Rotary Circus Benefits Scout Camp Efforts in DeKalb County
Rotary club event at DeKalb High School drew a large crowd for a youth talent show to fund Camp Rotary MacQueen improvements. Scouts from multiple troops performed including Indian pageants and parodies while Girl Scouts from Sycamore and Genoa groups contributed. Receipts are estimated around $300 to repair the dining hall, install sewage and water systems, and fund other vital camp upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Finnish Lutheran Church
Cap
Waterman
Methodist Church
DeKalb Rotary Club
Camp
Rotary-MacQueen
Shabbona
Plano
P. L. Smith
Rotary Club
Rotarians
Washing Taken From Line At Ed Smith Home
A large portion of the laundry on South Fourth Street at the E N Smith residence was stolen overnight. Thieves took many better articles including men shirts underwear and night shirts as well as a pair of rubbers from a rear porch nearby. Neighbors suspect a vagrant to blame for the nighttime thefts.
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E. N. Smith
South Fourth Street
Carbondale Store Battles Blaze. $120,000 Stock Hit
Firefighters from Carbondale and Murphysboro extinguished a major blaze at Phillips Supply Co. furniture and hardware store after $20,000 damage and about $100,000 in stock were lost. Dense smoke hampered efforts as bed clothing mattresses and furniture burned late yesterday.
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Carbondale, II
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Phillips Supply Co
Former Clerk Blames Probation in Embezzlement Case
Calvin Blattner, former Madison County clerk, admitted to one year probation after pleading guilty in federal court to embezzling bank funds. Dr. W R Michael named probation officer. Blattner fled with about $13,000 in 1927 from First National Bank of Granite City and repaid roughly $12,000 after returning from Denver.
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Springfield
Ill
Calvin Blattner
Highland
Madison County
Louis Fitzhenry
W. R. Michael
Blattner
First National Bank of
Granite City
Denver
Colo
George Smith Granted Divorce in DeKalb County Court
George W. Smith, formerly of this city and now in Chicago, was granted a divorce from Mrs. Angela Quinn Smith last Monday in DeKalb county circuit court. Judge William J. Fulton of Sycamore presided. desertion was cited in both suits. Mrs. Smith resides in this city.
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George W. Smith
Chicago
Angela Quinn Smith
DeKalb County
Ludge William J. Fulton
Sycamore
Bobby Jones leads National Open after third round at Winged Foot
Bobby Jones moved to the front at Winged Foot with a 71 in the third round, totaling 215 after 54 holes. Gene Sarazen and Al Espinosa battled as Jones stretched his lead to three strokes over Sarazen and four over Espinosa. Sarazen was eliminated in the fourth round after a rough late stretch.
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Winged Foot Golf Club
Mamaroneck
N. Y
U.R
Bobby Jones
Gene Sarazen
al Eswosa
Teaters Uip
Jonez
Sarazen
Espirmosa
Jones
Espinosa
Gene
Shute
Bobby
Robby
Lost Plane Safe Today Amid Atlantic Rescue
Spanish Commander Ramon Franco and three crew were rescued by the British carrier Eagle after an overwater flight from Gibraltar to the Azores. They reported fuel exhaustion 40 miles from Fayal and were picked up at dawn near Santa Maria. The return to safety was confirmed as the Eagle planned to reach port by midweek.
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London
APK
Ramon Franco
Spain
Azores
Fayal
Horta
Admiralty
Eagle
Franco
Alcazares Airdrome
Cartagena
Cape Vincent
Gibraltar
Cape St_ Vincente
St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
United Press
Greenwich
Santa Maria
U.P
Spanish Sea
Mysterious airplane lands near Annie Glidden corner
A plane touched down in a field near the Annie Glidden corner and a man tossed two bags before fleeing in a waiting car driven by a DeKalb bus driver. Police traced the driver who refused to name his passenger, Wright was identified as the traveler aboard the plane headed toward Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Glidden
DeKalb
Bob Benson
Sterling
Mr. Wright
Chicago
Lowman’s Prohibition Role Faces Shakeup in White House
Washington reports President Hoover considering a shift in enforcement machinery after sensational prohibition stories. Seymour Lowman, assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of prohibition, may resign or be replaced within 80 days. no dismissal has been confirmed.
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Washington
Stuyvesant Fish
New York
Baltimore
Henry Virkula
Minnesota
U.P
Seymour Lowman
Treasury
Prohibition Bureau
Doran
White House
Mellon
Treasury Department
Lowman
James M. Doran
Hoover
Sister of Mrs Parks Dies in Western State
Mrs. Franz Parks learned of the death of her sister Mrs Henry Roberts formerly a nurse at Presbyterian Hospital Chicago and later a school nurse in Rockford Illinois Her remains will be brought to Rockford for burial with services planned Wednesday and expected attendance from DeKalb friends.
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Parks
Western State
Franz Parks
Henry Roberts
Long Beach
Calif
Roberts
Presbyteran Hospital
Chicago
Rockford
Minnegan Passes Away After Prolonged Illness
James F. Minnegan 64 of Sycamore died after a gangrene infection led to leg amputation and unsuccessful surgery. Funeral at St Marys Sycamore Monday 9:30 AM with interment Genoa. Survived by wife Margaret and five children including Floyd and Clarence. siblings Mary Wiltse and Martha Shuey. Born 1865 in Afton Center, long time resident of the area.
