Illinois editors tied to state payroll scandal spread nationwide
Editorials condemn Illinois editors and publishers who took state pay under Governor Green. The story broke in St Louis Post-Dispatch and Chicago Daily News, triggering responses from papers such as Decatur Herald and Olney Daily Mail. The Washington Post and Associated Press publicized the affair, quoting Green and noting payroll abuses and bribery in 1940s Illinois.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Illinois
Green
Post-Dispatch
Chicago Daily News
Free Press
Star-Times
St. Louis
Decatur Herald
Carmi Democrat-Tribune
Olney Daily Mail
Post- Dispatch
William R. McCauley
State Auditor
Washington Post
Chicago
Illinois Downstate Press
Silent Press
Associated Press
AP_ dispatch
Dwight Green
Sam Little
Hillsboro Journal
Highway
Montgomery
Macoupin
Hunt Man Threatens Employer With Gun at Edgewood Club
Sheriff deputies hunt Louie Walker after he allegedly threatened Louis Julian at Edgewood Gardens on Route 66 with a handgun. Julian says Walker, after drinking, was disarmed but escaped. officers continue search and expect Julian to sign a warrant at the sheriff’s office.
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Louie Walker
Louis Julian
Edgewood Gardens
Route 66
Tom Gasparich
Cosmo Morocco
Julian
Walker
Wilmington
Missing watch reported by Mrs Becker at Ruby Street
Mrs Antonio Becker of 158 Ruby Street reported yesterday afternoon the loss of a $75 Bulova watch with a white gold band to police.
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Antonio Becker
Ruby Street
Joliet man killed in truck collision near Dwight
Carl Eberhard 36 of Joliet was killed when his Staley Cartage tank truck rear ended a second truck on Route 47 four miles from Dwight. He died 15 minutes after the crash. Survived by ex wife Irma Eberhard and seven children. Funeral services planned for Saturday at 2 p.m. in Joliet with burial in Plainfield cemetery.
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Carl Eberhard
Chicago Street
Joliet
Dwight
Veteran’s Hospital
Eberhard
Staley Cartage Company
Bloomington
Ill
Dwight Hospital
Lonnie Randolph
Irma Eberhard
Cochrane Avenue
Randolph
Cleanliness Drive Faces Mixed Cooperation in Joliet Loop
The Joliet cleanup committee laments shopper and merchant indifference as downtown streets and alleys fail to look clean. Observers blame both sides while a Jefferson Fish and Cheese market worker dumps waste in an alley, creating a strong odor. Arthur Liebermann notes cleanliness benefits health and business.
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Joliet
the Spectator
Altho
Jefferson Fish and Cheese Market
W. Jefferson Street
Joliet Street
Bridge
Arthur Liebermann
U. of C
Pig Causes Auto Crash Near Joliet Injuring Two Men
Sanborn Denno and Wayne Sanford, both of Buchanan Michigan, were injured when a pig darted onto Route 30 eight miles from Joliet. Denno had elbow and head cuts while Sanford suffered forehead and finger injuries. They were to be released from Silver Cross hospital. Denno was driving at 50 to 65 mph when the pig appeared and the car struck loose gravel then a culvert.
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Sanborn Denno
Wayne Sanford
Buchanan
Mich
Joliet
Silver Cross Hospital
Denno
Sanford
Boy Bitten by Dog Reported to Sheriff
Mrs William Irving of 315 Maple Street told the sheriff last night that her four year old son Johnny was bitten by a dog owned by William Gorden of 817 Virginia Street. Gorden was told to keep the dog tied up for observation.
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William Irving
Maple Street
Johnny
William Gorden
Virginia Street
Gorden
Weather forecast with warm spell continues
A fair today gives way to partly cloudy conditions tomorrow with warm temperatures. Tonight’s low near 65, tomorrow’s high around 88, tomorrow night near 56, and Saturday’s high near 65 with a chance of thunder showers.
Aged Joliet Alderman John B Mount Dies at 94
John B. Mount, former Joliet alderman from the seventh ward and later mayor, died at age 94 in Lockport after months of illness. Born in Jackson township, he spent his life in Will County and ran a boiler business before retirement. He is survived by his son Charles, a daughter Jennie Bell Brown of Coeur d Alene Idaho, 11 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Goodale Funeral Home with Rev Herbert Rasey officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Jesse Barrett Brown
Joliet
Lockport
John B. Mount
Brown
Richard J. Barr
Illinois
Jennie Bell Brown
Corcur'd'alene
Noted educator Dr. A. M. Dunham dies suddenly in Washington
Albert Millard Dunham, 41, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Albert Dunham of Joliet, and brother of dancer Katherine Dunham, died suddenly yesterday at Howard University in Washington D C where he taught as instructor and research worker. An autopsy will be held there before the body is sent home for funeral arrangements. Dunham, a Joliet Township High School graduate of 1924, studied at the University of Chicago Harvard and earned a Ph D in 1934. He was Phi Beta Kappa in college and helped complete a book begun by A Meade after its author’s death, earning wide recognition as a leading educator.
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Albert Millard Dunham
Albert Dunham
S. Jeliet Street
Katherine Dunham
Belgium
Howard University
Washington, D. C
Washington
Joliet
Dunham
Joliet Township
University of
A. Meade
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Chilren
Plainfield
U. S. Army
Bluebird Bus System
A.M. Dunham
S. Joliet Street
Loop
Consumer’s
West Jefferson Street
Gus Miller
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