Hindenburg Signs Plan Ending Reparations Controversy
President Hindenburg signed the Young plan ending a decade long reparations dispute. He deferred other liquidation pacts to cabinet talks, risking nationalist backlash as pressure mounted from wartime allies and leaders. The move aligns Germany with the republic and near the International Settlement bank.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Europe
Great Britain
Belgium
France
Italy
Poland
Canada
New Zealand
Aot
Germany
Allied
Bank For International Settlement
von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
August von Mackensen
Otto Miessner
Farm Barn Destroyed In St. Charles Fire Last Night
DeKalb residents report a barn fire on Lincoln highway near St. Charles around 8:00 p m. Hay and implements were lost and it was unclear if livestock were harmed. Fire crews arrived but the blaze had a strong headway and the barn was totally destroyed.
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DeKalb
St. Charles
Lincoln Highway
Discovery of New Planet Reported by Harvard Lowell
Cambridge dispatch says a planet beyond Neptune was discovered by Lowell Observatory and announced by Harvard officials. Officials credit Prof Percival Lowell with leading speculation on Neptune’s anomalies, though the discoverer’s name remains unconfirmed.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Today
Lowell Observatory
Estaff
Ariz
Percival Lowell
Sister of Anton Matec Dies in Madison Pneumonia
Mrs. Frank Lawrence, sister of Anton Matec of De Kalb, died at Madison Methodist Hospital from pneumonia after two weeks of illness. She was about 55, survived by husband and two children, George Belowsky and Victoria Leake, with another daughter Bessie Belowsky deceased. Funeral plans pending.
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Anton Matec
Frank Lawrence
Methodist Hospital
Madison
Wis
Fhr
George Belowsky
University of Wisconsin
Victoria Leake
Methodist
Bessie Belowsky
Navy conference mood darkens over Paris pact efforts
Washington reports warned by London talks that the naval limitation plan faces serious danger. France signals willingness to quit the conference while Japanese demands linger. Secretary Stimson opposes a consultative pact that could imply a moral obligation to France, preferring a standalone mechanism without French naval concessions.
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Washington
London
Hoover
France
Stimson
Briand
Paris
America
Senate
GiStnesr
United States
Aia
Newspapers as peace force in world policy, Bickel says
Karl A. Bickel of United Press told the Bond club of New Jersey that newspapers are the greatest force for international education and the best salesmen of policy. He warned that real peace depends on how dispatches shape world mentality, not on naval tonnage or holidays. The success of conferences hinges on participants acting so newspapers can report a definite desire for peace.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
Inter National
Karl A. Bickel
United Press Association
Bond Club of
New Jersey
Bickel
London
Sugar Rate Approved by Senate After Close Vote
The Senate approved a two cent per pound duty on Cuban sugar and 2.5 cents on other sugar, rejecting Nye’s motion to reconsider. The vote, 38 to 47, sustains higher tariffs and will send the bill to conference to settle differences with the House rates of 2.4 and 3 cents respectively.
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Washington
Senate
Nye
Democratic-Western Tariff Coalition
House
Bethlehem Youngstown merger looms as steel giants unite
Directors of Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube approve a billion dollar merger plan. A April 8 stockholders meeting in Youngstown will decide the consolidation amid opposition led by Cyrus Eaton who aims to block the merger with a proxy campaign.
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New York
U.P
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Bethlehem Corporation
Youngstown
Ohio
Youngstown Company
Bethlehem
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Cyrus
Eaton
Cleveland
Bethlehem-Youngstown
Eaton Group
Bethlehem- Youngstown
Supreme Court hears Great Lakes diversion case arguments
Newton D. Baker led lake interests in denying hidden promoters behind the suits. He argued costs should follow the judgment and noted Illinois bears most drainage impact. Brucker of Michigan defended sewage dumping if treated, while Chicago fights pollution fears and asks about dispersion in Lake Michigan.
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Washington
U.P
Great Lakes
Supreme Court
Newton D. Baker
Baker
Chicago
Finois
Wisconsin
Illinois
Lakes
Bettman
Ohio
Brucker
Michigan
Lake States
Lake Michigan
Mississippi
Grass Fire Threatens Homes on Fourteenth Street
A grass fire on Fourteenth Street prompted a response from the local fire station at 4 PM yesterday. The flames endangered nearby houses, but the patrol and unit quickly contained and extinguished the blaze and returned to the station.
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Fourteenth Street
Thompson Held in Chicago Gun Ring Probe
Chicago police question Frank Thompson a former Kirkland resident linked to gangland figures. Arrested in Freeport, he allegedly carried aliases and a letter from his father warning him to flee to Mexico. Detected with safe opening directions and fraud methods, Thompson formerly faced an assault conviction and now faces renewed scrutiny over connections to Fred Burke.
