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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1931
Page
2
City reports 67000 in unpaid water bills prompting meter shutoffs. Commissioner Emery threatens further cuts where accounts remain unpaid. He notes wealthy residents and several hotels owe large sums and emphasizes that only unemployed families will have meters left on.
City health officer Dr. Lloyd Andrew reports a daily decrease in whooping cough cases among children. He predicts the city will be free of the disease within a few weeks if the present rate continues.
Police report no trace of records from the December 1927 Capone arrest and accompanying henchmen. Chief Nichlas Fornango and officials searched locked files on the second floor without success. A further search yielded nothing as authorities seek how records vanished from headquarters.
Sergt Joseph Futterer of the police department and his wife take frequent car trips when weather is good. They drive to Aurora, Grand Rapids, Detroit, and other nearby cities, often covering 300 to 400 miles a day. He says he never drives over 50 miles an hour and sometimes passes faster motorists.
Joliet Municipal Airport reports a rising passenger business led by Century Air Lines. In August the first 18 days saw five passengers, including Miss E Lennon to Detroit, Paul Beeson to St Louis, Miss Blotnick to Detroit, and Fred Snedden to New York with arrival at 6 pm.
Arthur Chester of Joliet won two major events at the Sioux City Iowa air show. He took first prize in the 100 horsepower or less aircraft race and also won the balloon bursting contest. Chester also operates Joliet Airport and owns a gas station at Clement and Plainfield avenues.
The Chicago Golf Club was one of five charter members of the States Golf Association formed in 1894, marking its early involvement in organized state golf.
A collection of overheard remarks from multiple speakers includes witty exchanges about exercise affection and relationships. Snippets touch on school life, work, and social expectations with humorous notes and flirtatious banter.
Word reached here that J. P. Cordano, former local resident, was appointed an officer of the National Fraternal Society of the Deaf at a convention recently held in Boston. A tour of Boston shrines was a feature, with F. J. Neesam, grand president, delivering the principal address.
The Joliet American Legion post plans to enter one eight man team in the Legion State Rifle Competition at Fort Sheridan in August with a possible second team. Practice runs Sundays 9 to noon at the rifle range north of the old prison quarry.
Edward M. Josephs, a former state bank examiner, has accepted the position of executive vice president at Joliet National Bank. He has spent his career in bank inspection within the district and expresses enthusiasm for joining Joliet National Bank.
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