Hoover nears picks for new federal farm board
President Hoover nears completion of an eight member federal farm board to oversee a 150 million dollar revolving fund for agricultural relief. Among likely members are Charles Robertson Los Angeles former Secretary of Justice Jardine Samuel Ivie and Sam Thompson of the American Farm Bureau. The board will require Senate ratification when it reconvenes August 19.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Congress
Charles Robertson
Los Angles
Mr. Hoover
Juie Jardine
Samuel Ivie
Nebraska
Sam Thompson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Wheat Belt
Minnesota
South
North Dakota
Wisconsin
White House
Norris
Theate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Sune Za
U.n
Cappery
Kansas
McNary
Agriculture Committee
Capper
Confectioner Hurt in Soda Fountain Gas Tank Explosion
Local confectioner suffered a broken leg and body bruises after the gas tank he was charging for a soda fountain exploded. The incident occurred in Conn and left the injured worker receiving treatment.
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Ur— Conn
State to Rest Its Case Soon In Bank Trial
The state expects to rest its case this week in the trial of William E. Gould and Sam D. Burge ex bank officials charged with receiving deposits while the Savings Bank of Kewanee was insolvent. The bank closed September 16, 1927. Testimony covers lands in Canada, bank assets, and a bankruptcy petition. The trial enters its eighth week and may last three more weeks.
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Cambridge. T
William E. Gould
Sam D. Burge
Kewanee Bank
Savings Bank of Kewanee
William R. Johnston
Canada
Gould
Burge
W. E. Koppitz
Divorce suit for retiring college head
Dr. Clarence Cook Little, retiring president of the University of Michigan, sues his wife Katherine for divorce in Ashtenaw County Circuit Court. Married May 1911, they have two sons and a daughter. Hearing set for August 20. incompatibility and cruelty charged. Little had left for Mt. Desert for cancer research.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Clarence Cook Little
University of Michigan
Katherine
Ashtenaw Circuit Court
Little
Mt. Desert
Littles
Slate Fall In Mine Kills One Injures Two
A slate fall at Somerville mine number two killed Elmer Por, 46, instantly. Paul Mullins, 38, suffered serious injuries and Doris Powers was lightly hurt. Mullins was hospitalized in Evansville.
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Somerville
Ind
Elmer Por
Francisco
Paul Mullins
Evansville
Doris Powers
Sheriff Minor hauled into court over attachment
Deputy Sheriff George Jones served a writ of attachment on Sheriff Minor in Peoria demanding his appearance in Elgin court. A habeas corpus writ freed Minor from custody, with a hearing set for Saturday, while Mansfield’s case before Judge Shopen continued, and Minor faced contempt for not obeying orders.
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Peoria
Minor
George Jones
Kane County
Elgin
Til
Morris Mansfield
Frank Shopen
Mansweig
Shopen
State Supreme Court
Mansfield
Jones
U.P
Frank Shbpen
Burns Returns to Georgia Chain Gang to Finish Sentence
Robert Elliott Burns, after seven years free and running a magazine business, reported to a Georgia chain gang to complete a six to ten year term. He returned voluntarily as extradition challenges were dropped and he sought gubernatorial clemency.
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Chicago
U.R
Robert Elliott Burns
Burns
Georgia
Huntington Death Is Added To Unsolved Ones
Hartford reports coroner Joo bert Calhoun concluded the death of Walter Treadway Huntington Harvard student of Windsor remains unsolved. He said the inquiry closes with the finding that Huntington was shot in a swamp and he was forced to conclude the death was self inflicted or a probable suicide.
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Huntington
Hartford
Com
U.P
Walter Treadway Huntington
Harvard
Windsor
Joebert Calhoun
First trans ocean plane to London telephone link demonstrated
London telephony with a plane above Hadley Field marked the first public test of air to ground to London communication. Webb Miller and Julius Frandsen reported the event while exchanging news on Strongheart and the English Channel wreck.
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London
U. S
Julius Frandsen
United Press
Bell
Strongheart
Hadley
New York
Bell Company
Miller
Sehenert
Uri
Air Ministry
English Channel
Bell Laboratory
Whippany
N. J
Atlantic Radio
Lawrenceville
Belfast
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Bell Telephone Laboratories Systems
Fist Fight Ends in Death of Chicago Boy
A fatal fist fight between two 15 year old schoolboys follows a feud at Bryant school. Harry Heavilin, 16, died after a stomach blow. Roy Stokes is held pending an inquest. The dispute began when Stokes, a junior traffic patrol member, refused Heavilin crossing the street.
