Supreme Court Sustains 1927 Primary Act In Deliberations
The Supreme Court today sustained the validity of the 1927 primary law. Deliberations continued into the afternoon as clerks filed petitions and state officials prepared for possible actions. Chief topics included whether the act would be upheld before midnight and the handling of petitions to Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
United Printer Telegraph Wire
Spriniefield
Lanois Supreme Court
General Assembly
Ale
Boxer
Secretary of
Louis L. Emmerson
Eammerson
Clabaugh
Bloomington
Kiinton G. Clabauih
Chicago
State Board of Pardones and Paroles
Orror
Bloomngton Pantaph
Oil Man May Go Jail As Senate Refuses Answers
Washington February 3 Robert W Stewart chairman of Standard Oil of Indiana again declined to answer questions about the 1921 50 million dollar oil deal before the Teapot Dome committee His refusal tightens risk of contempt charges and possible jail Stewart partially denies knowledge of the Continental Trading Company of Canada profits tied to the Fall lease and bond transfers.
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Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Senate
Stewart
Continental Trading Company of Canada
Fall
H. F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Sinclair
Sali Stewart
Gir
United States
Naval treaty may be denounced in 1934 by signatories
Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones said at the Geneva conference that some Washington treaty signatories plan to terminate the naval limitation pact in 1936. He declined to name nations when asked by Rep Britten whether France and Italy would denounce the treaty, which permits denunciation on proper notice.
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Jones
Washington
U.R
Hilary P. Jones
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Britten
France
Italy
Seven Die in Battle in Nicaragua Reports Say
In Managua Nicaragua Feb edu seven rebels were killed in recent engagements with a marine troop led by Captain Roger W Peard of Town The unit fought five clashes across two days losing a single man or animal The Marines pushed toward El Chipote while recovering several fresh graves and rumors persist of U S intervention affecting Nicaragua elections and Chamorro opposition to McCoy supervision plans.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Roger W. Peard
San Albino
Peard
el Chipote
Sma
Aig Fen
Archiene
Ead
United States
Emmliano Chamorro
McCoy
Chamorro
House
Senate
Poultry Shows Pay Out Big Premiums Across Illinois
Poultry raisers at county and state fairs in Illinois earned 20 746 70 in premiums on 26 393 entries last year. Central States Exposition in Aurora led with 2 133, Peoria with 2 119, and Williamson County Fair with 1 101 in poultry department premiums.
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Springfield
U.R
Illinois
State Department of Agriculture
Aurora
Ilinois
Ilinois State Fair. It Paid $2,133 In Poultry Department
Encampment Meeting Tonight For Kishwaukee Members
Members of the Kishwaukee encampment are reminded of an important meeting at seven o clock to conduct business of interest to all members. Several members play cribbage tonight but are urged to attend and start early so business can be finished by eight.
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Sever
Probe Dynamiting of a Picture Theatre in East St. Louis
Authorities report a dynamiting incident at the Idlewild theatre in East St. Louis on Feb 3 1941. A sedan was damaged and about 20 feet of the wall blew out while three armed watchmen were inside. Labor trouble was blamed for the act.
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East St. Louis
Idlewild
Minight
Gardener Reaffirms Hint That Hill Had Buried Body
In Ottawa on February 3, Peter Busch the 73 year old gardener testified under cross examination that Harry Hill told him not to dig too deep around the basement area where the body of Hill's mother Mrs Eliza Jill was found. Busch and his wife Mary repeated the same account given yesterday as the trial of Harry Hill for murder continued.
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Ottawa
U.P
Peter Busch
Harry Hill
Hill
Eliza Jill
Busch
Mary
Young Hill
Streator
Mary McAvoy
Orta
Harry Til
Peter’ Busch
Hilliars
R. C. Osborne
Lost Sub Safe at Naval Base This Morning
The submarine 8 3 failed to keep radio contact due to a mechanism fault, leaving it separated for three days from the control force under Admiral Henry A Wiley. Lieut P W Warren reported the 8 3 reached Guantanamo Bay Cuba at 830 pm Wednesday. details of the storm separation were not released by the navy department.
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Naval Base
Washington
Navy Department
Henry A. Wiley
Admiral Wiley
Lieut
P. W. Warren
Guatanamo Bay
Cuba
U.S
Guantanamo
Many Department
Department
Hurley Attacks Ship Measure In South Bend Speech
Edward N. Hurley former U S shipping board chairman attacked the Jones bill in the senate which would place merchant marine under government ownership. He voiced confidence President Coolidge would veto the measure and reaffirmed support for the president, criticizing current merchant marine spending as wasteful and wasteful human nature.
