Green and gambling ties stain Illinois politics
An editorial argues Dwight H. Green carried payouts from gambling interests to win re election and notes six counties provided substantial sums and votes. It links past Illinois corruption to recent indictments in Peoria and recalls Frank L. Smith scandal, urging reform to end public collusion with racketeers.
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Dwight H. Green
Post-Dispatch
Illinois
Green
St. Clair
Madison
Peoria
Tazewell
McLean
Macon
Sangamon
Alexander
Pulaski
Frank L. Smith
Illinois Commerce Commission
Smith
Samuel Insull
United States Senate
Senate
Congress
Frank Smith
Dwight Green
City sewer project missteps halt Dawes Avenue work
Four million dollar water and sewer plan began poorly as a miscoordination caused digging on Dawes avenue to be abandoned after laying hundreds of feet of tile. The result clogged drainage outlets and flooding. Residents cite lack of city contact and existing sewer lines.
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Schriber
H. R. Goodspeed
Chicago
Dawes
Dawes Avenue
Black Road
Oto
County supervisors exceed last year budget allocations
The 1947 48 county appropriations show supervisors overexpended with six committees requesting extra funds from contingencies or other allocations. The special committees led by Dr E J Stephen and others drew excess amounts, ending the year with small or negative balances while remaining within total budgeted figures. The court house addition project was noted as costing about 100 125 thousand dollars.
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E. J. Stephen
Walter C. Craig
William C. Brockman
Otto Verdell
George A. Batterman
Stewart Dirst
Joseph Zalar
Canada
Clyde G. Essington
William W. Calhoon
John T. Vavrek
Court House
Delinquent Tax Lists to Be Published Next Week
County Treasurer Charles Lauth announced delinquent tax lists will appear in newspapers next Thursday Friday and Saturday. He urged payments before Oct 1 to avoid a 12 percent penalty after Oct 12. Tax sales start at 9 AM on Oct 11 and continue until complete.
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Charles Lauth
Lauth
Man Files for Divorce Desertion Case
Bernard R. Ayers filed a circuit court petition seeking divorce from Ruth Lucille Ayers charging desertion. The couple, married April 5, 1947, have no children.
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Ruth Lucille
Bernard R. Ayersman
Circuit Court
Budget Shows 200000 Dollar Appropriation For Project
The new budget allocates 200000 dollars for the project. Previous statements had pegged a new elevator cost at 30000 to 32000 dollars, but the budget now earmarks 40000 dollars for the elevator work.
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Lars
Two youths confess to burglaries in Plainfield case
After lengthy questioning by sheriff deputies, Marvin Lempke 15 of Lockport and Ted Mackay 16 of Chicago Street confessed to a string of burglaries in Plainfield on Sept 11. They admitted robbing Ward Baking Company, Bailoc Company, Plains theater, and Lincoln Way station, and hid $300 along the DuPage river. parents to be summoned due to minor status.
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Plainfield
Marvin Lempke
Sunnyland
Lockport
Ted Mackay
Chicago
Roy C. Doerfler
H. S. Hewlett
Goldblatt Brothers sue over $250 check payment
A Joliet complaint filed in circuit court seeks $250 plus 5 percent interest from March 20 and costs. Goldblatt brothers department store alleges George F. Yahn doing business as Great Northern Tap and Billiards delivered a check to Otto Schmidt, endorsed to Goldblatt, then stopped payment with Union National Bank.
English Teacher to Be Feted Out at Park Ridge Dinner
Miss Millicent Teens, the English exchange teacher from England at Central School, will be entertained by Joliet Public Schools women administrators. They will host a dinner at the Tally-Ho in Park Ridge this evening.
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Millicent
England
Central School
Joliet Public Schools
Tally-Ho
Park Ridge
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