Leopold and Loeb Sentenced to Life for Robbery and Kidnapping
Justice Caverly in Chicago sentences Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb to life imprisonment for the murder of Robert Franks and to 99 years for kidnapping for ransom. The youths show faint smiles as the verdict is read, then are moved to Joliet by heavy guard.
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Press Criminal Court
Chicago
John R. Caverly
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Robert Franks
Alee
Caverly
Nathan
Robert
Young
Joliet
Leopold
Franks
Loeb
Ilinois
Prisoner escapes in gangland kidnap near Wheaton Illinois
John Moran, a federal prisoner from DeKalb County jail, escaped during a ride with Deputy U S Marshal Lee Capps between Wheaton and Cicero. Gangsters halted the auto, freed Moran from Capps, and sped away toward Chicago. Capps was left handcuffed to a tree then released. An inside job is suspected and an investigation is planned.
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John Moran
DeKalb
Sycamore
United States
Lee Capps
Wheaton
Cicero
Capps
Moran
Marshall
Marshall Iicago
Happing
Marshall Capps
Sycamore County
E. Crawford
Chicago
Rondout
Becord
United Press
Chile
Tuberculosis Clinic Draws De Kalb Residents
Attendees from De Kalb visit the tubercular clinic at the American Steel Welfare building with Dr. Rice from Spring Brook Sanitarium Miss Cushman county nurse and county physicians assisting throughout today and into the afternoon.
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de Kalb
American Steel Welfare
Rice
Spring Brook Sanitarium
Aurora
Aurora Women Die After Vampire Car Sighting
Mrs. Phoebe Brown was killed and Mrs. James Eyes injured when struck by a speeding automobile Sunday evening as they crossed Fox street in Aurora after church. The driver fled. an Auto Club reward of 350 is offered for information. Relatives in the city include Mrs. C. J. Pasley and John McLaughlin.
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C. J. Pasley
Cynthiason
George Giles
Romenthin Phillips
Pasley
John McLaughlin
Phoebe Brown
James Keyes
Aurora
Brown
Eyes
Fox Street
First Presbyterian Church
Va Automobile Club
W M. Maier
Maier
Synthia Carson
R. Phillips
Kyes
DeKalb
Carson
Farmers Picnic Set for September 18 in DeKalb County
DeKalb county soil adviser Thomas Roberts announced the annual Farmers' picnic will occur September 18 at Annie's Woods with a pig club contest. George Peek of Moline Plow Co. in Rock Island will speak. features include a horse shoe contest and a planned ball game. Prof. J B Rice may judge and address.
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DeKalb County
Pig Club
Annie's Woods
Thomas Roberts
Chamber of Commerce
DeKalb
George Peek
Roberts
Moline Plow Company
Rock Island
Peek
J. B. Rice
University of Ilinoi
Prof
Rice
Highest Number to Date Is Received Here Today
It is noted that the license number 942-875 is the highest automobile number listed in the city for Tar. The automobile, a Ford touring car, is the combined property of Julian Peterson, Martin Herr, Harvey Matteson, Gene Cornish and Leslie Mochreep.
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Fo ‘Tar
Julian Peterson
Martin Herr
Harvey Matteson
Gene Cornish
Leslie Mocheep
De Kalb Bootleg Fuel and the Cast Iron Stomach
A humorous tale recaps a trip to De Kalb where bootleg moonshine oddly powers a stalled car after the crew drinks to warm up. The driver then refuels with gasoline, the engine restarts, and the narrator muses that some people have cast iron stomachs.
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de Kalb
Girls Will Be Guests at Elks Banquet for Circus Week
After a meeting of the popularity committee in DeKalb the Elks plan a banquet for local young women to explain a forthcoming popularity contest tied to the circus week starting September 29. Invitations are issued and details to be announced. The circus will feature six headlining vaudeville acts each night and tickets are 50 cents.
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Elks’ Organization
Clib
Innovation Grill
DeKalb Elks Lodge
Elks
California Couple Arrives in DeKalb for Short Visit
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hanger of Los Angeles arrived in DeKalb yesterday to visit Mrs. Hanger’s mother, Mrs. Charles Stegmier of South Third Street. They traveled via Wain with stops in Denver and Salt Lake City and plan a brief stay before returning to California.
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E. A. Hanger
Los Angeles
California
DeKalb
Powder River draws crowds at Princess Theatre again
Hundreds were turned away from the Princess Theatre last night for the official war department film Powder River presented by the American Legion post. The picture plays this afternoon evening and three showings tomorrow with matinees urged to ease crowding. Tickets tonight sold by ex service men near the dugout outside. The film covers submarine sinkings and scenes filmed by service men in the signal corps.
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Powder River
War Department
Princess Theatre
American Lesson Post
Cerain
Signal Corps
Doctors and Druggists Form City Association
Doctors and druggists of the city met at city hall to form a joint organization with Dr. J. P. Kane as president and Dr. R. A. Wright as secretary. They discussed the recent liquor ordinance and planned committees on legal advice and bylaws and promised to issue a statement soon.
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J. P. Kane
R. A. Wright
Saire
World Flyers May Pass Over McGirr Field Monday
Paul Eakles in charge at McGirr field reports an announcement from Chicago that the world flyers will remain in Washington until Saturday morning and may circle over McGirr during the western trip. He urges field decoration and car viewing from the fence with strict conduct for autos on the ground.
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Paul Eakles
McGirr
World Flyers
McGirr Field
Chicago
Washington
Fekles
Eakles
Busses Travel World Distance Across Illinois Route
Northern Illinois Service Company operates several buses daily for a month between Dixon and Geneva and back, covering about 25 000 miles in total. The trips include special runs and summer journeys along the highway, with each bus touring the route multiple times weekly.
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Geneva
Dixon
Northern Illinois Service
Flower Show Entries Rise in De Kalb Buick Show
Flower show set for September 13 in the Buick salesroom with professional and amateur classes. Group 1 limits to six stalks per entry. Group 2 features mixed bouquets. Group 3 awards a silver loving cup for the best overall display. Entries due by nine o'clock Saturday morning. about fifty gardeners showing forty six varieties are anticipated.
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Buick
de Kalb
Postpone the Flight to the Dayton Field
United Press reports Secretary of War Weeks ordered the world flyers flight to Dayton Ohio postponed until Saturday to allow airmen to join Defense Day ceremonies. The revised route lists stops from Dayton to Seattle and back to Santa Monica with prior maintenance in San Diego and a San Francisco leg before Seattle.
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United Press
Washington
D. C
Dayton
Ohio
Secretary of War
The
Air Service
Chicago
St. Joseph
Omaha
North Platte
Cheyenne
Rock Springs
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Sycamore Aeene
Justice Caverly
Tenth
Lincoln Highway
Islinois
Annies’ Woods
Luis Firpo
Dobbin
Sra Caverly
Elks’ Club
Waterman
Eakies
DeKalb Theatre
Novarro
Aia
Dayton Field
W. E. Gormley
Peck
Academy
Paddock
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