DeKalb Moves War Memorial Clock To New Site
DeKalb ferried the world war dead memorial clock to a new location in front of J. C. Penney on the sidewalk to clear motorists. A heavy excavator turned derrick moved the clock twice during the morning amid Saturday traffic. repairs follow its recent collisions with vehicles. Little Margaret Benson was injured when a Warner car struck the clock. Officials called for swift relocation from Third Street and the Lincoln Highway intersection.
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DeKalb
J. C. Penney
Fred Nelson
National Tea Company
L. E. Warners Automobile
Towa
Margaret Benson
Carl Benson
Warner
Third Street
Lincoln Highway
Malta Man Drowns In Rock River
John Boler 53 formerly of Malta and Mockford, now of DeKalb, drowned in the Rock River north of Byron. His body was found last Wednesday after he left Rockford a week earlier. The Holter family had farmed south of Malta before moving to Rockford about ten years ago.
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Ormer
Malta
Rock River
DeKalb
John Boler
Mockford
Boler
Byron
Rockford
Holter
GUILTY PLEA SURPRISE IN ST VALENTINE CASE
Thompson, purchaser of hine guns, held by Chi fo police for days in the St Valentine Day massacre probe, must pay a $1,000 fine and serve six months on the state farm after pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon. The plea came as a surprise after an earlier not guilty plea to the same charges.
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Thompson
Chifo
St. Valentine Day
DeKalb County
Vandalia
John K. Newhall
Aurora
Vera Thompson
Kirkland
Sycamore
Weather Outlook for June 10 to 15 1929
Fortlinvis forecasts fare north, partly cloudy to cloudy south tonight and Sunday with cooler night temperatures in the south and a rise in temperatures Sunday in the west and north. For the Great Lakes region look for fair skies at first with showers by midweek and above normal temperatures toward the end of the period. The upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and northern and central Great Plains expect showers by midweek and near to above normal temperatures as the period closes.
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Fortlinvis
Washington
U.R
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Girl Missing From Lincoln Found in Chicago
Louise McCready an 18 year old Latham girl missing from Lincoln for weeks was located in Chicago. She went to Chicago after leaving Lincoln and sought care at the Y W C A on South Michigan Boulevard. The matron said she was very nervous at first but is now happier. The death of her sweetheart Ellis Libertberly in May believed to have driven her away.
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Lincoln
U.P
Loullie McCready
Latham
Chicago
South Michigan Boulevard
Louise
Ellis Liteberly
Illinois Central
Broodine
Sixty Held For Death In Gastonia Textile Clash
Gastonia North Carolina chief of police E F Aderholt died from shotgun wounds after breaking up a mass meeting of textile strikers. Six dozen suspects were jailed as officers hunted for the shooter linked to a march toward confederate territory. Deputy Roach and two other officers were wounded, and Beal Beal, seen as a violent strike leader, remained at large as patrols held the city.
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Gastonia
N.C
Jones
U.P
E. F. Aderholt
South
Aderholt
George Carter
Chester
Harrison Miller
Charles Roach
Lewis McLaughlin
Charles Ferguson
Thomas Gilbert
Vera Busch
New York
Amy Schopner
Fred Erwin Heal
Charlotte
National Textile Workers Union
A. B. Hord
Charles Reach
Hord
Prom Cancelled Over Racial Admission Dispute
Evanston high school junior prom was canceled after 15 African American students demanded attendance. Members of the Evanston club refused use of the venue if Black students were admitted, ending the event plans.
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Evanston
Til
Senate May See Battle Over Debenture Farm Relief
Washington June 4 The administration pushed a debentureless farm relief measure in the senate to secure passage or risk failure this special session. McNary defended the agreement with house conferees amid protests by debenture advocates as Nye Reed Heflin and others pledged filibuster actions to stall beyond the session. The house adjourned without action while debates touched national origins repeal and wheat versus steel freight rate contrasts.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
McNary
House
White House
Borah
Maho
Norris
Nebraska
Robinson
Arkansas
Brookhardt
Iowa
Caraway
American Farmers
Thelr
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
Reed
Pennsylvania
Heflin
Alabama
Nye
North Dakota
Death of Bramwell Linn Casts Fog Over Haverford
Eastern police weigh death of Bramwell Linn an honor student at Haverford College alleged to have died by his own hand after he left a farewell note and spoke of entering the world unknown. Coroner doubts self murder as a note and a back-of-head wound raise murder questions.
