Bishop Hoban Addresses St Marys Graduates Class of 1909
Rt Rev Edward Francis Hoban bishop of the Rockford diocese gave the principal address at St Marys school graduation exercises. He urged students to pursue knowledge seize opportunities for education and be grateful to parents for sacrifices. Diplomas were awarded to nineteen graduates including Biagini Carr Farley Japuntich Marshal Skelley Stefani Sutton Fitzgerald Hiland Kientz Malone Puppe Patten Shelley Sauter Vickery. The program featured entertaining pupil performances by the Sisters children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Francis Hoban
Rockford
St. Mary's School
Bishop Hoban
Paul Biagini
Joseph Carr
Charles Farley
Joseph Japuntich
James Marshal
Harold Marshall
William Skelley
Adolph Stefani
Leroy Sutton
Madeline Fairvre
Grace Fitzgerald
Marjorie Hiland
Mary Kientz
Louise Malone
Mary Puppel
Edythe Patten
Annette Shelley
Della Sauter
Helen Vickery
Body of Woman Train Victim Identified
The body of a woman who fell or jumped from a speeding passenger train near La Fayette Indiana has been identified by Otto Richter of St. Louis as his wife Jeanette 32. Richter and a friend identified the body and took it to Detroit for burial. He said she was en route to visit a nephew but could give no reason for the act. She carried about 1100 in stockings. fewer than 300 was found when recovered.
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la Fayette
Ind
Otto Richter
St. Louis
Jeanette
Richter
Detroit
Mich
DeKalb Kiwanis Delegates Head to Milwaukee Meet
Elvin Carlson and Dr. H v Franklin will leave Monday for Milwaukee to represent the DeKalb Kiwanis club at the Kiwanis International convention. Dr Franklin was appointed after Rev E W Magusson could not attend. Six thousand delegates are expected from all states and Canada for the three day event.
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Elvin Carlson
H. v.Franklin
Milwaukee
DeKalb Kiwanis Club
Dr. Franklin
E. W. Magusson
Union
Canada
Prisoner Who Walked Out of Court Sought
Leffler of Champaign was sentenced in absentia by Judge Fred L. Wham to three years in Leavenworth and a $700 fine after a federal jury found him guilty of an act against a high school student. He walked out during trial, bond was forfeited, a bench warrant was issued, and he was arrested in Indianapolis last week.
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St. Louis
Til
P ‘Or Leffler
Champaign
Con
Fred L. Wham
Leavenworth
Leffler
Indianapolis
Hungary Approves Kellogg Anti War Pact
Budapest June 19 UK report states the Hungarian parliament approved the Kellogg anti war pact with broad support. The decision reflects continued parliamentary backing for restraint and collective security amid post war diplomacy.
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Hungary
Budapest
U 0
Unami
Merchants urged to back DeKalb airport dedication
Secretary Glenn Reynolds of the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce asked city merchants to support the three day dedication at the DeKalb county airport near Waterman. Merchants were urged to decorate display windows and cooperate to ensure a successful opening drawing visitors from the surrounding community. An official message from Reynolds appears elsewhere in the Chronicle.
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Glenn Reynolds
DeKalb
Glenn Reyolds
State Patrol Keeps Traffic Clear at Brundage Carnival
Officers O. N. Larson and I. L. Elmendorf report heavy traffic near Brundage carnival grounds on East Lincoln Highway with hundreds of cars parked nearby. They warn against double parking on the cement roadway and plan duty at the DeKalb county airport for the dedication program.
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O. N. Larson
I. L. Elmendorf
Lincoln
Brundage
DeKalb County
Poison Mystery Kills Three Children in Chicago
Chicago authorities work to identify a slow acting poison that killed three Markowski children and left two others critically ill. Coroner’s chemist and physicians pursued arsenic and mercury theories as Lorraine’s death prompts focus on Doris and Richard who remain seriously ill. mother also stricken.
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Chicago
UPR
Edwin Markowski
Ralph W. Webster
Chester Kiwatkowski
Agnes
Lorraine
Doris
Richard Kiwatkowski
Richard
Aide Charged With Robbery In Gunpoint Case
A Swanson aide was arraigned in felony court on robbery with a gun. The assistant, identified by victim Frederick Froemke and two others, faces charges over a real estate office break in April that yielded a diamond ring and $300. States Attorney Swanson backs the investigation.
