Struck by Another Car Fatality Near Maple Park
Howard Lorenzen, 19, of Arlington Heights, died after a Saturday night crash near Maple Park. He suffered a compound fracture that required amputation to stop hemorrhaging, then died at Glidden hospital. Coroner ruled death from shock following an unavoidable accident after testimony. The other vehicle was driven by W. Jennings of Chicago. occupants included Miss Winona Harrison and others. The crash occurred after a tire blowout near the Treadwell filling station.
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Howard Lorenzen
Arlington Heights
Maple Park
Glidden Hospital
C. H. Wilkinson
H. A. Nelson
W. ©. Jennings
Chicago
Ray Kelem
Lorenzen
Winona Harrison
Dundee
Teachers College
Migeel Besan
Gladys Nightingale
Barrington
Russell B. Main
Wilkinson
DeKalb
City Hospital
G.H. Joost
Evenes
St. Charles
Treadwell
Kelem
Sailors of tug Mohave perish in Nantasket wreck
Hull Mass Feb 13 UP discovery of an empty skiff in Gunrock Cove Nantasket indicates three Mohave crewmen Enos Reid and Lilies perished when the navy tug Mohave piled up on Harding s ledge off Allerton last night. Six crew reached Nantucket in a dingy and were cared for by doctors with only Charles Owison reaching Lettsown Navy Yard.
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Hull
Mass
Gunrock Cove
Nantasket
Mohave
Harding
Point Allerton
W. J. Enos
C. H. T. Reid
A. D. Lillies
Boston
Navy
Coast Guard
Here
Powers
Enos
Reid
Lilieu
Nantucket
Eee
Charles Owison
Lestown Navy Yard
Two Guards Killed at Bridgewater Hospital by Patient
Bridgewater Mass Feb 13 Two guards, Eugene Amlaw 50 of Providence R I and Wilford Gerrer 40 of Middleboro, were beaten to death by a patient at the Bridgewater state hospital for the criminally insane. They were sleeping when struck with a bed leg. One patient escaped, freeing four others. the killer remains unknown.
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Bridgewater
Mass
U.P
Bridgewater State Hospital
Eugene Amlaw
Providence
R. L
Wilford Gerrer
Middleboro
Missing Mail Plane Sparks State Police Search
A government mail plane due in Moline at 9 30 p m Saturday night failed to report and was not seen over the field. State police O N Larson and I L Elmendorf traced a plane to a lair with flares but it wasn t Pilot Peebles. The pilot claimed fog near Aurora forced a landing, delaying the trip west until morning. Police questioned Aurora locals about fog, then returned to DeKalb for an inquest at ten o clock yesterday morning with officers summoned as witnesses in a highway accident case.
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Peebles
Moline
O. N. Larson
I. L. Elmendorf
Pilot Peebles
Aurora
State-Po-Liece
DeKalb
C. H. Wilkingon
Killer Troope Ends Flight With Suicide During Standoff
Franklin county authorities surrounded 27 year old paroled youth Til Troope at Elijah Moore’s home in Williamson county after he shot 70 year old Charity Sweet during a Thompsonville home invasion. Troope died by self-inflicted gunshot as tear gas bombs were used to force surrender. Mrs. Sweet died Friday from February 3 wounds. Troope had been hunted across southern Illinois for the holdup and fatal shooting.
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Marion
O.R
Ellsworth Troope
Charity Sweet
Thompsonville
Franklin County
Elijah Moore
Williamson County
Troope
Illinois
Sweet
College Folk Hurt in Auto Wreck Near Chicago
A collision between a large sedan carrying four Notre Dame students and companions and another car killed Helen Ferry, 19, of Chicago and injured ten others including Mildred Wendell 19 Ottawa Illinois Della Weber 20 La Salle Illinois John Anderson 20 John Lucy 20 Edward Denino South Bend Dwight S Myers Chicago Eleanor Headen Chicago Ruth Heberling Ottawa Illinois and Terrence OMalley Grand Rapids Michigan.
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Chicago
O.R
Notre Dame College
Helen Ferry
Mildred Wendell
Ottawa
Illinois
Della Weber
LaSalle
John Anderson
John Lucy
Edward Denino
South Bend
Dwight S. Myers
Eleanor Headen
Ruth Heberling
Ilinois
Terrence O'Malley
Grand Rapids
Mich
Babe Drowns in Well at State Capital Sprimefield
Paul Mangiavite, 3, drowned yesterday in three feet of water at the bottom of a 17 foot well in Springfield while playing. Water had to be pumped from the well before the body could be recovered.
