Organize a Boys Unit in DeKalb Schools Patrols
Fourteen youths from DeKalb city five grade schools were sworn in yesterday to form a school patrol under Chicago Motor Club guidance. Members will act as traffic officers at their schools, aid younger pupils crossing streets, and deter unsafe play in streets with police support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeKally
Chicago Motor Club
Frank Kezich
Vingent Naber
William Conner
Reino Makela
Louis George
Dana Diedrick
George C. Helden
Clifford Skelly
Axel Helm
Robert Wirtz
Roland Ritzgman
Mayron Latten
Robert Leslie
James Ridgon
Terry Redmond
F W. Bull
Bull
Stanley Sonderman
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Gus Kirchner Expected to Leave Glidden Hospital Soon
Glidden reports indicate Gus Kirchner who had a serious operation ten days ago is showing marked improvement and may leave the hospital for home on Sunday. A special nurse has tended him since the surgery performed about a week ago Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Kirchner
Glidden Hospital
Kirchner
Mr. Kirchner
Five Men Shot After Road House Fire Ambush
Unknown assailants ambushed five men fleeing a burning roadside house in Johnston City Illinois near dawn today. All were wounded as they tried to escape, with reports listing dangerous injuries and unclear motives. Local authorities investigate while residents tidy up after the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Johnston City
Germany Wins Point On Safety Pacts Delayed Conferences
Berlin reports that Germany won a point on safety pacts by separating the western boundary issue from the eastern frontier question with Poland and Czechoslovakia. Plans now propose two conferences focusing on western limits and eastern border disputes, allowing for later arbitration on border troubles. Strong entities include Germany Poland Czechoslovakia Rhine and Warsaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Uniten Press
Berlin
Poland
Slovakia
United Press
Rhine
Warsaw
Pragtte
Tyes
Belin
Shelew
DeKalb Students Urged to Enter Writing Contest
Local high school students in DeKalb are invited to write an essay on Why New Industries Should Come to My City. Prizes include 100 for first, 50 for second, and 25 for third. Entries advance through school preliminaries to state judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Onng
New Industries Comany
Iinois Chamber of Commerce
Cit
DeKalb High School
Miners Chamber of Copipierce
LaSalle St. Chi“Azo
Shows Need of More Revenue for the Roads
Phase one of the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on a 1 percent freight-rate increase closed with L. I. Fritsch of the Chicago and Rock Island railroad arguing railroads spend $10,000,000 yearly on equipment and must raise rates to earn proper returns while serving agricultural states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitea
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Railroads
L. I. Fritsch
Chicago & Rock Island Railroad
Chicago & Rock Island
Remus Free on 50,000 Bond in Distillery Robbery Case
George Remus, a Cincinnati bootlegger, is released on a $50,000 bond in connection with the two year old robbery of Jack Amiel's distillery in Saint Louis. He plans to return to Cincinnati and stay until the whiskey trial next fall after pleas for bond reduction failed. Professional bondsmen were finally used to secure the amount.
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Pessy
St. Louis
George
Cincinnati
de Lixe
Jack Amiel
Remus
Hydrox Truck Skids Into Ditch Near Cortland Crash
An Hydrox ice cream truck traveling from Aurora to DeKalb slid into a roadside ditch east of Cortland early yesterday. The vehicle was wrecked but the driver escaped injury, and the truck also struck a cement post before the driver regained control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortland
DeKalb
Aurora
Cortlind
Court of Inquiry to Start Monday in Shenandoah Disaster
The Navy ordered a court of inquiry to meet at Lakehurst New Jersey Monday to thoroughly investigate the Shenandoah disaster. Secretary Wilbur directed the inquiry to cover all circumstances, causes, property damage, injuries to personnel, and responsibility.
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Washington, D. C
Shenandoah
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Lakehurst
N. J
Prisoners in Cook County Jail Hear Criminologists Explain Privileges
Druggan and Frankie Lake, wealthy beer barons, faced federal court with Sheriff Hoffman present to answer how they gained prison privileges. Judge Wilkerson was told guards and wardens who aided their freedom have been dismissed, yet jail conditions remain harsh. The jail houses over 1,000 inmates though built for 300, with Luke cited for possible early release and Druszan ordered to appear to justify serving the full term.
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Pelagay
Chicago
Terry
Druggan
Frankie Lake
Heer
Cook County
Sherif Peter Hoffman
Wike
Druszan
State College Students Must Be Examined
State College plans a compulsory health examination for all students entering the teaching profession. Dr J Stanley Brown says the program will be announced officially and will involve women physicians examining male students and vice versa to assess overall health before entering teaching careers.
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State Teachers College
J. Stanley Brown
Districting Big Question Before Women
Reassessing divisions in Illinois Federation of Woman's Clubs districts is debated. Districting relies on congressional lines but long distances and poor facilities push for new pins. Any plats must be adopted at the 1926 convention at Edgewater Beach Hotel Chicago.
