Debaters Triumph for DeKalb and Freeport
DeKalb township high school debaters won both sides of the question The Jury System Should be Abolished in a decisive display at DeKalb and Freeport Judges praised Edna Schweitzer and Williard Wirtz for their rebuttals The affirmative team Walter Hay Edna Schweitzer and Harry Rayworth defeated Freeport and the negative team Harlan Hagman Williard Wirtz and Laura Mae Fin ey also won unanimously Plans for next matches against Rockford East Aurora and DeKalb teams were outlined with possible travel arrangements
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DeKalb Township
DeKalb
Freeport
Edna Schweitzer
Williard Wirtz
Walter Hay
Harry Rayworth
Chester Kearney
Aurora College
Fred L. Biester
Glen Ellyn
A. H. Lancaster
Dixon
Free- Port
Harlan Hagman
Mere’ Wirtz
Laura Mae Finey
Senators Probe Western Pennsylvania Coal Fields
Four U S senators pressed into overcrowding sanitation and labor strife in western Pennsylvania coal districts. Miners described squalid housing with five to twelve people in four rooms, lacking sewage and privacy. Inquiry focuses on union and operator views, church access rights, and alleged communist influence among strikebreakers, with 0 percent of strikebreakers identified as Negroes from southern states.
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Pittsburgh
W.P
United States
Pennsylvania
United States Senate
Gooding
Idaho
Red
Pine
Republican
Oklahoma
Wagner
New York
Twe
Kentucky
Night School to End Early Coming Month
Ellwood school hosts bi weekly night classes for foreign born residents to cover basic education. Attendance has declined since initial strong turnout and leaders report little encouragement from beneficiaries, predicting completion in two or three weeks.
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Ellwood School
DeKalb
Hays Talks Next Week on Teapot Dome Probe
Washington reports the Teapot Dome committee resumes hearings on the 3.98 million Continental liberty bond deal secrets from 1921. Myron Blackmer then Robert Rae called as witnesses. Will Hays to testify next week. Bond profits of 750000 allegedly hidden in a New York bank vault amid possible civil suits and tax actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate
Myron Blackmer
H. M. Blackmer
Denver
Robert Rae
Dominion Bank of Canada
Will Hays
Republican National Committee
Young Blackmer
Paris
Karl Schuyler
Blackmer
New York
Jackmer
Internal Revenue
James E. O'Neil
Repiblican National Committee
Continental and Commercial Trust Company
Chicago
Cordell Hull
Democratic National Committee
Teapot Dome Committee
School Kids on Stand Today in Reed Trial
Ottawa reports that nine year old Grace Johnson will testify for the state in the Reed trial at Pleasant Valley. State witnesses include pupils of Miss Bradford who were outside the room when a dynamite bomb exploded in the schoolroom store. The defendant Hiram Reed, 24, is accused of attempting to kill Miss Bradford to avoid responsibility for their unborn child. Robert Lee, 13, and Harold Thorpe testified yesterday.
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Ottawa
Til
U.R
Grace Johnson
Iola Braford
Pleasant Valley School
Hiram Reed
Johnson
Miss Bradford
Reed
Robert Lee
Harold Thorpe
Ready Kisser Is Unpopular With Springfield Youth
In Springfield Missouri a survey of 1,900 senior high students found 1,156 said promiscuous kissing is not a mark of popularity while 742 held the opposite view. The poll asked if the popular girl is the one who allows kissing. More than 800 reported never smoking and only 74 said they smoked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
U.R
Miller Loses Bid to Oust Governor Small
Illinois supreme court rules Representative Bert Miller lacks standing to seek quo warranto against Governor Small. The court says quo warranto petitions must be filed by the attorney general or the state's attorney, not by private citizens or taxpayers, and Miller has no personal stake in the office. The decision avoids ruling on the preexisting quo warranto law's constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
State Supreme Court
Bert Miller
Kankakee
Sangamon County
Small
Miller
Carlstrom
Supreme Court
Terest
Idaho
Hadley Quits as Candidate for State Attorney General
Springfield Feb 24. Charles W Hadley Wheaton attorney withdrawn as Republican candidate for attorney general and backs incumbent Carlstrom. Three remain Carlstrom backed by Lowden-Emerson-Deneen, Dailey backed by Small-Thompson-Smith, and Tyrrell likely to quit by midnight deadline. Also withdrawals announced by delegates and party officials across districts plus two state senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Springfield
U.P
Charles W. Hadley
Wheaton
Oscar Carlstrom
Carlstrom
Lowden-Emmerson-Deneen
John Dailey
Peoria
Small - Thompson-Smith
John F. Tyrrell
Chicago
Bernard W. Snow
Homer K. Galp'n
Carlin
Golden
Frank T. O'Hair
Paris
Ernest D. Potts
Leroy ‘Milner
Everett Werts
Oquawka
Clint C. Tilton
Danville
Ralph Constantine
Miners Trapped After Explosion at Mamma Mine Shaft
In Jenny Lind near Fort Smith Arkansas an explosion left 15 to 18 miners trapped in the Mamma Mine Company number three shaft. One hundred miners escaped. Rescue crews, led by state mine inspector Claud Speigel and company president W E Templeton, worked to clear debris and reach the trapped men.
