Fire destroys Union Construction office for sewage plant
A blaze last night destroyed the Union Construction office at the sewage disposal plant site north of the city. Losses include plans, estimates, data, tools, and surveying instruments valued at over 5900 with no insurance. The fire started when a night watchman’s lantern ignited gasoline fumes. help arrived too late to stop the flames but Chief McEvoy prevented further spread. Construction work continues despite the setback.
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Union Construction Company
Ore Ammann
Freak Toll of Minor Damage From Storm
Wind and rain lashed Illinois and Missouri causing minor property damage. Seven black railroad workers were slightly injured when their car overturned at Clapper. Five hundred chickens died in Hannibal when a henhouse overturned and burned. A cloudburst hit Pana and high winds blew debris across St Genevieve. Communications lines southwest were crippled and Danville unroofed several small buildings. Hail at Linn damaged gardens and windows. Heavy rain swelled Stinson Creek near Fulton stopping a funeral. No fatal injuries reported.
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St. Louis
Illinois
Missouri
Clapper
Hannibal
Pana
St. Genevieve
Here
Danville
Til
Linn
Fulton
Stinson Creek
Heifer Killed by Lightning Shocks Cortland Farm
Lightning is believed responsible for the death of a heifer on the C. F. Noble farm north of Cortland. The animal was found yesterday morning in the field by Mr. Noble. A. G. Noble of Wyoming visited during the vivid storm displays.
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Estock
Cortland
C. F. Noble
Mr. Noble
A. G. Noble
Wyoming
Weather Forecast for Illingis District
Cloudy tonight with scattered showers in the extreme east portion, slightly warmer trend toward Friday. Friday looks mostly fair and warmer with improved conditions across the region.
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Illingis
Alumni Banquet and Dance Set for Friday Night
Alumni banquets and dance at the high school unfold Friday night with tickets available from association officers and several stores. President DeEstin L. Pasley holds extra passes for those needing them, and Fy Wyman's nine piece band will provide music after the dinner, expected to attract a large turnout from many classes.
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DeEstin L. Pasley
Fy Wyman
World Cruise Ends as Plane Crashes in Calcutta
Van Lear Black, Baltimore publisher, was aboard a world cruising plane wrecked by a cyclone while moored at Dum Dum airdrome Calcutta. The craft, en route from London to Tokyo on his second long distance flight of the year, was so badly damaged that salvage was abandoned and Black canceled his 1929 flying program in favor of returning to the United States.
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Calcutta
India
U.R
van Lear Black
Baltimore
Dum Dum
Black
London
Tokio
United States
Judge Rules Will Stands Name Change Allowed
County Judge W L Pond ruled a man may change his name, denying heirs petition to void the will on that ground. Forty heirs, all from the east, plan to appeal within 20 days. Bentley, an uncle of Mrs Florence Kling Harding, lived in De Kalb and Cortland long, left 125000 to his widow who died a month later. Miss Ham smith, Sycamore attorney, joint executor, began finding kin. Page 8 turn to page 8.
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W. L. Pond
Abraham Bentley
Circuit Court
Bentley
Florence Kling Harding
Hardy
DeKalb and Cortland
Mary Hamsmith
Sycamore
Miss Hamsmith
Mr. Bentley
French and American planes race to Paris overshadows rocky start
In Old Orchard Maine and Yarmouth Nova Scotia, the Yellow Bird led the 3700 mile quest to Paris while the Green Flash failed after scraping a beach takeoff. American pilots Williams and Yancey escaped injury and anticipate no more launches for Rome. French team Assolant Lefevre and Lotti pressed toward Cape Sable seeking Paris in about 30 hours.
