Postwar planning and politics warned by Joliet editorial
A Joliet opinion column urges civic leaders to adopt a postwar public works program to ease unemployment among veterans and civilians. It attacks reliance on private enterprise and political excuses, cites Governor Dewey, criticizes race tracks and the Illinois Racing Commission, and questions legal gambling and horse racing interests amid wartime strain.
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Joliet
America
Dewey
Roosevelt
Florida
Illinois Racing Commission
John Clyne
Illinois
Matt Winn
Memorial Type Sought For McAllister by Joliet Association
Henry Sehring chairman of the McAllister Memorial association urges Joliet residents to submit memorial suggestions by January 9. Mail proposals to Sehring at 25 North Ottawa Street as the committee prepares a final report and decides the memorial type for McAllister.
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Henry Sehring
McAllister Memorial] Association
McAllister
Sehring
Ottawa Street
McAllister Memorial Association Seeks Joliet Memorial
The McAllister Memorial Association plans to erect a fitting memorial for A. R. McAllister, who led the Joliet Township High School band for 32 years. The group asks the planning committee at 25 N. Ottawa Street to consider a memorial favored by Joliet residents.
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McAllister Memorial Association
A. R. McAllister
Joliet Township
Memorial plans debated by Will County labor council
The Central Trades and Labor council of Will County affiliated with the A F of L sponsors the memorial project. Members on committees include many A F of L men and prominent citizens. Proposals include a new stadium with a shell and a musical building integrated into Joliet Township High School.
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Allister
Central Trades and Labor Council
A. F. of L
Will County
Joliet Township
Four Below Zero In Joliet With Snow and Ice Present
Joliet streets are icy as the temperature dropped to four degrees below zero at 8 30 this morning. The forecast calls for a high near 22 and a low around 10 above tonight with increasing clouds and possible light snow tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow’s temperature is expected to reach about 28 above zero.
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Joliet
Federal Weather Bureau
Wounded A man from Lockport wounded in South Pacific
George William Eberhart torpedo man’s mate first class 24 was wounded in the South Pacific. He is the son of Mrs Evelyn Eberhart 243 Cameron Avenue Lockport. He wrote that his leg was injured in a fall and has been sent to Great Lakes Naval hospital. He is a Fairmont High school graduate and formerly worked at the coke plant.
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War Department
George William Eberhart
South Pacific
Evelyn Eberhart
Cameron Avenue
Lockport
Altho
Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Fairmont High School
Boy Hart Arthur Christiansen Hit by Auto at Cass and Collins
Arthur Christiansen fourteen of 564 Dover street was injured yesterday afternoon when he ran in front of a car at the Cass and Collins street intersection. The driver reported no fault and the youth received injuries to his body.
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Arthur Christiansen
Dover Street
Cass and
Collins Streets
Snow and Crosswalk Dangers Plague Joliet Streets
Joliet residents face dangerous crosswalks and mounting snow piles as minor injuries rise after a three week storm. Officials blame lack of funds and department responsibility, while doctors cite sickness and injuries from slippery sidewalks and roads.
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Joliet
Janke
Chicago
Loop
Monee farmer dies after saving child in house blaze
Preston Byford of near Monee died at Silver Cross hospital from second and third degree burns after a gasoline stove explosion in a vacant home yesterday afternoon. He carried his two year old son to a neighboring farm before collapsing. the boy was uninjured. Byford, 27, leaves his wife Dorothy and several relatives. Funeral set for Saturday at First Evangelical church Manhattan with burial at Hills of Rest Cemetery Joliet.
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Preston Byford
Monee
Silver Cross Hospital
Byford
Ronald
Dorothy
First Evangelical Church
Manhattan
Clayton Gortner
Hills of Rest
Joliet
Dwight man dies at work at Kankakee Ordnance
Frank O. Tunberg aged 48 of Dwight collapsed at the Kankakee Ordnance works yesterday afternoon. An autopsy by Dr. E A Kingston found death due to coronary sclerosis. Funeral arrangements set in Dwight.
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Frank O. Tunberg
Dwight
Kankakee
Death on Train Near Chicago Is Listed as Coronary Occlusion
Verne L. Andreen died en route from Flint Michigan to Woodhill Illinois just outside Chicago and the remains were taken from the train at Joliet. Dr. E. A. Kingston performed an autopsy and ruled the cause of death a coronary occlusion. The body was shipped to Woodhill this afternoon.
Slippery sidewalks send Mrs Richards to hospital
Mrs. Robert Richards of 327 South Chicago Street slipped on ice on the sidewalk near 245 South Chicago Street and suffered a hip injury. She was removed to Silver Cross Hospital for treatment.
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Robert Richards
S. Chicago Street
Silver Cross Hospital
Bicycle Stolen From James Zouganelos Near Princess Theater
James Zouganelos of 251 Western Avenue reported a bicycle theft last night from near the Princess Theater. The youth said the bike was missing when he checked, and he asks for police help to recover it.
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James Zouganelos
Western Avenue
Princess Theater
Zero Weather Slows River Traffic On Tinois Waterway
Bargemen report cold conditions slow tow traffic on the Tinois waterway though all locks remain operable. Northern river is ice free while five and a half inches of ice linger near Starved Rock. Towboats break ice with normal loads, and warmer weather is expected to ease movement.
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Tinois Waterway
Starved Rock
Car Collision East of Joliet Injures None
A young boy Howard Handoof and a soldier Earl Hart with his wife escaped injury when their cars collided six miles east of Joliet on Maple road. Hart and his wife were returning to Camp Ellis from Mt Pleasant after Christmas.
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Joliet
Maple Road
Howard Handoof
Earl Hart
Camp Ellis
Handoof
Hart
Mt. Pleasant
Lockport Hopes For Real City Election In April
Lockport voters prepare for a genuine city election in April with Mayor Harold Raue facing defeat and three new aldermen likely. Voters will also elect a city clerk and treasurer as petitions open in March.
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Lockport
Harold Raue
Cook County
Will County
Norman Wooc
Daniel Lambert
Harold Murray
Pensioned steel worker dies in St. Joseph's
Vincent Cordaro aged 68 of 419 Clay street died yesterday at St. Joseph's hospital after a lingering illness. A former Carnegie-Illinois Steel employee retired for years he is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Vincent Cordaro
Clay Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
Therese
Frank Tabone
Carmela
Joseph
Gary
Ind
Vincent Jr
Guam
Knife Attack Sparks Arrests in Ohio Street Restaurant
Horace McCallum, described as a negro, is under arrest for cutting another man in Joe Howard’s restaurant on Ohio and State streets on Christmas Eve. The injured man needed fifty stitches. Several others were cut and injured during a fight that broke out and was not quickly quelled.
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Horace McCallum
Joe Howard
Ohio
State Streets
Mail Clerk Highlights Rail Mail Era Memories
Alvin Hornbeck 66 of Plainfield recalled a long postal career before Joliet Y M C A City club, detailing how the postal system maps into divisions and districts, and noting mail transport shifted from rail to land air and water. He shared humorous incidents from his rail mail days and talked about early bus routes carrying mail.
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Alvin Hornbeck
Plainfield
Joliet Y. M.C. A
Uncle Sam
America
Illinois
Iowa
Hornbeck
Joliet
Aurora
Washington, D. C
Harrisburg
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William Rf
Boy Hart
Real City
St. Joseph’s
Sane
Pyle
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