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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1932
Page
1
A Joliet weeklong survey of all classes finds rising public support for legalizing four per cent beer with a tax plan to fund federal budget needs. Citizens cite former brewer Col Ruppert's call for jobs and industry revival, noting Joliet’s brewing past and the growing push against prohibition era restrictions.
A somber poem laments the lapse of years and the day of sacrifice. It speaks of millions of grieving hearts, bells tolling, friends parted at tombs, and the belief that fate and divine will guide toward a lighter dawn. It closes with solace that shared sorrow binds brothers in grief.
Clarence Voitik Jr the two month old son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Voitik 817 Wilcox St is recovering after surgery for pyloric stenosis that had blocked the stomach outlet The infant born March 10 weighed two pounds less before the operation and has since gained one pound eight ounces under nurse care and Dr Kennedy’s care.
Tomorrow marks the annual Poppy Day sale conducted by American Legion women and Girls Auxiliary and Veterans of Foreign Wars members. Purchases support relief for needy and disabled ex servicemen.
Gov. Louis L. Emmerson approved a plan to rehabilitate old cell houses at Menard and Joliet prisons. The project removes 14 inch stone walls replaces with six inch partitions, increasing block capacity by 15 percent. Work, largely by convict labor, aims for ventilation and plumbing upgrades at about three fifths the cost of new construction.
Joliet High School seniors rehearse for the class play Mother Careys Chickens directed by Miss Lena Dickenson. The Tuesday evening performance features 28 characters with participants including Dorothy Mortvedt Harriet Switzer Klusman Parks Helen Allan Kenneth Timm Ed Camp Rachel Ri and others.
A satisfactory wage settlement for the dispute with Powers-Thompson Construction Co. is expected today after a meeting between George Powers and Virgil Floyd and John Groff from the relevant labor unions. The work on waterway bridges had been interrupted pending talks.
Union No. 75 schedules a nine o'clock meeting to reach a settlement after contractor delays and wage disputes. Work on Rockdale belt line, Route 53, and bridge elements stopped for nonpayment of union scale 60 cents per hour and eight hour day violations. About 40 workers affected with a one year agreement in place raising truck pay to 70 and 75 cents per hour. Groff forecasts a settlement tomorrow and back-to-work in short order with no anticipated violence.
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