Joliet Debates Censorship Board and Police Friction
The Joliet city commission considers creating a censorship board to police morals, risking broad control over films and books. The piece decries undue power and urges focus on liquor regulation and decency, while calling for fair trials in the Overbey Graham police charges dispute and accountability for Mayor Janie and Commissioner Meade.
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Fioliet
Joliet
Graham
Overbey
Fire and Police Board
Police Department
Meade
Janie
Janice
Joliet Catholic Hour Talks Marriage as Sacrament
Father Valentine Boyle O Carm assistant at St Mary's church will speak on Marriage Is a Sacrament during the Joliet Catholic hour broadcast tonight on station WJOL at 6 o'clock.
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Joliet
WJOL
Father Valentine Boyle
St. Mary’s Church
Russia's real strength and the Western view
The Economist argues Western press overestimates Soviet weakness while Moscow keeps a long game. It notes Russia's political control, lack of internal dissent, and diplomacy advantages, suggesting time is on Russia's side unless U S policy shifts toward a longer slump.
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Economist
London
Moscow
Press
Soviet Union
United States
Mr. Stalin
Kremlin
Russia
U.S.S.R
Europe
Will County Hospital Campaign Launch Tonight for Silver Cross
A hospital building fund drive aims to raise 125000 from the public to supplement 375000 from business and industry for a 90 bed addition to Silver Cross hospital Joliet Will county. The effort mobilizes over 500 volunteers in the city and 250 in the county with dinners and report meetings planned at the Elks club building starting 6 15 PM and continuing next week with reports on funds raised.
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Will County
Silver Cross Hospital
Elks Club
Joliet-Will
James G. Holbrook
R. Stewart Mc Cambridge
G A. Ducker Company
Willard C. Curtis
Barrett Hardware Company
George P. Lloyd
M. F. Collins
Tapasae Shreffler
Doctors
William Anderson
Goldblatt Brothers
W. Franklin Barrett
M. H. Hollingsworth
Gayle N. Hufford
Joliet
Charles I. Crawford
Andrew B. Barber
Max Gendel
Carl Makeever
Robert W. Thomas
J. W. Lambur
Conductor John L. Shiffer Dies at 68
John L. Shiffer longtime EF J E railway conductor since 1903 died at Silver Cross hospital after brief illness. Services Saturday at 1 pm at Sonntag Funeral Home with Mt Joliet lodge A F and A M in charge. Burial Woodlawn cemetery. Survived by wife Pearl daughter Irene Starrman son Jack brother Charles and two grandchildren. Born in Dwight Illinois he lived in Joliet since boyhood.
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John L. Shiffer
Rowell,avenue
Silver Cross Hospital
Sonntag Funeral
W. J. Schuerman
Mt. Joliet Lodge
A. F
A. M
Woodlawn
Richards Street Methodist Church
Oo. R. C
Pearl
Steve Starrman
Irene
Jacke
Charles
Shiffer
Dwight
Til
Joliet
Funeral for Father Joseph Brons Held in Peru
A large crowd from Rockdale and Joliet will attend the funeral of Father Joseph Brons at St. Bede's chapel in Peru tomorrow. Brons died Tuesday at St. Bede's college after a sudden illness. He previously served as pastor of St. Joseph's in Rockdale from 1923 to 1937 and was a civic leader. Ordained in 1886 at St. Bede's, he later taught Greek and Latin at the college.
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Rockdale
Joliet
Father Joseph Brons
St. Bede's Chapel
Peru
Father Brons
St. Bede's College
St. Joseph's Parish
St. Bede
Pickets At Blockson Chemical Plant On Railroad Property
Alton pickets A L Biederman and S P Jensen special agents for the Alton railroad reported men picketing the Blockson Chemical company plant on railroad property this morning. Deputies Fred Malle and Charles Cracraft were sent to investigate but found the men gone upon arrival.
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A. L. Biederman
S. P. Jensen
Alton Railroad
Blockson Chemical Company
Fred Malle
Charles Cracraft
Joliet Residents to Receive Medical Degrees at U of I
Three Joliet residents Richard Ariagno Robert Markelz and Edwin Priest will earn doctor of medicine degrees at the University of Illinois Chicago graduation tomorrow. Ariagno interning at Walter Reed Hospital Markelz at Illinois Research Hospital and Priest at Illinois Research Hospital all will graduate with honors as part of 395 degrees presented by Dr George R Stoddard at Navy Pier auditorium in Chicago at 2 PM.
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Joliet
Richard P. Ariagno
S. Chicago
Robert A. Markelz
Bryan Avenue
Edwin R. Priest
Sherwood Place
University of Illinois Professional Colleges
Chicago
Ariagno
Joliet Township
Army Medical Corps
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Joliet Junior College
Markelz
Joliet Township High School
Illinois Research Hospital
Markett
Jim
St. Raymond's
Jack
Priest
Pennsylvania
George R. Stoddard
Navy Pier
Two New Homes Get City OK Permits Issued
W. E. Wright city building inspector announced two new home permits this morning. Anton Stonitch will build a two story brick house at 1404 Taylor Street with six and a half rooms for $14,000. Raymond J. Reim will construct a one story frame home at 1102 Roosevelt Avenue for $7,000 with four rooms and a bath.
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W. E. Wright
Anton Stonitch
Taylor Street
Roosevelt Avenue
Raymond J. Reim
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E. B. Workman
John C. Lang
Kenneth Timm
E. T. Johnson
Vance Cummins
H. R. McCabe
Herman C. Grassle
W. Ralph Taylor
John H. Clemens, Jr
Dance Morrison
Walter L. Eriksen
Charles R. Curtis
Wilmington
Lawrence A. Bitterman
Henry Merkel
Cochairmen
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Alton
Jolietans
Hospital
Richard J. Barr
Mr. Holbrook
Senator Barr
Corby Morris Phote
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