DeKalb Garden Club Show Praised For Large Entry
Lovers of flowers enjoyed the seventh annual DeKalb Garden club show at Congregational church with over 1,000 attendees. Judges from Rockford Glen Ellyn and Take Bluff praised unusually strong entries despite a shortened growing season due to cold weather. The exhibit featured miniature rock gardens roses and a junior display, with prizes awarded across 274 classes.
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DeKalb Garden Club
Congregational Church
Frederick Fisher
Take Bluff
George M. Kendall
Glen Ellyn
Go J. Boehland
Rockford
Boehland
Ule
DeKalb
Illinois
Pythians Gather for Northern Pythian Monster Meet
About 500 Pythians from northern Illinois and Chicago will attend a monster meeting Friday June 14 with a banquet and an evening program. Delegations reach from Dekalb to Rock Island as Chicago lodge members arrive in cars for a city parade. The Chicago Pythian Band and the DeKalb Zouave team will perform. Sixteen candidates will receive the third rank, with Grand Lodge officers expected.
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Linnets Knights of Pythias
Chicago
Thieety
Ulan
Paints
Dekalb
Rock Island
Chicago Pythion
Delkath Pythian Zouave
American Steel & Wire Company & Welfare
Grand Lodge
DeKalb Zouave
Batavia
Weather Outlook for MWlingig area
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with likely showers in the west and south portions beginning tonight or Friday. Tonight will be slightly warmer along Lake Michigan as temperatures edge up.
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Went
Lake Michigan
School Year Ends Friday In City Grade Schools
Tomorrow brings a red-letter day for several hundred pupils as the four city grade schools close the present year. The State College board will reopen Monday for the first term of summer school. The high school ends next Thursday. Students have planned summer activities to maximize daily fun while the war looms distant.
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State College Board
Reapportionment Bill Surfaces as Tax Reform Debate Roars
The Illinois senate revived a reapportionment measure and debated a constitutional amendment on income tax distribution between state and counties. Lt Gov Sterling cast the decisive tie vote to place the reapportionment bill back on the calendar, while Cook County factions clashed over a 17 percent tax allocation plan. Proceedings hint at a November 1930 election context and possible special session if compromises falter.
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Capitol
Springfield
Senate
Chicsgo
Fred EB. Sterling
Cook County
Jane
Downstate
Commencement Exercises at State Teachers College Honors Graduates
Commencement held for the class of 1929 with 160 graduates and summer-term completions. Dr Charles W Gilkey of the University of Chicago gave the address emphasizing education as character built through daily living. Diplomas and Bachelor of Education degrees were awarded, with scholastic honors listed for seniors and juniors. Prizes in industrial arts and best school citizen honors were announced, including Vernon Jahns winning the industrial arts prize and Mark Biehl receiving top citizenship honors.
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State Teachers’ College
Charles W. Gilkey
University of Chicago
Gilkey
Vera Wiswall
Brown
Wert E
Anbie Charter
St. Anne
Marie Alsager
Newark
Laura May Gillis
Malta
Pamela Havell
River Forest
Alsager
Margaret Bartlett
Maria
Luella Darling
Rochelle
Bernice Hanley
Durand
Hazel Johnson
Rockford
Lucille Roth
Elgin
Ruth Schlough
Sterling
Agnes Staneley
Evelyn Voeel Richmond
Sylvia Wenke
Waukegan
Ruth Herrmen
Rochellé
Evangeline Force
Union
Ruth Laurson
Steward
Ethel Russell
Peotone
Miss
Jahns
Mark Biehl
Dedication Program Planned at De Kalb Airport
Field Manager Paul Eakle announced a three day dedication at De Kalb County Airport from June 21 to 23. The event includes air shows, parachute jumps, aircraft exhibits, and three dances in the Eagle Airway hangar with plans for orchestras and nightly passenger flights. An “On To De Kalb” air race and a “Pony Express” air mail challenge are among the featured races drawing 15 000 to 20 000 attendees per day.
