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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1934
Page
2
Police records reveal odd gambling slang used by suspects in Lockport and Chicago. Terms include A coach dog a dust-off for a dime and Fifteen hundred meaning 15 cents. The piece notes forgery on tickets and mentions local workers and city hall staff tied to new phrases and crimes.
Starr Johnston Rip Wylie Ed Hamilton Joe Gustaf and Bob Burke arrived in Florida by car after several hours’ hold up in a small town. A curious constable mistook them for Chicago racketeers. Bill Wick Hamilton was seen drinking a large chocolate malt at a Clinton Street Illinois Wine and Liquor Store.
Joseph O'Neil a Cass Street mortician keeps to polished footwear in public. A Lockport blonde ends dates with the east side married man after his wife learns of the affair last Wednesday night.
Former state attorney Hjalmar Rehn hinted he would oppose State Senator R. J. Barr in the April election. He said he was not ready for an official announcement but indications point to his candidacy.
The second annual Milk Fund program sponsored by the A. O. Marshall P. T. A. will be held Wednesday night January 31 in the school gymnasium. Bert Bacon will perform in the play Youll Like the Place with a ten piece Joliet neighborhood orchestra providing music. The show repeats the following week and Ms. F X Meyer serves as president with Mr. Meyer as entertainment chairman.
Commissioner Robert Wraith announced a city crackdown on slot machines and gambling devices near schools. He ordered Chief Nicholas Fornango to seize devices found in stores or places frequented by children, citing concern over youths developing gambling habits.
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