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Old Orchard
U.P
Paris
Matinicus Rock
Penobscot Bay
Here
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Rome
Jean Assolant
Rene Lefevre
Armeno Lotti, Jr
Cape Sable
Wilmington
Del
Williams
Yancey
Leon
Illinois Crop Survey Finds Most Work Behind Schedule
Illinois and federal agriculture departments report June 1 crop conditions show pastures and peaches favorably placed, but field work lagging outside the northern third. Corn planting nearing completion in the north, with 20 to 60 percent completed in the south. oats and barley at or near average, while winter wheat and fruit conditions vary by region.
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U.P
Illinois
Federal Departments of Agriculture
United States
Dawes to Meet MacDonald at Forres in Fast Schedule
United States Ambassador Charles G. Dawes and Premier Ramsay MacDonald will meet Sunday at Forres Scotland to discuss Anglo American cooperation disarmament and permanent peace. Dawes will enter his duties quickly receive King George and present credentials aboard the Olympic. Forres, linked to Shakespearean Macbeth, hosts the informal talks.
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Lossiemouth
Scotland
U.P
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Great Britain
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Forres
Mac Donald
Dawes
King George
Windsor Castle
New York
MacDonald
John Nixon
Davy Rescued From Kishwaukee By Former Scout George Belk
Jack Davy son of Mr and Mrs Ben Davy nearly drowned beside the Kishwaukee overflow behind the high school. George Belk seventeen son of Mr and Mrs Fred Belk heard his cry and jumped in to save him. Belk, a former Boy Scout, pulled him to safety without stopping to remove clothing.
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Jack Davy
Ben Davy
George Belk
Fred Belk
Jack
George
Great Organization
Young Lawyers Admitted to Illinois Bar in Ceremony
In the state supreme court chambers 186 young lawyers were admitted to the Illinois bar during special ceremonies. Afterward they toured the city following the event.
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Springfield
State Supreme Court
Illinois
New Teachers Hired for State School in Carbondale
In Carbondale Illinois on June 13 twenty five new faculty members will join the Southern Illinois Teachers College staff next fall. Funding for the expansion came from the legislature which increased the college appropriation by two hundred thousand dollars. Most new hires hold doctor of philosophy degrees. The college reported four hundred graduates yesterday and a summer enrollment of sixteen hundred. President H W Shryock urged the outgoing class to consider whether their careers prove noble or ignoble.
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Carbondale
Ill
U.P
Southern Illinois Teachers’ College
H. W. Shryock
Shryeck
Washington
Hoover
Congress
American Automobile Association
Treasury
New Mexico
James M. Doran
Prohibition Bureau
Henry Virkula
Big Falls
Minn
Archibald Eugster
Detroit
Mrs Homan Pioneer Resident Passes Away at 83
Mrs Henry A Homan Sr longtime DeKalb resident died at her home 183 West Lincoln Highway at 1 30 PM She was born in Shercock Ireland December 29 1850 and married Henry A Homan in 1875 They raised a family of five children and six grandchildren Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 30 PM at H A Nelson chapel and at the Methodist church with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Henry A. Homan
West
Lincoln Highway
Malta
Homan
Henry J. Homan
George W. Homan
DeKalb
Jennie M. Curley
Long Beach
Calif
Verna M. Jacox
Fred Co. Homan
Amelia Blake Davis
Los Angeles
Ben Jones
Denver
Colo
Robert Topp
Elizabeth Jones
Australia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Woman Sues For 3000 After Slip At Jockey Club
East St. Louis June 13. Mrs. Anna Walsh of St. Louis has filed suit for 3000 against the Fairmount Jockey Club at Collinsville. She claims she slipped on an empty pop bottle and fell down grand-sapped steps, seeking damages.
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East St. Louis
Ill
Fairmount Jockey Club
Collinsville
Anna Walsh
St. Louis
Prohibition Agents Wounded in Chesterfield Raid
In Chesterfield County near Richmond three state prohibition enforcement officers were wounded during a still raid. Inspector R. S. Durette was shot in the chest, George Johnson injured, and B. Gregory hit in the leg. Seven African Americans were arrested. A shotgun tied to Russell Woolridge was cited as the weapon.