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Paul Eakle
de Kal County
Lie County
Tht
Eagle Airway School of Aviation
Ubauer
Coon-Sanders
Guy Lombardo
Alaskans
Teld
de Kalb
Rochelle
Smokestack Painter Sues Quarry for Damages
East St. Louis court action names Casper Stolle Quarry and Construction Company as defendant in a $7,000 suit. Embert D. Ammons alleges a blast from the quarry caused a 110 foot smokestack to collapse, injuring him with broken leg hip collarbone shoulder arm and ribs. The quarry denies that distant blasts could topple a smokestack.
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Smokestack
East St. Louis
Ymbert D. Ammons
Casper Stolle Quarry and Construction Company
Racing Dog Pays Well on Long Shot Ticket
Collinsville June 6 Bob a brindle dog named Call Bob set a season record by paying 144.20 for a two dollar ticket at Madison Kennel Club last night. Lil reported the long shot victory with strong betting.
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Collinsville
Lil
U.R
Bob
Madison Kennel Club
Tear Gas Halts Bank Robbery at Cambria Bank
Cambria State bank robbery attempt halted by tear gas from a vault device. Bandits cut a vault opening with an acetylene torch but fled as fumes filled the area. No money was taken. Cashier Ben Lovell reported fumes prevented full investigation until near noon.
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Cambria
Ben Lovell
Lovell
Carbondale
Williamson County
Riley Skipworth
Cambria State Bank
Here
Robbed Peter And Paid Paul To Save Funds
John M. Zang testified in Henry county circuit court that William E. Gould former president of the Savings Bank of Kewanee admitted the bank acted unlawfully to stay afloat for about five years Gould and Sam Dol Burge are on trial for receiving deposits while insolvent Witnesses W H Miter George Hatcher and Thomas McNamara described Gould saying the bank should have closed earlier The trial will recess until Monday.
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Cambridge
U.R
Peter
Paul
William E. Gould
Savings Bank of Kewanee
John M. Zang
Kewanee
Temony
Henry County
Gould
Sam Dol
Burge
Kewanee Bank
Zang
Zanz
W. H. Miter
George Hatcher
Thomas McNamara
Ll Kewanée
Rehearing Denied Today By High Court
The Illinois state supreme court denied rehearings in multiple cases. Frank H and Fannie Shaver vs Herbert Wickshire from La Salle county involved a land sale contract. Lawrence F.R. Kennedy vs Albert A. Wilbur from Lake county concerned a real estate exchange. Marshall Cowgill, jailed for embezzlement in Tazewell county, and Illinois Light and Power vs Myron H. Kahler also had refusals. The dam project on the Kankakee river hinges on federal permission after navigability findings.
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Sprngfield
U.P
State Supreme Court
Frank H
Fannie Shaver
Herbert Wickshire
la Salle County
Lawrence FR. Kennedy
Albert A. Wilbur
Lake County
Marshall Cowgill
Tazewell County
Pekin
Ilinois Light and Power Company
Myron H. Kahler
Kankakee
Kahler
Automobile Stolen At Dixon Late Wednesday
A Pontiac coach was stolen late Wednesday at Dixon. DeKalb police received a report shortly after the theft with a description of the car from the owner.
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Dixon
DeKalb
Farm bill debenture clause sent to Senate for action
Washington June 6 U P reports McNary announced the farm bill agreement with the debenture provision eliminated was submitted to the senate today by chairman McNary of the senate conferees. He expected to bring up the report after the house acts tomorrow. President Hoover urged a joint congressional committee to study re organizing enforcement agencies as part of a plan to consolidate prohibition enforcement. The plan drew mixed reactions from drys wets Republicans and Democrats amid calls for open sessions if hearings are held. House activity focused on the new proposals and possible transfer of enforcement duties from treasury to justice.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
House
U.P
Hoover
Presidential Crime Commission
Congressional
James E. Watson
Law Enforcement Commission
Harry Hawes
Missouri
Hawes
Ciry
Treasury
Justice Department
Congress
Chamber of Commerce Plans Noon Meeting With New Members
Tomorrow at noon the Chamber of Commerce will host a session attended by several new members. The membership committee has spent today securing additions to the civic organization and reports to Secretary Glenn Reynolds indicate success.
