Indicted Dolton Bank Assistant Cashier Embezzler
Thomas R. Page a 40 year old former assistant cashier at First National Bank in Dolton faces a grand jury indictment for embezzling 6500 dollars. He confessed in Chicago's Criminal Courts building stating the money funded gambling. Insurance covered losses to bank and depositors. Federal indictment followed. Page's address and accomplice details noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Page
First National Bank
Dolton
Grand
Page
State’s Attorney’s
Criminal Courts
I. Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
U. S
Shorty
Ohio Street
Ota P. Lightfoot
Robert Wright
Van Dyke Tiers joins Quiz Kids in film short
Van Dyke Tiers a Thorn Township High School junior and Quiz Kids champion speller appears with four other quiz stars in a Paramount Pictures motion picture short being made in New York. The group includes Cynthia Cline Gerard Darrow Joan Bishop and Richard Williams. Van has placed first in his last two shows and has history in newsreels from age three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Dyke Tiers
Thornton Township
Harvey
H. W. Tiers
Tiers
Van
Dalton
Roseland
Cynthia Cline
Hudson Avenue
Gerard Darrow
Kingston Avenue
Joan Bishop
North Christiana Avenue
Chicago
Richard Williams
Indiana
New York
Port Edda
Chimara
Claude Brenner
Sheridan Road
Paramount Pictures
Riverdale Vehicle Tags On Sale At Village Clerk Office
Village Clerk Peter J. Kurz of Riverdale announced 1941 vehicle tax stickers are available at his office. The fee is $1 before March 1 and rises to $2 after that date.
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Riverdale
Peter J. Kurz
Ladies Club Plans Riverdale 500 Meeting and Birthday
Mrs. F W Ludwig, Mrs. Leonard Danielson, Mrs. Edward Ehlers, Mrs. Dar Bachmann, Mrs. Ora Hallowell and Mrs. R L H Reeves meet at Mrs. Arthur Lus senhop's Riverdale home for a 500 club gathering this evening and celebrate Mrs. Hallowell's birthday. For South Suburban new bus service details call Inter Ocean 9744 Q7Ttt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Ludwig
Leonard Danielson
Edward W. Ehlers
Dar. Bachmann
Ora G. Hallowell
R. L. H. Reeves
Arthur Lussenhop
Riverdale
Hallowell
Interocean
Accident Survey for 1940 Released by Riverdale and Dolton
The 1940 traffic survey shows Riverdale with 102 accidents and 2 deaths, Dolton with 46 accidents and 5 deaths. Riverdale’s peak month was August with 13 crashes, Halsted street led in accidents, and daily patterns show most crashes from 4 p.m. to midnight. A Dolton program added speed limits and stop signs while Riverdale notes a high rear-end crash count of 99 and notes two fatal accidents in August.
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Riverdale
Dolton
Chicago Street
Miaz
188Th
Halsted
Acme Obtains Permits for Two New Buildings
Two building permits totaling 54 6hd issued to Acme Steel in Riverdale yesterday plus two residential permits boosted the first seven days of 1911 to 62164. Permits include a storage warehouse about 50x02 feet in concrete and steel costing 25664 and a pump house building due to increased activity at Acme's Riverdale plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme Steel Company
Riverdale
Acme
Baby Clara Ann Cogswell Born in Blue Island
Mr and Mrs Clifford Cogswell of Dalton are the proud parents of a baby girl named Clara Ann born Friday January 3 at St Francis hospital Blue Island. Mother and baby are doing very well.
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Clifford Cogswell
Dalton
St Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Clara Ann
Sterling Chorus to Sing Here Tuesday
The Sterling Male Chorus of Chicago directed by Richard Wesselius performs a full concert at Lincoln School Dolton next Tuesday evening. Sponsored by the Riverdale Dolton Lions Club admission is by ticket only, no charge at the door. The fifty-voice group celebrates its tenth year and will be joined by Marion Olson and Estey W. Gouwens with accompanists Dorothy Tissing Boersma and Mary Wesselius.