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Fortsman
Ark
Mamma Mine Company
Jenny Lisid
Here
Claud Speigel
W. E. Templeton
Votes at Rockford State League Banquet December 9 Rally
Rockford prepares for the John Ericsson Republican League of Illinois state convention on March 9 with at least 25 candidates present. Notables include Congressman John T Buckbee Mrs Medill McCormick Louis L Emmerson and Oscar E Carstrom plus Senator H G Wright. Delegates expect talks from Buckbee and McCormick with potential cabinet speaker negotiations ongoing. The Rev Ernest C Blomquist will deliver the innovation and Svens Lower male chorus will perform. Delegates assume about 1000 will attend the convention and banquet at the Shrine Temple with two business sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
John Ericsson Republican League of
Illinois
Oscar Johnson
John T. Buckbee
Washington, D. C
Medill McCormick
Louis L. Emmerson
Oscar E. Carstrom
H. G. Wright
State League
Crystal Room
Nelson Hotel
Shrine Temple
DeKalb
John Ericsson Republican League
Kane County
Oscar Nelson
Geneva
Oscar Carlstrom
Aledo
Coolidge
Chicago-to-the-gulf Waterway
May Organize Women's Mooseheart Unit In DeKalb
Announcement states the Loyal Order of Moose will form a Woman's Unit of Mooseheart in DeKalb next Monday and Tuesday. The Princess Theatre has been secured for evenings with special movies and Mrs Emma G Hawke will lecture Monday night in connection with the film.
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Loyal ‘Order of Moose
Mooseheart’ Legion
DeKalb
Loyal Order of Moose
Princess Theatre
Emma G. Hawke
Woman Mayor Asks Questions of Negligent Councilmen
Greybull Wyoming February 24 Miss Elizabeth Wiley known as Lizzie is praised as mayor by councilman Matt Karhu who says she is the best Greybull has had yet she talks too much and works without their input yet mayors renown keeps the city moving councilmen admit they rarely attend meetings and fear losing credit if she runs again she vows to ask questions and have them answered even if it takes all night
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Greybull
Wyo
Elizabeth Wiley
Lizzie
Matt Karhu
Grover
Jeal Sou Wanner
Miss Wiley
Tol
Weather Note and Local Update
Fair tonight and continued cold with a pending committee action expected Saturday. She hastened away to finish a little business placed in the hands of our animals, as the weather remarks pace the day.
Tank champ Skelton to visit DeKalb for demos
Olympic swimmer Robert D. Skelton, famed record holder, will visit DeKalb for two days February 29 and March 1 to demonstrate water sports and life saving under Red Cross supervision. He previously appeared in DeKalb at swimming contests and last year for similar demonstrations.
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Robert D. Skelton
DeKalb
DeKalb High School
American Red Cross
Shabbona Area
Boy Scouts
Skelton
Illinois Athletic Association
Red Cross
Paris
American Athletic Union
Detroit
New York
Central States
Minneapolis
Police Arrest Two Men Here for Auto Theft
Police blotter reports William Moore and Jack Anderson arrested about five o clock last night on auto theft charges in Kansas City Missouri. The men are held at the city police station awaiting checks with Kansas City authorities to determine if they are wanted there. If not returned, papers will be signed and the case may go before the county grand jury convening Monday.
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William Moore
Jack Anderson
Karsas City
City
Kansas City
Illinois Supreme Court voids two cent gasoline tax
The Illinois supreme court ruled the two cent gasoline tax invalid. Chicago Motor Club appealed after Kane county circuit court upheld the tax aimed at funding a $100,000,000 road bond program. The court called the law unintelligible and unconstitutional, remanding to dismiss the state's injunctive demurrer. Refunds apply only to protestors. funds already in the treasury cannot be refunded without new legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
U.R
Illinois Supreme Court
Chicago Motor Clip
John K. Newhall
Kane County
General Assembly
Circuit Court
Chicago Motor Club
Two youths held in Girard not Indiana escapees
Police in Girard Illinois said two youths in custody were not the Indiana escapees sought for the murder of deputies Wallace McClure and John P. Grove. The pair gave names John Anderson 18 and George Williams 17 of St. Louis and faced possible release after Lafayette authorities confirm identity.
