Land Acquired for Two Southeast Side Parks
Chicago Park District officials report most land for two Southeast Side parks has been acquired. Nine point six four acres arm the first site near 82nd Street and Yates Avenue, with the stadium as its southern boundary. A second park at 87th Street and Jeffery Avenue covers 17.28 acres, with boundaries 87th to 89th streets and Jeffery to Clyne Avenue.
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Chicago Park District
District Planning Department
Park District
Yates Stadium
82Nd St
Yates Ave
Essex Ave
87Th St
Jeffery Ave
89Th S
Clyné Ave
75Th St
Tath St
76Th St
Constance Ave
Recorded Concerts to Continue at Parks
A series of recorded appreciation programs presents Gershwin works tonight at 8 in Russell Square park and tomorrow at Bes semer park with the Boston Pops under Arthur Fiedler. A brief interpretive sketch precedes and follows each piece. Next Wednesday a Strauss program will feature the Cincinnati Symphony and the Boston Pops at Jackson park promontory.
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George Gershwin
Porgy
Bess
Paris
Russell Square Park
88Rd St
South Shore Dr
Bessemer Park
89Th St
Muskegon
Boston “Pops
Arthur Fiedler
55Th St. Promontory
Jackson Park
Johann, Johann Jr
Richard Strauss
Cincinnati Symphony
Lessons in Safety Lessons in Safety
Roscoe L West discusses teen driver safety in a Southeast Economist series. He urges educators to implement driver education, ideally with behind the wheel or dual control training, or safe alternative tours of traffic agencies to engage students and reduce accident risk. Continued on Page 11.
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Heir
Burglars Use Tools of Victim to Open Safe
Enterprising thieves broke into the William Feverbend Motor sales at 7722 Stony Island Ave on Tuesday morning. They used company tools including an acetylene torch hammer and chisels to attempt a large front office safe, then opened a small safe and escaped with 200 dollars. Employees found the tools scattered in the front office Tuesday morning.
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William Feverbend Motor Sales
Stony Island Ave
Feyerbend
Reward Offered for Poisoner of Dogs in Southeast Chicago
Signs promise a $200 reward for arrest and conviction of those poisoning dogs in southeast Chicago area from Marquette Road to Dorchester and Stony Island. Humane officer Allen Gisch said two months earlier 15 dogs were poisoned. ten died before signs appeared. One dog survived after a vet removed caustic poison, and evidence suggests non rat poison.
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Allen Gliseh
Humane
The
Animal Welfare League
Wabashave
Marquette Rd
Dorchester Ave
Stony Island Ave
Sch
Williem Wakefield
Yth St
Gisch
Rea Saul
South Side sewer petition drive gathers names for relief
Civic groups citywide push for first allocation of bond funds to build interceptors and laterals in the flood prone South Central Chicago area. Effort targets one million signatures to influence Mayor Kennelly and the Sanitary District for 1948 sewer plans.
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Chicago
South Central
Ald
William T. Murphy
Murphy
Southside
Southtown Planning Association
Kennelly
Sanitary District
Stevens-Doyle Post Names Officers In WWII Legion
Stevens-Doyle American Legion post announces new officers. Robert Hooney named commander and will assume duties at the post hall installation on September 5 at 1706 03 E 79th St. James Markey senior vice commander Alden Brandell junior vice commander John Foody finance officer Ralph Ferraro sergeant at arms.
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Robert Hooney
Cregier Ave
Stevens-Doyle American T Legion Post
Election Commission
E. 79Th St
James Markey
Cornell Ave
Alden Brandell
Blackstone Ave
John Foody
Ralph Ferraro
Merril Ace
74th St. Bathers Seek Beach Improvements
Ninety five South Shore swimmers and sun lovers at 14th street beach urged Alderman Nicholas Bohling to fund improvements. A letter by Jane Reynolds and 94 others notes long time use of the small beach and safety concerns from rocks and dirty hard ground.
