South Shore area crime and local notices in brief
A string of robberies and a fatal accident reported around South Shore. Robbers held up Leiberman meat market at 6421 Cottage Grove Ave stealing 350 dollars. A purse snatching near 6205 Langley Ave. and two teen girls lost purses on 78th St. A 69 year old man collapsed at Renaud Roofing on Cornell Ave. A forthcoming South Shore Chamber of Commerce dinner dance draws 500 attendees at Shoreland hotel.
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Leiberman
Cottage Grove Ave
South Shore Chamber of Commerce
Shoreland Hotel
John E. Wolfe
Willam Devine
Norman Eiger
John Schweikert
Cornell Ave
Renaud Roofing Company
Lillian Johnson
78Th St
Marie Ready
Indiana Ave
Loop
Missing Girl Elizabeth Matthews Found in Potters Field
Elizabeth Matthews 1911 1933 appears in a quiet New England grave as a missing girl case tied to Chicago Bureau of Missing Persons. The tale traces a 20 year old’s disappearance and the search that uncovered her in a rural cemetery, highlighting the bureau a 12 member staff led by Sergt Joseph Starkshak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Elizabeth Matthews
Elizabeth
Potter's Field
Elzabeth
Bureau of Missing Persons
Chicago
Sergt
Joseph Starshak
Atlantic Seaboard
Brave 11 year old saves siblings from $3,000 house fire
On a Sunday night in Cleveland the Wagman children Morris 13 Arthur 3 and Bella 11 escaped a blaze at 2202 73rd St. Bella woke to smoke and led her brothers through flames barefoot in pajamas to neighbors 2208 E 73rd St. Fire started in a defective oil stove. Firemen fought flames over an hour and damage stood at 3000 to 4000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Arthur Wagman
Bella
73Rd St
Mrs I. Wag
Charles Cole
Cole
Wagman
Wagmans
Bandit Steals Car From Midway As Students Warned
A man posing as a campus policeman forced Marion Staley and two friends to drive to a police station then, after defying a request to stop, rearranged them near the university district and museum in Jackson Park where he drew a gun and fled in their car. No purses or jewelry were taken. In a separate incident, Dorothy Buck had her purse snatched on 61st street near South Park and Eberhart Avenues, amounting to about $2 stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Staley
South Shore Dr
University of Chicago
Jackson Park
56Th St
Dorothy Buck
Eberhart Ave
South Park
Eberhart Aves
Dance Way to Hollywood Featured in New Faces
Hollywood selects two community beauties Jo sephine Buckley of Indiana avenue and Lorraine Santschi of Evans avenue after accepting RKO contract to star in the musical comedy New Faces. Their families, Mrs Elizabeth Buckley and Mr and Mrs Norbert Santschi, celebrate the entry into show business.
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Hollywood
Josephine Buckley
Elizabeth Buckley
Indiana Ave
Lorraine Santschi
Norbert Santschi
Evans Ave
R.K.O
Three Southeast High Schools to Diploma 776 Mid-Year Grads
Bowen Hirsch and Hyde Park high schools prepare mid year commencements tonight totaling 776 graduates. Hyde Park leads with 342 in Loomis Hall while Bowen and Hirsch each graduate 179 and speakers include Dr Harold C Warren and Martian Sprenghrg.
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C. Action
Bowen, Hirsch
Hyde Park
Lorchestra
June Ross
Dorothy Newberg
Berenice Rasmussen
Hyde Park High School
Joseph F. Gonnelly
Loomis Hall
62Nd St
Stony Island
Martian Sprenghrg
Grace Davies's cross-country hitchhike to Hollywood
Grace Davies, 15, left for Hollywood with nine dollars after saying she would pursue a chance to see movie stars. She traveled by hitchhiking, reaching Tulsa four days later where friends of her family notified her parents.
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Grace Davies
Cyril Pkny
Vii
Hollwood
Grace
Hollywood
Tulsa
Okla
Wia
H G Davies
Right of Way Hazards Prompt Rail Safety Action
A Southeast community urges Illinois Central to enclose street level tracks on 71st Street and Exchange to prevent accidents. The letter calls for a sturdy fence design and gates that drop to street level, demanding concrete action rather than more talk.
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Illinois Central
The
I.C
71St St
Exchange
Ilinois Central Rairoad
Southeast
Ilinois Central
South Chicago
Ist St
Illinois Commerce Commission
Public Utilities Act
Commission
Nina Gilhian
Exchange Ave
Chesterfield Club Plans 7th Birthday Luncheon
The Chesterfield Woman's Club will celebrate its seventh birthday with a luncheon at Wieholdt store located at 63rd and Green. The event occurs Monday and marks seven years of club activity and service.
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Chesterfield Club
Chesterfield Woman's Club
Wieholdt
Wave of Public Feeling Against Dangers of R R Tracks
A surge of local demand for railway safety grows after a fatal IC tram accident on the Tist street right of way near Gregier Ave. The South Shore Chamber of Commerce backs faster action and a committee will meet IC officials to discuss immediate temporary safeguards.
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R.R
Southeast
Kao Wausep
Ceu
Wranean
Chamber
William Devine
South Shore Chamber of Commerce
Economist
South Chicago
Devine
I.C
Tist St
S.C
Southeast Economist
Vist St
Florence Aiken
Gregier Ave
Tlinois Central Railroad
Residents Debate Safest Solution for Crossing Trains
Citizens from Exchange avenue to Yates street call for immediate safety measures at the tracks. Proposals include fences with gates to halt jaywalking, elevated or subway crossings, and in some opinions, fencing as a temporary fix until a longer term solution is built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. FP. Evans
Exchange
H. V. Anderson
Exchange Ave
Victor K. Rowell
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James Bennis
Champlain Ave
Bennis
Vera DuVal
Langley Ave
Marcia Martin
Bandit
Midway
St. Dorothy Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Mary Heron
Southmoor Hotel
Harold C Warren
South Shore
Katharin Finley
Charles Pohlton
Virginia Mouser
Shirley Dyprin
Marveirkpatrick
Charles Wetzel
Bowen
Lillian Herstein
Girls’ Glee Club
Lillian Pope
Alice Grund
Theodore Koenig
William T. McCoy
Mace
Albert Kerkis
KE. Vistat
Shontor
M. M. Medigovich
E. Tist St. Millinery
I. Malone
Julius Kolodny
Sve
Grocer
John H. Jones
Yates
Gladys Christ
Exchange _ave
B. M. Rose
E. Tist St
Pales
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