Hoover to name new supreme court pick amid Parker fallout
Washington reports President Hoover plans a Pacific coast nomination for the vacant Supreme Court seat after the Senate rejected Parker of North Carolina. Circling names include Curtis Wilbur, Owen Roberts, and Benjamin Cardozo, with discussions on a conservative Republican choice to withstand Senate opposition.
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Washington
Hoover
Pacific Coast
Supreme Court
John J. Parker
North Carolina
Senate
Shortridge
Representative Swing
Calif
Congress
Curtis D. Wilbur
California
Secretary of Navy
Interior
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Wilbur
Mr. Hoover
Owen Roberts
Philadelphia
Benjamin N. Cardozo
New York State Court of Appeals
U.R
United Press
Hn J. Parker
North Caro
Hughes
Parker
Department of Justice
Justice Sanford
Fourth Circuit
Gold Star Mothers Plan France Voyage From Kansas City
Barbara Meysem bourg of DeKalb will travel with 47 Gold Star Mothers from Kansas City to France this summer as guests of the U S government to visit graves of their sons killed in action. Meysembourg's son Harry lies in Argonne Forest cemetery with the 34th engineers. she may meet Selma Carlson whose husband rests nearby. Both sail on the President Harding from New York in July.
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Kansas City
Barbara Meysembourg
W. J. Springer
France
Uni
Mire
Kanats City
Antica Erste Eat
Dp Team
Tenets i Abe Sion
Sal
Meysembourg
President Harding
United States Lines
New York
Rail Detector Passes Through This District
An electrically operated rail detector traveled westbound through the city recently on the Chicago and North Western railway. It inspects the Galena division track age with a delicate mechanism that marks rail defects not visible to the naked eye. Fissures in rail centers indicating possible breaks are detected, and a sleeping car accompanies the detector car for inspection crew use.
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Chicago & North Western Railroad
Galena Division
I 4
Sycamore Car Reported Stolen Then Found Nearby
A car in Sycamore was reported stolen last night but returned within about an hour, found near its initial parking spot. Deputies alerted city police and noted repeated joy rides in the county seat over the past year and a half with some vehicles damaged. this one was not driven far.
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Sycamore
Bee Sting Sends Station Attendant to Doctor
Art Goonerman, a Standard 611 station attendant at the Seventh street station, was stung yesterday by a bee that landed on his neck. The sting caused a swelling that required medical attention from a doctor.
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Art Goonerman
Standard 611 Company
Seventh Street
Art
Arts
Anti-Saloon League says no contact with Hoover on legislation
Washington reports F Scott McBride, general superintendent, testifying before a Senate lobby committee that the Anti-Saloon League has never conferred with President Hoover on legislation or appointments. He says the league acts as a restrained advisory body and notes 1929 national expenditures and 269 916 receipts with a 5132 deficit.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Hoover
F. Scott McBride
Senate Lobby Committee
McBride
Tinkham
Mass
Wayne K. Wheeler
League
Naonal
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Partly cloudy north Illinois with possible showers
Partly cloudy conditions persist in the northern Illinois tonight and Friday with possible showers. The southern portion remains mostly fair and temperatures show little change.
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Illinois
Prisoners Burn Tents As Guards Fire Accident Kills Two
At Ohio State Penitentiary 650 inmates in a high wire stockade set fire to all but one tent during a night of active resistance. A bullet from a National Guardsman, claimed accidental, killed James W. Ross and Albert Freeman in dormitories E and F. Ernest Warren was wounded. Dormitories housed nonviolent prisoners amid ongoing unrest following Easter Monday cell-block disaster.
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Columbus
State Penitentiary
James W. Ross
Cleveland
Albert Freeman
J. C. Woodard
Ernest Warren
Woodard
Ross
Freeman
Masons To Visit Belvidere For District Meeting
Fifteen members of DeKalb Chapter No. 52, R. A. M., will travel to Belvidere tomorrow evening for a district six meeting. Eight chapters will be represented with the fourth degree work during the business session and visiting chapters will provide stations.
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Belvidere
DeKalb
District Six
Burma Earthquake Toll Tops 1000 With Hundreds Missing
London dispatch from Rangoon reports Monday night quake near Pegu caused over 1000 deaths. More than 300 remain unaccounted for as flood waters recede revealing bodies in tidal creeks and fissures opened by the tremor.
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London
U.P
Lower Burma
Pegu
Exchange Telegraph
Rangoon
Terry Druggan Visits DeKalb On Tour Of Friends
Chicago beer baron Terry Druggan known as a gangster paid a brief visit to DeKalb on Tuesday while en route to Sycamore. He previously served four years in Sycamore jail and stopped to call on county seat friends before continuing.
