Illinois Facts Highlight Early 20th Century Industry
The report notes 60 percent of U S air mail handled at Chicago municipal airport in 1930. Frank H Hall of Aurora Illinois invents the Braille typewriter. Agriculture taught in 245 Illinois schools, up 1460 percent since 1917. Illinois gas mains could span New York to San Francisco about 8 percent of that distance. The largest stoneware factory in the United States is in Monmouth Illinois.
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United States
Chicago
Frank H. Hall
Aurora
Illinois
Nois
New York
San Francisco
Monmouth
Veteran rail man W J Jackson retires as C E I president
William J. Jackson, longtime head of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois executive committee, retires after nearly 54 years in rail service. Charles T. O Neal succeeds him as new chairman. Jackson’s career includes roles from machinist helper in Toronto to receiver and president during reorganizations and federal management.
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W. J. Jackson
William J. Jackson
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Charles T. O’neal
Jackson
Chicago & Eastern Illnois
Toronto
Ont
Grand Trunk
Canadian National
Chicago & Grand Trunk
Grand Trunk Western
Chicago
Chicago &Astern Illinois
United States Railroad Administration
Lincoln's Day Dinner Honors Jurist At Southern Cook County Event
The first Lincoln birthday dinner by the Southern Cook County Chamber of Commerce and local bankers and doctors drew broad attendance at Thornton Township High School. Otto Reich served as toastmaster while Honorable John P. McGoorty spoke on Lincoln, urging legal obedience. the program included student musicians, a reading by Tonetta Elaine Cowing, and a large flag presentation. The event, sung by the chorus and led by Mrs. Montelius, anticipates an annual observance likely to move to Blue Island or Chicago Heights next year.
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Cook County
Isabelle Loomis Montellus
Howard Phillips
Harvey
Esther Sachs
Otto F. Reich
C. A. Ilercules
Chamber of Commerce
Col. C. G. Holden
Olympia Fields
Alabama
Arthur Poorman
American Legion
Board of
D. J. Brumley
Illinois Central
W. W. M. Davis
Chicago Heights
Southern Cook County Bankers Association
Warren Blim
South Cook County Medical Society
Walter Haines
Harvey Chamber of Commerce
King Williams
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Judge Abbott
Frank Bruggemann
Frank Foster
Wim. F. Propper
Dalton
Ledt Edward Kelly
O. S. Lewis
Lansing
Cook County Chamber of Commerce
Finneran
Calumet City
Lu, McVey
Thornton Township High School
Montelius
Tonetta Elaine Cowing
Frank P. Cowing
Homewood
John P. McGoorty
Plans to reclaim lake land for Grant Park in Chicago
The Chicago Association of Commerce proposes reclaiming over 295 acres of Lake Michigan water off Grant Park for a vast development. Plans include an airplane landing field a large war memorial and extensive recreation grounds pending congressional action and a petition for submerged land title.
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Grant Park
Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
Lake Michigan
South Park Board
Chicago Plan Commission
Congress
Michigan Avenue
Loop
Postpone arms program’s reach meets mixed public opinion
The piece critiques delaying aircraft and naval programs while noting France builds armored cruisers to counter German mini battleships. It questions Rus sian labor policies and baby care plans, flags Ireland’s economic drift, and laments declining New York birth rates amid rising cancer and diabetes.
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Wasa Faye
Britain
South State Street
Harold Fogarty
Stalin
Guillermina Guerrero
Maximino Aceval
Mexico City
Guillermina
Maximino
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