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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 16 Mar 1939, p. 38

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for reteru rce' mi iwe secenarly for pubtkefl.n. MARCH 16, 1939 Commends Police Assistant State's Attorney'Samuel Fried- man,; who successfully prosecuted Joseph Mackay, a Chicagoý burglar who was ar- rested by Wilmette police on. February .4 while attempting to break into the home of S. E. Wherry, 100 Woodbine. avenue, securing his conviction on two counts and sending him to the, penitentiary for 1i to 20 years, commended very highly the work of Wilmette police in perfecting their case against the convicted man. Police Chief McGuire and his men, stated that in al bis experience. he had flot prose- cuted a case in which 'the' cooperation of the police bad been so thorough and effec- tive. It left, he asserted, no loopholes' through which the cuiprit might escape, and the evidence and exhibits were so ad- mirably presented' to his office that there was no obstacle to the securing of a con- the tbeft of an automobile hei identifled in connection with a Evanston. For JVar oitJVeeds rates,: authorized .by the ce commission, at, the re- ili -c. tiliuvO i6S ufl b u !gat*Al O5* illumination and window llghting. The action of the company. in cooperating to bring about improvement in these fields -by--provriding, current aùt:costs which will, make them possible, is gratifyring evidence that most privately owned public utilities do* not, intentionally work a.gainst public inter- est. They Neyer Say Die The commercial trucking companies which for mia ny years- have sought the privilege of using any North Shore streets they may desire, are perse vering ini their objective. They neyer say die. There je now pning, g >fore, the. ic <~eralAsembly a new truck bill which, if it' becomes a law, wilI, it is said by compe- tent authoritié's, throw every street withln a radius of twenty miles o! Chicago open to the unrestricted use of motor trucks. It 'bas been a constant struggle on the part of Northl Shore village omfcials and property owners to'preserve the residen- was a Iaw. ry in "Eternal vigilanice" seerns to be the price we must pay to preserve residential streets from the truck companies. Anyway- In tilese 'Lt looks as though RWler is preparing to take aver the rest cfCzechoslovakia. Wefl, who le there to stop hlm? The WPA is'spending $M5,000 for an exhibit at New York's World's fair.. Its theme will be "work-the American way out of unemploy-. ment." Well, that should be a' sure cure. But at $55 à:month? Publicity' is a. great thing. Since a. Chicago judge ruled that it iîs ail O.K. fo r a husband to sla hi wiethe papers have, reported several such cases. ]Perhaps the judge made a mistake. The chipmunk: lu a tantalizing littie 'creature, anid takes gÉeat delight in, kidding any mere man who attempts to deprive him of his hard dug home, or to put an end to his. mrerry life for the sake -of- his, furry hide. He' just loves to make himself conspicuous,' close. to- his hole in the, ground, and d are anybody to capture hlm or shoot,,quick enough to puncture hlm before he gets to lower, regions.' He wlll sit Up on his hauriches, thumb his nose, grin in derision, and otherwise att.empt to raise the ire of humans. One of the little rascals playèd fast and loose nerves, and he determlned to rid himself of the Pest. Methods of 'scaring him away met w th failure. Efforts to catch him were un- availing. Throwiï-g stones at him becamne a futility: Finally the householder bethought him- sefof the family arsenal, to whiçh le repaired and selected a blunderbus of long range and tremendous power. Loading it to the muzzle, he awaited the next gesture on the part of his tormentor. Just as the little animal contact.ed grins at the householder. uSpringtime. in the Rockies?" Give us spring- time on the' North Shore. At a recent carnival in a North Shore achool,* two young boys were pxhihiiHnu uhità mr-Pn 1Query to wife: Where did you put My golf clubs? I

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