DeKalb County Seeks Gas Tax Funds For Roads
DeKalb county joins 52 Illinois counties seeking 6.7 million dollars from state gas tax receipts blocked by injunctions. A uniform resolution instructs the road and bridge committee to buy from companies not involved in litigation, while decrying oil firms that froze the funds. Page 9 to continue.
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DeKalb County
Illinois
County Board of Supervisors
Cook County
Road and Bridge Committee
Toad and Bridge Committee
DeKalb County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Willebrandt Muzzled Urges Wisconsin Prohibition Fight
Chicago reports say Mrs. Ma bel Walker Willebrandt aide US attorney general must be muzzled to keep Wisconsin in Republican ranks. James W Good warned that Willebrandt's stump speaks hurt Hoover's campaign as Gov. Alfred E Smith gains strength there and in other states. Benjamin Fuelleman urged action to curb her activities and restore order to the campaign in Washington.
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Chicago
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
United States
Wisconsin
James W Good
Benjamin Fuelleman
Republican State Central Committee
Good
Willebrandt
Alfred E Smith
Curtis After Smith on Trip Through West
Curtis and Smith travel west with Curtis following in Denver to Omaha as Smith endorses the McNary Hangen bill. Curtis plans a detailed critique of farm relief, arguing the plan lacks implementation machinery. He assails Smith as the "gentleman from New York" who cannot recognize a sugar beet.
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Curtis
Smith
Kansas
Denver
Gov. Smith
New York
League of Nations disarmament talks face abstentions
Geneva Sept 25. Germany and Hungary abstained as the assembly reviewed disarmament progress. M Tanezos of Hungary and Von Bernstorff of Germany criticized the lack of definite promises for a conference next year. The Benes report was adopted with Germany and Hungary the only abstentions.
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Geneva
U.R
Germany
Hungary
League of Nations
Court von Bernstorff
M. Tanezos
Hunrary
Tanezos
Assembly
Edouard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Tameros
von Bernstorff
Vor Ternstorff
Godfrey Locker-Lampson
Great Britain
Hurgary
Coolidge
United States
France
Italy
Time running for World Series seats in St Louis
Officials announced that applications received after today will not be honored. Over 30,000 requests are already awaiting a winner for the Renant. All applications must include a payment by money order cashier's check or certified check totaling 16.75 for one seat or 25 for two seats.
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St. Louis
U.P
St. Louis Cardinals
Renanant
Confesses Car Theft by Oakland Man in Paired Heists
Harry Greenblatt 26 alias Herman Heflin of Oakland California confessed at Sycamore county jail to stealing two cars on September 16. He said he drifted, stole a Chevrolet coupe in Oakland and a Chevrolet sedan in Clinton Iowa, removing plates before crossing the Mississippi. He implicated two companions and claimed he owned the gun found on him. His federal arrest warrant for transporting stolen autos is expected to follow.
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Harry Greenblatt
Herman Heflin
Oakland
Calif
Sycamore
Greenblatt
Horace Youngs
Rochelle
Ben Peck
T. L. Elmendorf
Oscar Larson
DeKalb
Herman He
California
Fie
Clinton
Towa
Mississippi
Peck
West Lincoln Highway
Heflin
Brooklyn
New York
Desert Waste Is Searched for Northcott Victims in California
Riverside Calif September 25 officers comb the Mojave desert abandoned mine shafts and the Northcott ranch for remains and clues in the Gordon Stewart Northcott murder case. Sanford Clark's testimony has partial corroboration but no definite victim identifications yet. Extradition efforts for Northcott and his mother proceed as Riverside officers pursue four murder indictments. A Pomona constable says he is convinced two Winslow boys were killed and Clark's full story is credible despite its horrific nature.
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Riverside
Calif
Mojave Desert
Northcott Chicken Ranch
Gordon Stewart Northcott
Sarah Luisa Northcott
Sanford Clark
Northcotts
Clark
Canada
A. B. Chambers
Pomona
Lewis
Nelson Winslow
Northcott
Winslow Boys
Smith Goes Back East In Campaign Swing
Governor Alfred E. Smith leaves Helena at 11 a m for a two day Montana and North Dakota trek to St Paul and Minneapolis as he denounces Hoover and calls for repudiation of scandals. A Ku Klux Klan cross sighting above Mount Helena accompanies the stoplight campaign note, while Smith targets Inland waterways talk for St Paul.
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Helena
Mont
U.R
Alfred E. Smith
Oklahoma
Herbert Hoover
United States
Montana
North Dakota
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Lawrence Great Lakes
Smith
Hoover
Mount Helena
Shrine Temple
Charles Curtis
Gov. Smith
Harding
Weather: generally fair with frost tonight in Illinois
For Mlinois the forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday, with cooler temperatures tonight and frost in the southeast portion, and cooler weather in the heavy north and central portions.
Flyers Return from Greenland Forced Flight
Flyers en route home from Greenland, forced down on a flight from America, are due here tomorrow morning. The program includes a reception on Wednesday, a dinner of the geographical society on Thursday and lunch at the American Legion on Friday.
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Greenland
America
The
Geographical Society
Chicago Snow Brief Shuts Down Part of Business District
Snow swirled through Chicago's canyons in the business district this afternoon, briefly affecting visibility and movement. No injuries reported as city crews monitor conditions and clear major thoroughfares.
