Storm sewer seen as top Ivanhoe fix in village plans
Riverdale board notes February 18 floods flooded Ivanhoe basements and hears that only a dedicated storm sewer can prevent recurrence. Engineer confirms east Ivanhoe sewer cannot handle storm flow and supports a separate storm system as part of a federal capital improvement push. Proposals include water storage, a new municipal building, street paving on 144th street, and water main extensions.
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Riverdale Board
Ivanhoe
McCarthy
140Th Court
Claussen
Engineer Putnam
Putnam
Illinois Central
144Th Street
Police Warn Against Careless Use of Rifles
Riverdale police report windows shattered by 22 rifle slugs believed to come from boys target practicing. Police warn that anyone found shooting within village limits will be arrested and guns confiscated under the municipal ordinance.
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Riverdale
Women Defense Bond Drive Urges Thrift for War Effort
A community appeals to mothers wives daughters and sisters to support the defense bond and stamp program during World War I. The initiative promotes saving, purchasing stamps and bonds to fund arms and equipment, enlisting local women into the Women s Defense Bond Committee, and urging all households and clubs to participate to boost morale and victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Holland
Austria
Belgium
Norway
America
Women’s
Riverdale
Dalton
Dolton
Izaak Walton League Exhibit at Sportsmen's Show
Three Calumet Region Chapter members inspect the league exhibit at the International Sportsmen's Show in the International Amphitheatre at 43rd and Halsted. R. B. Waddell state VP, Arthur Heinberg who supplied pheasants, and Lloyd Forsell chapter president pose for the photo. The show runs through Sunday night.
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Calumet Region
Izaak Walton League of America
International Amphitheatre
43Rd
Halsted Street
R. B. Waddell
Izaak Walton League
Arthur Heinberg
Dalton
Lloyd Forsell
Delton men drafted for induction march third
Nineteen selectees including Ralph E. Vandenberg Louis Shilling and Kenneth Maxwell will depart Tuesday March 3 for army induction at a station. The list names Delton and Phoenix Ill and South Holland Ill residents with street addresses and several Chicago area addresses.
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Delton
Lansing
United States Army
Ralph E. Vandenberg
Lincoln Avenue
Louis Shilling
Kenneth Maxwell
Park Avenue
Draft Board
Anthony Cornelius Klein
Francis Street
Phoenix
Ill
Dalton
William Carl Gleim
Roy Street
Nick de Young
Edward Frank Grzybowski
154Th Place
Walter Charles Sanciunas
So. Halsted Street
Nicholas William Yonkman
158Rd Street
George Joseph Grzybowski
Louis Workman, Jr
W. 158Th
Lieutenant Gentry On Short Furlough From Army Air Corps
Lieutenant William B. Gentry, now a pilot in the Army Air Corps attached to a bombardment squadron, spent a week with his Dalton family after earning his wings at Stockton California. He spoke to groups at Berger and Bowen schools Garfield Park hospital staff Acme Steel and Whiting Corporation before returning to his squadron via Northwest Airlines. He recalls Pacific Northwest service and asks local friends to wish him safe flying in the perilous days ahead.
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Wm. B. Gentry
William B. Gentry
William S. Gentry
Sibley Boulevard
Dalton
Bill
Army Air Corps
Army Air Corps Training School
Stockton
Cal
Pacific Northwest
Berger and
Bowen
Garfield Park Hospital
Acme Steel
Whiting Corporation
University of Oregon
Northwest Airlines
Women’s Defense Bond Committee Aims for Victory
Emily C. Ripley chairman of the Riverdale and Dolton Women’s Defense Bond Committee urges full readiness to hasten service members’ return home with victory as the goal.
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Emily, C. Ripley
Women’s Defense Bond Committee
Riverdale and Dolton
Thornton High School Band Plans March 6 Concert
Thornton High School presents its thirteenth annual band concert directed by L A Hopkins on Friday March 6 at 8 p m in the auditorium. The program includes military tributes for army navy marines and air corps with free admission for service members. A trombone trio Wallace Tourtellotte Robert Hayes and John Kykendahl performs Flight of the Bumblebee and God Bless America closes the program.
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Thornton
L. A. Hopkins
United States
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Corp
Wallace Tourtellotte
Robert Hayes
John Kykendahl
Rimsky Korsakoff
God Bless America
Walton League Exhibit Shines At Sportsmen Show Chicago
Local attendees at the Sportsmen's Show at the International Amphitheatre will find the Izaak Walton League exhibit organized by national headquarters with help from four chapters Calumet Region Woodlawn Beverly Ridge and Southeast. Pheasants on display were raised by Arthur Heinberg of Dolton, a Calumet Region member. The show runs through Sunday at 6 45 pm. The Calumet Region plans a smelt dinner on Wednesday April 15 to fund their new lodge north of Lake Michigan on Dalton. A drawing offers an Evinrude outboard motor a radio or $75 cash. Tickets are available from Calumet Region members.
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Halsted Street
Chicago
Izaak Walton League
League
Calumet Region
Woodlawn
Beverly Ridge
Dalton
Riverdale
South Holland
Roseland
Arthur Heinberg
Dolton
Lake Frank Walton
Young Theatre Slayer Former Resident Here
Clarence McDonald, 17, of 2832 Ridgeland Avenue Berwyn, shot his sweetheart Dorothy Broz, 17, of 2124 Scotville Avenue Berwyn, dead on the Palace theatre balcony Tuesday afternoon. McDonald is described as a former resident of Dalton and Riverdale known as Blondy. The family moved to Berwyn from Riverdale. Miss Elsie Johnson of Grant Park Illinois is a guest at Mr and Mrs George Smith’s home.
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Clarence McDonald
Ridgeland Avenue
Berwyn
Dorothy Broz
Scotville Avenue
Palace Theatre
Dalton
Riverdale
Elsie Johnson
Grant Park, Til
George Smith
Short Wave Report Confirms Dalton Marine Safety
The article notes a short wave broadcast from Japan claiming Private Edward Maas of Dalton, aged 20, is safe and uninjured while held as a prisoner of war in Guam. Messages from Archbald Pennsylvania and Grants Pass Oregon supporters confirm the family’s hope for his welfare after his January 1940 enlistment and 1941 Guam deployment.
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Dalton Marine
War Department
United States
Edward Maas
Edward Dillner
Dolton
Dillner
Archbald
Japan
Guam
Maas
Chicago Avenue
Dalton
John McGraw
Laurel ‘Street
P. S
Grant’s Pass
Oregon
Marvin Carl
McGraw
Edward
U.S. Marine Corps
Hawaiian Islands
Lions Penny a Plane Club Gains Popular Support
Riverdale-Dalton Lions organize the Penny a Plane club to raise defense stamps for each ten enemy planes shot down. Members buy ten cent stamps to redeem for a defense bond, with Herbert Mitchell leading and promising ample stamps at the next meeting at Our Savior's church hall.
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Riverdale-Dalton
Mitchell
The
Lions Club
Our Savior’s Church Hall
Red Cross War Fund Appeal Reaches Dolton
Those who have not contributed to the Red Cross emergency war fund may bring or send their offering to Mrs. Pauline Slaughter at 13919 Lincoln Avenue Dolton.
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Red Cross Emergency War Fund
Pauline Slaughter
Lincoln Avenue
Dolton
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IKES
Delton Boys
Walton League
Sportsmen's Show
Young Theatre
Slayer
Pennsylvania
Lions
Red Cross
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