Navy relaxes physical standards for enlistment
The Navy Department announced relaxed standards for Navy and Naval Reserve enlistments during the emergency. Rejected applicants with minor defects may re apply, with conditions for varicose veins hernia and nasal deformities. Dental care and hospital treatment will be provided at training stations, with corrected recruits returned promptly.
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U. S. Navy
Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Regular Navy
Navy
Riverdale News Births And Village Board Action
Twenty years ago a Riverdale couple welcomed a daughter born December 8. Mr and Mrs August Horn greet a baby girl born December 13. Mr and Mrs C W Berger celebrate a baby boy born December 12. Mrs William Lotz travels to Wisconsin to visit relatives in Monee IL. Alvin Wilkins, Yard Center steam department foreman, recovers from appendicitis at St Francis hospital Blue Island and expects to return to work soon. The Riv erdale village board approved a new sewer system for the Branigar Brothers subdivision north of the Harbor tracks.
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Riverdale
Branigar Brothers
Harbor Tracks
August Horn
C. W. Berger
William Lotz
Wisconsin
E. Wecheree
Monee
Ill
Alvin Wilkins
Yard Center
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
VanderAa and Vander Giessen Wed in December Ceremony
Sophie VanderAa and Anthony Vander Giessen were wed by Rev. T. W. Muilenberg on Wednesday evening December 7 and began housekeeping in the Dunker flat on 159th street.
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Mass
Sophie VanderAa
Anthony Vander Giessen
T. W. Muilenberg
Dunker Flat
159Th Street
Silent Births Highlight Local Families This December
Mr and Mrs Gerrit Schaap welcome a daughter born December 7 and Mr and Mrs Tony Holleman announce a son born December 12, both listed as joyful arrivals in the community notices.
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Gerrit Schaap
Tony Holleman
Ten Years Ago Bruhn Shoemaker Wed In Crown Point Ind
Ten years ago Esther Bruhn of Dolton and Walter Shoemaker of Chicago wed at Crown Point Indiana on Monday December 17 and began housekeeping at the Bruhn home in Dolton. First Trust and Savings Bank of Riverdale installs bullet proof glass and burglar-proof measures to deter holdups. George Tuch Sr. returns from a four month visit in Germany arriving on the Europa which reached New York twenty four hours late.
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Bruhn
Esther Bruhn
Dolton
Walter Shoemaker
Chicago
Crown Point
Ind
First Trust and Savings Bank of
Riverdale
George Tuch
Germany
Europa
New York
Local families recall long Pacific coast motor trip
The Messrs. Harry C. and William P. Gouwens Isaac J. and Peter N. Paarberg returned home Tuesday evening after a 6700 mile motor trip to the Pacific coast. Mrs. William Brouwers had an operation last week at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Henry DeBoer and daughter drove to Minnesota to visit relatives in Edgerton.
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South Holland
Harry C
William P. Gouwens
Isaac J
Peter N. Paarberg
Pacific Coast
William Brouwers
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Henry DeBoer
Minnesota
The Inevitable Has Happened Before Pearl Harbor
The piece argues war with Japan was inevitable, urging Americans to unite in defense of freedom. It cites isolationist patience faded, praises Val Surclaacne, and proclaims labor and industry must rapidly ramp up production for a total war powered by free enterprise.
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Japan
Val Surclaacne
America
Lincoln
Earth
Suicide Verdict In Auto Death Of John W Mackay
Coroner's jury at Jacobsma funeral home returned a verdict of suicide in the death of John William Mackay 7916 Birtsdale Avenue Elmwood Park Illinois. His body was found by Officer Robert Faden in a car at the Whistler Forest Preserve 130th and Halsted Street with a rubber hose extended from the exhaust through the rear window. Mackay married father of three, sales manager for Chicago Club Magazines Inc and editor of Nite Life.
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Jacobsma Funeral
John William Mackay
Birtsdale Avenue
Elmwood Park
Robert Faden
Riverdale Police
Whistler Forest Preserve
130Th
Halsted Street
Mackay
Chicago Club Magazines, Inc
Nite Life
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Thor Gladiron
THOR
Philco
Sunbeam
Cory Coffee Brewers
William May
Leyden Avenue
Interocean
Officer Faden
Werbner
Michigan Ave
113Th Street
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Fine Clothes
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