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Chicago
Frank Thompson
Kirkland
Freeport
Fred Burke
United States
Marjory van Hall
Thompson
Burke
Mexico
Elgin
Russell F. Thompson
Fred Thomas
Fred Thompson
Helena Dolder
DeKalb County
State Farm
Vandalia
Weather Outlook for Illinois Delivers Clouds and Cold Spell
Partly cloudy today with increasing cloudiness tonight and Friday. Frigid conditions are possible tonight in the north and central areas with cooler temperatures in the extreme southwest Friday.
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Illinois
MacDonald Seeks Pact to Save Five Power Naval Talks
London reports Premier Ramsay MacDonald uses personal influence to avert a collapse of the five power naval conference. He postpones a Big Five meeting to confer with Briand and Wakatsuki while Stimson and Morrow press for a settlement. Briand outlines possible steps toward a battleship holiday and limits, plus submarine usage rules and parity targets.
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London
U.P
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Donald
MacDonald
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Dino Grandi
Aristide Briand
France
Henry L. Stimson
Great Britain
United States
Stimson
Dwight W. Morrow
Briand
David A. Reed
Wakatsuki
League of Nations Preparatory Commission
Forbes Dies at 86 At Illinois Natural History Center
Urbana Illinois March 13 4U P Professor Stephen A Forbes 86 emeritus chief of the state natural history survey died here today. Death due to inflammation of the bladder. Forbes longtime state employee with 52 years in science and teaching born Silver Creek Illinois. He served as curator director and professor of zoology linking to the state laboratory and university. He campaigned against pests and led national committees on natural phenomena affecting birds fish and insects. He belonged to multiple scientific societies including the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
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Urbana
Ill
Stephen A. Forbes
State Natural History Survey
Forbes
Silver Creek
Rush College
Illinois
State Natural History Society
Normal
State
State Normal School
State Laboratory of Natural History
San Jose
Thee Nationary of Sciences
The
American Philosophical Society
Entomological Society of America
American Society of Economic Entomologists
Sigma Xi
Societe Entomologique de France
Loyal Legion Club of America
Zoological Society of America
National
Comee
Will Ballou Dies in Menominee Michigan
William L. Ballou longtime DeKalb jewelry worker died of heart trouble at his Menominee Michigan home. He was born February 27 1866 in St Charles married Clara Benner of Chicago in 1892 and is survived by his widow a daughter four grandchildren and a brother. He was active in Knights of Pythias and Mystic Workers.
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William L. Ballou
Menominee
Mich
Mr. Ballou
William Ballou
DeKalb
St. Charles
William P
Louise Evans Ballou
Clara A. Benner
Chicago
Kent Colburn
J. D. Ballou
Muscatine, Ia
Knights of Pythias
Workera
Stagg backs prohibition as youth aid at hearings
Washington March 13 Alonzo Stagg legendary football coach endorsed prohibition as benefiting youth during the house judiciary hearings. He joined business leaders in supporting prohibition, contrasting earlier testimony that industrial leaders oppose it. Stagg blamed parents for youth misconduct and said drinking is not a problem at the University of Chicago.
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Washington D. C
Alonzo A. Stagg
University of Chicago
Carlton Sherwood
New York
Rep
Celler
Dem
N. Y
Sherwood
Stage
Minneapolis
De Kalb Farmer Dies From Carbon Monoxide In Garage
Frank Hobbs aged 62, a prominent De Kalb farmer, died from inhaling carbon monoxide while working on his car in a partially closed garage at his rural home on the Lincoln Highway. Fire department and Motorcycle Officer Ben Peck assisted in attempts to revive him after his wife found him unconscious. He leaves a wife, two sons Vernon and Roy, and three brothers in England. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Frank Hobbs
DeKalb
Lincoln Highway
Ben Peck
Earl Baie
Hobbs
Dr. Joost
Mr. Hobbs
Vernon
Milwaukee
Roy
Chicago
England
Bridge Fire Delays All Rail Traffic in Amesia Area
Train service along Chicago and Northwestern lines halted by an overhead bridge blaze in the Iowa city of Amesia. Fire crews cleared debris and allowed slow passage. by 10 45 this morning trains were back on time though remaining delays persisted for DeKalb arrivals. No injuries or property loss reported and exact accident time undetermined.
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Chicago
W Northwesern
Amesia
Ames
Iowa City
DeKalb
Iowa
Senatorial Committees Name State Representation Candidates
Illinois senatorial committees outline primaries nominations for April 8. Republicans in districts seven eight ten and 28 direct three candidates. many districts name two or one candidate. Democrats in multiple districts designate two or one candidates with certain districts excluding the tenth.
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Springfield
U.R
Illinois
Democratic Senatorial Committee
Republican Committee
Bist
Sind
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Bulletin
Tardieu
Moses
N. H
Borah
Elinor Smith
Thead E
Will Ballou
San Francisco
LaGuardia
Dyer
Senatorial Committee
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