Illinois News Index

Highland Park Press, 3 May 1928, p. 20

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* W rite Vacation Headquarters About Low Fares to | Wonderful Black BilhnlSouhM-.Colwfl., i California and the Pacific Northwest, Yellowstone ‘sz National Park, Jasper National Park, Dude Ranch . Country of Wyoming and Wisconsin‘s Land o‘ Lakes. For information and illustrated bookiets pleces E‘ â€" * " Topmeneintartated in © P SEES VALUE IN WORKING Shamokin, Pa., Railroad Agent Has Much Real Estate But more than $1,500,000, he steadfastly refuses to give up his job as station agent of the Philsdelphia and Readâ€" ing railroad in that city. He has likeâ€" wise refused numerous promotions just to be able to continue at his job. "Everybody argues that I don‘t need the job and that I ought to step out," Higgins told The American Magazine. "But the fact is that noâ€" body needs the job more than I do and I am glad 1 can afford to keep on holding it. I can afford to keep on holding it. I can afford to keep the job I love, live in the town I love and be close to the families and friends I love. I love the job because as long «s T hold "t>.. Jm Reading ‘family.‘ My job is a part o my life and if I steppéd out of it I Higgins bought a bankrupt motion picture theatre and a home with his | early savings and then built mnre] motion picture theatres in and around | Shamokin. His investments were wise | and fortunate and the various build-] ings and businesses he owns today are still growing in value. His sons have | stepped into the management of his| property so Higgins is free to retain / the job he prefers above all others.| "I am sixtyâ€"three now," he said and if I live to be seventy I will have to retire automatically. Certainly I will not live much Jonger. I will run down like a watch without a mainâ€" spring without my job." The automobile busines is the fastâ€"] est growing industry in the United States, based on export business done | during the past 18 years, according‘ to announcement of the American? Motorists‘ Association and The Autoâ€" mobile Club of Illinois. In its volume | of foreign sales the industry inâ€"! creased its business during 1927 by | AUTO BUSINESS GROWS FASTEST IN COUNTRY 1 ione in e es dn : + â€" s 5 t Russia. No more Russian officers creas:?d its business during ]‘927 by {are in command in the Nationalist 1925.7 per cent compared with the armies. It was the Russian advisers average for the five year period of | who were responsible for the antiâ€" 1010â€"14. Compared with the five ’ missionary denwn§tmtions. . T'here.is year period of 1921â€"25 the increase ) "° red element in the Natu}na}lm _ . government now, and the missionâ€" was 155.9 per cent and mmp‘““gjaries are returning." nsl 2 o e en te: was 155.9 per cent and comparing 1927 amounted to $388,300,000. It‘s Time to Plan Your Summer Vacation FOR FUELâ€"USE OLIL Braun Bros. Ou Co. of Highland Park P.nerlucy Service Call H. P. 3291 Highland Park 3290 â€" Telephones â€" Winnetka 3020 T Quit Position "A CORRECT GRADE FOR RACH BURNER" Two Bulk Plants â€" Eight Trucks operated ON the north shore to assure PROMPT, EFFICIENT SERVICE is, of worth HOPES FOR UNIFIED _ CHINA ENTERTANED BY Chief Justice of Court of Apâ€" Hopes for a unified China and a stable and effective government were expressed here today by Huaiâ€"Pe Kue, chief justice of the court of appeals in Swatow. Judge Kuo, one of the younger members of the Nationalist movement in China, was. appointed by Wang Chung Hui, minister of justice of the Nationalist governâ€" ment in Nanking, to investigate the various judicial systems in America and Europe. He has‘ been doing graduate work in the school of law of Northwestern university to preâ€" pare himself for his investigations in this country. With the coming of warm weather, Judge Kuo said, hostilities in China may be expected to revive, and with some chance of .a_decisive . be: tween the forces of?lil:’lflu%.’m the South. General