a blizzard in Chicago. In Tunis, two British fliers Jones-Willough and Jenkins died in a crash near Zaghouan while en route Cranwell to South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boeing Air Transport
DeKalb County
Rock Island
Iowa City
Munson
Johnson
Boeing
Chicago
Cochrane
Aurora
Dallas
Here
Paul Eakle
Omaha
Neb
Ralph Munson
A. G. Jones
Sardinia
Paris
U.P
Illinois Weather Outlook Fair Then Warmer Friday
For Illinois the forecast calls for probably fair skies tonight and Friday with some cloudiness. It will be somewhat colder tonight in the northeast portion and not so cold Friday afternoon in the southern portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Canadian Legal Paper Sports Many Frills
A Canadian summons to Anna Pogue, Hinckley, issued November 5, 1929 from a Saskatoon court, appears in DeKalb County sheriff files. It explains Canadian writs, six days to answer, 25 days to appear, and notes barristers O Connor and Scott of Kindersley Saskatchewan.
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Sheriff's Department
Anna Pogue
Hinckley
Saskatchewan
Canada
George
Great Britain
Ireland
Dominions
O'Connor and Scott
Kindersley
Death by own action ties Rockford murder mystery to teacher case
Walter Mattis 50, dubbed a prowler, killed himself with a razor in his Rockford home amid a still unresolved link to Miss Cordelia Gummersheimer, a language teacher beaten to death a week earlier. His mother Dora Mattis found him, then cried out as neighbor Charles Kling discovered the scene. Coroner and state attorney investigate possible ties to the Gummersheimer homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford, II
Walter Mattis
Rockford
Cordelia @ummersheimer
Mattis
Gummersheimer
Charles Kling
Walter Julian
Karl D. Williams
Ill
Dora Mattus
Kling
Walter Mattus
Search For Lost Flyer In Alaska And Russia
Juneau reports a major air search for Carl Ben Eielson missing since mid November in the North Cape region. Pilots Crosson Young and Gilman poised to fly into Siberia as Canadian planes join from St. Louis with expert crews. In Anchorage, aviation facilities expand. Eielson and mechanic Earl Borland were lost en route to aid a stranded trading schooner Nanuk amid scarce food. In Moscow, dog teams to aid the Nome to Arctic search as Stavropol crews join the effort per Soviet Aviation Society guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Carl Ben Eielson
Alaska Airways
North Cape
Teller
Joe Crosson
Young and
Gilman
Siberia
Crosson
Frank Corbandt
Aviation Corporation
Canada
St. Louis
Eielson
Anchorage
Coast Guard
Chelan
Earl Borland
Moscow
Russia
Ben Eielson
Arctic
Nome
Stavropol
Siberian Arctic
Elelson
Minor Mishap on Pine Street Damages Don Patten Car
Denis Fender suffered a minor mishap on Pine Street injuring a fender of the Don Patten Chevrolet as he headed to Sycamore. The other vehicle, a Ford owned by John Roach, had its reverse pedal stick trapping it in a crash with Patten’s auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denis Fender
Pine Street
Don Patten
Sycamore
John Roach
Patten
Ford
Patten Auto
Burke Still Not Located In Latest Police Sweep
Reports say Fred Burke, wanted for multiple murders and bank robberies, remains at large after searches along the Flint to Detroit corridor and near Chicago fail to locate him. Sheriff Green doubts sightings. a woman identified Burke from photos but no solid lead emerged amid a blizzard. Canadian border patrols and ballistics tests on St Joseph guns were in progress to trace connections to the St Valentine’s Day massacre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred S. Burke
Fred Dane
St. Joseph
Mich
Chicago
Herman N. Bundesen
William Cox
Frank McDonald
Bundesen
Dane
Flint
U.P
Detroit
Fred Burke
Frank Green
United Press
Burke
Genesee County
S. H. Jarvis
Fred BR. Burke
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Kentucky
Michigan
New York
St. Valentine's Day
Col
Calvin Goddard
Mail problems discussed at Rotary club luncheon
Postmaster Thomas Olsen spoke on how mail handling prevents Christmas congestion and explained why the post office department runs at a loss. The discussion filled the entire noon hour with interest and no business was conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Olsen
Rotary Club
Olsen
Blizzard Death Toll Soars As Midwest Snow Breaks Records
Historic blizzard grips central United States from the Mississippi to the eastern seaboard. Chicago shatters snowfall records at 14.5 inches as schools close and at least 23 deaths are reported nationwide amid wind, ice, and widespread outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
United States
Mississippi River
Mississippi River To the Eastern Seaboard
United Press
Allenby Urges Limited Armament Not Disarmament
Lord Allenby says curtailment of armaments is possible but complete disarmament is opposed. He compares treaties to leaving a door open inviting burglars and lauds Ramsay MacDonald US talks as aiding Anglo American ties. He notes ongoing conflicts in Afghanistan and questions how the next war would be fought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Russet
United Press
London
P—Field Marshall
Lord Allenby
Jerusalem
Afghanistan
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Elburn
Illinois Power Company
DeKalb-Ogle Telephone Company
Power Company
Esmond
Clare
Paul Cullison
Columbine
Cullison
Link
Down Here
Royal Air
Kings Bench
Fiicer
Prowler
Walt Mattis
Flint, Mich
Midwest
Alfred van Steenberg
Steenberg
Stanley Anderson
William Timmerman
Geasiert Ag
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Boston
Sarah J. Page
Williams Lake
British Columbia
Fred
Anderson
Baldwin
Oakedale
Lake Michigan
Basie
Allenby
Sturn
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