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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1933
Page
2
Street notes report three school teachers relaxing after classes at a hamburger shop. A gossip item lists varied snippets about local figures including Jim Burke, El Franck, Bill Fitzgerald, Arthur Downey, Herb Trackman, Leo McGinnis, Tom Wylie, Arch Jeffrey, George Mahoney, Earl Douglas, Gus Erickson, Tom Sprague, and the Schneiter group.
Joliet based violinist James R. Hansen will host a fifteen minute weekly radio series on WKBB, airing Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 1 pm starting next week. He has appearances with the Joliet Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Civic Orchestra, and has taught at the Girvin Violin School.
Russell McWilliams an 18 year old slayer of a Rockford motorman was moved to Stateville prison by order of Warden Frank D Whipp. He will study half a day and work in the prison garden. He had previously cheated the electric chair and received a 99 year sentence from Governor Henry Horner.
A local headline notes that church collection plates are expected to be the final items to feel the economic boom, implying slower financial impact on church offerings as the broader economy improves.
A new combination patrol and police ambulance costing 1700 dollars was placed in service this week. It matches the type used by the Chicago police department.
City hall officials expect warrants four months in tax warrants to be paid to all city employees within the next two weeks. If warrants can be sold, employees will be paid in cash, Mayor William A. Hennessy said.
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