Death Takes Aged Farmer Gustaf Engstrom at 82
Gustaf Engstrom 82, longtime resident, died last evening at Glidden Memorial hospital after a three week illness following influenza and complications. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1:00 from the First Lutheran church with burial in Oakwood cemetery. he leaves three daughters Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Pearson, Miss Sanna Engstrom, and two sons Albert and Ernest with three grandchildren.
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Gustaf Engstrom
Glidden Memorial Hospital
Lockwood Pearson
First Lutheran Church
Engstrom
Oakwood Cemetery
E. W. Magnusson
Sixth and
Pine Streets
Andrew Peterson
Sanna Engstrom
Albert
Ernest
DeKalb Church Leaders Praise Religious Census
A DeKalb pastor hails an interdenominational religious census set for the week of February 17. He notes it will benefit all city churches by defining their field and responsibilities, encouraging member participation, and reaching more people with the gospel. The effort aims to boost moral and spiritual welfare through cooperative church outreach.
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DeKalb
Texas insurance man bets on Adam apple proof offer
W S Dunbar of Dallas, an insurance man, sent a letter to evangelist Paul Rader asking where the $1000 reward is deposited and demanding 20 days to present scientific proof challenging Bible statements. The offer, issued by Rader through Defenders of the Christian Faith, targets proof that Adam did not eat the apple or that Bible statements are in error.
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Texas
Paul Rader
Chicago
Dallas
Rader
The
Defenders of the Christian Faith
United Press
W. S. Dunbar
May Deport Crimials in Illinois State Institutions
Springfield Feb 9 1931 Rodney Brandon director of the state department of public welfare outlines plans to deport aliens in Illinois state institutions and force able bodied inmates to eight hours work daily The cost of keeping 1000 aliens is estimated at 1000 dollars a day and deportation is seen as a remedy He also backs early completion of a 300000 women's reformatory and proposes its location between Joliet and Dwight.
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Springfield
Rodney Brandon
State Department of Public Welfare
Brandon
Davis
Washington
Illinois Department
Labor Department
Illinois
Chicago
Joliet Prison
General Assembly
Joliet
Dwight
Snow Plow Clears Highways After Snow Storm
State highway maintenance crews have worked since Thursday night to clear snow from the territory. East and west roads near the city were cleared yesterday with urgency to prevent wind drift. Despite severe winter, pavements have stayed clear most of the time.
Loot of bags and stamps recovered in theft case
Stolen traveling bags and stamps from a Galesburg drug store substation were found in Columbia Missouri. Clarence Scott, brother of convict Winfield Scott, was involved, while David Hamamoto Knox College student awaits potential cash bond from Japanese parents as arrests tied to a string of burglaries were made.
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Galesburg
Ill
Columbia
Clarence Scott
Winfield Scott
David Hamamoto
Knox College
Centenarian Solomon Blank Dies in St Louis
A.R. Solomon Blank died in St Louis at age 102 from old age. Born in Vilahora, Russia, he immigrated to the United States at age 70 and lived a long life with no serious illnesses.
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St. Louis St. Louis
A.R— Solomon Blank
Vilahora
Russia
United States
Apartment Fire Displaces 37 Inmates In St Louis
A large apartment house fire in St Louis Missouri on February 3 forced 37 residents from their homes. Fire crews reported the blaze caused extensive damage and all occupants were compelled to flee into the cold street.
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St. Louis
U.R
Haffa and aides convicted in major bootlegging case
Chicago alderman Titus A. Haffa and four aides were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiring to violate the prohibition law in a $5 million bootlegging operation. The government labeled Haffa the mastermind as aides took rap, while agents testified Haffa guided investments, promised protection, and boasted of political connections and influence.
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Chicago
Titus A. Haffa
Joe Bagheria
Henry Murray
Sam Simon
Edward Hugg
State Street
James Donahue
John Conwell
Haffa
Conwell
Donahue
Curfew Imposed as Riots Sweep Bombay
Riots and murders in Bombay prompt a curfew as religious clashes between Moslems and Hindus escalate. Estimates put dead at 100 to 110 and wounded 500 to 600 with looting and arson reported in multiple districts. Police and troops clashed with rioters, while fifty Moslems were arrested.
