Notable Illinois Justice to Speak at DeKalb Event
Hon Floyd J Thompson of Rock Island will address the First Baptist church in DeKalb tomorrow at 7:30 PM as part of Rev Fred W Field’s lecture series on Civic Responsibilities. Thompson, the Illinois supreme court justice, is noted as the youngest judge in state history and a Democratic winner in a Republican-leaning district. He is expected to draw prominent regional figures to hear his analysis and eloquent oration.
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Barbour VP of Oil Marketers Elected Illinois Pose
Barbour R T Barbour vice president of Independent Oil company and local leader was elected vice president of the Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association at the Springfield convention. Bert Taggart Peoria named president and G A Primm Springfield reelected treasurer secretary. Next meeting set for Rockford in April. The group opposed any gay tax bill without a statewide referendum and heard pro and con remarks from Frank T Sheets and Senator Lowell Mason.
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R. T. Barbour
Independent Oil Company
Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association
Springfield
Bert Taggart
Peoria
G. A. Primm
Rockford
Frank T. Sheets
State Highway Department
Lowell. Mason
Chicago
Dairy Meeting Set for Wednesday by DeKalb County Group
Dairy farmers are invited to a 10 o'clock Wednesday gathering at the DeKalb County Soil Improvement association building. Dr Nev ens of the University of Illinois will discuss balancing rations for dairy cows and maximizing home grown seeds, plus essential feeds. A general discussion and Q&A will follow.
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DeKalb Farm Bureau
Nevens
University of Ilinois Farm
Evens
Dr. Nevens
Woman seeks view of hanging as proof of Johnson’s death
Mrs. Mabel Saenger requests to witness the February 28 hanging of Robert Johnson, the negro condemned for assaulting her last March. She says she has been nervous since the attack and must see Johnson die to be certain of his death. Authorities granted the request but the case remains unresolved.
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Mabel Saenger
F. Robert Johnson
Johnson
Columbia Street Car Sealed For Campus Night Activity
Columbia Missouri February report notes the city’s lone street car, a gift to the University of Missouri, was padlocked after law and art students used it as a rendezvous for moonlight petting parties. A campus night watchman ordered it boarded up to halt the gatherings.
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U.P
Jefferson City
University of Missouri
Death Toll Shaped By Southern Cyclone Surge
A survey across three southern states reports 35 dead 150 injured and $500000 in damage from Thursday night cyclone. Tensas Pass and Sabine Parish in Louisiana Mississippi line areas hit hardest with numerous fatalities and homes wrecked. Rose Hill Mississippi and Alexander City Alabama also suffered losses as Red Cross teams aid victims. California storms follow with $1 million Los Angeles losses and widespread flood damage as roads and railbeds are repaired.
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U.R
Tensas Pass
Louisiana- Mississippi
Sabine Parish
Tleasant Hill
Rose Hill
Miss
Meridian
Alexander City
Ala
Red Cross
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley
Venice
Long Beach
Orange County
San Diego
Pool Property Sale Proposal Rejected by Board
The board of control rejected T. J. Rowe of Chicago's offer to lease the swimming pool property with a purchase option. Objections from donors and a sponsor organization meeting influenced the decision. The pool remains with its current owners until a park board or equivalent body is appointed to manage and develop it for community use.
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Chicago
Tonight's Best Radio Features and Sunday Highlights
United Press lists major broadcasts for WEAF WBY WCCO WWJ and KDKA. Programs include Walter Damrosch and the Vienna Meister singer recital and Boston Symphony live from 9 to 11 p m Eastern. Detroit Chicago and Hartford stations swap offerings with symphonies and opera pieces.
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WEAF
Walter Damresch
Die Meistersinger
WBY
Springfield
KDKA
WJJIZ
Boston Symphony Orchestra
WSB
Atlanta
Central
WTIC
Hartford
Yale
Harvard
WSR
Detroit
Sylvia Lent
Armand ‘Tokaytyan
Capitol
WCCO
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minneapolis
WIR
WWJ
Buck Passes to Coolidge in Farm Relief Debat e
Washington reports note the MacNary-Haugen farm relief bill sits on President Coolidge s desk prompting a veto likely. Observers say a veto could shape Coolidge s 1928 standing with farm blocs and Republican rivals while backing from Lowden and Dawes intensifies intra party tensions.
