Mexican 10 to be arrested after Cortland shooting
Ronaldo Espinosa was wounded when shot by Mrs. Guisa Torres at her Cortland home near the railroad, a claim that may lead to an assault with a deadly weapon charge. Police report indicate a skull fracture from a rear blow and a dagger and revolver found at the shack. Espinosa recalls little beyond his arrival and a blank mind afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronaldo Espinosa
Guisa Torres
Cortland
Latham Castle
Capptonne Guitrizes
Espinosa
Torres
Espinoss
Zigner Swanson Admitted For Appendicitis At Glidden
Zigner Swanson a prominent figure in De Kalb music circles is a patient at Glidden Memorial hospital undergoing an appendicitis operation. He was taken to the hospital late Saturday afternoon for the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zigner Swanson
DeKalb
Glidden Memorial Hospital
Mr. Swanson
Trouble With Securing Right of Way Delays Route 72 Plans
In Kingston area reports indicate prolonged trouble securing right of way for Route 72. Disputes on the western edge of Kingston township and two other sites may force condemnation if buyers and owners cannot agree on land sales price, delaying the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Kingston Township
Two Local Residents Die Over Weekend
Two community members died in a weekend period. Mrs Lena Reidenbach age unknown passed from pneumonia after a fall, leaving a daughter Mrs Gus Kirchner of West Lincoln Highway and several grandchildren. Mrs Kathryn Munson Meier born Kaneville 1871 married Charles Meier in 1897 and left five daughters and two sons. funeral services set for 2:00 PM tomorrow at the local Methodist church with burial at Pierce Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Reidenbach
Gus Kirchner
West Lincoln Highway
Clemens Kirchner
North Seventh Street
Reidenbach
Charles Meier
Dan Hunt
South Fourth Street
Germany
Chicago
DeKalb
Gus_ Kirchner
Fred) Reidenbach
Elaine
Charles Reidenbach
This City
Charlotte Kirchner Bollinger
Grand Forks
N. D
Charlotte Lucille Kirchner
Florence Ann Kirchner
Ann Marie Sollinger
Sollinger
Kathryn Munson Meer
Kaneville
Marion
Delia
Ruth
Mabel Domzalski
McGirr
Elmer
Avener
Mary Isaac
Ashton
Nev
Frank Munson
Douglas Munson
Meier
Cortland
Dan Hurt
Methodist Church
Pierce Cemetery
Pope to Convoke Ecumenical Council in 1931
Vatican sources report the pope has decided to convoke an ecumenical council to be held in 1931. The move signals major papal initiative and global church participation from Vatican City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Campaign winds down for Deneen and McCormick in Illinois
Chicago March 31 Campaign trails for Charles 8 Deneen and Ruth Hanna McCormick for the Republican U S Senate nomination reach the home stretch ahead of the April 8 primary. McCormick fires at Deneen from Apollo Theater, reclaiming her famous father’s style, while Deneen speaks at Grand Opera House delivering his calm, factual rebuttals. Both recap their jagged tour of cities and hamlets, highlight party loyalty, and frame issues such as the League of Nations court and political alliances as the race tightens in the loop atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Charles 8
Deneen
Ruth Hanna McCormick
United States
Apollo Theater
Switchmen's Union of Politics
McCormick
Deneen-Lundin
Deneen-Cermak
League of Nations Court
Howard W. Elmore
Sanitary
Three Power Pact Ready as Five-Power Talks Delayed
London dispatch reports Britain Japan and the United States prepared to draft a three power naval pact within a week if the London five power treaty fails. Delegates left unsettled questions on cruisers and future concessions while Stimson Briand and Dumesnil arrived for meetings amid tense discussions.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Japan
United States
St. James Palace
Tokio
America
New War for Torn China Sparks Capital Rename Rumors
Shanghai reports say northern forces plan to declare Peiping capital again and rename Nanking as Southern Peace while pursuing Hankow amid advancing hostilities. Leaders threaten civil war. Hankow capture and new government setup reportedly under negotiation with warlords and Wang Ching Wei.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
U.P
Kaifeng
Henan
China
Peiping
Peking
Nahking
Ping
Nanking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Hankow
Wang Ching Wei
Record of 1929 state police arrests and fines
State Patrol Officers O. N. Larson and I. L. Elmendorf arrested 162 individuals in 1929, resulting in fines totaling 3420 dollars and 135 days in jail. The report notes many cases involved license plates and several drunken driving charges, with Interstate Company paying the largest fines for overloaded trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. N. Larson
