Amundsen and Party Safe After Polar Flight Return
King’s Bay Spitzbergen dispatch confirms Roald Amundsen and crew returned safely from a polar flight in two specially built airplanes. The expedition aimed to study the area near the North Pole with Fram and Hobby waiting at base. Earlier hope and mystery surrounded the voyage as decades of speculation followed delays and rescue chatter.
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Raold Amundsen
North Pole
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Amundsen
Pole
Fram
Hobby
America
Donald B. McMillan
Boston
Norway
Young Man Suffers Splinter Mishap at Factory
Randall Gates, a young worker at the Ap po Piano factory on Sycamore road, was injured yesterday when a wood splinter pierced three fingers of his right hand as a saw struck cross grain. The surgeon removed the sliver and Gates faces leisure time due to the injury.
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Randall Gates
Appo
Gates
Sycamore Road
DeKalb Lodge Plans Special Meeting Friday Night
DeKalb Lodge No. 144 A P & A M announces a special meeting at the Mason hall tomorrow evening to confer the third degree on candidates. No other work will be carried out during this special session. The notice urges a large attendance of members.
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DeKalb Lodge
DeKalb Lodge No. 144
Masonic Hall
Communists Executed After Hankow Arrests In China
London dispatch reports two communists from Hankow and Tientsin executed by shooting by order of a Central News agency telegram. The item notes the executions as of today and mentions unrelated garden plant ads from Ouster's Gardens in Boston area.
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Unites Press
London
England
Hankow Ang Tien Tsin
Central News Dispatch
Illinois Normal schools funding bill passes house
Senate bill totalled 2,366,926 with amendments. house approves 3,748,976 for Illinois Normal schools by a 111 to 10 vote. Allocations include DeKalb 664,986 Macomb 638,752 Normal 777,362 Charleston 578,900 Carbondale 488,976.
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Springfield
Hamilton
House
Senate
Macomb
Normal
Charleston
Carbondale
City considers stop signs on Lincoln Highway crossings
Alderman W. W. Hyde introduces a resolution to install stop signs on all streets crossing the Lincoln Highway from the State College gates to Evans Avenue. The plan proposes a no left turn at South Fourth Street and a turn cue at South Fifth Street. Businessmen favor removing gates at the rail crossing in favor of a wig-wag system like Elgin. The measure stalls for further Fourth Street and railroad-crossing debate, but public safety aims drive council support.
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Lincoln Highway
State College Gates
Evans Avenue
W. W. Hyde
South Fourth Street
South Fifth Street
Elgin
Fourth Street
Tower House
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
The
Chronicle
Pierce Arrow Claimed as Stolen Vehicle in DeKalb Area
State Patrolmen Oscar Larson and K. L. Church investigated a Pierce Arrow found on a highway west of DeKalb. The car is identified as the property of Martin Kratz of Buffalo and stolen from his Farnham New York summer home. The vehicle remains in a local garage awaiting identification by an insurer or officer arriving from the east.
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Oscar Larson
K. L. Church
Pierce Arrow
DeKalb
Martin Kratz
Buffalo
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Albany
Katz
Farnham
N. Y
Toon the East
Faiman Testifies in Chicago Murder Trial Over Typhoid Plot
Dr Charles Farman testifies that William Shepherd offered $100000 to help poison Billy McClintock with typhoid germs. The ward’s guardian and Shepherd’s fate are debated as prosecutors press a path to murder conviction.
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United Press
Criinal Court Room
Chicago
Charles C. Faiman
William D. Shepherd
Billy McClintock
Shepherd
Young McClintock
Billy
Farman
Faiman
Crowe
Toy School
Maiman
William Darling Shepherd
Charles, Farman
National University of Sciences
Lynch
Professor A Neil Annas to Perform Organ Concert
Prof A Neil Annas head of the music department at the state teachers college will give a short concert at the First Baptist church this evening. The organ recently installed will be demonstrated as part of the midweek prayer service. The program begins at 8 o'clock.
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A. Neil Annas
State ‘Teachers’ College
First Baptist Church
Third Degree Conferred at DeKalb Lodge Friday Night
Third degree will be conferred Friday night at 7 30 in Masonic Hall by DeKalb Lodge No 144 AF & AM Lunch and smoker follow work Visitors always welcome E J Bastian W M 163
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Masonic Hall
DeKalb Lodge No. 144
A. F
A.M
Rockford Firm Among Fined Chair Makers in Sherman Anti-Trust Case
Federal Judge Adam Cliffe fined 49 chair manufacturers up to 5,000 dollars each for violating the Sherman Act. The total fines reached 166,000 dollars with penalties scaled to business size and financial status. Old Colony Chair Company of Illinois Rockford faced a 5,000 dollar assessment.
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Rockford
United Press
Chicago
Adam Cliffe
Roger Shale
Old Colony
Ilnois
DeKalb Sycamore Highway Work to Start Within Two Weeks
Carnine and Sweeney of Sullivan TL announce construction on the DeKalb to Sycamore highway will begin within two weeks. Excavation and cement laying will proceed with grading completed from here to Sycamore. The project may close the road to traffic next week and include weed mowing and dirt removal along the sides.