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Senate
House
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Frank ©. Lowden
Ilinois
Charles G. Dawes
Coolidge
State College Graduate Dies in Grays Lake Tragedy
Mrs Wallace E Johnson known as Anna Mareth in De Kalb and a 1915 graduate of the State Teachers College died yesterday in Waukegan Hospital after several days illness due to pneumonia. She leaves a husband and three children, two of whom are seriously ill. funeral services will be held Monday at the Grays Lake home.
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Wallace E. Johnson
Grays Lake
Death ends Illinois happiest marriage tale in Barrington
August Weinecke, 94, dies in Barrington just a month after his wife. The couple, famed for 63 years of devotion, predicted neither would live to see another summer. Town remembers a husband who bore a birthday gift on his back for seven miles.
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Barrington
O.R
August Weinecke
Illinois
Weinecke
Maple Park Resident Gene Philmore Dies at 71
Eugene Philmore 71 a Maple Park resident died late yesterday at St. Mary's Hospital after a ten day stay. He was well known in the community and his friends regret his death. The remains were taken to Maple Park today with no funeral service announcements made yet by relatives.
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Gene Philmore
Maple Park
Eugene Philmore
St. Mary's Hospital
Philmore
Police Report Sees Two Robins at College and Park
Officer Sid Rowe arrived at seven this morning claiming he saw two robins in a tree at College and Park avenues. fellow officers disputed the sighting while a local Augusta Avenue resident insisted he heard and saw robins as well. Waitresses wanted at The.
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Sid Rowe
College and Park Avenue
Augusta Avenue
Lita Grey on Babies and Future After Chaplin Divorce
Beverly Hills interview with Lita Grey Chaplin after filing for divorce reveals her focus on her two sons and future. She says her children must be raised American and not sent to English schools, vows to fight to keep them together, and reflects on a life with Charlie Chaplin from childhood through marriage to the present legal battle.
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Thas
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Wev
Chaplin
Hollywood Boulevard
New Courses at College Open Spring Quarter
State Teachers College announces five new courses for the spring quarter starting March 7 including Psychology of the Common Branches with Dr. Hayes, Rural School Problems with Mr. Peterson, and a course on the State Course of Study led by Mrs. Messenger. Other offerings include Human Geography by Mr. Gould and a science development history course by Mr. Phipps. Eleven sophomores are slated to graduate at informal exercises Wednesday morning, with diplomas issued before exams for the first time in the college’s history.
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Hayes
Peterson
Gould
Phipps
the State College
Nxt
Charlotte E. Ableman
T*hoebe Ethelyn’ Anderson
Marie Louise Buskie
Martha Ella Florence
Marie M. Gallager
Esther M. Howland
Eva Johnson
Harriet Ethel LaCross
Eva Z. Macolonsky
Theodore Wilams
Beatrice May Utsler
Moocher Goes to Pursue His Begging Work in Iowa
Andrew Jorgensen, 69, was arrested in Clinton on a moocher charge and fined. He sent a postarrest letter claiming he earned $10 to $20 daily by begging for twenty years. He boasted of a planned trip to Des Moines to pursue Danish College and Grand View College, saying his best luck comes from Danes.
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Moocher
Clinton
Andrew Jorgensen
Jorgensen
Des Moines
Grand View College
Evansville Mourns Gold Star Mother Mrs Dodd
Evansville February 19 U P America's first gold star mother Mrs Alice Gresham Dodd died at 64 from pneumonia in Garvin Park tile cottage built by Evansville residents in tribute to her son James Bethel Gresham the first American soldier killed in the world war.
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Tay
U.P
America
Alice. Gresham Dodd
Dodd
Plunger Progress Report On City Well At Locust Street
Satisfactory progress is reported on the Locust street city well near Eight as W L Thorpe the well expert works to recover the plunger from a depth of 1130 feet. The six ton tool slipped twice delaying completion but officials including Public Works Commissioner Harry Goodison expect the plunger to be brought to the surface within the coming week and the water supply improvement to proceed.
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Locust Street
W. L. Thorpe
Thorpe
Harry Goodison
DeKalb
Council
Mark Biehl
Charman
Far Sale by Great Northern Fur Company
Public notice announces a forced sale by the Great Northern Fur Company at DeKalb on Monday February 21. Bidders are invited to attend and submit offers.