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Windy City
Chicago
Harry Heavilin
Roy Stokes
Stokes
Bryant School
Heavilin
Ford tri motored plane flies DeKalb to Detroit in record time
Pilot Quinn threads fog at 4000 feet as a Ford tri motor completes DeKalb to Detroit in three hours and fifteen minutes. Passengers include Perrie Still Walter Masterson Forrest Andrews Frank Balthis George Kirby and Francis Quinn. Kirby and Quinn return to DeKalb by train arriving noon. Masterson and Balthis stay in Detroit for the week.
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Chicago
Niles
Mich
Quinn
Ford
DeKalb
Detroit
Perrie Still
Walter Masterson
Forrest Andrews
Frank Balthis
George Kirby
Francis Quinn
Masterson
Balthis
Home Brew Blamed for Country Club Robbery Spree
Confessions from five youths arrested in Thompson Lake and Midland Hills Country Clubs robberies blame home brew for drunken spree. They admit breaking into three summer homes, stealing liquor and valuables, then holding dances at parties. Suspects include Windall Kane, Byford Hall, Kern Batsford, Ralph Choisser, and Robert Cze ment. Kane and Hall suspended from Southern Illinois Teachers College. Bond set at 1000 each. loot estimated at 304 to 400 dollars. burglary carries up to life in Illinois.
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Carbondale
Thompson Lake
Midland Hills
Fletcher Lewis
Jackson County
Windall Kane
Herrin
Byford Hall
Kern Batsford
Ralph Choisser
Eldorado
Robert Czement
Harrisburg
Liberty
Kane
Hall
Southern Tilmais Teachers’ College
Lewis
Illinois
George Dodd
Freeburs
Everett
Halbert
School board names panel to pick successor at Illinois Northern Teachers College
Springfield bulletin reports the normal school board appointed a committee headed by State Superintendent Francis G. Blair to select a new president for Illinois Northern Teachers College after J. C. Brown resigned at the end of the academic year.
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Springfield
U.P
Normal School Board
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Francis G. Blair
J. C. Brown
Ilinois
Hawks Plan New York City Start For Record Flight
Frank Hawks prepared for a one stop New York to Los Angeles round trip with weather signals ready at East St. Louis and Parks Airport. A gas tank leak delayed departure, and 50 mph head winds from the mid west kept Hawks in Los Angeles overnight before resuming toward New York.
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Hawks
New York City
East St. Louis
U.R
Aptain
Frank Hawks
Sym Paris
Pita
Tod Op
New York
Los Angeles
East
St. Louis
Til
U.P
Capt
Parks Airport
Lockheed Air Express
Middle West
Duty On Linseed Oil Raised By Hoover Proclamation
President Hoover issued a proclamation increasing the duty on linseed oil from 3.3 to 3.7 cents per pound. The rate applies to raw boiled or oxidized linseed oil and takes effect immediately under the tariff act.
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Hoover
Washington
U.P
Love Story Trial Captivates Chicago Court Crowd
Ann Livingstonster testified in a $250000 breach of promise suit against oil magnate Franklin Hardinge. She recounted their romance from a transcontinental train to Chicago social scenes and described his kiss in a fashionable restaurant as he proclaimed her to be his future wife.
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Chicago
U.P
Ann Livingstor
Franklin
Hardinge
Oklahoma
Miss Livingston
Pilot Dies As Tri Motor Crashes Into Houses
A tri motor airplane piloted by Edwin H. Middage crashed into house tops in St. Paul after its engines failed at 700 feet. Middage perished in the fire. Seven passengers including Bryan Meeker Halbert Ames and a three year old boy were seriously burned or injured and rushed to hospital alongside E J Miller who sustained severe burns.
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St. Paul
Minn
UPI
Edwin H
H. G. Foote
Foote
E. J. Miller
Wwacumae
Minneapolis
Auto Crash Near Elburn Injures Amboy Men
Charles Yale and Carl Sarporius of Amboy were injured in an automobile accident near Elburn this morning. Yale suffered a dislocated hip and facial scratches while Sarporius had a broken nose. Both were taken to Glidden Hospital in DeKalb. Yale due to surgery expected to take several days. Yale is a farm advisor living near Amboy. The crash occurred around 8:00 AM.
