Injured Laborer Dies in County Hospital After Rail Car Strike
Stanley Jacob Powers, 45, of Dixmoor, died at Cook County hospital from injuries after being struck by a railroad car on the Indiana Harbor tracks near 139th and Halsted. He had both an amputated right foot and left arm. The accident happened at 1:20 PM Saturday as he crossed the tracks to collect his paycheck. Riverdale police notified his sister, and the engineer Floyd Roach and conductor R Ryan were identified. Three additional Halsted street accidents near Riverdale left two passengers with cuts and bruises and one chauffeur with a broken nose.
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Stanley Jacob Powers
148Th
Wood Street
Dixmoor
Cook County Hospital
Indiana Harbor
139Th
Halsted Street
Powers
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Riverdale
Bertha Odorzynsky
Buffalo
N. Y
Floyd Roach
Torrence Avenue
R. ©. Ryan
Burr Oak Avenue
Blue Island
Halsted
140Th Street
Conrad Christensen
Wentworth Avenue
Chicago
Christensen
Mable Petersen
Ben Reinertson
Wentworth
Myles Moor
S.spaulding
Hastings Garage
Dalton
139Th Street
Bert Thomas
Park Boulevard
John M. Fritz
School Street
Lansing
Thomas
Mary Gabriello Rites Held In Thornton
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Gabriello 63 were held Saturday at Bachmann Funeral Home Thornton. She died Wednesday August 21 born August 21 1882 in Ferentino Italy married Angelo Gabriello March 14 1908. Survived by husband four children Frank Yolanda Angelo Dominic and three grandchildren. Rev Ph H Bassler officiated with interment in Hazel Wood Cemetery.
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Mary Gabriello
Bachmann
N. Williams Street
Thornton
Ferentino
Italy
Angelo Gabriello
Frank Gabriello
Yolanda
William Dickelman
Dolton Park Roller Skating and Dancing Schedule
The Dolton park events list roller skating on Labor Day from 2 to 4 30 p m and 7 30 to 10 30 p m. Weekday evenings Tuesday Wednesday Thursday run 7 30 to 10 20 p m and Saturday 7 30 to 11 p m. Dancing is set for Friday 7 30 to 11 p m.
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Dolton Park
Night courses expand at Thornton and Fenger High Schools
Evening programs at Thornton Township High School Harvey begin September 23 offering college and high school subjects for credits and job related training with classes limited to at least fifteen students. Fenger High School announces a wide range of courses for elementary and high school graduates plus commercial technical and homemaker options with a special GI accelerated department and a $5 registration fee.
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Evenng
Jude
Thornton Township
Harvey
Senter Ner
Fenger
Fenger High
G. I
Wallace Street
Ensian Horn Ends Navy Service On Terminal Leave
Ensign Mary E. Horn daughter of Mr and Mrs Gustave Horn of 13844 Indiana avenue has returned home on terminal leave after serving with the Navy Nurses Corps since May 1 1945 She was stationed at Portsmouth Virginia and Corona California and will enroll at Loyola Evening School in Chicago to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education A graduate of St Elizabeths Hospital Chicago and a post graduate of St Josephs Hospital Milwaukee she thanks all who sent her The Pointer during her service.
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Ensian Horn
Navy Service
Mary E. Horn
Gustave Horn
Indiana Avenue
Navy Nurses Corps
Portsmouth
Corona
Calif
Mary
Loyola Evening School
Chicago
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Milwaukee
Leensvaart Family From Honolulu Visiting Dalton
Mr and Mrs Frank Leensvaart and their son John arrived last Thursday from Honolulu for a two month visit with his parents Mr and Mrs John Leensvaart at 709 Sheridan Street Dalton. Frank served four years in the navy and now works at Hickam air field in Hawaii.
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Frank Leensvaart
John
Honolulu
John Leensvaart
Sheridan Street
Dalton
Frank
Hawaii
Navy
Hickam Air Field
States
Fourteen Directors Elected To Thornton Township Taxpayers Board
The Thornton Township Taxpayers Association named fourteen new directors and re elected five term renewals at a special meeting on August 22. Officers include Henry C Piel Harvey president and R C Richardson executive secretary. The group plans research on expenditures, fights tax increases, and invites homeowners and businesses to join. Yearly dues are 26.08 for individuals and 10.00 for businesses.
