Trustees Move to Found Jacob Haish Memorial Hospital
DeKalb residents take note of plans to incorporate the Jacob Haish Memorial Hospital. Upon settling Mr Haish s estate after bequests, remaining funds will fund the hospital through trustees. Litigation over the will delays further action while the executors anticipate public reaction to the organization and its aims.
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DeKalb
Jacob Maish Memory Hospital
Haish
Jacob Haish Memorial Hospital
Relief Camps Open as Kentucky Flood Refugees Stream In
Refugees from southeastern Kentucky gather in two Red Cross relief camps in Hazard to receive food and supplies. Workers travel on horseback to remote mountains from Lothair Darbsa Fork and Lotts Creek. Flood damage reports from Perry county and nearby areas run high with substantial property losses and isolated communities still cut off.
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Hill Country
Hazard
U.2
Kentucky
Red Cross
Lothair
Darbsa Fork
Lotts Creek
Wiehe
Licking
Big Sandy
Perry County
DeKalb Bar Opposes Senate Bill 567
The DeKalb County Bar Association at its regular session announced opposition to Senate Bill 567. The measure would amend Section 10 of the utilities law to remove municipal utilities from Utilities Commission control. The association urged 35th district lawmakers to oppose passage and asked the secretary to furnish copies of the resolution to each member.
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DeKalb County Bar Association
Senate
H. G. Wright
Utilities Commission
Bar Association
Business Men Hold Meeting Friday Night
Members of the Chamber of Commerce have been notified by Secretary G. Olwin about an Friday evening gathering at the Innovation. The event is an all member meeting with several important business matters and committee reports on the agenda. Out‑of‑town speakers were not planned due to expected attendance.
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Chamber of Commerce
G. Olwin
Weekend Church Service Postponed for Encement Exercises
The First Baptist Church will skip the regular ld week service this week due to the annual commencement exercises at the town high school. Services resume as usual next week. Oxfords for children and boys, sizes to 2, priced at 1.00 in a store sale at Unger’s Shoe Store.
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Townip High
First Baptist Church
Unger’s Shoe Store
Attorneys Seek Lifeline for Child Slayer Scholl
Walter A. Scholl's lawyers marshal arguments to save him from the electric chair for the March Gary murders of his two children Vivian and Donald, six. Evidence presentation wraps up. final arguments set for Monday after a guilty plea and a penalty hearing.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Walter A. Scholl
Gary
Scholl
Vivian
Donald
De Kalb Hopes to See Coolidge Train Stop
Washington dispatch reports President Coolidge will travel from Washington to Hammond Indiana then Rapid City on a summer holiday route. De Kalb Chamber of Commerce seeks a brief stop on the special train for a rear platform greeting possibly at Fourth Street, aiming to gain national publicity and newspaper coverage.
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Washington
U.P
Coolidge
Hammond
Indiana
Rapid City
South Dakota
DeKalb
Chamber of Commerce
Glen W. Reynolis
Fourth Street
Chamber
Cool
Air Line to Span Ocean
Berlin June 9 Charles A Levine outlined a plan to invest 2 million dollars to establish a trans Atlantic commercial air service within a year. He and Clarence Chamberlin talked of routes and bearing 2 000 pounds payload as they continue their European tour. Chamberlin will not accept offers unless they benefit aviation and Levine named Maurice Frenkel as secretary. They discussed meeting wives aboard the Berlin and possible non stop return flights with stops at St Johns Newfoundland or Paris or Rome.
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Berlin
U.P
Charles A. Levine
Levine
Clarence Chamberlin
New York
Germany
Chamberlin
Europe
United Press
Charles Linbergh
United States
Bellanca
Maurice Frenkel
Frenkel
United S
London
St. John's Newfoundland
Paris
Rome
Mussolini
Henry P. Fletcher
Prague
Italy
Alps
Vienna
Danzig
Free City
Acht Uhr Blatt
Ameri
Malta
Sycamore
Steubenville
Ohio
Aincement Brothers
Rotary Club of
DeKalb
Rehan
Berio
Pene
Leaders Plan Camp Shabbona Pow Wow Near Kirkland
The Shabbona area Scout council will hold a June 18 19 meeting at Camp Shabbona near Kirkland. Patrol leaders assistants scribes senior and junior leaders must attend arrive by seven Saturday evening for the campfire program. Sunday features outdoor chapel exercises whittling hikes swimming and a camp conclave.
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Shabbona
Kirkland
I F. Plagge
Shabbana
Genoa
Malta
Fiancee Sues for Her Share of Big Estate
In Chicago on June 9, Miss Isabelle Pope seeks a widow’s share of the $1.2 million McClintock estate. She joins seven distant cousins challenging the will, which named William D. Shepherd executor and principal legatee. Shepherd, foster father of McClintock, was acquitted of the boy’s 1921 murder amid wide attention.
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Chicago
U.P
William Nelson McClintock
Isabelle Pope
McClintock
William D. Shepherd
Shepherd
On The Air Tonight Features Across Stations
Radio listings show WEAF and WJZ hookups with orchestras and carnivals, CNEM Montreal, CNRO, WOC Davenport, and WPG Atlantic City program blocks. Notable acts include Arthur Pryor and Rosario Bourdon ensembles, the Happiness Boys, harvesters, and Royal Spitsels Dry Goods Store mentions amid program notes and ads.
