Registration deadline set for Monday in Will county
Will county voters face a Monday deadline to register or change address with a 0 p m cut off. Joliet and suburban registrars report steady turnout with many first time registrants and a few duplicate registrations. About 5000 address changes are being remailed thanks to post office cooperation. those not properly registered by the deadline cannot vote in November.
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Will County
Joseph St. Hartley
Joliet
Hartley
PSC Foreman Celebrates 30 Years Of Service
Gustave A. Strosinski of 404 Cornelia Street and the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois mark his 30th anniversary with the utility. He joined as an operator at the local generating station, moved through assignments, transferred to maintenance in 1931, and has served as maintenance foreman since 1936.
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Gustave A. Strosinski
Cornelia Street
Public Service Company of
Northern Illinois
G. A. Strosinski
Strosinski
Mrs Stana Babich Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Stana Babich 69 of 2100 N Collins Street died this morning at Silver Cross Hospital after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be Sunday at 1 45 PM at Nemanich Funeral Home then to St George's Serbian Orthodox Church for 2 PM rites. Interment in St Mary's Croatian Cemetery. She is survived by son William and daughters Millie and Lillian. Friends may call tomorrow afternoon.
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Stana Babich
N. Collins Street
Joseph
Silver Cross Hospital
Nemanich Funeral Home
St. George's
St. Mary's
William
Millie
Lillian
Travelogue films shown at Joli St Moose lodge
Travelogue movies pre scented at the Joli St Moose lodge Tuesday evening at 7 30. Scenes photographed in sound Technicolor by Al Pohlers during a trip through the south and Havana Cuba with Otto Pohlers. Bob Phil bin narrates. Film features scenes from Silver Springs Daytona Beach Orlando Havana and Pan American Airways of Mexico and Guatemala plus Moose annual stag picnic.
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Joli St Moose Lodge
al Pohlers
South
Havana
Cuba
Otto Pohlers
Bob Philbin
Silver Springs
Daytona Beach
Orlando
Fla
Pan American Airways
Mexico
Guatemala
Democrats to Rally for Stevenson in Joliet
Will county Democrats present Adlai E. Stevenson candidate for governor tomorrow night in Joliet in the first major rally. Edward J. Barrett and B O Cooper will accompany Stevenson with Ivan A Elliott and others. Headquarters opened in the Louis Joliet hotel as leader John Uremovic vows an intensive drive to carry Will county for Stevenson and Douglas. Stevenson’s Illinois roots trace to Adlai Stevenson and Jesse Fell. Tomorrow’s meeting is at the American Legion hall.
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Will County
Adlai E. Stevenson
Edward J. Barrett
B. O. Cooper
Ivan A. Elliott
Mr. Stevenson
Joliet
Stevenson
Green
Illinois
Paul Douglas
Louis Joliet Hotel
John
Will
Uremovic
Douglas
Aremovic
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Grover Cleveland
Louis Stevenson
Central Illinois
Laymen form Law Enforcement league to curb county vice
A laymen’s group met at the First Baptist church to organize the Laymen’s Law Enforcement league in Will County. Allen B. Porter of Auroralian agencies urged immediate action against gambling, urging lawmen to keep their word. Temporary officers were named and a nominating committee elected as ministers pledged support. The group plans to investigate gambling locales and seek a countywide commitment from officials.
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Laymen’s League
Will County
First Baptist Church
Incorporated
Kane County
Porter
Aurora Agencies
League
Ministerial Association
W. H. Wilson
Laundry executives to speak at Joliet dinner
Joliet hosts two sessions of the fall meeting of the American Trade association executives, with about 150 delegates visiting the American Institute of Laundering and attending a dinner at the Joliet hotel. Speakers include Albert Johnson and Doner E. Dewey among others.
