Carpenters Elect Officers for District Council
The Will Count district carpenters council elected officers for the coming year with West Wright as president Ox Carr as vice president Ed Sandbloom as secretary-treasurer and Hal Orbesen as business agent. Jobet carpenters local 174 also elected officers with Hans Orbsen named president.
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District Carpenters Council
Yas
West Wright
Ox Carr
Ed Sandbloom
Hal Orbesen
Jobet Carpenters
Hans Or
Local lodge officers named in roster fragment
A fragment lists officers including vice president Besen recording secretary James Girard financial secretary Powell White conductor O Norem warden Bert O Brien and trustee Wim Schmekel.
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Besen
James Girard
West Wright
Powell White
O. Norem
Bert O Brien
Wim. Schmekel
DAV Card and Dance Party Planned at Davis Hall
Disabled American Veterans sponsor a card and dance event tomorrow night at the DAV hall 246 East Washington street. Robert Hoffman acts as chairman and the party is open to the public.
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D. A. V. Hall
East Washington Street
Robert Hoffman
Polio Traffic Bureau Warns of June Accidents and Injuries
Lonnie Randolph head of the polio traffic and safety bureau reports June saw 136 accidents with 19 injured and one killed. He notes speeding causes most crashes and urges extra care in summer as children play near streets.
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Lonnie Randolph
Polio Traffic and Safety Bureau
Randolph
Meeting to Honor Carriers and Auxiliary Members at Elks Banquet
Hundreds are expected at a Friday evening Elksh ballroom program with a vaudeville show and dance following a banquet for wives of association delegates and auxiliary members at Ottawa Street Methodist Church. Nominations and officer elections are scheduled for Saturday afternoon with installations at the close. Reverend H H Hough and Father Eligius Weir will give invocations.
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Elks’ Hall
Souallaeddae
H. H. Hough
Ottawa Street
Eligius Weir
Illinois State Penitentiary
Government Obligations swell public debt admits overhang
Government corporations sell their own obligations guaranteed by the Government and not counted in public debt by the Treasury. In reality the debt has grown by nearly six million dollars through these instruments.
Willkie and Illinois Republicans in 1940 Platform Debate
The Tribune notes Illinois delegates backed Brooks and a platform shaped by La Salle Street interests and McCormick's Tribune. It argues Willkie faces a hard campaign amid unity doubts, utility distrust, and insider influence, with Chicago figures steering the slate and state leadership showing continuity rather than reform.
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Tribune
Illinois
Brooks
Chicago la Salle Street
McCormick
Willkie
Lord Bryce
Mir
mMmoney
Jsq
Tlemen
Chicag. Sr
Lou Emmerson
Omer
Clarence Buck
Schroeder
Ilnois
Chrat
Wirth Brothers Airs Iron Fireman Stokers Display
Wirth Brothers Exclusive Distirguish Iron Fireman stokers are shown at their Western avenue and Bluff display. The firm notes mass production lowered prices making the unit affordable for small homeowners with buy now pay later options through October 1. They claim the Iron Fireman stokers have 75 points of advantage and anticipate broader home heating use in the near future. The Colonial Stoker name operates under the same company.
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Coconie
Griffit
Iron Fireman
Western Avenue
Bluff
Wirth Brothers
Fae
Wirth
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