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Indiana
Girard
J. R. Martin
John Anderson
George Williams
St. Louis
Wallace McClure
John Grove
LaFayette
Ind
John Burns
Sameul Baxter
Burris
Baxter
John P. Grove
Pendleton Reformatory
Covington
Cold Wave Grips Midwest With Subzero Readings
Near zero temperatures and sleet plagued the Midwest and parts of the southwest and northwest. Six deaths were attributed to the cold around St. Paul and Minneapolis. Forecasts call for several days of continuing cold with diminished winds. Chicago region expected five above zero, while other states faced near zero to subzero readings and snow. Trains were delayed and communications crippled in Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and Iowa amid storms. Lowest report was 22 below at Pas, Manitoba, with several other towns far colder.
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Chicago
U.R
Middlewest
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas City
Kansas
Ne‘braska
North Dakota
Iowa
Pas
Manitoba
Bismarck
N. D
Devil's Lake
Duluth
Minn
T. E. Jordan to Move to This City Shortly
The T. E. Jordan family, long farming on the Mike Jordan farm near Cortland, will soon become residents of the city as Mr. Jordan has decided to move.
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T. E. Jordan
Mike Jordan
Cortland
Mr. Jordan
District 35 committee approves two Republicans one Democrat for state legislature
At a recent meeting of the senatorial committeemen of the 35th district the group voted to field two Republican candidates and one Democratic candidate for the state legislature. The trio cited routine action and the district’s history of minority representation. Current Republicans are Alvin Warren of this county and Henry Allen of Whiteside county, with Democrat John P. Devine of Lee county. The committeemen are R. B. Newcomer of this city, Judge Sheldon of Whiteside county, and Martin J. Gannon of Lee county.
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Alvin Warren
Henry Allen
Whiteside County
John P. Devine
Lee County
R. B. Newcomer
Judge Sheldon
Martin J. Gannon
Hoover backs compromise flood control plan in Senate hearing
Secretary Herbert Hoover urged a one year federal commission to assess Mississippi valley districts financial capacity for flood control costs. He proposed immediate appropriations for spillways and safety devices, while postponing local contributions. Hoover warned that adjournment in June without legislation would be costly and stressed urgent action to curb flood damage.
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Mississippi Valley
Congress
Coolidge
Hoover
Hawes
Missouri
Hickman to Be Accused in Ivy Thoms Murder Case
Los Angeles February 24 Welby Hunt was expected to testify that William Edward Hickman killed Ivy Thoms, the druggist. Hickman and Hunt blame each other for the murder that occurred during a holdup at the Thoms drug store, with Officer Don Oliver naming Hunt as the shooter and the state matching the bullet to Hunt’s gun. Mrs Ruth Thoms identified Hickman as the killer.
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Hickman
Thoms
Los Angeles
Cal
Hunt
Ruth Thoms
Mrs Read in Weasley Hospital Reported to Improve
Word today from Weasley states Mrs. George Read remains ill with a slight improvement noted yesterday. Doctors report she underwent two serious procedures on Wednesday and are monitoring her condition closely.
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George Read
Weasley
Birger Goes to Gallows for Murder of Mayor
Springfield Feb 4 The state supreme court denied Charney Birger a new trial and ordered him hanged Friday April 13 for the murder of Mayor Joe Adama of West City. Birger and associate Art Newman were convicted in Franklin county court. The court rejected claims of prejudicial trial conduct and improper grand jury selection and noted joint indictments typically yield joint trials. Birger’s attorneys may seek a rehearing or petition governor and pardon board if denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charney Birger
Illinois
State Supreme Court
Franklin County
Joe Adama
Weat City
Supreme Court
Art Newman
Birger
State Pardon Board
Newman
Hunt Tells Of Big Fire In DeKalb Area Block
Clifford H Hunt recalls the Freeport blaze that destroyed an entire row of storefronts from near the corner to Second Street. Firemen battled walls and centers still standing as Heckford apparatus and six workers struggled to halt the flames with two water loads on the ruins.
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Clifford
Hunt
Freeport
Ramapad
Brewster
Lincoln Seoaelan
DeKalb
Thi
de Kaly
Heckford
Gre Rus Eckiore Mooanen
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Aurora
East Aurora
Edith Wentworth
Hays
Bulletin
John Ericsson League
Mooseheart
Iernment
Edith Redmond
Kenosha, Wis
Herbert Hoover
Senate Commerce Committee
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