County audit history shows steady taxpayer cost and shifting votes
Beginning in 1934 Will county funded multiple audits to uncover suspected misdeeds by former officials. The White, Dingle, and Blunt audits cost $4,000, $15,000, and $7,600 respectively, totaling $26,600 by 1937. A new $18,500 audit was approved yesterday amid criticism and political maneuvering as editors and officials urged reform.
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Board of Supervisors
Conrad J. Wirth
Dingle
A. F. Delander
Herbert R. Jones
Will County
Jim Bell
Herald-News
Rena
Fugitive Convict Seeks Refuge Here
Philip Yates a 55 year old colored fugitive from Stateville continues to terrorize the city after escaping police dragnet twice in 24 hours. He sought rooms in the colored district while being chased and was linked to an attempted rental in Joliet. The man is described as a life prisoner habitual criminal with prior Ohio prison time.
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Phillip Yates
Stateville
Mose Williams
State
Ohio
Yates
Williams
Mary Walker
Clay Street
Juanita Lewis
Columbia Street
Sis Craig
Joliet
Alley
Clementi Street
Christina Thompson
Oneida Street
Ohio State
Authorities Dispose Of Stray Dogs
City police squads destroyed eight more dogs in the past 24 hours bringing the total to 25 since last Monday. Police Chief N J Fornango ordered shooters to kill stray dogs found loose. Officials urge annual rabies inoculations for all pets. Only one rabies case since last Saturday. Plainfield under mad dog quarantine. Lockport urged to cooperate. Deputies enforce quarantine with dogs to be tied or kept off streets.
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N. J. Fornango
L. J. Frederick
Plainfield
Lockport
Charles Lowden
Fink Peterson
Joseph O’neill
Two Hurt In Crashes In Naperville And City
Two automobile crashes injure three people in Naperville and the city. Carroll Petty 37 suffers a head laceration after a stop sign violation by Hannah Stover of Naperville and Jessie Thompson 417 Fourth Avenue. Walter Kidd 47 receives three stitches for a left hand wound when his car overturns after colliding with Fred L. Cooper 912 West Park Avenue at Chicago and Jefferson streets. Petty treated at St Josephs hospital and released.
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Carroll Petty
Naperville
Hannah Stover
Jessie Thompson
Fourth Avenue
Jackson
Scott Streets
Walter Kidd
East Washington Street
Fred L. Cooper
West Park Avenue
Chicago
Jefferson Streets
Kidd
Joliet Township High Football Team to Dinner Event
Joliet Township High School football players and staff will be entertained at a turkey dinner tonight at 6 30 in the school cafeteria. The gathering includes coaches and the school board, with plans for a social evening to boost team spirit.
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Joliet Township
James ‘Skinner
Posdicias
Ionodin
Barr Represents Lincoln Fields in Illinois Race Date Clash
Illinois Racing Commission opened hearings in Chicago on race date allocations with Joliet representation and heavyweights like Colonel Matt Winn and George A. Barr. Barr advocated Lincoln Fields August dates around Labor Day to maximize crowds while Arlington Park sought July slot and other tracks urged Memorial Day or holiday racing.
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Illinois
Chicago
Illinois Racing Commission
Joliet
William E. Fay
Matt Winn
Kentucky Jockey Club
Lincoln Fields
Will County
George A. Barr
Winn
Barr
1 .W.t
Tcke
Arlington Park
Aurora
Sportsman
Washington Park
Hawthorne Tracks
Defense Train To Visit Joliet For Public Exhibit
An eight car defense materials train visiting Joliet on Tuesday December 9 will tour various cities beforehand. The public may view the exhibits for one day with local Association of Commerce and Manufacturers aiding the Joliet program. The train has drawn large crowds at prior stops.
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U. S. Army, Navy and Maritime Commission
Joliet
Finois
Association of Commerce and the Manufacturers Group
101 Selectees Leave Joliet for Induction Why Tomorrow
About 100 young men from Will County depart Joliet tomorrow before 7 a.m. by bus to Chicago for a physical examination ahead of induction into the New States Army. Warnings are issued to prepare and wind up personal affairs before reporting.
City Tags Go On Sale Monday
City vehicle tags go on sale at city hall next Monday morning announced by City Collector Edmund D. Wilcox. December purchases save 50 cents with lower rates for pleasure cars and various trucks set, rising 50 cents after January 1. several hundred motorists take the bargain offer each year.
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Edmund D. Wilcox
Wilcox
Miountie To Curb Escapes
Warden Edward M. Stubblefield announced a mounted guard will patrol the prison honor farm to curb escapes. A horse patrol covers large territory quickly and targets inmates nearing release as a deterrent to fleeing.
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Edward M. Stubblefield
Honor Farm
Stubblefield
Red Cross Nursing Class to Present 300 Certificates
About 300 certificates will be awarded Tuesday night at Central school to volunteers completing the Red Cross Home Nursing course. Louise Bottino will speak on Health, the Nation's First Line of Defense, as George Johnson presents the certificates.
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Central School
Red Cross
Louise Bottino
George Johnson
Will County
J. A. Nord
Reed-Custer High School
Braidwood
Ckdale
Loc
Forest Park
Fairmont
Ood
Manhattan
Plainfield
Joliet
Anne Kenney
Rational
Red Cross Nurse
Olive Sebold
Jahe
Navy expansion accelerates as six new 27,000 ton cruisers under construction
The United States Navy announces start of six 27 000 ton super cruisers as part of the Two Ocean Navy push. With 2 831 ships ordered since Jan 1 1941 and 968 underway, production uses 48 hour weeks and three shifts, employing 375 000 already plus 125 000 more to speed a ship every ten days. The program enables training 12 000 to 15 000 new sailors monthly at four Naval Training Stations and possibly Navy Trade Schools, with pay and free schooling. Navy Secretary Knox touts vast opportunities for loyal young Americans.
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United States Navy Department
Naval
Naval Reserve
United States
Navy
Knox
Knox Recently Said. At the Suggestion of Secretary of Navy
the Spectator
Jolietans Share In Estate
A number of Joliet relatives of the late John Lynch, a civil war veteran who died at Quincy in 1923, have shared in the distribution of his estate. Twelve Joliet residents are among the heirs, including Mrs. Scagnelli, Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Yack, Mrs. Monahan, Mrs. Schneckle, Mrs. Sontag and William Lynch. Acting for Chicago parties, S. T. Kimball located the living heirs after years of investigation.
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Joliet
John Lynch
Soiliers
Quincy
Chicago
S. T. Kimball
Chemical Society to Meet Tonight
The Wilt Society will meet tonight at o clock.
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Ciety
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W. R. McCabe
Mr. Barr
Win
Defense
Jolietans
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