Editorial urges US to stay out of European war
Southeast Economist argues against U S entry into a European war. It cites overwhelming reader support on Chicago's South Side and urges other newspapers to take a clear stand. The piece stresses responsible journalism, public skepticism of European motives, and the role of newspapers in shaping national opinion during a tense international crisis.
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Europe
United States
Chicago
Southeast Economist
Economist
South Side
Congress
U. S
America
Do It Now Urges Letters on US War Policy to Congress
A call urges residents east or west of State street to write promptly to their Illinois congressmen Edward A. Kelly or Raymond S. McKeough, or to Senators Luces and Slattery, about opposing immediate entry into any European war while policy is under study. Letters can also be sent to the Southeast Economist at 728 W 65th St for forwarding.
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United States
Congress
State St
Raymond S. McKeough
Edward A. Kelly
Washington, D.C
Southeast Economist
W. 65Th St
Washington
Southeast
George
Marshall Anderson
79Th St
Sherman
Opposition to Entering War in Europe Grows
The American Legion leaders Edwin Quinn and Dr. Wallace Rozell state the Legion opposes U S entry into European war. Readers across the Southeast Economist praise the “Let’s Stay Home” stance, urging action to avoid foreign entanglements and war hysteria. Letters express fears of being drawn into another world war and call for caution before committing U S forces abroad.
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Europe
Southeast Economist
U.S
Woodlawn creates 10,000 boy playgrounds in summer drive
In Chicago Woodlawn groups join Recreation commission and Associated Clubs to place athletic facilities on vacant lots and Jackson Park fields. H. P. McMackin to supply supervisors, John Batham pledges park support, and two softball teams, the Dukes and Spartans, practice at 67th street and University. Aimed at diverting 10,000 boys from streets, the plan includes track events and community championships across four subdivisions.
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Chicago Recreation Commission
Woodlawn Boys’ Club
Clubs
Woodlawn
Jackson Park
Paul I. Pierson
H. P. McMackin
John Batham
McMackin
Batham
Dukes
Spartans
Harper
J. Scott Matthews
Will
Frank J
Victory parties to honor Smith planned for ward alderman win
Three victory parties will honor Patrick Sheridan Smith newly elected alderman of the 6th ward The Sixth Ward Republican club announces events across Woodlawn Parkside Triangle and Park Manor Washington Park areas With dancing entertainment and a personal appearance by Alderman Smith at each event Oliver Bovick chairs the committee
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Patrick Sheridan Smith
6Th Ward
Sixth Ward
Republican Club
Woodlawn
63Rd St
Park~ Side
Triangle
Southmoor Hotel
67Th St
Stony Island Ave
Park Manor
Washington Park Subdivision
Pershing Hotel
64Th St
Cottage Grove Ave
John Norris
Alderman Smith
Oliver Bovick
War Polls and Bittersweet Peace Light at World’s Fair
The page recounts 17 postarmistice conflicts from 1918 to 1937, naming Poles, Ukrainians, Reds and Whites, Irish and English, Spaniards, Arabs, Chinese, Japanese, Italians and Ethiopians, Greeks and Turks, Bolivians and Paraguayans, Japanese invasion of Manchukuo, and Shanghai clashes. A man mocks a Yes No ballot on war and a separate corner vote features a mock protest. At the New York World’s Fair, 16 searchlights promise a “white light of peace” over the Court of Peace as experts weigh in on meteorology. Brown, a meteorology authority, is invited to answer.
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Arabia
Cruse
Syria
Manchukuo
Shanghai
Spain
63Rd
Cottage Grove
Economist
Pole of Cold Debate Sparks Explorer Club Talk
During an Explorer's Club meeting Jones tells Smith you can say anything but the North Pole is the coldest place. Smith retorts the South Pole is colder, sparking a lively exchange as the discussion continues with a third participant entering the conversation.
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Jones
Smith
North Pole
Earth
Explorer’s Club
South Pole
Man Elected Sheriff Fails to Gain Votes in Alabama
A precinct captain recalls a man who ran for sheriff in Alabama and received only 95 votes out of 3,500. The next day he walked Main Street with two guns, and when told he had no right to carry arms, he defended that a man with few friends in the county must protect himself.
