Bolivians Deny Advancing Into Paraguay Frontiers
Bolivian General Jose Quiroz denies reports that Bolivian troops moved beyond Fort Vanguardia in the Chaco and claims re-occupation occurred only after the Dec 6 assault. The note to Washington alleges a 12 mile advance and warns of a grave situation hindering Pan American mediation efforts.
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la Paz
U.P
Jose Quiroz
Chaco
Quiroz
Fort Vanguardia
United Press
Paraguay
Washington
U.R
Bolivia
State Department
Maurtua
Pan-American Special Mediation Committee
Charge Ramirez
Kelloge
Ste
Loss of Rural Roots Tracked by Science Panel
A report from New York on December 28 notes a generation shift from farming to urban life. Dr William G Vinal argues city children miss rural heritage while Dr Harold D Larsen reveals tuberculosis causes 129000 US deaths annually with an economic loss of at least 179 million dollars.
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New York
U.P
United States
American Association For the Advancement of Science
William G. Vinal
Western Reserve University
Vinal
Harold D. Larsen
University of Wisconsin
Larsen
S. S. Visher
Indiana University
E. G. Isner
Cornell
Malta Farmer Heads County Farm Bureau
A. J. Plapp of Malta was elected president of the DeKalb County Farm Bureau for 1929 at the annual board meeting. L. C. Brown Genoa was named vice president and F. C. Love was elected secretary and treasurer. Executive committee members were D. J. Lanan C. B. Watson Russell McAllister E. E. Houghtley J. W. Corey and George Stratton. Delegates to the Illinois Agricultural Association convention will be Plapp Stratton and Brown. Directors also discussed plans to replace the seed storehouse destroyed by fire, but no action was taken.
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A. J. Plapp
Malta
Farm Bureau
DeKalb County Farm Bureau
L. C. Brown
Genoa
F. C. Love
D. J. Lanan
Kingston
C. B. Watson
DeKalb
Rockford Officials Rally for Stronger Law Enforcement
Illinois prosecutors at a state gathering condemn executive clemency abuses and call for cooperation to fight crime. Col. A V Smith cites pardons and parole board failures, faults Len Small era clemency for Potz, and notes gang intimidation and embezzlement cases. Swanson and Carlstrom urge restraining criminals from leaving Chicago and stress unified action.
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Chicago
Illinois
Col
A. V. Smith
Lake County
Col. Smith
John A. Swanson
Cook
Oscar E. Carlstrom
Ignatz Potz
Len Small
Supreme Court
Potz
Winthrop Harbor
Small
Aviators Seek World Endurance Record Start
John Guglielmetti and Charles Rocheville launched from Imperial airport at 6 57 a m in a bid to break the world endurance record in a single motor Albatross. They carried 650 gallons of gasoline and 23 gallons of oil as the craft rose smoothly. The flight must endure 66 hours 26 minutes to topple the current mark.
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el Centrao
Calif
John Guglielmetti
Charles Rocheville
Imperial Airport
King George II Fails to Show Expected Improvement
London reports the king’s health remains steady with no major change this afternoon after a day of mixed bulletins. Doctors note improved local infection but his general condition has not progressed, despite a fair night and consultations by five physicians. The Prince of Wales visits Buckingham Palace. Princess Mary postpones a planned visit.
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London
King George
Stanley Hewett
Hugh Rigby
E. Farquhar Buzzard
Humphrey Rolleston
Dawson
Penn
U.P
Lord Dawson of Penn
Buckingham Palice
Prince of Wales
Mary
Harewood House
Assawls
Million Sick With Flu Warns Health Service
U S health service statisticians estimate 30 000 to 40 000 deaths may result from influenza and pneumonia in the present epidemic. More than a million people are ill while 242 581 cases were reported for the week ending December 22. 39 states reported new cases totaling 1 212 905. Surgeon General U S Cumming said the epidemic is serious but unlikely to reach 1918 levels.
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Washington
U. S. Health Service
Health Service Today
Vermont
Indiana
U. S. Cumming
United Press Today
Boys and Girls Attend Bank Christmas Party at De Kalb Theatre
About 500 local children enjoyed the First Trust & Savings bank Christmas party at the De Kalb Theatre. The matinee featured the film Marked Money with thrilling moments, drawing lively reactions despite fewer attendees amid city illness.
