Two Planes Land at DeKalb as Storm Floods Airport
During a severe storm the DeKalb County airport saw two Boeing transport planes land successfully amid lightning and heavy rain. One aircraft landed at 7 30 pm after low visibility and a narrow cloud opening, while the second, with two passengers, released a parachute flare and landed after overcoming a failed initial flare.
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DeKalb County
Amail
Towa
Chicago
Paul Eakle
Boeing
Moline
DeKalb
George Meyers
Rock Falls
Wie
Enakies
Ficht
Ralph Johnson
Johnson
Wyoming Judge to Speak at Kiwanis Dinner
Judge W H Stone of Tanda Wyoming, a leading jurist and orator, will address the Kiwanis noon luncheon on the topic The Pioneer. He travels east for the international Kiwanis convention in Milwaukee later this month, and DeKalb club members expect full turnout.
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W. H. Stone
Tanda
Wryo
Kiwanis Club
Judge Stone
International Kiwanis Club
Milwaukee
DeKalbub
Judige Stone
Cash Register Fun Lands Man In Jail In Chicago
George Waseon enjoyed ringing a cash register for $15 sales at a refreshment stand. Police arrived, leading to a short jail stay and a fine.
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Chicago
George ‘Waseon
Weather Forecast for Wisconsin Incomplete Cells
Weather outlook shows clouds and thunderstorms this afternoon into tonight south and central Wisconsin. Lake Michigan shoreline remaining partly cloudy. Warmth and humidity persist with cooler conditions inland, risk of isolated storms diminishing tonight.
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Cneler
Lake Michisan
Ahrenberg to Dismantle Plane Engine in Iceland
Captain Albin Ahrenberg prepared to resume his interrupted flight from Stockholm to New York in the seaplane Sweden. He tested a morning circuit over Reykjavik harbor, but three attempts yesterday and unfavorable weather delayed progress. The crew inspected the water cooling system as they beached the plane at noon.
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Ahrenberg
London
Reykjavik
Copenhagen
Albin Ahrenberg
Iceland
Stockholm
New York
Sweden
Here
Greenland
Ivigtut
Reed Brooks Receives Chicago University Degree
Reed Brooks son of Mrs M Brooks of South Fourth street earned a bachelor of science degree at the University of Chicago commencement. He was a De Kalb High School class of 1925 member and returned often to his hometown keeping up many acquaintances. Mrs Brooks attended the exercises in Chicago yesterday.
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Reed Brooks
Chicago
Reef Brooks
M. Brooks
South Fourth Street
University of Chicago
Brooks
DeKalb High School
Reed
Ogle county residents oppose Route 72 changes
State highway ruling halts grading 4000 feet east of Meridian junction and proposes a viaduct over C M and St P double tracks. Route 72 would bend north to cross Meridian north of the new overpass causing land seizures and delays. Senator Baker pledges to champion local views amid mounting anger at Monroe Center and nearby communities.
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Ogle County
State Highway Department
Charles W. Baker
Meridian Highway
East Ogle County
Davis Junction
Stillman Valley
Byron
Leaf River
Forreston
Debenture Fight Shapes Farm Bill Crisis in Senate
Senate debate over the farm relief bill centers on a debenture provision. Senator Brookhart urges a third party if the debenture is dropped, and progressive candidates in every district to push the plan. Administration backs a quick vote and a debenture free bill. Washington. June 12.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Brookhart
Iowa
Hoover
House
Capitol
White House
Smith Wildman Brookhart
Brokhart
Republican Party
U.R
Kansas City
Federal Farm Board
Chicago to ban Frankie and Johnnie play by city police
Chicago police Commissioner William T. Russell warned that if the Adelphi theater stages the play Frankie and Johnnie tonight he will seek to jail the entire cast. He called the production morally harmful and hinted the show is not fit for Chicago audiences.
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Frankie
Nellie
Johnnie
William T. Russell
Adelphia Theater
Cire
U.P
Chicago
Adelphi
St. Louis
Philip R. Crippen
Russell
Dutch Warships Rush To Willemstad After Pirate Raid
Venezuelan revolutionists seized an American vessel during a raid on Willemstad Curacao and forced the island's governor and others to Venezuela. Dutch warships speed toward the port as tensions rise. Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuelan dictator, is named as the target of the revolt.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Venezuela
Juan Vicente Gomez
New Brooms high school play presents family conflict
The Class of ’29 staged New Brooms last evening, a comedy about a father and son whose clashing ideas test tradition against youth. Lester Uienvars led as the irascible father with Leo Alilunas as a striking son, supported by Dorothy Stiles as the housekeeper and a capable ensemble of girls and boys under Miss Minnie Jones and Miss Irma Wittke.
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Lester Uiensvars
Leo Alilunas
Dorothy Stiles
Louise Claxton
Carolyn Carlson
Viola Norrby
Nancy Embree
Willard Eckhardt
Perry Anderson
Ernest Nelson
Auno Raka
John Pigot
Wayne Gustafson
Minnie Jones
Irma Wittke
Miss Jones
Hanway Automobile Damaged by Taxi on Haish Boulevard
The Harry Hanway Dodge sedan was damaged last evening on Haish boulevard when struck by a taxi cab driven by Lans well Ward. The mishap occurred around 10:45 p.m. local time.
