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Four Lockport residents released on probation after confessions
James Kurtz Claude Hopkins Albert Jancovius and Adam Bie b ec of Lockport were arrested last week for stealing junk from multiple railroad scrap sources and were released on probation after Judge Robert Dunne's questioning. They confessed to about 100 robberies with Joliet junk yards implicated as recipients. The librarian report notes changes in January 1937 circulation at Lockport Library and high school activity as students celebrate a conference tourney victory.
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James Kurtz
Claude Hopkins
Albert Jancovius
Adam Biebec
Lockport
Material Service Co
Santa Fe Railroad
C. and A. Railroad
Robert Dunne
Joliet
State Fund
Lockport High
Lockport Mission
Acme Steels
Chicago
Lockport High School
Naperville