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South Shore
14Th St. Beach
Nicholas Bohling
Jane Reynolds
Paxton Ave
Seventh Ward
74Th St. Beach
A Penny for Your Thoughts on Returning Bodies of Servicemembers
Readers at 79th street and Vernon express divided views on whether American military fallen should be buried overseas or returned home. Housewife Florence Cushman favors keeping graves abroad, citing global respect and understanding. Jack Burke supports overseas cemeteries as eternal memorials. Eleanor Leverenz argues transfer is costly and funds could aid grieving families. Ann Turley says returning bodies worsens grief.
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79Th St
Vernon Are
Florence Cushman
Danville, Hil
Jack Burke
Champlain Ave
Ann Turley
Rhodes Ave
Ann
Turley
Tragic Drowning Of SevenYearOld At 76th Street Beach
A seven year old boy, Joseph O Donnell, drowned in five feet of water off the 76th street beach at 2 30 p m yesterday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Walter O Donnell of 8538 Aberdeen Street and a student at St Kilian s grammar school. Dr Michael Ballin found the body 25 feet from shore and said the child apparently stumbled into the water. The boy s sister Dolores and brother Frank witnessed the tragedy as police and rescue squads responded. An inquest is set for this morning at 1413 W 79th Street. The drowning follows another Lake Michigan death of a South Side boy within 15 days.
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76Th St
Joseph O’donnell
Walter O’donnell
Aberdeen St. Joseph
St. Kilian’s Grammar School
Michael Ballin
Prairie Ave
Ballin
Vos.p
Dolores
Frank
Wit
Hainbow
Beach
Fire Department
George Latham
South Shore Hospital
Grand Crossing
Joseph
W. 79Th St. Joseph
Walter Jr
James
Robert
Lake Michigan
Richard Radeczevich
Tasman Ave
68Th St
Jittery Robber Robs Tavern Wounding Owner
George Vassilos, 55, of 7301 Luella Ave, was grazed by a pistol bullet during a tavern robbery at 2161 E 75th St. Early Tuesday two men entered, ordered him to the rear, and fled after taking $100. He was treated and released from Jackson Pari hospital.
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George Vassilos
Luella Ave
Vassilos
Grand Crossing
Vassiles
Jackson Pari Hospital
Hallenbeck Joins Southmoor Bank Staff
Harry E. Hallenbeck, 7100 South Shore Drive, has joined the Southmoor Bank at 6760 Stony Island Avenue in the business extension department. A veteran banker, he previously served as cashier and receiver for eight Chicago area bank failures from 1932 to 1939, audited foreign funds control for the U S Treasury in New York, and most recently worked as an auditor with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Harry E. Hallenbeck
South Shore Or
Southmoor Bank
Stony Island Ave
Hallenbeck
Chicago
Foreign Funds Control Division
United States Treasury Department
New York City
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Holy Cross Church
E. 65Th St
Thomas Tormey
Father Tormey
Holy Cross Camp
South Side
Charlies Gallacher
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic Party
United States
Old Coliseum
63Rd St
Tower Theater
Ralph Emerson
Silver Tongue
Wentworth Ave
Dora Nielsen
72Nd St
Siep Ave
East End Ave
Fops, Scheulin
Riverview
Dad
Larry H
Southeast Economist
Theodore Dredge
Castlemaine
Victoria
Australia
America
Theodores
St. Castlemaine
War Assets Administration
Bousnt Thoosards
Roscoe L. West
National Commission On Safety Education
39Th St
Loomis Blvd
Lake
Sewer Fund
Avalon Park Forum
William A. Poe
Maryland
Central South Shore Improvement Association
Thomas C. Browning
Chappel Ave
Chesterfield Community Councl
J. G. Stokes
St. Lawrence Ave
East Auburn Park
Avalon Park
Howard E. Graham
Dobson Ave
James R. Barrington
Kimbark Ave
Ray Lamberth
Mary Rose
Elizabeth Ann Gleason
Muskegon Ave
Little Marshal
Colfax Ave
Helen Silverthorne
Dolores Silverthorne
Ellen Silverthorne
Georgianna Nazar
Stevens-Doyle
74Th St
Ald. Bohling
Rainbow Beach
Epton
Mas Reynolds
Eleanor Leverenz
Michigan Age
Europe
Pacific
Mrs. Cushman
Palmotor
H. E. Hallenbeck
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