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Swanson
Chicago
John A. Swanson
R. E. Blackwood
Frederick Froemke
Blackwood
Froemke
Airman Injured in Motorcycle Accident Near Champaign
Airman 27 year old Howard Wilhelms of East St Louis Illinois is in critical condition in a local hospital after a motorcycle crash described as severe. He is the son of Dr William Wilhelms and served as an aviator with the Chaminate unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
R— Howard Wilhelms
William Wilhelms
East St. Louis
Planes to Fly in De Kalb Airport Dedication
Dozens of aircraft from Ford to Fokker Universal will attend the De Kalb county airport dedication over three days. Night flying will be enabled by two 3000 watt flood lights. A hospital and fire truck will be on site for emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Kalb County
Army
Navy
Ford
Paul Quinn
Fairchield
Fokker-Universal
E. K. Campbell
Moline
DeKalb
St Louis
Fred McChesney
Rockford
Steve Lacey
Dr. Newbauer
Ottawa
Omaha
Overland Transportation Company
Alliance Aircraft Corporation
Allance
Ohio
Witles Corporation
Chicago
Whittelsey Manufacturing Company
Bridgeport
Supreme Court Affirms Death Sentence for William Auke
The state supreme court affirmed the Cook county criminal court verdict sentencing William Henry Auke to die for the murder of Isabella Scheckley. An execution date was set for Friday October 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
U.R
State Supreme Court
Cook County Criminal Court
William Henry Auke
Isabella Scheckley
German French Leaders Seek Postwar Reparations Accord
Paris June 19 German Foreign Minister Stresemann and French Foreign Minister Briand with Premier Poincare conferred to smooth postwar relations. In principle Stresemann agreed to an international reparations conference likely in July at Geneva or Lausanne. Poincare approved the Young plan and viewed the talks as progress toward settling war aftermath questions.
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Paris
Gustave Stresemann
Germany
Aristide Briand
France
Raymond Poincare
Stresemann
Poincare
Geneva
Lausanne
Berlin
United Press
Injuries Reported After Two Auto Accidents
Father J. A. Solon of St. Mary's church and Mrs. E. E. Woods suffered non serious injuries in separate evening collisions. Solon dislocated shoulder. Woods bruised with no broken bones. Both incidents cited poor visibility from rain and low speeds.
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J. A. Solon
E. E. Woods
St. Mary's Church
Father Solon
Edward Francis Hoban
Rockford Goodhby
Woods
Lincoln Highway
St. Mary's Hospital
St. Mary's School
Clerly
Southern lawmakers blast DePriest social dealings
Representative R A Green of Florida says he will skip White House social functions during Hoover era after Mrs DePriest hosted tea. Virginia Representative J C Shaffer declines June 21 reception, urging restraint and decrying social equality as a perilous course in the South Civil rights era context.
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South
Washington
U.P
R. A. Green
Dem. Fla
White House
Hoover
Oscar DePriest
Minois
Green
America
J. C. Shaffer
DePriest
Necro
Kewanee Bank Trial Continues In Cambridge Court
Bank examiner Justin Jaeger testified in the William E. Gould and Sam Burge case accusing them of taking deposits from the insolvent Kewanee Savings Bank. The state seeks to admit Jaeger inventory as evidence as seventy five witnesses testified over seven weeks. The costly trial costs about 450 dollars daily with about 600 witnesses remaining.
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Kewanee Bank
Cambridge
U.R
Justin Jaeger
William E. Gould
Sam Burge
Kewanee
Savings Bank of
Jaeger
State Wins Point In Case Of Bank Bandits
The Illinois Supreme Court allowed a writ of certiorari and made it a writ of supersedeas in the case against four St. Clair county bank bandits. The ruling means review in the state tribunal likely in October and confinement in Chester penitentiary where they serve sentences until then.
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Springfield
St. Clair County
Illinois Supreme Court
Chester Penitentiary
Wife Points at Snook in Theora Hix Murder Case
Mrs. James H. Snook testified to DA John Chester that her husband did not return home until 11 30 p m last Thursday the night Theora Hix died. She challenged his alibi and described his affair with Miss Hix noting another man Marian Myers of the university horticulture department had proposed marriage to Miss Hix. Snook claimed Theora was a good companion and denied distributing narcotics while insisting Miss Hix used no drugs.
