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Newspaper

The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1945

Page

4

Illinois visual aids service boosts 600 schools with films

The University of Illinois visual aids service supplied 600 Illinois schools with educational motion pictures and disc recordings of radio broadcasts. Last year the program recorded 25 000 bookings and planned expanded offerings.

University of Illinois Visual Aids Service Illinois

Army drives for WAC medical aides to aid war wounded

An intensified drive seeks thousands of women as medical aides and technicians for the WAC. Applications are taken in Joliet at city hall where the recruiting office is based. University of Illinois instructors teach off campus courses in 12 Illinois cities weekly.

Army WAC United States Joliet Illinois University of Illinois

Seaman Czajkowski Honored at Party Before Report to Bremerton

A party at Tony Tusek's hall 700 N Collins Street celebrated Raymond Czajkowski seaman 1/c and his upcoming reporting to Bremerton Washington for further service. He recently completed a 30 day furlough after the Princeton sank near Manila on October 24. The 18 year old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Czajkowski, received a purse from coworkers at United Wallpaper Factories Inc. prior to departure.

Tony Tusek Collins Street Raymond Czajkowski Seaman Bremerton Wash Czajkowski Princeton Manila Anton Czajkowski Henderson Avenue

First Baptist Club to Hear Sam Campbell

The First Baptist Church Be Square Sunday Evening Club will present Sam Campbell "The Philosopher of the Forest" Monday at 7 45 PM. Campbell, famed nature interpreter and creator of Inky the porcupine, will share his lecture on the Black Hills and Bad Lands of South Dakota with a motion picture.

First Baptist Church Be Square Sam Campbell Brooks Campbell Inky Porcupine Black Hills South Dakota

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello rise from burlesque roots

The article outlines Bud Abbott born under a Barnum and Bailey tent in Atlantic City and a career arc from a shanghaied voyage to Norway to burlesque comedy. It notes a later team with Lou Costello when the pair shared a Brooklyn show.

Bud Abbott Atlantic City Norway Lou Costello Brooklyn

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