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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
6
The Spectator predicts Dewey can win by following the New Deal ideas within a Republican framework. It suggests opening rallies with song and gaining cooperative Congress support to enact reforms. Gracie Allen notes Dewey has a good singing voice, implying broader appeal.
Charles Moon of 514 Abe Street placed second in the Jack Raab horseshoe contest at Phillips Park Aurora. In the AFL horseshoe tournament at the same park he won the trophy for the third time with a 50 48 score. His brother Robert Moon finished fifth in the Jack Raab tourney.
St. Anthony's kittenball team, winners of the C Y O league, will host a victory dance Saturday evening in the parish hall from 9 to 12. Team members will receive awards. the dance committee includes coach Gino Vercellotti and players such as Larry Almo and George Dev en along with others.
Townsfolk discuss wartime duty urging support for soldiers overseas. They cite millions in armed forces and stress home production and government funding through War Bonds, plus careful voting to avoid displeasing troops abroad.
The article notes elephants ignore mice at the Philadelphia Zoo and rely on their trunks for awareness. It also mentions Boston News Letter’s 1704 launch as the first permanent English colonial newspaper and reports 30,000 Tokyo schoolchildren evacuated since July 8 amid war. Buy war bonds and stamps.
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