Wilson faces full penalty for alleged auto theft
The Northern Illinois Finance company seeks the full penalty against E A Wilson, accused of stealing a Ford with $89.90 remaining on payments. Wilson, last seen four months ago, traveled from Iowa to Colorado and Milwaukee before Sheriff Crawford tracked him to a Blackwell lumber camp in Wisconsin. He will be brought before the county court Monday on charges of stealing the automobile.
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Northern
I Is Finance Company
E. A. Wilson
T. BE. ‘Courtney
Wilson
Ford
Iowa
Colorado
Milwaukee
DeKal
COI
Edwin Rayworth to Travel to England in July
Edwin Rayworth plans a world trip for Apollo and Company after returning to DeKalb from Yale. With tariff changes aiding foreign violin piano competition, plans are tentative for mid July departure as the business expands in Australia and New Zealand. Meanwhile a public auction begins June 28 to close out stock at Henaughans. A bell ringing event is set for July 1 at First Lutheran Church.
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Edwin Rayworth
DeKalb
Yale
King
Apollo Ano Company
England
Edwin
Apollo Company
Australia
New Zealand
Motter
Henaughans
Woodcrafter Indian Program Promised By Shabbania Tribe
The Shab bana Woodcrafters present the last public performance of the season at DeKalb Township High School Auditorium tonight. The program features a prologue Call to Council a series of dances including Animal mimicry the fox dance Hoop dance preparation for war and War dance as well as Song of Triumph and The Red Bird with Chief Maunotuck Poiaketa and Clark Countryman billed in major roles with an Omaha Tribal Prayer at the end.
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DeKalb Township High School
Clark
Creosoting Plant Considered by Three Railroads Near DeKalb
Railroad representatives from Chicago & North Western, Chicago Great Western, and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul inspected land east of State Road 23 north of the CS&P tracks on the Sycamore road for a potential creosoting plant for railroad ties. About 40 acres would be used mainly for storage, with no aid requested from local clubs. Creosote treatment involves heating wood in a sealed chamber and injecting oil through a heated process.
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Chicago & North Western
Chicago Great Western
Chicago, Milwaukee and
DeKalb
DeKalb to Exhibit at Illinois Products Exposition in Chicago
DeKalb with the Chamber of Commerce will be represented at the Illinois Products Exposition at the American Exposition Palace Chicago October 9 to 18. Apollo Piano Co will take a complete booth and Nehring Electrical Works and Teachers College may display products. Booths for DeKalb are three sections near the main lobby.
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DeKalb
Chamber of Commerce
Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
Apollo Piano Company
Teachers College
Nehring Electrical Works
DeKalb Concern
Illinois
Chambers
Ilinois Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Board of Governors
Peoria
Danville
Champaign
Joliet
Aurora
Sycamore
Tire Race On South First Involving Wes Concidine
Wes Concidine, a night desk man at the police station, witnessed a peculiar race on South First Street where a Ford tire rolled ahead of his car. Investigators found the tire had slipped off the Ford’s rear wheel while patients at the city hospital watched from the porch.
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Wes Concidine
South First Street
Wes
Auto Mishaps From Left Hand Turns on Lincoln Highway
Several city auto accidents yesterday were caused by left hand turns on Lincoln Highway. A Dodge touring car owned by a Carlson on Lewis Street collided with a Corsial Ford at Fifth Street with a broken front wheel and a damaged radiator on the Ford. A second crash at Second Street involved a colored tourist and Evans Peterson. no damage reported, though the tourist car reportedly had defective brakes.
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Lincoln Highway
Ford
Carlson Boea
Lewis Street
Fifth Street
Evans Peterson
Second Street
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Kiwanis Party Expected Home In Few Weeks
A DeKalb party associated with Kiwanis will return to the city soon after the Fourth of July. They have attended the Kiwanis convention in Denver and are touring the state. A planned visit will follow with Mr. and Mrs. George Hobbs of Baker, Montana. Mrs. Hobbs is Belle Embree, sister of B. E. Embree. The Hobbs ranch lies about 65 miles from Baker.
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E. E Embree
Belle Embree
B. E. Embree
Mrs. Hobbs
Baker
Offic
Police Seek Two Chicago Boys in Durant Four Theft
Police in this city were urged yesterday to watch for two Chicago youths described as tall and short and wanted for the theft of a Durant Four touring car. DeKalb officials had no trace yet, after a telegram noted the pair’s departure from Chicago the previous morning. A search of nearby camping ground at Annies Woods followed, though telegram details offered limited description besides height.
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Chicago
DeKalb
Annies’ Woods
Funeral for J Cherwinski Held at St Mary's Church
Funeral services were held this morning at St Mary's Church for J Cherwinski who died late Monday afternoon after several weeks illness at St Mary's Hospital. A resident for 22 years, he came to the city from Lithuania and worked at the American Steel and Wire plant until illness forced retirement.
