Chamber of Commerce Holds Major Meeting in DeKalb
Yesterday noon session drew over five members with broad city representation. Committees reported active plans for advertising, conventions, public improvements, and merchant conditions. A February 17 meeting is set to approve ongoing projects and public outreach while warning residents about Salvation Army donation impostors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Advertising and Publicity Committee
DeKalb
Comimi
Civic Order
Merchantile Conditions Committee
O. G. Olwin
Salvation Army
Glenn Reynolds
Champer of Commerce
Hostelry Is Decorated At Hotel DeKalb
Improvement work at the Hotel DeKalb, costing over 6000 dollars, is about to finish in two weeks. Started eight weeks ago, the project is funded by Frank G. Anderson and the Andrew Anderson estate, owners, with the Joseph family operating the hotel. Refinished walls and woodwork, repainted surfaces, and varnished floors mark the six to eight week renovation. Interior decorators have labored for eight weeks and expect completion within the next fortnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb
Frank G. Anderson
Andrew ©. Anderson
Joseph
Canalada Fio Pines
Agreement On Reparations Reached Between U S And Germany
Washington announces a pact providing for payment of Germany’s 244 per cent shares in Paris reparations. About $5,800 for the year ending Aug 31, 1927 is due, with roughly $10,700,000 annually thereafter. The accord excludes American army occupation costs, currently $13,000,000 yearly.
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Washington
D. C
U.R
United States
Germany
Paris
State Department
Fire by Friction Demonstrated by Star Scout at College
Ray Nelson a Star Scout demonstrated friction fire methods for history class at the teachers college. Scout Executive I F Plagge arranged the session noting two techniques hand and bow. The champion fire maker is Eagle Scout Dudley Winn Smith of Independence Missouri who set six and two fifth seconds using elm root and later Yueca wood. Indians and 150 of them watched 30 Scouts perform the bow method at Dan Beard's camp. The friction fire demo will be part of the Scout birthday celebration next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Nelson
Congregational Troop of
Scouts
Teachers College
E. C. Page
I. F. Plagge
Scout Nelson
Dudley Winn Smith
Independence
Smith
Desert
Dan Beard
Five young men held on grave fraud charge in Midwest swindle
Chicago reports five men under age 30 swindled scores across Michigan Indiana Illinois and Iowa of about 200000. They phoned victims offered reputable stock then sent agents to collect margins and vanished with the money. Names listed include Schulman Matthews Zeman Lefton and Sultar, all of Chicago. Arrests followed Illinois Securities Department investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michigan
Indiana
Ilinois
Lowa
Edward Schulman
William Matthews
George Zeman
Sol Lefton
Harry Sultar
Illinois Securities Department
Kingsley Cancels Texas Trip For Mayor Bid
Kingsley, a mayoral candidate, cancels today’s departure to Texas with the Dekath party after joining a large third ward meeting. The gathering endorsed his campaign and decided Gus Anderson, a steel worker, would run for alderman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsley
South
J. J. Kingsley
Texas
Dekath
Gus Anderson
Steel Company
Eight Hurt in Collision of Chicago Cars
Eight people were injured when two street cars collided at a crossing in Chicago. A southbound car struck an eastbound car at a northern street intersection. Peter Murray, 21, suffered a possible fractured skull, while Michael Canavan, 30, the motorman, sustained a fractured knee.
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Chicago
Peter Murray
Michael Canavan
Are
Co Ed Taken As Burglar In Vermillion Bank Job
Miss Marian Meyers 19 from Valley City ND admitted planning and attempting to rob the First National Bank of Vermillion using an electric drill. Night watchman interrupted her as she waited to surrender. She said the theft was to fund education. Local authorities weigh charges and bank officials decide fate.
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Vermillion
8. D
U.P
University of South Dakota
Ional Bank
Marian Meyers
Valley City
N. D
Ford Motor Com
H. ©. Perkins
Perkins
Automobile Company
Drong
Btact
United Press
On the Air Tonight Best Features and Concerts
A schedule of radio and concert programs across stations WEAF WJZ WBZ KDKA WCCO WEEI and more detailing Walter Damrosch Toscanini Beethoven Die Meistersinger Wagner Tito Ruffo and Detroit Symphony pieces with times and locations.
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WEAF
Walter Damrosch
WJZ
New York
WBZ
Springfield
KDKA
Pittsburgh
Arturo Toscanini
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Schola Cantorum
Elisabeth Rebbers
Louise Homer
Richard Crooks
Fraser Gange
WCCO
Minneapolis-St. Paul
WEE
Boston
Bruins
St. Pats
United Press
Moscow
Tito Ruffo
Congress Today Debates Farm Relief and Moves on Nominations
Senate continues debate on farm relief bill while judiciary subcommittee probes the nomination of A. V McLane as U S Attorney for Middle Tennessee. Banking mergers are under investigation. House evaluates a legislative appropriation nil and military committee reviews Mu stle Shawls. Philippine hearing by Tuswlar affairs committee and omnibus hospital bill review by Veterans committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Judiciary
A. V McLane
U. S
Middle Tennessee
House
Military
Veterans Committee
DeKalb youths mistaken for criminals by Chicago officers
Three DeKalb teens visiting a city auto show were stopped by two plainclothes Chicago police officers in a Lincoln. The youths were frisked and questioned for about ten minutes before being released. The incident involved Archie Johnson Virgil Bailey Arthur Anderson and Horace Hunt and drew local amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb
Chicago
Archie Johnson
Virsil Bailey
Arthur Anderson
Horace Hunt
Early Trains Not Delayed By Heavy Fog Report
North Western officials report minimal delay for early passenger trains on this division despite heavy morning fog that restricted automobile travel. Freight and train movements show little slowdown, with officials not expecting many trains to be late throughout the day. The DeKalb Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles plans a big ceremony on the last Sunday in March with 20 to 30 candidates, Chicago degree team set to perform, and a Whippet display anticipated.
