Two Sudden Deaths and a Third in Community
Three residents died over the weekend in a Midwestern town. G H Hammond, a 33-year resident, collapsed starting his automobile from heart failure near Lincoln Hill. Mrs Arthur Bemis of Sycamore Road died at home from edema of the lungs caused by an embolism. Joeps Dobson, father of Mrs Henry Homan, died Sunday morning. Funeral plans for Hammond set for Wednesday at the Methodist church with burial at Fairview Cemetery. Bemis died suddenly at home yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G H. Hammond
Fortine
Arthur Bemis
Sycamore Road
Joeps Dobson
Henry
C. H. Wilkinson
Hammond
Andrew Shipman
J. S. Rankin
Stel
Sears
East Lincoln Highway
E. Brigham Safford
Sycamore
James Albert Hammond
Joliet
Zigner Swanson
Charles Houston
Chicago
Jerome Hammond
Penfiel
Methodist Church
Ah City
Masonic Order
Een Woodman
L. L. Hammitt
Fairview Cemetery
Kiwanis Club Plans Divisional Conference Here in April
At noon meeting in Hotel De Kalb Kiwanis discussed only routine business. Plans for the divisional conference to be held here in April were outlined. The Dixon meeting, not for women but strictly Kiwanis, was mentioned as drawing members. Officers expect many Dixon Kiwanis members to attend in April. An out-of-town speaker was scheduled due to the noon session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel de Kalb
Dixon
Dixon Kiwanis
Fire at Moriage theatre in Italy kills many
Bulletin from Treviso reports about thirty people believed dead and numerous injured after a film caught fire during a performance at a Moriage motion picture theatre. Panic ensued as crowds surged toward exits, with many crushed or suffocated in the rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treviso
Italy
Move Picture
Moriage
Here
Robber in County Jail Released in Parole Effort
James Walch and Ikis Wilsh linked to a 153.00 million mail robbery in Whicate were discharged from Sycamore county jail and later to Joliet for parole proceedings. Authorities say the fast action by attorneys aimed to secure parole for the man believed to be the Chicago-bound suspect, following a late Wednesday arrival and ongoing case review by probation officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Walch
Ikis Wilsh
Whicate
Fe County
Walsh
Anit
Sycamore
United States
Seppe
Joliet
Chicago
Ant
Syewmere
Stee
Littl
Sim
Flies East to be Present at a Convention
Mrs Evan geline Lodge Lindberth flew from Detroit to attend the ith annual convention of the National dura tional association in Hoston Pel. She arrived in a Ford trim motored airplane after a six hour flight. She said the cabin was comfortable. Accompanied by Miss Maude Dawson and Miss Cornelia Adair, Lindberth was greeted by the association president who presented her with a bayonet. Thursday the group plans to vote her a life membership. Col A Lindbergh was expected to be there to honor his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pel
U.R
Evangeline Lodge Lindberth
Detroit
Ith
National Duraational Association
Maude Dawson
Cornelia Adair
Hichmiond. Ys
Educational Sociation
M Lindbergis
Lindgherry
Ccntonel
A. Lindbersh
Lowden Delegates Shift to Back Coolidge in Fight
Chicago Feb 27 U P Supporters of former Governor Frank Lowden moved to force a pro Coolidge delegate slate while Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson backed the move yet Coolidge remains the president’s reluctant choice. Lowden supporters countered by announcing instructed delegates would back Coolidge if his name appears at the Kansas City convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowden
Chicago
U.P
Frank C. Lowden
William Hale Thompson
Coolidge
Thompson
Coolsidge
Kansas City
Browne's Name Remains on the Primary Ticket
Springfield communities note Lee J. Browne, Ottawa legislator, drowned in the Fox River last week yet his name stays on the renomination petition. Browne sent the petition before his death and it may be stricken once death certificates reach the secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprinsfield
Lee J
Ottawa
Fox River
Prmary
Plane Wreck Near Melbourne Sought for Missing Ford Pilot
The tiny Ford flivver flown by Harry Brooks plunged into the Atlantic near Melbourne Florida after leaving Titusville Saturday. Wreckage washed ashore sixteen miles south of Melbourne as rescuers scoured beaches and offshore waters for Brooks, who was not found. Authorities planned to drag the sea and examine the wreckage to locate the pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Fla
Harry Bryer
Here
Tod
Ford
Titusville
Brooks
Detroit
Harry Brooks
Florida
George Rummel
Medog Gravelle
Rogers
Lawad
Coast Guard
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Pierce
Sebastian
Miami
North Carolina
Henry Ford
Rooks
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
Mexico City
Fort Myers
Henry Ford Intuinn
Little Change in Condition of Mrs Read
Mrs. George Read remains in considerable pain at Wesley Memorial hospital after surgery last week to remove a throat growth. Her husband Mr Read has been with her, returned to DeKalb, and was awaiting further news with friends hoping for an improved report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Read
Weather Update for Wi-Paltenicht Tonight
Moderate to light winds prevail across the region as Wi-Paltenicht and nearby areas brace for the first portion of the night. Expect cooler temperatures with 대비 to drop into the mid forties, possible fog patches toward dawn.
