Illinois Enforces Strict Fireworks Law Across State
Illinois law the retail sale of fireworks is prohibited except for public displays or small toy items under tight limits. Sheriff Mulcahy orders deputies to arrest violators unless sales are for authorized public displays with permits.
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Illinois
Illinois Society For the Prevention of
Russell Tyson
The
Illinois Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Ilinois
Tyson
Revo
Michael F. Mulcahy
Cook County
Polio Booklet Circulating Through County Chapter
The Cook County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis distributes nearly one million copies of a booklet titled These are Peak Polio Months. The guide explains the disease, its progression, symptoms, and safety precautions and is issued to school children to take home to parents.
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Mr. Budd
Chicago
Cook County
National Foundation For
Britton I. Budd
South Michigan Avenue
Frances Karlsteen
Wabash
Northwestern U holds 88th Commencement in Evanston
More than 1750 degrees and diplomas were awarded at Northwestern University’s 88th annual commencement in Deering Meadow. Honorable Evan A. Evans delivered the address and President Snyder conferred degrees. Captain Charles J. Stuart received a Navy letter of commendation for the university’s wartime officer training. Margaret Helene Vandenberg of Dolton earned a Bachelor of Science. Louis XIV beds unrelated to the event.
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Dolton
Northwestern U
Mary Blanke of Grant Park Dies at 78
Mrs Mary Blanke a longtime Grant Park resident died Friday at her daughter Mabelle Mortons home in Momence aged 78 after six weeks of critical illness. Surviving are her husband August nine children eleven plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the family home and Lutheran church Momence with burial in Union Corner cemetery Grant Park.
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Mary Blanke
Grant Park
Mabelle Morton
Momence
Blanke
St. Petersburg
Mr. Blanke
Christine Born
Rosa Groelling
Alvina Voiling
Henry Blanke
Matilda Sparger
Dolton
Pauline Winkler
Hammond
Jeanette Trumble
Louis Blanke
Emma Skaggs
Union Corner
Riverdale Firemen Answer Two Alarms
Riverdale firefighters answered two alarms during a heavy thunderstorm on Wednesday night June 12. The first call at 8 20 p m sent them to the Colonial Inn on East 137th street where a neon sign and transmitter were damaged by a short circuit. A second alarm at 10 55 p m responded to a blaze in the boiler room at the Chicago Riverdale Lumber company but was extinguished with no damage reported.
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Riverdale Fire Department
Colonial Inn
East 137Th Street
Chicago Riverdale Lumber Company
Postwar Shoe Output Surges by 40 Million Pairs Monthly
The shoe industry increases production by 40 million pairs each month compared with prewar levels. This rise reflects renewed demand and expanded manufacturing capacity across major firms.
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Payroll Plan Promoted
A brief urging readers to invest in U.S. Savings Bonds through the payroll savings plan, emphasizing the benefit of putting extra dollars to work and backing future security in the Florida Everglades region context.
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U.S
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Kimbark Avenue
Dalton
Louis XIV
Riverdale
Florida Everglades
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S. Park Ave
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Clinton
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Libby’s Baby Foods
Bowman
Dixie
del Monte
California
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