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Twe Wresa
Springfield
Tlinois Federation of Woman's Clubs
Edgewater Beach
Chicago
Chaplin Film Draws Big Crowd at De Kalb Theatre
Charles Chaplin's newest film The Gold Rush drew a long line of patrons for the opening show at the De Kalb theatre last evening. Reportedly the picture is a departure from his usual slapstick style, offering a new kind of Chaplin humor for the week-long engagement.
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Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
de Kalb
Death claims Mrs Dora Prussing aged 86 in this city
Mrs Dora Prussing a lifelong resident died at 420 Grove Street after a prolonged illness. Funeral services will be held at her home with Rev Leo Hammitt of the Methodist church. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery Sabula Iowa after services. She was born in Germany and immigrated as a child. She leaves five children Emma Whaley Osceola John Nelson DeKalb Lon Edmonds Rock Falls J M Prussing Rockford Roy Prussing Rockford. Two daughters preceded her in death.
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Dora Prussing
Prussing
Grove Street
Trussing
Mev
Leo. Hammitt
Methodist Shurch
Sabitla
Iowa
Pruine
Heep
Evergreen Cemetery
Borne
Germany
Trusting
Man ‘Sit
Terlin
Jacob Prussing
Miles
Prnssing
Prissing
Methodist
Fovest
Turkish Army Readies March on Mosul Front
Forty thousand Turkish troops gather behind the Mosul frontier as observers report readiness to advance if the League of Nations council rules against Mosul boundaries. Turkish airmen monitor the forces while London notes no new instructions beyond protests over deportation of Christians in the Mosul region.
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Mosul
London
England
Iraq
League of Nations Council
Ils
Foreign Office
League Against
Overland World's Lowest Priced Car Slashed to $698
The Overland car remains the world’s lowest priced model with sliding gear transmission now listed at 698 dollars delivered. Sold by The North Side Garage located at 212 North Second Street.
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Overland
North Side
North Second Street
Dry Law Facts Show Prisoners Jump Nationally
Washington D C Sept 16 The number of people in federal prisons has nearly doubled since 1921 and prohibition is cited as the cause The Justice Department reports that the 12 month cost of prohibition enforcement ended June 30 was 9 112 000 The Federal Prisons at Leavenworth and McNeil Island rose from 3 011 five years ago to 6 249 with smuggling blamed for most of the increase The year s liquor law violations tally reached six thousand plus
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Cce
Washington, D. C
Prohibition
Department of Justice
Rev‘te Bureau
Department of Research and Education
Federal Council of Churches
Avianta
Leavenworth
Wit McNeeil's Island
Justice Department
Hearst to War Afresh After Hylan Defeat
New York headlines the Democratic primaries as James M. Walker defeats Mayor John F. Hylan by four votes, triggering a fresh political war between Gov. Al Smith and William Randolph Hearst backers. Hearst’s Evening Journal hints Hylan may run independently in spring. Hylan accuses Albany influence and fraud after Tammany Hall’s district victories.
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Hearst
Hylan
New York, N. Y
James M. Walker
John F. Hylan
New York City
al Smith
William Randolph Smith
Los
Tammany Hall
Lower West Side
Democratic Party
Evening Journal
City Hall
Contemptuon
Smith
Albany
Tammany
Postal Clerks Meeting Set for DeKalb October 13
DeKalb hosts the Next district postal clerks meeting on the evening of October 13 after a social and business session at the DeKalb post office. The venue is to be decided. A luncheon and smoker followed the business portion of the gathering.
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DeKalb
Two Young Men Leave for University of Illinois
Erland Larson a senior at the University of Illinois and Robert Lyon son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Lyon departed for Champaign to enter the university this fall. Both are graduates of the state teachers college. Several DeKalb youths will soon depart for the state university including Tyler Hankin Albert Cooling Chester Jackson and others.
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Erland Larson
University of Illinois
Robert Lyon
Clyde Lyon
Champaign
State Teachers College
DeKalb
The
State University
Tyler Hankin
Albert Cooling
Chester Jackson
Air Board Opens as Investigations Begin
The air board meets with President Coolidge tomorrow to review aviation policy. Officials expect favorable results and plan to assess critics without assuming required changes. The Mitchell court martial papers should be ready soon, while charges against board members over war era aviation ties are downplayed.
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United Cresst
Washington, D
Army
Navy
Aircraft Investigation Board
Cool
Davis
Mitchell
Shenandoah
Howard E. Coffin
National Air Transport Corporation
Klan Entry Big Surprise in Wisconsin Senate Race
Oshkosh Wis Sept 16 Daniel Woodward of Oshkosh declared he may enter the senatorial campaign as an independent. Supported by the Ku Klux Klan he delivered a surprising result in yesterday's Republican primaries, cutting into Roy Wilcox’s totals and aiding La Follette’s bid. He spoke to United Press.
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United Press
Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin
Bu Klux Klan
Daniel Woodward
Woodward
Roy Wilcox
LaFollette
United Pro Tam
Eddie Raymond Forsakes Pen for His Books
Eddie Raymond known as Eddie Raymond leaves the Chronicle newsroom to enter the University of Missouri in Columbia this fall to study journalism and advertising. The MU journalism school is cited as one of the nation’s best with a long-tenured dean and staff. His high school athletics stories will be missed, and his training at the state college and on the Chronicle staff suggests promising university work.
