Bridge Bill Signed Today To Build Savanna Span
President Hoover signed a senate bill authorizing construction and operation of a bridge across the Mississippi near Savanna Illinois, linking Route 64 and aiding Sycamore Cedar Rapids travel. The plan follows Senate approval two weeks earlier and House action on the Omnibus Bill, with work expected after funding.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
N. Denks
F. 3. Stransky
L. N. Miles
John Grandy
Bruce Machen
Mississippi River
Savanna
Missippi River
Sycamore
Cedar Rapids
House
Chamber of Commerce
John G. Cox
Senvitor
Deneen
Oil Company Seeks Rezoning for Tank Plant near Kohler Die Works
An oil company plans to finance a tank station north of the Kohler Die Works and asks the city council to reclassify the site from residential to industrial. It argues the plant will be locally operated with a payroll of about $3,000 initially, doubling within 60 days, and create three to four local jobs. The zoning ordinance committee previously refused the change, fearing it would block a factory’s planned use of the site.
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Oil Company
Finiaice
Kohler Die Works
Banker Talks To Nurses At District Meet
150 registered nurses from the second district of the Illinois Association of Nurses met at Aurora hospital last Saturday. Delegations came from Joliet Geneva Elgin and Aurora, with Verne C Bonesteel president of the First National Bank of Aurora delivering the afternoon address on thrift stressing regular saving and adequate life insurance.
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Ilinois
Aurora Hospital
Joliet
Geneva
Elgin
Aurora
Verne C. Bonesteel
First National Bank of
William Scott Dies in Monticello Ind
Word reached here of the death at his Monticello Indiana home of William Scott former Waterman resident and brother in law of Mrs C B Broughton. He is survived by his widow three daughters and one son. Services expected in Waterman tomorrow afternoon.
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William Scott
Monticello
Ind
Waterman
C. B. Broughton
Mr. Scott
Diamonds, clocks and a brutal farmhouse kidnapping
In Crystal Lake McHenry county, two strangers tortured farmer Ed Tessendorf for a gem they mistook as a fortune. They fired near his wife Ed Tessendorf, bound to a chair, and fled after finding the crystal inside a mantle clock. Authorities believe regional residents staged the crime after hearing exaggerated tale of a $40,000 diamond.
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Crystal Lake
Til
U.P
McHenry County
Ed Tessendorf
Tessendorf
Youth Charged With Theft of Purse of Coin
Aurora youth John Suta and DeKalb youth Harvey Carlson were bound to the grand jury after pleading guilty to larceny in the case of William Dillenburg. Dillenburg said he lost a purse with $26 after riding with the pair who later confessed to hiding the money across the street.
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Aurora Beacon News
John Suta
Aurora
Harvey Carlson
DeKalb
John J. Weber
William Dillenburg
Woodruff Street
Dillenburg
Suta
Carlson
Evelyn Nesbit Aims to Lead New Religion in Public Lectures
Evelyn Nesbit announces plans to lecture on a new religion she calls the religion of wisdom. She says she will appear at a New Orleans venue and views her evangelistic effort as serious, not a publicity stunt, sharing critiques of traditional hell concepts and a focus on a non anthropomorphic deity.
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Evelyn Nesbit
New Orleans
Mable Kelly
Miss
Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Mr. Thaw
America
Mayors Warning as Communists Plan Demonstration
New York City officials pledge immediate suppression of riotous protests after warning lawmakers. Communists press ahead with Thursday Union Square rally while Paris Paris guard and French police prepare to contain unemployment demonstrations. Chicago police announce nationwide readiness with meetings monitored for threats to public order.
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New York
U.R
James J. Walker
Union Square
William Z. Foster
Communist Party of America
Foster
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Wall
Russia
Lin
France
Paris
Primier Andre Tardieu
Ministry of the Interior
Chicago
John Stage J
Stece
J A Collins Dies Suddenly at 26 in Duluth
J A Collins 26 died suddenly at his home in Morgan Park Duluth from stomach complications after two months illness. Born Aug 5 1904 in Penfield Illinois he lived in DeKalb before marriage to Margaret Stewart in 1922. Survived by wife three children mother sister and brother. Body to be shipped to Penfield. funeral Friday at 10 at St Johns church. burial in Penfield Catholic cemetery.
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J. A. Collins
Morgan Park
Duluth
Minnesota Steel
Joseph A. Collins
Penfield
DeKalb
DeKalb Township
Margaret Stewart
Anna Collins
Champaign
Rowell
Patricia
Tressa
D. J. Collins
Mary Collins
St. Annes Hospital
Chicago
Washington Boulevard
St. Johns Church
O'Brien
Penfield Catholic Cemetery
Illinois Weather Outlook Amid Unclear Forecast
Forecast for Illinois tonight and Wednesday is partially cloudy with slight warmth. Weather data is incomplete and uncertain, limiting specifics on temperatures and precipitation.
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Illinois
Floods devastate southwest France killing dozens
French relief efforts expand as torrential rains and melting snow flood the Tarn and Midi regions. Montauban and Castries report multiple drownings while towns like Lavaur suffer widespread property loss. 100,000 francs allocated per department to aid agencies.
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Paris
France
United Press
Montauban
Avignon
Tarn
Castries
Saint Antonin
Lavaur
Insurance Men Will Meet At Streator Soon
Farm insurance agents from several northern Illinois counties will meet at Streator tomorrow to discuss problems relative to their work. The meeting will be held at the Streator Chamber of Commerce office with agents from the area attending. A committee including W. J. Springer Belvidere Mark Hall of Belvidere M Patchett of Kankakee and Perry Keck of Pairbury organized plans.
