Milk Prices and Union Opposition Stir Joliet Debate
A partisan look at shrinking milk consumption cites the Borden firm and union blocks on sales to Joliet distributors. The piece argues price, power, and practices by dairy trusts raise costs, harming families while urging a broad study of leasing systems and labor roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Dairy Company
National Dairy Company
Joliet
Borden Company
Teamsters Union
Pure Milk Association
Milk Trust
Grand jury to convene on Monday in Rockdale
Judge James V. Bartley will convene the November grand jury as the term begins. State's Attorney John Pearce was surprised by the move and may present cases on burglary at EF F Meyer Fur and Storage and the murder of Anna Kurt yak. The jury may also hear calls to investigate county clerk Joseph Hartley’s funds shortage and Rockdale gambling led by John Aremovic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hartley
Pearce
Hartley
Hts
Circuit Court
Bill of State
Bar Association
James V. Bartley
Bartley
John Pearce
Court House
Joseph H. Hartley
Thorely
Rockdale
John Aremovic
Democratic County Committee
Thomas Russell
EF. F. Meyer Fur and Storage Company
Russell
Chicago
Stephen Kurtyak
Anna
Columbia Street
Flying enthusiast Harry Ohlhaver dies at 59
Harry B. Ohlhaver 59 of 301 EF Jefferson Joliet died today at Silver Cross Hospital. He is survived by son Harry B. and Joliet half-brother J Albert Ohlhaver and granddaughter Mary Susan. Funeral Saturday 11 at Blood and Grant Funeral Home with Rev Arthur W Hoffman. burial Oakwood Cemetery. A Joliet resident over 50 years he was a pioneer auto and aviation enthusiast and member of the Pilots association and a friend of James Doolittle.
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Harry B. Ohlhaver
Jefferson Street
Silver Cross Hospital
Ohlhaver
Harry B
J. Albert Ohlhaver
Joliet
Mary Susan
the Blood and Grant Funeral Home
Richards Street
Arthur W. Hoffman
Oakwood Cemetery
Pilots Association
James Doolittle
Block Named Director of Union Machinery Board
William Block, vice president of Blockson Chemical, was named a Union Machinery company director at a Chicago stockholders meeting. Union Machinery, a subsidiary of American Machine & Foundry, lists Moorehead Patterson and J F Merrill as officers with aims to keep operations and the corporate office in Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Block
Blockson Chemical Company
Union Machinery Company
Chicago
American Machine & Foundry Company of
New York
Moorehead Patterson
J. FE. Morrill
Joliet
George A. Ingalls
Allen G. Mills
D. S. Meiklejohn
Prowlers Reported in Neighborhood Around Wallace Street
Albert Parini of 61 Wallace Street told police last night that prowlers have been seen in a large yard and nearby homes over the past three nights and he asked for a neighborhood check.
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Albert Parini
Wallace Street
Dioceses Across U S Rally for Thanksgiving Clothing Drive
Some 90 archdioceses and dioceses nationwide join War Relief Services to support a Thanksgiving clothing and soap campaign. Cardinal Spellman will deliver a 10 minute message from New York City. Diocesan headquarters in Joliet and St. Joseph's church coordinate drives with pickup options and school participation.
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United States
War Relief Services
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York City
Columbia Broadcasting System
Joliet
M. J. Butala
WJOL
St. Joseph's
St. Joseph's Church
Chicago Street
Joliet Hobby Show Earns Praise From Band Parents
Venus E. Sing, president of the Joliet Grade School Band Parents association, thanks attendees and dealers for the first Joliet antique and hobby show at the American Legion hall. Willis Tatro earns special praise for his work, with plans for a second annual event and funds to support the school bands.
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Venus E. Sing
Joliet Grade School Band Parents Association
American Legion Hall
Sing
Willis Tatro
Ways and Means
Joliet
Pearce Fights Close of Woodruff Road Crossing
State's Attorney John Pearce leads Joliet Lockport and other officials in Chicago opposing the Elgin Joliet and Eastern railroad proposal to close the Woodruff road crossing. Harold Downey spoke for Joliet township and Glenn Miller for Lockport. The state commerce commission ordered the crossing closed after a brief hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pearce
Joliet
Lockport
Chicago
Elgin
Meter Found In Ditch Brought To Sheriff's Office
A parking meter was found in a ditch on Black road and brought to the sheriff's office yesterday by John Rogers of 411 S Raynor Avenue. The automatic Pari O-Meter is owned by Magee-Hale Park-O-Meter Company of Oklahoma City Oklahoma.
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Black Road
Sheriff's Office
John Rogers
S. Raynor Avenue
Magee-Hale Park-O-Meter, Company
Oklahoma City
Okla
Young Woman Charged With Intoxication in Police Court
Roma Jean Robinson, 19, of 206 S Joliet street, appeared in police court this morning charged with consuming too much whiskey and beer yesterday afternoon. Police found her abusive last night and she claimed a colored man struck her. She was fined this morning but the amount remained uncollected.
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Roma Jean Robinson
S. Joliet Street
John T. Buck of Morris Dies
John T. Buck of Morris died yesterday at his home after a lingering illness. Survived by half sister Martha Buck of California and half brother Richard Buck of Morris. Funeral set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Davis Funeral Home with Rev F L Buchanan officiating. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Buck born in Missouri and spent most life in Morris working in paper mills until retirement 15 years ago.
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John T. Buck
Morris
Buck
Martha Buck
California
Richard Buck
Davis Funeral Home
Rev
F. L. Buchanan
Evergreen Cemetery
Missouri
Faulty brakes bring $50 fine to a speedster
Cordie Ford, colored, driven an old auto at 40 mph on Collins and Jefferson streets yesterday, lost control and damaged two parked cars of Joliet Junior College students Robert Riffel and Robert Griffin. Judge Sprague fined Ford $50 and costs for speeding. no insurance. A companion was arrested for intoxication. Both jailed for inability to pay fines.
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Cordie Ford
Collins
Jefferson Streets
Sprague
Robert Riffel
Robert Griffin
Joliet Junior College
Jefferson Street
Ford
Hazel Ward
Lawton Street
Pete McCarthy Begins Forty First Year as Mission Head
Pete McCarthy longtime head of the Morning Star mission marks his forty first year leading the Joliet founded in 1909. The customary New Year dinner is postponed due to his illness as he rests at his daughter’s home after release from Silver Cross hospital. He plans to return to daily visits to the sheriff, police court and county jail.
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Pete” McCarthy
Morning Star
Pete
Joliet
Hollis Carey
Pearl Street
Silver Cross Hospital
Peter H. McCarthy
Morning Star Mission
First National Bank
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William R. McCabe
Harry Ohlhaver
W. Block
Union Machinery
Woodruff Road
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