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Hurley
South Bend
Ind
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Bolward
Senate
Coolidge
Merchant Marine
Haig Laid To Rest In Westminster Abbey Funeral
Field Marshal Earl Haig lies in a flag draped coffin at Westminster Abbey after a journey from St Columba's church. Allied leaders, 6500 soldiers, and tens of thousands of mourners attend a solemn service featuring hymns and gun salutes. The body will be buried in Scotland in the Hate family vault.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Earl Haig
France
Lony
St. Columba’s Church
Great Britain
Whitehall
British Empire
United States
Abbey
St. Jame’s Park
Foot Guards
Gahite
Waterloo
Scotland
St. Columbia's
St. Columba's
Bath house damage report at community swimming pool
A police report last night described vandalism at the bathing bath house near the community pool on the southwest side. The suspect fled before capture and no major damage was noted. C. D. Thornton of Fourth Street Bank filed the report around 10 30 PM.
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C. D. Thornton
Fourth Street Bank
Brothers Fly to Bedside of Dying Mother
Two brothers, Charles A. Packard and J. E. Packard, raced by airmail plane to reach their dying mother in Long Beach California. Their Boeing Air Transport flight from Chicago landed en route to Los Angeles at 4 25 p.m. Pacific time after a 2 a.m. departure. Mrs E A Packard, mother of the travelers, suffered a paralytic stroke and was reported not expected to live through the night.
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Omaha
Neb
Long Beach
Cal
Charles A. Packard
Cincinnati
Chicago
J. E. Packard
Sioux City
Iowa
Boeing Air Transport, Inc
Los Angeles
E. A. Packand
Mary Kane Leaves Hospital After Serious Infection
The many friends of Mrs J P Kane learn that her daughter Miss Mary Kane is much improved and discharged from the hospital. She was ill with a blood poisoning infection, her arm greatly affected for a time.
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J. P. Kane
Mary Kane
Weather forecast promises warmer trend ahead
Mitnais reports a general warmup with higher daytime temperatures. Expect slightly above average readings and mild evenings as the week progresses.
Court hears Hickman insanity defense in maniac case
In Los Angeles court, Feb. 3, Dr. R. O. Shelton testified as the defense seeks to show insanity for William Edward Hickman. The alienist described Hickman as claiming a Jesus-like mission and a plan to murder as a test, while noting family insanity threads and a stated motive lacking clear motive and ransom amount.
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William Edward Hickman
Los Angeles
Marian Parker
Hickman
Arlo E. Rickett
Robert L. Bowman
Virginia L. Roess
Emily Lindrum
Elizabeth A. A Elias Kahn
Sarahj H. Roach
Harry H. Woods
Howard Atkinson
Howard Skewes
J. A. Ruggles
Edward Venables
Court Room
R. O. Shelton
Jerome Walsh
Eva Hickman
Christ
Earth
Shelton Hickman
Providence
Shelton
Beeves
Committee Named to Study Local Airfield Prospects
At a noon Chamber of Commerce meeting a special committee was named to investigate airport possibilities and suitable landing fields. Members include Philip Swanson Cyril Fartey BE Page and Franz Parka. The group discussed multiple nearby properties as potential landing fields, but no action was taken.
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Chamber of Commerce
Philip Swanson
Cyril, Fartey
BE. C. Page
Franz Parka
Strike Probe Seems Due for a Pigeon Hole
Washington February 3 United Press report says the Johnson resolution for investigation of the coal strike will be delayed indefinitely as the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee calendar is jammed. Action to relieve suffering in Pennsylvania and West Virginia coal fields is expected within two months with hearings on charges that mine operators and railroads conspired to crush the miners union and that miners families have been mistreated by strike police and misused injunctions.
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Washington
Johnson
Paris Premier Poincare Says Franc Value Unstable
Paris February 3 Premier Poincare told the Chamber of Deputies that the actual value of the franc cannot be stabilized at present amid volatile foreign currency relations. The statement framed the government’s stance on economic pressures facing France.
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Paris
Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Fall River Laid Waste Firelisted Disaster in Mass
A devastating Fall River fire today causes extensive property damage estimated at 25 million plus, ranking among historic urban blazes. The report lists other major fires in Boston, Hoboken, Constantinople, San Francisco, Chicago, St Johns, Baltimore, Syria and California with multi‑million dollar losses.
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United Press
Fall River
Mass
Boston
Hoboken
N. J
Constantinople
Spindle City Textile Fire Devastates Central Business District
Fire destroyed a half square mile of the heart of the Spindle City industrial area after flames began at 7 p m Thursday at the Pocassed Textile mills. About five hundred firefighters from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, aided by volunteers, battled freezing wind and darkness but won only a partial victory as much of the capital and industries in the downtown were ruined. Dawn showed the city saved from total ruin but the loss weighed heavy on mournful mood.
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Ruina
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Mrs Worden Dies After Illness In Malta Sycamore Home
Mrs Anna Worden nee Wogien, long time Malta resident and former Sycamore resident, died today at Glidden hospital after about ten days of illness. Born 74 years ago she married Steve Worden, who died in 1916, and later moved to Malta. She had been staying with her daughter Mrs Ven Quincer of Malta.
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Anna Wogien
Malta
Sycamore
Glidden Hospital
Worden Beim
Ven Quincer ofMalta
Anne Lloyd
Steve Worden
Booth Grove
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Haig
Great Warrwe
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Mitnais
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HE Hickman
Airfiel
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St. Johns
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Calif
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