Marylynch Gronert Joins Waves on 20th Birthday
Marylynch Gronert joins the Waves on her 20th birthday in a local newspaper brief. The column also notes a puzzler about a number that leaves remainder one when divided by two through six. Illinois cigarette tax collections for July rose by 10,653.53 from the prior year, totaling 1,015,851.87, announced by state treasurer Conrad F. Becker last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylynch Gronert
Illinois
Conrad F. Becker
OPA Targets Counterfeit Food Coupons in Chicago
The OPA tests every food coupon turned in by retailers to debit counterfeit totals from dealers’ food ration accounts in an effort to crush the black market. A shoe find near the 68th Street viaduct invites its owner to call Mrs Ingrad Tintin at Prospect 5518. Marylynd Gronert, a Chicago lifeguard, swore into the Waves on her 20th birthday at the naval officer procurement office. Her mother Mary L. Gronert, who served as Chief Yeoman in 1917, helped organize early tests for women yeomen and served overseas with the Red Cross. Marylynd, a University of Chicago graduate, plans a Missouri botany master’s after the war. her brother Pvt Lynch-Gronert serves at Camp Maxey.
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Chicago
OPA
Marylynd Gronert
Ellisave
St. Louis
Virginia Montague
Office of Naval Officer Procurement, Boards Or ‘Trade
W. Jackson Blvd
Miss Gronert
Mary L. Gronert
Navy
Pvt
Lynch -Gronert
Camp Maxey
Texas
Lois Shamberg Semi Finalist In Chicagoland Music Festival
Singer Lois Bernice Shamberg of 6820 Cornell Ave earned the South Side district title at Shoreland Hotel July 17 and on August 2 at Crees Hotel was chosen to represent Chicago in her mezzo soprano class. Alma Wilson McMahill of the Wilson School of Music and Dramatic Art, 6255 Kimbark Ave, directs.
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Lois Bernice Shamberg
Cornell Ave
Drake Hotel
Miss Shamberg
South Side
Shoreland Hotel
Crees Hotel
Chicago
West Side
Alma Wilson McMahill
Wilson School of Music and Dramatic Art
Kimbarkave
Opening of Chicago Service Men's Center in Loop
On August 1 1941 the Chicago Service Men's center opened at 176 W Washington St as France fell and Dunkirk faded. Mayor Kelly gathered business leaders civic groups and churches to form a Loop service men's canteen under sponsorship by Fac Chicago Commission on National Defense.
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Chicago Service Men’s Center
Washington St
France
Dunkirk
Congress
Kelly
Fac
Chicago Commission On National Defense
Blood donor helps woman in Roseland hospital
Seaman Withiam Holland aged 22 of 7508 Halsted street donated blood to Mrs Elizabeth Froling aged 11 in Roseland Community hospital after a friend Corp George Price 25 of 7521 Peoria street told him she needed type O blood. The number to today’s puzzler is 61.
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Seaman Withiam Holland
Halsted St
Elizabeth Froling
Roseland Community Hospital
Seaman Holland
Corp
George Price
Peoria St
Two Southeast Siders to Graduate at Tilden Tech
Ernest C. Daniels of 6359 Rhodes Ave and Albert E. Glover of 6227 Champlain Ave will receive high school diplomas next Thursday at Tilden Technical High School, 4747 Union Ave. A graduating class of 40 will receive diplomas from David Coles, the school principal.
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Ernest C. Daniels
Rhodes Ave
Albert E. Glover
Champlain Ave
Tilden Technical High School
Union Ave
David Coles
Memorial Rites Planned for Flier Kiehn in Europe
Memorial services for Sgt. Donald R. Kiehn 19 of 11320 Avenue L will be held at St. Luke's Lutheran Church at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. He was killed over Wesel Germany March 24 while aiding a supply drop mission. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kiehn two sisters Florence Ann and Mrs. Dorothy Taylor. Former Bowen High School student, he enlisted December 1943.
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St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
Bowen High School
Kiehn
Florence Ann
Dorothy Taylor
Crown Point
Maurice J Green elected fourth district American Legion commander
Maurice J Green of 8621 Vernon Ave was elected commander of the fourth district American Legion, succeeding Paul Lynd. Officers elected include Carl Klaesi as vice commander Harold Clelland as senior vice commander Anthony Egan adjutant and Louis Brichta finance officer. Installation set for September 19.
