Calumet Harbor Plan Seeks 87 Million Federal Funds
Proponents urge Congress to provide 7 million of public works funds for Calumet harbor and river widening from the Ford plant to Blue Island. Engineers estimate total needs at about 39.7 million for bridges and navigation development to deepen Lake Calumet and enable large barge and tug traffic toward the Mississippi, with substantial unemployment relief and regional industrial growth expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet Harbor
Congress
Calumet River
Ford
Blue Island
Lake Calumet
Riverdale
Sag
Lockport
Ilinois
Mississippi
New Orleans
Illinois
Chicago
Calumet
Dalton
Chicago Sanitary District
Calumet-Sag
Washington
Fred A. Britten
Joliet
Leading Events on World’s Fair Card Aug 7 to 13
The schedule lists events including National Paddling Championships and International Water Fete from Aug 7 to Aug 13. Highlights feature Motor Boat Stunting on Aug 7, Missouri Day Aug 10, Illinois Day Aug 11, Guibsard Anton Diet races, Negro Day, and German Day on Aug 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Illinois
Ala
Guibsard Anton
Ton Reunion Plans Set for August 24 at Wicker Park
A committee of twenty arranged the thirty-eighth Ton family reunion at F. W. Jansen’s home 316 West 103rd Street. The event will be held Thursday August 24 at Wicker Park Indiana, one week earlier than usual to honor Nether lands day and suit visiting relatives. Mrs Jansen hosted a luncheon for the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Jansen
West 103rd_ street
Wicker Park
Ind
UH. Bassler
Emma Susanna
Henrietta
New Baden
Ida Bassler
Fred Pohlers
Chicago Street
Dalton
Henry Schnoor
Lone Lake
Clarence Wesse
Lincoln and
Forest Avenues
Richard Golsdmith
Shelby
Mich
Thiers
Blue Island
Kenneth Lentz
Michigan Avenue
Riverdale
James McLaughlin
Hudson Lake
Blue Lake
Aldo Pozzi
Charles Pozzi
Lincoln Avenue
Roseland Community Hospital
Joyce Allen
Henry Strosinski
LaSalle -Treet
Minnie Ober Scott
Los Angeles
California
Emily Schmidt
Indiana Avenue
Mis
Frank DesJeans
Indianapolis
William A. Reich
Joseph Marcero
Lois
Louise Schultz
Bay City
John Flahive
Ronnie Tou Salon
Interorean
Ray Zoller
Violet
Jean
Wabash Avenue
Lake Geneva
Wis
Ruth Stutzhiem
136Th Place
Rochester
Jack Schulte
Dr. Gallegos
Twin Lakes
Infant suffocates after mother dozes in Calumet cottage
Gerald Watt a 1 month old son of Mrs Helen Watt suffocated Sunday after the mother nursed him and fell asleep, rolling over the infant. They lived at 124th and Lake Calumet with about fifteen others. An inquest was held by the coroner at the county morgue Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald
Helen Watt
124Th
Lake Calumet
Nether lands Day Pageant At Century of Progress
A Nether lands Day celebration at the Century of Progress on August 31 honors Queen Wilhelmina’s natal day with a pageant directed by De Grasse and names Miss Joel Yonker of Roseland as queen. Additional social notes list residents and guests visiting from Dolton Harvey and Argos, with travel plans and ties to the World’s Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmina
de Grasse
Joel Yonker
Roseland
Yonker
Miss Yonker
Henry Yonker
Normal Avenue
New Code Trade Revival Signals Growth in Employment
The blue eagle banner marking NRA compliance will fly from local plants and stores as many sign the code and adjust wages and hours. The plan expects higher employment and purchasing power, though no uniform closing hours exist yet due to chain-store complexities. Exceptions allow longer hours for certain professions and managerial staff earning over 385 weekly. Some firms await organizational decisions before final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Lincoln Tavern Opens In Former Dalton Hardware Premises
Mike Hodorowicz opens The Lincoln Tavern on the Dalton Hardware site tomorrow, August 5, offering a 40-seat beverage parlor with private dining rooms above for complete restaurant service. The facility features modern beverage dispensing, electrical refrigeration, and Brunswick fixtures, with Robert Albrecht assisting in management and tied to the local baseball community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Hodorowicz
Dalton Hardware
Lincoln Tavern
Brunswick Company
Hodorowicz
Robert Albrecht
Sheridan
Chicago Street
Bob
Bakery Sale at Our Savior's Community Church
The Ladies Aid will host a church basement bake sale on Saturday August 12 from 3 to 9 with assorted treats. Four people were slightly injured in a Thursday 2 am crash at 147th and Chicago, a Hudson sedan with Ohio plates involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ladies Aid of Our Savior’s Community Church
Satwureday
147Th
Chicago Street
Ohio
Local and Personal News From Riverdale and Dalton
Local notes report guests from North Carolina to Michigan and Illinois including the Beles and Bales families visiting in Dalton and Riverdale. Several events include births, birthdays, and a 21st celebration, plus visits by relatives and a new beverage parlor opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Bales
South State Street
Maurice L. Beles
Joseph Willard
Thomasville
North Carolina
Indianapolis
Walter Bales
Greensboro
N. C
Dale
Government Home Owners Loan Corporation informs applicants
The Illinois division of the Government Home Owners Loan Corporation announces mail request for applications and duplicate forms signed by owners. Appraisers will visit after the form is returned. foreclosures take priority and aid is for those in dire need before others. Central office updates name Victor L. Schlaeger as assistant business manager in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Government Home Owners- Loan Corporation
Chicago
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
North la Salle Street
William D. Donne
Donne
Corporation
Tlinois Division
Illinois
Victor L. Sehlaeger
East 88Th Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ton Reunion
Netherlands
William Dorman
Lorene Waddell
Dolton
Gerald Arsetti
Harvey
W. H. Stanley
Twin Lakes, Mich
R. M. Rinard
Argos
Henry Albrecht
T. G. Marshall
Evansville, Ind
W. O. Marshall
Betty van Logt
Irwin Avenue
Danville
Til
William Albrecht
Edward Albrecht
Oak Street
Birmingham
Atlanta
Johnny Weir
Thurman Galey
Caroline Beauty Shop
188Th Street
Martin McManus
Utica
New York
Frank Pietsch
Horace Holmes
East 155Th Street
Esther Louise Holmes
Theodore Dodge Frost
W. D. Frost
Frost
Madison
Miss Holmes
Stephen’s College
Northwestern University
Delta Gamma Sorority
University of Wisconsin
Phi Kappa Sigma
Turkey
Julius Nelson
187Th Place
Crivitz
Alex Grant
Naomi
Mabel
Conover
Peter Lau
John Tousman
Bernard
Bud? Kitchen
Buffalo
Charles Rippe
Catherine McMasters
Kanawha Avenue
Paw Paw Lake
Dolton Drug Store
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