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Carnine & Sweeney
Sullivan
DeKalb
Sycamore
Spring Valley
Here
A. R. Russell
Sycamore Road
Russell
Superintendent of Highways
Electric Park
El Burno to Entertain at First Baptist Friday
El Burno a professional magician will perform Friday evening in the Fireside room at First Baptist Church. The Builders class of the Sunday school sponsors the show with proceeds to the building fund. Refreshments will be sold and attendance is urged by church members and residents.
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el Burno
Elburn
First Baptist Church
Baptists Will Hold Important Meeting Tonight
Members and friends of the Baptist church are reminded of a mid week service this evening at 7 30 in the Fireside room. A good attendance is requested as important announcements will be made.
Robbery Report at East Lincoln Highway Home
Police report a burglary at the Ralph Kempson residence on East Lincoln Highway. The thief used a skeleton key between seven and eight last evening, ransacked drawers, and stole a ladies watch a pearl necklace and an opal ring while the family was away.
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Ralph Kempson
East Lincoln Highway
Committees On Steel Picnic Plan Outlined
Final plans for the American Steel picnic to be held at Annies woods on July 25 will be discussed at a committee heads meeting tomorrow afternoon at the welfare building. The event promises improved games and entertainments with a full report due soon. Dance to Clarks Orchestra at Woodman Hall Rochelle Friday June 19.
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Annies’ Woods
Clark
Woodman Hall
Rochelle
Telephone men attend successful DeKalb meeting
More than 100 out of town telephone men and local Kiwanis and Rotary members attended the DeKalb gathering. Mayor Lindstrom spoke on improving public utilities relations while H F Crandon outlined assets of a good city. Jay G Mitchell shared Illinois Commerce Commission data on pole and wire totals. Continued on Page Five.
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DeKalb Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Telephone Association
Chronicle Hall
Princess Theater
J. B. Lindstrom
Menesterday
Public Utilities Company
H. F. Crandon
Ilinois Bell Telephone Company
Jay G. Mitchell
State Association
Ilinois Commerce Commission
Mitchell
Illinois
Say Young Had Other Victim of Dental Gas
Los Angeles prosecutors allege dentist Thomas W. Young killed his wife Grace Young with dental gas and had two additional victims. They claim a death test on a Santa Barbara patient years earlier and an overdose killed Elmer Dallett, a former deputy city attorney, weeks after a tooth extraction.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas W. Young
Grace Young
Santa Barbara
Elmer Dallette
Dr. Young
Beverly Glen
DeKalb Chamber Eyes Hotel Proposal From Chicago
DeKalb chamber of commerce hotel committee plans to meet tomorrow to discuss a Chicago generated hotel proposal. Mr Shaw of Chicago, acting for Mr Wenzel of the Planters Hotel Chr Cann, delivered the plan yesterday and will return Monday to learn if the proposal is acceptable.
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DeKalb Chamber of Commerce
DeKalb
Shaw
Chicago
Wenzel
Planter’s Hotel
Chr. Cann
Funeral for Brother Held in Michigan
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon in Jackson, Michigan, for Richard Sevier, 0, brother of William Sevier of this city. The DeKalb resident was the youngest Sevier brother and died after a period of poor health. He was the father of Mrs. J Wagner. The Jackson funeral followed word received Tuesday about his death on Monday. he is survived by one brother in DeKalb.
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Richard Sevier
Azed
Jackson
Mich
William Sevier
Sevier
DeKalb
J. ©. Wagner
Annual Flowers at Reduced Prices at Custers Gardens
Salivas asters snapdragons seabrosas verbenas and petunias plus geraniums and coleus offered at lower prices. Custer's Gardens advertises the sale and provides phone contact 996.
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Custer's Gardens
Illinois Weather Mostly Fair Tonight and Friday
The forecast calls for mostly fair skies in Illinois tonight and Friday with a slight drop in temperature tonight. Gentle cooling expected, no precipitation noted, helping outdoor plans.
Senator Robert Lafollette Dies in Washington
Washington D C June 18 Senator Robert Marion Lafollette longtime Wisconsin progressive leader dies at his home after a long illness Heart failure from bronchial asthma and age 70 ending a career that included a presidential campaign and Tea Pot Dome probe Family at bedside and brief hospital bulletins recount the final hours and fading strength as he faced death with his wife and children nearby
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United Press
Washington, D.C
Robert Marion LaFellette
United States
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Washington, D. C
Robert Marion LaPellette
C. C. Marbury
D. M. Rambolth
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Explorer
King’s Bay
New York, N. Y
Alliance Today
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Pavty
Flight
China
Ouster’s Gardens
Bulletin
Sena
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Sullivan, Til
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St. Mary's School
St. Mary’s Hall
St. Mary’s Parochial School
Margaret Boland
Anna Ciucci
Dorothy Donnelly
Helen Gering
Helen Greek
Catherine Hannon
Mary Kerzich
Helen Montavon
Arline Redmond
Jessie Wielert
Stanley Horan
Charles Lacher
Donnell Murphy
Elmer Sauter
Tillman Schlageter
Eugene Stefani
John Thompson
Donald Underdown
Minims
Virginia Roche
Mr. Goudy
Rober
Goudy
Stefan
Jerry
Byron Bobolink
George Felder
Hiram
Stanley Henaughan
Lucille Klemm
Ava Maria
Helen McCabe
J. P. McGuire
T. J .Birmingham
Robert M. LA Follette
M. F. Malone & Co
Michigan
Coolidge
Davis
Teapot Dome
Republican Party
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