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Sterling
Chicago
Richard Wesselius
Lincoln School
Dolton
Riverdale-Dolton Lions Club
Dalton
Lions Club
Wesselius
South
Cook County
Illinois Male Chorus Association
Associated Glee Clubs of America
L.S. Larson
H. Bragg
M. Strandell
R. de Young
Junior Woman's Club Will Meet Monday
The Dalton Riverdale Junior Woman's Club holds a regular meeting Monday evening January 13 at Riverdale village hall starting at 8 o'clock. The executive committee will meet the same evening at 7 o'clock for a short session at the village hall.
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Dalton- Riverdale
Riverdale
Dolton Urges Residents to Buy 1941 Vehicle Licenses
Dolton village clerk Robert C. Haney announces all Dolton car owners must purchase 1941 vehicle licenses. Fees are 3.00 up to February 1 and 5.00 thereafter. Edward Krueger, son of Mr and Mrs John Krueger of Riverdale, returned to Concordia College Monday after holidays with his parents.
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Robert C. Haney
Dolton
Edward Krueger
John Krueger
Riverdale
Concordia College
Naval Reservists Leave for Seattle to join troops
Three local youths Kurt Ackerman Herman Horn and Don Dun away members of the Twenty sixth division United States Naval Reserve were called to active service Saturday They left Chicago by train with 100 seamen and four officers for Seattle where they will board the U S S Fuller troop transport to move troops to Pacific bases The division is commanded by Lieut Donald M Strong a salesman for International Harvester The reservists bade farewell at Union Station their training at Great Lakes and Naval Armory in Chicago and their future service is listed as indefinite by the navy department.
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Kurt Ackerman
Herman G. Horn
Don Dunaway
United States Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Chicago
Seattle
Washington
U. S. S. Fuller
United States
Pacific Ocean
Donald M. Strong
International Harvester Company
Union Station
Kurt
Naval
Don
Signal Corps
Herman
Gustav A. Horn
Acme Steel Company
Riverdale
Chicago Public Library
Great Lakes
Naval Armory
St Mary's Dramatic Group Prepares Three Act Comedy
St Marys dramatic group rehearses a three act comedy That Crazy Smith Family at St Marys school hall in February. The cast includes twelve youths and Rev Matthias T Hoffman assistant pastor leads the production.
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St. Mary’s Church
Crazy Smith Family
St. Mary’s School Hall
Dramatic Club
Matthias T. Hoffman
Richard Hess Sr Marks Three Half Century Anniversaries
Richard Hess Sr a Chicago area businessman observes three 50th anniversaries in under three months. He celebrated his golden wedding on October 23 and has served fifty years as election clerk and judge in Chicago. He also completed fifty years in his barber shop at 13626 Indiana Avenue starting in early 1911.
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Richard Hess
Chicago
Wa. Tess
Indiana Avenue
186Th Place
Hess
Riverdale approves two way police radio hookup for suburbs
Riverdale trustees approve a plan for a two way radio hookup with the county highway police station at Homewood to serve Riverdale and southern Cook County. The system would cost about 300 dollars per squad car with 10 dollars monthly service, with County Police handling all broadcasts at no charge.
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Riverdale Board of Trustees
Riverdale
Cook County
Homewood
Frank Mraz
Chicago
Mraz
Hanihan
Police, Fire and Water Committee
Strosinski
Cossoer
Smith
Public Service Company
188Th
Halsted Streets
Ashland Avenue
Putnam
144Th Street
Ivanhoe
Hanschmann
Blue Island
Acme Road
Atlantic Street
State Highway Department
Dalton Lutheran to Host Frozen Food Luncheon
Mrs. Frank Hoglund of Ivanhoe hosted her college friend Miss Ann Nalbach of Champaign Illinois over the weekend. The Ladies Aid of St Pauls Lutheran Church Dalton will hold a frozen food luncheon January 15 at 1 o clock in the school hall. Tickets cost 85 cents and must be purchased before January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hoglund
Ivanhoe
Ann Nalbach
Champaign
Ill
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Dalton
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Dolton Bank
Heidenrich
Welply
Charles
Marion Olson
Pilgrims
Wagner
Boys of the Old Brigade
Parks
Rossini
Sullivan
Rhodes
Konitz-Baldwin
Estey W. Gouwens
Herbert
St. Mary’s
Richard Hess, Sr
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