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Richmond
U.P
Prohibition Enforcement
Chesterfield County
R. S. Durette
George Johnson
B. Gregory
Russell Woolridge
Invite Men to Hear Lecture Against War in DeKalb
A DeKalb League of Women Voters session invites local men to a Saturday 2:30 PM lecture at Willistorf Hall. Speakers are Mrs. William G. Hubbard, state chairman of the International Cooperation to Prevent War, and Miss Florence Harrison, secretary of the Seventh National Regional District. The event is open to all residents and aims to foster antiwar discussion.
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DeKalb League of Woman Voters Organization
Willistorf Hall
William G. Hubbard
International Cooperation To Prevent War Organization
Florence Harrison
League of Womarr Voters
DeKalb
Senator Borah Still Friend of President Hoover
Idaho Senator Borah, who split with the president over the farm relief debenture clause, believes he remains Hoover's ally and will work with him on shared issues. Friends say he would not discuss the situation on record today, and do not view his vote as a breach of faith.
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Washington
U.P
Borah
Idaho
Hoover
United Press
Borab
Pythians To Gather Here For District Meeting Parade
About 450 Knights of Pythias members from Chicago and several Illinois cities are expected for a district meeting in DeKalb. Delegates arrive late afternoon with a parade featuring Chicago Dokey drill team and Knights of Pythias band. Banquet at 7 then procession from the American Steel Welfare building through the business district to wrap the evening meeting. Eighteen candidates to receive the third degree, including one from Batavia.
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Knights of Pythias
Chicago
Rock Island
Joliet
Savanna
Rockford
Freeport
Batavia
Belvidere Elgin
Aurora Sandwich
Illinois
DeKalb Pythian Lodge
Lodge
DeKalb Pythian
Methodist
American Steel Welfare Building
Welfare
Steel Company
Copley Denies Utilities Ties in Senate Clash
Ira Copley, publisher of Illinois and California papers, told the Federal Trade Commission he held no utility stock and had severed all utility ties. He challenged Senator Norris to repeat accusations outside the senate and warned of legal action if indicted.
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Ashington
Ira C. Copley
Illinois
California
Federal Trade Commission
Edgar A. McCulloch
Copley
Senate
Norris
Court of Justice
United States Senate
Commission
Federal Court of Justice
House Kills Debenture In Farm Bill Battle
Washington June 18 The House, in seven minutes and without debate, eliminated the debenture plan from the administration's farm bill and sent the measure back to conference with the Senate. Speaker Longworth and leaders used the rules to gag further discussion as Debenture opponents pressed for a record vote. The vote on debenture was 113 for and 250 against. The bill now heads to the White House for signing if the Senate concurs.
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Washington
U.P
House
Hoover
Haugen
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Longworth
Rep. Jones
Texas
Jones
John Q. Tilson
Tilsort
Tilson
Republica
White House
Federal Farm Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Nye
Haunted House Leaves Town After Murder Echoes
Lake Forest Illinois on June 13 reports Lake Forest's famed haunted house, unused since Norman Hewitt was killed by a nurse three years ago, is being moved from town. The structure kept its malign influence as it was towed, damaging trees along the streets.
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Lake Forest
Norman Hewitt
Davis Starts His Long Journey to the Orient
Dwight F. Davis governor general of the Philippines and his daughter Alice B. Davis travel by train from St. Louis to Seattle to board a steamer for Manila. The party includes other officials en route to the Orient.
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Davis
Orient
St. Louis, Mo
Dwight F. Davis
The
Philippines
Alice B. Davis
Seattle
Wash
Manila
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Toeay
Judge Pond
Will
Abrahm Bentley Kling
Bulletin
Halifax
N. S
Nova Scotia
Yarmouth
Demos
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Committee
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
John Garner
John J. Raskob
Shouse
Robert Harper
Jefferson Organization
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Joseph Byrnes
Tennessee
Mrs. Homan
Henry A. Homan, Sr
Norvis
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