Airmen and Crew Die as Planes Crash Across US
A fragmentary report lists several air and sea fatalities and injuries over the week. Notable losses include a pilot Frank A. Yaser hurt in a cross continental crash near Marionette Nebraska and Harry Brooks missing after a naval flight. Other incidents include a Trans Atlantic liner tragedy and a Lambert Field biplane crash at St. Louis with multiple injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athantic
Lane
Littl
Harry Brooks
Diane
Melbourn
Walter Hendricks
Assenger
Curtis Wield
New York
SON
Crais
Beaver
Frank A. Yaser
Maronette
Neb
Otha Eddleman
Gert Melnatyre
Powell
McCamey
Coal Probe Is Resumed In Pennsylvania Mines
Indiana Pa Feb 27 Senate interstate commerce subcommittee halted in Rossiter to hear striking miners. They described injunction against church hymns at the Presbyterian church near the Eads bend and the enforcement by a deputy sheriff. Chairman Gooding called conditions in Pittsburgh coal regions a blotch on American civilization and urged a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Senate
Interstate Commerce
Tennsvilvania
Rossiter
Little Presbyterian Church
Judes Jon. Fangham
Eadsbene
Sitt Oe
Wheeler
Montana
Langham
Laneham
Dpittstarsh
Gooding
America
Pittsburgh
Robert Powell Breaks Ribs in Fall on Steps
Robert Powell of Fick avenue slipped on an ice covered step while hurrying to fix the furnace and fractured three ribs. He will miss weeks of work at the steel company and his steel bowling league team will cope without him as he recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Powell
Fick Avenue
Steel Company
Powell
Remus Battle Resumed as He Testifies in Habeas Case
In Lina Ohio on February 27 Remus battle for release resumed with Remus being called for cross examination. He seeks liberty on a writ of habeas corpus claiming sanity after a jury acquitted him of murdering his wife Imogene and after he was committed to the hospital for the criminally insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remus
Lina
Ohio
U.P
George
Cincinnati
Imogene
Teacher Lola Bradford Testifies in Reed Trial
Ottawa report on Lola Bradford, a 24 year old schoolteacher, describing her three year relationship with Hiram Reed and his alleged plot to dynamite Mount Pleasant School to kill her. Bradford recounts gifts of poison, a skeleton key, and a postponed wedding before a fatal stove explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
U.P
Lola Stadfom
Hiram Reed
Miss Bradford
Shere
Reed
Mount Pleasant School
H Hiram
Davenport
Hiram
Peoria
Joln Bradford
Russell C. Hanson
Ill
Mwe
Mail Theft Is Solved In Chicago Robbery Case
Five of seven bandits who dynamited a Grand Trunk mail car at Evergreen Park on Saturday and escaped with 133000 were under arrest in Chicago by Monday. Police report more than 17000 recovered. Leaders William Donovan and Charles Cleaver confessed. six more men and six women were arrested in connection with the loot’s plot and distribution. Police expect remaining loot and suspects to be rounded up within 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grand Trunk
Evergreen Park
William Donovan
Charles “Limpy” Cleaver
Ravenswood National Bank
William E. O'Connor
Wiliam Donovan
Charles Cleaver
Frank
Michael Meccina
Joe Lamm
Dan Loose
Fred Corrigan
County Roads In Bad Condition After Warm Spell
DeKalb county roads are again in terrible condition after mild weather. The warm sun has made the surface very soft, following a week of freezing weather. Travel is nearly impossible on several roads, according to salesmen who use autos in reaching the various towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb
Navy Blimp Los Angeles Flies From Lakehurst to France Field