Chiang Kaiâ€"shek bas definitely reassumed the leaderâ€" Nationalist Merger Is Predicted General Feng Yuâ€"hsiang, the soâ€" called "Christian General," in charge of the campaign against the northern militarists, has recently been in conâ€" ference with the young military leader of the. Nationalist governâ€" ment; and ‘it is reported that in Shansi province, General Â¥en Hsiâ€" shan is ready to join Chiang and Feng with 100,000 men. s "Of the twentyâ€"two provinces in China, sixteen are now a part of the belong to the Peking government," said Judge Kuo. "The leaders of the Kuomingtan, or Nationalist Party, are young Chinese who have been educated in American universities. It is our hope that the coming miliâ€" tray activities may bring unity to China and a stable government. "We have broken relations with Russia. No more Russian officers are in command in the Nationalist armies. It was the Russian advisers the young leader who headed the Nationalist armies in their advance last year from Canton in South China to the central Yangtze valley. With a united following he might have carried the Nationalist colors to victory in the final capture of Peking. The Nationalist igovernment, Judge to U. S. Optimistic of Future JUDGE lrmmcmncsum * R 31 South St. Johns Avenue MOTORING DIFFICULTIES T pfunieurt & r Kuo said, has a . of tweive men; a people, for the people and by the With the advent of spring, motoring difficulties are manifold; dirt roads rains; from alternate freezing and thawing; and highway contractors are beginning construction programs which will eventually result in many miles of new roads, but, which will bring inconvenience‘and perhaps disâ€" comfiture while under way, points out a bulletin issued by the touring burâ€" eau of the Chicago Motor club. Deâ€" tours appear in unexpected places, great piles of stone are strewn in the middle of the road, and roads that were familiar last fall are an unâ€" charted sea to the uniformed tourist. When planning a trip at this time of year, it is highly important to seâ€" cure accurate, upâ€"toâ€"date information on road conditions. The motorist who will observe this precaution will save himself much annoyance and disapâ€" pointment and possibly expense. CONVERTIBLE SPORT CABRIOLET Announcing the N EW wertible Sport Cabriclet as a bediitiful anug Sport Coupe. weather . . . an open car for the warm days of summer . . . and mpleroomfitmor‘oum-dnm-ybd mmmwumuwm'uz COGILIGAIN, Chevrolet introduces into the lowâ€"price field an entirely new conception of style, distinction and eleganceâ€" â€"a new Convertible Sport Cabriolet, with body by Fisherâ€" a vivid, dashing, twoâ€"four passenger model that offers the practical comfort and convenience of the Sport Coupe, plus !hemme.-nddilflnefiono(theSponM Finished in Romany Red Duco, with black body beading striped in gold : . . and embellished with artistic touches of gleaming polished nickelâ€"this distinguished new model is one of the most attractive cars to be seen on the streets and highways. But equally impressive is the wide, practical utility of this 120 North First Street BUY YOUR OWN MATERIAL 1 WILL INSTALL IT FOR YOU. LICENSED PLUMBER Telephone 555 WM. RUEHL & CO. WALTER KRANS 4 MeGOVERN STREET THOR WASHERS Cut the Cost of the Conâ€" The Convertible Sport Cabriciet may They include the fowest beantiful be turned into a distinctive open handling snd fnancing -‘-n-.--â€"-...-. «hanges svailabie. Arthar R. Schramm John L Udel From sicoreons the membershin, which it Husited to 900, present mem ip, to will be filled at an early date. * WM. E. CLOYES, Secretary JOSEPH W. President 16 K. Wacker Drive . C hnE BONNIE BROOK GOLFE CLUB Jcseph E. Anderson James H. Clendenin John H. Fubnke Gordon J. Kelley Charles E. Russell Frank J. Wenban J. A. DeCelle (ol viu}hu. ILLINOIS Phone 1110 RIGHLAND PARK ‘of" the city Thoits, in a All Pricas . a. is Dr. David N D. L. Wells PW Hay

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