De Kalb Chronicle Cooking School Closes Day With Praise
The De Kalb Chronicle Cooking School held sessions led by Mrs Ada E Hunt with cakes and angel food on the menu. Friday's session begins at one o clock and features a 50 tray of foods prepared by Mrs Hunt. Musical interludes from local residents accompanied by readings and violin duets framed a program focusing on the material side of home life and spiritual attitude.
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DeKalb Chronicle Cooking School
Alma Hunt
Wis
Kenneth Wiltberger
DeKalb Chron- Cooking School
Ada E. Hunt
Sycamore
J. Milo
Henry Garbutt
Emma Francisen
Miss Nichols
Miss Luxton
Garbutt
Hunt
Suffragette Leader Emmeline Pankhurst Dies in London
Emmeline Pankhurst prominent British suffrage leader and mother of Sylvia Pankhurst died today at a West End nursing home after months of illness. Widow of Richard Marsden Pankhurst she spent her life in suffragist work and national service during the war. Her daughters Christabel and Sylvia continued her movement.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Sylvia
Pankhurst
West End
Richard Marsden Pankhurst
Janes
Great Britain
Christabel
Iowa to Back Lowden in Tonight's Presidential Vote
Iowa delegates plan to vote for Frank Lowden this evening while Hoover is expected to win the first ballot. Of 29 Iowa votes at least one may switch to Lowden with two Hoover votes in the delegation and two more possibly moving to the commerce secretary.
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Kansas City
U.P
Iowa
Frank
Lowden
Herbert Hoover
Lowa
Furn Lowden
Hoover
Commerce Secretary
Bishop Moan to Visit DeKalb for First Time
Rev J A Solon announces that Edward F Moan bishop of Rockford will visit DeKalb next Thursday. He will attend St Mary's school commencement, present awards and deliver the address. Evening exercises at St Marys hall may fill the Huse auditorium.
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J. A. Solon
St. Mary's Church
Edward F. Moan
Rockford
DeKalb
St. Mary's School
St. Mary's Hall
Huse
Hishop Muldyer
Fatrer Solon
St. Marwis
Ue & Eat
Qareottiel
Uber
Hee
Dekhally
Hodau
Selon
Heavy Fogs Postpone Transatlantic Dryplane Derby
Dense fog and northeast winds force postponement of the transatlantic dryplane race between Miss Amelie Garhart's Friendship and Miss Mabel Bell's craft. Backers advise moving the plane to Conception Bay for safer preparation as a test flight reports only enough fuel for a best possible crossing.
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Stultz
Candidate Is Host at Radio Party at Noon
June 14 U P Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover today hosted a radio party in his office to hear the Republican National Convention in Kansas City nominate him for president. Hoover Jr and four aides listened as reports from The reader by a trunk wire supplied readouts. Hoover Jr showed slight nervousness from the convention anticipation. He chewed on a viewer but this was the only outward sign of strain before returning to his office.
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Washington
U.P
Commellerbert Hoover
Kansas City
Herbert Hoover Jr
United Fires Deputeuws
Thayer
Hoover Jr
Santhe
Mothins
Soilet
George Moses
Herbert Hooter
California
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Charles Curtis
Kansas
James E. Watson
Indiana
Guy D. Goff
West Virginia
Walsh
Stewart Acquitted On Contempt Charge After Short Deliberation
Washington June 14 10 Rob ert W Stewart chairman of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana was acquitted by a jury on four counts of contempt of the Senate for refusing to answer questions before the Teapot Dome committee about Continental Trading Co He was not convicted on any count after two weeks of trial and long legal wrangling prior to the verdict which came at 10 10 a m The jury deliberated about 21 hours in total and the foreman refused to say who held out The defense attacked the committees subpoenas and the validity of the inquiry while government lawyers argued key points of law The acquittal closes the case though questions on procedure lingered in the room
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Washington
Robert W. Stewart
Standard of Company of Indiana
Senate
Stewart
Continental Trading Company
United States
Leo A. Rover
Justice Siddons
Siddons
Urs
Eatin
Main to be laid from DeKalb plant to Sycamore gas line
Plans announced for a new six inch gas main from DeKalb’s Minos Northern Sites to Sycamore, including a new governor control house and major plant expansion. L. E. Meyers & Company to lay the line, starting within two weeks, with completion targeted by August 18. New building will accompany the main and house a 610000 cubic foot daily water purifier.
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DeKalb
Minos
Hase
Sycamore
Augeust 18
Ssemore
L. E. Meyers & Company
Chicago
Orth Fourteenth Street
Mrs
Market
Mourteent Streets
Coolidges On Way Today for Western Rest
The presidential party heads toward Cedarshind Lodge Wisconsin for a vacation. President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge are in good spirits despite earlier travel delays. A nurse will attend Mrs. Coolidge during the journey and possibly after arrival while Mr. Coolidge, slightly limping from a foot abrasion, travels toward the 1000 acre island home.