The navy dirigible Los Angeles reported progress toward France field Panama Canal Zone after departing Lakehurst New Jersey yesterday morning. The craft was about to pass Cuba on its nonstop flight at around 60 miles per hour and was expected to cover the remaining 612 miles in roughly 12 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Los Angeles
Navy Department
South Nozri
Jamaica
Wear
France Field
Panama Canal Zone
Lakehurst
N. J
U.R
Cuba
Naval Headquarters
Atlantic
Germany
Suspect Held on Poisoning Probe in Aledo Case
Mercer county States Attorney James A. Allen questioned H. C. Haverfield arrested by Mt. Vernon Police Chief William H. Groves as he left a barber shop. Haverfield, under weeks of surveillance, was found near an auto truck said to contain items tied to a alleged poison pill plot at Aledo. Two victims died after ingesting a substance linked to the truck, but no charges yet filed and Haverfield denies involvement. License number 257883 appears on the received items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
U.P.— States
James A. Allen
Mercer County
H. C. Haverfield
Aledo
Haverfield
William H. Groves
Groves
Takiner
Wife of Pinchot Files for Congressman Nomination
Mrs. Gifford Pinchot wife of former Governor Pinchot announced her candidacy today for the Republican nomination as representative in Congress from Pennsylvania's 6th district in Sayre dated February 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
Congress
Sayre
Pinchot
The
Publicans
Pennsylvania
Prince Lichnowsky Dies in Germany at Castle Kuchlelm
Breslan reports Prince Lichnowsky former German ambassador to Great Britain died of apoplexy today at his castle Kuchlelm. The death marks a sudden end to the diplomat once prominent in European affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Lichnowsky
Breslan
Prince Linchowski
Great Britain
Kuchlelm
Lines Now Are Drawn In Illinois Political Battle
Springfield, Feb 27 A flood of about two thousand candidates begin heated campaigns as primary day nears on April 10. The race centers on Governor Len Small third term with rival slates led by Lowden Emmerson Deneen and the Small coalition. Key figures include Frank L. Smith Oscar Nelson Earl Searcy Stratton Gentzel and others as factions vie for secretary of state treasurer and U S Senate seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
U.R
Minois
Len Small
William Hale Thompson
Chicago
Frank L. Smith
United States
John Dailey
Peoria
Robert Genizel
Lowden-Emmerson
Emmeson
Carlstrom
William J. Stratton
Otis Glenn
Murphysboro
O. N. Custer
Galesburg
Fred 5. Sterling
Oscar Nelson
Custer
Edward E. Miller
East St. Louis
I. J. Brown
Ward B. Whitlock
James M. Richmond
Nelson
Theodore J. Smith
Sterling
Wiliam J. Stratton
Ingleside
Conservation Department
Charles
Gentzel
Emmerson
Stratton
Cook County
Governor Len Small Opens Third Term Campaign
Hillsboro February address outlines farm relief, hard roads, and political persecution. Small argues for federal action to aid farmers, proposes an interstate food producers commission, details highway plans for 1928, and defends his record against criticism from opponents like Louis Emmerson. He pledges to govern honestly despite persecution and indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Len Small
Montgomery
Madison
Bond
United States
Food Producers’ Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louis L. Emmerson
United State Department of Commerce
Union
Emmerson
Licmaeaee
Kankakee
Iiiela
American Forest Week Proclaimed for Late April
President Coolidge issued a public proclamation designating April 22 to 28 as American Forest Week. He urged citizens to consider forest preservation and wise use to promote energetic forest policies in all communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
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Ace
Wi - Paltenicht
Carer
Jon McMilken
S. P. Gray
Lambert Field
St. Louis
Lola Bradford
Navy
Gulf
Nassau
Tahamas
Rosendahl
Guanacayaba
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