Local Court Fails to Gap 1932 Plate Error
A town man received a suspended sentence after being cited for displaying a 1932 license on his car. He claimed he was too busy working to note that it is now 1983.
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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1933
Page
2
Local chatter snapshots from a city column
The notes list residents and locals in small, vivid vignettes. Francis Loughran the prominent attorney reads detective stories. Willie Kroll sends candy to a nurse at St. Joseph's hospital. Wiggles Waldvogel bakes fudge at his girlfriend's home. a loop restaurant displays perfumed cigarette holders. John B. Sontag celebrates a silver anniversary. Jim Lawrence buys a 20 foot speed boat. Al Weber uses a bob sled for deliveries. Walt Geissler tracks a criminal by motorcycle. Don Downey studies coal at Tom Meers office. Harv Watkins hosts busy tables. John V. McCarthy is called the even tempered businessman.
Wraith Urges Purchase of Police Boat
Commissioner Robert Wraith of the Public Health and Safety department calls for an urgent motor launch for the city waterway patrol after a fatal recent accident. Chief Nicholas Fornango plans to assign Motorcycle Policeman James Lawrence to command the boat, leveraging his boat design knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wraith
Department of Public Health and Safety
Nicholas Fornango
James Lawrence
Cold Weather Dispatch From The City Beat
Reporter braves 21 below to chronicle a city in a deep freeze. Police sergeant Zimmy O Neil and his men aid stranded motorists as fire crews rush to alarms. Vehicles stall, shops freeze, and street cars halt while workers endure the brutal weather with stoic resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zimmy O'Neil
Jimmy
Radio Frolics 7th Annual to be Held February 25
WCFL will present its 7th Annual Radio Frolics on Saturday February 25. Well known artists from WCFEL and featured acts from other Chicago stations will perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCFL
WCFEL
Chicago
Police seize cheap revolvers to be dumped in Des Plaines River
Chief Nicholas Fornango inspects one of many revolvers seized by officers over several months. The guns, taken from prisoners, are discarded as junk and thrown into the Des Plaines River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Fornango
Desplaines River
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