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First Trust & Savings Bank
DeKalb Theatre
Gladys Vanstone Recovering After Appendicitis Operation
Miss Gladys VanStone of the Arlington hotel is a patient at St. Mary's hospital undergoing an appendicitis operation yesterday. Hospital reports today say she is much improved.
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Gladys Vanstone
St. Mary’s Hospital
Arlington Hotel
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochelle Resident Dies of Pneumonia
Rochelle, Dec 28 A Rochelle resident Norman Olson, an employee of Mid-West Canneries Inc, died yesterday morning from pneumonia.
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Rochelle
Norman Olson
Mid-West Canneries, Inc
Beier admits wife framed him for murder hoax
John G. Beier, serving a life term for the murder of Nick Biesen, confessed the claim that Mrs. Helen Bartovich framed him was a hoax. He had received a five day prison leave to prove his innocence and will return to Waupun. He says Bartovich hypnotized him and helped kill her husband.
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LaCrosse
Wis
John G. Beier
Helen Bartoweh
Bartovich
Beier
Waupun
Helen Biesen Bartovich
Nick Biesen
Biesen
Truck Fire at Gas Station Damages Vehicle
A stock truck stopped at the Klemm and Ramer gas filling station on the East Lincoln Highway caught fire while being fueled. The seat and cab were destroyed. damage estimated at about $25. The fire department arrived, extinguished the blaze within five minutes, and the truck suffered considerable damage.
Thrill Fiend Sought in Guggenheim Lab Murder
Police hunt a former Guggenheim Laboratory worker named James Baker for the murder of Henry S Gaw watchman at the Guggenheim lab. Cyanide found on two beakers, $46 stolen, two accomplices driven away by the suspect. Baker, a Texan who spoke Spanish and English and used cold cream, is sought.
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New York
Henrys
Gaw
Guggenheim Laboratory
James Baker
Ida
Guggenheim
Elmer Mayhew
Chester McCauley
Mayhew
McCauley
Baker
Hunchbacked Bandit Leads Night of South Side Raids
A hunchbacked leader using a high falsetto voice commanded three robbers in a string of overnight raids on the Chicago south side. The trio hit a restaurant and a drug store, wounding one man and killing another before fleeing while a one-legged veteran gunman intervened, fatally shooting an escaped assailant.
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Chicago
O.R
Samuel Salvatore
Pasquale Regina
Salvatore
Pasquale
Joseph Adier
Adler
Stair
Henry Cassel
Opera House officials confess embezzlement in Missouri
James P. Brennan and Lawrence C. Stuever, former manager and treasurer of the Grand Opera House, released on $8,000 bond after arrest for embezzling over $6,500 from the theatre operated by the Keith-Albee-Orpheum circuit. Brennan admitted taking $2,330 and Stuever $4.22.
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Opera House
St. Louis
James P. Brennat
Lawrence C. Stuever
The
Grand Opera House
Brennan
Stuever
Keith-Albee-Orpheum Circuit
Coffin Hosts Coolidges on Sapelo Island Visit
Detroit automobile magnate Howard E. Coffin hosts Mrs. Coolidge and the president and Mrs. Coolidge at his palatial Sapeloe Island home off Georgia. Coffin has been mentioned as a possible cabinet candidate under Hoover.
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Howard E. Coffin
Detroit
Neeevianty
Mrs. Coolidge
Sapeloe Island
Georgia
Coffin
Hoover
Royalty Infant Annette Josephine Laid To Rest
Funeral services were held at 11:00 this morning for Annette Josephine Royalty infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Enoch Royalty of South Ninth street. The 18 day old baby had been in poor health since birth and died yesterday morning. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. Many friends mourn with the family in their loss.
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Royalty
Annette Josephine Royalty
Enoch Royalty
South Ninth Street
Oakwood
Will Fight Naval Bill Faces Senate showdown
Washington reports opposition to the navy cruiser construction bill remains active in the senate regardless of the Kellock Peace Treaty outcome. Senator Norris and western independents push to limit ships, with Senator King proposing five cruisers and removal of the three year completion deadline. President Coolidge suggested dropping the time limit, while supporters warn against a paper navy.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
Neb
House
King
Dem
Utah
Coolidge
Congress
Big Navy
Arm of Woman Found In Cementon Dump North Of Allentown
Police disclose discovery of a partly burned arm of a young woman at a Cementon dump nine miles north of Allentown. Adele Wachter and Francine Wachter, high school sisters, found the arm wrapped in old newspaper. The arm was torn at the shoulder with a cut on a knuckle. The dump is near the site where Charles Blumberg, a Philadelphia boxer and alleged gunman, was killed recently.
