Opening of Jefferson Street Bridge Draws Thousands
Thousands attend the Jefferson street bridge opening over the Des Plaines river as wind and rain hamper ceremonies. Officials including Mayor Hennessy and Director Kohn greet the crowd while a military band plays and a ribbon is cut amid hurried photography and chilly crowds.
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Jefferson Street Bridge
Jefferson Street
Desplaines
Lake Superior
Nick Fornango
E. R. Daley
Joliet Association of Commerce
Henry H. Kohn
State Department
Kohn
Mr .Daley
William A. Hennessy
Daley
James McGrath
Jefferon Street
Roger William A. Hennessy
Department of Purchases and Construction
L. D. Cornish
Deep Waterway
Great Leader Mills Puts Joliet On Kagkoth-Y Champions Path
Joliet High School head coach Douglas R. Mills, known as Gaga, led Joliet to their first Kagkoth-Y football championship in his two years at the school. A former University of Illinois football and basketball star, Mills is praised as a capable teacher and coach, with a strong outlook for another great team this year.
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Douglas R. Mills
Joliet High School
Joliet
Kagkoth-Y
Gaga
University of Illinois
Mills
Convicts Make License Plates at Stateville Prison
Illinois adds 500 convicts to the Stateville labor force as they produce 800000 automobile license plates for 1933. Already 62000 have shipped to Springfield. It is the first year convict labor is used for plate manufacture with white letters on a blue ground.
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Illinois
Stateville
Great Penal Institution
Springeld
Fire Losses Rise in City During Past Month
Fire department reports show damages around 6000 dollars in the past month, an increase from October. Firefighters made 45 runs, eight were false alarms, and five calls found fires already extinguished upon arrival, with six runs outside city limits.
Rabbits and War Vet Event Dominate Joliet News
Detectives Kearns Boe and Talkie hunt for food as they bring home six rabbits amid wage worries. The 33rd Division Veterans Association meets at Louis Joliet hotel with about a thousand delegates expected for business sessions, a banquet, a dance, and memorial services led by committee head Thomas Spragner.
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Clarence Kearns
Kearns
Sergt
Irvin Boe
Louis Talkie
Joliet
Nicholas Fornango
33Rd Division War Veterans Association
Louis Joliet
Venne
Thomas Spragner
Meal prices lowest ever claim far below prior costs
Economists note that two can live as cheaply as one when dining out with food prices at their lowest in this generation. Meals once costing a dollar now go for fifty cents and coffee can be had for five cents. Despite lower prices, quality and portions remain ample.
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Brotherhood of St. John’s
Chuch
Arthur Engimann
Charles Sontag
Herman Voss
Elmer Geissler
Jack Tunnicliffe
Dred
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