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A Joliet newspaper item discusses unionization plans for Sanderson and Porter shell plant workers led by Mr. Augustino and linked to broader defense labor efforts. It warns against labor secrecy and argues for Roosevelt programs while opposing certain figures and groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustino
America
Sanderson & Porter
Hod
Joliet
War Department
Washington
Hitler
Britain
Stalin
Russia
Congress
Wheeler, Nye
la Follette
Coughlinites
Bundists
America First Committee
Lindbergh
Mr. Roosevelt
Shell
Raise Barge From River At Ruby St
A barge owned by Blaske lines of Alton lies 300 feet north of the Ruby street bridge in the Illinois waterway sunk Monday afternoon. It was being towed from the Chicago gravel plant to Willow Springs and now, under government engineers, workers prepare to raise it. A liability dispute between insurers delays the operation. Captain Roy Rowland commands the Judge Ross crew. three feet of water cover the vessel and it obstructs traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaske Lines
Alton
Ruby Street
Chicago
Willow Springs
Judge Ross
Roy Rowland
Odd Will County Farm Inmate Dies After Five Years Of Isolation
George Bock born George Bokulich died on the Will County farm after five years as a county charge. Police found 230 postal savings receipts, catalogued golf balls from Inwood Golf Course, and extensive clothing and letters among his belongings. Henr y Lauterbach and undertaker Anton Nemanich recovered the items. sister Mrs. John Sapalek held the money orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bock
Inwood Golf Course
Chicago
Henry Lauterbach
Anton Nemanich
John Sapalek
Moscow
Idaho
Robinson
Sapalek
Pennsylvania
Woman Killed In Crash Hold Driver
Mrs Dorothy Koehlert 27 of 525 Harwood street died after a collision at Jackson street and Henderson avenue. Her husband William Koehlert drove on impact with Walter Hylka who ran a stop sign. Barbara, their four year old daughter, and Mr Koehlert sustained injuries. Hylka allegedly drank and fled the scene. Inquest set for tomorrow at 10. Deputies seek George Duckmanton and David Can for related incidents. Other accidents injure Marjorie Jessen and Leslie Barcroft. a horse was killed in a separate crash on Coal City road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Koehlert
Harwood Street
William
Jackson Street
Henderson Avenue
Will County
Sherman Ent
W. McKay
Walter Kief
Hulka
Hylka
Koehlert
Kaehlert
Barbara
Rialto Theater
E. A. Kingston
George Duckmanton
David Can
Walter McKay
Duckmanton
Youth Burned in Ivy Explosion Near Eastern Avenue Car
William Hrej an 18 year old resident of 155 N Eastern Avenue was severely burned on his right leg when gasoline he was pouring into a car tank exploded. He was taken to St Josephs hospital by police and treated for first degree burns as firemen extinguished the blaze on a car owned by J F Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hrej
N. Eastern Avenue
Hrej
St. Joseph’s Hospital
J. F. Smith
Town to Get Railroad Signal After Commerce Hearing
Martin P. Gleason town clerk and Emmett McGuire highway commissioner told the commerce commission in Chicago that a modern warning signal will be installed at the Patterson road intersection with the Santa Fe railroad tracks by the railroad company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin P. Gleason
Emmett McGuire
Commerce Commission
Chicago
Patterson Road
Santa Fe
Postmasters To Check On Equipment
The Post Office Department in Washington announces surveys by all postmasters to identify idle equipment supplies or materials. Reports of these inventories will be sent to the Post Office Bureau in Washington, D. C. The move aims to aid defense programs and prevent diversion of needed materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Washington
Post Office Bureau
Washington, D. C
Carrier boys begin October collections on Saturday
The Spectator carrier boys will start their October collections this Saturday. They will collect ten cents to cover the services they have performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kline’s
Dave Solomon
Julian Yudin
Kline
Hallowe’en
the Woodruff
Dorothy Raddatz
Babe” McHugh
Frances Coyne
M. A. Greenfield
Rockdale
Joliet and
William R. McCabe
Ruby St
George Bock
George Bokulich
Marjorie Jessen
New Lenox
Wlachert
Ne Unete
Leslie Barcroft
Fred Dvorak
Ohio Street
Coal City
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