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...When Edgar Wallace's Chicago gangdom play, On the Spot, was presented in that city-last week, to please civic-minded Mayor Anton Joseph Cermak the locale was changed to New York City, a Tribune Tower backdrop was painted out. Grant's Tomb painted...
With 12,000 jobs at his disposal Mayor Cermak began the distribution of patronage by making his personal physician, Dr. Hugh O. Jones, Acting Health Commissioner. Next he appointed Francis Xavier Busch to be Corporation Counsel, a position Mr. Busch held under Democratic Mayor Dever. Counsel Busch, considered one of the best trial lawyers in Chicago, was last year president of Chicago's Bar Association...
...Commissioner of Public Works ("Secretary of State" in the Chicago cabinet) Mayor Cermak again turned to the "better element" that had supported his campaign and chose Col. Albert Arnold Sprague, 54. millionaire grocer (Sprague, Warner & Co.), Wartime infantry officer, potent crime crusader, civic leader. Commissioner Sprague had served in the same capacity under Mayor Dever, was thoroughly familiar with...
...Mayor Cermak prepared to leave town for a few days rest in Florida before being formally inaugurated April 22. Said the Mayor...
...soon as they learned the outcome of the election, six London dailies telephoned across the ocean for interviews with Mayor-Elect Anton Joseph Cermak. Mirror, Mail, Express, Herald, Post, News in turn put nearly identical questions...