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Newspaper
Southeast Economist
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
7
Mickey Pyindl and his band perform Saturday night at Carpenters ballroom with vocalist Kurt Whitney. Sunday evening features Eddy Wilson and his orchestra, North side favorite making his first South side appearance with Ginny Dare as the femme song star.
The Vogue lounge unveils a grand opening under Victor Dzwir with Tony’s new Italian American menu. Everet Ballard, known as Duke, performs nightly except Tuesday, while Kenny Wood and his band provide dancing between shows. Freddie Cappello runs a seven nights a week schedule until 4 or 5 a.m. Auburn Shrimp House opens on State Street at 78th, offering fresh shrimp and salads with takeout. Fl Flynn’s Hall hosts Over-21 party with Sandy Smith orchestra, hosted by Max Summit, drawing a capacity crowd.
Trade circles say television is drawing about ten thousand dollars daily from theater revenue though it is only an estimate. Plans for a Symphony lounge sign are approved. five Washington hotels offer television on wheels for two dollars per room. Bar Harbor boosts Tuesday off as lounge bosses gain a seventh music night. Canada’s cabaret tax repeal boosts business as industry seeks similar cuts in Washington. A Gussie air conditioning unit is due, with remodels planned. Outdoor movie debut eyed as news nears for the South side on the eleventh.
The Smith cohort boosts paying customers with extended engagement. Max Marek relocates to S Halsted and renames Madhouse to Hind Palace, serving a dramatic nightlife. House of Hughes debuts on W 79th, a chic dining lounge with art, steel kitchen and home cooking. Gibbons Garden, Lundquist hall, and Scandia Club add meals and dancing as venues resume full schedules.
The Protestant Film Commission will sponsor the first showing of My Name Is Han in Chicago on Tuesday June 13 in 100 cities across the U S and Canada. The South Side screening is at 8 pm Tuesday June 15 at First Presbyterian church 64th St and Kimbark Ave Rev Donald F Landner executive secretary notes the film was shot in China at the real sites and offers new insight into Christianity in China with native missionaries now operating without Western portrayals.
Six Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago churches ranked among the largest donors in 1948, contributing to a total of $884,491.45 to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in Chicago. The churches are Our Lady of Peace, St Philip of Neri, Visitation, St Sabina, St Columbanus, and Our Lady of Lourdes, with locations on 79th Street and Jeffery, 72nd Street, Peoria and Garfield, 68th Street, Prairie Avenue, and Van Buren Street.
Frank C. Rathje president of the Chicago City Bank and Trust Company was re elected for a second consecutive term as president of the Union League club. He was re installed to office at the club's annual meeting marking the seventh time in 68 years a term has been extended.
The Greater South Side Four Arts league will audition teens ages 13 to 19 to select finalists for its August music festival. Emma Rand, program chair, leads auditions at 7 pm on Wednesday June 9 and 16 and 3 30 pm Saturday June 12 and 19 at 2200 EB 71st St. Appointments by telephoning Dorchester 8059. Vets convention follows as Col Chester N Willingham to represent Lt Gen Walton Walker at the 22nd annual reunion of the 33rd division War Veterans' association tomorrow and Saturday at the Morrison hotel.
Legal notices publish the annual statements of Accident and Casualty Insurance Company of Wintuun Switzerland U S Branch and The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company of Hartford Connecticut for 1947 filed with the Illinois Director of Insurance. Includes capital, income, disbursements, assets, liabilities and admitted assets with figures for premiums losses and expenses.
The annual statement for The American Automobile Insurance Company of St. Louis Missouri filed with Illinois shows capital of 2.6 million, total income and gross assets around 54.39 million and 53.92 million respectively, with admitted assets 50. to 54 million, losses and expenses itemized, and liabilities totaling about 3.50 million. A separate entry for American Bonding Company of Baltimore reports capital 1.006 million and admitted assets about 11.9 million with liabilities around 3.50 million and surplus funds noted.
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