Chicago Scout Leaders Start Training Course
The Chicago Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the University of Chicago launch a Standard Training Course for Scout leaders in and around Chicago. It begins January 6 at 7 45 p m in Room 12138 A and B at 203 N Wabash and runs twelve weeks to March 24 1930 with Allan R Carpenter and a leadership training committee guiding the program.
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Boy Scouts
Chicago Council
Boy Scouts of America
Chicago
University of Chicago
Chicago Council of Social Agencies
N. Wabash Avenue
Allan R. Carpenter
Chicago Scout Organization
Philip P. Sachs
W. R. Boorman
Moritz Bendheim
Northwest District
Bernard Baer
West Side
E H. Wagner
South Central
Walker Alderton
South Shore
F. B. Post
Southwest
Frank M. Stanley
Calumet
Sydney P. Brown
Douglas
Man Charged With Passing Bad Checks on South End Stores
Charles Duggan, 23, of Vernon Avenue, held in county jail on twelve store check fraud counts. Bonds set at 100000. Accomplice Mrs. Byron Smith kept for grand jury under 7500 bond on three charges. Arrests by Officers Graper Crotty Smith Ryan Rydeen and Shannon after a Duggan attempt to cash a check at a department store at 115th Street and Michigan Avenue.
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South End
Charles Duggan
Vernon Avenue
Byron Smith
Graper
Crotty
Smith
Ryan
Rydeen
Shannon
Duggan
Samuel Bach
115Th Street
Michigan Avenue
Not So Easy Self-Reflection Says It All
A quote from American Magazine notes that being square with yourself and facing your own gaze spans a wide range of territory, highlighting personal honesty and courage as essential.
Ogden Dunes Ski Club to Stage Third Annual Jump
Norsemen near Gary Indiana prepare for a Sunday January 12 ski jumping display at Ogden Dunes. The third annual tournament will feature the largest artificial ski hill remodeled for longer leaps. South Shore Electric plans special trains to the meet.
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Indiana
Gary
Scandinavia
Ogden Dunes
South Shore Electric
Burglars Steal Cash From Seifer Furniture Co in Hammond
Burglars forced entry at Seifer Furnitwe Co in Hammond early Sunday stealing cash boxes with Saturday receipts after picking the lock and breaking the vault combination. Mayor-elect Charles O. Schonert announced appointments to take office January 6 including William H. Spellman as City Controller and Gerald Gillette as City Attorney. The Columbia Theaters Corp announced a 225000 dollar, 1200 seat movie and talkie theatre to be built on Calumet Avenue and Crarell Street with plans by George & Zimmerman of Indianapolis.
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Seifer Furnitwe Co
Hammond
Charles O. Schonert
William H. Spellman
Gerald Gillette
Frank A. Blocker
Board of Public Works
Paul Klitzke
Frank Hammond
Edward Simons
Board of Public Safety
Martin Cunningham
James Griffith
Frank Prohkl
Board of Public Health
Julius Checigny
H. G. Cole
F. H. Fox
William S. Wisner
William Rith
Harry Reitzer
Columbia Theaters Corporation
Henry P. Downey
Calumet Avenue
Crarell Street
George & Zimmerman
Indianapolis
Specialists spark debate on talent and choice of company
Abe Martin in Farm and Fireside muses on specialists and their value. He recalls a gilded contortionist once known, but notes he was not the kind of man to spend an evening with. The remark lightly questions what traits people seek in skilled individuals.
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Abe Martin
Gunboats May Keep Treaty Ports Open
Washington reports that American consular courts in China will continue to handle cases for U S citizens despite the Nationalist decree abolishing extraterritorial rights. The United States plans to press for gradual relinquishment until a modern code of laws is in place and will seek talks with China to negotiate terms.
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Washington
China
United States
Far
Nanking
Stimson
State Department
Republic
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Shanghai International Settlement
Idaho Mayor and Officials Convicted in Liquor Plot
Twenty four of twenty nine Mullan officials and others were convicted by a federal court jury in Coeur d Alene. Sheriff R Weniger Mayor Arthur Tarwood and the city council were among those found guilty. The government contended officials conspired to violate liquor laws via a licensing system that effectively nullified the dry law.
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Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Mullan
R. Weniger
Shoshone County
Arthur Tarwood
Three Killed As Rum Laden Craft Shelled By Coast Guard
In Newport harbor a liquor laden speed boat was fired on by a pursuing coast guard cutter. Three crew members Dudley A. Brandt Dorchester MA John Goulart Fair Haven MA Jake Wisemann Providence RI were killed and Charles Travers New Bedford MA was wounded.
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New London
Air American Super-Transport plans 206 passenger planes
The Air American Super-Transport company announced a Chicago to New York service by the end of 1930 using 206 passenger aircraft. Each ship would carry up to 20 tons of cargo and cover the Chicago New York route in seven hours.
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Chicago
N. Y
Trans Fer
Air American Super-Transport Company
New York
Adopting and Improving in a Shifting World
A column blends social quirks and political notes from the era. A 17-year-old self-proclaimed Communist faces a stern magistrate’s glare while New Jersey marital drift and a clucking chicken farmer echo domestic headlines. British industry flags a slump. France booms. U.S. rail and transport trends invite caution. Lindbergh’s legacy is celebrated in sculpture debate. Helen Wills Moody’s wedding draws attention. eugenics is casually addressed. Tristram Shandy is cited. a German play prompts censorship in Italy as Germany will adjust.
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Malloy Coal Coo
Kennedy Furnace Lump
Malloy
Malloy Coal Company
Dolton
Twin City Garage
Motorists Association of Illinois
H. W. Monk
Joseph Locher
Conrad Kern
Indiana Ave
Riverdale
DUNES
Ski Club
Northern
Chas.van Sipma
Roseland
U. S
Arthur Brisbane
Lindbergh
Sabbatoni
New Jersey
Channel
France
Britain
Prince of Wales
Great Britain
St. Louis
MacMonnies
Paris
Helen Wills
California
Frederick S. Moody, Jr
Tyrol
Italy
Germany
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