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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
3
William R. McCabe discusses Jim Bell as a boastful figure, likening him to a parade rider who falls, and ponders the influence of letters from Jim Bell and Jack Hayden. The piece questions authorship and the connection between Bell and Hayden in the political conversation.
Police seek a young intruder described as about 27 years old, under six feet, 160 pounds, who stalked roofs in Morris and attempted to attack an aged woman last week. A man climbed a rear roof at 204 Collins street and vanished after being seen by Mrs. Walter Smith at 403 Cass street. George Moon of 204 Collins street attempted to chase the prowler but was outdistanced.
Mayor George T. Jones has issued an ultimatum to Joliet bus operators to provide their own facilities. The Spectator campaigned two years for a private terminal, as seven lines now crowd two downtown depots. Traffic congestion and growing bus sizes drive the push for a unified central terminal at a single site.
Noel Myers of Elwood reported four chromium rims were stolen from his car while parked near the intersection of Michigan and Jefferson streets last night.
Coroner Hoganson was notified by Washington officials that the man found dead on the Rock Island tracks west of Morris early this week is Keith Foster. Foster, about 40, was found lying along the tracks and had been run over by a train believed to have caused him to fall from a freight.
Lucille Gowey known as Lucia Diana 104 Joliet is granted a divorce from Stefan Gudmundsson tenor in Chicago. They wed in London in 1934 and separated a month later. The judge was Oscar F. Nelson. Gudmundsson’s son lives in Copenhagen. Gowey debuted with the Chicago Grand Opera in 1934 and sang Nedda and Mimi with Civic Opera.
The Ladies Aid of Lockport Congregational church sponsors a summer gift sale next Thursday July 25 at Pilgrim hall. Items include Indian imports through Mrs. C. E. Wolsted and native hand made goods from Guatemala and Porto Rico. War conditions limit future Indian items.
The forecast predicts cloudy skies with warmer temperatures tonight and tomorrow. The description also hints at the afterglow of a convention in Chicago and the lingering heat from rallying speakers after a week of cool weather.
Hundreds of German descendants gather Sunday at Frankfort park for the annual folk day festival with a program of sports and entertainment. Otto Ehter serves as band chairman for the event with band concerts planned.
Three workers killed at the Morris Paper Mill plant when a stock pile of baled paper collapsed in a storage shed. Charles Fraley died instantly. Steve Meredith and Ernest Alabastro died from injuries after being taken to Morris hospital. Coroner Hoganson will conduct an inquest. All victims were Morris residents. The mill is owned by the Loeb family of Chicago.
Two more Civil Aeronautics Administration students earned flight licenses and five additional local youths are set to begin instruction. Nelson Mundell leads the program at Joliet Municipal airport with ground school planned at Joliet Township High School by Oct 11. Flying exams were passed by Carl Tangden of Joliet and William Christensen of Chicago, with tests upcoming for John Lohman Armand Fraser George Blackburn Edwin Beckrath and Leslie Undene Wood.
The county clerk's office issued two marriage licenses. David Davidson and Jane H. Robinson are the individuals noted in the report.
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