Lindy Will Visit Cuba On Return From Central America
Coronal Charles A Lindbergh plans to return to the United States via Havana after completing his Central American tour. He will fly from Guatemala City to Belice or Salvador, then to Tegucigalpa and Mexico, with a possible stop in Havana for the Men and America conference.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Der
Coronel
Charles A. Lintberch
Er Pebbe
United States
Havana
Gut
State Department
Lindiersh
Felice
Henduras
Aurora Field
Lindberch
Legation
America
Banks Give Kids Party At Neighborhood Christmas Matinees
The Chronicle reports about 1,200 city youngsters with savings accounts in two local tanks receiving treats for thrifty saving. Piet Trust & Savings and DeKalb Trust & Savings banks hosted Christmas matinees at DeKalb theatre. over 1,000 children attended, enjoying Johnny Hines in Home Made and other attractions, plus "Chicken Feet" cartoon and Uncle Keb act.
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Prem
Ticali
Christma
Piet Trust & Savince
Johnny Hines
Johnny
Marr
Johnny Teofeed
Himes
Dade Lsifhett
de Nalh
M 2
Flight Fails After Short Air Attempt Over Daytona Beach
Brock Schlee endurance flight in the Pride of Detroit began at dawn but the monoplane was too heavily loaded to fly safely. The fliers taxi four miles along the beach then returned, planning a new propeller and another attempt possibly tomorrow.
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Air
Daytona Beach
Fla
Pride of
Detroit
Service Set for Mrs. Sarah Coombs in DeKalb
Funeral services are planned Friday afternoon at two from the Harry May home in DeKalb for Mrs. Sarah Coombs who died yesterday in Chicago after a Christmas trip with the Harry May family. Rev. F. M. Webster will conduct the service. burial will be at Fairview cemetery. She leaves five children including Roy Coombs and Mrs. Harry May, plus a half-brother in Canada.
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Sarah Coombs
Roy Coombs
Chicago
Harry May
South Fifth Street
F. M. Webster
St. Charles
Congregational Church
Fairview
Sarah Gore
Trenton
S. 4
George Gore
Fred Coombs
Sycamore
Coombs
Grove
Coombe
Court of Honor
John Coombs
Anderson
Indiana
This Ery
Frank Saltzziver
Kankakee
Thurman Quinn
DeKalb Township
Ea) Harder
Canada
May Hoome
Eighth Street
Power Company Official To Speak At Chamber Meeting
A.D. Mackie, vice president of the Illinois Power Company with Springfield offices, will address the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at noon. The meeting invites full attendance as Mackie plans a vital business announcement, though the talk will occupy little time. Secretary Olwin and President Reynolds urge a large turnout.
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Ttts
We Chamber of Commerce
A.D. Mackie
Illnois Power Company
Springfield
Chamber of Commerce
Mackie
0. G. Olwin
Glen Reynolds
Breaks Arm on Wednesday in Cranking Car
Donald Underdown the Shipman Place junior and Hechrweicht football hopeful broke his right arm while cranking a car yesterday afternoon during the Christmas vacation. This is his fourth arm injury, with a prior episode a year and a half ago.
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Donald Underdown
Richard Underdown
Shipman Place
de Kalb Hich
Greonie
Hechrweicht
Oeaich
Yester
Seek Delay to Aid Hill in Murder Trial
Ottawa Ill Dec 29 defense attorneys continued their effort to delay juror selections for the murder trial of Harry Hill 22 accused of killing his mother wealthy recluse Mrs Eliza Hill Illinois four month limit for trial expires January 3 a motion to limit veniremen was overruled and a new motion to force the state to list prosecution witnesses was sustained court recessed for 30 minutes while the list was prepared Hill and his father conferred earnestly during the recess.
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Ottawa
Til
Harry Hill
Eliza Hill
Hill
J. A. Davis
Davis
Legenhy
U.P
Illinois
Lee O'Neil Browne
Defense
Browne
Ong
Harry D. Hill
Streator
A. H. Shay
R. G Osborn
Lee O'Neill Browne
Hanson
Andrew J. O'Connor
Dawn Is Still Missing With No Trace Found
Boston reports no trace of Mrs. Frances W. Grayson’s missing Amphibian Dawn after a search south of Sable Island. Destroyer Sturtevant radioed that search waters 70 miles south of the island have been completed. Coast guard vessels will extend the search southward as Sturtevant and Mahan sweep east and north of the island.