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Maurice J. Green
Vernon Ave
American Legion
Paul E
Lynd
Albany
Carl Klaesi
Springfield Ave
Harold Clelland
Richmond St
Anthony Egan
Elizabeth St. Adjutant
Louis Brichta
Troy St
Woodlawn to Plant 600 Mums in Five Year Project
Woodlawn residents who applied for chrysanthemum plants will receive 3,000 hardy mums next month, with 600 homeowners plus churches and schools getting five plants each. The program, funded by the Woodlawn Property Owners' league and supported by the University of Chicago, runs for five years with cash prizes from the Woodlawn Business Men's association for top displays.
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Woodlawn
Woodlawn Property Owners’ League
Woodlawn Business Men’s Association
University of Chicago
University
Gist St
University Ave
60Th St
Dorchester Ave
League
Plea Calls Parents to Watch Kids Reading Comics and Watching Horror
A South Side couple and another family urge parental vigilance after a 10 year old, Denis Sterling Bruce Donahue, was shot to death while playing with a gun with two companions, Tommy Fitzgerald and Donald Hulet. They blame comic books, horror radio, and gangster films for shaping dangerous behavior. The coroner’s jury notes the influence of sensational media and calls for publisher content corrections.
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South Side
Chum
Denis Sterling Bruce Donahue
Tommy Fitzgerald
Donald Hulet
Hulet
Donahue
Mr. Hulet
Donald
Fitzgerald
Southeast Economist
Wave Lorraine M. Kelly Assigned to Great Lakes
Wave Lorraine M Kelly the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank E Kelly will report to the hospital corps training school at Great Lakes as her first duty station She will receive training there as a hospital corpsman Miss Kelly a graduate of Irishh high school and Wilson City college lives at 7603 Kingston Ave
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Hospital Corps Training
Great Lakes
Lorraine M. Kelly
Frank E. Kelly
Kingston Ave
Miss Kelly
Wave Kelly
jHrishh High School
Wilson City College
31 Vie For Queen's Title At Service Men's Canteen
The second annual crowning of Eagle and Anchor Girl of the naval training school service men's center at 8276 South Chicago Ave will be August 17. Thirty one junior hostesses compete, seven winners receive sterling ankle bracelets, and voting decides the queen. Entertainment features Sidney Moran and Bill Richards with a post crowning dance. Finalists include Mary Darrow Kitty McKay Claire Lindley Jean Johnson Gloria Townsend Helen Malick Vivien Sorensen Toni Cattallico Jean Liener Pat Berger Virginia Durkin Betty Nobie Colette Ryan Eleanor Sanchez Betty Larkin Dorothy Palicke Dolores Moody Bobbie Lee Faulconer Marie Ulm Louis Gallamore Dolores Casey Irene Grask.
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Ithe Eagle
Thernaval Training School
Service Men’s Center
South
Chicago Ave
Auugust
Sidney Moran
Bill Richards
Mary Darrow
Colfax
Kitty McKay
W. Tist
Claire Lindley
Jeffery
Jean Johnson
Kenwood
Gloria Townsend
Harper Ave
Helen Malick
Muskegon
Vivien Sorensen
Stewart Ave
Toni Cattallico
Clyde Ave
Jean Liener
Wabash
Pat Berger
Ingleside
Virginia Durkin
Walcott
Betty Nobie
E. 88Th
Colette Ryan
Eberhart
Eleanor Sanche
Michigan Ave
Betty Larkin
Marquette Ave
Dorothy Palicke
Saginaw
Dolores Moody
Cregier
Bobbie Lee Faulconer
Marie Ulm
Throop
Louis Gallamore
Legion of Decency lists eleven new films
The National Legion of Decency reviews eleven new motion pictures dated today. Five are unobjectionable for general patronage, five unobjectionable for adults, and one is objectionable in part. The only partly objectionable title is The Story of G I Joe by Lester Cowan Production United Artists. The general patronage titles include Captain Eddie, The Caribbean Mystery, The Gay Señorita, Man from Oklahoma, and Radio Stars on Parade. The adult titles are Dangerous Intruder, Dangerous Partner, Divorce, Lady on a Train, and Love Letter from Producers Releasing Corporation MGM Monogram Universal Paramount respectively.
