Park commissions reshaped by Governor Lowden in Chicago
Governor Lowden announced numerous appointments to Lincoln and West Park boards. New members include William Wrigley Jr and Samuel M. Felton to Lincoln Park, John F. Smulski as West Park president, and reappoints for Grover and others. Additional posts cover ward officials and city departments. Gordon A. Ramsay named Cook County public administrator.
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Lowden
Lincoln Park
West Park
Lampert, Wrigley, Smulski
Lincoln and
William Wrigley, Jr
Samuel M. Felton
Chicago Great Western Railway
Lincoln Park Board
John F. Smulsh
West Park Board
William F. Grover
Nelson N. Lampert
Beacon Street
Bertram M. Winston
Lincoln Parkway
Francis T. Simmons
East Goethe Street
Timothy J. O'Byrne
Lake View Avenue
John P. Friedland
Andrew Lanquist
Bernard Jung
North Dearborn Street
William Rehm
John H. Hardin
Hubbard Woods
August F. Bruchman
West Chicago Park
South Central Park Avenue
Peter J. O'Brien
Oother
W. C. Lewman
Danville
John J. McKenna
W. L. Sackett
Morris
J. E. McClure
Carlinville
William Colvin
Springfield
William H. McCulloch
Chicago
Fred C. Dodds
Walter E. Schmidt
I. D. Vincent
Gordon A. Ramsay
Cook County
Election board bugs asleep amid calls for reform
A Loud editorial attacks election officials and judges, accusing them of neglect and corruption while demanding accountability. The piece targets ward precincts listed by number and calls for action ahead of the upcoming registration day for the draft.
City panel mulls gas rate for large users and fines debate
Chicago aldermen consider a 65 cent per 1000 cubic feet wholesale rate for gas over 10 000 but under 50 000 monthly with 40 cent options for over 50 000. City and firm experts clash over pricing while minimum bills for large light meters are set and three ordinances face weakening votes. The Speeders Court hears fines debate and saloon lunch restrictions move forward.
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Aldermanic Committee On
E. W. Bemis
Donald R. Riehberg
William G. Woolfolk
Sanderson & Porter
John G. Horne
Ross A. Woodhull
Walter P. Steffen
John N. Kimball
Speeders
Horne
Prohibition Taxes Debated as Hoover Opposes New Chips
National Food Inspector Hoover opposes shifting saloon license and alcohol tax costs to taxpayers. The dispute centers on Chicago saloon licenses worth 7 million and national alcohol tax revenue of 1.5 billion, with House Senate fights over prohibition as a food and treasury issue. The Interstate Commerce Commission faces a case on passenger rate discrimination between Chicago and St Louis.
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Hoover
Chicago
House
Senate
Treasury
Herbert C. Hoover
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Brundage Files Suit to Stop Rail Rate Rise in Illinois
Attorney General Brundage filed a suit in Cook County Superior Court asking for an injunction to bar railroads from raising passenger rates from 2 to 2.4 cents per mile. The action names the railroad president and passenger agent as defendants. The state argues no honest effort has been shown to comply with the order.
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Ilinois
Superior Court of
Cook County
Brundage
Marshal Bradley Busy With Alien Permit Surge
United States Marshal John J. Bradley reports a surge of alien permit applications with 400 new requests, totaling over 1,000 on file. The President’s proclamation requires all aliens aged 14 and older to carry permits, and Bradley will arrest anyone aged 14 or more who fails to obtain one.
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United States
John J. Bradley
Bradley
Illinois Legislature Near Adjournment Amid War Emergency Talks
With three weeks left in the Illinois Legislature the plan is to adjourn on June 16 allowing Governor Lowden two weeks to sign or veto bills before July 1. A fall recess may follow to address war emergency matters while a general bill purge begins.
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Lowden
Attorney General
Hugh 8S. Magill
Springfield
Frances Lowden
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James F. Bishop
Dunne
Election Board
Thomas F. Scully
Chicago Board of Aldermen
Council Committee On Judiciary
City Council Health Committee
Michael Montague
Cottage Grove Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
John Maskall
Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Daniel J. Cahill
South Halsted Street
Maskall
Cahill
Law Department
Uncle Sam
Judge Scully
Senator Glackin
James Reynolds
Chicago Traction Companies
Lever
House Agriculture Committee
Frank O Lowden
Illinois
Marshal Bradley
Dahlberg
Representative Church
Iinois House
Civil Service
Chicago City Civil Service Commission
Congress
Fish and Game Committee
University of Ilinois
University of Illinois
Pace
Smejkal
Appropriations Committee
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