Around Town Dream Chaos Teases With World Leader Names
A surreal dream sequence lists a parade of historic figures including Farley Hitler Daladier Perkins Chamberlain Byrd Goering and Chiang Kai-Shek as a nightmarish gathering. The piece notes weekend crowds at Rockefeller Memorial chapel listening to carillon chimes and mentions Mrs Abraham Apple attending Grant Park concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Med Smith
James A. Farley
Adolph Hitler
Edouard Daladier
Frances Perkins
Neville Chamberlain
Richard E. Byrd
Goering
Chiang Kai-Shek
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
49Th St
Abraham Apple
Carnell Ave
Grant Park
Local LED and Street Scene Sights Across the City
A lemonade stand at 78th et and Dorchester offers drinks at one to five cents with a one cent ice cube extra. Pedestrians at Stony Island avenue station are escorted home for ten cents. A chemistry student Wilson Souders travels by freighter from New Orleans toward Peru. A streetcar delay at 56th street blocks eight tow trucks for 15 minutes. A bystander watches a driver in a stalled car being towed. A viewer at a Tist street theater reacts to Dark Victory with a quiet comment from a husband to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester Ave
Illinois Central
Stony Island Ave
Wilson Souders
Peru
New Orleans
56Th St
Lake Park Ave
Funeral procession rights and tattoo enlistment ban
The article notes only ambulances fire engines and police cars may legally break funeral processions. It also cites a U S Navy rule prohibiting enlistment of persons with offensive skin engravings, highlighted by a recruiting officer requiring a recruit with a nude tattoo to cover it before joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Navy
Illinois
Capitol theater dome serves as air traffic beacon
The Capitol theater dome at 78th and Halsted glows to guide cross town air traffic to and from the municipal airport at 63rd and Cicero. A burglar who broke into a 8rd Street store last week has a wife who neglects to dam his hose as he stole two dozen pairs. A bank teller on the South Side whistled Only a Bird during the noon rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Theater
78Th and
Halsted Sts
National Capitol
Washington
63Rd
Cicero
South Side
Bluebloods and mongrels clash at city dog shows week
National Dog Week runs September 17 to 23 with a city-wide dog show sponsored by the National Dog Week association and the Chicago Park District. Preliminaries occur in 13 parks with final judging by Skokie Valley Kennel Club and veterinarians. Entry blanks available at park fieldhouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Dog Week Association
Chicago Park District
Hamilton Park
72Nd St
Normal Plvd
Jackson Park
63Rd St
Lake Front
Skokie Valley
68th Street One Way Boulevard Proposed to Relieve Traffic
Civic groups business leaders and property owners back the Southtown Planning Association plan to make 68th Street a companion one way boulevard to Marquette Drive from Stony Island to Kedzie. The route would run from Stony Island along Rhodes Anthony Yale to Normal and west to Marquette Park, under railroad tracks with traffic lights and park district oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southtown Planning Association
68Th St
Marquette Ra
Stony Island Ave
Kedzie Ave
Chicago Park District
Jackson Park
Marquette Rd
Rhodes Ave
New York Central Railroad
Anthony Ave
Yale Ave
N. Normal Okwy
Normal Blvd
Marquette Park
Lincoln Rogers
Planing Association
Economist
Rogers
Social Club Formed at Lake Colony Fish Lake Ind
The Economist Summer colony at Fish Lake Indiana forms a new social club for ages 15 to 23. Robert Schreiber is elected president with La Verne Argenio as vice president and Margaret Fehrenkamp as treasurer. Helen Argenio is secretary and Harry Purnifur sergeant at arms. The group has 26 members and meets Sundays at 3 pm in the colony clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southtown Beach
Economist
Fish Lake
Ind
Robert Schreiber
Justine Sr
la Verne Argenio
Damen Ave
Margaret Fehrenkamp
Burnham Ave
Helen Argenio
Harry Purnifur
Paulina Sr
Colony
Counselling Agencies Urge Marriage Education Shortfall
Detroit director Robert G. Foster criticizes universities for neglecting pre marital and family relationship courses while noting that marriage problems cross all classes. He cites a Detroit case of a young wife frustrated by her husband’s budgeting and dining habits, reflecting broader strain in modern households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Foster
Detroit
Mich
University of Chicago
Foster
United States
Aviation tribute to open Greater South Side festival
The Greater South Side Music festival will feature an aviation tribute on August 12. An airplane piloted by Mrs. Alice DeWitt will dip over the crowd at Jackson park to drop flowers, organized by the Amelia Earhart Memorial Civic club. The flying grandmother, Mrs. Peter Holland, will be showcased as part of the aviation ensemble, recalling her historic 1929 Graf Zeppelin flight.
