Fugitives Trail Bernardo Roa From Mexico in Historic Illinois Manhunt
State and national police pursue Bernardo Roa, one of seven inmates who escaped Stateville prison on May 5, 1926 after stabbing Deputy Warden Klein. Roa’s gang’s brutal jailbreaks led to multiple hangings and ongoing manhunt across the country with reports he is hiding in Mexican provinces.
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Illinois
Will County
Bernardo Roa
Stateville
Peter M. Klein
Roa
Joliet
Robert Torez
Charles Duschowski
Walter Stalesky
Charles Shader
Walter Storms
Chicago Detective Bureau
Gregorio Rizo
Mexico
William R. McCabe
McCabe
America
James Judnick
John Keeley
Keeley
Carrier Boy Collections Start Tomorrow
Regular monthly carrier pickups begin tomorrow on city and suburban routes. Each carrier carries an identification card issued by the circulation department. ask to see it if the caller is unfamiliar at your home.
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Spectator
Walther League Comedy Set for November Show
The Senior Walther League of St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran church presents Listen to Leon a comedy for laughs Nov 7 and 8 in the day school auditorium Tickets cost twenty five cents with one child admitted free Feature roles are played by Fritzie Fisher Florence Bahr and Henry Weber Supporting cast includes Elsie Padence Dolores Laurie Eddie Reichert Wilbur Kroll and Jimmy Hart
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Walther League of
Church Society Dinner Thursday at Knapp Hall
A vegetarian cafe teria style dinner will be offered tomorrow Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. at Knapp hall 311 Van Buren Street under the Dorcas society of the Seventh Day Adventist church Tickets are thirty five cents
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Knapp Hall
van Buren Street
Dorcas Society
Seventh Day Adventist Church
De Soto Players Present Comedy Next Sunday
De Soto Players stage The Family Doctor a three act comedy in St. Johns parish hall at 53 North Hickory street. Afternoon show at 3 and evening performance at 8 15 feature Cecil Thayer Gilbert Gronemann Lucille Gruben Nicholas Green Richard Gruben Olive Lewis Phillip Theobald and Bertha Scheidt. The plot centers on a doctor's sacrifices for others.
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de Soto
St. John’s Parish Hall
North Hickory Street
Cecil Thayer
Gilbert Gronemann
Lucille Gruben
Nichlaas Green
Richard Gruben
Olive Lewis
Phillip Theobald
Bertha Scheidt
R and S Store Opens Contest With Prizes
R and S shoe store launches a slogan contest open to the public this week. Write ten words or fewer to replace the current slogans for a chance at prizes of 10 dollars, five dollars in merchandise, or three dollars in merchandise. Winners named in the November 14 Spectator. Contest closes November 9.
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R. and S
the Spectator
Ras Is mali Leads Tribe in Battle Against Italians
Closeup shows Ras Is mali in full war dress, a fierce Haile Selassie era chieftain, with a second man guiding his tribe into combat against Italian invaders. He sports the historic headdress worn by Ethiopian warriors at Adowa, a sign of ancestral martial legacy.
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Ras Ismali
Haile Selassie
Ismali
Adowa
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Walther League
Church Society
Royal Furniture
Collins Street
Joliet Day
Artney
Chicago Street
C. Telfer
Generyaq
WCLS
Casige
Ritz
Wilson's Corn Kings
Washington
Bokar Corr
Emperor ‘Michigan Celery
Thos. J. Webb
Manor House
Excelsure Poak E
Virginia Bacon
Campbell’s Soup
Santa Clara
Erie
AXP Food Stores
Dinet
Cass
Ottawa
Hookum
Dinet’s
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