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Charles’ Yale
Carl Sarporius
Amboy
Elburn
Glidden
DeKalb
Yale
Sarporius
Rebel Leader In Venezuela Taken By Coup
Caracas reports General Jose Rafael Gabaldon and his entire staff have been captured by federal troops after three days of fighting near La Sabanita Portuguesa. The government says the coup was led by Generals Juan Fernandez and Perfecto Crespo and aims to crush the rebellion, with Urbina as a possible next target.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Jose Rafael Gabaldon
Venezuelan Revolutionary Movement
Juan Fernandez
Perfecto Crespo
la Sabanita Portuguesa
Gabaldon
Rafael Simon Urbina
Three State School Boys Caught While Escaping
Three fourteen year old boys Harold Peters of West Allis Wisconsin Ralph Blasi of Kenosha and Roy Sanders of Milwaukee were picked up by state patrol near Malta Wisconsin while fleeing the St. Charles state home west of Wauwatosa. They left the school last Saturday and planned to go to Dix on to seek farm work. They wore overalls and sweaters.
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I. L. Elmendorf
O. N. Larson
Malta
St. Charles
Wauwat- Llosa
Wis
Wisconsin
Harold Peters
West Allis
Ralph Blasi
Kenosha
Roy Sanders
Milwaukee
Firemen Clean And Paint Quarters At The Station
Firemen renovate the station living quarters with new paint and decorating. Both shifts work hard to improve the department home, aiming for a cheerful, clean appearance.
New York Gang Boss Marlow Killed in Flushing Mystery
Police pursue leads in the death of Frank Marlow a night club owner and boxing manager found fatally shot in a Flushing clueing a gang feud. A mysterious girl spoke twelve words over a telephone and vanished. Marlow long known as racketeer and Rothstein associate had moved between Boston and New York and used aliases including Ganolfo Curto.
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New York
U.P
Frank Marlow
Mar‘low
Flushing
Grover Whalen
Manhattan
Arnold Rothstein
Marlow
Hotel Victoria
Frank
Marion
Rothstein
Jack Delaney
Neht
Johnny Wilson
Wilson
Anne Marrone
Mariow
Here
Boston
Massachusetts
Brookline
Massami
Suffolk County
N. Y
Ohio State Athletic Club
de Ross
Ganolfo Curto
Bellport
I. 1
Still Hunt For Missing Spanish Dornier Seaplane
Madrid reports ongoing search for Commander Ramon Franco and three crew aboard Dornier No 16 presumed down in mid Atlantic while a 100 mile northwest Azores drift prompts renewed naval cruiser and seaplane sorties. Italy joins with Lisbon recon flight to aid search.
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Madrid
Azores
Ramon Franco
Atlantic
United States
Cartagena
Spain
Haly
Rome
Italy
Navy
Lisbon
Air Service
Longo
Hoover Hears At First Report On Parley Talks
President Hoover today receives a first hand account of reparations negotiations with American participants meeting at the White House. Attendees include J P Morgan and Co and Morgan partners Owen D Young Thomas W Lamont Nelson Perkins along with State and Treasury officials.
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Hoover
Washington
U.2
White House
State
Treasury Departments
Mra. Hoover
J. P. Morgan
Banking House
J. P. Clorgan and Co
Owen D. Young
Thomas W. Lamont
Police Officer Fights for Life After Gas Disaster Rescue
Patrolman Ernest Staak, among the first at the Cleveland clinic disaster scene, collapsed from gas inhalation while repeatedly entering a gas filled building to carry out victims. He saved 21 people and remains in St Johns hospital in critical condition.
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Cleveland
Ernest Staak
St. Johns Hospital
Staab
Weather Forecast for Wiineis Tonight and Wednesday
Fair tonight and Wednesday with mild warmth. Winds light. Overnight lows around freezing. Wednesday will see a gradual rise in temperatures and sun mixed with wispy clouds. No precipitation expected.
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Europe
Major Hoople
DeKalb Daily Chronicle
Phone 262
Vasaton
Ocean
New Jersey
Columbia River
Pacific Coast
Louis Johnson
Laurel
Home Brew
Bulletin
Pilot
Manhina
Arthur Cramer
John Henn
Sandwich
Joliet
Cramer
Henn
DeKalb County
Aurora
Shabbona
Sie Sn Aie Wong
Hunt
Franco
Wal
Eduardo Gallarza
Gallarza
Morocco
Andalusia
Capes
Portugal
Aymar
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