Riverdale Moves to Cut Halsted Street Accidents
Riverdale board acts to reduce crashes on Halsted Street by eliminating smoke at two viaducts and lighting the B and O viaduct. Chief Mraz urges signals at 144th Street and discusses railroad crossing repairs and a future police training school.
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Halsted Street
Riverdale Board of Trusees
Halsted
Frank Mraz
Martin
Day
Villance
Zornow
State Highway Department
144Th Street
Illinois Police Association
Mraz
188Th Street
Indiana Avenue
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
140Th Street
Peter J. Kurz
Palmer
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
O’brien
Board of Local Improvements
Officer Brookfelt Hurt in Freak Crash Summary
Officer Brookfelt of Riverdale suffered pelvic injuries in a chain of crashes sparked by hazardous road conditions from Friday to Sunday. Assist. Police Chief Brookfelt, 142nd and Halsted, was pinned between cars. he later required hospital care. Fellow victims include John Kickert, Margar et Jassen, Goldie Wiley, and Stephen Mizgata, with multiple injuries and hospital treatment noted.
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Iey
Lester Brookfelt
Riverdale
142Nd
Halsted
John Kickert
South Holland Auto
Margaret Jassen
Loomis Avenue
Harvey
Goldie Wiley
Turner Street
Brookfelt
A. Dombrowski
Chicago
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Jassen
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Kickert
Stephen Mizgata
Normal Avenue
West Pullman
Indiana Avenue
144Th Street
Dolton
John W. Schultz
Grant Street
Frank Grutzius
Glenwood
Ill
John Grutzius
Helen Grutzius
Carolyn Zabransky
Grutzius
Leonard Evers Rites Held for Local Retired RR Worker
Funeral services for Leonard Evers 75 a resident of 344 East 134th street will be held Saturday at 1:30 p m from his home and 2 p m at First Reformed church Roseland interment Oaklawn cemetery Thornton He died Tuesday night after two weeks with bronchial pneumonia The born March 23 1865 in Holland came to the United States in 1884 settled here in 25 years of residence He married Ellen Housinger October 4 1886 He is survived by his widow four sons William Danville Til Illinois John Rochester Ind Edward and Chester Chicago two daughters Mrs Tienie Arnold and Mrs Minnie Wagner Chicago and 15 grandchildren
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Leonard Evers
East 134Th Street
First Reformed Church
107Th Street
Michigan Avenue
Roseland
Oaklawn
Thornton
Evers
C. & E. I. Railroad
Dolton Auto Owners Urged to Obtain Stickers
Eight days remain for Dolton residents to buy their village vehicle stickers at the current $3.00 fee. After February 1 the price rises to $5.00. Rags wanted by the Pointer office in large clean cotton, paid per pound.
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Dolton Auto
Dolton
Board of Trustees
Pointer
Car wreck on Halsted Street sparks rescue effort
A December 22 crash on Halsted Street near 137th left a car overturning and bursting into flames after hitting a utility pole. Driver H. J. Workman was saved by Ray Lotz of Riverdale and an I. H. B. railroad switchman who smashed front windows and pulled him free as flames engulfed the interior. Riverdale police launched a campaign to curb the high Halsted accident rate.
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Halsted Street
137Th
H. J. Workman
Ray Lotz
Riverdale
H. B. Railroad
York
Dalton Riverdale Building & Loan elects directors and officers
At the annual stockholders meeting of the Dalton Riverdale Building and Loan Association held January 20, directors Daniel C. Bachmann Harry Robinson and George H. Schaefer were re elected for three years. Officers reelected include W J Haney president George H Schaefer vice president H J Anders treasurer Albert H Harms secretary Otto F Reich attorney and Alice L Reich assistant to the secretary. The secretary report noted a 4 percent dividend on paid up stock and 5 percent on shares from the monthly payment plan. Net earnings approached $10 000 with much added to reserve accounts exceeding 10 percent of total assets. A simple mortgage plan and prompt loan service will be offered. Investments remain secured by conservative real estate mortgages and reserves built over 29 years.
