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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1933
Page
3
A Joliet police court judge ordered changes at the local jail restaurant after Charles McGann a Chicago man was sentenced to ten days. McGann will be kept on a bread and water diet with hard work washing patrols sweeping floors and cleaning windows for the sentence.
Joseph Laufketter was named a station director-manager at WKBB this week by owners. He plans several minor changes soon while major programs and news flashes remain intact. A new afternoon feature, songs by Garland Henley of New York, airs Monday Wednesday and Friday from 3 15 to 8 30 PM.
To the Editor the writer questions the aftermath of beer legalization if constitutional and how drunken driving prosecutions would work. They warn that convicting intoxication based on beer alone could undermine state and federal laws and leave streets unsafe.
East Siders express gratitude to a fat policeman who helped a reader up after slipping on ice in front of a loop bank and to four bold souls who stood there and fed at me.
Charles M. Hayes of the Chicago Motor Club endorses a pending Senate bill to create a clearing house for gasoline shipment data. The plan would authorize the U S Bureau of Mines to collect and share information with states to curb tax evasion and aid enforcement against gas racketeers.
A Joliet Circle No. 93 letter expresses appreciation to a spectator for support of the January 7 Tin Can Show benefiting two orphanages. The note from the Daughters of Isabella thanks the organization for assistance and promotes demand for American made goods.
The St Marys Creatian Alumni sponsor a Valentine Dance on Thursday February 9 in the Croatian ballroom at 906 W. pata open to the public. Miss Catherine Tomac chairs the committee with Miss Florence Yuratich Miss Mary Tolmasich Andrew Gracan Anthony Seffner and Mathew Mikulich. A popular local orchestra will play and there will be novel ties and favors for all.
October railroad employment rose further from September and marked the highest level for any month since June 1932, continuing the gradual upward trend begun the previous month.
Joliet musicians show strong interest in entering the Tribune Music Festival to be held Saturday in Chicago. The festival, linked with the Century of Progress Exposition, attracts thousands of performers and audiences from the Midwest, with vocal soloists bands drum corps and mixed choruses among the contest entries. Details available from The Spectator or Mr. P Maxwell at The Tribune.
The current influenza outbreak continues a slow but encouraging decline with very few new cases reported in the past week. Dr. Lloyd Andrew announced that conditions are expected to return to normal soon.
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