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Averford
Bramwell Linn
Haverford College
William J. MicCarter
Linn
Superior Court
William Linn
George Frankfield
Robert M. Doughty
Lloyd Dormitory
Jinn
Graduation Day Highlights 85 Pupils Finish Four City Schools
Graduation exercises were held yesterday in Ellwood McMurry Glidden and Haish schools with 85 graduates. Ellwood led with 34 diplomas while Haish 18 McMurry 17 and Glidden 16. Summer session planned at McMurry training school under Otto Gabel with morning classes for those who failed past work due to illness.
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F. R. Ritzman
Ellwood
McMurry
Glidden
Haish
McMurry Training School
Otto Gabel
State Teachers’ College
Search Coast For Traces Of Lost Suspect
A nationwide manhunt for William L. Tallman, accused in Mrs. Virginia Patty’s murder in Los Angeles, expanded from San Francisco to Portland Oregon as searchers and peace officers combed ships and docks. A crewman saw a man like Tallman on the Admiral Benson�s companionway at 9 15 p m Wednesday, two hours before the vessel reached San Francisco, and the ship hatch es were closed for port unloading. Tallman�s father, a kitchen steward, issued a rare public plea declaring his son innocent and vowing to defend him.
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San Francisco
U.P
Portland
Ore
William L. Tallman
Connstion
Virginia Patty
Los Angeles
Tallman
Admiral Benson
Ouckland
Dedication Plans For DeKalb County Airport Event
DeKalb County Airport dedication set for June 21 22 and 23 with DeKalb Chamber of Commerce support. Field Manager Paul Eakle and Postmaster Thomas Olsen outlined plans as committees pledge assistance. On To DeKalb air race likely a key feature of a three day celebration. Postmaster Olsen aims to arrange an air mail stop to pick up letters destined for shipment from the airport.
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DeKalb County
DeKalb Chamber of Commerce
Paul Eakle
Thomas Olsen
DeKalb
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Amendment Defeated in Illinois Revenue Debate
In Springfield a revenue amendment fails as the House and Senate pivot to revenue study. A five member joint commission is approved to examine revenue laws and property assessment methods in other states and report to a special session or the next regular session. The reapportionment bill for Cook County was defeated 24 to 25.
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Capitol
Springfield
Tll
General Assembly
Senate
Legislative Revenue Commission
House
Shanahan
Little and Schnackenberg
Louis I. Emmerson
Chicago
Cook County
Kessinger
Abt
Barr
Michel
Tunnel Cave-In Kills Three In Union Pacific Tunnel
Rock and timber collapse in a tunnel west of here on the Union Pacific railway killed three people and injured others as workers replaced heavy timbers. The dead include William C. Benson of Parowan Utah and Fred B. Fisher of Caliente. A girl also died whose name was not learned. Injured were to be sent to Los Angeles on a special train. An investigation will be conducted by railroad officials.
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Caliente
Union Pacific
Here
A. Torearold
Los Angeles
William C. Benson
Parowan
Utah
Fred B. Fisher
Fatal Leap Ends Sick Teacher's Life at Park Avenue
New York on June 5 Gordon Smith a Columbia University instructor in sociology weighed his life and chose death rather than continue treatments. After wartime illness he had been on leave since May 1 for medical care and yesterday afternoon he jumped 13 stories from a Park Avenue apartment owned by Mrs Ethel Clyde granddaughter of a Clyde Steamship founder.
