(Fred Giese/Chicago Tribune) 1944: Sewell Avery, chairman of Montgomery Ward & Co., refused to renew a union contract on orders of the War Labor Board. That’s when the feds moved in ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 27 ... 1944: Sewell Avery, chairman of Montgomery Ward & Co., refused to renew a union contract on orders of the War Labor ...

McCormick of the Chicago Tribune ... Sears, Roebuck & Co. paid President Robert E. Wood $100,000, Chairman Lessing J. Rosenwald $75,000. From Montgomery Ward & Co. Sewell Lee Avery received ...

Charles Robert “Chuck” Montgomery, age 77 ... (155th/Wheeler Dr. & Harlem) Orland Park, IL. Visitation continues at Orland Park Christian Reformed Church, 7500 Sycamore Dr., Orland Park ...

After its people, Chicago’s lakefront is its greatest ... One of them is home to a booming mail order business founded by A. Montgomery Ward. Ward had his offices and warehouse in this building ...

The 21-year-old man charged with intentionally running over a Montgomery County, Maryland, police officer was found not guilty of attempted murder but guilty of 13 other charges related to a crash ...

37th Ward Alderwoman ... in a statement. Chicago police said nobody is in custody. "I offer my deepest condolences, blessings and sympathy to the family, friends, and co-workers over the senseless ...

Ricketts is a co-owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team, the Chicago Stars women’s soccer team and Chicago Sky women’s basketball team. Skinner Ricketts is a veteran marketing executive.

Fifth Ward Brewing Company in Oshkosh will host the B’Gosh It’s Good Breweriana Show on April 26. The free event runs from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and features vendors selling brewery ...

A man convicted of helping target and dupe two people over the age of 70 in Montgomery County, Maryland, by taking part in what’s known as a gold bar scam, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.