Ziegfeld to End Revues Amid Criticism of Follies
Flo Ziegfeld says current revues contain too much dirt and nakedness and that weary business men tire of nude performances. He plans to abandon producing revues and may suspend the famous Follies, calling recent shows dramatized dirty stories born in barrooms.
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New York
R—Flo Zeigfeld
Ziegfeld
DeKalb Chamber Urges Merchants to Welcome Visitors
The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce sent a city wide letter asking all merchants to display the De Kalb welcome flags. The Knights of Pythias district meeting Friday night is expected to draw 500 visitors with a parade opening the event. Merchants without flags are urged to obtain them from the Chamber office.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
DeKalb
DeKalb Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Robbers Hold Up Hippodrome President in Chicago
Fred Mann president of the Hippodrome company was robbed in his office by two well dressed bandits who tied him and took 165 cash and jewelry valued at 3500. They forced Mann to reveal the safe combination but only papers and records were found inside. Police suspect the robbers aimed to seize Jai Alai receipts from the previous night.
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Fred Mann
Chicago
Hippodrome Company
Rainbow Gardens
Mann
Hippodrome
Auto Wreck Near Cresston After Bridge Collision
A Kansas car was wrecked about 6 30 last evening after striking a small bridge west of Cresston. Mrs Esther Howell of Conway was bruised and hospitalized at Lincoln Rochelle. She is expected to be discharged tomorrow. Four occupants escaped with only minor injuries.
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Kansas
Cresston
Esther Howell
Conway
Lincoln Hospital
Rochelle
Iowa Man Recovers From Rattlesnake Bite
Bedford Iowa June 12 truck driver Jim Taylor 35 bitten by a rattlesnake yesterday was reported greatly improved today by Dr M Maloy who attributed the recovery to serum rushed here yesterday afternoon from unspecified location.
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Iowa
Bedford
U.P
Jim Taylor
M. Maloy
Fogarty Self Destructs Amid Jail Scandal Rumors
Edward J. Fogarty 68, former Indiana prison head and Cook county jail warden, killed himself at a nephew’s home in South Bend after rumors of ouster and removal from his Chicago post. A reporter’s dispatch about possible discharge triggered the act. a sister found him with a revolver beside him.
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South Bend
Ind
Edward J. Fogarty
Cook County
Chicago
Indiana
Michigan City
Fogarty
Edward F. Keller
Charles Keller
U.P
Tommy” O'Connor
Civil Service
John Traeger
Rebuke urged for Wisconsin Republicans over Ripon protest
New York Anti-Saloon League official Orville S. Poland announces a letter urging President Hoover to rebuke Wisconsin Republicans who protested federal officers during Ripon celebration. He accuses the protesters of impudence after alleged violations of prohibition laws and praises officials enforcing the law.
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New York
U.P
Hoover
Orville S. Poland
New York Anti-Saloon League
Ripon
Poland
Republican Party
Anti-Saloon League
Newsboy becomes UC president at 38 in shift
A former newsboy who paid his way through college was named head of the University of California at age 38. Robert Gordon Sproul, previously vice president and comptroller, succeeds Dr. W. W. Campbell who retires July 31, 1930 to direct Lick Observatory. The move mirrors Yale’s Robert Hutchins, named president of the University of Chicago at 30.
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San Francisco
W. W. Campbell
Lick Observatory
Detroit Gunman Dies After Shooting By Border Patrol
Archibald Eugster 21 died at Delray Industrial hospital after being shot by a customs border patrolman following a daytime incident. Officials in Minnesota and Washington announced inquiries and potential suspensions in the case of the death of Henry Virkula and related border patrol shootings along the Canadian border.
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Detroit
Mich
Archibald Eugster
Delray Industrial Hospital
International Falls
Minn
David Hurlburt
Koochiching
Washington
Emmett J. White
Border Customs
Henry Virkula
Big Falls
U.P
Treasury
Seymour Lowman
Lowman
Founder of Scouting In America Dies at 83
W D Boyce founder of Scouting In America dies in his Chicago bungalow overlooking Lake Michigan at 83. A globe trotter and publisher he organized the Scouts after a chance London meeting in 1909, guiding 4 million American boys. His body taken to Ottawa Illinois home. survived by his former wife Mary J Boyce and two daughters.
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W. D. Boyce
The
Boy Scouts of
Boyce
Ottawa
Allegheny
London
Severe electrical storm floods DeKalb region and farms
A historic storm swept DeKalb and neighboring areas with heavy rain and lightning. The Kishwaukee River rose above flood stage, many farms under water, and crops damaged. power lines and hospital equipment were affected as fires started on several farms and at residences.
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DeKalb
Illinois Power Company
F. S. Simms
More Time for Answer in Law Battle
A motion to extend the time to plead answer or demur in the case of Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom against Judge Joseph B. David was allowed by the state supreme court. The lease was filed by Carlstrom to compel expunging from court records an order liberating a Joliet prisoner. The court also denied a writ.
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Springfield
Oscar Carlstrom
Joseph B. David
Chicago
State Supreme Court
Carlstrom
Joliet
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Caribbean
Flo Ziegfeld
Newsboy
Big School
Lowmarr
Minnesota
Scouting In America
Paw Paw Farm
Kish
Glidden Memorial Hospital
St. Mary’s Hospital
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Elburn
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Paw Paw
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Lee
Les
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