Loyal Citizen Clyne Birthday Reflections and County Audit Critique
On Monday John T. Clyne reaches his 85th birthday with plans for his morning walk and breakfast with cronies at the hotel and cafeteria. The piece mixes tribute with a sharp rebuke of county supervisors over an $18 500 audit proposal, urging resignation and condemnation of the movement to fund the audit.
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John T. Clyne
Louis Joliet
Davidson
Tom Baskerville
New York
Mr. Clyne
Board of Supervisors
Curtis
Ynas
Joliet Welcomes The Morning Sun New Paper
Joliet citizens greeted Chicago's Morning Sun as it hit stands with over 10 000 copies sold in Joliet. Initial truckloads delivered 4000 and 2000 more. Lockport and Will County towns showed heavy demand. Walter Birkenbuel and George De Witt join as reporters and managing editor respectively.
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Morning Sun
Chicago
Joliet
Will County
Lockport
Walter Birkenbuel
The
Spectator
George de Witt
Frank J. Jones
Man Arrested for Buying Gun Under False Name
Raymond Parker, 27, of 375 S. Chicago, was jailed after buying a shotgun and shells at Barrett Hardware and giving a fictitious name Morton Wilkerson on the sale slip. Bond set at $500 on disorderly conduct charges. sheriff notes he also lacked a draft card. The purchase totaled $72 on November 15, per Barrett office manager Paul Stettler.
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Raymond Parker
S. Chicago Street
Barrett Hardware Company
Paul Stettler
Fourth Avenue
Barrett
Parker
Morton Wilkerson
Stop Sign Violation Leads to $3.25 Fine
H R Whitman of 355 Second Avenue paid a 3 25 fine for running through a stop sign at the Jackson and Scott streets intersection. Arrest was made by Motorcycle Patrolman Harry Thomas.
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H. R. Whitman
Second Avenue
Jackson and
Scott Streets
Harry Thomas
Burglars Enter Mrs. Brooks Home at 109 Clay Street
Burglars broke into the residence of Mrs. Ruth Brooks on 109 Clay Street yesterday and stole her fur coat and other clothing.
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Ruth Brooks
Clay Street
Morton Estate Inventory Filed in Probate Clerk’s Office
An inventory of the estate of the late Edward E. Morton of Joliet has been filed in the probate clerk’s office. Pred R. Adams is named executor. The filing records the property and values of the estate as part of probate proceedings.
Cap Carlquist Dies Suddenly at Oakwood Cemetery
Cap Carlquist, longtime Joliet Township High School custodian, died of a heart attack while visiting his wife’s grave at Oakwood Cemetery. He retired in 1937 after 37 years at the school and is survived by two daughters, two sons, and one grandchild. Services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Carlson Funeral Home.
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Oakwood
Alex M
Cap”Carlquist
Joliet Township
Cap
Paul
Jefferson Street
Eastern Avenue
Grinton Avenue
Carlquist
James Poole
Emma
Joliet
Harry
Gary
Ind
Carlson Funeral Home
Youngs Avenue
Benton Street
William Thornberg
First Covenant Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Reed Votes To Prevent Labor Curb
Congressman Chauncey Reed of Joliet district voted against the Smith bill restricting labor and defense plant strikes. Illinois delegation split 13 for 13 against, with most state Republicans opposing labor limits. Reed represents Will, Kane, DuPage and McHenry counties amid a heated party divide.
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Reed
Chauncey Reed
Joliet
Illinois
Congress
Will
Kane
DuPage
McHenry
Motor Stolen on Jefferson Street, Reported in Everett Olson
A theft report from 333 W Jeffer son street describes a motor stolen from a building. The incident mentions gas ETA mixing and a vehicle or work site disruption on the avenue near the location.
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Everett, Olson
Jefferson Street
Dogs Bite Two More in City Dog War
Police continue the war on stray dogs as two more residents are bitten. Mrs. Thomas Devany, 401 Pleasant, was bitten on the leg by a small dog owned by Virgil Finelli, 317 Pleasant. Genevieve Wicek, 18, 651 Herkimer, was bitten by a dog owned by Mrs. Horvath, 610 Herkimer. Nearly 100 stray dogs have been destroyed since the quarantine began two weeks ago. Frank Petersen of Ridgewood has resigned from his post.
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Thomas Devany
Pleasant
Virgil Finelli
Pleasant Street
Genevieve Wicek
Herkimer Street
Horvath
Frank Petersen
Ridgewood
Girl Struck By Auto at City Intersection
Miss Martha Johnson driving through a green light at Ottawa and Jefferson streets last night struck 13 year old Georgian Egerf of 823 Warner Avenue Lemont who ran into the road. Egerf received cuts to her left leg and was treated at Silver Crags hospital and released.
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Martha Johnson
Linden Street
Ottawa
Jefferson Streets
Georgian Egerf
Warner Avenue
Lemont
Silver Crags
Airliners Diversions Hit Joliet Airport in Dense Fog
Five large airliners reportedly failed to land at Joliet Municipal Airport amid thick fog and poor weather conditions. No injuries reported, and passengers were diverted to nearby facilities as crews managed the disrupted arrivals.
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Qirt
Joliet Munie Ft
Campbell case figure Robert McMurdy dies in Chicago
Robert McMurdy the Chicago lawyer who won commutation for “Chicken Joe” Campbell in the 1915 Joliet prison murder case died yesterday at age 80. Campbell had been condemned to death, later commuted to life, and remained at Chester prison after his conviction.
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Robert McMurdy
Chicago
Joe Campbell
Frank O O. Lowden
McMurdy
Campbell
Supreme Court
Will County
Odette Allen
Edmund Allen
Joliet
State Pardon Board
Chester
Wife Killer Under Guard After Funeral Rites
Mrs. Alice Norman 21, a Loop department store employee, was buried at Elmhurst Cemetery after funeral services at Edward C. Dames funeral home. Her husband Alfonso Norman, jailed for her stabbing death on Chicago Street last Monday night, was removed to the county jail under heavy guard and may attempt suicide, Sheriff James O’Neill said.
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Alice Norman
Loop
Alfonso
Chicago Street
James O'Neill
Norman
O'Neill
Elmhurst
Edward C. Dames
Everett LeCompte
Theater Official Reports Improved Condition at St. Jose
A hospital report states theater official Richard A. street, confined for a heart ailment at St. Jose hospital, shows slight improvement. Attendants said no visitors would be allowed today.
L A Sherwood Reported Along Avenue Details
L A Sherwood on si avenue reported a black Labrador to police with unclear details.
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L.A. Sherwood
Si Avenue
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College of St. Francis
Billy Bertnik
Lorinie LaMore
Norris Zimmerman
Jack Horner
Norris
Charles Shaw
Olive Pommier
Jounine Schultz
William R. McCabe
Cap’ Carlquist
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