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Columbus
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
Prohibition support and murder arraignment update
International Falls report on Emmett J. White a border customs patrolman arraigned for second degree murder in the Henry Virkkula case. Hoover receives diverse backing for tougher prohibition and New York mayors pledge enforcement cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Falls
Minn
U.P
Emmett J. White
Harvey Palmer
Henry Virkkula
Big Falls
White
Washington
Hoover
Presbyterian Church
White House
New York
Binghamton
N.Y
John B. Harris
Watertown
Lodge
Detroit
Remembering the DeKalb Elks Lodge Opening Night
Charles Hamberger, former DeKalb and Sycamore resident now in Lafayette Indiana, recalls the DeKalb lodge of Elks opening on March 14 1902. He shows the menu and program from the event, with speakers Col Ira C Copley and Samuel Alschuler, and notable toast master John A H Keith. Charter members listed include T J Adams and C E Bradt among others.
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DeKalb Elks
Charles Hamberger
Hamberger
John A. H. Keith
Col
Ira C. Copley
Samuel Alschuler
Aurora
C. E. Bradt
Bradt
DeKalb Lodge
T. J. Adams
L. S. Aldridge
W. B. Atwood
Stephen Young
Mr. Hamberger
Child Slayer Seen At Funeral As Family Grieves
In Sterling Colorado on June 19 seven year old Peter Scheck watched next door’s funeral for twelve year old Gilbert Jackson. Officials consider him a ward of the juvenile court due to Colorado law which bars understanding of crime by under tens. Gilbert’s return for a baseball led to taunts and Peter retrieving a rifle and shooting him in the heart killing him instantly.
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Sterling
Colo
Peter Scheck
Gilbert Jackson
Peter
Colorado
Jackson
Sheck Yard
Gilbert
Dry Official on West Coast Quits His Job
Edward R. Bohner, prohibition administrator for northern California and Nevada, resigned by wire to Washington. His departure comes amid graft charges against Anti-Saloon League officials and a six-agent indictment for stealing government property. Bohner began the post March 1, 1927, and his resignation becomes effective August 7.
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San Francisco
Calif
U.P
Edward R. Bohner
California
Nevada
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Bohner
New Senate Opens Practice To Public Nominations Rule
Washington June 19 after 140 years of secrecy the senate adopted a new rule to bring presidential nominations and treaties with foreign countries into open sessions. The rule passed 69 to 5 and its first test comes before a two month recess as Hoover nominees are debated. The old rule required two thirds to open doors and punished public voting. Five opponents included Blease Smith Couzens Patterson Waterman and Cole.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
United Press
Roy
West
Blease
Smith
South Carolina
Couzens
Michigan
Patterson
Missouri
Waterman
Cole
Doctors Probe Toombs Pal Dailey Insanity Claim
Federal examination sought to determine if O R Dailey is insane after charges that he and Roy Toombs used the mails to defraud. Government physicians reported gastr ou gastric ulcers and bronchitis while Dailey’s attorney argued possible insanity. Judge Lindley ordered a full psychiatric exam with a report due to the court.
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Chicago
O.r—Physicans
United Stat
O. R. Dailey
Dailey
Roy C. Toombs
Walter Lindley
Paul Simon
Lindley
Dawes Urges Statesmen Lead Naval Reduction Talks
London and Washington hear Dawes assert that human nature and not naval experts should steer disarmament talks. Prime Minister MacDonald says Britain and the United States seek world peace and reject final offers, while Dawes pushes statesmen to initiate a new disarmament policy with naval input coordinated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Great Britain
United States
Charlea G. Dawes
Pilgrims’ Society
Ramsay MacDonald
Lossiemouth
Scotland
MacDonald
Dawes
Forres
Washington
U.S
Hoover
Charles G. Dawes
Hugh 8. Gibson
Geneva
Gibson
League of Nation
Cortland Boy Injured in Market Street Car Crash
Francis Horan youngest son of Mr and Mrs Pat Horan residing near Cortland was slightly injured when the Ford coupe he was driving struck a telephone pole in front of the K M store on Market street. He returned home after the city ambulance was called. The pole was broken and the front of the car damaged considerably.
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Cortland
Francis Horan
Pat Horan
Market Street
Weather Outlook for Illinois Tonight and Thursday
Mostly fair weather will prevail tonight and Thursday. Thunderstorms possible this afternoon or tonight in the extreme south portion. Temperature changes expected to be minimal.
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Albert Stephens
Los Angeles
San Gabriel Dam
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Ed Allen
Judge Stephens
Alfred Dennis
Roy Dowds
Los Angeles Reclamation Projects
Snook
Henry Virkula
West Coast
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Admiralty
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Brazil
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