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Illinois
Streator
Taft Remains Hopeful on Eve of March Fourth
Washington remembers 21 years after Taft's White House entry as doctors report the former president and chief justice comfortable with a moderate nourishment intake. Taft, conscious at a visit, shows resolve while his doctors avoid predicting recovery or decline.
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Mr. Taft
Francis Hagner
Taft
Washington
White House
Francis R. Hagner
Thomas A. Claytor
Robert A. Taft
Hoover
Cincinnati
United States
Conference on Business Held Soon by DeKalb Chamber
DeKalb Champer of Commerce members will travel to Belvidere on March 13 for a district four business conference. Speakers include Mark Fenton on Industrial Expansion of Cities, Robert Kingery on Civic Development, Wayne Hummer presiding Civic Development, Omar H. Wright presiding at the Industrial Development luncheon, with the Pullman Partners Quartet performing. District four covers DeKalb Boone LaSalle Bureau Lee Ogle Winnebago Stephenson Jo Daviess Carroll Whiteside Henry Rock Island and Mercer.
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DeKalb Champer of Commerce
Belvidere
District Four
Mark Fenton
Illinois Central
Robert Kingery
Chicago Regional Planning Association
Wayne Hummer
LaSalle
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Civic Development Group
Omar H. Wright
Pullman Partners Quartet
DeKalb
Boone
Bureau, Lee, Ogle
Winnebago
Stephenson
Jo Daviess
Carroll, Whiteside
Hea- Rock Island
Mercer
Wets Close Their Case in Prohibition Debate
Washington March 4 Walter L Liggett magazine writer reiterates charges of lax enforcement in Kansas to the house judiciary committee as wets rest their case on repeal and modification of the 18th Amendment. Liggett defends himself against Kansas Attorney General Smith and cites letters from Kansans including Myra McHenry of Wichita the Mother of Prohibition. Smith and Liggett are to face off before the committee on the Sabath repeal resolution.
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Washington
U.R
Walter L. Liggett
Kansas
House Judiciary Committee
Graham
Smith
Higgett
Rep. Linthicum
Dem
M4d
Stewart Paton
Baltimore
Liggett
Frazier
N. D
Capae
Myra McHenry
Wichita
Senate Agriculture Committee Delays Grain Board Probe
The Senate agriculture committee postponed action on Senator Nye's resolution calling for a probe into the federal farm board and grain trade. Hyde and Legge would be summoned, while tests from Nelson Johnson and John Payne were planned on a bill to buy 25 million dollars of wheat or flour for relief in China.
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Washington
WUP
Senate Agriculture Committee
Nye
Federal Farm Board
Hyde
Legge
Farm Board
McNary
U.R
S. D
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Prosecutor Busy With Kishwaukee Drainage Suit and Local Trials
States Attorney Castle faces multiple duties in Chicago Federal Court over the Kishwaukee Special Drainage District case while DeKalb County circuit court prepares to hear pending criminal matters starting Monday. He is unsure about Jonn H. Miller's next move after Miller’s return from the Ohio penitentiary last week, charged with cash theft from the DeKalb Trust and Savings Bank in June 1923.
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Castle
Kishwaukee Special Drainage District
Federal Court
Chicago
Circuit Court
DeKalb County
Jonn H. Miller
Ohio
DeKalb Trust and Savings Bank
Hoover Cabinet Debates $50 Million Public Works Plan
Secretary of Labor Davis proposed a $50,000,000 appropriation to extend the public building program to employ the unemployed, arguing it would provide steadier work than a cash dole. He noted about 3,000,000 unemployed and said the plan would offer roughly $1 weekly for eighteen weeks. Davis stressed the desire for honest employment over dole.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Davis
Congress
Mr. Hoover
Commerce
Brookhart
Thirteen Are Found Guilty in Booze Plot
Thirteen defendants including East Chicago figures were found guilty of conspiracy to violate the Volstead act. They began serving jail terms from six months to four years and faced fines after denial of new trials. Notable names include Raleigh Hale former mayor and James W. Regan ex chief of police. Hale and Regan drew two-year terms and $2,000 fines.
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Hammond
Ind
East Chicago
Phil Collenger
al Capone
Martin Zarcovich
James W. Regan
Raleigh P. Hale
Funeral services for Judge Jacob Hopkins announced
DeKalb and Chicago mourn the death of Superior Judge Jacob H. Hopkins age 65 who died at Mercy hospital Chicago after a brief illness. He will be buried in Fairview cemetery with services at his home on South Fourth street and his body lying in state at the Auditorium hotel. Judge Hopkins served on the bench for nineteen years and was born on the Hopkins farm northwest of DeKalb in 1865.
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Jacob Hopkins
C. K. Bradt
South Fourth Street
Bradt
Fairview Cemetery
DeKalb
Chicago
Jacob H. Hopkins
Mercy Hospital
Judge Hopkins
Auditorium Hotel
Superior
Hopkins
John Carroll
Thomas Hopkins
Knox College
Galesburg
Union College of Law
Gold Democrats
James A. Quinn
Quinn
Coin Flip Determines Independent Candidate For Alderman
In the third ward race for the city election on April 15 John Coyne wins the Independent nomination after a coin flip at City Clerk G N Black mans office. Sam Carlson and Coyne each received one vote on the Independent ticket and a prior withdrawal request was not allowed.
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Coyne
John Coyne
G. N. Blackman
Sam Carlson
Mr. Coyne
Carlson
Third Ward Park a Lesson in Cooperation
The Third Ward park known as Liberty Park was the product of a yearslong community effort starting in 1927. Gus Anderson led residents in transforming a vacant eyesore on Lewis Street into a recreational space for the industrial area, proving cooperation between business, professionals and laboring people can yield valuable public works with minimal city cost.
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Liberty Park
Third Ward
Gus Anderson
Little Park
Lewis Street
Mr. Anderson
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Walter Liggett
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