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Terry Druggan
Cicago
DeKalb
Terry
Sycamore
Druggan
Cook County
Riot Spreads as Police clash in Sholapur India
Indian independence protests erupt in Sholapur with 25 killed and about 100 injured amid liquor-shop picketing. Gandhi reportedly moved from Yerada jail to Purandhar sanatorium for health, fueling native unrest nearby.
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Bombay
India
Sholapur
Mahatma Gandhi
Yerada
Purandhar
DeKalb Leader Ed Chenette to Judge Ohio Band Contest
Ed Chenette, DeKalb band leader, leaves for Mansfield to judge the Ohio state school band contest. He will assess both bands and soloists, having judged Cleveland state contest last weekend. Winners advance to a national tourney. next week he goes to Fort Worth to judge Texas state contest.
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Ed Chenette
DeKalb
Mansfield
Chenette
Cleveland
Ft. Worth
Tex
Texas
South Dakota Candidate Gladys Pyle Seeks Governor Post
Miss Gladys Pyle secretary of state, 39, leads Republican primary but faces a state convention May 20 in Pierre for the nomination. She promises reform including prohibition enforcement, trimmed state spending, and returns of tax-exempt lands to homeowners, with future plans if she wins.
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Pyle
Miss Pyle
John L. Pyle
South Dakota League of Women Voters
College grads donate Josephinie Jandell Scholarship
The State Teachers College announces a full year scholarship for a current sophomore to continue through the four year course. The Josephinie Jandell Scholarship honors Miss Josephine Jandell, longtime alumni registrar, and carries $50. The alumni association will award it annually, with applications due this week and the committee selecting the winner on overall attitude and scholastic standing.
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College Grads
State Teachers College
College Alumni Association
Josephinie Jandell
Josephine Jandell
Trial Near Its Finish in Kohler Ouster Case
In Sheboygan Wisconsin May 8 the state nears completing its effort to oust Governor Walter J Kohler with one testimony left. The defense plans a non suit motion as soon as the state rests. The governor testified briefly and defense counsel questioned him on campaign expenditures and Kohler Co instructions. Press executives were questioned about Kohler company coverage and the state prepared to close its case with exhibits.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Walter J. Kohler
Kohler
Herbert H. Thomas
John Doe
Thomas
Kohler Co
Sheboygan Press
George Geiger
Kohler Company
Charles Broughton
The
Press
Harold M. Wilkie
Frank L. Prescott
Wilkie
Storms Leave Texas in Grief as Towns Mourn and Rebuild
Massive late week storms hit Texas leaving hundreds injured and many dead. Frost and Nordheim plan community services while National Guard aid centers prepare to assist relief efforts. Officials tally death tolls, estimate damage over 1.5 million dollars as towns mobilize for reconstruction and aid families in need.
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Dallas
Tex
Bssows
Panhandie
Lone Star State
Texas
Frost
Here
Nordheim
National Guard
Elks Sponsor Second DeKalb Crippled Children Clinic
Twenty one youngsters from DeKalb county were examined at the second Elk s club sponsored crippled children s clinic. Dr Hark of Chicago led the examinations with assistance from Mrs Elizabeth Baird Kuhn and local nurses and aides. Several cases require immediate aid and fundraising continues to support treatment and hospital care for children like Avis Lundgren and Lee Bloyd who have begun or will begin casts and surgeries. The clinic serves all crippled children in the community not just Elk members.
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DeKalb County
DeKalb Elk’s Lodge
Hark
Chicago
Elizabeth Baird Kuhn
Elk’s Association
DeKalb Elks
Avis Lundgren
Illinois Research Hospital
Lee Bloyd
Elks
DeKalb to Welcome Knights of Columbus Official
DeKalb council of the Knights of Columbus will host H. W. Johnson a representative of the Supreme Council. He will arrive Tuesday May 15 and stay Thursday and the following day. Johnson will explain changes in insurance rules and the work of the Columbian Squires during the visit.
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DeKalb
The
Knights of Columbus
H. W. Johnson
Supreme Council
Mr. Johnson
Order
New Haven
Conn
United States
Columbian Squires
Mayor J. B. Lindstrom Recovers From Illness
Mayor J. B. Lindstrom has been confined to his home at Tenth and Franklin for two days due to illness. This afternoon he is reported to be much better with a greatly reduced temperature after a period of fever and chills. He hopes to resume normal duties in a day or so.
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J. B. Lindstrom
Tenth
Franklin Streets
Genoa Farmer William J. Shott Dies After Long Illness
Genoa farmer William J. Shott, about 47, died last evening at Sycamore hospital after months of ill health. He was born in Pennsylvania. Funeral plans are incomplete with burial planned at Zimwood cemetery in Sycamore.
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William J. Shott
Genoa
Sycamore Hospital
Pennsylvania
Zimwood
Sycamore
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