De Kalb Water Works Study Endorsed by Chamber
The Chamber of Commerce backs a city water works reorganization and appointing a qualified municipal engineer to run the water department. The plan followed a chamber inquiry and council survey showing cooperation counts and current meter usage, with the mayor to hire subject to council approval. The effort targets improved efficiency and professional management of city water supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber Flas
DeKalb
Department of Public Works
DeKath
Dante
Snook Dies for Murder in Ohio State Prison
Columbus reports Dr. James Monard Snook executed for the murder of Theora Hix, Ohio State University student. The ceremony occurred at 7 10 pm in a steel-studded cell, with a private burial at Greenlawn cemetery at dawn. Witnesses included his widow Helen Marple Snook and several relatives. The execution followed a final meal of chicken dinner as described by prison staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
James Monard Snook
Hig
Alicit Sweethart
Theora Hix
Ohio State
Ity
Payricans
Snook
Greenlawn
Ohio State University
Helen Marple Snook
Isaac Miller
Chamber Urges Quick Tariff Action by Congress
The Chamber of Commerce voted yesterday to urge Congress and local district and state lawmakers to hasten passage of tariff schedules deemed advisable. The resolution aligns with nationwide Chamber action and followed a well attended meeting chaired by Past President Elmer E Embree in President E J Raymond and Vice President James Brown's absence. The chamber also considered the water works system report shown on page one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Chamber of Commerce
E. J. Raymond
James Brown
Elmer E. Embree
Reds Ready for Drive
New York reports police broke up a communist demonstration at City Hall arresting two women and one man after dispersing a large crowd mostly youths. Demonstrators chanted protests to Mayors Walker against police brutality and unemployment. Young Pioneers of America aided by unions claimed support. Police used force as several were injured and cuffed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
City Hall
Shouti
James J. Walker
Young Pioneers of America
the Needle Trades Union
Hgirt
Jal Res
LP Department of Justice
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
St. Louis
Illinois State Teachers College Tourney action heats finals night
Macomb crushed DeKalb 40 to 22 as Carbondale beat Old Normal 22 to 17, securing a final against either DeKalb or Macomb. Finals set for 8 09 pm with Leathernecks Beedle Ewing and Gribsby the top scorers amid tense crowd responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKalb
Carbondale
Ilinois State Teachers College
Macomb
Hansen
Leathernecks
Evans
Beedle
Ewing
Gribsby
Lakin
Mustapha
Christenson F
Swanson
Dudley
Reed
Stromham
Landers
Kittleson
Maxwell
Grigsby
Anderson F
Ewing c . Reibling
G . Churchill
Stone Seed
Alexander
Sonnel Kindle
Wells
Carbondale Trims
Soviet Atheist Drive Is Unique In History
Berlin report by Ed L. Keen examines the Soviet anti religious campaign as a deliberate effort to cultivate a new culture and social order. He describes state backed education art and welfare as tools to outgrow traditional religion, highlighting the youth drive and collective welfare over individual gain. A peasant anecdote from a Ramenskki Kolkhoz illustrates the changing attitudes toward faith under communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed L. Keen
United Press For Europe
Russia
Berlin
Keen
Moscow
U.P
Praskovia Stepanovna
Ramenskki
Two Chicago Officials Die in Gas Confined Rooms
In Chicago Heights, former police chief Lasmily Cassidy and judge James M. Feron were found dead in gas-filled rooms after disappearing since Thursday. Cassidy had led a village cleanup and was missing since Thursday. Feron’s disappearance was reported by Oak Park officials. Mrs Feron cited ill health from overwork as a factor in the judge’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Heights
James
James M. Feron
Oak Park
Cuowaru Lasmily
John Brick
Cassidy
Brick
Feron
Oak Park Board
Charles H. Chrysler
City Council Plans Regular March Meeting Tuesday Night
The city council schedules its regular March session for Tuesday night the first of the month. Preparations are routine, but committee reports are expected to be unusually significant. A Chamber of Commerce communication on the water system will be read during the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Special Chamber
Secretary To Hoover To Be Main Speaker
George Akerson, one of President Hoover's private secretaries, will be the principal speaker at the John Ericsson Republican League of Illinois convention in Moline on March 10. The lineup includes Governor Emmerson, Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom, Senator De neon, and State Senators Carlson and Chindbram. DeKalb members met to arrange fifteen reservations at the auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
George Akerson
Herbert Hoover
John Ericsson
DeKalb
Aobudl
Granite City Gangsters To Be Driven Out
In Granite City Illinois an indignation meeting drew 300 residents to condemn local gang activity and racketeering. Speakers urged drastic cleanup measures after the Charles Pershall kidnapping. a permanent chairman and a 25 member committee were formed to back an independent sheriff candidate in the April 8 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite City
U.K
Madison County
Charles W. Pershall
William Champion
Hearing Set on Pickwick Greyhound Bus Franchise
The Illinois Commerce Commission will hear March 10 in Chicago the Pickwick Greyhound plan to operate buses on state route 64 from Chicago to Sycamore then Route 23 to DeKalb. Sycamore and St Charles officials back the extension. The company aims to use the Insull Chicago to St Charles franchise and its Sycamore to DeKalb rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Commerce Commission
Chicago
Pickwick-Greyhound Bus Company
Sycamore
DeKalb
Sycamore and
St. Charles
Insull
Plane sets world altitude record at 33500 feet
George W. Haldeman, a trans Atlantic flyer, piloted the Bellanca Pacemaker to 33,500 feet at Bellanca field, breaking the previous 25,700 foot mark. The test lasted one hour sixteen minutes with a 300 horsepower Wright engine, conducted by the commerce department and the NAA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Bellanca Field
George W. Haldeman
trans-Atlantic Flier
Bellanca
Martin Jensen
United States Department of Commerce
National Aeronautical Association
Haldeman
Wright
Kansas Set for Large Wheat Crop This Year
Topeka March 1 Kansas stands to yield a big wheat crop if crop losses are avoided J E Jarrell head of the agricultural department of the Santa Fe railroad reports Kansas has the largest wheat acreage on record and expects less abandonment than usual indicating favorable conditions for a strong harvest.