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Boston
Frances W. Grayson
Sable Island
Sturtevant
Charlestown Navy Yard
Teal
Coast Guard
Sturtevant and Mahan
Treasury Says Delay Senate Action On Tax Cuts
Washington reports that the Treasury Secretary Melion favors delaying senate action on the new revenue bill until March 15. Officials say postponement helps gauge appropriations made this session to assess feasible tax cut size, with a formal statement likely soon.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
Melion
Senate
Treasury Department
Congress
Davis Starts New Drive for Vast Clean Up
Secretary of Labor Davis orders the immigration service to begin immediately a sweeping effort to eliminate intolerable conditions. The move marks a government push for rapid action and broader reform in border and labor practices during the year-end period.
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Davis
Washington
Secretary of Labor
Immigration Service
Surprise Purchases Furs and Hides In Kansas City
The firm advertises buying all kinds of furs and hides including mink muskrat skunk horse hides cow hides. Secretary White reports high cash prices. The notice mentions a theatre orchestra inspection start time and an event on New Year’s Eve with dancing and admission details. Gordon and Son at 151 North Second Street list contact information and prices.
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Kansas City
DeKalb Theatre Orchestra
White
F. Hall
Gordon and Son
North Second
Arne
Destructive Fires Hit Japan Amid Blizzard Turmoil
Tokyo reports an unusual spate of fires and severe storms across Japan causing widespread damage. Akita prefecture alone razed about 500 houses while Matsuye and Yo koshuka areas suffered major blazes leaving hundreds homeless and several deaths. Shipping distress affected many vessels including the Dainichi Maru, owned by Itaya Shosen Ka kabushiki Kaisha, with 30 crew endangered near Akita.
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U.R
Japan
Akita
Haka
Kawasaki Dockyard Company
Tsuchizaki
Soya
Europe
London
U.2
English Channel
France
England
Dover
Southern Railway
Isle of Wight
U.P
Akita Perfecture
Itaya Shosen Kabushiki Kaisha
Nishinomiya
Glasgow
Only a Few Days Left to File Federal Bonus Applications
Illinois veterans are urged to apply for federal adjusted compensation before the January 1 deadline. About 2,000 veterans in the state have not yet filed, many confined to hospitals. DeKalb residents are asked to contact veterans and inform them to contact American Legion relief officer C. D. Thornton at the Fourth Street Bank for assistance.
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United States
War and Navy Department
Illinois
DeKalb
American Legion
C. D. Thornton
Thornton
Fourth Street
Ministers of China Resign Their Pi
Shanghai December 29 Foreign Minister C C Wu and Finance Minister Sun Fo of the nationalist government resigned their posts. No successors named. The resignations surprised observers as no factional trouble had been seen in the Nationalists. Chiang Kai Shek, now civil dictator of the moder ate south nationalist China, had been expected to push a coalition and begin a drive on Chang Tso Lin in Manchuria.
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Shanghai
U.P
C. C Wu
Sun-Fo
Sun- Fo
Chiang Kai Shek
Chang Tso Lin
Peking
Oklahoma Senate adjourns impeachment session in Johnson case
Oklahoma City reports the state senate, acting as impeachment court, voted to adjourn until the regular session after a night conference with Governor Henry S. Johnson. Troops had barred the chamber, and sentiment shifted from suspending the governor to ruling on session legality.
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Oklahoma City
Henry S. Johnson
State Senate
Senate
Johnston
Tne Senate
Lee Huckins
Capitol
Harrisburg to muzzle all dogs after rabies death
Mayor Willis Hawkins orders nationwide muzzling of dogs in Harrisburg after a dog killed here and bitten three people. Several dogs are suspected of rabies infection, prompting the swift action as the city battles an animal health scare.
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Harrisburg
Willis Hawkins
Newspaper Man is Named to Senate Seat
Colonel Brunson Cutting publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican was appointed by Governor Dillon to succeed the late United States Senator A. A. Jones in Santa Fe New Mexico on December 29 294.
