Prison officials in dispute over reinstated workers
A Springfield report says Governor Horner may convene a conference within a day or two to settle a clash among prison officials stemming from a civil service commission order to reinstate several former Stateville employees including Dr. Charles Carlin Captain William Rossdeutcher and other guards. Superintendent Joseph Ragen blocks their return despite the order and Bowen denial.
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Henry Horner
Civil Service Commission
Stateville
Springfield
Charles Carlin
William Rossdeutcher
Joseph Ragen
Young Jane McFadden Wins Hydrox Story Contest Prize
Jayne McFadden, 13, of 321 Pleasant Street, won first prize in Hydrox ice cream's national story contest for "The Most Thrilling Thing That Happened In My Life." Her story and photo appeared in last Saturday's Chicago American, and she earns a weekly pint for six months.
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Jayne McFadden
Pleasant Street
Hydrox Ice Cream Corporation
Jayne
St. Patrick’s School
Chicago American
City officials debate heads of police and safety posts
Circulating reports name Commissioner Samuel Shepley to lead the Department of Public Health and Safety for four years while Mayor-Elect George T. Jones and incoming commissioners plan a meeting to decide offices. Commissioner Lennon denies taking the safety post and seeks to lead the finance department.
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Samuel Shepley
Department of Public Health and Safety
George T. Jones
Shepley
William H. Lennon
Safety” Department
Lennon
Jones
Joliet
Police Department
Leo
Joliet High School to Stage Seventh Annual May Festival
Joliet high school music department will present its seventh annual festival on Friday May 10 at 8 pm. Prominent artists including Philip Manuel Gavin Williamson Milada Korinkova Madeline Reinecke Milton Preves Samuel Thavin Leonard Sorkin and Dudley Powers will portray 25 history figures. The program features harpsichord duets and ensembles alongside junior college orchestra high school choruses and Terpsichorean and orchesis dancers. Continuous music will be provided by organ piano clavichord harpsichord ensemble orchestra and vocal solos.
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Joliet High School
Philip Manuel
Gavin Williamson
Milada Korinkova
Madeline
Terpsichorean
Orchesis
Health Week follow-up drives exams for preschoolers
Hundreds of pre-school children and their parents visit doctors and dentists this week after the second annual Health Week round-up. The event, supported by the Parent-Teachers association and the Will County Medical and Dental society, aims to identify physical and dental defects in children entering school next year and advise corrections.
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Parent-Teachers Association
Will County Medical and Dental Society
Lloyd B. Andrew
Follette Lecture Cancelled By Illness In Wisconsin
A planned appearance by the Wisconsin Progressive figure Follette at a high school auditorium was canceled due to sudden illness. The event scheduled for March 31 would have featured Follette speaking to students and local residents.
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Wisconsin
Stolen Goods Recovered From West Side Home
Two men, Thomas Cline and Peter Smith, were arrested in a West Marion Street raid along with two residents, Marie and her husband Quinlan. Police recovered loot from a Manhattan roadhouse and other robberies, including cigars, groceries, tools, and auto parts. Four Chicago women detained. more charges expected as investigators link the pair to recent city and county robberies.
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Thomas Cline
Bloomington
Peter Smith
West
Marion Street
Thomas Wise
Cline
Manhattan Road
Plainfield
Smith
James McCraney
West Side
Marie Quinlan
West Marion Street
Quinlan
Chicago
McCraney
Louis Talkie
Wise
Fire destroys small rear buildings of Masonic Temple site
Firemen fought a stubborn blaze of unknown origin late yesterday at the rear of the Masonic Temple on Jefferson Street. Three small frame outbuildings used as storage for furniture magazines and papers were destroyed after more than half an hour of efforts under Chief John Nygren as crowds watched fearing spread to adjacent structures.
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Masonic Temple
Jefferson Street
John Nygren
National survey shows household ownership in 15 cities
An independent consumer study of 15 American cities finds 87 percent of families read newspapers regularly, 48 percent have savings accounts, 56 percent own vacuum cleaners, 18 percent own electric refrigerators, 54 percent have telephones, 49 percent own automobiles, and 46 percent own their homes.
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Independent Consumers
Entries in Kiwanis model airplane contest close May 10
Airplane contest entries and May 10 entries in the Kiwanis club event will close a week from tomorrow, May 10.
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Kiwanis Club
Lucia Diano to Sing on WGN Tonight and at Drake Hotel
Joliet operatic star Lucia Diano aka Miss Lucille Gowey will broadcast with Henry Weber's orchestra on WGN at 8 PM. She appears Sunday at the Drake hotel with Isaac Van Grove as accompanist. A May 11 indoor model contest at Joliet high school gym follows, then May 18 outdoor airport event. Open to Will County residents under 21. entries via Joliet Financial Service Corporation. Roy C. Stephen chairs the grants club sports committee.
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Lucille Gowey
Joliet
Lucia Diano
WGN
Henry Weber
Joliet High School
Will County
Joliet Financial Service Corporation
Scott St
Roy C. Stephen
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