Outlaws Fire On Police as Chicago Heights Murder Stirs War
In Cook County two murders rocked the metro area as a gun attack targeted Chief LeRoy Gilbert in South Chicago Heights and later killed Tom Scanlan of the Chicago Heights Star. Police suspect a mistaken identity amid a crackdown on beer runners near the Indiana border. Gilbert was shot while home. Mrs Gilbert wounded. Ruth, 13, unharmed as siblings slept through the attack. A truck captured alcohol shipments used by bootleggers drew state action calls.
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Chicago
Cook County
John Anson
LeRoy Gilbert
Gilbert
Lincol
Tom Scanlan
Chicago Heights
Scanlan
Alvin Soderberg
Soderberg
Fred Hartman
Swanson
Indiana
White Oak News Notes and Social Snips
Doyle Smiths travel to Washington on business. Scranton family called by illness of Mrs Scranton's mother Mrs Edd Ross. Louise Bell nets 20 dollars from Thanksgiving program. Will True visit Richland with Jones family. Augustine buys corn from Mrs Henry Luithly. D C Brumback and son Oral Walters visit Doyle Smith. Doyle Smith helps Glenn haul corn. Four inches of snow signals real winter.
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White Oak
Doyle Smith
Washington
Charley Scranton
Louise Bell
Harvey
Will True
Jones
Richland
Frank Smith
Glenda Ruth
Sun Chester
Floyd
George Augustine
Henry Luithly
D.C. Brumback
Oral Walters
Charley Eranton
Ralph Brinning
Bos
Glenn
Kellogg Defends Anti War Treaty Before Senate Panel
Secretary of State Kellogg faced sharp questions from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the anti war treaty. He argued no reservation is needed to protect American rights, while lawmakers debated protections for the Monroe Doctrine and British self defense notes. Kellogg said British correspondence concerns only self defense terms and that public testimony will follow.
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Kellogg
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senankor
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
Senator Capper
Kansas
Borah
Senate
Britain
Russia
United States
South Side Store Room Lease Not Yet Signed
Mrs. D. J. Dewey, part owner of the building on the south side of the square formerly occupied by the McNamara furniture store, told a Journal representative that reports of a lease to Montgomery Ward and company were premature. While she expects a lease to be finalized on pending terms, no contract for remodeling has been signed yet. tentative negotiations stem from talks between Mrs Dewey and Montgomery Ward officials, with plans for the store to be used as a Montgomery Ward retail outlet once in effect.
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D. J. Dewey
McNamara Furniture
Journal
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago Company
Dewes
Montgomery Ward
Dewey
Chicago
Washington
Coupons Clip Soon for Good Fellows Drive
The Good Fellows 4 Fellows program launches with coupons for food donations to aid Washington's needy families this Christmas. Donations may be left at the Y M C A or via coupon with a written address for pickup. The Y's Men’s Club aims to target only truly needy families and will publish a full accounting of how donations are used.
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Washington
Y. M.C
Y's Men's Club
Good Fellows Club
Journal
Good Fellow Department
Saturday's Five Best Radio Features
A retrievable list of NBC network segments includes WEAP and WJZ features with orchestras and melodrama. It notes NBC network timing across stations like WARC New York and mentions 9:15 PM try-out hour and a Lucky Strike Orchestra lineup.
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WEAP
NBC
Ional Symphony
Orchestr
WEAF
Lucky Strike Orchestra
WJZ
Philco
New York
Telegram
Receivership Denied in Crawfordsville Bank Case
In Crawfordsville this week Judge Frank Bechly denied the plaintiff People's Savings Bank petition for the appointment of a receiver against Waldo Wells and others. A decree of foreclosure was granted.
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People's Savings Bank of
Crawfordsville
Waldo Wells
Frank Bechly
Thanksgiving at Red Brick school families and guests
Thanksgiving scenes fill Red Brick with teachers and pupils returning to class after breaks. Families visit from Centerville Davenport Ottumwa and Washington as friends share meals and stories. Cattle moving and hog deliveries mark rural life as residents recount a busy holiday.
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Ross Gault
Centervil
John Caldwell
Grover van Nisp
Joe Allen
Joe
van Ness
J. Strickler
Glenn Wilson
Floyd Nesswanger
John Wagner
Havre
Kansas City
Homer Kephart
Carr
Lloyd Netawanger
Roy Schiebel
Davenport
Henry Otto
Ottumwa
Edith Otto
Washington
E. Raby
Liosd Neiswanger
Mike Flynn
Congress Opens Busy New Session With Treaty Debates
Congress and its committees began work with Kellogg scheduled to brief the foreign relations panel on the world peace treaty. Missouri Senator Reed opposes ratification, while Roy C. West faces opposition over Salt Creek lease links. Farm relief and tariff hearings loom as Congress plans early action on spending, taxes, and radio committees.
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Andher Oes
Roy C. West
Chicago
Coolidge
Interior
Public Lands Committee
West
Salt Creek
Frank J. Smith
Minois
Senate
Sambel
Ties
Went
Johnson Boulder Dam
Jetief
Haugen
Agriculture Committee
Moover
Congress
Arange
House
Nitree
Attemm
Radio
Coaches Meet at Fairfield Saturday
Reneeee Penee nin ee Pee pinit oan tie cies recently purchased southeast of town. The carpenter is at work re modeling the how Fred Sayre and son Delbert have taken up their abode in Washington rooms which they recently purchas ed.
