U S C Drive Begins With Banquet Tonight
Hundreds gather for the Kickoff Banquet at the Elks ballroom to launch a Joliet drive aiming to raise about 16000 for the United Service Organization. National chairman Thomas E. Dewey notes the effort supports army camps and morale. After the dinner, volunteers will seek funds from industries and businesses, with a final report due Monday night at the Elks Club.
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Elks
United Service Organization
Charles J. McKeown
Joliet
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
McKeown
Elks’ Club
Fined For Running Through Red Lights
Two motorists were fined for failing to stop at red lights. Santo Buttvola of Rockford ran a red at Jackson and Collins streets. J. V. Monroe of unknown location also faced penalties for similar traffic violations.
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Santo Buttvola
Rockford
Jackson
Collins Street
J. V. Monroe
61st Regiment Encamps Near Smith's Bridge
The 61st regiment coastal artillery anti aircraft with 2200 men set up a late day encampment along Route 66 A one mile south of Smith's bridge. They will entrain to Ft. Sheridan tomorrow morning. The unit, en route from Tennessee, just arrived from Terra Haute after war maneuvers.
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61St Regiment
61St
Coast Artillery
Smith’s Bridge
Ft. Sheridan
Tennessee
Terra Haute
Salesman Shot By Own Gun In Accident
Curtiss Fredd, 31, a tobacco salesman from Kankakee, was shot in the right foot this morning while showing a 32 calibre revolver to Edward Dolosic of 315 N Chicago street. Fredd sat in his parked car on Collins street when Dolosic, unaware the gun was loaded, pulled the trigger. Fredd was taken to Silver Cross hospital and is confined. Dr Bernard Klein attended.
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Curtiss Fredd
Kankakee
Edward Dolosic
Chicago Street
Fredd
Collins Street
Dolosic
Ben Levin Tobacco Company
Silver Cross Hospital
Bernard Klein
Bus Crash in Joliet Injures Several Passengers
A Joliet City Lines bus carrying 22 business and professional men collided with a truck at 47th Street and Route 66 near Lyons. The bus struck a tree after the crash. driver W. B. Gunn of Sugar Grove, Illinois, reported none of the passengers suffered serious injuries.
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Joliet City Lines
Joliet
Navy Pier
47Th Street
Route 66
Lyons
W. B. Gunn
Sugar Grove
Til
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Laton
Glennon & McNeil
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