Army Officer Henry A. Andres Dies After Illness
Captain Henry August Andres died at 1 00 am Wednesday after complications from two surgeries for appendicitis. Born July 5 1879 in McGregor Iowa he served in the Minnesota National Guard Spanish American War and World War I, later joining the regular army and the Reserve Officers Association. Surviving: mother Mrs. Andres of St Paul wife at home son Lloyd of Chicago sisters Louise Andres and Mrs Robert Coridon of St Paul brothers Joseph Montevideo Oscar Mitchell and William Duluth. Burial with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery after services at DeKalb Avenue and transfer to Washington.
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Henry August Andres
Town
Henry August Andress
McGregor
St. Paul
Minnesota National Guard
Leah Victoria
Regular Army of the
United States
Officers Reserve Corps
Camp Green
N. C
Camp Greene
Leon Springs
Tex
Fort Sam Houston
Department of the Army
Panama
States
Fort Benning
Sycamore
Illinois Department
129Th Regiment of Infantry
Bylamore
Lloyd Andres
Chicago
Louise Andres
Robert Coridon
Joseph
Montivideo
S. D
Oscar
Mitchell
William
Duluth
Minn
Co. V. Rebils
DeKalb Avenue
Fathererson
Genoa
Illinois Central
Chiago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Graeme Parks
Fort Sheridan
Andres
Dance Enjoyed At Community Center
A community center hosted a Christmas party last night with a wide turnout from nearby towns. The crowd skewed younger and the event had a collegiate and colorful atmosphere.
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Immedite
Chronicle Delivery Guarantee in DeKalb Chronicle
The DeKalb Daily Chronicle guarantees carrier delivery in Sycamore and offers special delivery for missed copies via Otto Fellinger at Sycamore 420. All complaints will be investigated and remedied. Carriers should be paid promptly to ensure they can profit weekly.
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DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Sycamore
Otto Fellinger
Community Center Announces Activities and Events
Multiple notices from the Community Center outline schedules for bowling and weekly sports as well as a Friday January 3 steam bath service for women under nurse Mrs. Lee Gibbons. A nearby Anaconda basketball game against the Polish Falcons is set for 7 30 with no curtain raiser. Free swimming and kids parties featured at the pool earlier in the week.
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Elizabeth Roblin
Sycamore League
Lee Gibbons
Gibbons
Anaconda
Polish Falcons
Rockford
Winnifred Bureum
Bedlam
Frank Lee
No Drill For Guards Until January Sixth
There will be no drill for Headquarters Company here on December 30 1929 with the next drill set for January 6 1930. A new annual schedule prepared by higher command guides Captain F E Hart and details a two phase training plan including camp training and camp period. The intelligence platoon will cover military sketching camouflage aerial photography maps scouting patrolling while the communications platoon will master clearing messages and detailed radio work.
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F. E. Hart
War Department
Army
National Guard
F. F E. Hart
Mishaps Mark Christmas Day Hunt in Central Illinois
Several hunting accidents on Christmas Day in Central Illinois left one youth dead and three others hospitalized. Paul Theobald, 19, was fatally wounded when his gun discharged after falling through a hedge. Fred Ubbenga was shot when the shotgun slipped from his brother. Earl Holt faces possible loss of both legs from an accidental discharge near Vandalia. Jesse Blankenship, 16, injured an ankle during a solo hunt near Vandalia and crawled a quarter mile to a farmhouse for help.
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Springfield
Wee
U.R
Illinois
Paul Theobald
Lincoln
Theobald
Logan County
Fred Ubbemga
Earl Holt
Chenoa
Vandalia
Jesse Blankenship
Blankenship
Soviets Join Search For Lost Aviator Carl Eielson
Soviet Russia will deploy a twin engine aircraft to probe areas where Captain Carl Ben Eielson may have landed off Siberia. The Aviation Chemical Society offers 3000 rubles for his recovery and urges regional populace to assist. Dog teams were sent by the Stavropol icebound in the Arctic alongside the Nanuk incident where he vanished.
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Moscow
U.S
Russia
Carl Ben Eielson
Siberia
New Cape Northern
Junkers Company
Bay of Providence
Aviation Chemical Society
Hielson
Stavropol
Earl Borland
Arctic
Nanuk
Eielson
Byrd Antarctic Ships Suffer Wrecks Reports
London dispatches from Wellington New Zealand report that a supply ship and another Byrd expedition Bolling vessel were wrecked. Details on location and casualties were unclear but investigations follow.
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Byrd
London
Wellington
New Zealand
Bolling
Byrd party whaling rumor denied by Captain Bailey
A wireless message claimed two Antarctic whale chasers were crushed in the ice. Captain H H Bailey of the Byrd expedition denied knowledge of any Byrd whaling voyage. He noted the Neilson Alonzo recently left New Zealand with supplies to support small whale chasers and said the loss would not hardship Byrd and his men.
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H. H. Bailey
New York
Neilson Alonzo
New Zealand
Farm Work Delayed By Central Illinois Snowstorm
Illinois farms are halted as heavy snow blankets the state. A USDA weather and crop survey reports wheat generally buried and calls the snowfall the worst central Illinois blockade since 1218.
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Springfield
Til
Illinois
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Cattle Escape Injury After Truck Overturn
Three head consigned to Chicago were injured when a truck driven by Charles Woods tipped over on an icy cement road near the airport. The wagon was righted and the cattle reloaded shortly after the accident.
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Chicago
Charles Woods
Wood
Unusual wedding march interrupts London ceremony
In London at a West End registrar office six men appeared before a couple arrived and performed mouth organ versions of Mendelssohn with the Wedding March, creating a comic moment in a scene typically solemn.
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London
England
West End
Sroom
Mendelssohn
Insects Menace Man Says Naturalist Warns
Charles P. Shoffner, a Philadelphia naturalist, says invading insect hordes threaten crops and civilization. He warns insects could gain dominion if humans eliminate insect eating birds.
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Philadelphia
Charles P. Shoffner
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Reserve Officers Association
West Point
FARGO
John D. Winninger
PNE
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N. Y
Palais de France
Broadway
America
John Bingham
Temple
Arthur B. Crouch
Texas
Los Angeles
Bingham
Helensville
N. Z
Crouch
Prescott
Lincoln Highway
Moran & Mack
Evelyn Brent
Harry Green
Ile
Peel & Mercantile Company
Coats
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