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WEAF
Silertown Orchestra
CNEM
Montreal
CNRO
WOC
Davenport
Knights Templar Band
KYW
Chicago
WJZ
the Harvesters
United Press
WPG
Atlantic City
Arthur Pryor
Rosario Bourdon
Fish City Service
New York
Lake Superior
Happiness Boys
Roach
WLS
Funeral Illustrates Long Life of Mrs Roseltha Phillips
Mrs Roseltha A Phillips age 82 dies at her daughter’s home after a four week illness. Brief services at the Pasley home then motor procession to Earlville for Methodist church rites and interment in the precinct cemetery. Born July 27 1845 in Earlville township she lived in De Kalb since 1916. Survived by daughters C J Pasley and Mrs William Walker, plus grandchildren and other relatives. one son died earlier. The Pasley and Earlville families will attend the final rites.
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Roseltha A. Phillips
J. Pasley
College Avenue
Ire
Pasley
Earlville
Phillips
Earlville Methodist Church
DeKalb
South Dakota
Slie
United States
C. J. Pasley
William Walker
Vasley
Lindbergh Near Coast Aboard Memphis En Route to Washington
Aboard the U S Cruiser Memphis en route to Washington Lindbergh nears the capital with a 700 mile remaining voyage leg sailing south of Virginia capes by Friday night. Officers expect a formal reception with Los Angeles dirigible and destroyers meeting the Memphis. Lindbergh joins the crew at meals and is seen as relaxed and popular aboard ship. Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh plans Washington arrival the next day after delaying flight plans to travel by Pullman due to board of education duties and last minute arrangements.
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U. S
Memphis
Washington
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Navy Yard
Virginia Capes
Lindbergh
Mother
Detroit
Mich
Evangeline Lindbergh
Atives
America
Charles H. Land
Detroit Board of Education
Cass Tech High School
Elopement Upsets Athens Wedding Plans
Miss Cecila Knox, 22, slated to wed Zeal England, 20, in Athens, eloped to Chicago yesterday and married Bruce Perkins, 20, Athens basketball player. The event disrupts the upcoming ceremony and local social circles react to the sudden nuptials.
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Athens
Cecila Knox
Zeal England
Chicago
Bruce Perkins
Search for Lost Body of Dead Woman Resumes
Franklin county authorities resumed the search for Mrs. Lory Price wife of slain state highway policeman. An unsigned letter postmarked East St Louis directed investigators to a ravine near a Washington county field where Lory Price’s body was found last February. Deputy Sheriff Harry Weaver pursued the clue amid belief the case involves gangsters.
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Benton
Lory Price
Franklin County
James 8
Mra. Price
Washington County
Arctic flight attempt from Point Barrow to Greenland ends
Captain George H. Wilkins and his party reached Fairbanks after a failed effort to fly from Point Barrow to Greenland. Dense fog forced one of the planes to abandon the ice northeast of Barrow. occupants walked to land as Wilkins pressed 200 miles seeking an arctic blind spot.
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Point Barrow
Greenland
Seward
Alaska
George H. Wilkins
Fairbanks
Wilkins
Barrow
Railway to Ask Title in Right of Way Case
The North Western Railway seeks to establish title to a right of way in DeKalb County. The suit against A G Kennedy asks whether the company owns rights through every town and village it serves, with potential appeal to higher courts if the ruling favors or opposes the railroad.
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The
North Western Railway Company
DeKalb County
A. G. Kennedy
DeKalb
William J. Fulton
Railway Company
Kennedy
Walter M. May
Railway Engineering Department
Sycamore
Supreme Tribunal
Fulton
Firemen Overcome by Fumes at Chicago Chemical Plant
Four firemen were overcome by fumes while battling a blaze at a Chicago chemical plant. They were carried to safety and, according to officials, will recover.
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Chicago
Proper Apparel for Beardstown Affair Beards town HL Jums
Fifty six members of the high school graduating class attended in caps and hip boots to receive their diplomas at the high school last night. The report lists items including crepe sole moccasins priced to four dollars.
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Beardstown
Weather Alert for Chicago and Vicinity Tonight
Thunderstorms are expected tonight with a chance of continuing Friday morning. A fall may follow and Friday will bring fresh west winds shifting. The weather bulletin notes thunderstorms possibly extending into Friday with unsettled conditions across the region.
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Chicago
Tiinaie
Gas Tax Bill Survives Amid Filibuster In Illinois
Springfield reports that the gasoline tax bill withstood attempts to derail it via filibuster and amendments. Speaker Scholes signaled possible July August sessions if delays continued. The Hicks reapportionment resolution passed 35 to 4, backing a two state concept for Illinois and limiting Cook County in one house while preserving representation in the other. Gas tax opponents face fading prospects as support wanes.
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Springfield
Scholes
Illinois
Senate
Illinois General Assembly
Cook County
Upper Branch
House
Chicago
John Denvir
Congress
Northern Illinois
Southern Illinois
Cook
Will
du Page
Kane
Lake
Ilinois
Tha ‘Hicks
Temi Ene Ate
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Austin Grimes
Sherman Lewis
C.H. Longley
Kenneth Martin
Roseltha Phillips
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M.w
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