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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1931
Page
3
Jokes and notes recount varied locals from lawyer jockey Danny Harrington to Miss Catherine Schweizer pin woman. Mentions include police courtesy orders from Springfield, a dentist mix up, and residents like Mick Cassidy and Leo McGinnis. Also notes fishing at Lake Okee, wine brick sales, and stars Gary Cooper and Laura La Plante changing looks.
Veteran broadcaster Floyd Gibbons becomes unemployed as his radio contracts lapse. He has finished his type shorts and now faces an uncertain future after three years of steady work.
Notes on Noel Coward play adaptation with Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery including an airplane scene not in the stage version. Gloria Swanson hosts a ritzy party for Michael Farmer and Clifton Webb with 150 invitations but only five attend. Also mentions prowl squads in Binghamton, a west side man seeking divorce, and P. S. hunters Harry Drake Buck Koenig and Red Allen after a Kankakee hunt.
Government officials search for a temporary headquarters as work on the new post office addition begins. Postmaster William R. Fletcher says several possible sites are under consideration and leasing of quarters will be decided in coming weeks.
The Joliet High School band will present its annual fall concert Friday in the high school auditorium at 8 p.m. The program includes Lone Grin Country Kings Uncle Sam Childhood Days In the Garden Minuet in E Flat and Caucasian Sketches. Director A R McAllister says the program aims to meet local music lovers expectations and the championship band remains largely intact.
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