Elks Big Week Parade to Transform Chicago July 5 10
Chicago prepares for a massive Elks convention week July 5 to 10 with 300000 visitors, electric displays on Michigan Avenue, a grand parade of 250000 Elks, state floats, bands, and prize events. The city will glow purple and white with banners, fountains, and architecture dressed for the occasion.
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Chicago
Rome
Elks
Michigan Boulevard
Loop
Antwerp
Belgium
Ellis Grand Lodge
America
Amateur Athletic Union
John V. Clinnin
Central District
Far West
Lincoln Park
Michigan Avenue
Eleventh Street
State Street
Grant Park
Elkdom
Egan Heads It as Democratic Committee Names Executive
The Democratic Municipal Committee selected its executive lineup after a recent primary meeting on Tuesday. Denis J. Egan leads a long list of appointees including George E. Brennan John F. O Malley A J Sabath William L O Connell A J Cermak Michael Kenna Robert M Sweitzer P J Carr James T Igoe Harry R Gibbons Joseph O Kostner Bertram M Winston Stanley K Kunz James M Whalen Joseph J Fitzgerald Neil Murley Ross C Hall Martin J O Brien Patrick A Nash Joseph P Mahoney Frank X Rydzewski Joseph Rushkewicz Henry Stuckart Clayton F Smith Peter Reinberg Michael K Sheridan Timothy J Crowe and William P Feeney.
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Denis J. Egan
George E. Brennan
John F. O'Malley
A. J. Sabath
William L. O'Connell
A. J. Cermak
Michael Kenna
Robert M. Sweitzer
P. J. Carr
James T. Igoe
Harry R. Gibbons
Joseph O. Kostner
Bertram M. Winston
Stanley K. Kunz
James M. Whalen
Joseph J. Fitzgerald
Neil Murley
Ross C., Hall
Martin J. O'Brien
Patrick A. Nash
Joseph P. Mahoney
Frank X. Rydzewski
Joseph Rushkewicz
Henry Stuckart
Clayton F. Smith
Peter Reinberg
Michael K. Sheridan
Timothy J. Crowe
William P. Feeney
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Elks Week Merchandize Stocked by Local Stores
Local merchants have amassed thousands of dollars in goods for Elks week displays. One shop bought large stocks of purple and white veils and another stocked purple stockings to feature during the event.
Retire Hoffman Leading Oak Park Republican Voice
The Oak Leaves urges retirement of Cook County coroner Hoffman in a May 29 issue. It condemns his influence, calls for disinterested jurors, and warns voters to deny renomination and remove him from public life.
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Oak Park
Oak Leaves
Chicago
Hoffman
Cook County
Peter Hoffman
Desplaines
County offices fund sparks citywide political era
A county second floor office has earned 27746.50 since 1919 and will be transferred to the county treasurer for expenses. Chicago crime is rising and State's Attorney Hoyne blasts the police department as rotten and demoralized. The article also discusses upcoming conventions, hotel plans, and election tickets in Cook County with multiple candidate names and districts noted.
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Circuit
Superior Courts
Chicago
Maclay Hoyne
City Club of
Decatur
Thompson
Tom Bourke Named Publicity Head for Ascher Bros
Tom Bourke, long associated with Chicago daily papers, was named general publicity representative for Ascher Brothers, owners of the west’s largest theater chain. He will start next Monday and oversee publicity for openings of new Ascher houses in Dayton, Peoria, and Cincinnati, with a special staff under his direction. Bourke previously served as dramatic editor of the Chicago American and was a noted Chicago Tribune writer.
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Tom Bourke
Chicago
Ascher Brothers
West
Bourke
Ascher
Dayton
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago American
Chicago Tribune
City Hall to Review Tag Day Policy and Gas Rates
City lawmakers plan no new tag days until council judiciary committee meets next week after five months of study. Alderman John Lyle questions overuse while engineers, attorneys, and the commission weigh potential gas rate changes, possibly rising to 1.25 with retroactive effect from June 1. Public works officials cite street fountain delays due to a city employee strike but expect fountains ready within ten days.
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Council Judiciary Committee
John Lyle
Corporation Counsel
James R. Wilkerson
William Burkhardt
Mr. Burkhardt
John FE Traeger Active in Constitutional Convention
John FE Traeger is described as one of the most active and useful members of the Constitutional convention and as looking out for Chicago's interests.
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John Fe, Traeger
Constitutional Convention
Chicago
Gas valuation figures denounced by Richberg as false
Donald R. Richberg, special assistant corporation counsel on gas litigation for the city, stamped the $134,300,000 gas company valuation as unqualifiedly false. The figures reproduce gas properties per the engineer's report to the public utilities commission and forecast a $1.10 rate, excluding depreciation and including items unrelated to gas.
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Donald R. Richberg
Public Utilities Commission
Mayor Thompson Attends Delegate Contest Hearings at Coliseum
Mayor Thompson a Republican National Committeeman from Tinnels attends ongoing delegate contest hearings at the Coliseum. He arrives early, observes the proceedings, greets contestants, listens to attorneys, and chats with Frank H. Hitchcock during intermission while keeping a low profile.
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Mayor Thompson
Tinnels
Coliseum
Tie
Frank H. Hitchcock
Wood
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Thomas J. Lynch
Donald L. Morrill
Edmund Mulcahy
Michael L. Igo
Harry H. Merrick
the Elks’ Great Convention
Ascher Bros
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