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Newspaper
Southeast Economist
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
1
Captain Geoffrey Camp hosted six guests from distinct professions a doctor lawyer journalist artist undertaker and merchant. He posed a riddle about a purchased object used by the unseen. The first guest to answer is implied by the riddle’s logic but not named in the readable text.
A SE station officer answered a late night call to buy and deliver milk for a nervous young mother. A 13 year old girl’s new bicycle was stolen, funds raised by two months of work, sparking the deepest villain claim for a local thief. Aaron Chaiken and Eva Eagle wed at 1 am, their only chance to marry due to work hours. Charlemagne David Caesar and Alexander the Great appear on playing cards as a novelty. Daniel Sheehan’s 5544 pound Sailfish catch earns him Sailfish Club membership.
A fragment from a local column describes a barefoot boy named Franky in oversized overalls on Roth street. He jokes about missing school, asks if it’s a good day for fishing, and notes bicycles cluttering 67th street. It criticizes ankle socks and high heel shoes as fashion taboos.
Mrs K A Walsh of Dante Avenue celebrates reunion with two sisters visiting from Ireland and Los Angeles. Also, Mary Lou Atwill returns from a five month Miami Beach vacation, Mrs Leonard Krane comes home from Merrill Avenue. Irene Guest departs for the New York World's Fair. Mrs Lewis BE Quile vacations in Stocktown California. Mrs M F Dando plans summer with her daughter in Santa Monica. Betty Washburn returns from a nine week dance engagement in Mexico City.
Broadway Melody Raymond Kelly, a South Side high school English teacher and Chicago history author, recalls two critics at a new play’s opening. One asks who the producer is, another identifies the composer, and the sour-faced writer is revealed as the author, in a humorous tale about theater and ego.
Charles Haas known as the game warden arrives at Southeast side police stations with suitcase and spray can to do extermination work. Residents glimpse a 42 passenger plane and jokes about planes with swimming pools. Ornamental wire plant holders on outside walls give a California feel. The puzzler answer hints at an undertaker. A fashion moment shows a woman in a fur jacket on hot days.
Civic and business leaders in South Shore praise the new community council proposed by Alderman Thomas J. Daley as a step toward closer cooperation for civic betterment. A 1 pm meeting at the South Side Swedish club will organize delegates from business, civic, church, women’s, and service groups to discuss community improvements and a Greater South Side Music festival in Jackson Park.
After four months of debate the Chicago City Plan bill was finalised by the judiciary committee with amendments creating a 200 member City Planning Advisory board to be appointed by the mayor. The board must represent all city sections and review plan commission proposals before they reach the City Council, shaping neighborhood input in city planning.
Roy E. Webb state representative of Wisconsin for the Townsend National Recovery plan will be guest speaker at the Rhodes Community club meeting tonight at 8 in Liberty Hall 92nd St and Cottage Grove Ave A discussion period will follow during which Webb will answer questions from the audience The public is invited to attend.
The Illinois Commerce Commission explains how electricity use is measured in kilowatt hours. A kilowatt hour equals 1 000 watt hours, derived by multiplying wattage by time. A 50 watt bulb for one hour uses 50 watt hours, so 20 such bulbs for one hour use 1 000 watt hours.
Arlington burial honorsCol George A. Trumbo longtime Southeast Side hero died at 61 after a monthlong illness at Edward Himes Memorial hospital He served in Philippine insurrection Spanish American War Mexican border WWI and WWII as machine gun officer and later colonel Survivors include his widow a sister Lorraine and brother Dr Harry Trumbo of Cedartown Ga Services were conducted by Woodlawn post 175 American Legion and South Side Lodge BPOE with Taps by Rex Ford
Rep Elmer J Schnackenberg of 693 Euclid Ave will be proposed as the legal counsel of the Illinois State council of the Little Business Men's league of America. A meeting of league councils in the section will be held next Monday at 738 E 75th St to appoint a counsel.
Three Southeast side high schools Hyde Park Hirsch and Bowen will award diplomas to 1392 graduates the largest class in their history Hyde Park leads with 550 graduates Hirsch has 471 and Bowen 371 Bowen conducts exercises next Tuesday at 8 p m in Calumet high school auditorium with remarks by Erwin Walker Norman Anthonisen will welcome Jeanne Urbanowicz delivers valedictory and Jack Kimbel salutatorian speaks Bowen diplomas given by principal Robert C Keenan and assistant principal William H Collins Bowen orchestra and Girls Glee Club perform Hirsch holds a panel discussion on The School and the Individual led by valedictorian Bernadine Williams with panelists Glen Highman Orrin Redman Charlotte Greenfield Frank Greenberg Harry Martin Virginia Petersen Robert Carlson Don Callander to perform a self composed piano piece Arthur M Nichelson presents diplomas
Ibna Perlman an 11 year old Hyde Park student was exonerated by a coroner s jury which found the death of Charles Weller 11 a fractured skull an accident. The mother of the dead boy Mrs Florence Weller filed a manslaughter charge against Perlman in Boys court citing unclear facts and a fight over a silly quarrel as the cause of the injuries.
Construction of a second 45 by eight foot boat pier on the north lake shore of Fish Lake at Southtown Beach is underway this week. The new pier mirrors the recent one and serves boaters swimmers and fishermen in the Southtown Econo mist Summer colony where subscribers view lots priced at 78 each payable gradually. Representatives visit the Beach daily and the newspaper office at 728 W 65th St also offers lot viewing.
Detective Charles Johnson of the Grand Crossing police left for New York armed with a fugitive warrant to bring back Carl Falcone 34 sought since March 17 for question ing in the murder of Robert Hall 44. Falcone who was nabbed in New York was named by Hall in a death bed statement. Police said Falcone fled his home and agreed to extradition. The case stems from a heating plant installation at Falcone home. Hall died after being shot three times in the front hall of his home. Falcone previously testified in a self defense shooting of his father in law Leo Lopietro, for which he was acquitted.
Robert C. St. Clair of Ava Crabs and Chatham post 2705 was elected Third District commander at Auburn Park post’s annual VFW meeting. The Third District Department of Illinois, the state’s largest with 36 posts, sits on the South Side. St. Clair is prominent in VFW circles, having held multiple offices including past post and past division commander.
Victim Martin Callahan, 50, was seized from behind and beaten by two well dressed men at 7196 Luella Ave. The assault left him unconscious with a bruised windpipe. Loot included about $30, a driver’s license, and a wife’s ring. Neighbors Florence Snyder and E J Ryan alerted police as a broader Southeast side crime spree from last winter resurfaced.
Detective James Condon, assigned to the detective bureau, was stabbed in the back of his left shoulder Monday morning on State Street between Madison and Monroe as he helped pursue a fleeing suspect identified as Thomas Alford of 6215 Elizabeth Street. Condon, treated at Mercy hospital with five stitches, returned home yesterday. Alford was arrested at the curb after a scuffle that involved Eugene Toppen, Ronald Scranton of Busch jewelry store, and police. No charges had been filed yet.
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