Commerce Commission approves service reorganization in Belvidere area
The Commerce Commission approves a discent ua nee of Servier and outlines train service changes to keep operations. Officials from Belvidere and the Chamber of Commerce attended meetings detailing the commerce commission's actions and expected costs.
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Imhalb
Cie Eithem Witrich Sram
Belvidere
Rouge Shyctor
Chetren
Mervies
Meaing & Lees Barte
Bom
Hy Attermes Isckoten L. Pastey
Glenn Heynesde
Chamber of Commerce
United Pres
Spemehett
Chicago & North ‘Western
Ameer
Setratore
Beckie
Cabetecis
Sevetere
Snatch Purse From This City Suspect Traced in Measured Ebb
A fragmentary report describes a purse snatching in a city area near Kam bam T ee wer atch to Seems teen whe Bed fees. The fragment mentions Georer Bodiam and a pursuit by officers, with a suspect and limited details.
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New Sewer Project Nearing Completion This Week
The city advances a sewer project with about 600 feet of main sewer to be completed by Saturday. A new drain line runs 1 600 feet from DeKalb Avenue and Steamers Stand to Kishwaukes. Ten pipes will be laid in the ditch for drain tile and sanitary sewer, with the main line at a higher level. The work employs men recently out of work.
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Pope
DeKalb Avenue
Kishwaukes
Rochelle Show Praises Band at Hub Theater
The Rochelle concert drew two packed audiences at the Hub Theater with Band Leader Bt Cheartte promising a New Year’s Day show at Arcadia Theater in St. Charles. The touring ensemble impressed crowds in multiple engagements across the state.
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Eure
Rochelle
Ro- Chelie
Omaha
Bt Cheartte
Tand
Taad
Arcadia Theater
St. Char
Merger of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Bethlehem Steel blocked by judge
In Youngstown on December 23 a Common Pleas judge granted an injunction halting the billion dollar merger between Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Bethlehem Steel. The ruling favored Cyrus & Eaton who argued the deal involved fraud and would cost stockholders about 50 million dollars. The decision follows a lengthy proxy fight and substantial spending by both sides, with an immediate appeal expected from merger supporters.
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Youngstown, O
Bilion Dollar
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Sheet & Tube
Common Pleas
David C. Jenkins
Cyrus & Eaton
Cleveland
Sheet & Tobe
Eatoo
Sheet and Tube
Eston
U.S. Supreme Steel Plant
U. S. Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Sheet & Tube Mercer
Jenkins
Eaton
Bethlehem
York
Iied” Hiethichem
Merse Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Henry Parke of Sycamore to Speak on Radio Tomorrow
Henry Parke of Sycamore, longtime agricultural activist, will speak tomorrow at 12 45 PM on a Chicago radio station. The address notes his extensive work and ongoing involvement in farming and rural affairs.
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Henry Parke
Sycamore
Chicape
Witnesses To Murder Mention Suspect and Victim
Report says witnesses to a murder near Rockford captured a suspect and another man. Details indicate threats against the two and a note about a Christmas birth, with hospital and family references. conditions suggest a developing case and ongoing investigation.
Woman Dies at Home in Sycamore After Illness
Catherine Ells Coleman 66 died Sunday December 28 1930 at her Sycamore home 520 South Main Street. Born November 23 1864 in Cornwallis Kings County Nova Scotia she married H M Coleman in 1886 who died in 1911. Survived by four children Ruth George Clair Mary Dorothy Marjorie and siblings two sisters. Funeral services were held at home with Reverend Charles A Kelley and L L Hammitt. burial in Brush Point cemetery.
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Catherine Coleman
Sycamore
George E. and
Eliza Dorden Ells
Catherine Ells
Cornwallis
Kings County
Nova Scotia
H. M. Coleman
Coleman
Township
Ruth
Harry Barron
George Clair Coleman
Mary Dorothy
Oliver Warren
Chicago
Marjorie Eliza
Delbert Beckman
Denver
Colo
T. F. Ells
Rockford
Marzeret
Mary Boari
Methodist Church
Sycamore Church
Booze Truck Hijacking Stopped by Vigilante Capture
Five hijackers hid in a liquor truck on Route Five to steal a load but were surprised by guards. They captured two attackers, stripped them, and left them tied to a barb wire fence overnight. Locals along Aliens Corners report the event, with no police report filed.
