Thompson to lead Chicago with broad progressive plan
William Hale Thompson elected mayor of Chicago by an unprecedented plurality of 158,891. In his first statement he pledges an impartial, anti machine administration, aims to reform street car service, seek nonpolitical cabinet members, and place the city’s schools and police under principled leadership while keeping his ear to the people.
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New Chicago Mayor Names Broad Cabinet and Big-Price Projects
The incoming Chicago mayor plans a wide cabinet with salaries up to 10 000 and 34 assistant counsels, plus top posts in local improvements and public works. Voters approved bond issues totaling nearly 4 million dollars for health, recreation, bridges, a jail farm, a contagious disease hospital, beaches, and a garbage disposal plant as major city improvements.
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