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Senate
Santa Fe, N. M
Brunson Cutting
Santa Fe New Mexican
Dillon
United States
A. A. Jones
Smith Will Make Fight Before Reed Committee
Springfield Dec 293-UR Colonel Frank L. Smith plans to appear before the Reed committee in Washington on January 7 per his attorney C J Doyle who says the date was set after holidays. The Senate probe has not yet received Smiths reply and a no show could prompt witnesses and a committee report without him.
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Springfield
Frank L. Smith
Reed Committee
Washington
C. J. Doyle
Smith
Doyle
WUP
Illinois
Senate
Congress
Reed
Remus to Wait for Decision on Sanity Ruling
Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec 29. George Remus, once wealthy bootlegger, awaits a probate judge’s ruling on his sanity. A jury acquitted him of murder on insanity grounds, and Judge Leeders will delay decision until next week, keeping him in the county jail.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
George Remus
State Hospital
William H. Leeders
Remus
Lenders
Red Educator May Be Exiled From America
Gregory Yanda a 44 year old writer once a bolshevist educator in Russia faced deportation in Los Angeles after threatening to harm Pola Negri and himself over perceived rejection. Immigration officers say he was smuggled into the U S via Mexico in 1923 following a 1921 Russia stint and an infatuation sparked by a rejection note from Negri's agents about his scenario submission.
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Los Angeles
Gregory Yanda
Pola Negri
Yanda
Russia
Mexico
Washington Eyes Open Door for Veterans Benefits
Washington notes that as 1927 ends many veteran benefits face changes with a looming open door for applications. Rep Royal Johnson seeks to reopen privileges and extend disability evidence timelines alongside a 14 million hospital plan and retirement provisions for emergency officers. A universal draft measure and expanded ex service committee aim to broaden protections for veterans.
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Washington
Congress
Jacobstein
Dem
N. Y
Royal Johnson
S. D
Stente
Johnson
House Veterans Committee
House
Senate
Edith Nourse Rogers
Mass
Country Roads Get Soft Treacherous, Say Farmers
Farmers visiting the city warn country roads in this vicinity are soft and treacherous due to rain and warm spells melting frost. Autoists risk leaving the pavement into ditches on the way to town. A 1928 Bigger and Better Chevrolet will be shown at one showroom on January 1, 1928. 16 Sawyer & Sons.
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Chevrolet
Sawyer & Sons
Weather forecast notes fair tonight and Friday
The forecast calls for mostly clear conditions tonight and Friday with some cloudiness, and much colder temperatures expected. No significant precipitation anticipated.
Slayer Was Bandit to0
Los Angeles December 29 William Edward Hickman faced arraignment for the murder of Marian Parker and confessed to a string of holdups including a druggist killing. He admitted Ivy Thoms was shot and a police officer wounded, naming Welby Hunt as a partner. Police moved to guard him amid rising public anger.
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Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Marian Parker
Hickman
Ivy Thoms
Parker
Kansas City
Thoms
Dor J. Oliver
Welby Hunt
Althambra
Hunt
Sears
Zeigler Will Decide On City Government Form
Petitions circulate to force a special election on abolishing the ward form and adopting the commission form. The drive pits Mayor Vandergriff against former rival Victor Prudent in a bitter local fight. If the move wins Vandergriff could lose his job after Prudent's earlier election irregularities suit.
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Zeigler
V. O. Vandergriff
Victor Prudent
Vandergriff
Prudent
Vandercriff
Benton
Death of DeKalb resident Mrs Anna Maria McCann
Mrs Anna Maria McCann a longtime DeKalb county resident died at St Marys hospital after several weeks illness. Born in Ireland she came to the United States at six and lived in DeKalb for nearly sixty years. Surviving are four children ten grandchildren and a number of relatives. Funeral services will be held Saturday at St Marys church with interment in Calvary cemetery.
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Anna Maria McCann
DeKalb County
St. Mary's Hospital
Ireland
United States
East
Illinois
Thomas McCann
James McCann
Edward Taylor
Enos McCann
Waterman Hospital
McCann
St. Mary's. Church
Jnt Lenz Drug Store
Calvery Cemetery
New underwater telephone lines to the Marine S-4 wreck
Washington navy yard to send 11 new submarine telephone lines with underwater cables designed for cold weather. Divers will be able to work underwater with improved communication to the surface. Lines follow prior difficulties at the wreck of the S-4.
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Washine
U.P
Washington Navy Yard
Navy Department
Department
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