Widow Rose Overbey Urged to Succeed Late Sheriff in Will County
Editorial urges the Republican ruled board of supervisors to name Rose Overbey widow of Ernest Overbey to fill the unexpired sheriff term. It lauds Overbey for clean law enforcement and warns against racketeers influence, calling for leadership to continue his policies.
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Board of Supervisors
Ernest E. Overbey
Rose Overbey
Overbey
Ernest Overbey
Will County
United States
Down
Mrs. Overbey
Overbev
Walter O. Herschbach
Sao
Peterson
Willard Curtis
West Side Meeting Aims Fire Station Plan
Franck arranged a West Side meeting about a new fire house near Midland Avenue and Pershing School. Dillon will highlight need and present plans while the commissioner notes Joliet grows westward and nearby Marquette Gardens requires rapid access. A land swap proposal between Campbell Street and Prairie Avenue and Midland area is discussed.
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Franck
Dillon
West Side
Midland Avenue
Joliet
Marquette Gardens
Campbell Street
Prairie Avenue
Draft inductions listed for May 1 15 and 21
Mrs Mary Meyers chief clerk of the city and county draft boards says inductions are scheduled for May 1 15 and 21.
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Mary Meyers
Daylight Saving Time Arrives This Sunday Morning
Clocks in Joliet and Will County move forward one hour this Sunday morning as daylight saving time takes effect. The 2 am start is the official beginning but early risers may adjust earlier. Suburban trains will be rescheduled to avoid extra hardship for commuters. DST remains in effect until the last week in September.
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Joliet
Will County
Fire scare at Joliet Catholic High school
Firemen dispelled a late night fire scare at Joliet Catholic High School when sparks shot from a chimney in the old stone section. No injuries reported as crews checked for fire hazards and ensured all students were safe.
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Joliet Catholic High School
Weather warms with clear night in Joliet forecast
The Joliet weather bureau predicts a warmer trend for tomorrow. Today remains cloudy but is expected to clear tonight with a low around 36 degrees.
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Joliet Weather Bureau
Marines plan 10 man staff and reserve unit here
Marine reserve headquarters at Peoria are disestablished and moved to Joliet under Lieut. Herman Heineman USMC. A 10 man staff will form a Joliet reserve unit with about 200 reservists. Quonset huts will provide training space near Rockdale with anti aircraft training planned at the navy yard site. Eligible are men 17 to 18 12 years old not 1 A and WWII veterans.
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Pacific
Marine Reserve
Peoria
Herman Heineman
USMC
Heineman
Joliet
Navy Yard
Rockdale
Marine Reserves
World War II. Lieut
Washington, D. C
John W.W. Duffner
USNR
U. S. Naval Training Center
U. S. Marine Corps
Ike
Navy
Marine Corps Reserve
Dialectician Groman Speaks to Joliet Teachers at Banquet
About 200 public grade high school and junior college teachers attended the Joliet Teachers’ association dinner at Central Presbyterian Church. Hollywood dialectician George Gilbert Groman spoke on “How Other People Talk” and is noted for coaching actors and crafting dialects for films. Everett Nelson, president of the Joliet Township High School and Junior College Teachers’ Association, hosted the event with toastmaster Nelson and invocation by Glenn Evans, with music by Christine Bunch and Alma MacKeever and a JTHS orchestra ensemble during dinner.
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Joliet Teachers’ Association
Joliet Township
Los Angeles Board of Education
Groman
Nelson
Glenn Evans
Christine Bunch
Alma MacKeever
Jths Orchestra
Richard Foster
Inmate Climbs Water Tower at Stateville Prison
Convict Vin cent Kasprzak aged 29 climbs the 100 foot water tower in the west yard of Stateville Prison after 10 am. Warden Joseph E. Ragen plans to wait him out as inmates work below. Kasprzak, sentenced for robbery, may be sent to the detention hospital for a psychiatric evaluation once he descends. He reportedly cited a letter from his wife Wanda about financial difficulties.
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Vincent Kasprzak
Stateville
Joseph E. Ragen
Kasprzak
Ragen
Cook County
Asprzak
Wanda
Four Joliet women injured in three car crash on Route 66 A
Four Joliet women were slightly hurt in a three car collision on Route 66 A four miles south of Joliet at 1 25 this morning. They were treated at St Josephs hospital and released. Obvious details include drivers Olga Priebe Thora Frain Jessie Teigue and others involved. Omiskell received an arrest ticket for driving on the wrong side of the highway and will appear before Justice Albert Salzman.
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Joliet
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Virginia
Justice of Peace
Albert Salzman
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Don Haines
Murial Weinsten
Barbara Marsh
Nancy Slocum
David McNabb
Gail Binder
Ed Franck
Department of Public Health and Safety
Orville Belfield
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