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Reneeee
Penee
Fred Sayre
Delbert
Washington
Declamatory Contest Held at Local High School
Sixteen contestants competed in the dramatic division with Priscilla Morrison Geneva Went and Raymond Witting judged the top three. Henry Little Zeck and John Westphal led the speaking, with first place to be announced later. The humorous division finals are set for 7:15 this evening at the high school.
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Priscilla Morrison
Geneva
Raymond Witting
Henry Little
Zeck
John Westphal
Death takes Putman child in Ottumwa
Funeral services for Rosetta Mae Putman two months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob G Putman Ottumwa will be held at one o clock Saturday at the William Putman home 908 East Third street Rev P E Roll of the Christian church will conduct the service Burial will be in Pleasant Hill cemetery Surviving are the parents four brothers Jacob Jo Clarence Francis and her twin brother John Wesley
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William Putman
East ‘Third Street
Rosetta Mae Putman
Jacob G. Putman
Ottumwa
P. E. Roll
The
Christian Church
Pleasant Hill
Jacob
Clarence
Francis
John Wesley
Hoover Heads Toward Chile On Maryland Cruise
President-elect Hoover continues Latin American tour aboard the U S Maryland steering toward Antofagasta Chile for talks with Bolivian officials. The Peruvian cruiser Almirante Grau has fallen back as escort departs. Hoover rests after Lima engagements while weather and trans Andean slides influence next legs toward Buenos Aires and Magellan Strait.
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U. S
Maryland
Herbert Hoover
Antofagasta
Chile
Hoover
Almirante
Lima
Posibe
Onder Bath
Mr. Hoover
Buenos Aires
Magellan
atAntofagasta
Jacks
Border skirmishes raise war fears between Paraguay and Bolivia
Asuncion reports serious frontier clashes between Bolivian and Paraguayan troops with unconfirmed counts of casualties. Buenos Aires notes revival of war possibilities as attempts to settle boundary disputes fail. In Colombia, reports from Magdalena warn of plantation strikers killed amid clashes with government forces.
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Paraguay
Bolivia
Asuncion
la Razon
Buenos Aires
Fort Jalpon
Columba
Bogota
Columbia
Santa Marta
Magdalena
Rengifo
Seige
Coldest December in 65 Years Hits Chicago Area
Chicago on December 7 reported the coldest December in 65 years, with the mercury rising toward normal by week’s end as the westward cold wave weakened. A light Mississippi Valley snowfall caused some corn damage but otherwise spared widespread harm.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Y M C A quintet opens season with 31 22 win over Ollie
Kiesey leads the Y.M.C.A. five as they beat the Ollie independents 31 to 22 in a season opener. Hill, Kolosick, Don, and Mike Crone contributed solidly on defense and offense while referee Hod Rice kept control. Ollie, a strong basketball group, battled to stay within reach through the first half before the locals pulled away in the third period. Next games include a visit to Ollie and a December 13 tuneup against Heinz at Muscatine.
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Kiesey
Ind
Ollie
Angy
Washington
Nome
Hill
Kolosick
Don
Mike Crone
Hod" Rice
Frechwaters
Ollebors
Muscatine
Heinz
Lecture at Christian church draws large audience
A large attendance gathered at the Christian church last night for Rev. Mr. Hill who was invited to star and deliver a lecture titled Nehushtan. The event began at 7 20 in the evening. Mr HU plans to spend the weekend at Brighton.
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The
Christian Church
Mr. Hill
Nehushtan
Brighton
Davenport Youths Found Guilty in Officer Slaying
Two Davenport youths Robert White and Orne Davis, ages 17 and 16, escaped inmates from Glenwood home for feeble minded, were found guilty of killing Patrolman Ben Geert. The jury fixed their sentence at death. The incident occurred as Geert approached a coal company office and the youths attempted to flee, with witnesses testifying to prior associations and movements of the defendants.
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Davenport
Des
Robert White
Andore Davis
Glenwood
Ben Geert
Jacko. Allenist
Fragile items wrapped to prevent breakage in transit
Packing guidance warns that fragile objects must be wrapped and cushioned to stop particles escaping if broken. It notes ordinary cigar boxes wrapped in paper fail inspection and urges protective wrapping around jars and crockery with sturdy pastboard to avoid damage.
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Opera Git Prohibiton
Smith
South Side
Kelloge
Foreign Relations Committee
Monroe Co
Roy West
Fairfield
Putman
Battleship
Kabul
Afghanistan
Rock Island Railroad
H.W. Rusetti
West Jefferson Street
Mr. Russel
Washington Depot
Ed Bambrick
J. Goodlander
J. R. Kruser
J.B. Campbell
J.P. Wood
Cleo Shockey
Guy Evans
Hubert Walker
Harley Smith
Will Dupuis
Ed Sullivan
George Askew
John Ryan
Clint Jones
Matt Pratt
Lloyd
Earl Little
Russel
California
Xeport
Y.M.C.A
Regina
Crone
Kiese
Konsick
Hwaters
McCreery
Ea Betes
Steigler
Bottger
Rice
Iowa
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