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Edward Raymond
Eddie Raymond
Columbia
Missouri
University of Missouri
Chronicle
State College
Chronicle News
E Wildernuth of Plano Dies Funeral Today
E M Wildernuth of Plano died after a year and a half illness at 84. Funeral services were held at 2:30 PM from Plano Latter Day Saints Church with burial in Plano. He was uncle to Mrs C D Carter and J L Cooper. Relatives from DeKalb attended. He leaves three sons and five daughters, all married, among many relatives and friends.
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E. Wildernuth
Plano
E. M. Wildernuth
Wildernuth
Weather outlook shows partly overcast tonight and Thursday
The forecast indicates a partly overcast pattern tonight and again on Thursday with rising temperatures reaching warmer levels on Thursday. Strong entities: none.
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Finais
Old Doctor Attacked in New York Narrowly Survives
Dr Menus Gregory director of the psychopathic division at Bellevue hospital was attacked by a madman outside his West Side home. The assailant, believed insane, was knocked down by a policeman after firing a shot that jammed in the pistol. Gregory, over 60, suffered nervous shock and remains bedridden.
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New York
N. Y
Menus Gregory
Pystichopathic Division
Bellevue Hospital
West Side
Dr. Gregory
Contractor on Paving Work to Be in DeKalb
A. F. Rutlidge, Rockford contractor for the West Lincoln Highway paving, will visit DeKalb on Thursday to meet city officials about the project. He has proposed a second bid on the paving type desired by the majority, but it remains unaccepted. The West Lincoln Highway from the bridge to the city limits is deadlocked because a resident has not signed the petition to authorize the change in paving type, tying up the work.
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A. F. Rutlidge
Rockford
Hobarts Leave for Aberdeen to Start New Posts
Prof Hobart heads the mathematics department at Northern Normal and Industrial School in Aberdeen South Dakota after moving with Mrs Hobart and her mother Mrs J T A Edmonson. Charles Hunt joins them to Aberdeen then studies at University of Washington as a freshman this fall in Seattle.
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Hobarts
Aberdeen
Hobart
J. T. A. Edmonson
Charles Hunt
S. D
Northern Normal and Industrial School
State College
Seattle
Washington
University of Washington
DeKalb
The
Western University
Treatment for Morons Topic for Rotarians
Rotarians at the Wednesday noon luncheon heard Dr. W. L. Shank present a discussion on treatments for morons and how to correct habits. He outlined preventive measures for diseases causing mental impairment and noted a district convention in Chicago. Dr. J. Stanley Brown reported on the event, with Harrell Stewart attending.
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Innovation Grill Room
W. L. Shank
Chicago
J. Stanley Brown
Brown
Harrell Stewart
Exterior work on De Kalb Trust Bank Nears Completion
Exterior bank renovation at De Kalb Trust & Savings will finish this week as bricklayers wrap up today if weather holds. Front completed, eastern side to be finished, then building washed with chemical solution. Scaffolding removal and cleanup to follow late this week or early next.
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DeKalb Trust & Savings Bank
Th ‘Town
Bob Shelton Fined in Police Court for Disorderly Conduct
DeKalb resident Robert Shelton was arrested yesterday morning after a disturbance in the Shelton family neighborhood. He appeared before Police Magistrate John Blair this morning and received the usual fine and costs for a drunk and disorderly condition. The arrest was the only notable event at the station yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Shelton
John Blair
Shelton
DeKalb
Shipment of prune plums for canning arrives
Carlson Bros. report receipt of prune plums for canning in 18 lb crates at 1.25 per crate delivered. Phone numbers 296 749 listed for Carlson Bros. Zod.
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Carlson Bros
Mail Bids Presented for Eight New Air Mail Routes
United States post office plans eight air mail lines linking 28 cities over 4675 miles as 10 private firms submit 16 bids. Contracts to be awarded within 30 days, signaling a new era in commercial air transport with national network plans. National Air Transport bids Chicago to Dallas Chicago to St Louis and Chicago to St Paul. Robertson Aircraft bids 6.665 dollars per 10 cent revenue for Chicago Springfield St Louis.
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United P. Washington
United States
Post Office Department
National Air Transport, Inc
Chicago
Dallas
St Louis
St. Paul
Robertson Aircraft Corporation of
St. Louis
Building at Big School to Start at Once
Construction on University of Illinois projects totaling 2 million dollars will start soon after approval by the General Assembly. The plans include additions to the pharmacy building armory and gymnasium a second library unit and a new architecture building. Also opening this month is a student hospital and United States Senator William McKinley costing over 200 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usnewearres
Urbana
Ill
University of Ilinois
List General Assembly
United States
William McKinley
First Floor on New Building Being Finished
Work on the Kennedy building at Fourth and Lincoln Highway nears completion with concrete base done yesterday and finish lattice today. The three story structure will feature an elevator, a rare amenity in this city, promising a modern facility. Dance at Elva every Friday night with new and old dances and good music.
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Kennedy Building
Fourth
Lincoln Highway
Elva
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Ross FE. Yowell
Wilkerson
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