Milk price manipulation blamed as inflation hits Chicago area
A reader charges that milk prices rise weekend in Chicago and Joliet as inflation drives costs. The piece alleges a manipulated base from condensed milk and dairy interests, with farmers pressured to join the Pure Milk Producers association to access markets and sales.
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Chiago
Joliet
Wisconsin
Ing Land
Red Cross
Europe
Lockport
Pure Milk Producers Association
America
National Earn Company
England
Joliet and Will County
Pure Milk Association
Cab Ride Costly For This Gent
D Welch, 43, of 206 Lincoln Street refused to pay a $4 cab bill last night and was locked up. This morning he paid the cab fare along with a $3 fine and appeared before Police Magistrate Wilm E Meade.
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D. Welch
Lincoln Street
Wilm E Meade
Sheriff Adds Two Deputies to County Staff
Sheriff James ONeill announced plans to appoint two more deputies within hours after county board approval. One will patrol at night, the other by day, increasing night staff to three. Sherman Davis remains, with two women to handle courthouse housekeeping from 5 PM to midnight.
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James O'Neill
Sherman Davis
Court House
Davis
Spic and Span
Speed Demon To Appear In Court Over Speeding Chase
Joseph Jacklick, 20, of 1010 Wilcox street, to appear before Police Magistrate William E. Meade on a charge of speeding from 65 to 75 mph through the city during a pursuit by a police squad. He allegedly drove 65 mph on Chicago street from Webster to the Ruby street bridge and 75 mph after turning onto Broadway as Patrolmen Mal loy and Burden closed in. Victor Vanderhoof, 20, of 406 Douglas street, paid a $10 fine and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign and for passing on a hill after a recorded arrest on Aug 5, 1940.
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Joseph Jacklick
Wilcox Street
William E. Meade
Douglas Street
Meade
Vanderhoof Wa
Pete McCarthy Aids Two Boys In Returning Home
William Ellinger and Richard Cartwright, both 15 from Plymouth, Ind., were picked up by police after leaving home to seek employment. Peter H. McCarthy of the Morning Star Mission arranged for the youths to be returned home.
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Pete McCarthy
William Ellinger
Richard Cartwright
Plymouth
Ind
Peter H. McCarthy
Morning Star Mission
Fall From Truck Kills Arms Worker at Joliet Plant
Robert Overpeck a 21 year old laborer from 310 Peale street died after falling from a moving truck at the Elwood Ordnance Plant 15 miles south of Joliet. He suffered a fractured collar bone and multiple rib fractures that punctured a lung. Witnesses saw him scream as he fell. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 PM at Sonntag funeral home with Rev W C Christians officiating. Burial at Oakwood cemetery. Survived by his mother Mrs Anna Overpeck.
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Minnie K. Faust
Joliet
St. Joseph's Hospital
Faust
Hamburg
Germany
St. John’s English
William J. Boldt
Elmhurst Cemetery
Robert Overpeck
Peale Street
Elwood
Overpeck
Raymond Johnson
Joliet High School
Joliet Junior College
Boy Builders
Anna Overpeck
Sonntag Funeral Home
W. C. Christians
Oakwood Cemetery
Plums To Fall Soon In Joliet Will County
Fifteen precinct committeemen from Joliet and Will County are expected to join the Illinois State police force in a few days with Gov Green likely to approve upon return to Springfield. Additional state-wide job awards are anticipated within two weeks as departments undergo a survey to improve efficiency and economy.
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Joliet
Will County
Illinois
Green
Springfield
A. F.schupp
Republican Central Committee
Governor’s Advisory Board
Shot Victim Remains In Serious Condition
Edward Bunch a 25 year old Detroit resident remained in serious condition at St Josephs hospital this morning though described as holding his own. He was accidentally shot through the side a week earlier by a gun owned by Pvt Melvin Boyer a military policeman at Fort Sheridan while riding on route 66 at Elwood.
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Edward Bunch
Detroit
Mich
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Bunch
Melvin Boyer
Fort Sheridan
Elwood
Forty-two Graduate From Prison Guard School
Wardens James J Doody announced that 42 men completed a 60 day training in the prison guard school and would receive their diplomas. Doody said most would be placed in penal institutions statewide while others would join a temporary waiting list.
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James J. Doody
Doody
Auto crash injures two in city intersection
Mrs. Loretta Hutter suffered a forehead gash and a bruised right arm when her husband John J. Hutter's car collided with a car driven by Alvina A. Severson of Mindoka at the Douglas and Wilcox streets intersection.
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Loretta Hutter
Hickory Street
John J. Hutter
Alvina A. Severson
Mindoka
Douglas and
Wilcox Streets
Mathis To Stand Trial Sept 29 On Holdup Charge
Trials on the criminal docket begin September 29 Circuit Judge James V. Bartley announced. First case is George Mathis 22 of 51 Henderson avenue charged with the holdup of the DiLorenzo Travel agency He was one of four men who escaped from the Will county jail last August 25.
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James V. Bartley
George Mathis
Henderson Avenue
Will County
Mathis
DiLorenzo Travel Agency
Young Girl Bets On Ponies Drag Family Into Case
An 11 year old placed bets with a local bookie as her mother used funds for gambling. The husband filed a complaint, the bookie was arrested, and Police Magistrate Meade continued the case for ten days as officers probe the family. The bookie operated near police headquarters.
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Hubby
Mama
William KE. Meade
N. J. Fornango
Police Still Seek Ed Morons After Chicago Arrests
Police failed to identify four men arrested in Chicago as the assailants in a brutal attack on a 22 year old woman and her escort on a rural road west of the city. Chief Fornango and investigators viewed suspects and photos but the victims could not pinpoint the attackers. The assault occurred when the victims’ car was stopped by a blocking vehicle.
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Chicago
N. J. Fornango
John Kirincich
State’s Attorney's Office
Louis Fallinske
North Side
Chicaro
Joseph Cornugel
Marion Sirest
Fornango
Kirincich
Cernugel
Parents Identify Body Of Man Struck By Train
The body of 19 year old James Mack of 2329 S Wesley Avenue Berwyn was found beside the Alton railroad tracks near Delwood Park. He was identified at Goodale funeral home after a trainman reported the accident near Lockport. Authorities believe he was struck by a southbound passenger train while walking along the tracks en route to a southern Illinois city. His unemployed parents said he was seeking work.
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Alton
Deliw
Park
James Mack
Wesley Avenue
Berwyn
Goodale
Lockport
Illinois
Pilo’s Tests At Joliet Airport
Inspector L. W. Clark of the CAA visited Joliet Municipal airport to conduct written and flight tests for pilots seeking private or commercial ratings. At 10 o’clock, 20 candidates waited as examinations began, following a week with over 30 applicants.
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L. W. Clark
CAA
Joliet Municipal Airport
Piots
Small countyOfficials Picnic Grows Into Big Political Affair
A quiet county outing among officials has escalated into a large political gathering. After word spread, more officers and committee members were invited, with the event drawing attention similar to a major GOP picnic as the election approaches.
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William R. McCabe
Speed Demon
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