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Babe
Sprimefield
Paul Mangiavite
Widen Hunt for Bad Men
LaFayette Indiana February 13 A 1000 man search for the bodies of Deputies Sheriff Wallace McClure and John P Grove expanded as a nationwide manhunt for Samuel Baxter and John Burns began The deputies were last seen driving with their prisoners toward Pendleton reformatory Their car was found shot and abandoned in Decatur Illinois with rear seat prisoners tied inside Baxter and Burns had been jailed for robbery and were last seen in Danville Illinois near Otto Smith’s home
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LaFayette
Ind
O.R
Wallace McClure
John P. Grove
Samuel Baxter
John Burns
McClure
Grove
Pendleton Reformatory
Baxter
Burns
Linden
Decatur
Illinois
Danville
Otto Smith
Hickman Loses Plea for Second Trial in Parker Murder
In Los Angeles on February 13, defense counsel abandoned hopes of overturning William Edward Hickman's Parker murder verdict. The trial's next phase would pursue an appeal to the supreme court after judge J J Trabucco was expected to deny a new trial motion. Hickman faced a second murder trial with Welby Hunt for Ivy Thoms's killing, a druggist, as Trabucco prepared to rule on the new trial motion.
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Welby Hunt
Ivy Thoms
Hickman
Thoms
J. J. Trabucco
Marion Parker
Two Auto Crashes Reported by Police
Saturday night two accidents were logged by state and city police. Joe Kerwin allegedly drove intoxicated into Herman Maki’s car, with passenger Jack Commerford cited for mild intoxication. Kerwin fled, later captured. Commerford fined. A second crash west of Malta involved Ervin Grimes of Chicago in a Chrysler hitting a Peterson family car. no injuries reported.
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Joe Kerwin
Herman Maki
Jack Commerford
Kerwin
Commerford
Larson and Elmendorf
Malta
Ervin Grimes
Chicago
Peterson Boys
Open Bids Soon on Paving Work in This Section
The state department of highways will open bids in Springfield on February 29 for about 125 miles of paving including nearly 19 miles on Route 70 Meridian highways in Lee and LaSalle counties. The project also covers 28 bridges on Route 64 and related roads, with work split into sections 110 and 111 in Lee, LaSalle, and Kane counties.
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Springfield
State Department of Highways
Lee
LaSalle Counties
Sycamore-St. Charles Road
Lee County
LaSalle
Kane County
Weather for Olympia Rain and snow flurries forecast
Weather bulletin for Olympia calls for rain tonight and Tuesday with mixed snow flurries in the north portion. Colder conditions expected Tuesday, especially in the south and west Tonight’s precipitation remains unsettled with lingering chances of precipitation across the region.
Thirteen May Be Victims In Ontario Mine Disaster Update
Timmins Ont February 13 US backed rescue teams continued to search the Hollinger Consolidated gold mine amid a deadly gas filled shaft. 25 dead 18 bodies recovered overnight 14 miners still entombed on the 550 foot level with hope fading. 12 of 51 entombed had been rescued earlier.
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Timmins
Ont
U.R
United States
Toronto
Sunday Blaze Destroys Two Haish Homes Under Fire
Ten men fought an hour long blaze on Tenth Street damaging two Haish estate houses with total losses around 300 dollars. A roof of the corner house required replacement after sparks ignited it. A foreigner drinking disrupted operations, tampered with gear, was warned and later fined five dollars and costs in police court.
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Tenth
Haish
Tenth Street
Tenth and
Locust Streets
Locust and
Tenth Streets
M. H. MéeElvoy
New Aerial Loop World Record Claimed
Minneapolis reports Charles Speed Holman of St Paul set a world record with 1 093 aerial somersaults in roughly six hours. He broke a prior mark of 543 loops set hours earlier by Lyle A Thro of Minneapolis in the New York Spokane air derby.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Charles “Speed
Holman
St. Paul
Lyle A. ‘Thro
Neapolis
Trial opens as Stephenson testifies in Jackson bribery case
Indianapolis Feb 13 The jury to try Gov Ed Jackson on conspiracy to bribe former Gov Warren McCray was seated as D C Stephenson former Ku Klux Klan leader and life prisoner arrived to testify for the state He is cited in the indictment as having boasted of Klan power to influence courts and force McCray into submission. The hearing began with both sides passing the jurors and Emsley W Johnson launching the opening statement. Stephenson departed Michigan City under guard to remain in Indianapolis as Judge McCabe directs.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.R
Ed Jackson
Warren T. McCray
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Michigan City
Sapeellis
Emsley W. Johnson
Stephenson
Michigan
City
Indiana State
Harry B. Claudy
Walter Daly
Charles M. McCabe
Stephenston
Jackson
McCray
Indiana
Trial for Hill Murder of Mother Opens in Ottawa
Closing arguments set to begin in Ottawa Illinois as Harry Hill faces murder charges in the death of his mother Eliza A. Hill. Prosecution claims the crime occurred around August 4 or 5 with circumstantial evidence. defense relies on character witnesses and alibi testimony. Jury deliberations expected by midweek.
