Army Chaplain Assigned to Succeed Rev. E. L. Stanton
The Rev G C Jones a chaplain in the army will succeed Rev E L Stanton pastor of Southeast Side Methodist Church 46th St and Cregier Ave. Stanton to serve as minister of Gresham Methodist Church 87th St and Emerald Ave. Jones serves in Pacific theater and will take duties after discharge in two months. Reverend B R Amon becomes assistant leader and executive secretary of the Chicago Society of Ethical Culture. Reverend Earl Isbell to replace Amon as assistant pastor of St John Methodist Church 7350 Jeffery Ave. both Amon and Isbell are seminary students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Jones
L Stanton
Southlawn Methodist Church
46Th St
Cregier Ave
Gresham Methodist Church
87Th St
Emerald Ave
Rock River
Aurora
Stanton
Southeast Side
Jones
Pacific Theater
B. R. Amon
St. Luke ‘Methodist Church
93Rd St
Paxton Ave
Chicago Society of Ethical Culture
Amon
Earl Isbell
St John Methodist Church
Jefffery Ave
Chicago Theological Seminary
University ‘of Chicago
Isbel
jHe
Good Timber Harry Stiles to play in Wrigley Field
Senior at Tilden Technical High School Harry Stiles 1114 W 64th St earns selection to the high school all star baseball team set to play at Wrigley Field on July 1 His batting average 481 marks him as a tough opponent for pitchers Also mention of Mr and Mrs Weakher Thielgaard 222 Blackstone Ave winners on a radio broadcast over WGN June 16 and a note on the Lindbergh act FBI cases 277 solved of 279 with two under active investigation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Stiles
W. 64Th St
Tilden Technical High School
Harry
Wrigley Field
Weakher Thielgaard
Blackstone Ave
Mrs
WGN
Federal Bureau of Investigation
See's Appeal course trains office workers in attire and posture
The Jones Commercial Evening school introduces a study course called see's appeal for office workers. It emphasizes makeup hair style and proper clothes along with posture and physical exercise. The program aims to improve professional presentation for female employees and relieve male employers from dressing guidance duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Commercial Evening School
Library Closings and Check Misuse Tale
The Chatham opranch library at 24 E 79th St and Tuley sub branch at 90th St and St Lawrence Ave will close July 4 through July 8. A Southeast sider boasted about keeping most of his payroll by taking the record side of his check, telling coworkers he gives his wife half the check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham Opranch
Rewards for information on WWII service remains in China
Government offers rewards for information leading to recovery of American service members buried or missing in China during World War II. The puzzle answer cites inertia, noting bodies would continue moving unless acted upon by an external force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kewards
China
Puzhzler
Robbery and stabbing in alley near 63rd street
Charles Johnson, 60, was assaulted by two women in a 600 block alley near E 63rd St and robbed of $10. Johnson, from St Francis hospital, reported a pen knife injury to the abdomen and described an unidentified Black assailant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Johnson
Greenwood Ave
St Fransic
63Rd St
Johnson
Dr George Papsdorf Found Dead In Forest Preserve
The inquest into Dr George Papsdorf's death was continued to July 12. His widow Irene Papsdorf testified he had been in personal crisis, had sedatives for sleeplessness, and last saw him a week earlier during breakfast before he was found in a forest preserve and died at Little Company of Mary hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Papsdorf
George Papsdorf
South Side
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Forest Preserve
122Nd St
Wolf Rd
Papsdorf
E. 75Th St
W. 69Th St
Funeral set for 75 year old Katie Reynolds
Mrs. Katie B. Reynolds died of a heart attack Saturday night at 6517 Woodlawn Ave. Funeral services were held Tuesday evening. A widow of C. W. Reynolds, she had lived on the Southeast side for 53 years and belonged to the Woodlawn Woman's club. Survived by daughter Edith M. Reynolds, pastor of Unity Home of Truth, Christ church, 116 Michigan Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie B. Reynolds
Woodlawn Ave
C. W. Reynolds
Fire damages four story brick building. two hurt
Two people were injured and damages estimated at 4100 after a fire on the southeast side damaged a four story brick apartment building at 6016 Stony Island Ave. Fire Chief Joseph Wirfs led crews as 20 tenants fled in night clothes. George Elkins 45 a postal clerk suffered minor burns before rescue. A second incident on the lake saw a Cub seaplane suffer small fire damage near shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Wirfs
16Th Battalion
Stony Island Ave
George Elkins
Thomas Gaffney
19Th Battalion
James F. Gunner
75Th Ft
David Boval
Cornell Ave
Gunner
Store Windows Smashed Three Times in Three Months
Willian Herzoff reports a clothing store at 2042 EB 71st St was smashed by two unidentified men who threw stones through the window for the fourth time in three months on June 19. Merchandise valued at 200 dollars had previously been taken but nothing was stolen this time.
