Riverdale Board Seeks Street Light On 138th and Ashland Intersection
Riverdale village board plans further action to install a street light at the dangerous 138th Street and Ashland Avenue intersection. The effort includes surveys by Public Service Company after a prior report that the nearest power line was about a mile away.
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Riverdale
138Th Street
Ashland Avenue
Claussen
Public Service Company
Smith
Akien
Ashland
188Th Street
138Th
Halsted Streets
Indiana Avenue
Hanihan
Day
South Suburban unveils new bus service details
Information on a new bus service for South Suburban can be obtained by calling In terocean 9744. The notice provides contact for potential riders seeking schedules and routes.
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Interocean
Plan for Suburban Police Two Way Radio Network
A Cook County Highway Police meeting in Homewood outlines plans for a two way radio hookup covering multiple towns including Chicago Heights Harvey Richton Matteson Olympia Flossmoor Glenwood Homewood Thornton Tinley Park Lansing Alpine Oak Forest Hazel Crest Markham South Holland Posen Phoenix Midlothian Robbins Blue Island Calumet Park Riverdale Dalton Calumet City. The system would use the Homewood central station with shared frequencies to speed transmissions and improve protection. A bureau of identification at the Homewood station was also discussed.
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Cook County
Homewood
Ed van Laringham
Lansing
Fred Muelhausen
Cook County Highway Police
Harry Surdeen
Frank Mraz
Riverdale
Southern Division
Illinois Police Association
Hockup
Lee Fletcher
Chicago Heights
Harvey
Richton
Matteson
Olympia
Flossmoor
Glenwood
Thornton
Tinley Park
Alpine
Oak Forest
Hazel Crest
Markham
South Holland
Posen
Phoenix
Midlothian
Robbins
Blue Island
Calumet Park
Dalton
Calumet City
Mraz
Bureau of Identification
Missing Driver Reappears in Chicago After River Mystery
Henry S. Dekker a 35 year old salesman whose car was found dangling over the Calumet river near the Indiana Avenue bridge on September 12 1940 resurfaced in Chicago living with his in laws on Trist street. He is said to be in a dazed semi coma unable to recognize anyone except his wife and children. The case previously involved river dragging and questions about possible suicide. Dekker had worked as a traveling salesman in Utica New York and lived with his wife and family in Tennessee before being transferred to Chicago. He had wired his wife from Jackson Michigan to say he would reach Chicago the next day.
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Henry S. Dekker
Calumet River
Indiana Avenue Bridge
Chicago
Trist Street
Coast
Dekker
Utica
N. Y
Tennessee
Jackson
Mich
Pointer announces early weekly publication schedule
The Pointer will publish on Thursday January 2 and must be ready to print by Tuesday due to New Year 2020 timing. All church school and club notices should be at the Pointer office by noon Monday December 30. Cooperation requested.
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Pointer
Motorist Saved From Blazing Auto in Riverdale
A Chicago motorist escaped death after his car hit a utility pole and burst into flames at 140th and Halsted. Riverdale resident Raymond Lotz and two S H B Railroad switchmen pulled him from the wreck, suffering minor burns. The driver, H J Workman of 11018 Halsted, was hospitalized but not seriously hurt.
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Chicago
Riverdale
S. H. B. Railroad
140Th and
Halsted
H. J. Workman
Halsted Street
Raymond Lotz
Atlantic Street
Lotz
Workman
South End
Hans Struven
Struven
148Rd
Sam Aiello
Rifferger
Buda to Produce Army Tank Engines in New Plant Expansion
Rock Island awarded a $3,888,705.73 contract to Guiberson Diesel Engine and the Buda company for light tank radial Diesel engines. Buda, Harvey, NL, will build them under an exclusive agreement as its $600,000 plant addition nears completion. J. S. Dempsey says by January 1, 1941 production will reach eight engines per day.
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Rock Island
Guiberson Diesel Engine Company
Buda Company
Guiberson
Harvey, NL
J. S. Dempsey
Dempsey
Buda
Morris B Sachs Radio Hour at Chicago Civic Opera House
Mr and Mrs August Bowse and family Segal Bock David Johnson and Mr and Mrs Herman Wesse attended the Morris B Sachs amateur radio hour at the Chicago Civic Opera House. The show was enjoyed very much. A Christmas party followed the program.
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August Bowse
Myron and
Gussie
Segal Bock
David Johnson
Herman Wesse
Chicago Civic Opera House
Dolton Board Sees Short Regular Session
Dolton village trustees met December 10 in the village hall with President Hastings and four trustees present. Discussions covered fence work with Illinois Brick Co, bills paid, treasurer’s report approved, legal case updates, street repairs, a bad streetlight reflector, police car heater fixed, meter vault flooding and dial extension, scarlet fever case placard, hall use hold for more details, holiday decorations, and renewal of police car insurance along with arterial street resolutions.
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Dolton
Hastings
Diekman
Wernicke
Watson
Fike
E. G. Kasten
Illinois Brick Company
Cottage Grove Avenue
Main Street
Finance Committee
Dorman
Summerfield
Dillner
Schappi Bus Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indiana Avenue
142Nd Street
Lincoln
Irving Avenues
Public Service Company
146Th Street
Director Asks Better Cooperation From Registrants
Paul G. Armstrong state director of selective service warns registrants to keep local boards informed of address changes. He notes increasing complaints from local board chairmen about undelivered questionnaires and notices. He emphasizes that the law places responsibility on registrants and praises the voluntary service of Illinois board members.
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Paul G. Armstrong
Selective Service
Ilinois
Pointer's Cooking School Opens Thursday Under Miss Olson
The Pointer announces a two day cooking school with Miss Ann Olson at St. Marys school hall on January 2 and 3. Sessions begin at 1 30 pm and include printed recipe folders for each attendee along with daily prize drawings of groceries and household goods. Net proceeds go to the Christian Mothers Society. admission is 10 cents.
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Pointer Cooking School
Miss Ann Olson
St. Mary’s School Hall
Miss Olson
Spry
Christian Mothers Society
St. Mary’s Church
Pointer
City of Miami On Regular Schedule Acclaimed as Beauty
The Illinois Central launches the City of Miami diesel-powered streamliner from Chicago on December 18, arriving in Miami 29 hours later. The luxury train seats 254, runs Chicago to Miami every third day, with 9 40 a m departures and 6 24 p m return trips. Noted for its orange green and scarlet livery and air conditioning, it features a public address system and radio. Mr and Mrs John Chandler of Dalton visited relatives in Kankakee during Christmas.
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Illinois Central
Miami
America
Chicago
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
E. W. Ladesenn
Plan Radio Network
Blazing
City of Miami
John Chandler
Kankakee
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