Automobile Theft Profits Snowball in Chicago Crime
Detectives explain how stolen cars are laundered through fake bills of sale and fake identities, with owners often cleared in court. Chicago faces a booming theft trade, costly losses to insurers, and few convictions for fences, despite rising recoveries.
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John J. Sheehy
Arthage
Chigo
Chicago
Illinois
Healey
D. J. Sullivan
Stolen Automobile Division
Hard Highway 10 East 10 to Be Built
Quincy to be connected to the outside world by a new highway starting here and linking with the Ocean to Ocean Highway toward Springfield and points east. Work to begin from Beardstown as soon as weather permits, with Hannibal to Quincy segment cited as improving.
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Quincy
Tom Beatty
Ocean
Ocean Highway
Springfield
Beardstown
Hannibal
New Molle Futterer Sales Rooms Open to Public
The Molle Futterer company opened new sales rooms in the Orpheum building last week exposing the public to a duplicate of Chicago’s best rooms on Michigan Avenue. The local firm is expanding its presence in the area.
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Molle Futterer Company
Orpheum
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Showroom Style Cars Move From Garage to Furnished Rooms
A new concept shifts from greasy garages to elegant rooms for Saxon and Maxwell cars. The old agency site retains its garage with full Saxon and Maxwell parts on hand. Two expert mechanics service the cars locally, reducing delays for owners seeking parts.
Man Dies After Chill During Week, Catholic Funeral Held
A man traveled downtown Friday, returned home to his daughter, took a chill and died shortly after. The funeral was held Thursday morning at nine from the Catholic church where he was a regular. Min Sykes spoke at a Republican rally in the Dreamland theater Friday afternoon and made a good impression.
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Olic Church
Sykes
Dreamland Theater
West Point graduations kept at normal pace for officers
Hon Clyde Tavenner spoke to a large Democratic crowd at the White Palace. In Washington on October 29 the War Department announced it will not hasten graduation of senior classes at West Point despite 1500 second lieutenant vacancies remaining unfilled.
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Clyde Tavenner
Democrats
White Palace
Washington
War Department
West Point
New Busan Offensive Opens In Galicia And Poland
A telegram received in Rome from a German source reports indications of the beginning of a tremendous new Russian offensive in Galicia and Poland, the dispatch from the Italian capital says received by wireless in Paris on October 20.
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Busan
Paris
Rome
Galicia
Poland
Warsaw War R. C. district convention fills Odd Fellows hall
War saw district convention of the W R C convened in Odd Fellows hall with delegates from corps across the district. Mrs. Emma Richardson of Warsaw elected district president, with Eunice McDowell of Bushnell as Sr vice president. Souvenirs were exchanged, and officers hailed Warsaw hospitality as 82-year-old Max Buttgen dies on his birthday in Warsaw.
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Warsaw
Odd Fellows Hall
Alice Curten
Macomb
Anna Edwards
Sap
Plymouth
Emma Richardson
Eunice McDowell
Bushnell
Wemmer
Decatur
Edwards
Sapp
14Th
Pres
Emma Spinanger
V. P
S. P. Wallace
Jr. V. P
Sarah Terrill
Sec’y
Mae Floto
Max Buttgen
S. McKee
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B. F. Baldon
S. 7Th St
B. Toledo
Toledo
Maine Street
Irwin-Overland Co. Distributors
Quincy, Ell
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo, Ohio
U.S. A
Saies
Marin
W.R. O
Rere
Epsier Cay
Peruna
Tong of Chou
Peruna Company
Columbus
Ohio
Zenith
Connecticut
Clough-Reihm Co
Chevrolet
Hyatt
Eli
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