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Allentown
Cementon
Here
Adele Wachter
Francine
Charles Blumberg
Philadelphia
Illinois Weather: Unsettled Tonight with Rain Snow Mix
Weather bulletin indicates unsettled conditions for Illinois with rain turning to snow in the north and central areas. Saturday expected rain in the far south with continued unsettled conditions and colder air prevailing.
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Hlinois
Dr Schreck Injured In Street Intersection Crash
Dr H Clay Schreck suffered a deep cut above the right eye and potential temporary blindness after his Ford coupe overturned at the Fourteenth and Pleasant streets intersection while avoiding a collision with Frank Rolfe of Meadowlands. An X ray and exam will determine eye prognosis over the next days.
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Schreck
H. Clay Schreck
St. Mary's Hospital
Frank Rolfe
Meadowlands
Fourteenth
Pleasant Streets
Mr. Rolfe
Fourteenth Street
Dr. Schreck
Pleasant Street
Death of Wilson Lee in South Bend area
Wilson Lee aged 32 or 33 died at his home in South Bend after an 11 day battle with pneumonia. He was born June 3, 1903 in Chicago and lived in DeKalb earlier. Survived by Mae Schmidt his wife, parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lee, five brothers and two sisters. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Wilson Lee
Henry Lee
South First Street
South Bend
Ind
DeKalb
Chicago
de- Kalb Township
Wurlitzer Grand Piano Company
Mae Schmidt
Cortland
de- Kalb
South Bend Ind
Mr. Lee
Alice
Idaleane
Harold
Frank and
Albert
Howard
Lawrence
Mrs. Leavitt Dies in Sanitarium at About 80
Lois E. Leavitt formerly of DeKalb moved to Florida with her husband Edward for health. She died December 21 after four years in a sanitarium. A Methodist and widely loved resident, she is survived by no local relatives and is buried beside her husband in Lynn Haven cemetery following a service conducted by the local minister.
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Lois E. Leavitt
DeKalb
Florida
Edward
Ers
Methodist Church
Modern Woodmen
Leavitt
Mrs. Leavitt
Lynn Haven
Nova Scotia
Boys Break Windows in Short Street Garages
Police received a complaint yesterday afternoon about a group of boys breaking windows in garages on Short Street between Fourth and Fifth. The report was investigated by officers.
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Short Street
Fourth
Fifth Street
Elgin Automobile Stolen Last Evening
Police report details a Chevrolet coupe stolen in Elgin last night with a complete vehicle description provided. The incident prompts a search and asks residents to report any sightings or information to authorities.
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Elgin
College Varsity Club holiday tourney finals set
Semi final winners Sycamore and Rochelle advance to the final of the College Varsity Club Basketball tournament. Sycamore edged St Charles 16 15 with a late Waterman center jumper and a missed St Charles free throw. Rochelle defeated DeKalb to reach the final.
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Sycamore
St Charles
Rochelle
Chronicle
DeKalb
St. Charles
Varsit
St. Charlies
Stantus
Waterman
Meescrae
Ing
Evalanaki
Progress on DeKalb County airport near Watren noted
A report from Paul Eakles to DeKalb county airport stockholders describes rapid progress as the project near Watren advances. A 4 foot well yields good water, field leveled, limestone surfacing planned, and government supervised lighting with red, green, and white fixtures.
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DeKalb County
Waterman
Watrman
Paul Eakles
DeKalb
McGirr
Illinois Northern Utilities Company
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Malta Farmer Heads County Farm Bureau
Rockford
William Knight
Knight
William D. K.ight
Myron E. Mills
Cass County
Martin V. Peterman
Ogle County
W. H. Herrick
DeWitt County
H. E. Fullenwider
Sangamon County
Swanson
Downstate
Carlstrom
Frederic R. DeYoung
Frank J. Loesch
Cook County
Sullivan
Criminal Court
Coolidges
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
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