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National Legion of Decency
Lester Cowan
United Artists
20Th Century Fox
20Th Century- Fox
Columbia
Oklahoma
Republic
RKO
Producers Releasing Corporation
MGM
Monogram
Universal
Paramount
Southeast side soldiers return to New York en route home
Five South Side servicemen landed in New York aboard two transport ships and head toward Chicago area camps for discharge or 30 day furloughs before Pacific redeployment. Seventy four more South Siders arrived on the John Ericsson and Sea Pike transports with names listed. The War Department reports seven South Side men killed since last Thursday in Europe and the Pacific, plus several wounded in action.
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New York
Chicago Area
Pacific
Fort Sheridan
Army
Camp Grant
Junior Ransom
Rhodes Ave
Corp
Alvin H. Golman
Euclid Ave
Charles C. Bachine
Green St
Ray N.davis
Laflin St
George
War Department
Europe
George A. Anderson
George Anderson
Harvard Ave
EL 76Th
James R. Cleland
de Witt Cleland
Crandon Ave
Morton Smith
Dorothea
Chatham Park to Host Fifth Annual Festival and Field Day
Chatham Park residents plan a two day festival on August 18 and 19 at 83rd Street and Cottage Grove. The event features a Navy technical training center service band on Sunday, outdoor dancing, free movies, singing, a drum and bugle corps, a ping pong tournament, track and field for children, a garden show with local garden entries, flower and canning displays, and proceeds to service men’s organizations. The Chatham Park minute maids will run a tag day fundraiser.
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Chatham Park
83Rd St
Cottage Grove
Navy As Technical Training ‘Center
Jonn l Lindmier
A.A.U
Ellis Cobb
Fox River Valley
Qvicmity
Get Guns Out of Homes Safety Warning
Joseph F Stech of the Greater Chicago Safety council urges gun owners to keep firearms unloaded and hidden from children. Deputy Coroner Chris McGarigle cautions parents after 10 year old Denis Donahue was fatally shot in a Chicago home while playing cops and robbers. The accident underscores the danger of loaded guns in households.
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Joseph F. Stech
Greater Chicago Safety Council
Mr. Stech
Chris McGarigle
Denis Donahue
Chicago
Donald Hulet
Donald
Denis
Tommy Fitzgerald
Owner Says He Acted to Save Wife
The inquest into George McDaniel's fatal shooting at Zebra lounge is continued to tomorrow at 1:30 pm in Woodlawn police station. Jack Simon, owner of the tavern, says he fired after McDaniel threatened his wife Florence and demanded to be served after closing hours. Two witnesses will testify. McDaniel was shot twice and died at Woodlawn Hospital.
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Mary McDaniel
Decatur
Jack Simon
Kenwood Ave
Robert E. Romans
Florence
George McDaniel
Greenswood Ave
Zebra
63Rd St
Woodlawn
McDaniel
Canfield Beverage Company
Simon
Ralph Neal
Wabash Ave
Neal
Mitchell Simon
Kenwood
Edmund Metz
Reoroner
Woodlawn Hospital
Robert £. Romano
Russell McDaniel
Green
Wood Ave
Edmund H. Grant
St Cyril Parish to Hold Annual Carnival
St Cyril's Carmelite church hosts its annual carnival from 7 p.m. to midnight August 19 through August 26 on the parish school playground at 64th St and Dante Ave. Proceeds from last year funded improvements. games and refreshment booths will serve both adults and children. Chairman is Harry Schmeltzer of 1415 E 66th Pl.
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St. Cyril's Carmelite Church
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Kimbark Ave
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Andrew F. Rahe
Ingleside Ave
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John Taylor
E. 70Th St
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Shirley Creek
Frederick C. Adams
Barbara A. Adams
Evans Ave
Marine Corp
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Martin Callahan
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Harry Ivice
Lake Park
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15Th Air Force
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Chatham
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Fareed
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Gene Quinn
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W. 61St St
Timothy J. McCormick
John Kirnbauer
Marshfield Ave
Kenneth H. Clapper
Calumet Ave
Harold H. Pfohl
W. 63Rd Pl
Lawrence A Joyce
Ada St
Maurice J. Candrea
W. 63Rd St
Tech
James P. Bombenger
Adast
Safety Council
Zebra Lounge
William McDaniel
St. Cyril Parish
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