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Bombay
Fall From Window Kills Wife of Airplane Designer
Mrs. Anthony H. G. Fokker, wife of renowned aircraft designer Willy Fokker, died after plunging fifteen floors from a Riverside Drive apartment window during a nervous spell. Fokker, asleep nearby, was near collapse as investigators pursued the tragic incident.
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New York
Anthony H. G. Fokker
Riverside Drive
Fokker
Shows Improvement After Operation for Miss Ruth O'Donnell
Miss Ruth O'Donnell, who recently underwent major surgery at St. Mary's Hospital, has improved enough to return home. Her friends are glad to hear of her splendid recovery.
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Ruth O'Donnell
St. Mary's Hospital
Daughter Of Morrow Sees Lindbergh Trophies
Anne Morrow daughter of Dwight W. Morrow United States ambassador to Mexico visited the Lindbergh trophies at the Jefferson Memorial Museum in St Louis with her mother. They stopped en route from Cleveland to Mexico City.
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St. Louis
U.P
Anne Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow
U. S
Mexico
Charles A. Lindberg
Lindbergh
Jefferson Memorial Museum
Cleveland
Mexico City
Pope Meets King as Vatican Accord Nears End
The Pope meets King of Sweden and a formal signing of the settlement ending the 58 year Vatican Italy dispute is planned for Monday at St John Lateran. Cardinal Gasparri's illness may delay the ceremony while the Pope weighs future appearances and the Guardia Nobile prepares for paceful street processions.
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St. John Lateran
Vatican
Cardinal Gaspari
Mussolini
Rome
Sweden
Holy See
Gasparri
Italy
St. John Lateran Basilica
Rochelle man held on kidnaping charges in Illinois
Charles Witherto of Rochelle a widower and father of five is jailed in Oregon Illinois on kidnapping charges with a federal Mann Act warrant anticipated. He allegedly sent money to Zora Goleher 17 of St. Louis to bring her to Rochelle. Goleher had vanished from Little Rock Ark and was the subject of a nationwide search. Mitchell Baker Indiana has filed actions against Witherto accusing him of bringing the girl to Rochelle for immoral purposes. Witherto says the girl stayed at his Rochelle home in September then left to visit an aunt in Chicago.
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Rochelle
Charles Witherto
Ogle County
Oregon
Witherto
Zora Goleher
St. Louis
Morning cold wave dips below zero across county
A morning cold spell arrived earlier than forecast with thermometers dropping to six below at 7:30 am. Reports of eight to ten below circulated as the night cooled, with State Teachers College at four below by 5 am. Sunday’s forecast promises a slow rise in temperature per United Press dispatches.
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Weather Bureau
State Teachers College
United Press Dispatches
Push Probe Of Market Push Probe Of Market
Washington reports the stock market slump spurred new probes in Congress as Senator Heflin and Representative Black press for the Federal Reserve Board to explain its Thursday statement against speculative loans. Lawmakers clash with Carter Glass over pace of inquiry amid market fears and political resistance.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Heflin
Alabama
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Loring Black
House
Montague Norman
Bank of England
Reserve Board
Black
Carter Glass
Virginia
Treasury
Wilson
Reparations Talks Begin Among World Experts
Fourteen financial and economic experts from seven nations met at the Bank of France to discuss how Germany will bear postwar reparations. Owen D Young is expected to chair if he accepts. the group includes delegates from Great Britain France Italy Belgium Japan Germany and the United States.
