Illinois State News Highlights a Tangle of Crimes and Officials
Bloomingto n figures cite a bank robbery spree with Nauvoo and Burnside targets. Prisoners tied to the crime, including Two Gun Alterie and Ma chine Gun Jack McGurn, are freed as vagrancy laws are struck down. Illinois vagrancy law struck down. Supreme Court frees several convicted on criminal reputation. The Peoria Mutual Life Insurance takeover is approved with G Hall Roosevelt as president. Police chase ends with Hoth wounded. guards face bank faculty disputes as circuit ruling blocks highway police salaries.
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Louis
Roosevelt
Peoria Mutual Life Insurance Company
Peoria Life
Murray M. Baker
Caterpillar Traction Company
Robert Wilson
Chicago
Illinois
Nauvoo
Bluffs
Burnside
Wilson
Emil Cortez
Lloyd Lorraine
Harry Rosa
Joliet Penitentiary
Cook County
William Hoth
Lake Street
Bartlett
Hoth
Reed
Tien
Sherman Hospital
Illnois Supreme Court
George Fred Rush
Cook County Board
Reach Bank
Wilber D. Long
Joliet
Treasury Department
Washington
United States
Peru
Elmer Rose
Illinois River
Rose
Roy Ray
Illinois Central Railroad
Edward J. Hughes
Hughes
State
Republican Central Committee
Horner
National Recovery Administration
Shelbyville
Deedtar
Claude Harbert
Fairfield
John W.borah
Ninety One
William 2. Borah
Idaho
Illnoig
Lefty Mills Joins St. Louis Browns Pitching Staff
Lefty Mills, a 24 year old left handed pitcher, is added to the Browns roster. Formerly regarded as the navy’s top hurler while with the aircraft carrier Lexington, Mills brings veteran sea service prestige to the team.
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Howard
Lefty) Mills
St. Louis Browns
Navy
Lexington
New Blue Eagle Emblem for NRA Issued to Businesses
Miss Pearl Mattingly poses with the new Blue Eagle emblem of the National Recovery Administration. The emblem replaces the old motto with the word code and adds an identification number, signaling a updated badge for business compliance.
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Miss Pearl Mattingly
National Recovery Administration
When Children Sang to Jesus in Holy Week
Lesson text outlines Matthew 21 1 46 with the triumphal entry’s dark note the king’s rejection and the parables. It notes Zechariah prophecy fulfillment the disciples obedience and Jesus cleansing the temple and warns of Israel’s spiritual state and future judgment.
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Jesus
Zechariah
Christ
Jerusalem
Temple
Israel
God
Vineyard
Jesus Christ
Value of Silence Devotional Retreat Described
A devotional note highlights silence as a retreat with God, broken only by vocal meditation and prayer. It frames the period of quiet as preparatory and arising from reflective stillness.
Serving God in Sunshine and Darkness
A speaker urges faithful service through light and dark times, emphasizing enduring devotion as providence shifts from sunlit days to forthcoming darkness. The message frames faith as constant through changing circumstances and highlights divine guidance as a motivation to serve.
Playtime Fashions for the Well-Dressed Tot
The piece highlights 2 to 8 year olds in summer swimwear from Child Life Magazine. It notes a two-piece all wool knitted bathing suit in white red or navy with felt tabs, and a candy-striped seersucker sun-suit with a fitted waistline and a catch-all pocket for beach treasures.
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Carolyn T. Radnor Lewis
Child Life Magazine
Proportion of Sexes Disproves Old Theory
The article notes a postwar male birth excess in some years but not others and lists countries with male excess Argentina Canada India New Zealand Australia South Africa Ireland United States Japan Bulgaria while many nations show more females than males in the population.
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United States
Argentina
Canada
India
New Zealand
Australia
Union of South Africa
Irish Free State
Japan
Bulgaria
Lyrics Snippet Sparks Wishful Banter on the Dance Floor
A brief exchange on the dance floor features a man wishing to be in the other's shoes while the woman asks him to refrain from trying at that moment. The dialogue hints at playful tension and social interaction in a nightlife setting.
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Tennessee Basin
America
Lefty Mills
NRA
A. G. McAlexander
Maine
Charles H. Martin
Congress
Oregon
West Point
Aberdeen
Scotland
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D. D
Een Bible Institute of Chicago
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Iscox
N.Y
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Jersey
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