Illini Homecoming Week Begins at Urbana Campus
Thousands of University of Illinois graduates return for the 27th annual homecoming weekend starting with a pep rally at 7 p.m. Friday on the military drill field. NorthwesternIllinois game remarks by coaches Zuppke and Waldorf. Saturday features alumni registrations at the Student Center, reunions for College of Law and School of Journalism, class reunions 1911 and 1921, and a luncheon at the Ice Skating Rink.
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Urbana - Champaign
University of Ilinois
Illini
University
Northwestern Illinois
Bob Zuppke
Lynn Waldorf
Wildcats
Ilini Theatre Guild
College of Law
School of Journalism
U. of I. Alumni Association
Reduced Fires During Chicago Fire Prevention Week 1936
The Chicago Fire Department reports 21 percent fewer alarms during Fire Prevention Week from October 4 to 10. It handled 335 alarms versus 425 the prior year, with minimal need for extra apparatus. Engine streams numbered 86 for the week, and motor equipment appeared in 48 cases. Marshal Corrigan estimates a 25 percent drop in paid fire losses for 1936 compared with 1935.
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Chicago Fire Department
Michael J. Corrigan
Fire Department
State Employment Service Interviewers Help City People
Dr. A H R Atwood notes the Illinois State Employment Service has become a public help center. A mother sought help to inform a husband of a daughter's death and received news and a job for him. a hat loan to an applicant helped her gain employment. Chicago office, 1021 South State St.
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Illinois State Employment Service
A. H. R. Atwood
The
State Employment Service
Dr. Atwood
Chicago
South State St
An Improved Dustpan and the Worry of Undone Tasks
A brief note describes bending a tin dustpan to a right angle with its pan and inserting a discarded broom handle to ease stooping. It adds a second line about the only way to end worry about uncompleted tasks is to act on them.
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