Beloit Man Gives Talk on Dairying Progress
W I Dougan a Beloit dairyman told about the dairy industry’s scope and records systems to 125 farmers at Beloit grade school. He urged regularity, soil conservation, and using purebred cattle to improve herds. Next meeting will cover why butter fat tests vary with shop talk focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Dougan
Beloit
Wis
Eve Bing
Hird School
Future Farmer, of
America
Doncan
United States
Dougan
Sycamore Car Balances Across Porch On North Seventh
A car driven by Mary Athens of 121 North Governor Street Sycamore struck the cement porch of Henry Johnson's home at 417 North Seventh Street about 6 15 PM last evening. The driver reportedly lost control and damage to the porch occurred. Athens agreed to pay for the damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Johnson
North Seventh Street
Mary Athens
North Governor Street
Sycamore
Cafig Restaraunt Sold To Satisfy Creditors
The restaurant operated by Robert Bell was being sold today by Constable Harry Rowe to satisfy creditors. All fixtures were to be auctioned as part of the sale. Bell reportedly secured a smaller location and plans to start another restaurant soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bell
Harry Rowe
Bell
Wife Sues For Divorce From Kissless Mate
Mrs. Katherine Hazeman of Sandwich files for divorce in DeKalb county circuit court at Sycamore claiming George Hazeman refused to kiss her and deeded property for life use while earning at least 1000 dollars a year. She notes their Ladiewich cottage and his 1924 marriage to her brought 30000 dollars in real estate plus other assets. He allegedly married to have someone to care for him and wait on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Katherine Hazeman
Sandwich
DeKalb
Sycamore
Lad
Hazeman
Profs to Get Sabbaticals at Local Teachers College
Announcement outlines a sabbatical plan allowing instructors with six years service to take a one year leave for study travel or rest. Three yearly leaves expected at the local college, with eligibility expanding each year. A salary payment scheme and safeguards ensure staff stay and return to benefit the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thianis
Senate passes Savanna Mississippi bridge bill Springfield
The Deneen bill authorizing construction of a bridge across the Mississippi at Savanna Illinois was approved unanimously by the senate today and sent to the house for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin
Washington
Deneen
Mississippi River
Savanna
Ilinois
Senate
House
White Madonna Bitter Foe of the Bolsheviks
Paris reports Nina Polojalef Bezaonov known as the White Madonna leads a White Russian anti Soviet network from Boulogne near Paris. She travels into Russia to distribute propaganda and recruits a six million strong White Russian army while avoiding public plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Madonna
Paris
Cheka
Nina Polojalef Bezaonov
Bionde Nina
Russia
Nally
Koutepoff
Boulogne
Moscow
Prohibition Failing Says Former Senator Williams
Washington witnesses tell House Judiciary Committee that repeal or modification of the Eighteenth Amendment is needed as enforcement collapses. George H. Williams of Missouri says St. Louis tolerates saloons and bootlegging. juries refuse indictments and public sympathy favors bootleggers. He cites a farm tenant jailed six months for allowing a portable still and notes dry voting congressmen may personally drink. Turn to Page 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
New York
House Judicciary Committee
George H. Williams
Williams
Chautemps Seeks New French Cabinet Amid Tardieu Rejection
Paris reports Camille Chautemps moved to form a concentration government at President Doumergue's urging. He offered Andre Tardieu a cabinet post, hoping to secure a united front from left independents and center groups for the London naval conference delegation. Tardieu declined, planning a brief rest away from politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U.P
Camille Chautemps
Tardieu
Andre Tardieu
Chautemps
London
Radical Socialist
Gaston Doumergue
Doumergue
Elysee Palace
France
Senate Prohibition Inquiry Debated Amid Opposition
Washington reports a senate judiciary committee debate over a broad probe into prohibition enforcement. Drys led by Norris push for the inquiry with Blaine the lone wet, but a majority opposes action. A minority report is possible as the panel prepares to discuss the Williamson transfer bill and consider officials Lowman and Doran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Drys
Norris
Neb
Borah
Idaho
Walsh
Wheeler
Dem
Mont
Senate
Blaine
Wis
Judiciary Committee
Congress
House
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Justice Department
Lowman
Prohibition
Doran
Prohibition Service
Bureau
Last Pleas Made Today In Poison Liquor Trial
Springfield Illinois February 26 Charges that Morris and Jessie Mansfield Peoria jointly accused of murdering Clarence Hoppe Peoria in connection with deaths from poison liquor at Peoria last spring continued to distribute the liquor after deaths. State's attorney Weldon opened the closing argument, defense counsel followed, and Mansfield indictments were moved from Peoria County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Morris
Jessie Mansfield
Peoria
Clarence Hoppe
James M. Weldon
Edward Pree
Harry E. Pratt
Mansfields
Mansfield
Weldon
C. O. Guffin
Hoppe
Richard Jaffe
Cook County Hospital
Ralph Webster
Herman Bundeson
Cook County
Young Man To Open Office In DeKalb
William Hanson formerly of DeKalb Dry Goods returns to DeKalb to open an insurance office with Robert Ball. They have leased space in the Lewis Palmer music store building and come from Dixon where they have run a business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hanson
DeKalb Dry Goods Company
DeKalb
Hanson
Robert Ball
Lewis Palmer Music Store
Mr. Ball
Dixon
Weather Outlook for Illinois Turns Cloudy and Mild
Increasing cloudiness tonight spreads across Illinois with unsettled conditions expected Friday. Mild temperatures persist as the pattern shifts, keeping highs comfortable and overnight lows mild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Nine Victims Tied to Detroit Poisoner James Baker
Detroit February reports James Baker 25 of Warren Ohio confessed to nine murders claiming he poisoned victims. He named his first victim his stepfather Hi T Parks in 1924 at Warren. He described poisoning Henry Gaw in New York and other sailors and a Houston man with cyanide across multiple ports. Police search continues for traces of Baker and his victims amid linked crimes.
