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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
2
Lester J. Kane quits as chairman of Joliet fire and police board amid a wave of political turmoil surrounding Mayor Arthur Janke. City engineer Martin Ahlvin also anticipated to resign as bids on a large sewer and water project linger.
Mrs. Cath erine Thatcher of Gadsden Alabama will have services at Western funeral parlors at 9 30 a m Saturday for St Patrick's church at 10 Interment follows at Mt Olivet cemetery She is survived by three sisters Mrs Winifred Loiselle Mrs Margaret Detan and Mrs Helen Jones and three brothers James John and Thomas Clinton She was daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Alice Clinton and sister of the late Mary Clinton.
Mayor Arthur O Janke refused to speak as reporters from Joliet and Chicago gathered at City Hall. Patrick D Fahey and Lester J Kane urged clarification of a Herald News report alleging Janke questioned Fahey, prompting calls to Herald editor Hart and station WJOL. Janke offered no comment. press liaison and talks with officials were planned but no statement issued.
County supervisors meet Tuesday to consider converting the vacant space between the third floor and attic of the courthouse into additional county government offices. Architect Richard J. Barr Jr. prepared the plans with cost estimates. The meeting will also address budgeting and staffing, including a proposed general registration day for voters.
The weatherman at Joliet Municipal Airport forecasts partly cloudy and warm conditions with one or two thunder showers tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures range from 66 to 83 degrees, with a cool weekend ahead as conditions shift to cooler by Saturday.
Graduates of De La Salle and Joliet Catholic High School will hold an alumni meeting in the Catholic High gym at 8 this evening. Speaker Bill Blake of Loras College Dubuque Iowa, a National Football League official, is hailed as a top Midwest speaker. The alumni group aims to re organize after wartime disbandment.
Joliet Township High School and Junior College reports two resignations since opening. Math teacher Leonard P. Will and English instructor Edward Chenette left for other posts due to housing difficulties. Substitutes Mrs. Alice Shaw and Mrs M. J. Verna hired. Will and Chenette replaced. Sharpe notes ongoing housing search for faculty households.
Ernest Schrage of Crete says crops in eastern Will County badly need rain and warmer weather to mature. He notes lowland corn is fair while high land corn in eastern parts is dried out and poor after only one good rain in three months, two weeks ago.
Vandals broke a window to enter the A Marshall school last night. Papers and books were scattered, and some property damage occurred. Deputies of the sheriff's staff investigated the case.
Proceedings to administer the estate of the late Albert Buehler were instituted in probate court. Freida Howard named administratrix. Real estate valued at $5,000. son Richard to inherit.
Mrs. Oda Christenson reported to police that she saw a boy riding a bicycle stolen from her son Tuesday. She was at Walnut and Cass streets waiting for a bus when the youths rode by and did not stop. She gave a description of the boy.
Emily Douglas appears at the Business and Professional Men's Club meeting at 6 tonight in Ottawa Street Met church parlors. Major Paul Davilas accompanies her as she addresses internal relations and community health safety. Douglas, a Democratic candidate for reelection as a congresswoman, promotes study of local and international affairs.
Fr Gilbert Burns O Carm will speak from Joliet Catholic High School tonight at 8 over Station WJOL on the Life of St Therese. He has served three years as a chaplain in the Army Air Corps and is teaching at Mt Carmel School in Chicago.
Police checked a fire report at the American Legion bus ing. An auto squad was sent and found the building securely locked with signs of smoke or fire. The report was made by an unknown caller and phone.
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