Postwar U S Europe Policy and the North Atlantic Pact
In the wake of World War II the speaker critiques American foreign policy and Western resolve. He notes the United Nations as limited, European recovery promises, and British staking, urging bold action toward a European federation and a North Atlantic defense pact as negotiations approach after the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Russia
Council of Nations
Western Europe
United States
John Foster Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
Washington Post
Umner Welles
Bevin
Attlee
Congress
Fulbright
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ferdinand Kuhn
Europe
T. E. Lawrence
Lawrence
Washington
Joliet School District 86 Votes On Overcrowding Solutions
Voters in Joliet's eighty sixth district decide Saturday on a $1 65 million plan to build a new school house and add to four existing schools to prevent overcrowded classes and ensure full schedules. Polls run 7 am to 7 pm across seven precincts.
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Joliet
Gayle
N. Hufford
The
Association of Commerce
Thomas I. Wagner
Association
Armistice Day Parade Opens Will County Observances
The Armistice Day parade started down Chicago Street at 10 30 AM. A wreath was dropped into the water at the Jefferson Street bridge at 11 o'clock and a moment of silence followed. Veterans groups visited every Will county cemetery for brief ceremonies.
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Chicago Street
Jefferson Street
Will County
Death claims 16 year old Harry Goodman
Harry Goodman aged 16 died last night at Silver Cross hospital after a lingering illness. He resided with his sister Mrs. Alice Turnbough at 1021 Deephaven Drive Joliet after moving from Port Clinton Ohio where another sister Mrs Allen Zoschke lived.
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Harry Goodman
Silver Cross Hospital
Alice Turnbough
Deephaven Drive
Joliet
Port Clinton
Ohio
Allen Zoschke
Reprimanded for wild rifle firing near home
Jimmy Lake of 611 Randall Court was severely reprimanded by county officers Tom Gasparich and DeWitt Taylor and by his mother after a complaint from Frank Rock about bullets flying toward his home near Richards Street quarry. The rifle was taken from Lake and turned over to his mother who assured officers there would be no repeat.
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Jimmy Lake
Randall Court
Tom Gasparich
DeWitt Taylor
Frank Rock
Richards Street
Lake
Funeral services for Norfolk father of Mrs Deaton
Robert S. Brooks father of Mrs. W. E. Deaton 816 Farragut place died Saturday morning in Norfolk Va Funeral services were conducted Monday morning in Norfolk
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Robert S. Brooks
W. E. Deaton
Farragut Place
Norfolk
Joliet Bond Vote Highlighted by The Spectator Broadcast
WLS Chicago aired Joliet coverage on The Spectator program noting this Saturday's election on a 1 650 000 dollar school bond package for new schools and improvements. The Joliet Spectator urged voters to back the bonds in the polls.
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WLS
Chicago
Joliet
Joliet Spectator Says the Association of Commerce
Court admits $40 000 estate
The $40 000 estate of the late William J. Maher was admitted to probate and letters of administration granted by Judge Fred R. Adams. The estate is split equally between personal and real property at 20000 each. Dorothy Lynch and Vivian Goob received letters as petitioners. The legatees include two relatives, niece Dorothy Lynch and nephew Robert J. Maher, with numerous other beneficiaries in Des Moines Chicago Gary and New Mexico churches and individuals named.
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William J. Maher
Fred R. Adams
Dorothy Lynch
Buell Avenue
Vivian Goob
Chicago
Robert J. Maher
John E. Reilly
DesMoines
Thomas Reilly
Mary Louise Donovan
N. Raynor Avenue
Evelyn Reilly
New Mexico
John E. Bagnell
S. Center Street
Helen Meyer
Robert Chidsey
Union Street
William Chidsey
Gary
Morris Lauridsen Dies at 79 in Morris
Louis Lauridsen died at 10 40 p m last night at the Erickson home 738 E Washington Morris He leaves three daughters Mrs Emil Nelson Mrs Leo Bettini of Chicago Mrs Albert Hanson Minneapolis Minn two sons Emil Chicago Stanley Morris a sister Carrie Montana and two brothers Jens Wilmington Lawrence Highland Park Funeral services set for 2 oclock Saturday at Davis Funeral home Morris Rev Charly to officiate Burial in Oaklawn Cemetery Dwight Born in Denmark he came to the United States in his twenties and settled near Dwight before moving to Morris twenty years ago
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Louis Lauridsen
Erickson
Washington Street
Morris
Emil Nelson
Leo Bettini
Chicago
Albert Hanson
Minneapolis, Minn
Emil
Stanley
Carrie
Montana
Jens
Wilmington
Lawrence
Highland Park
Davis Funeral Home
Charly
Oaklawn Cemetery
Dwight
Denmark
Lauridsen
Two-alarm City Fire Blazes Gut Gas Station
Firemen battled two alarms yesterday afternoon and after midnight. At 350 Columbia Street the Peter son Oil gas station interior was gutted by flames. At 267 North Chicago Street the Oestreich Service building filling with smoke and gas suffered little damage.
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Columbia Street
Peterson Oil Company
Herbert Pinnick
Oestreich Service Company
Chicago Street
Missing Rosetta Boyster Returned Home From St Louis
Samuel Boyster of 514 Miami Street told police at 9:50 p m that his 17 year old daughter Rosetta had left for work and disappeared. He later said she might have gone to St Louis on a 3 10 p m bus but an hour later she phoned from St Louis to say she was alright and would return home.
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Samuel Boyster
Miami Street
Rosetta
Boyster
St. Louis
Royster
Court approves $1000 injury settlement for minor
Probate Judge Fred R. Adams granted Mrs. Cerena Cooper guardian of Russell Cooper a $1000 settlement from Raymond N. Moore’s insurer for injuries from a Dec. 5, 1947 truck accident. The approval occurred yesterday in probate court.
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Cerena Cooper
Russell Cooper
Fred R. Adams
Raymond N. Moore
Young Cooper
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Marine Corps
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Catherine Alaimo
Edward Zivic
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