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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1940
Page
4
A reader critiques Willkie as a credible challenger, arguing his independence remains genuine despite Wall Street propaganda. The piece vividly describes a tall, decisive, photogenic candidate whose Midwest roots contrast with elite schooling, warning against underestimating his political dexterity.
A fragment shows a speaker railing at the Commonwealth and Southern and Wall Street, promising a life of renunciation and restraint within a cloistered frame and the shadow of the Statute of Limitations. The text blends political critique with archaic phrasing and symbolic language.
Will county delegates and alternates will travel to Springfield for Illinois party conferences to adopt a platform and select emissaries for the national nominating convention. The Will county headquarters will be at the St Nicholas hotel. Bernard J Fay is county chairman. The Young People's Democratic clubs of Illinois will hold a rally and barbecue in Springfield on July 10. Thomas F Donovan Jr is in charge locally.
Dr. Thomas J. O Malley longtime chief surgeon at the penitentiary died at the Plaza hotel in Chicago. He served as prison surgeon for three years before 1901 when Dr. W R Fletcher took over. O Malley was on the Chicago board of education in 1911 and a World War II era medical corps major credited with fresh air and sunshine hospitals reducing Joliet death rate by 56 percent.
Joliet writer John P. Baldwin published a second edition on Modern and Old English game bantams. The volume, printed in New York, will be sent to hundreds of game bantam breeders nationwide. Baldwin is a breeder and judge of show birds and author of several poultry books.
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