Housing board moves to condemn six Joliet parcels
Joliet Housing Authority board orders condemnation suits to proceed to acquire six parcels for public housing sites at South Des Plaines Street Charlesworth Avenue Francis Street and Francis near Henderson Avenue. The action follows council inaction on an audit showing a $37091.72 federal repayment if work stops.
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Board of Commissioners
The
Joliet Housing Authority
Public Housing Administration
Atty
Angelo Pistilli
Desplaines Street
Charlesworth Avenue
Francis Street
Francis
Henderson Avenue
William E. Bergeron
PHA
Bergeron
Albert J. Felman
John O. Holmes
Raymond E. Shea
John C. Murphy
Albert H. Jackson
School construction near completion as Moore to resign
John Moore, building coordinator for two and a half years, said new school buildings near completion at the board meeting. He will leave this week to become executive director of the Illinois school building mission but will advise the board until building details finish. Work still pending include Hufford Junior High cafeteria, Gompers Junior High ceiling and auditorium, storm sewer, and unit B asphalt tile. James McCarthy led board praise for Moore’s role in the recent heavy building program.
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John Moore
Moore
Illnois
Hufford Junior High School
Gompers Junior High School
Gompers Auditorium
James McCarthy
Three Steger youths arrested for trespassing and hunting
Three Steger youths were arrested yesterday in Evergreen Hill cemetery near Steger for trespassing and hunting without a license. Roland Harland and Richard Bowman were lodged in the county jail, while the third youth, a younger boy, will appear in the sheriff's office with his parents. Authorities said the trio fired firearms in the cemetery.
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Steger
Evergreen Hill
Roland Harland
Richard Bowman
Fire guts room in Burden flat
A fire last night gutted the living room of a Burden apartment at 408 Western Avenue occupied by Detective William Burden and his brother Francis. Believed to start in a chair, the blaze was confined to the Burden unit with all furnishings destroyed. Herbert Stutz owns the building. other flats sustained only smoke damage.
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William Burden
Francis
Western Avenue
Burden
Herbert Stutz
Tiger girl and Minneci gain parole after 24 years in prison
Eleanor Jarman and Leo Minneci were released from Stateville on parole after 24 years of imprisonment for a 1933 murder during a robbery. Minneci, a prizefighter turned criminal, planned work in a soap factory and a home, while Jarman, dubbed the tiger girl for her violent crimes, remains the subject of a manhunt.
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Eleanor Jarman
Leff Stateville
Léo Minneci
Minneci
Eleanor
George Dale
Minneca
Joseph E. Ragen
Stateville
Minnecioroba
Jarman
Women's Prison
Dwight
Three Electricians to Be Honored for 50 Years in Local 176
Three men will receive pins emblematic of fifty years membership in Local 176 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at a meeting tonight in the union headquarters at 101 West Jefferson Street. The honorees are Harry M. Simpson of 405 Richards Street Howard G. Strom of 608 Cornelia Street and Martin Taylor of 553 Ellth Street Lockport. L. C. Beverly is president of Local 176.
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Tf International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
W. Jefferson Street
Harry M. Simpson
Richards Street
Howard G. Strom
Cornelia Street
Martin Taylor
Ellth Street
Lockport
L. C. Beverly
Illness Drives Most Absences In Joliet Schools
A school board report shows October absences in Joliet grade schools due to health problems totaling 343. Other causes were 66 for parental negligence 14 truancy and seven for lack of food and clothing. October rolls counted 8317 of 8438 enrolled.
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Joliet
Tampering Reported With Car Behind Henderson Funeral Home
Mathias Pisut of 653 Henderson Avenue says someone tampered with his car parked behind the Henderson Avenue funeral home. He reported the incident to local authorities and requested the matter be investigated.
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Mathias Pisut
Henderson Avenue
Hennessy weighs city finances over fire department costs
City officials face a 56 hour firemen work week mandate plus proposed raises and 25 new positions. Cost estimates total about 375 thousand dollars annually for personnel and longevity pay, with potential 330 thousand dollars more if police and others receive raises.
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Hennessy
Wallace
Harold Rasmussen
Manag Chester
B. Lewis
Corporatio
Paul Brumund
Cit
George Comers
Wilson Seeks Federal Aid for Hickory Creek Flood Damage
Councilman William H. Wilson told the city council that under Public Law 875 the city may qualify for Civil Defense aid to repair Hickory creek after the July flood. He said Gov Stratton must declare Jo liet a disaster area to obtain federal assistance, noting the flood caused about 675000 dollars in damage with 300000 more needed for debris removal. He plans to report back soon after further investigation.
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William H. Wilson
Hickory Creek
Wilson
Stratton
Joliet
Tor
Council
Retired man found dead in garage with suicide note
Virgil Bearden 79 of 820 Milan avenue was found dead in a garage behind his home. Deputy Coroner Harry Grant said carbon monoxide poisoning was the apparent cause. Bearden had despondent since his wife died last March, and neighbors reported a light in the garage before 10 PM. A note apologized for going on alone and a second note named a funeral director. He has two sons in Wisconsin and Zion Illinois.
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Virgil Bearden
Milan Avenue
Harry Grant
Sherman Davis
Stanley Drake
Bearden
Melvin McGahey
Bearden's Body Hanging Out of the Front Door of His Car. Mrs. McGahey
Doris Patterson
William Garland
Wisconsin
Zion
Ill
Promised relief on bus crowding urged by officials
Dr John English superintendent says complaints mount since bad weather, as parents report children cannot board buses and return home late City Lines works with schools to solve overcrowding on city routes amid worsening conditions.
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John English
English
City Lines
Flute Stolen From American Legion Band Director
Archie McAllister director of the American Legion band reports theft of a flute valued at 500 dollars from a roan residence. police investigated, seeking leads.
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Archie McAllister
American Legion Band
Fragmentary Notice Dates Read as October 1 1940
Entered as second class matter October 1 1940 at the a Once at no March 8 nals. The readable fragments indicate filing or postal handling dates without a complete context.
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Secon Lass Matter
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Housing Board
South Side
Edward Feretti
Estorina Pasteris
Joseph Furlan
Joliet Street
Courncilman
Wilson Claims CD
Creek Aid
Che Spectator
People’s Newspapa
William R. ‘McCabe
the Spectator Publishing Company
Case’ Street
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