Man bitten by dog makes news in Chicago
James J. Burke of 6128 University Ave recalls a dog bite incident on 63rd street and Kimbark Ave. The dog lunged, Burke was cut on the face and required two stitches at Woodlawn Hospital. Burke wonders if the dog planned the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Burke
University Ave
Mr. Burke
63Rd St
Kimbark Ave
Woodlawn Hospital
Rescue squad saves woman after heart attack
Rescue Squad No 5 fought two hours and 20 minutes to revive Mrs Minne Barry 49 of 1533 Hyde Park Blvd. Found unconscious by her eight year old daughter. Fire Lt Jerry Maree led the team. Oxygen tent and physician support followed. Mrs Barry was reported out of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minne Barry
Hyde Park Blv
Ter
Jerry Maree
Barry
Southeast side high schools graduate 1738 with Hyde Park leading
Hyde Park High School tops five Southeast side schools with 570 graduates including 108 veterans. Bowen, Hirsch, and South Shore also held commencements, while Chicago Vocational School will host 190 diploma recipients. Attendees hailed from 1,738 grads in June across the district and the best students earned two $420 University scholarships.
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Hyde Park
Southeast Side
Stony Island Ave
Chicago Vocational School
87Th St
Chappel Ave
Bowen
Hirsch
Ingleside Ave
South Shore
Constance
Hirach
Calumet High School
May
William P. Hearne
William H. Collins, Jr
Ralph Marshall Goren
Charles Elwyn Anderson
Hirsch High School
Trene Dreier
Joann Russell
Frima Rosen
Donald Jacobson
Sidney Bersen
Marie A. McCahey
Marie Voy Brewster
Clarence Harold Berman
College of the University
Frederic Charles Feifer
Doris Jean Probst
Clifton M. Utley
Melvin Burkland
Chicago
Franklin Dunham
Edward Shusis
Melvin Burklund
Frank Hecimovich
Joseph Burek
Len Loudon
David Lundberg
Rudolph Moz
Kenneth Zuhn
Flavio Gibertini
Edward Stienz
Bandits Rob Couple in Front of Home Steal Jewelry
Two masked gunmen forced Melvin H. Cline and his wife Alesandria from 2362 E. 70th Street to surrender jewelry valued at $7,275 plus $73 in tasn early yesterday. The thieves fled in a car after taking Mrs Cline's $2,300 wrist watch, a diamond ring set, two other rings and earrings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin H. Cline
E. 70Th St
Alesandria
Clines
Man Sought in Taxicab Assault on Girl in Gresham
Gresham police search for Andrew McGuire after a young stenographer was robbed of 7 dollars, a gold wrist watch worth 50 dollars, and two pairs of nylon stockings. She was assaulted in a taxi near 79th Street and Ashland Avenue as two men with public safety badges forced the vehicle to dark streets. The cab, abandoned at 85th and Vincennes, is tied to the attack. McGuire claims he picked up the two men at 63rd and Oakley. Gerald W. McBride, carnival worker, faces grand jury on a reported attempted incident in Tulsa after a Los Angeles woman linked to the carnival alleged the incident near South Side after the carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gresham
Jake
79Th St
Ashland Ave
Barth Moran
Andrew McGuire
Kimbarkave
McGuire
Lowe Ave
85Th St
Vincennes Ave
63Rd St
Oakley Ave
Gerald W. McBride
Tulsa
William Daley
McBride
Los Angeles
Stockyards
Parents React To Child Care Options In Community Voices
The survey captures local residents from 7210 South Shore to 5759 Dorchester sharing views on child safety. Housewives Irma Jacoby and Geraldine Lancaster discuss supervision while medical student Derment Brooke supports supervised park play and better facilities to keep children safe and engaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fransie F. Wood
South Shore
Derment Brooke
Dorchester Ave
Eeven
pepMent
Brooke
Flames Destroy Jap Temple Structures in Jackson Park
Fire on Wooded Island in Jackson Park destroyed the southernmost of three Japanese temple structures and burned its roof. The loss was estimated at 5090 dollars. Firefighters battled the blaze for about an hour, using three engines to pump water from a nearby lagoon due to weak island water pressure. The structures were replica Hooden temples gifted by Japan for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Park
Japan
Builing
Tokyo
Decision Awaited In I C Hearing On Tracks Pressure
The Illinois Central railroad track case against depressions on tracks from Tist Street and Dorchester to 91st Street and Baltimore Avenue continues as Alderman Bohling seeks a citation ordering the railroad to show cause. The Illinois Commerce Commission plans a ruling before July 10, with the city now a co petitioner and potential cost sharing if a subway is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
Ilinois Commerce Commission
Ald
Nicholas J. Bohling
W. W. Smith
Commission
1. C
Tist St
Dorchester Ave
91St St
James Danaher
Corporation Council
Bohling
Hospital Terms Thomas Work as Unsatisfactory
Richard R. Thomas, a former Woodlawn hospital nurse, confessed to authorities in Arizona that he killed Suzanne Degnan with stolen surgical instruments. He had worked a brief period at Woodlawn from January 3 to 7 and lived at 6356 Norman Blvd with his wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard R. Thomas
Woodlawn Hospital
Arizona
Suzanne Degnan
St. Louis
Woodlawn
Degnan
Thomas
Patricia Hope
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Norman Blvd
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