Destructive Tornado Rips 15 Mile Path Near Joliet Area
A tornado carved a 15 mile path through Coal City Manteno and Braidwood southwest of Joliet about 4 30 yesterday killing two people Fred Engleking 55 and Ralph Le Barge 14 and causing extensive property damage. The storm struck without warning tearing poles and lines and destroying several farms and a block garage. The Tryner home near Coal City suffered major damage but Mrs Tryner and two children escaped.
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Joliet
Coal City
Manteno
Braidwood
Fred Engleking
Ralph le Barge
Grant Park
Joseph Tryner
Spectator Celebrates 21 Years Serving Joliet Readers
The Spectator marks its 21st anniversary this week as Joliet's illustrated weekly. The paper lists growth in circulation from about 5 000 copies of the first edition to 26 107 last week, notes price reductions from 20 to 15 cents, and mentions staffing of 26 at offices since 1936 with 230 carriers delivering to Joliet and 12 surrounding towns.
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Spectator
Joliet
Illustrated Weekly
The
Wiswell Furniture
White
Boston
Floyd Gibbons
Elrod
Ludlow
Cairo
Red Cross Disaster Meeting Set for Springfield Crisis Urgency Grows
Will County officials and about 3,000 Red Cross personnel plan a disaster preparedness meeting at the Springfield armory on April 28 to improve government Red Cross coordination after the March tornadoes. Mayor Kenneth Miller of Bunker Hill will speak on disaster response.
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Will County
Red Cross
Springfield Armory
Joliet
Arthur O. Janke
Olga Wilkey
Larry Hayes
Charles Crawford
Ervin F. Roe
Arthur Dillon
John Kirincich
Kenneth Miller
Bunker Hill
Illinois
T. P. Brookes
Miller
State
Illinois State Police
Department of Health
Public Aid Commission
Department of
Aeronautics
Illinois National Guard
The
Home Service
Mike Seyfrit
Maurice Reddy
National Red Cross
Robert C. Edson
Grundy County Campaign Heads Toward Tuesday Primary
Grundy County voters gear up for a keen Tuesday primary for state's attorney with August B Black facing Eugene W Hayes. Both men push firm enforcement of laws against gambling and clean government in a tight race shaping county politics.
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Bob Quin
Grundy County
Republican Party
August B.black
Eugene W. Hayes
Black
Hayes
Court House
Ned Ryan
Aux Sable Township
Gardner
Young Hayes
Thomas B. Dunn
Jim Holderman
Tyler A. Hoganson
W. Clark Davis
Hoganson
Davis
Morris
Grundy
Minister Rt Rev J A Gregg to preach in Brown Chapel and Ottawa Street
Rt Rev J A Gregg bishop of the Fourth Episcopal district of the African Methodist church will preach at 11 AM Sunday in Brown Chapel A M E church 313 Scott Street. He will also speak at 3 PM in the sanctuary of Ottawa Street Methodist church.
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J. A. Gregg
Fourth Episcopal District
African Methodist Church
Brown Chapel
A. M. FE
Scott Street
Ottawa, Street Methodist Church
Will County Civic Music Association Membership Drive
The Will County Civic Music Association holds its annual membership drive next week with no new members after April 17. An opening banquet is set for Monday at 6 30 p m at the Woodruff hotel and campaign headquarters are at Joliet Financial Service, 63 N Scott Street.
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Will County Civic Music Association
Woodruff Hotel
Joliet Financial Service Corporation
N. Scott Street
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William R. McCabe
Even
Springfield
Music
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