Police prize awarded after car thief jailed
Burnside precinct officers John Condon and Dan Nash earned $100 each from the Chicago Motor Club after Georg Kamber, a car thief they captured, received a one year to life sentence. Other brief items note thefts of instruments, a suicide, a police funeral, a store robbery, and burglaries over Christmas weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnside
John Condon
Dan Nash
Chicago Motor Club
George Kamber
John O'Donnell
Evans Ave
Old Father Time Meets Up With Young Mr 37
A dialogue between Father Time and a sprightly youth labeled 37 unfolds in a vintage, playful exchange. Father Time warns, the youth resists, and interruptions fuel a comic clash as the clock and ambitions collide. (Continued on Page 9).
Town Hall Reporter Collects New Year Resolutions
Community residents share New Year habits and aims. Store owner Harry Newart and others discuss personal resolutions, ranging from daily commitment to attempting new goals, with many noting intentions to break them or pursue modest improvements in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Newart
Phillips Ave
Evelyn Mayer
E. 68Th St
Daisy Fertig
Ogiesby Ave
Foot Mangled When Cab Driver Is Hit by I C Train
Samuel Stafford a 34 year old Checker cab driver of 2411 E 76th st was seriously injured Saturday afternoon around 530 when struck by an Illinois Central train. Motorman George Emerson reported the train had just passed 75th st and Exchange ave Stafford was taken to Jack gon Park hospital with a mangled right foot skull fracture and a broken arm. doctors say condition is fair and recovery possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Stafford
E. 76Th St
Checker
Illinois Central
George Emerson
May St
75Th St
Exchange Ave
Shannawlank
Awiell Ue
Guaney Vee Eee
Stafford
Jack‘gon Park Hospital
Harry M Crystal
E. Tota St
Illinois Central Hospital
Wiliam T. Harsha
Joyful Reunion in Polk Home Ends Missing Boy Case
A 10 year old Robert Polk recounts a Christmas eve and day ordeal in Chicago after his brother Jack Holk, a roomer in the Polk home, disappeared December 9. Police sought the pair for kidnapping and Harbored by a rooming house owner, Holk was captured and the boy returned home for a reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Polk
Robert
Marcia Martin
James Collins
Jack Holk
Robert Polk
Kimbark Ave
Chicago
Bobbie
Holk
Polk
Bobbie Polk
Indiana Harbor
Gary
William Casement
South Park
Casement
Casements
W. Jackson Blvd
Ariminta Mason
Mason
Rex
William MecCurrie
McCurne
Bobvie
Lexington
Brig
Jeff
Bob
Polkshen
Carriers Winding Up Collections for December Delivery
The Southeast Economist reports 161 carrier boys will finish December collections for monthly delivery. Each boy collects 10 cents from every family on his route for Thursday morning newspaper delivery to 44 397 households within the specified district. Receipts are given upon payment. unpaid balances still result in delivery with complaints directed to the circulation department at Fairfax 4460.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Boys
The
Southeast Economist
67Th St
95Th St
South Park Ave
Fairfax
Two Face Murder Trial Set After Cantway Shooting
Early Tuesday morning October 20 Alvin Cantway 36 died at VWOuNty Hospital after a street altercation at 61st st and Dorchester ave Police say two groups including Fred Oliver 36 and Thomas Mulcahy 48 fought with others near 61st and Dorchester Myers and Catherine Dunn present Cantway lived at 1322 Existst Harold Carter and Joseph were among others involved The trial before Judge Peter Schwaba is set for Monday in Criminal court with Oliver and Mulcahy charged with Cantway's murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
61St St
Dorchester Ave
Alvin Cantway
Eeak
Ialer
Vwounty Hospital
Criminal Court
Peter Schwaba
Cantway
Fred Oliver
Thomas Mulcahy
Woodlawn
Oliver
Maccahy
Catherine Dunn
Gist St
Mulcah
Catharine Dunn
Beverly Oliver
Harold Carter
Joseph
Motor Club to Introduce Antiambulance Chasing Bill
The Chicago Motor Club plans a bill in the January Illinois legislature to outlaw ambulance chasing. President Charles Martis announced the move praising press and police for exposing abuses and citing a Michigan precedent allowing heavy fines and prison terms for violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Club
Bill
Chicago Motor Club
Charles Martis
Moto Clin
Hayes
Joseph H Braun
Michigan
Illinois
Jewelry Robbery at South Shore View Hotel
Masked gunmen tied Mr. and Mrs. Shapiro, stole $345 cash and jewelry valued about $6 000 from their hotel suite at 7100 South Shore Monday morning. Mrs Shapiro was lured to the door and burglars rifled rings bracelets cash from a purse and a jewelry box before fleeing. Mr. Shapiro, president of Allied Manufacturing, was bound but kept a keepsake ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin H. Shapiro
South Shore View
South Shore
Shapsros
Shapsio
Shapiro
Mr. Shapiro
M. Shapiro H
Allied Manufacturing Company
Michigan Ave
Rites Held for Helen Moriarty in Chicago
Funeral services were held yesterday for Mrs. Helen Moriarty of Chicago born in Newcastle West Ireland in 1807. She died in Pittsburgh at a daughter's home after a two day pneumonia illness. She was connected to Thomas Moriarty a former Chicago post office superintendent. The Moriarty family lived on the South Side and she was a parishioner of St Laurence Church before burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Moriarty
Corneslave
Michael Flynn
Moriarty
Fittsburgh
Jeremiah Sullivan
Newcastle
West
Limerick
Ireland
Chicago
Thomas Moriaty
Moriartys
Cornell Ave
Blackstone Ave
E. Sith St
St. Laurence
Dorchester Ave
Mount Offret Cemetery
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Felicciano Hicaro
Chicago Medical College
Edmund F. Bennett
Cottage Grove Ave
Norma Mellish
E. 73Rd St
Thomas J. Clancy
Essex Ave
Police Department
St. Bride Church
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Erickson
E. 71St St
Emil Erickson
Elmer Peterson
Vernon Ave
Thomas Graham
Samuel Teitelman
Chappel Ave
Arthur Holland
Cran Idon Ave
Harold Press
E. 52Nd St
Herbert M. Alexander
Crandon Ave
Libby Lapham
Clyde Ave
I. C
Donald Donnelly
Economist
Benjamin Shapiro
Flynn
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