23 Mar 1939
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Newspaper
Southeast Economist
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1939
Page
1
A column recounts J B who exaggerated boasts to impress strangers. He claimed a White House dinner invitation that was false, exposing a habit of embellishment and making listeners doubt his credibility.
White haired Gustave Brand of East 77th Street will retire next month from the post of city treasurer. As Chicago art commission chairman he plans to devote energy to extending an art program to every neighborhood and reunite with his first love art for all Chicago.
Clyde Avenue resident Judy Ruddpn is described as having frugal hobbies, once hoarding tin foil into a basketball sized ball and now gathering match box covers. Hobbyist Charles Wickliffe on Dante Avenue lists items such as Spurs once owned by Buffalo Bill, a Lincoln era cane, Civil War ankle irons, and a bone relic tied to St. Dionysus circa 95.
Notes say Frank Gustine, a South Side youth who signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates, was feted with a royal sendoff at Betty Jane Ryan’s Greenwood Avenue home last week. Also announced is Notre Dame track captain Joseph Gregory Rice, a distance running champion, visiting as a house guest of Arch P. Gott Jr. in Merrillville this weekend.
Albert Lang claims more movie stars come from Chicago and the Midwest than any other region. Dr. H A Cuthbertson travels two weeks to Natchez events. Mr and Mrs J E Franey send postcards from Daytona Beach. Mrs Leo Hendrix moves permanent home to Philadelphia. In morning mail, mentions Chicago outer drive necklace around Lady Lake and steel mill stacks lit like candles at night.
A collage of small items: a baby boy announced by a caller, a fully equipped maternity ward at the San Francisco Fair, a duck braving rain with an umbrella on Escanaba, Billie Mayer acting in Curtain Time from WDWS Champaign, a tip for office girls about misreading signals, and a puzzle answer about a White House invitation canceling other plans.
Herodotus noted that the ear is less trustworthy than the eye and this idea now echoes as a warning about radio news reporters. The remark links ancient wisdom to modern skepticism about auditory reporting.
The South Shore Y M C A at 2320 E 75th St serves about 1650 youths with non equipment work and leverages the St John M E Church gym for activities. At an upcoming eighth annual dinner at St John church, guests include Newton Farr and William Parker with Rev Vogler delivering the keynote. The program features a year in review with a camp report, a year end financial summary, and a motion picture recap of Y activities.
Roger Holden director of disaster relief for the Chicago Red Cross will address the new South Shore unit at noon today in Miss Alberts tea room 7020 Jeffery Ave Edward J Ryan newly appointed general chairman announced yesterday Ryan also named chair of the South Shore disaster preparedness and relief committee The meeting will feature duties of unit committees and motion pictures of Red Cross disaster relief operations
Hyde Park High sophomore Jimmy Woods thwarted a car’s fender brush with a tiny fox terrier on 67th street near Oakwoods cemetery. He refused to reveal his address, but neighbors noted he lives on 67th place between Blackstone and Stony Island avenues and earned a new dog for his act.
Tired men from diverse professions join the Business Men's Art club to paint after work at 5375 Dearbornet. They gather on Tuesdays or Thursdays, don smocks, set up easels, and create landscapes for exhibition. A featured piece by G H Harper, Autumn titled October, highlights club activity at Mandel Brothers galleries.
Bryn Mawr Young Mothers club seeks a southwest Jackson park site near 7th St for a new small-children playground. Alderman Daley supports the plan and will consult Mayor Kelly and Park Board officials, aiming to use park district land with Recreation Commission cooperation.
Installation of 32 new 600 candle power street lights on 93rd street between Cottage Grove and Kenwood avenues began Monday. Alderman Michael F. Mulcahy says the lights replace 11 older ones and are of the latest type. Local groups and residents had petitioned for years, and the order followed Mulcahy's support.
Robert W. Hall 44 heating engineer was gunned down in his Davenport home Friday night. Coroner's jury orders murder charge against Carl Falcone 34 who remained at large. Roberta Hall, 18, daughter, attended funeral with local Masons and Jobs Daughters. Longstanding dispute over heating installation linked to the shooting.
Fire swept through an unoccupied two story frame house at 2503 KE. 79th St leaving only a charred skeleton. The 25 year old structure caused about 2000 in damage. Fire officials led by Chief Daniel Cullinan fought the blaze for two hours. An unconfirmed tramp left a cigarette stub blamed for the fire. The property owner’s name was not disclosed by the agent.
Municipal Court Judge Joseph B. Hermes will describe the court procedure to members of the Rhodes Community Club at Tuley Park field house tonight. The club will announce its publication The Tattler, to be issued monthly with Stephen Brown as editor.
A town program features Sven po Lappen and Co presented by the Scandinavian Non-partisan league at 8 pm on March 31 at 745 E 75th St. Alderman Mulcahy and other candidates are endorsed by local groups. multiple ward meetings and dances occur April 1 with organizers named.
Mayor Kelly and Dwight Green stage rallies across seven wards as election nears. Kelly campaigns in seventh eighth and tenth wards with running mates Schreiber and Goredon. Green appears in sixth ward with Chapman and Nance as rival endorsements intensify.
Eight physicians from Jackson Park hospital will host a dinner for senior and junior staff doctors and their wives at the South Side Swedish club 1320 Ridgeland. Drs E Allen Parsons H F Spierling R T Farley H V Pribgle H H Cox C S Van Oosten F M Wittelle and M J Mills will entertain with a hillbilly band piano solo violin duet magic songs harmonica solo and a travelogue of U S scenery. The program ends with com pany singing and dancing.
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