I. L. Elmendorf
Interstate
Court of Justice
W. H. L. Rowe
DeKalb
Larson
Elmendorf
Church
Leavenworth
Autoists Warned of Arrests for Old Licenses
State Patrol officers I L Elmendorf and O N Larson report orders from Springfield to arrest autoists using 1929 plates or without state license numbers. Motorists were urged via press to obtain 1930 plates and to carry receipts for applied 1930 numbers if plates not yet received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. L. Elmendorf
O. N. Larson
Springfield
Staw
Illinois Weather: Cloudy With Rain or Snow Likely
Mostly cloudy weather in Illinois with rain or snow likely north tonight or Tuesday and rain south portion Tuesday. Colder tonight in extreme northwest and colder Tuesday across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Roy Lower of New York Dies Suddenly
Roy Lower of New York City dies suddenly at his home after living in DeKalb where he once worked for Q R S company. He served as organist at the local Methodist church and leaves a widow Maude Clendening, daughter of Rev H T Clendening. Funeral will be held tomorrow and he will be buried in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lower
New York City
Lower
DeKalb
Q. R. S. Company
Chicago
Methodist Church
Maude Clendening
H. T. Clendening
Choir To Sing Fine Cantata Sunday Night
The First Baptist church chorus will perform a cantata titled Prayer Promise and Praise by Neidlinger next Sunday. Accompaniment by M A Raddatz. Soloists Christine Nilsson Dreyer Ruthanne Burnett Farrell Kenneth Dusell from Aurora. Director F W Greenaway. chorus about 30 voices. Reverend Fred W Field gave his farewell address at last night’s service before leaving for Green Bay Wisconsin midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Neidlinger
Christine Nilsson Dreyer
Ruthanne Burnett Farrell
Kenneth Dusell
Aurora
M. A. Raddatz
F. W. Greenaway
The
Baptist Church
Fred W. Field
Green Bay
Wis
Fiery gasoline can wrecks roadhouse. owner burned
At Lobster Island, Sam Zouvas, owner of a suburban resort roadhouse, was severely burned when a flaming gasoline can was thrown through a front window. The two incendiaries fled in a Buick. Minutes later a second attack aimed at Charles Marshall’s Kilburn avenue roadhouse failed after an employee alerted him.
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Rockford
O.R
Sam Zouvas
Lobster Island
Charles Marshall
Kilburn Avenue Road
Marshall
Zouvas’ Place
Millett Retires as Deputy After Five Years of Service
Ross Millett retires from office after five and a half years of faithful service. Deputy R E Millett resigns tonight and Dayton Ward will begin as deputy tomorrow. Millett will travel to Chicago to prepare for law study and bar exams. He holds leave from April 1 through field training starting August 16. A Sycamore resident and University of Illinois graduate, Millett is well known in the county. courthouse staff and attorneys express regret and applaud the incoming deputy.
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Ross Millett
R. E. Millett
Dayton Ward
Millett
Chicago
Sycamore
University of Illinois
Court House
Rockford Machinist Ends Life in Back Yard Incident
At Rockford Illinois on March 31 Joseph Zilinskas 45 a machinist died by his own action. He fired a bullet through his brain in the back yard of his home and his body was found about three hours later by a neighbor or passerby.
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Rockford
Rockford, Ill
Joseph Zilinskas
Itia-Wite
Senate Looms Over Session Close and Major Bills
Washington March 31 Senate leaders plan a rapid end of session by June 1 to clear urgent measures including Muscle Shoals and transfer of prohibition enforcement. Debate likely on Muscle Shoals and Williamson bills. Huston ties to Tennessee River and Madden Wright power plant transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Senate
Treasury
Justice Department
Federal Power Commission
Congress
Muscle Shoals
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Huston
American Cyanamid Company
Swan liner rammed by Davenport on Columbia River
A night collision on the Columbia River left the pleasure barge Swan shattered with at least five dead and many injured. The Davenport lumber steamer rammed the Swan during a crowd homeward from the Longview bridge dedication. Names of dead include Richard J. Belland Jr and Mrs A Hagerdorn. The tug Dix sank after the crash. rescue efforts continued as crews searched for missing.