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Dalton-Riverdale Building & Loan Association
Daniel C. Bachmann
Harry Robinson
George H. Schaefer
W. J. Haney
H. J. Anders
Albert H. Harms
Otto F. Reich
Alice L. Reich
Albert Harms
Dolton Riverdale Woman's Club hears Mrs Suthers
The Dolton Riverdale Woman's Club met at Riverdale village hall on Tuesday with a brief business session followed by an address from Mrs. Marie Suthers of Beverly Hills. She urged vigilant voting and a vocal female role in wartime decisions, noting Illinois women cast 53 percent of the vote and calling mothers to push for safe outcomes for their sons. Mrs. Mabel Simpson spoke beforehand, and Bowen school orchestra provided entertainment with Joyce De Vries and Roland Nelson soloing. Refreshments closed the gathering chaired by Mrs. Emily Ripley.
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Dolton
Illinois
Suthers
Mabel Simpson
Third District Citizenship
Bowen School
Florence Hedtke
Joyce de Vries
Roland Nelson
Emily Ripley
Sankey files suit to force Thornton township primary
Leo Sankey republican candidate for Thornton township highway commissioner filed a mandamus suit in Cook County circuit court seeking to compel a February 11 primary. Clerk William Winterhoff had said no primary would be held since only one ticket exists, citing cost and lack of contest. Judge Harry Fisher would rule after January 28.
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Leo Sankey
Thornton
Circuit Court
Chicago
Harry Fisher
William Winterhoff
Winterhoff
Cook County
Thornton Township
Sankey
William F. Propper
Propper
Fisher
Acme Meets Phillips Gas in Cage Tourney Tonight
The Acme basketball team faces Phillips Petroleum in the interstate industrial tournament final at the Chicago Teachers' College gymnasium on 68th Place and Norman Avenue. Tickets cost 55 cents. an earlier game precedes, and the Acme Steel concert band will perform.
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Acme Steel Company
Acme
Phillips Petroleum
Oklahoma
Chicago Teachers’ College
Norman Avenue
Acme Steel
Coal Company Workman Drops Dead at Work
William Smith known as Old Buck a 64 year old veteran colored employee of Malloy Coal company Dolton collapsed while unloading coal from a railroad car in the yard. He died of a heart attack shortly after. Smith lived at 5237 Dearborn Chicago and was born June 24 1876 in Lexington Georgia. He was a widower. The body was moved to Jacobson funeral home then to a Chicago funeral home the same day.
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William Smith
Malloy Coal Company
Dolton
Smith
Buck
Dearborn Street
Chicago
Lexington
Georgia
Jacobsoa
Noted Church Head to Dedicate Organ at Our Savior's Church
Dr Armin G Weng president of the Illinois synod of the United Lutheran church will dedicate the new Hammond organ at Our Savior's church this Sunday January 26 at 1045 am. He will speak and be accompanied by his wife and church choirs. The organ was purchased last fall and dedication honors Dr Geo P Kabele founder of the church.
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Our Savior’s Church
Armin G. Weng
Illinois Synod of
United Lutheran Church
Our Savior’s
Wong
Illinois Synod
Our Savior's
Illinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
Ethel Hankey
Church Council
Geo. P. Kabele
George Kabele
People’s Church
Roseland
Junior Woman's Club Meeting Set for Monday Evening
The Dalton Riverdale Junior Women's Club schedules its next regular meeting for Monday evening January 27 at 7 30 PM in Riverdale village hall. The athletic committee will run the program for the evening. For info on South Suburban new bus service call Interocean 9744.
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Dalton-Riverdale
Riverdale
Interocean
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Consoor, Townsend and Quinlan
Strosinski
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company
Chicago Bridge and Tron Company
Hanihan
Trus
Woman’s Club
Phillips
Coal Company
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