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Topeka
Kan
U.K
Kansas
J. E. Jarrell
Agricultural Department of the
Santa Fe Railroad
Jarrell
Weather outlook for Great Lakes March 3 to 8
Mostly fair tonight and Sunday with a cold wave and temperatures up to 10 degrees above. Cold Monday followed by a slow rise in temperatures for most of the week with fair skies and likely precipitation by midweek.
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Millnois
Great Lakes
Coalition Wins Fight in Senate Tariff Debate
Senator Goff accused the Democratic West Virginia coalition of manhandling the Hawley Smoot tariff bill and slashing rate provisions in a ruthless bid to rewrite industrial duties. He named Republican defectors, alleged secret amendments, and warned the coalition aimed to jam through changes while blocking oil and lumber duties from the free list. The insurgent list highlighted a continuing battle over tariff policy and party alignment in the chamber.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Goff
Rep
W. Va
Gott
Toug
West Virginian
Blaine
Wis
Borah
Idaho
Brookhart
Cutting
N. M
Frazier
N. D
Howell
Ned
LaFollette
McMaster
S. D
Norbeck
Nye
Pine
Okla
Balcom Woman Dies After Long Illness at Malta Lineage
Mrs Balcom 76 died at home of son Henry C Balcom 430 North Eighth Street after four weeks of serious illness. Born Indiana June 15 1853 she moved with parents to Malta as a child and married Albert J Balcom who died four years ago. She leaves two sons Henry and George and three grandchildren Albert J Ellen Alberta Leon. Funeral Sunday at 2 00 pm from Advent Christian church with Malta cemetery burial.
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Albert J. Balcom
Henry
George
Minnesota
Albert J
Ellen
Alberta Leon
Advent Christian Church
Malta
Explosion ends five hour siege at Floehr home
In Defiance Ohio a 60 year old escaped lunatic, after killing his wife, barricaded himself and wounded three police and civilians. A dynamite charge blew up the house ending the siege. two bystanders were wounded and Floehr was killed.
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Mar
No Man’s Land
Hubert Floehr
Floehr
William
Elxe
Petersburg
W. Va
Karl Waesner
Waener
Fort Wayne
Ind
Newell Littlefield
Defiance College
William Chappel
Toledo Fees
Defiance
Ohio National Guard
Fluehr
Taft Rally Shows Slight Improvement Amid Illness
Washington March 1 Taft, weakened by a long illness doctors say could bring death soon, spoke briefly today and showed a slight rise in blood pressure. Dr. Claytor and Dr. Hagner reported Taft was holding his own with little change since this morning. Only temporary improvement expected, as the 73-year-old former president and chief justice battles exhaustion and grief after his brother Charles F P Taft's death. Three family members remain at his bedside in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
William Howard Taft
Thomas Claytor
Taft
Claytor
R. Francis Hagner
Hagner
Helen Taft Manning
Andert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Fellowship of Prayer Devotions To Run Lent Through Easter
The daily devotions of The Fellowship of Prayer for 1930 will be published during Lent from March 5 to Easter April 20. The movement, under the Federal Council of Churches, aims to deepen spiritual life and unite worship across denominations. The preface highlights a 1900th Pentecost anniversary theme with focus on “Coming to Terms with Life,” stressing religion as a means to good living and the Light of the World guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship of Prayer
Commission On Evangelism and Life Service
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Charles L. Goodell
New York
N. Y
Federal Council
Jay Y
Pilgrim Congregation
Church
St. Louis, Mo
Whitsunday
Stocking
God
Boy Scouts Honored in Chief Shabbona Area Ceremony
About 150 scouts from the Chief Shabbona area council attended a ceremony at the American Stent Welfare building where 114 merit badges plus eight star badges and other honors were awarded. Recipients included Reino Makela, Kauno Saari, and Arthur Johnson of DeKalb, with Scout Executive Ralph Tastad leading the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shabbona Area Council
American Stent Welfare
C. L. Street
St. Alban's School
Sycamore
M. C. Hayes
Frwin Osenberg
Ralph Tastad
Davis Junction
Rochelle
Shabbona
Hincksley
DeKalb
Reino Makela
Kauno Saari
Arthur Johnson
Carl Koski
Byron Hayes
Rowland Erkland
Keith Herrmann
Clairley Shabbona
Raymond Is
Burton Foster
Raymond Haas
Ue Johnson
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William Hyde
Corncil Water Works
Cleora Hix
Mientes
Poss & Eleuss
Chamber
REDS
Domingo
Ozama
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Charles B. Curtis
Lower
John M. Cabot
Boston
Amer
Ican
Puerto Plata
la Vega
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Nae Ee Eee
Coalition
BOY Scouts
Chief Shabbona
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