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Ottawa
U.P
Harry Hill
Eliza A. Hill
Hill
Notables Pay Meed of Honor to Honest Abe
Secretary of Navy Curtis D. Wilbur and Spanish ambassador Don Alejandro Padilla y Bell visited Springfield to mark the 119th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. They attended a luncheon tea and spoke at a gathering in the state arsenal. More than 1,200 people attended.
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Springfield
Curtis D. Wilbur
Don Alejandro Padilla Y Bell
United States
Abraham Lincoln
State Arsenal
Lindbergh Flies Home From Havana to St Louis
Lindbergh departs from Columbia field at 2 25 am on a non stop 1300 mile flight to St Louis. Crowds, weather advisories, and observers follow his Spirit of St Louis as it heads north along Florida coast toward Lambert field.
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Washington
Mexico City
Havana
Charles Lindbergh
St. Louis
Columbia Field
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ihome
Lindbergh
Lambert Field
Hhe Field
Alet
Key West
Florida
Atlanta
U.P
Atlanta Weather Bureau
Gulf_coast states
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola
Fila
Naval Air Station
Charles ‘A. Lindbergh
Services for Mrs John Lou Held on Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. John Lou Held a long time South Ninth Street resident were held Sunday. A brief family service was at the home, the church service followed at 2:30 at First Lutheran, with burial in Oakwood cemetery. Mrs. Held died Tuesday evening at her home after a long illness.
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John Lou
South Ninth Street
First Lutheran Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Wright Still Puts Forward Treasurer Bid Amid Regional Support
Senator H. G. Wright remains a possible candidate for state treasurer with backing from the Thompson Crowe Barret coalition in Cook County. Chicago leaders favor a Cook County secretary of state and hope DeKalb’s Wright runs for treasurer on a small ticket, signaling strategic ticket balance.
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Wright
H. G. Wright
Thompson- Crowe-Barret
Cook County
Chicago
DeKalb
Hoover declares for GOP nomination in Ohio fight
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover announces he will be a receptive candidate, prompting a clash with Senator Frank B. Willis for Ohio delegates. Hoover asks entry in the Ohio primary, pledging Coolidge policy support if chosen, while Willis vows a tough contest and questions the timing.
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Washington
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Hoover
Col
Thad Brown
Columbus
Coolidge
Willis
United Press
Fribe
Warren G. Harding
Brown
County Schools to Close Wednesday for Teacher Institute
DeKalb county schools will observe a one day holiday this Wednesday as teachers attend a state college institute. County Superintendent Warren Hubbard will supervise the program starting at nine o'clock with all county teachers, including high school and rural instructors, in attendance.
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DeKalp
DeKalb! i
Warren Hubbard
State College
Hubbard
Shank Talk in Chicago Draws Warm Audience
Dr. W. L. Shank of this city spoke on The Relation of the Endocrine to Human Conduct at the Chicago Y M C A under the Illinois Medical Society. He was allotted 40 minutes but held listeners for nearly two and a half hours with extensive questions, delaying his train.
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W. L. Shank
Chicago Y. M. CA
Ilinois Medical Society
Chicago
Doctor Talford Admitted For Flu, Heart Ailment
Dr. E. W. Talford, recently arrived, is in the city hospital recovering from a severe flu attack that caused a serious heart condition. His condition today is reported as fairly improved, but he will remain in bed for the rest of the week.
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E. W. Talford
Kennedy Building
Pope appoints Edward Hoban as Rockford bishop
Rome reports Pope Leo XIII named Edward Hoban Chicago auxiliary bishop and chancellor to succeed the late Bishop Muldoon in Rockford Illinois. Hoban, 49, born on Chicago’s west side, ordained 1903, noted as learned and capable finacier.
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United Press
Chronicle Today
Rome
Edward Hoban
Chicago
Rockford
Cago
Muldoon
Illinois
Old West Side
Baltimore
J. A. Solon
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Hoban
Father Solon
Diocess
DeKalb
Catholic Church
Archdiocese of
Ritular
Colonia
Europe Has Hard Luck
Ninety-one people die in weekend disasters across Europe. Thirteen miners entombed at Whitbyjan in England are declared lost. Norwegian storms claim 21 lives, a British hurricane adds 21, six drowned on the Mersey, and four killed on land. A dynamite blast at Rudshenokove ironworks in Russia kills 12.
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London
Europe
Whittejan
England
Norway
Mersey
Rudshenokove
Russia
Moa
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