Railroad consolidation bill moves through Senate committee
Washington reports that Republican leaders push a railroad consolidation bill before March 4. The bill repeals the Interstate Commerce Commission’s hard line, favoring railroads choosing their own consolidations. Senator Sackett objects, proposing an economic plan advisory role, but the panel favors repeal. The proposal marks a new development in the late session program, with cruiser bill debate ongoing in the Senate and naval appropriations in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fess
Sackett
Senator Sackett
Kentucky
United Press
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Burton
Ohio
Shortridge
California
House
Senators Propose Open Roll Calls For Nominations
Washington lawmakers push a rule change to publish all roll calls on nominations. The plan, announced by Senator Jones, would make nominations open unless a majority votes for executive session with secret debate details. It would require publishing executive session roll calls and notify nominees of charges without disclosing sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Washington
Senate
United Press
Interior
Roy O. ‘West
Illinois Weather Tonight Snow North Snow South Likely
A weather advisory for Illinois indicates snow in the north region and snow sleet or rain to the south tonight and Sunday. Temperatures rise gradually through the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Ground Hog Mistaken for Dog Meets Fatal Shot
In Racine Wisconsin the Ground Hog appeared with a sharp shadow and ran along a village street. Henry Kraus the dog catcher, who has been shooting stray dogs since a rabies outbreak, mistook the animal for a stray and shot it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
Sturtevant
Henry Kraus
Kraus
Salvaton Army Council moves to oust Booth quickly
London Feb 2 United Press report says after a month of controversy and delays the Salvaton Army high council plans swift action. Gen Bramwell Booth seeks to bar further injunctions, hear his side, vote him out, elect a successor and adjourn, possibly using an arbiter such as Lord Davidson to settle leadership and reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Salvaton Army High Council
Bramwell Booth
Gen. Booth
United Press
Lord Davidson
Canterbury
Army
Daily Chronicle
Booth
High Council
Lindbergh to Visit Hoover at Luncheon in Florida
Col Charles A Lindbergh will join President elect Hoover at a Penny estate luncheon in Long Key Florida February 2 to 4 1931. Attending guests include Mrs A T Hert Kentuckians booster for a cabinet post Henry W Anderson John Hays Hammond and Senator Smoot Hoover will depart tonight by special train for Miami Beach arriving 9 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Hoover
Long Key
Fla
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pan-American Air Service
Penny Estate
A. T. Hert
Republican National Committee
Henry W. Anderson
Richmond
Virginia
John Hays Hammond
Smoot
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Miami Beach
League to Meet Soon for DeKalb Delegation Plans
DeKalb members of the John Ericsson Republican League of Illinois plan a meeting next week to set the date for plans to attend the state convention in Chicago on March 9. Headquarters are at the Stevens hotel. A major speaker from Hoover's cabinet may headline. About 20 from DeKalb and Sycamore are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb
John Ericsson Republican League
John Ericsson Republican League of Ilinois
Chicago
John Anerson
DeKalb League Today
Stevens Hotel
State Executive Committee
C. A. Anderson
Hoover
League
Sycamore
John Ericcson
Republican League
John EB. Johnson
M. A. L. Olsen
Thomas Olsen
State League
Thrir
Harry Dassing Arrested in California on Confidence Charge
Harry Dassing, formerly an insurance salesman in this city and a former chain store manager at Rochelle, was arrested in Venice California on a confidence game charge filed by the Northern Illinois Finance Company. The case involves a General Motors car bought in DeKalb then financed through NI Finance, with the car later moved to another dealer before being returned and Dassing leaving for California. He is about 35, married, and was traced to Los Angeles before the Venice arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Dassing
Rochelle
Venice
Calif
Northern Illinois Finance Company
Dressing
General Motors
DeKalb
General Motors Finance Plan
Dassing
California
Los Angeles
Groundhog Story Faces Acid Test This Year
Washington reports the annual Groundhog Day forecast faces scrutiny as scientists and the U.S. Weather Bureau dismiss the tradition as tommyrot. The piece traces Candlemas origins in Germany, notes the badger to groundhog swap in America, and questions how much weather a woodchuck could forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groundhog
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Germany
Jon Candelmas
America
Mississippi River
Middle West
Widow Burnham Dies After Drug Overdose Mystery
Investigators in Chicase order a police inquiry into the unexplained death of Mrs Selma Burnham widow of a wealthy gum machine magnate. A post mortem report suggests narcotics. Edward Riley a civil engineer held on accusations tied to her holdings. Public Administrator takes control of the Burnham estate as police question involvement of associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicase
U.P
Selma Bernham
Ptay
Gurnham
Burnham Gum Machine Company
Garfield Park Hospital
Herman Bundeson
Edward T. Riley
Burnham
Riley
Bornham
New Office At Standard Foundry In Use
The Standard Foundry Manufacturing Company reports its newly completed office building is now in use. Decorators finished interior work last week amid cold weather, with exterior grounds due for spring landscaping under President James Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Foundry Manufacturing Company
James Brown
Hoover Takes Second Prize From the Deep
President-elect Herbert Hoover fishes near Long Key Florida and catches a second sailfish while his wife photographs. The Hoover party returns to Miami Beach for conferences before more fishing. Senator Smoot plans to join as tariff talks and a possible extra session loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Key
Fla
Herbert Hoover
Florida
Smoot
Utah
Finance Committee
Senate
Hoover
Congress