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Detroit
Ark
James” Baker
Hi. T. Parks
Baker
Parks
Warren
Mich
James Baker
Warren, C
Farmington
Henry Gaw
Guggenheim Laboratories
New York
Gaw
Honey” Cutt
Huston
Tex
Bombay
India
Hamburg
Bayonne
N. J
Philippines
Houston
Towing Company
Houston Towing Company
Baker's First Victim. Towing Company
Confesses to Murder in Ohio Revolving Case
Charles Hannah aged 61 admitted in a signed confession that he struck Melvin Horst, four, to death on December 27, 1928, for spite. He named Arthur Arnold in a plot to murder Horst and said he delivered the body to two Akron Italians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin
Ohio
Hannah
Arthur Arnold
Elias Arnold
Junior Hannah
Charles
Junior
Arnolds
Arthur
Elias
Akron
Melvin Horst
Illinois Athletics Chief George Huff to Speak Here
George Huff director of athletics at the University of Illinois will address the Kiwanis club on March 24 in the Innovation room. The talk promotes clean sportsmanship and the Illinois Code of Sportsmanship. Huff will discuss his stadium project and other athletics work. The meeting aims to invite other city organizations and details will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Huff
Illinois U
University of Illinois
Kiwanis Club
Huff
Illinois Stadium
Cops to Get Pay Checks in Chicago Bailout Plan
Chicago workers cheered as business leaders pledged to raise money to cover overdue salaries for more than 43 000 public employees. At a conference of 70 executives, promises reportedly total 43 million dollars with hopes for 7 million more, aiming to fund city county school boards and sanitary districts through July 1. Verbal pledges from banks packers and utilities executives signaled broad support, though no written commitments were required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.E
Chione
Strawn
Silas H. Strawn
Citizens’ “Rescue Committee
Melvin A Traylor
First National Bank
Henry Veeder
Swift & Co
Philip Reid
Armour & Co
W. E. Storey
Santa Fe Railroad
Body of famed aviator Carl Ben Eielson found in Arctic wreck
Nome Alaska February 20 The body of Carl Ben Eielson aviator lost November 9 1929 has been found in the wreckage of his plane about 90 miles southeast of North Cape Siberia. Rescue pilot Joe Crosson said Eielson was killed instantly. The bodies will be sent to Fairbanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome
Alaska
Carl Ben Eielson
Nanuk
Eielson
North Cape
Siberia
Earl Borland
Teller
Borland
Crosson
Joe Crosson
Hielson
Fairbanks
Arctic
York
New York
Aviation Corporation
Arthur
Ec Teraees
Yairbank
Ben
Antarctic
George H. Wilkins
Point Barrow
Spitzbergen
Roald Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
Richard E. Byrd
Aged Dixon Twins Have Grand Birthday Fete
Dixon Illinois February 20. A brilliantly lighted birthday cake with 164 candles marked the 82nd birthday of Mrs Almira Anderson and Mrs Alvira Leedie, twins from Dixon and Battle Creek. The cake was a gift from another set of twins Mrs Frank Estey and Mrs B N Lightner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon, Ill
Almira Anderson
Alvira Leedie
Battle Creek
Mich
Anderson
Frank Estey
Amboy
B. N. Lightner
Dixon
Notables spin tales in sunlit Miami Southland
Notables from politics art and business gathered in Miami and Miami Beach wintering under sun. Sherman Leland Whipple C A Kettering Howard Chandler Christie George Gershwin and Frederick Eckner share stories while praising or critiquing courts invention and modernism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
U.R
Florida
Miami Beach
Sherman Leland Whipple
Boston
C. A. Kettering
General Motors
Howard Chandler Christie
George Gershwin
Frederick C. Eckner
New York Life Insurance Company
Leland
New England
Daniel Webster
H. Earle Hoover
Chicago
I C. F. Kettering
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W. J. Dougan
Tinois
Governor Trumbull
Connecticut
John H. Trumbull
Newark
Watchman
Horst
Arnold
Earl Donald
Southland
Gazette
Ewing Herbert
Hiewatha
Kansas
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