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Speenarr
Cedarshind Lodge
Wis
UPD
Mies Couinier
Coolidge
Mabel Beet
Coolelee
Cedar Island Lodge
Shumer
Italia dirigible crew hurt when craft plunged to ice
Rome June 14. Three members of the Italia crew including General Umberto Nobile were injured when the airship crashed onto the ice on May 25. Natale Cecioni chief engineer suffered a fractured right leg. Finn Malmeren Swedish meteorologist received severe arm contusions. Nobile and Lege were hurt. Winds shift ice Hook and stranded survivors now west.
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Rome
Italia
Umberto Nobile
Nobile
Natale Cecioni
Tle
Finn Malmeren
Copenteacen
Lar
Neval Umterto Nobile
Radio Advive
Minority farm plank backs McNary Haugen price plan
The minority farm plank presented to the Republican National Convention endorses the McNary Haugen farm equalization fund in principle and calls for immediate action to raise farm prices to production costs. It favors tariff protection for agriculture, government aid to dispose of surpluses, and measured federal power to share costs, praising past Republican agricultural actions and the federal farm town system.
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Kansas City
Dyme
McNory-Haugens Farm
McNary-Haugen
Republican Congresses
Department of Agriculture
Bandits Hold Up Kansas City Bank During Delegates Session
Eight heavily armed men robbed the Home Trust Company near Invention Hall as delegates gathered for the Republican national convention in Kansas City Missouri on June 14 1940. Two policemen and several bystanders were shot and seriously wounded the bandits fled after a bank employee hurled fear gas bombs at them. The stolen amount could not be determined immediately due to the bank’s large cash reserves.
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Kansas City
Home Trust Company
Invention Hall
Jil
Battle for vice presidency narrows field at convention
Kansas City dispatch reports Republican leaders choose six potential running mates from the Midwest and Northeast. Dawes appears sidelined by Hoover forces. two camps debate whether to pick a West or East candidate to bolster the ticket and offset Hoover. The decision hinges on regional strategy and which slate can best win in November.
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Kansas City
Republican Party
Middlewest
East
Farm Belt
Hoover
Stith
Atlantic Seaboard
Smith
Kansas
Ity
Herbert Hoover
Marty
Dawes
Sec
Ranning
Large Crowd Is Expected Friday Night Meeting
President Glen Reynolds of the Chamber of Commerce and Secretary O. G. Olwin return from Chicago as Delos James, agricultural expert, is set to speak at tomorrow night’s general membership session. The event aims to acquaint new members with long-time workers and reveal upcoming industrial projects. Attendance is expected to be large.
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Glenlary
C Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Industrial Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Glen Reynolds
O. G. Olwin
Delos James
DeKalb Rotarians Hear Two Addresses
At a luncheon the DeKalb Rotary Club heard Mrs Alma E Hunt of The Chronicle cooking school describe the school aims and weekly De Kalb Theatre programs while Mr McCreedie of Aurora’s McCreedie Oil Co explained the processes by which crude oil becomes usable oils in clear terms for lay listeners.
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DeKalb Rotary Club
Alma E. Hunt
Chronicle Cooking School
McCreedie
McCreedie Oil Company
Aurora
Hunt
DeKalb Theatre
Convention Hall Holds Gop Platform Promises for Farmers
The Republican National Convention resolutions committee presented a platform endorsing farm relief measures, tariff protections, and government loans to aid diversification, while omitting the McNary Haugen equalization fee plan. It touts tax cuts, inland waterways, radio support, and past Republican farm laws, noting several unresolved planks on prohibition, government honesty, campaign costs, labor issues, and public utilities.
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Ansas City
Resolutions Committee
America
OSS
Vwv Wera
McNary- Hauser
Weather Outlook for Illinois Fair Nights and Mild Temps
Illinois forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with little temperature change. No precipitation expected and skies remain mostly clear. Highs and lows stay near current averages as light winds persist.
Convention Hall Battle Ends Farm Plank Fight at RNC
At Kansas City June 14 the Republican National Convention defeated a minority farm plank backed by McNary Haugen supporters. The vote, 817 nays to 267 ayes with 5 not voting, ended a week of demonstrations and committee sessions without success.
Hoovers nomination looms as farm plank battle rages
At the Republican convention in Kansas City the morning agenda centers on platform talks while candidates for president are named for nomination. Farm bloc leader C I Smith pushed a minority plank endorsing the McNary Haugen plan, claiming support from 16 states as hoards gathered for the convention fight.
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