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J. Cherwinski
St. Mary’s
St. Mary's Church
Cherwinski
Lithuania
Etiquette Tips and Car Crash Advice From The Chronicle
The Chronicle discusses etiquette books and their claims, then offers a humorous car crash guidance piece. It suggests judging drivers, assuming fault, and directing offenders to a dealer while outlining a mock dialogue about repairs. The text blends social etiquette with automotive accident chatter.
Plane Nose Dives in DeKalb Field
Two DeKalb youths using an improvised aircraft damaged 25 fence posts and a doudle lane fence while attempting to fly at the Joe Baum gemper farm near the teachers college. The plane halted nose-down, tangled a fence, and required horses to remove it. no injuries reported though several parts were broken.
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DeKalb
Joe Baumgemper
Teachers College
100 Hour Non Stop Run In Progress By Sawyer & Son
Sawyer and Son, dediers of the Chevrolet, staged a 1004 hour non stop motor run attracting city attention. The vehicle left DeKalb on day one, nesting at 24 hours and completing its fifth lap with about 450 miles on the speedometer. Muddy roads near Kingston and Kirkland caused some trouble, but the car kept going and the engine has not been stopped since departure. The run is to finish Sunday noon.
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Sawyer & Son, Dediers
Chevrolet
Mats Te
Wechinte
DeKalbleon
Hay
Kingston
Kirkland
Storm Delays Trains Bound for Chicago
East bound trains through the city ran on regular schedule after two days of lateness caused by heavy rain and wind storms in the west. Tuesday and Wednesday saw several hours late arrivals, with little damage to company lines reported beyond broken telegraph poles and steel debris on tracks.
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Chicago
American missionary Cunningham killed by stray bullet in Kweilen
United Press reports that a U S missionary named Cunningham was killed by a stray bullet during recent fighting at Kweilen in Pekin China. All other Americans at Kweilen are safe. The notice confirms the casualty amid ongoing hostilities.
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United Press
Pekin China
Legation
Cunningham
Kweilen
Ford Paper on Colonel Fabyan Cryptologist in Ford Paper
Fort Dearborn Independent features Colonel George Fabyan of Riverbank Estate Geneva in an interview rich with details on his sound laboratory said to be the world’s finest and his World War II era cryptology school for U S Intelligence officers. The June 28 issue carries the piece.
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Fabyan
United States Intelligence Department
Scandinavian Bell Ringers at First Lutheran Church
Five acclaimed Scandinavian bell ringers, praised by music critics as among the best in the country, perform next Tuesday evening at the First Lutheran church under the Swedish Mission church. The group, renowned in Chicago and other cities, is noted for being the only quintet in the nation to play on 125 bells. They recently delighted audiences at Brown University in Providence and were hailed as the season’s top musical entertainers.
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First Lutheran Church
Chicago
Brown University
Providence
R. L
Third Street Crossing Repair Underway in DeKalb
DeKalb residents will see traffic improvements as Northwest ern railroad crews fix the Third Street crossing and plan to address other city crossings, including First and Seventh streets, after completing the work. Meanwhile Augustana Male Quartette appears at DeKalb Theatre on Friday June 27 with The Code of the Sea featuring Jacquelin Logan and Rod La Rocque. show starts at 8:00 p m with one performance.
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Northwestern Railroad
South Third Street
DeKalb
Augustana
DeKalb Theatre
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Code of the Sea
Jacquelin Logan
Rod la Rocque
Jonly
Woman leads first at Democratic national convention
Madison Square Garden June 26 opened its third session under a woman’s leadership for the first time in the party’s history. Miss May Kennedy, elected first vice chairman, gave a brief keynote as the New York delegation rose in support after Franklin D. Roosevelt praised Al Smith.
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United Press
Madison Square Garden
N. Y
Walsh
William W. Porter
May Kennedy
Bronx
Miss Kennedy
al Smith
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smith
Madison Square
C '. Walsh
George C. Moore
Madison Avenue Baptist Church
National Committee
Committee On Platform and Resolutions
Joseph Collins
Board of Aldermen
Alaska
Massachusetts
Connectictat
New Jersey
Ilinois
Mito
Rhode Istant
Wiscons
Bonasylvania
Nevada
Vermont
Dakota
Hawaii
Iowa
Bedlam
Jones
N. Yu
McAdoo
Colorado
Sweet
Connecticut
Thi
Des Tions
McAdoosta
Summer church service plan shifts to evening and one church
A city churches plan a summer schedule starting June 1 with no Sunday morning services for five weeks. Evening services will rotate among Methodist First Baptist Swedish Congregational and First Lutheran churches. From August 3 to 31 both morning and evening services will be held in one of the five churches with each pastor directing.
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Methodist
E. G. Winstedt
First Baptist
E. W. Magnusson
F. W. Field
U. Hammitt
First Lutheran
Frank Webster
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Poinaketa
Mattie Leticia
Edgar Bagg
Willard Wirtz
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Storm Cloud
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Kiwanis Party
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Chronicle
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Jouer
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