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Far Sale
Great Northern Fur Company
DeKalb Bnars
Farm policy formed after farmers meet Buckbee
John T. Buckbee, congressman from the 12th district, heard farmers in six counties at Hotel Aurora. They framed a policy list urging federal farm relief, corn borer defense funding, reform of the Farm loan system, TB eradication, roads, tariff support, and limited new reclamation projects, with pledge of support to Buckbee to push the program. The conference was well attended.
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Republican Editorial Association
Hotel Aurora
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McNary- Haugen
Tino
Illinois
Treasury Department
St. Lawrence
Gulf
Several Send in Answers to Card Contest
DeKalb bridge players submitted solutions for the first contest. Judges review the hand and determine the winner. The second game appears in tonight's Chronicle. names and play description to be printed tomorrow. Readers urged to submit tonight's solution to keep the stunt going.
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DeKalb
the Chronicle
The
Chronicle
Old Resident of Sandwich Is Laid At Rest
John W. Gates, an early and well known Sandwich resident, died at a Chicago hospital this week. He long worked for the Sandwich Manufacturing company and was a 50 year Odd Fellows member, proudly holding the 50 year emblem. Odd Fellows conducted services at the cemetery when the cortege arrived in Sandwich.
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Sandwich
John W. Gates
Chicago
Gates
Sandwich Manufacturing Company
Odd Fellows Lodge
Odd Fellows
Weather outlook for Chicago area ends with mixed precipitation
Increasing cloudiness described with chance of snow or rain by Sunday. Temperatures show little change. Wind shifts from northeast to southeast, lively and gusty. Forecast notes confusion in original text but indicates onset of wintry mix later.
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Chicago
Jrontene
Future Events Compiled by DeKalb Chamber of Commerce
DeKalb Chamber of Commerce lists upcoming community events and dates across local organizations. Activities include Washington program at M E church, St Marys card party, Masonic ball, Knights of Pythias dance and supper at Immanuel Lutheran, American Legion bazaar, Kiwanis ladies night, Catholic Daughters and K C minstrel, joint merchants meeting, and St Pauls Episcopal Methodist parish supper.
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Chamber of Commerce
Washington
M. E. Church
St. Mary's
Knights of Pythias
Immanuel Lutheran Church
American Legion
Kiwanis Club
Catholic Daughters
K. C. Minstrel
Sycamore and
DeKalb Merchants
St. Paul's Episcopl Methodist
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Aimee Sees Night Life in New York Clubs
Aimee Semple McPherson tours New York nightlife in heavy crowds and clubs. She witnesses fist fights and rowdy scenes at The Black Bottom and The Hundred club, notes the unsteady revelers, and commends Texas Guinan before departing amid applause.
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New York
Aimee Semple McPherson
Jack Delaney
Jim Maroney
Madison Square Garden
Evangelist
Mrs. McPherson
300 Club
Crawford King Hurt in Sandwich Auto Mishap
Friends report Crawford King of Sandwich a State Teachers college graduate suffered multiple injuries in an automobile crash last Wednesday evening. He was dragged about 30 feet after being struck while stopping to pour fuel into his stalled car near Somonauk. Both vehicles were badly damaged and King lost two teeth with facial injuries.
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Crawford King
Sandwich
State Teachers College
Shanghai Strife as Cantonese Advance Threatens City
London reports indicate Cantonese forces may push toward Nanking while sparing Shanghai if foreign troops remain to protect lives and property. In Shanghai clashes erupt in suburbs as a general strike disrupts industry and looting occurs amid martial law and mobile troops.
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London
England
Nanking
Shanghai
Sun Chuan-Fang
Hai
Percival Phillips
Shi Sun
Phillips
Marshal Chuan-Fuang
Chekiang
Bandits Loot Star Elevator Vault in Cleveland Robbery
Four bandits locked the Star Elevator office staff in a wall safe and escaped with more than $1,000 after an entombing time of an hour. S. W. Blaze, president of the Star company, helped release the men by tapping the combination. detective Lieut. Frank aided the operation. The staff were trapped in an air tight vault during the heist and plans were made to breach the vault door if necessary.
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Star
S. W. Blaze
Star Company
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