Voters urged to demand clear stance on gambling and law enforcement
A local editorial urges Emmett McGuire and James ONeill to declare positions on gambling vice and Judge Wilsons bailiff before next November's election. It argues the next sheriff will control bailiff commissions and calls for Republicans for national offices for fiscal reform, while stressing nonpartisan local qualifications and responsible government.
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Emmett McGuire
James O'Neill
Court House
Wilson
James O’neill
Drive Monday for Canine Licenses Initiated by City Official
John Maxwell city dog tax collector announced a license drive to seize and remove unlicensed dogs to the pound and destroy animals if ownership is not proven. The notice urges owners to obtain licenses promptly to avoid seizure.
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John Maxwell
Bere
Go Back to Days of Greeks Roman Easter Customs
The article traces Easter origins from Anglo Saxon Greek and Roman spring festivals and the Christian Easter focus on new clothes and home cleanliness. It notes Persephone and Demeter myth a Greek basis for spring, egg symbolism of life and red color, and historic customs such as egg rolling and church processions across Joliet with schoolchildren and baskets.
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Persephone
Pluto
Hades
Underworld
Demeter
Earth
France
Germany
Constantinople
White House
Greenwich Hill
Joliet
Christ
Decision Soon in Joliet Wrought Washer Labor Case
A National Labor Relations Board examiner in the Probate courtroom heard mass evidence in the Joliet Wrought Washer dispute involving CIO and AFL over organizing efforts. Whittmore will issue a decision in ten days to two weeks as the case resumes amid broad labor interest and wage-card controversy.
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C. Whittmore
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Court House
William M. Garvey
Lockport
American Federation of Labor
Jack Evans
Chicago
Joliet Wrought
Thomas Greif
A. F. of L. Labor
A. F. of L
Ader
Wagner
Chicago Pastor Leads Mission Services Here
Rev. B. A. Nelson of Chicago conducts Lenten evangelical meetings at the Highland Parkside mission on Elgin avenue. Services start at 7 45 each evening and continue for two weeks with strong attendance. On Saturday night Rev. B. F. Thomas, former Dean of the Trinity to DBC, will speak.
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B. A. Nelson
Chicago
Highland Parkside Mission
Elgin Avenue
B. F. Thomas
Dan
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Trinity Todbc
County Parties Name Leaders After Primary Upsets
County central committees for both parties will be chosen Monday at the annual county convention. A F Schupp is slated to head the Republicans in Will County and William Connors will lead the Democrats. Delegates to the state conventions will also be named, with meetings in Springfield a week from Thursday.
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Democratic
Republican County Central Committee
A. F.schupp
Will County
William Connors
Springfield
Will County Patrol Members To Be Honored At Luncheon
The Chicago Motor Club will honor ten Will County school safety patrol members plus 700 peers from Illinois and Indiana at a May 5 luncheon in the Palmer House Chicago. One delegate per county advances to a Washington DC trip with eleven adults and a physician as chaperones. Committee leaders include Mayor Ige T. Jones and Gale Hufford.
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Will County
Illinois
Indiana
Palmer House
Chicago
Chicago Motor Club
Charles Hayes
Motor Club
School Boy Patrol
Washington, D. C
Washington
Mr. Hayes
Ige T. Jones
Gale Hufford
Campbell Carey
Matthew O’neil
O. Carm
Oscar Gnadinger
E. J
E. Martin Gleason
Glen Logan
Stolen Car and Free Gas Trigger Chicago Heights Lure
Four unknown men stole J. R. Fagan's car in Chicago between noon and midnight, then fueled eight gallons at a Chicago Heights gas station and drove away without paying. Police followed by radio, but the suspects eluded capture with help from unknown accomplices.
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J. R. Fagan
Buell Avenue
Chicago Heights
Fagan
Passover season begins tomorrow with eight day festival
Tomorrow night marks the start of Passover as Jewish families observe eight days of unleavened bread foods and historical remembrance of the exodus from Egypt. Rabbi Louis Milgrom notes special synagogue services begin tomorrow night and run through Sunday with further services April 21 to 23.
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Egypt
Red Sea
Louis Milgrom
Jewish Federation
Morning Star Mission Ends Winter Flops After 27 Years
Genial Pete McCarthy announced that the Morning Star Mission will close its winter flops on Sunday night, completing the 27th year of free sleeping facilities for men unable to pay. The notice references the nomad language meaning of a flop as a free sleeping space.
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Pete McCarthy
Morning Star Mission
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