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Trezen
Aliens Corners
Route Five
Capitol Inferno Prompts Temporary Quarters for ND Officials
Fires gutted the old North Dakota capitol in Bismarck on December 23 destroying records and documents. State departments moved to temporary quarters in halls and hotels as Gov. Shafer and officials plan an emergency appropriation to fund a new capitol, with the legislature to convene January 6.
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Bismark
N. D
U.—Departments
North Dakota
jSovernment
Sundar
Capitol
George F. Shafer
Shafer
Olf
State
Cadet Cygan Admits Remote Control Plots at Annapolis
John Armstrong Cygan of the third corps area confesses to being the unidentified midshipman who resigned from the U S Naval Academy after authorities found his quarters served as a control room. He allegedly rigged the master clock line to regulate time and could switch lights and the dormitory elevator remotely.
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Baltimore
John Armstrong Cygon
4. R. Cygon
Third Corps
U. S Naval Academy
Annapolis
Sore
Cygan
Cycom
Thief Steals Over Eleven Thousand at New York Theater
A youth robbed the Far Mountain Motion Picture Theater of at least $11,000 during a midnight show of Tom Sawyer. The bandit forced the treasurer to surrender cash, then fled as ushers and police secured exits and searched the building. No suspect found.
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New York
Far 2Mount
Tom Sawyer
Picbt
Carri ante locked up after suspicious car group in Sycamore
Three men in a car acted suspiciously in Sycamore. The Geense number of a Carri ante issued to an Overland car owned by a man in Waukeran. The group bought cas in a station, inspected the station office and the safe, then parked nearby and watched before leaving.
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Sycamore
Im Waukeran
Cas
Weather Summary From Local Forecast
Weather bulletin notes fair conditions today and tomorrow. Colder tonight in the central and southern sections with temperatures dipping after sunset. Quiet winds and no precipitation expected across the region.
Car crash west of Malta injures Vik
About 6 o clock an automobile collision occurred a mile west of Malta on the Lincoln Highway. Vik was taken to Glidden Memorial Hospital with a head wound but left the hospital shortly after. His Chevrolet sedan was badly wrecked after backing into a Diamond T truck driven by Clarence Potts of Marrison following a signal to stop for another wreck. Vik alone injured.
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Malta
Vik
Glidden Memorial Hospital
Clarence Potts
Mar-rison
Old feud lives on as Gibson brothers hunted in Indiana
Reports from Salem Indiana say Dan and Alonzo Gibson brothers tied to the Spurlock Gibson feud are believed cornered after a posse pursuit. Sheriff Trinkle and deputies were wounded. two Gibsons jailed and others sought as the feud’s toll grows in Tennessee hills long standing between Spurrocks and Gibsons.
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Indianapolis
UPI
John C. Weir
Indiana
Don
Alonzo Gibson
Salem
Ind
Dan
Tennessee
Kentucky
Milton Trinkle
Tennesssee
Tennnessee
Patton | Gibson
Republican split noted amid Norris controversy in Beverly Hills
The writer urges action before New Year and Christmas to influence the Republican and Democratic split over Senator Norris. The note calls for informing others to improve worker productivity and cooperation.
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DeRate
Beverly Hills
Cal
Norris
Marne Hero Near Death in Paris Hospital
Marshal Joseph Joffre, famed for the Marne, fought for life in Saint Jean de Dieu hospital Paris after amputation and infection. Doctors reported he remained lucid yet feeble as crisis persisted, with religious rites administered and crowds kept away.
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Paris
Marshal Joseph Joffre
Rene Fontaine
Joffre
Fortaine
Marshal Joffre
France
Papa” Joffre
Marne
Monsignor
Marlione
United Press
Otelin
Ening
Saint Jean de Dieu
Rue Oudinot
Alexander P. Koutepoff
America
Col Jean Fabry
United States
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