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Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Reynolds
Leaps From Prison Ship Ends In Aboard Escape tale
William L Tallman once held for the clothes closet murder of Mrs Virginia Patty in Los Angeles has vanished from the liner Admiral Benson near Half Moon Bay after being served dinner last night He reportedly jumped overboard to avoid questioning and was last seen around 9 00 p m aboard the ship off the California coast Local police boarded the vessel and searched for Tallman among passengers and crew for the dramatic end to the Los Angeles murder case initiated on the ship.
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San Francisco
U.P
William L. Tallman
Virginia Patty
Los Angeles
Admiral Benson
M. A. Sohst
United Press
Tallman
Patty
Frank D. Patty
Portland
Ore
Solist
Half Moon Bay
Sohst
Ole Johnson
Fire Devastates Peshet Home On Oak Street
Fire caused extensive damage to Dan Peshet’s house at 1013 Oak Street when a clothes closet blaze spread through the lower floor. Discovered by workers at the East Mill of American Steel and Wire and reported at 3 00, the fire forced two boys and two girls to jump from an upstairs window. Spontaneous combustion suspected. property loss estimated at 300 dollars after about 20 minutes of aggressive efforts aided by chemicals amid heavy smoke.
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Dan Peshet
Oak Street
McEvoy
American Steel & Wire Company
Lindy's Father-In-Law Returning to Mexico
Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow paused in St. Louis between trains yesterday on the way to Mexico City. The trip continues a brief stopover before resuming the journey southward.
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Lindy
Mexico St. Louis, Mo
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico City
Arlie Boswell Disbarred From Federal Court
ST LOUIS June 6 A former Williamson County states attorney Arlie O Boswell once famous for prosecuting the Birger gang has been disbarred from the federal trial bar in St Louis for lack of good moral character following his January felony conviction for conspiracy to violate Prohibition laws He is serving a two year term at Alderson road camp West Virginia Disbarment stems from his felony conviction and oath violation as a public legal official with no available avenue for citizenship restoration except a presidential pardon
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ST ST. Louis, IV
Arlie O. Boswell
Williamson County
Birger
Alderson
W. Va
Boswell
Ralph F. Lesemann
Harold G. Baker
Rod de Wham
Lesemann
Hoover calls for joint congress committee on prohibition bureaus
Washington June 6 U P plans for an intensive summer drive to curb smuggled liquor across the Canadian border near Detroit were announced by Assistant Secretary Lowman after a conference on enforcement. Hoover urges a joint congressional select committee to study reorganizing federal prohibition bureaus and unifying border patrols for faster action.
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Washington
Detroit
Lowman
Murder Gun Sought in Chase Linked to Wanderer Case
Porter County authorities in Indiana search for the murder weapon used in the slaying of Miss Cameocla Soutar, known as the Butterfly girl from Chicago. Detective Norton, who tied Carl Wanderer to the murder, probes beyond the Cassler home as Mrs Cassler faces charges and her husband Truman Cassler and Edward Cassler are held as material witnesses.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Carl Wanderer
Cameocla Soutar
Chicago
Catherine Cassier
John Norton
Norton
Crews
Greenhouse To Close Downtown Store For Summer
DeKalb Greenhouses operated by Andresen and Jensen Brothers will close the downtown Innovation store for the summer. Flowers are being moved to greenhouses today as plans shift all business to the nearby greenhouses a short distance west of the city.
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DeKalb
Andresen & Jensen Brothers
Innovation
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