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James F. Minnegan
Sycamore Hospital
Minnegan
Mr. Minnegan
Margaret Coffey
Ira Wyke
Robert Young
Floyd
Clarence Minnegan
Belvidere
M. J. Donlin
Sycamore
Mary Wiltse
DeKalb
Martha Shuey
Mingo
Iowa
Former Chums May Race Over The Atlantic
A trans Atlantic race between aviators Parker D. Cramer and Bert R. Hassell looms as they plan to fly from Rockford to Copenhagen then to Stockholm. The pair previously endured a forced Greenland landing last August in the Great Rockford aircraft.
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Rockford
U.P
Stockholm
Sweden
Parker D
Shorty” Cramer
Clarion
Penn
Chicago Tribune
Bert R. J. Hassell
Copenhagen
Hassell
Cramer
Greenland
Europe
Miss Minneapolis Abandons Endurance Flight Record Try
With under 21 hours to go the Miss Minneapolis ended its long endurance flight after an oil line leak forced the crew to abandon the attempt. Owen Haughland Thorward Johnson reported a leak at Wold-Chamberlain Field as the plane had logged more than 150 hours aloft.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Owen Haughland Thorward
Thunder) Johnson
Wold-Chamberlain Field
Roosevelt Field
N. P
W.P
Martin Jensen
William Uldrich
City Judge Powers Limited In Contempt Case
Sheriff Grant Minor refused to produce Morris Mansfield before Elgin city court for bail hearing. Judge M Niehaus upheld the sheriff’s contempt, discharging him by writ after habeas corpus blocked Elgin transfer. Niehaus ruled city court jurisdiction is confined to its own city and cannot reach outside.
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Peoria
U.P
Grant Minor
Morris Mansfield
Frank E.shopen
City Court of
Elgin
M. Niehaus
Niehaus
Minor
Scopen
Hawks Set New Records In Transcontinental Flight
Mrs. Frank Hawks signaled her husband’s arrival at Roosevelt Field as he set two world speed records by flying Los Angeles to New York and return in record times. The journey included a collision with a fence on landing, causing damage but not delaying the overall record run.
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Roosevelt Field
Frank Hawks
Hawks
Los Angeles
Continent
Insurance Policy Enters High Profile Hardinge Livingston Case
A $25,000 life insurance on Ann Livingston was introduced in the Hardinge Livingston breach of promise case in Chicago. Franklin D. Hardinge testified Livingston asked him to obtain the policy with her mother as beneficiary and claimed she had passed the medical exam. The court heard a chambers session obscuring details and speculation arose that Livingston might be ineligible for the policy.
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Chicago
U.P
Ann Livingston
Hardinge-Livingston
Franklin D. Hardinge
Miss Livingston
Hardinge
Denver
Tulsa
Ann
Josephine Brand
Helen Robinson
Helen
John Bussian
Masons Move Toward Building New City Temple
DeKalb Masonic Temple Association formed in Springfield with incorporators James Darnell Frank E W Wagiey Claus Collin and H W McEwen The group aims to manage lodge property and push rapid plans for a new temple on the present site amid concerns over the old building's condition Mrs Haish gifted funds and quarters for the lodge and a building committee previously urged demolishing the current structure
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Springfield
DeKalb Masonic Temple Association
James Darnell
Frank E. W. Frank Wagiey
Claus Collin
H. W. McEwen
Masonic Lodge
DeKalb Masonic Lodges
Jodse
Masonic Fraternity
Jacob Haish
Merchants Weigh Fall Festival Plan At Luncheon
The Merchant Division of the Chamber of Commerce is considering a fall festival. A committee of James Sawyer H E Secor and Allan Buckaloo was appointed to study the idea and report later. The group will outline the program and assess feasibility, with other topics discussed but no action taken on the festival.
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The
Chronicle
Chamber of Commerce
Moon
James Sawyer
H. E. Secor
Allan Buckaloo
Man Dies After Refusal to Halt as Deputy Fires
Albert Westrope 21 dies in Pekin hospital from a gunshot fired by Deputy Fred Gleich during a pursuit at Springlake township. Westrope, wanted for automobile theft, fled from John Beals’ home and ignored orders to halt, prompting the deputy to fire.
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Pekin, NL
Albert Westrope
Pekin
Fred Gleich
Westrope
John Beals
Springlake Township
Weather Summary for Illinois and Central Plains
Weather outlook notes fair tonight in Illinois with a slight warming trend in the north. Sunday will be partly cloudy with possible local showers or thunderstorms. Washington report dated June 13 1929 forecasts moderate temperatures early July 1 to 6 with warmer midweek and cooler end. chances of showers Wednesday and Saturday across the Great Lakes region and upper Mississippi Valley.
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Mlinois
Sumiay
Washington
Great Lake
Mississippi
Jows
Missouri
Crear Plains
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Mates
Ed Smith
George Smith
Bulletin
J. Minnegan
Atlantic
Owen Haithland
Thorward
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