Louisiana man found guilty in assault to commit murder
Jake Bird, a Louisiana man, was found guilty today in Council Bluffs Iowa of assault to commit murder for attacking Mr and Mrs G Harold Stribling on November 20 The verdict followed Mrs Stribling s identification despite police testimony that she wavered about the man s identity The case ties to a spate of hatchet murders that terrorized Omaha last fall
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Jake Bird
G. Harold Stribling
Stewart to Fight Back in Indiana Oil Board Clash
Chicago dispatch reports Col. Robert W. Stewart vows to counter Rockefellers in the Standard Oil Company of Indiana leadership battle. He characterizes a Rockefeller rebuke as a challenge while asserting his innocence over statements. The deciding vote will come at Whiting on March 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Stewart
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefellers
Oil Company Board
Whiting
Ind
Grand Jury Blasts Chicago Sanitary District and Police
A Chicago grand jury report condemns two years of Sanitary District administration and 1927 police handling. It cites a $150,000,000 district as a political machine, patronage, and mismanaged bond funds. It urges civil service reform and a unified regional health agency while noting police knowledge of gambling and vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
North
Sanitary District
Death Solace To Incurable Sick Is Urged
In Rockford Illinois Rev Charles Parker Connolly pastor of Central Christian Church advocates humane death for incurable sufferers at the funeral of Ida Patterson a longtime police matron and woman’s club leader. He argues for a humane jury and physicians to decide on relief from torture and hopes for a sentiment to treat humans with the same mercy given to dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford, Ill
U.P
Rockford
Charles Parker Connolly
Central Christian Church
Ida Patterson
Woman's Club
One Vessel Lost As Gales Die Out
Washington reports two coast guard cutters Mojave and Tampa towing crippled British steamer Silver Maple to Bermuda after losing a towing hawser in heavy gales. In New York, one vessel listed as lost, another sought, and two freighters towed to port after two weeks of Atlantic storms. Sevier lifeboats found, Glendoyle search ongoing. Silver Maple and Fernlake lost rudders in heavy seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coast Guard
Tampa
Mojave
Bermuda
New York
U.P
Sevier
Nantucket
Seiier
Groton
Conn
Glendoyle
New London, Conn, Coast Guard
Relief
Fernlake
Newport News
Cleaveland Cuts 45 Jobs in State Departments
Harry Cleaveland new director of public works and buildings has dismissed 45 unnecessary workers from the state highway department after a conference with chief engineer Frank Sheets. Other departments trim payrolls per Governor Emmerson, with 20 dismissed from the conservation department and seven relieved from registration and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfeld
UPR
Harry Cleaveland
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
State Highway Department
Cleaveland
Frank T. Sheets
Emmerson
Deadwood
State Conservation Department
Department of Registration and Education
Military costs rise as war budget plans grow
Washington reports reveal next year’s military outlay exceeding 796 million dollars, with navy and war department bills slated for increases. The navy bill nears 350 million, while the war department’s totals exceed last year by around 49 million after adjustments. Senate action may push decisions to Thursday as Senator King seeks delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
War and Navy Department
Budget Bureau
Congress
Navy Department
War Department
Navy
King
Utah
Ten Die In East Town Fire At Miner’s Home
Buckingham West Virginia February 2 Ten persons including two small children perished when a one story frame house owned by miner Peter Sines burned late last night Roy Gibson the son in law escaped with severe burns and shock His wife baby son and Sines wife and six children died in the flames Firemen found the bodies in beds after smoke overcame the occupants The nearest hose connection was over 3000 feet away Volunteers sprayed the ruins before recovering the ten bodies all burned beyond recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham
W. Va
U.P
Peter Sines
Sines
Roy Gibson
Gibson
Death of Mrs Julia Tompkins Widow of Former Pastor
The Northwestern Christian Advocate notes the death of Mrs Julia Tompkins on January 6. She was the widow of Dr Delos Tompkins, a former local Methodist pastor who served here for years before leaving about 20 years ago. Dr Tompkins later pastored in Belvidere and retired from ministry in 1913. he died in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Julia Tompkins
Delos Tompkins
Tompkins
Methodist
Steel Welfare
Belvidere
Boswell and Bell Sentenced in Williamson County Case
Arlie Boswell and George Bell, escorted by three U. S. Marshals, were sent to Leavenworth after being convicted in the Williamson County liquor conspiracy. Boswell, ex Williamson county state’s attorney, received two years and a $5,000 fine, Bell one year and a day plus $2,000. Byrn remains unsentenced due to his wife’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
U. S
Arlie Boswell
George Bell
Leavenworth, Kansas
Wiliamson County
Walter Lindly
U. S. District Court
Arlie
Johnston City
Ill
Lindley
Byrn
Mrs Wright Passes Away in Ellis Grove at 68
Mrs. G. W. Wright aged 68 and mother of Senator H. G. Wright Dr. R. A. Wright and P. T. Wright died at her Ellis Grove home after a stroke last Saturday. Funeral services will be held Sunday at Ellis Grove with burial there. Survived by seven children including H. G. Wright, R. A. Wright and P. T. Wright. other children Mrs. Daisy Brown Dumond Iowa Mrs. Mabel Hornberger Chester and Miss Pansy B. Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Wright
H. G. Wright
R. A. Wright
P. T. Wright
Ellis Grove
St. Louis
Wright
Baptist Church
Elis Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
United States
Mason-Dixon Line
Christ
Henry
Thomas MH. Owen
Ned Looney
Mary Doran
Rockefeller
Sanitary Board
Boswell
Bloody Williamson
Roy Martin
Franklin County
Charley Birger
Joe Adams
West City
Hezzie Byrn
Bell
Leslie Simpson
Birgerites
Lory Price
Supreme Court
Birger
Wright Brothers
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!