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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
2
The Navy Mothers club No. 286 invites all mothers of Navy men to join their parade participation on Memorial Day.
The article notes New York's 47 electoral votes out of 266, predicting the state will decide the race. It recalls Dewey's campaigns in 1938 and 1942, Willkie's NY performance in 1940, and historical swings involving Smith, Roosevelt, Hughes, and Tilden, highlighting the state as a decisive political battleground.
Police report identifies James Purdy as innocent of stealing 85 cases of beer from a Joliet boxcar on May 16. Robert W. Dickinson, 23, was arrested on May 17 after tips from local residents sighted a red headed driver with Charles Hodges. Dickinson reportedly confessed, while Hodges implicated Purdy.
An 1840 second class entry notes at Joe Het Illinois. The Spectator’s May 25 1911 issue reports a theft involving beer and Purdy maintaining innocence. Dickinson was arraigned today in the feral court per Chief Oy.
Robert W. Archambessi, son of Mr and Mrs Sannett, 603 N Wadsanis St, earns his glider pilot wings and is commissioned a second lieutenant after graduating at South Plains Army Airfield Lubbock Texas He attended Joliet Catholic High School Joliet Junior College and Butler University.
Robert McIntosh, 13, was bitten on the right leg as a dog rushed from Wheeler avenue while he passed on John street. C E Dwyer of the coderess was ordered to keep his dog tied for 14 days after the animal, inoculated for rabies last fall, escaped again despite being tied up.
Pvts. John and George Stofan, sons of Police Desk Sgt. and Mrs. John Stofan of 207 Henderson avenue, are home on furlough from the Army. John is stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss., while George is at Camp Swift, Texas. John leaves Monday to return to camp and George stays until Tuesday before resuming duties. Both boys attended Joliet Junior College when drafted.
Peter McCarthy, superintendent of the Morning Star mission fur, finished transportation yesterday afternoon to Mrs. Jessie Hartmann of St. Louis who was en route to Marshalltown Iowa when she became stranded in Joliet.
Funeral services for James Fuller 43 who died yesterday at 153 S Joliet St will be held 2 pm Saturday at the W W White Funeral chapel. Rev H C Holston and Rev T M King will officiate burial at Elmhurst. He was a native of Kentucky and is survived by his widow Geneva Fuller.
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