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Chicago
Kiwanis Delegates Set for Sham Battle at Great Lakes
Delegates to the Illinois-Eastern Town Kiwanis district convention in session at Waukeron Ti will be hosted this afternoon at the Great Lakes naval training station for a sham battle and a sailors’ mess later. Peoria was named the 1928 convention city amid routine morning business while Rockford urged as 1929 host. Fred High urged members to aid underprivileged children and inspire them toward higher goals.
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Waukeran
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Peoria
Rockford
Fred High
Kiwanis Under
Kiwanis
Simpson Waives Fight and Is Extradited to Illinois
Leslie Simpson, linked to the Birger gang and wanted in the murder of State Highway Patrolman Lory Price and his wife, waived extradition in New York and was turned over to Williamson County authorities. The return trip began immediately.
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New York
U.P
Leslie Simpson
Illinois
Simpson
Lory Price
Birger
Williamson County
Secretary of War to inspect Illinois river trip
Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis will begin a river tour from LaSalle to Peoria on Sept. 25 with former Missouri governor Arthur Hyde aboard the Comanche. They will be met upstream by a naval reserves submarine chaser and a large Peoria delegation. Both Davis and Hyde speak tomorrow evening.
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Peoria
U.P
Dwight F. Davis
Illinois River
LaSalle
Davis
Arthur Hyde
Missouri
High Water Halts Work
Flood waters from the hurricane hammered the Everglades and Lake Okeechobee region, hindering burials as death toll climbs past 2,200. Red Cross director A L Schafer toured the devastated coast reporting Pelican Bay’s 450 residents likely drowned and relief efforts organized by sectored camps to curb epidemics.
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Red Cross
Florida
Dade County
A. L. Schafer
Lake Okeechobee
Schafer
Pelican Bay
Doctor sprains ankle on Normal Road steps
Dr H M Payne injures ankle while walking down steps at his home on Normal Road. He uses a crutch again after an earlier sprain last year and a prior dislocation three years ago.
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H. M. Payne
Dr. Payne
Army Flyer Is Killed Today in Collision
Lieut D D Cornelius of the Three Musketeers stunting unit died when two planes collided over Rockwell Field during 95th pursuit squadron maneuvers. Lieut R B Williams parachuted to safety, but Cornelius’s parachute failed to open. This marked the second stunting unit death this month after Lieut J J Williams died at Mirres Field in Los Angeles during national air races. Col Lindbergh, also flying with the Three Musketeers, was unharmed.
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Army
San Diego
Cal
Charles A. Lindbergh
Three Musketeers
D. D. Cornelius
Cornelius
Rockwell Field
R. B. Williams
Lieut
95Th
J. J. Williams
Mirres Field
Los Angeles
Col. Lindbergh
Lieut. J. J. Williams
Hoover Campaign Swing to Elizabethton Tennessee
Herbert Hoover plans a swift 31 hour campaign trip to Elizabethton Tennessee with a noon rally and Kings Mountain pageant. He will depart Washington Friday night and return Sunday morning after visiting Johnson City veterans hospital and a 3 pm speech. Wisconsin favored battlefront analysis follows.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Elizabethton
Tenn
Bristol
Tenn Va
Tennessee
Battle of Kings
S. T
Solid South
Hoover
Johnson City
Blaine
Gov. Smith
Hospital not to settle for baby mistake verdict
Detroit, Sept 25. Judge Merriam ruled Evangelical hospital a charitable institution not liable for damages and ordered a not guilty verdict in a $200,000 case by William C. Greatrex. He claimed his infant son was given away five years ago. witnesses said a nurse gave the baby to another man who passed it to a tourist. The baby remains unfound.
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Detroit
Mich
Evangelical Hospital
DeWitt H. Merriam
Willam C. Greatrex
Greatrex
Flight fails to help deaf girl in 14000 foot flight
Irene Cason an 18 year old deaf woman underwent altitude treatment in Rockford yesterday. She reached 14000 feet in Fred Machesney's cabin plane but reported no improvement in hearing. She plans to fly again in an open plane after the cold wave ends hoping for benefit.
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Rockford
U.P
Irene Cason
Cason
Fred Machesney
Rev E C Lumsden killed in Hinckley crossing crash
Rev E C Lumsden Dixon district superintendent of the Joliet Dixon Methodist Episcopal Church was killed when his car was struck by the eastbound Oriental Limited near Hinckley. The impact hurled the vehicle 200 yards. Lumsden was extricated but died from severe injuries. He had stopped in Hinckley for a visit and was en route to Yorkville to meet church members.
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E. C. Lumsden
Dixon
Joliet-Dixon
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hinckley
Oriental Limited
Burlington Railroad
Lumaden
Lumsden
Nash
Erwine ‘Thompson
Methodist Church
Thompson
Yorkville
Yorksville
Aurora
Armilar
R. P. Culver
Socom
Graft Case Goes To Trial In Queens Sewer Scandal
New York September reports say Maurice E. Connolly and Frederick B. Seeley face a blue ribbon jury in a $29.5 million Queens sewer graft case. The trial follows a year of dramatic claims and political intrigue tied to massive sewer construction.
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New York
U.P
Queens Borouch
Long Island
Maurice E. Connolly
Frederick Seeley
Jastice Arthur
Tompkins
Long Island City
Queens
Queens County
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Frederick B. Seeley
Alfred E. Smith
New York State
Connolly
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Neb
Senate
Colo
Minnesota
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Everglades
Paris
Guadeloupe
Ministry of Colonies
Point A Pitre
West Palm Beach
Fla
Paul Brown
Earace
Train
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