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St. Helens
Ore
Swan
Davenport
Columbia River
Longview Bridge
Richard J. Belland,Jr
R. J. Belland
Portland
A. Hagerdorn
Stanley Stone
Floy E. Lundy
A. E. Larsen
Vancouver
Wash
Co. Brown
Ashland
Kan
7Th Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
Jack Mitchell
Dix
Belland
Town Election Set For Here Tuesday With 10 Precincts
Town election officials announce polling will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 5:09 p.m. tomorrow. All ten precinct polls will be used. Voters elect two assistant supervisors, a town clerk, an assessor, and a school trustee. Candidates: William Rich and F. E. Wright for assistant supervisor. Roy Duncan for town clerk. George Bristow for assessor. Lewis Johnson for school trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rich
F. E. Wright
Roy Duncan
George Bristow
Lewis Johnson
Boeing Air Transport lauds DeKalb pilots for storm aid
Boeing Air Transport officials praised DeKalb County Airport staff for aiding pilots during a heavy snow period that closed Chicago's airport. The letter from Cheyenne thanked Paul Eakle and teams including D. G. Neubauer Wilbur Thatcher H. B. Avery and rail partners for arranging trains clearing the DeKalb road and dispatching mail and planes to the west.
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Boeing Air Transport Company
Chicago
DeKalb County
DeKalb
Paul Eakle
Waterman
Cheyenne
Wyo
Boeing Company
Leopold
Boeing Air Transport Co
R. B. Colyer
Mr. Eakle
D. G. Neubauer
Wilbur Thatcher
H. B. Avery
C. B. & Q., Railroad Company
Eakles
Young Man Plans Five Month Visit To Italy
Gino Racchi, long time proprietor of a barbershop at 626 East Lincoln Highway, leaves for Chicago tomorrow then New York to board the ocean liner Saturday for a lengthy trip to Italy to visit his mother in Matidia. His father is deceased and he plans to return in about five months. He arrived in the United States in 1920 and is unmarried. This will be his first trip home in ten years.
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Italy
Gino Racchi
East
Lincoln Highway
Chicago
New York
Matidia
Count Biancamano
Rockford Ballot To Decide Airport, Court And Aldermen
Rockford voters will decide on establishment of a municipal airport and a new city court. The election also includes eight aldermen to be chosen, with voting set for Tuesday, March 31 to 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockfv
Rockford
START SOON ON CENSUS START SOON ON CENSUS
The article notes the upcoming U S census in DeKalb County with 24 enumerators to gather vital population data. It lists enumerator districts and workers by townships and villages and enumerates the 20 questions to be asked, including relation, home ownership, value or rent, radio presence, farming, sex, race, age, marital status, schooling, literacy, birthplaces, native language, immigration year, English ability, and occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
United States
DeKalb County
Afton
Dennis A O’brien
DeKalb
Waterman Village
Clinston
L. E. Whitford
Waterman
Sycamore City
Harry Gilmore
Sycamore
Syca More City
Theron B. Bushness
Cortland Village
Cortland
E. C
Wix Garner
Kirkland Village
Franklin
George Gibson
Kirkland
Genoa City
Charles C. Schoonmaker
Genoa
Helen Duval
Kingston Village
Kingston
John Leonard
Malta Village
Malta
Goldie Pease
Mayfield
Milan
Frank Pease
Paw Paw
Leon Foiles Earlville
Pierce
F. M. Schmidt
Hinckley
Sandwich City
Grove Township
Sycamore Township
Albert Peterson
Victor Township
Leon Foiles
Bartville
U. S
Russians Define Kulaks as Class Enemies in Moscow Policy
Moscow officials publish general principles to identify kulaks as well to determine who is a wealthier landholder and thus an enemy of the Soviet regime. The new agricultural taxation law limits kulak households to three percent nationwide, while local laws may adjust the definition.
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Union
Eugene Lyons
United Press
Moscow
Russia
Josep Stalin
Repubics
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Rowe
Shack
Guitrizes
Repart
DeKalb Police Department
Glidden Hospital
Mrs. Charles
Muro
Dino Grandi
St. James
Henry L. Stimson
Aux Hotel
Aristide Briand
Jacques-Louis Dumesnil
Marine
Dumesnil
Briand
Wwl
Stimson
Ritz
Will Lee Stimson Stimson
MacDonald
House of Commons
A. R. Southby
Charles Cayzer
Ne, Gemmell
R. W. Porteous
Yanehow
Chine Island
Fury
Iron” Warden
Missouri State Penitentiary
Leslie Rudolph
Missouri Prison Mutiny
Missouri Penitentiary
Jefferson City
St. Charles State School
Union Carbide Company
Boeing Aircraft Company
Kuente Rage. Lease SB
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