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Newspaper
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Location
Dekalb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1930
Page
2
Citywide Christmas carol gathering at the Community Center led by I. E. Lackland runs 7 to 8 PM. Churches schools and volunteers unite for a large adults dominated event featuring girls women men and boys choirs, Santa Claus, instrumental pieces, and a procession.
Tomorrow Tuesday December 25 marks a bargain day with special sales and events to boost Christmas shopping. The feature highlights unusual discounts as stores stage bargain sales, echoing last summer’s efforts to attract shoppers. Chronicle Want Ads Bring Results.
The DeKalb Dai Chronicle assumes full responsibility for its delivery service in Sycamore. If a subscriber misses a copy, call Mr Otto Fellinger at Sycamore 420 to receive a special delivery. Complaints will be investigated and remedies applied. Carriers should be paid promptly each week to cover bills and profits.
A barn burned at the Elliott farm east of Sycamore around 5:00 PM on a windy evening. The Sycamore fire team arrived too late to save the barn but all stock was saved and no other buildings burned. Some hay los s, with limited insurance coverage reported. The fire stemmed from an overheated gas engine spreading oil and grease.
The Headquarters Company basketball squad will meet a strong Oregon Merchants five at the central school gym tomorrow evening at 7:30. Officials expect a hard fought game as the visitors boast more depth than Rochelle’s squad, promising an exciting battle.
At a Chicago destitute relief appeal listeners heard Ross E. Millett announced as pledging one dollar a month for twelve months. Millett, a local youth studying law in Chicago, was identified by listeners though the originating radio station was not recalled.
Mrs Charles Worden of Sycamore died suddenly Saturday at 1 30 pm en route to Sycamore hospital. Pauline Draves born in Germany September 8 1885 came to the U S at age seven. She married Charles Worden December 5 1904 and leaves four sons two brothers, parents and three sisters. Funeral at home Tuesday at 2 pm with burial Charter Grove Cemetery.
Coach Jesse Shrout fielded every man on the Sycamore High School basketball squad in a Saturday night double header. The freshmen defeated Maple Park first team 42 to 9 and second team 20 to 6 as all players logged minutes in fives with no individual substitutions. The underclassmen showed gifted passing and potential as the tournament approaches, though concerns linger from the Dundee victory and upcoming hard games.
Fairdale closes for a two week Christmas vacation with students and staff preparing for the holidays. Several local families travel for celebrations and a number attend the Shabbona dramatic tournament. Sunday plans include a Christmas Eve church program and community visits.
Post office workers say Christmas mail volume is neck and neck with last year, with about 200 more letters at this week’s Saturday evening peak. Extra help is on duty and may be increased briefly. Data from sack counts on parcels and letters, checked by a stamp machine, estimate the volume.
Former high school basketball stars from the past two to three years will reunite to form a team during the holiday period and schedule a few exhibition games. The effort aims to showcase longtime players and provide entertainment during the season.
The Headquarters Company team hopes to sign a game for Tuesday December 30 with a college or grad squad. Players lined up include Jimmy Joslyn Ed Boies John Waterman and several others from past three years teams. The lineup promises an interesting aggregation for local cage fans.
The 129th Regimental Headquarters suite fills with steel filing cabinets mahogany desks and book cases as arrivals continue. Delays in fittings leave much filing and setup still to be done to create a smoothly working regimental headquarter.
A mysterious amateur broadcaster has been found operating in Sycamore. Several residents report hearing conversations on the same wavelength as WEEM and attempts to link with a Dixon amateur and an Indiana caller.Local curiosity grows as residents suspected of building their own radio outfits emerge.
The Illinois Commerce Commission hearing, set for tomorrow, has been postponed to an unspecified date in January. The case arises from a legal dispute between the Chicago Great Western Railroad and Sycamore, with City Attorney L F Moudry representing Sycamore to win local goodwill.
Santa Claus will arrive at 2 00 Wednesday afternoon to hand out candy to children, standing by the special mailbox where Sycamore kids have already posted letters in hundreds. He promises to return Christmas Eve night for more.
Chicago winter scene aboard the Wolverine as students from several colleges rode eastbound. The conductor recalls loud games and lightbulb breaking then pillow tearing and sheets set aflame. A campus debate over who would pay damages ended with students and coeds offering to chip in.
Two surviving members of the bandit gang from the Clinton Indiana Citizens State Bank robbery will be tried on murder charges in Illinois after Joe Walker was killed in Edgar county. Defendants James M. Clark alias William Long of Kansas City and Walter Dietrich alias William Martin of Chicago face murder and robbery indictments. two accomplices died in the pursuit. Vermilion county will convene a grand jury to prepare the case.
Verdi Iowa farmer F A Shelangoski brought two giant turnips weighing sixteen pounds each. Reported as the largest ever grown in this community, the remarkable harvest drew local attention.
A fresh studio portrait shows Getulio Vargas, head of the government installed after the recent upheaval, marking his first official image since assuming office. The study emphasizes his youthful bearing and authoritative pose as Brazil stabilizes.
Five more skeletons were found in a gravel bank on the Arthur Zimmerman farm bringing the total to twenty two. The bones were believed taken from an Indian burial ground as all were unearthed in a seated posture.
In Moscow on December 22, reports say Alexei Ivanovitch Rykov, former premier of Soviet Russia, will be removed from the Politburo after losing the presidency post to Viacheslav Molotov. The Central Executive Committee moved to oust Rykov, who had abstained from attending meetings, signaling further purge.
Reports describe popular demonstrations and the celebration of a Soviet anniversary in Red Square. It notes a leader having gone south for health reasons, though political illness is suspected as the underlying motive.
Burridge D. Butler publisher of the Prairie Farmer says he has purchased the Illinois Farmer and will cease publication of the Illinois Farmer. The Illinois Farmer had offices at 608 South Dearborn and the Prairie Farmer, tied to WLS radio, is ten years old.
A Chicago cashier at 417 North Clark Street reports catching a cold and cough from a restaurant draft. After her boss bought Smith Brothers Syrup, she took it that afternoon and lost the cough entirely, keeping her work uninterrupted.
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