County Officials Pose Ahead of Election Contest Case
Upper photo shows County Judge George Blatt with Probation Officer Thomas Gorey and secretary Helen Scheidt. An election contest is among the first big cases for Judge Blatt. County Clerk Henry Koerner with staff Miss Anna Mae Podlesny, Matthew Hartford, Frank Tushek, Koerner, and Stanley Zobel. Service and efficiency will be the keynote of Koerner's office.
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George Blatt
Thomas Gorey
Helen Scheidt
Judge Blatt
Henry Koerner
Anna Mae Podlesny
Matthew Hartford
Frank Tushek
Mr. Koerner
Stanley Zobel
Man fires empty revolver injuring friend at club
Frank Mozina walked into the Silver Eagle club and fired a revolver joking that it was loaded. Charles Dornich was shot in the left thigh and taken to St Joseph's hospital. Mozina was jailed and to answer to State's Attorney McCabe.
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Milton Sonntag
Austin
Frank Mozina
North Center Street
Eagle Club
Charles Dornich
Raub Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mozina
William R. McCabe
Merchants Report Stolen Goods Ring Arrest in Joliet
A man identified as James Martin of Dexter Missouri was arrested after attempting to sell stolen items at the Joliet Loan Company. Police linked the thefts to merchandise from Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward and the Boston store totaling hundreds of dollars. Martin denied talking as detectives and merchants questioned him at headquarters while awaiting a confession.
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Joliet Loan Company
E. Jefferson Street
Sears-Roebuck Company
James Martin
Dexter
Michigan
James McCraney
Martin
Montgomery Ward Company
Boston
Sears
Editorial on repeal of Prohibition and ongoing bootleg menace
A year after Prohibition ended, the piece argues the ban removal did not curb crime or drunkenness. It contends bootlegging persists with illegal and illegal-like products surpassing legal whiskey four to one, and notes lower than expected tax revenues. It warns evils from ten years of Prohibition persist, needing more time to overcome.
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United States
Choate
France and Russia in anti-German alliance report
Paris reports an anti-German alliance between France and Russia. Leon Archimbaud, a French Finance Committee reporter, claims Russia offers a strong, well equipped army against Germany. The item notes Versailles treaty breaches and warns readers to stay out of the conflict.
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France
Russia
Germany
Paris
Leon Archimbaud
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Conrad Wirth
John Maloney
Will County
Michael Breen
Harrington Studio
Europe
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