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South Side
Emma Rund
Jackson Park
63Rd St
Stony Island
Alice DeWitt
Amelia Earhart
Purse Taken by Sneak Thief Found on Street
Mrs. Mary Gallica of 7158 Yates Ave reported her pocketbook missing Saturday afternoon after a search with her daughter. About two hours later a neighbor found the purse a block away behind a building with identification cards intact but ten dollars in cash and a wrist watch missing. Police in Grand Crossing investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gallica
Yates Ave
Mary
Gallica
Grand Crossing
Bodies of Two Sailors Drowned in Indiana Harbor Tragedy
Edward Peacock 18 and Harry Howell 18 drowned when their home made sailboat capsized off Indiana Harbor. George Sykes 22 swam ashore. Peacock and Howell buried at Blue Island and Cedar Park cemeteries. Sykes survived and gave details to coast guards.
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Indiana Harbor
Gary
Edward Peacock
State St
Harry Howell
Young Peacock
Howell
Young Howell
Cedar Park
Cident
George Sykes
Keating Ave
Peacock
Coast
Indiana Dunes
City Leaders Seek Support to Amend WPA Legislation
City officials and community leaders urged telegrams to congressmen to back a House amendment undoing a new law that ends WPA employment for many Chicagoans by August 31. Harriet Wittum led the meeting seeking state action for extra relief funds and a Kiwanis report on Chicago relief needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harriet E. Wittum
N. State Sr
Marion Kudlick
North and Near Northwest Side
Kudlick
L Structure to Be Kiwanis Meeting Topic
G William Skeeles Jr of 730 E 63rd St will address Woodlawn Kiwanis next Wednesday at 12 15 p.m. in the Wedgewood hotel 8410 Woodlawn Ave on why the 63rd street structure harms business and the district. Moses M Shaw 1180 E 83rd St club president will introduce the speaker at the luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
63Rd St
William Skeeles, Jr
Kiwanis Club
Woodlawn
Wedgewood Hotel
Skeeles
Moses M. Shaw
E. 83Rd St
Forcellati Dante
Jackson Park
Stony Island Ave
Chicago Park District
Chicago Federation of Musicians
Teresa Ferrio
Henry Thompson
Ferrio
Rossini
Puccini
Mr Thompson
Leoncavallo
Miss Ferrio
Tschaikowsky
del Monte
Victor Herbert
Body of Man Found on South Chicago Playground
Police in South Chicago investigate a death found on a tennis court at Bessemer Park near South Chicago Avenue. An elderly man, about 60, was found Monday morning with a broken nose and a deep ear wound. Coroner cites cerebral concussion. identity unknown after days of attempts.
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George FP. O'Brien
Chicago
Commercial Ave
Potters’ Field
Lawrence P. Rassmussen
Thomas B. Flanigan
South
Flanigan
Economist Tour to Gotham Fair Leaves Chicago for World's Fair
A special Nickel Plate Limited car carries South Side travelers to New York for a seven day World's fair visit. The Southeast Economist's travel party, costing 52.85 per person, departs Sunday morning and returns early Sunday morning. Michael I. Cleary will accompany the group. arrangements include hotel stays, twin bed rooms, baths, and continental breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nickel Plate Limited
South Shore
Beverly Hills
Woodlawn
Englewood
Southeast Economist
Economist
New York
Michael I. Cleary
Economist Travel Bureau
New York City
Economist Travel
W. 65Th St
Mr. Cleary
Gotham
Lackawana Station
23Rd St
Boy Cyclist Injured Hitching to Truck
Donald Melvoin a 16 year old boy at 2015 E 74th St fell from a bicycle while hitching to a truck in front of 1405 E 0th St. He sustained a fractured skull and was taken to Jackson Park Hospital where his condition was listed as good yesterday. Driver Robert Hastings of 847 W Monroe St was not held by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Melvoin
E. 74Th St
Jackson Park ‘Hospital
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Weonom
Judy
Susan
Bobby
Robert
Yates
Marquette
Scugomist
George Diefenderfer
Urge 68Th
Planning Association
8Th St
Park District
Trafic
Lake Colony
Mar
Riage
Chevy Chase
Patricia Lawler
E. 56Th St
South Shore Country Club
William Peacock
Louis Howell
Joyce
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions Clubs
He Sax
Dante
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