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Joliet
American Trade Association
National Organization of Trade Association
Chicago
American Institute of Laundering
National Trade Association of the Laundry Industry
Louis “Joliet Hotel
Albert Johnson
Institute
Doner E. Dewey
Ward A. Gill
Cecil H. Lanham
George H. Isaacson
Guy W. Hughes
Mexican man arrested for disorderly conduct at West Pines hotel
Alvarado Guadalupe of Chicago 11850 S Vincennes is jailed after police booked him for disorderly conduct at the West Pines hotel and city station. Police say he was intoxicated and tried to pick fights, notably with Harry Krauther in the Elbow Room. Guadalupe offered to apologize when arrested.
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West Pines
Alvarado Guadalupe
S. Vincennes
Chicago
Harry Krauther
Krauther
Guadalupe
Gambling still thrives in Joliet and surrounding towns
Officials claim gambling has ceased but reports show bookies active in Joliet Rockdale Wilmington Steger and Crete. Craps games reported in Rockdale as regular. The Hellenic club at Bluff and Jefferson reopens barboot sessions. One armed bandits persist in county clubs with some hiding in washrooms backrooms.
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Joliet
Rockdale
Wilmington
Steger
Crete
Hellenic Club
Bluff and
Jefferson Streets
Post Office Closes at Five Each Weekday Afternoon
Postmaster J Walter Lowrey announced the local post office will close at 5 o clock on weekdays instead of 5 30 p m The Saturday noon closing remains The change aims to match business hours and redeploy clerks to peak periods for better service to patrons
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J. Walter Lowrey
Post Office Department
Evening school to offer Red Cross courses this session
JTHS evening program opens next Tuesday with four subjects supervised by the American Red Cross. Courses include home nursing nutrition accident prevention and first aid with multiple duration options.Registration is free though some texts may cost. info on registration night at the high school or the local Red Cross office.
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JTHS
American Red Cross
American National Red Cross
Red Cross
Wybranoski Funeral Held For Lt Edward Wybranoski
Funeral services for Lieut. Edward F. Wybranoski killed in a Amchitka Alaska plane crash on his first overseas duty will be at 9 30 a m Saturday from Wisniewski Funeral Home to St Thaddeus Church at 10 a m Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery Lieut Wybranoski is the son of Alex Wybranoski formerly of 300 Columbia Street now in Chicago Friends may call at the funeral home at noon tomorrow
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Edward F. Wybranoski
Amchitka Island
Alaska
Wisniewski Funeral
St. Thaddeus Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Wybranoski
Alex Wybranoski
Columbia Street
Chicago
Joliet business survey shows July employment rise and department sales drop
The Joliet monthly survey reports employment and payroll gains in July while department store sales fall by more than 15 percent from June but remain above last year. Postal receipts and bank debits declined and building permits totaled $325,618, down 56.6 percent from June.
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Joliet
Portable beauty unit to aid Joliet hospitals
A portable hospital beauty service will be introduced in Joliet’s two hospitals within three weeks. The Three Sisters Beauty salon at 32 W. Van Buren will run the unit, with headquarters in Dayton Ohio, part of the Portable Beauty Service Manufacturing Company operation expanding to 100 bed hospitals nationwide.
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Joliet
Three Sisters Beauty Salon
W. van Buren Street
Dayton
Ohio
Portable Beauty Service Manufacturing Company
United States
Aurora
Illinois
Three Sisters Salon
Hit-and-run reported near Woodruff hotel entrance
Police investigation found a car owned by Ken Meyer at 4 Blackman Avenue after two anonymous calls described a jeep as the hit vehicle. A Slammering incident involved M. D. Butts’ car at 355 S. Chicago Street and Meyer's car sustaining bumper damage. No jeep trace was recovered.
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Jefferson Sit
Woodruff Hote
Ken Meyer
Blackman Avenue
Meyersch
Third Auto
M. D. Butts
Chicago
Meyers
Joliet Observes Handicapped Week Promoting Equal Work Value
City officials announce Handicapped Week with a proclamation from Mayor Arthur O. Janke. William G. Boyd of the Illinois State Employment Service cites a survey showing 11 000 disabled workers in 109 plants matched or exceeded able bodied workers in production with low absentee rates. The message urges employers to place disabled workers in suitable roles and maintain year round inclusion.
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William G. Boyd
Illinois State Employment Service Office
Arthur O. Janke
Joliet
Boyd
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