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North Western
Eagles
DeKalb Aerie
Bangies Han
Chicago
Two Killed as Blast Wrecks Noted Church in Toledo
A February blast at the First Congregational church in Toledo Ohio killed Clyde Wilt and his wife Kate Wilt and severely burned janitress Mary Fitzgerald. The church suffered extensive damage with doors and windows blown out and costly art glass shattered. Authorities weighed firebug versus gas leak as the cause amid snow and sleet hindering firefighters.
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Toledo
U.P
Clyde Wilt
Kate Wilt
Mary Fitzgerald
Two Couples of Youth Eloped to Chicago for Marriage
In Chicago two Decatur Indiana couples were detained by authorities after eloping to marry. Joseph Puckett and Doris Keller, both claimed as minors, along with Robin Loeb and Catherine Wentbacher, aged 19 and 18 respectively, confessed to eloping to wed. Juvenile workers questioned the girls. the youths were taken to a juvenile home and then to the detective bureau.
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Chicago
Decatur
Joseph Puckett
North
Decatur Street
Doris Keller
South
Wilton Street
Robin Loeb
William
Catherine Wentbacher
East Lawrence Street
Miss Wonhacher
Red Lanterns on Street Signals After Power Trouble
The electric lights at Second street and Lincoln Highway were out overnight. A large red lantern was ordered to mark a malfunctioning traffic signal to prevent accidents. City crews expected to repair during the day before Saturday night traffic.
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Second Street
Lincoln Highway
Complaint Over Parking by Cars on North Fourteenth Street
Residents on North Fourteenth Street report repeated car driving on sidewalks damaging parkings at night. Police have been notified and will seek the drivers' identities to stop the practice.
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North Fourteenth Street
Yenchow Besieged as Shanghai Stand Set to Decide Fate
Shanghai reports say Marshal Sun Chuanfang girds Yenchow with 8000 northern troops to resist Cantonese advance toward Shanghai. Northern warlords marshal 200000 troops for counterattack toward Hankow as John A. Van MacMurray meets Chang Tso Lin to seek neutralization of the Shanghai zone.
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Shanghai
U.P
Huriled
Marshel Sun Chuanfang
Yenchow
Here
Marshal Sun
Hangchow
Wu Pei-Fu
Hankow
O'Malley
Eugene Chen
Tenchow
Marshal Chang Tso-Lin
Marshal Chang
Tokio
Peking
John A. van McMurray
Frank B. Kellogg
Chiang Kai, Shek
Cates Denies Knowing Forger at County Seat
Cates of Cates Printing says he hired W R Brooks after a telephone call from Sycamore and knew nothing of a forged check. Brooks was discharged after intoxication days later, another forged check surfaced cashed by a trusted local merchant. Police seek Brooks, believed to be in Aurora.
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Cates
Harold 8. Cates
Cates Printing Company
W. R. Brooks
Brooks
Sycamore
Aurora
Witnesses in Assault Case Attacked in Courtroom
Chicago dispatch reports tense scenes as women relatives of 23 year old Frank Egan tried to assault witnesses who helped convict him of assaulting a 20 year old girl in his room last May. Judge Emanuel Eller imposed life imprisonment, Illinois’ maximum penalty.
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Chicago
Frank Egan
Egan
Emanuel Eller
Illinois
Coffey Receives Life Sentence for Wife Murder
Waupun Wisconsin February report states William Coffey began his life sentence for murdering his bigamous wife Hattie Coffey. Coffey was moved to the state prison after pleading guilty, two weeks after the discovery of the crime and hours before.
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Waupun
Wis
William Coffey
Hattie Gialps Coffey
Coffey
Proposal for a Lat in American Federation Conference
Senator Shipstead proposes a Washington conference with Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua to forge a Latin American Federation. He urges a stable currency banking system and favorable commercial policy while seeking plenary rights to build and operate a Nicaragua interoceanic canal under U S guidance. The plan cites Central American political instability and calls for cooperative governance of the region.
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New York
United States
Costa Rica
Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Washington
Shipstead
Minnesota
Farmer-Laborite
Foreign Policy Association
Senate
Central America
Republica
Nicaragua Canal
Power Plant to Shut Down for Short Time
Announcement from Superintendent F. S. Shams of Illinois Power says the plant will shut down briefly tomorrow morning between six and seven o clock as a precautionary measure to service the big switchboard. Not all areas will lose power at once. circuits will be off at different times and some main users have been notified.
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F. 8. Shams
Illinois Power Company
Simms
Temorary
Power Company
Republicans to Hold Monday Meeting in DeKalb Office
The John Ericcson Republican League will meet Monday at 7 80 o clock in Edward Johnsons First National Bank building in DeKalb. Members are urged to attend as plans are made for the annual convention on March 9 at Joliet with possible bus transport for attendees.
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John Ericcson
Republican League
Edward Johnson
First National Bank
DeKalb
League
Joliet
Sheltons Convicted in Illinois Mail Robbery Case
Quincy Ill Feb 4 three Shelton brothers Earl Carl and Bernie convicted in the 15900 Collinsville mail robbery. The sentence was postponed as lawyers seek a new trial on alleged perjury. Convictions fuel ongoing Williamson county gang warfare between the Sheltons and Charley Birger with Birger now unopposed pending fate of appeals.
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Quincy, II
U.R
Facion
Charley Birger
Shelton Brothers
Louis Fits
Henry
Birger
Williamson County
Shelton
Federal
Egan's Rats
Marion
Ill
Son
Quincy
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Hotel DE Kalb
Congress Today
Chicago Dicks
Noth
Chang
Rush Work Rice Hotel
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