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Alabama
Main St
Maternity Ward Signs Trigger Memories Of Local Names
A lighthearted note recalls signs reading No Children Allowed in area maternity wards. The piece highlights Elleen Kearney of Eberhart Avenue who recently left for Miami Beach to work with the Fred Benile family, pairing with the famed Fred Jr the so called iron ring patient. It also nostalgically asks readers to recall old automobiles with names like Anger Crow Darling Imp Zip Kidder and Red Bug.
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Elleen Kearney
Eberhart Ave
Miami Beach
Fred Benile
Lonlack
Fred, Jr
Anger
Crow
Darling
Kidder
Red Bug
Eight helpers aid woman with locked car in rain
Eight young men crowd around a streamlined car at 79th street and Exchange Avenue offering aid while the owner’s keys lie inside the locked door. Their chivalry fades as a streetcar arrives, ending the wait, and artist-musician Philip Strick of Ellis Avenue is confirmed as an honest saxophone player, dispelling rumors of a campus sighting.
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79Th St
Exchange Ave
Philip Strick
Ellis Ave
Essex Couple’s Tiny Poodle Becomes Local Sensation
The growing poodle from the Louis Goldsteins on Essex Avenue began under a pound at birth and has since captured attention as the Southeast side’s biggest canine darling.
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Louis Goldsteins
Essex Ave
Kiwanis Fellowship Dinner Set at Hayes Hotel
Woodlawn Kiwanis Club schedules its annual fellowship dinner next Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. in the Hayes hotel at 64th street and University Drive. Guest of honor is C Paul White district governor from Kewanee Tennessee and Joliet lieutenant governor Morton Hollingsworth will preside. Reservations are due to Dr R H McPherron in Woodlawn by Monday morning.
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Woodlawn Kiwanis Club
Hayes Hotel
64Th St
University Ave
C Paul White
Kewanee
Morton H. Holligsworth
Joliet, Ill
R. H. McPherron
Stony Island Ave
Woodlawn Inter-Club Relations
Funeral Services Set for John Morgan Explosion Victim
John Morgan aged 31, of 6840 Wood Street, died when an oxygen cylinder exploded while he handled it at the Rosenwald Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park where he worked five years as an attendant. Funeral services are 9 a.m. tomorrow at the chapel at 1702 W 69th Street for St Mary of Mt Carmel Church. Burial in St Mary Cemetery. Widow Emma survives along with his parents, who arrived from Atkins, and an inquest was continued to May 5 by Deputy Coroner Chris McGarigle.
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John Morgan
Wood St
W. 69Th St
St. Mary of Mt. Carmel
Marquete Rd
Hermitage
St. Mary
Emma
Atkins
Rosenwald Museum of Science and Industry
Jackson Park
Morgan
Chris McGarigle
Illinois Central to test platform gates at Bryn Mawr Station
The Illinois Commerce Commission orders the Illinois Central to install experimental platform gates at 71st Street and Jeffery Avenue as part of a safety drive on the South Chicago branch. The Bryn Mawr site, chosen after 63 accidents in five years, will also see repairs to highway crossing gates and additional fencing and curb work to curb pedestrian crossings.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Chicago
Ilinois Central Railroad
Dante Trne
Blackstone
Stony Island
Jeffery
Clyde
Merrill
Yates
Tai
Tor
Totty
Aoth
St. Bet
Blackstone & Stony
Cregler
Syde
Erri Au Paxton
Crandon Yates
St. Anc
South Shore
Illinois Central Allroad
South Chicago
71St St
Bryh Mawr
Austin Ave
Lake St
Railroad
E. 86Th St
E. 88Th St
E. 80Th Pl
E. 82Nd St
Commission
H. EL. Bartlett
Gist St
Jeffery Ave
Chicago Rapid Transit
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Scott W. Luces
James M. Slattery
Senate
Legion
American Legion
Edwin Quinn
Drexel Bivd
Wallace Rozell
Prairie Ave
Illinois Department of the Legion
Quinn
BOARD
I. CG
Tion
New Park Manor
Stella M. Johnson
Rhodes Ave
Tilden High School
Miss Johnson
Brown
I.C
Kiwanians
Distict
Woodlawn Club
Commerce Board
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