Thompson Loyal Aftersetbacks despite denouncements
Thompson remains on top as supporters claim he still wins battles in public in an upheaval at the school board and city offices. The report details votes for Davis Adair Arnold Davis Hanson Severinghaus Snodgrass Thornton versus Loeb Loeb and non voters Czarnecki Peterson Gannon, with personnel changes and salary restored.
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Davis
Adair
Arnold
Hanson
Severinghaus
Snodgrass
Thornton
Loeb
Czarnecki
Peterson
Gannon
Loeb ousted as new Board of Education meets
At the first meeting of the new Board of Education Jacob M. Loeb, former president, was removed from the post. Backed by attorney Angus Roy Shannon, Loeb threatened a legal battle to challenge the board's organization. Corporation Counsel Ettelson defended the legality of the actions as the session moved to elect a president.
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Edward
Lewis E. Larson
Larson
Capt. Coffin
Coffin
Albert Miller
Harry B. Miller
Charles R. Francis
Angus Roy Shannon
Loeb
Board of Education
Jacob M. Loeb
Ettelson
Shannon
City Council confirms nine school board members amid sharp criticism
Mayor Thompson wins council vote 44 to 25 for the new slate. Aldermanic opposition, calling Lundin a powerful boss, clashes with the mayor while debates on minor reports and separate votes unfold. The mayor praises the outcome and signals an upcoming investigation into the school system.
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Thompson
Ald. A. A. McCormick
Fred Lundin
Roger Sulivan
Carter Harrison
Lundin
Samuel A. Ettelson
Ald
Cullerton
Ald Schwartz
Ald. Franz
Schools Committee
Ald. Rodriguez
Home Defense League Organizes Traffic Division Sessions
About one thousand members of the Chicago Home Defense League were given traffic division instruction at La Salle and Illinois. Speakers included Police Chief Herman F Schuettler First Deputy Westbrook Major Bauder and Lieutenant Martin. Chief Schuettler urged a ten thousand member goal.
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Chicago Home Defense League
Herman F. Schuettler
la Salle
Illinois Streets
Schuettler
Westbrook
Bauder
Martin
Central Station
Two Brave Young Chicagoans
William G. Murray reports two patriotic Chicago youths have joined the American Ambulance Corps for front service. One is Walter Gibbons, son of H. R. Gibbons, Democratic committeeman of the Twenty Fifth Ward. Murray praises both as promising young men with fine records.
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William G. Murray
Oak Forest
Chicago
Chicago Eagle
American Ambulance Corps
New York
Magnolia Ave
Walter Gibbons
H. R. Gibbons
Democratic Committee
Twenty Fifth Ward
G. Murray
Murray
Mr. Gibbons
State orders remain. FCC rejects suspension on desegregation case
Washington states the interstate commerce commission will not suspend its order removing alleged discrimination against St. Louis. Attorney General confirms the federal action and outlines continued compliance obligations under state law.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Ice Hold Up Next in Ice Trust Plot
A jurist hotly denounces a Chicago area scheme by the Ice Trust to raise ice prices in summer. The piece accuses corroborating figures of state-level corruption and notes past legal figures’ ties to the issue, while questioning vacation-time legal proceedings and rulings.
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Ice Trust
Illinois
Home Guard League Formed to Aid Police in Riots
Chief Schuettler announces a new home guard to assist the police during disturbances. One man per precinct to carry revolvers, drilling under Major Bauder starts next week. Deputies say precinct captains will lead units in reserve during trouble. Applications at local police stations for ages 32 to 60. Portrait of Richard F. Burke hangs above his former court chair, presented by Burke family.
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Schuettler
Bauder
Westbrook
League
Richard F. Burke
Burke
Railroads Ordered to Obey Law Despite Court Rulings
General Brundage issued a statement insisting the railroads must follow state laws until overridden. He noted every court ruling on the commission's order has found it void.
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Eral Brundage
Tunnel Company Seeks 100000 Franchised Settlement
The Chicago Tunnel company requests a $100,000 settlement of its automatic telephone franchise forfeiture before the City Council committee on gas oil and electric light. Attorney Charles Weinfeld says war prices may allow $500,000 from junking the plant, doubling prior offers. Alderman Walkowiak questions further increases, the attorney notes only wanting the offer considered.
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Chicago Tunnel Company
City Council Committee On Gas, Oil and Electric Light
Charles Weinfeld
Alderman Walkowiak
Judge Scanlan Answers Critics Over Court Vacations
Cook County Circuit Court judges, in a full gathering in Chief Justice Kickham Scanlan's courtroom, issued a statement defending their two month vacations. They said vacations follow a long immemorial custom established before current judges were on the bench.
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Rogers
Tuley
Gary
Moran
McAllister
Cook 1
Supreme Court
Goldberg
Charles P. R. Macaulay
Circuit Court
Scanlan
Cook County
Carter
Kickham Scanlan
Goldstein
Governor Opposes Ending Death Penalty for Murder
Governor Lowden vetoed the Canaday bill to abolish capital punishment for murder. He argued the measure would remove the death penalty for murder while preserving it for treason and certain felonies, warning it would provoke resistance to necessary enforcement during wartime.
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Lowden
Senate
Congress to Probe Chicago Post Office Working Conditions
Representative Van Dyke of Minnesota introduces a resolution to investigate the Chicago Post Office over unsanitary buildings, tuberculous risk to employees, and alleged violations of overtime and substitute service rules amid high workload. Thomas F. Flaherty cites excessive overtime tied to a parsimonious departmental policy to keep substitute costs low.
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Chicago
van Dyke
Minnesota
Thomas F. Flaherty
National Federation of Postal Employes
Biggest Taxpayers in Cook County Revealed in Assessments
Julius Rosenwald tops individuals with a $2,000,000 assessment. Commonwealth Edison leads corporations at $31,250,000, with Chicago Telephone at $22,453,200. Marshall Field estate is $14,500,000, Peoples Gas Light and Coke at $16,000,000 after a $2,000,000 uplift. Mayor Thompson reports $20,000 in personal property including two motor cars.
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Julius Rosenwald
Cook County
Rosenwald
Commonwealth Edison Company
Chicago Telephone Company
Chicago
Marshall Field
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Thompson
Various Chicago laws move through General Assembly
The General Assembly adopted Chicago specific measures before adjournment including reorganization of the Board of Education Otis Baldwin plan park tax on driveway maintenance for park systems nomination of Superior Court judges by party conventions expansion of the Chicago san itary district boundaries to Bremen county and the creation of a municipal convention hall. Other acts set pension and civil service rules increase city salaries expand registrations establish a curb tampering fine and place taxi regulation under the public utilities commission.
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Chicago
General Assembly
Otis-Baldwin
Chicago Board of Education
Superior Court
Lincoln Park Commissioners
Superior Court of
Cook County
Bremen
City of
Central
Chicago City Civil Service Commissioners
Cook County Civil Service
Public Utilities Commission
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