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Thornton Township Taxpayers Association
Henry C.piel
Harvey
Frank W. Prindiville
Homewood
John Hoffman
R. C. Richardson
John Bardwick, Jr
John A. Blair
Fred Brindley
Eugene Drolet
Earl W. Jacobs
Paul J. Leley
Foss P. Miller
Lester J. Morrison
F. C. Naughton
Raymond A. Pascoe
Henry C. Piel
Irvin R. Rehberg
Paul W. Svenksen
Gerald G. Arsett
J. R. Barse
Hazel Crest
Fred H. Brauer
Thornton
Otto W. Fulker
William E. Maurer
Lansing
Albert H. Harms
Dalton
Peter Kern
J. Sullivan
Riverdale
Joseph Olejniczak
Phoenix
Bert Vandervliet
William J. Bruin
Harry Vinke
Milton H. Waterman
South Holland
Richardson
Cook County
Thornton Township
Supreme Court of Illinois
Thoonton Township Taxpayers Association
East 154Th Street
Harvey, Il
Harvey 1720
Settlements Made Voluntarily in OPA Overcharges
The South Cook County price panel announces voluntary settlements of admitted overcharges by retailers in Blue Island area. Acting chairman M C Johnston says settlements save government litigation costs and spare merchants court action. He notes panel is not a court and is composed of volunteers aiding postwar price control.
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Cook County
Western Avenue
Blue Island
M. C. Johnston
Johnston
District 148 Announces Sept 4 School Reopenings
Superintendent William L. Reaugh says four District 148 schools will open Wednesday September 4 at 9 a.m. New pupils enroll and fees for books and supplies are billed. Textbooks and supplies are sold on a rental basis with grade by grade prices.
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William L. Reaugh
Franklin School
Ruth Mackinson
Norma Grossner
Jennie Balhouse
Margie Beem
Lincoln School
Aliff Garvey
Elizabeth Dahlgren
Grace Reynolds
Anne Chiapetti
Walter Pohlers
Clara Swanson
Ethel Denny
Two-Day Picnic Planned by Township Democrats
The Regular Thornton Township Democratic organization schedules a two day picnic on Saturday August 31 and Sunday September 1 at Brown Derby Grove Thornton. Chairman William F Donahue Harvey attorney and State Senate candidate announces games races and prizes for all ages.
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Thornton Township
Brown Derby Grove
Thornton
William F.donahue
Community settlement and enforcement steps in price compliance
The text describes informal handling by the retailer and local OIPA panels, with recommended steps at higher levels if needed. If a case remains unresolved through community efforts, the district office's enforcement division assumes responsibility to pursue price compliance.
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OIPA
Local Parochial and City Schools Set Fall Openings
School term openings announced for 1946-47 across St Pauls Berger and St Marys parochial schools plus Chicago public schools. St Pauls adds teacher Hazel Koenker to first and second grades and plans a two acre expansion from the Thomson estate for improved playgrounds. Berger School resumes Sept 3 with Blanche Bell as principal and teachers Husted Dreck Pratt. St Marys adds new wing to handle overcrowding with two extra classrooms this fall. Chicago schools resume Sept 3 for Riverdale Curtiss and Fenger high schools with Thornton township adding Sept 3 and 4 staggered starts for freshmen sophomores juniors seniors. Bowen school ailes reopen Sept 3 with new first and second grade teacher Shires, and continued administration by Virgil Petty and staff Hedtke Haas.
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St. Paul’s Parochial School
Walter J. Kemmnitz
St. Paul’s Church
Hazel Koenker
Koenker
Bethany College
Mankato
Minn
O. W. Schultz
A. C. Bernahl
William A. Peters
St. Paul’s School
Thomson
Berger
Blanche Bell
Martha Husted
Millicent Dreck
Pratt
St. Mary’s Parochial School
St. Mary’s School
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago
Curtiss ‘Branch
Riverdale
Prairie Avenue
Fenger High School
Bowen
Board of Education
Bowen School
Shires
Virgil Petty
Florence Hedtke
Katherine Haas
Funeral Services Held for Mrs Elsie Krohn of Dolton
Mrs Elsie Mabel Krohn nee Harnisch of Dolton died Friday after a period of invalidity at age 29. Born November 11, 1916 in Beecher Illinois, she is survived by husband Harry a daughter Jaclyn Lee two brothers Harry and Elvin Harnisch and one sister Mrs Wilmer BredeMeier. Rev Walter J Kemnitz led funeral services at St Pauls Lutheran church Dalton from Bachmann funeral home at two o clock Monday afternoon. Interment followed at Oak Lawn cemetery in Thornton.
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Elsie Mabel Krohn
Harnisch
Chicago
Dolton
Beecher
Harry
Jaclyn Lee
Elvin Harnisch
Wilmer Bredemeier
Walter J. Kemnitz
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Dalton
Bachmann
Oak Lawn Cemetery
Thornton
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Iherr
139Th and
T.T. Taxpayers Ass N
OPA
Roosevelt School
Wesley Poole
C. H. Kerring
Margaret Whelpley
Jeanette Wilson
Washington School
Malcolm Gates
Florence McCaskie
Rosemary Castronovo
Harriet LaCrosse
Martin Pohlers
Helen Marks
Thelma Kirkpatrick
Mildred Hedges
George Kingsland
Harvey Subdivision
Lincoln
Franklin
142Nd Street
Sheppard Drive
Markham
147Th Street
Markham Drive
Sibley Boulevard
Dearborn Street
Ivanhoe
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Idlst
Edbrooke
141St Street
Wabash Avenue
LaSalle Street
Elsie Krohn
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