Thinking It Over on Police and Fire Pay Policy
A Joliet editorial argues against forcing police and fire personnel to seven day weeks with unpaid months while critics cite a pension and hospital benefits. It criticizes Mayor Jones for past actions raising salaries for some, warns of politically timed moves, and calls for equitable across the board cuts to end perceived unjust treatment of lower paid officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Fire Department
Police Department
Joliet
Marriages Reported in County Clerk's Office
Two marriage licenses issued in the county clerk's office late yesterday. The couples are Robert Francis Spgar, 22, and Florine Evelyn Bennett, 21, both of Joliet, and Bernard James Murray, 25, of Lockport, with Louise Josephine Garavalia, 21, of Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Francis Spgar
Florine Evelyn Bennett
Joliet
Bernard James Murray
Lockport
Louise Josephine Garavalia
Used Car Ad Promises Reliable Reconditioned Vehicles
A vintage dealer touts dependable used cars with sound mechanicals. Listings include several Chevrolet Deluxe models from mid to late 1930s and 1940, plus Ford, Plymouth, Dodge, and Lincoln Zephyr sedans with heaters and radios noted.
Mounds near Joliet face disruption from defense plant work
The Illinois State Museum and WPA crews excavating Three Rivers Indian mounds near Joliet may have to pause as defense construction expands toward the Fisher farm. Project supervisor W M Walker plans to catalog sites and have workers report any finds, preserving bones and village remains for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defense
Joliet
Three Rivers
Wilmington-Elwood
Fisher Farm
Illinois State Museum
WPA
W. M. Walker
Ilinois
WPF
Fisher Mound
Pills May Help Stop Colds At Elgin Joliet & Eastern Shops
Many workers at the Elgin Joliet & Eastern railroad shops were offered daily pills to immunize against colds. A week of daily doses followed by weekly Tuesday and Friday pills is expected to reduce illness. The more a man misses a dose, the louder the applause when he finally succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railroad
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American Coal
A. W. Egger
Mer
Chicago and Columbia Sts
Stillmans
Dial
Kodaks
MAS
Yardley
Lucien le Long
Hudnu Abbars
W. B
Erate Pdrug Stores
Cor. 2Nd
Iowa Ave
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