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New York
Hassel
Gordon Smith
Columbia University
Smith
Park Avenue
Ethel Clyde
Clyde Steamship Lines
Stockton Votes To Allow Sunday Movies
Stockton, a village of 2,000 twenty miles west of Freeport, held a special election yesterday and approved Sunday movies by a 33 vote majority. This marks the third attempt to pass the measure.
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Stockton
Freeport
Birthday marks 75 years of the Republican Party
The diamond jubilee celebration at Ripon Wisconsin marks the parties 75th anniversary with James W Good secretary of war noting the party arose from a popular ground up movement not from a single founder. Prohibition raids and Milwaukee agents appear amid the pageant as Wisconsin voters decide on prohibition enforcement and the event continues to unfold.
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Republican Party
James W. Good
Good
Ripon
R Ipon
Wis
U.P
Milwaukee
Daniel Heise
Heise
Wisconsin
Prohibition
Illinois General Assembly adjourns as session ends
The Fifty-Sixth General Assembly adjourned at 1:45 pm with plans to reconvene June 20 unless the governor calls a session. The Senate defeated a proposed salary increase for lawmakers 33 to 1, with Chicago’s Adelber Roberts the lone affirmative vote. Near-physical clashes marked the close, including a confrontation over a bill allowing convict labor in state parks. House and Senate actions included dam funding at Fox River and mutual insurance organization provisions.
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Capitol
Springfield
Fifty-Sixth General Assembly
Louis L. Emmerson
The
General Assembly
Adelber Roberts
Chicago
House
Senate
James Paddock
John Devine
Dixon
Thomas O'Grady
McCauley
Devine
O'Grady
Bitcombat
Alioc
Dittle
McCaskrin
Fox River
McHenry
Thce
Delegates Go Home From Paris Reparations Conference
American delegates led by Owen D. Young depart Paris aboard the Aquitania train car at 10 51 am after four months of talks. Berlin reactions are muted as Germans view the pact as a political necessity and doubt Germany can meet payments. Washington officials hail the report for stability but warn about potential American bond flotation risks.
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Paris
U.P
Aquitania
Owen D. Young
Thomas W. Lamont
Thomas WN. Perkins
David Sarnoff
Young
Dr. Hjalmar
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M’nary
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T Linn
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York Harbor
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Ellwood School
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Donald Gates
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Everett Pantuila
Morris Peterson
Robert Topp
Florence Blasch
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Allie Lehtonen
Fannie Panttila
Laina Rauman
Verdelia Bebree
Florence Sharin
Edith Woodard
Merle Beverly
Hildegard Carlson
Alga Chapalonis
Anna Bolen
Anda Peshut
Mary Sarich
Helen Seppala
Ruth Stolpe
Albert Barauski
Donald Blazevich
Waino Luhtala
Charles Masterson
Edward Moore
Arthur Murray
Milford Palmquist
Sven Ruppi
Zanen Sepavicis
Victor Swanson
Haish School
Obadiah Barker
Lloyd Bjerge
Clifford Cooper
Lloyd Davis
Ward Davis
Joseph Gutesha
Joseph Perkins
Aylius Pooler
Owen Tolf
Evise Burrows
Violette da Rin
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Willie Ann Hayes
Mary Hamoutz
Rosalie Kerwin
Ava McMillin
Irma Plapp
Lucille Stringer
McMurry School
Alice Ash
Alice Blackman
Ed J Ghenette
Harriett Cook
Mary Lou Countryman
Clara Gunn
Mary Jane Hiland
Edwin Hunt
Leonard Johnson
Hazel Larsen
Francis Marshall
Margaret Munger
Irene Nehring
Marrian Oleson
Ardath Powell
Russell Ritzman
Mabel Zeller
Glidden School
John Bags
William Bagg
Lowell Brakey
Joe Katz
Fred Shaw
Leo Val William Ward
Wayne Stroyan
Mary Bass
Bernice Crisler
Evelyn Grodlund
Anna Meigs
Marcella Mosher
Harriet Nelson
Evelyn Stroyan
Harriet Wagner
Ian
Pong
Bulletin
Berlin
Germany
Reich
Paris Conference of Economic Experts
United States
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