Texans Play Key Roles In Drive For Bank Recovery
EXAS highlights Texans in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation drive. Jesse H. Jones of Houston is named a director of the $2 billion credit body, while Melvin A. Traylor, a former Texan and Chicago banker, influences Senate testimony and helped sponsor loans to receivers of closed banks to aid distressed depositors nationwide.
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EXAS
New Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Charles G. Dawes
Great Britain
Jesse H. Jones
Houston
Mr. Jones
Southwest
Melvin A. Traylor
Kentucky
The
Reconstruction Corporation
Traylor
Chicago
Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
Texas
First National Bank of Chicago
Dummy Director Comment Sparks Investigation Debate
A legal inquiry prompts a dummy director to speak but forces a choice between speaking and remaining silent. The phrase suggests pressure and risk during ongoing scrutiny.
Twenty Years Ago Highlights From The Pointer
A digest of local notes includes O Hinkle’s expected return to Saratoga and Dayton visits with relatives, A G Baecker and wife traveling to California, Mrs Catherine Flick and son Pius at a Joliet funeral, and Henry Henken purchasing a Riverdale property. Also notices of Rev W E Cissna’s graduation, Tyna Pauls resuming school, Mrs Emily Ripley’s W R C convention trip, the Ravisloe Club war on Dandelion, new autos among residents, and births for Wm Koelzow and Wm Tomscheck.
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Joliet
Flick
Henry Henken
Fulford and Henken Blacksmith Shop
Robert Greiling
Riverdale
Henken
Frank Krueger
Mildred
Sauquoit
Riverdale-Pulman
Emily Ripley
Alton
Spencer Corps
St. Louis
Loomis and Olive Streets See New Building Activity
Homewood news notes a slowdown in the building trade but reports new work beginning at Loomis and Olive streets, signaling signs of activity resuming in the local construction sector.
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Homewood News
Louis
Loomis and
Olive Streets
Deaths mark week in South Holland village notes
The community recalls the deaths of Herman Ammen and Walter DeGraff. Herman, son of Mr. John Ammen, died May 19 1925 after a brief brain fever illness. Rev H P Schurmans officiated at the parents home. Walter DeGraff died Monday at 86 years 3 months 11 days after a nine week illness with pneumonia. he arrived in 1865 and leaves several DeGraff children and a daughter in law. Funeral services were held Thursday and interment was at Thornton cemetery.
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Herman
John Ammen
H. P. Schurmans
Walter DeGraff
R. DeGraff
T. DeGraff
L. DeGraff
C. DeGraff
B. DeGraff
Frank van Kannigan
Thornton Cemetery
Paving and bridge upgrades planned for 130th area
Cook County funds to top dress 130th Street between Torrence and Indiana Aves. Bates Construction Co. holds Torrence Ave contract from 125th to 130th Sts. State Highway No. 12 bond issues fund new bridges at 125th and 184th Sts and paving 130th to 185th Sts. The 5th Street grade separation under Nickel Plate awaits Illinois Supreme Court appeal.
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130Th St
Torrence
Indiana Aves
Cook County
Casoline
Bates Construction Co
Torrence Ave
125Th
130Th Sts
184Th Sts
130Th
Illinois Supreme Court
Seine at Lincolnshire Caught by Deputy Game Warden
Deputy game warden Chester Malville caught two men fishing in Lincolnshire lake Tuesday night. Jonah Nevells and Lee Dunkerson of Chicago Heights were fined $5.50 each by Justice B S Stephens. They were accused of attempting a record catch as Lincolnshire lake, recently stocked with 2,000 trout, faces stricter enforcement.
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Chester Malville
Lincolnshire Lake
Jonah Nevells
Lee Dunkerson
Chicago Heights
Justice of the Peace
B. S. Stephens
Citee
Country Club
Indiana Makes Plan to Return 3500 Idle Mexicans Home
The article reports voluntary repatriation arrangements for about 3,500 unemployed Mexicans in northern Indiana. East Chicago officials advance funds for rebates and rail fares, with Missouri Pacific and Wabash offering travel to Laredo for 15 dollars per adult and 7.50 per child. The Mexican government will transport from Laredo to Lower California for a reclamation project. About 2,000 East Chicago residents are ready to return, with 400 more in Gary seeking free rides home.
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Indiana
Maurice KE
Crites
East Chicago
Mexico
Missouri Pacific
Wabash
Laredo
Tex
Rio Grande River
Lower
California
Chicago
Gary
As Good as His Neighbors Emeritus Dean of Men
The piece satirizes a university dignitary and local shopkeepers, arguing that being as good as neighbors often equals mediocrity. It contrasts Goodwin’s modest church efforts with storefront displays and clerk indifference, hinting at limited ambition and stagnant progress in a small town.
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Goodwin
Bhinhe
Blake
Western Nivaspaper Union
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Main Street
Hood Avenue
Ravisloe Club
S. Kunstaeder’s
Wm. Koelzow
Wm. Tomscheck
South Holland News
R. A. Gou
Svede
Aral Lidaar
Daluaawick
N. J
New York City
Niagara Falls
J. van der Griend
P. Daartman
H. Schaap
FF. Verkley
Iowa
Kleinhuizen Bros
Michigan Avenue
H. W. Cline
Roseland
Carhart
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Lincolnshire
University of Illinois
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