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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1945
Page
14
Fragmentary text references Mrs Marie Fitzgerald and Sgt Fitzgerald at a bomber base. Mentions Allied air attacks on German targets and efforts to improve ground crew efficiency, with garbled phrases about coordination and end effects.
Kahn and Brown realty firm in Joliet expands as they purchase the former Schluntz and Rehn building at 3 N Ottawa Street. The Schluntz firm occupied the building for years and rebuilt it to suit demand in realty. After Schluntz & Rehn dissolved the space was used by receivers of Will County banks in liquidations.
Fitzgerald, a member of the 385th bombardment group, has served overseas since July 1943. A Joliet Township High School graduate, he worked as a timekeeper for Sanderson and Porter before joining the Army Air Forces in September 1942 and attending the clerical administration school at Leake City Utah.
Second Lieutenant Steven Daniel Theodosis aged 24 son of Mr and Mrs Daniel S Theodosis of 401 Wheeler Avenue received his aerial navigator wings at the Army Air Forces navigation school in San Marcos Texas. The school is part of the AAF training command and men from 46 states earned their wings during the Saturday exercises.
The purchase by Kahn and Brown has made the premises vacant and open for public inspection. The new owners invite citizens to drop in and view the space occupying the ground floor and the second. The article notes a student church foundation that began at the University of Illinois in 1913 with the Wesley foundation established by the Methodist church as a home away from home for students.
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