City Hall Shakeup Rumors Surface As Mayors Faces Commission
City government rumors claim a shakeup within days to ease tension between Mayor George T Jones and Commissioner Samuel E Shepley. Speculated moves would move Samuel E Shepley to Public Health and Safety while David H Lentz would head Streets and John Eib become police chief replacing N J Fornango. Lentz praised Fornango and noted fewer accidents at stoplights in recent months.
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George T Jones
Samuel E. Shepley
Department of Streets
Shepley
Department of Public Health and Safety
David H. Lentz
Public Health and Safety
John Eib
Fire and Police Board
N. J. Fornango
Lentz
Lice
Fornango
Police
Record of Weather Forecast and Heat Outlook
The weatherman predicts showers and possible thunder showers late tonight. Will county residents have had relief from the heat with recent showers, but another hot spell is forecast to last through the rest of the month.
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Will County
Spectator Expands Circulation to Joliet Area and Surrounding Towns
The Spectator announces complete buying area coverage with Wilmington added to Joliet circulation, totaling 21 617 subscriptions. Regular delivery reaches Joliet and twelve nearby towns including Rockdale Lockport Elwood Manhattan New Lenox Romeo Mindoka Channahon Plainfield Troy and Frankfort with 210 carriers delivering in one hour. Joliet itself receives 18 249 copies weekly and over 3000 circulate to surrounding territory.
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Wilmington
Spectator
Joliet
The
Rockdale
Lockport
Elwood
Manhattan
New Lenox
Romeo
Mindoka
Channahon
Plainfield
Troy
Frankfort
Joliet Land
the Spectator
Warden Bans G Men Films at Prison Here
Warden Frank D. Whipp announced that films such as G Men and Public Hero No 1 showing justice agents in the war on gangsters would be banned at the prisons here.
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Frank D. Whipp
Department of Justice
Man Quizzed in Wife's Death Maintains Innocence
Alvin Pralle 34 says his wife killed herself at their Peotone home after hours of questioning at Will County jail. The case centers on conflicting accounts of the scene, gun placement, powder burns, and lack of fingerprints on the weapon.
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Will County
Alvin Pralle
Peotone
Pralle
Arrest Warrant Joins Rush to Solve Tuscola Slayings
William Laughlin alias Walter Laughlin was arrested by Sergeant Ernest Overby for questioning in the July 13 filling station killings at Tuscola. Two brothers, John and George Burmeister, died in the robbery. A light blue Cord with red wire wheels and a light tan top was the getaway car. State's attorney I L Pate expected in Joliet to question Laughlin. He had been living at 201 North Broadway with his wife and left town the day before the shooting. Local authorities hold Laughlin for Douglas county authorities awaiting questions on the case.
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William
Alias Walter) Laughlin
North Broadway
Ernest Overby
Douglas County
Tuscola
Laughlin
I. L. Pate
Joliet
Broadway
John
George Burmeister
Fashion Flashes Foretelling Fall and Winter Styles
August sales set trends for November wear as fur and coat fashions lead the season. Fore-runner styles previewed, with a forthcoming special fur section in The Spectator signaling early, influential looks for stores and shoppers.
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James McGrath
Joliet Spectator
Bunny Loiselle
Vince Creed
West Side
William R. McCabe
Harry Fedde
Frank Holzheur
Maurice Hebert
Bertillion
Joliet Police Department
Northwestern University Crime Laboratory
Hebert
William Praile
Thomas Wise
Kenneth Andrews
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