Half of Paroled Convicts Return to Prison
Stateville records show about 50 percent of paroled men relapse into trouble. Warden Whipp links crowding in Illinois prisons with enforced idleness, noting 410 convicts were paroled January through August, 85 percent returning to Chicago and old gang ties. Convicts are now paroled to relatives as prison population rises from 2000 in 1922 to 5000 in 1933.
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Frank K. Whipp
Stateville
Whipp
Illinois
Chicago
Local Firms Raise Wages for Shorter Hours
Joliet employers join the Roosevelt plan under the National Recovery Administration. Businesses operate under codes approved by General Hugh S. Johnson with hours limited to 9:30 a.m. to closing. George Peterson leads local efforts with a committee to organize and survey for unemployment data, while nine majors under Colonel J. E. Morrison begin block by block canvassing for job seekers.
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Joliet
Roosevelt
Conbat Andndustries
Hugh S. Johnson
George Peterson
The
Association of Commerce
Insignia Urges Club President to Display Blue Eagles
Charles M. Hayes, president of the Chicago Motor Club, urged the club and its sixty branches in Illinois and Indiana to act as distributors for consumer Blue Eagles to be placed on windshields of motorists. He cited Chicago as a Mecca for motorists during the Century of Progress and noted an opportunity for broad sticker distribution.
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Charles M. Hayes
Chicago Motor Club
Roosevelt
Illinois
Indiana
Chicago
Hayes Seeks Wider Promotion Among Motorists
The statement notes a plan to push further outreach by promoting among motorists, aiming to engage more drivers with the message and encourage action. It indicates a campaign tone focused on expanding reach within the driving community.
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Mr. Hayes
A Library in Every County Becomes Extension Bureau Aim
Springfield Library Extension Service aims to extend access to every Illinois county. Ten counties lack libraries and only one has a county system. With 300000 more readers in three years, lawmakers consider amending county library laws to allow joint services for adjoining counties. Rural residents without library service number 1 772 914 and urban 105 341.
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Library Extension Service
Springfield
Illinois
Extension Service
Epire
NO SHORT HOURS Lady Dixiana Hen Exemplar at Century of Progress
Bernice Harris shows Lady Dixiana a white Leghorn hen famed for laying 342 eggs in a year. The exhibit in Chicago tests the short hours rule under the national recovery act, with the Clinton Iowa origin hen as the record holder.
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Lady Dixiana
Bernice Harris
Century of Progress
Chicago
Clinton
Iowa
Heating Month Rental Cost Mentioned
A fragment notes a $3.00 monthly rental for equipment during the nine heating months. It references removing an item and paying monthly for equipment in the average home.
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Motor Club
Dellwood Park
Faletti
Smiths
AIM OF Extension Bureau
Wade Ontenda Comboaic
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