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Paris
Germany
Bank of France
Hotel Astoria
Owen D. Young
United States
UPI
Emile Moreau
Moreau
France
England
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Great Britain
Josiah Stamp
Lord Revelstoke
Bank of England
Jean Parmentier
Ministry of Finance
Alberto Pirelli
Antonio Savitch
Emile Franqu
Camille Gutt
Reparations Commission
Kengo Mori
London
Viscount Takashi Aoki
Imperial Bank of Japan
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Albert Voegler
J. Pierpont Morgan
Former Pastor A. T. Horn Seriously Ill in Chicago
Dr. A. T. Horn, once Methodist church pastor in this city and later district superintendent, is reported seriously ill at Wesley Memorial hospital in Chicago. He suffered a hip fracture in a ten day old accident in Chicago, distressing friends who recall his long tenure at the De Kalb church.
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A. T. Horn
Methodist Church
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Horn
DeKalb
Keyes Convicted in Bribery Case In Los Angeles
Los Angeles February reports say Asa Keyes, former Los Angeles district attorney, was found guilty on three bribery charges tied to directing the Julian Petroleum prosecutions. Co-defendants Ed Rosenberg and Ben Getzoff also convicted. sentence possible one to fourteen years.
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Los Angeles
Calif
U.P
Jacob Berman
Asa Keyes
Baron Fitts
Berman
Keyes
Fitts
Blaney Mathews
Jack Rosenberg
Ed Rosenberg
District Attorney's Office
Los A Calif
Law Today
Los Angeles County
William Edward Hickman
Aimee Semple McPherson
Julian Petroleum Corporation
Julian
Ben Getzoff
Arlie O. Boswell
Williamson County
Illinois
Hall of Justice
Getzoff
Rosenberg
Edward J. Butler
A. I. Lasker
California
Julian Corporation
Boy Dies After Sled Ride Collision in Decatur
Paul Tennyson, 12, was killed in Decatur when struck by a car while hitching a sled ride behind another vehicle. The fatal crash occurred last night and caused a fractured skull.
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Decatur
U.R
Paul Tennyson
Commission cites dead bus operator in Lincoln crash
The Illinois Commerce Commission cited Louis Roper, operator of a Lincoln bus killed in a collision with an Illinois Central train. He is ordered to appear in Springfield on February 19 to prove he did not operate a bus in Lincoln without a certificate. The order will likely be stricken from the docket.
Labor Leader Killed by Companion on Chicago Street
Chicago a man believed to be James A. Fee business agent for the International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers was murdered on the west side today by a man he walked with. A schoolboy witness said Fee and his companion seemed to chat amiably when the latter drew a .45 pistol and opened fire.
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Chicago
U.R
James A. Fee
International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers
Fee
Fire destroys Woodard elevator at Fairdale
Fire at the Woodard elevator in Fairdale destroyed the building along with about 5,000 bushels of grain. Owner E. E. Woodard, 42, was severely burned and hospitalized in Rockford. Employee Glenn Wilson helped save Woodard, with Kirkland firefighters aiding to save nearby coal sheds and grain cars. Woodard's family includes six children.
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E. E. Woodard
Woodard
Fairdale
Rockford
Burne
Glenn Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Woodard
Kirkland
Kirkland Fire Department
Chicago
Profs Win Debates at State Teachers College Season Opener
The State Teacher's College debate teams opened the season with two wins. The women's team defeated North Central College of Naperville in an Illinois State Conference match while a men's team beat Plattville Teacher's College trio. The women’s negative side featured Miss Gladys Riswold Vera Babcock and Josephine McClaren. Naperville’s affirmative team included two young women, details incomplete.
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Teacher's College
Illinois
North Central College of
Naperville
Plattville
Wheaton
DeKalb
Gladys Riswold
Vera Babcock
Josephine McClaren
Young Chronicle Carrier Seeks Prompt Payment and Support
The young man delivering the Chronicle each evening buys papers wholesale from the office and sells them to customers. With limited capital, he cannot carry accounts. pay promptly to aid his business and improve service.
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Yong Man
Chronicle
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Emoland
Christina Johnson
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Clurn
Tlinois
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Robert E. Crowe
Morrow
Rulates
Pontiff
Wit
Montecassino
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Guardia Nobile
Roman
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