Illinois Christmas Radio Message and State Winter Outlook
Governor Dwight H. Green sends a Christmas message to Illinois service members nationwide. Illinois winter wheat stands at 86 percent of normal, soybeans rise, and wheat acreage totals 1,874,000 acres. Road traffic dips but commercial travel up. beekeepers worry over honey, and highway work costs total 21.3 million with major Route 66 paving. Hog and pork forecasts include a 15 percent sow drop. December pension totals fall to 145,726. Illinois horse racing revenue hits a 1943 high of 2,808,168 with 814,965 to war activities.
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Downustate Hlippis
OWL
Dwight H. Green
United States
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Federal
Departments of Agriculture
Illinois River
State of
Illinois
Ilinois Racing Board
3 Is A Family Lights Up Civic Theatre Chicago
The comedy by Phoebe and Henry Ephron opens at the Civic Theatre in Chicago as a John Golden Laugh spree. Cast includes Charles Burrows, Margaret Irving, Josephine Melckim, Otto Hulett, George Calvert, Richard Camp, Helen Stenborg, Dulcie Cooper, Barbara Bell Wright, Ellabelle Moore, and others. The plot centers on a daughter returning home with her baby as her husband goes to the Army, bringing Golden style humor and a memorable old character, Dr. Bartell.
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John Golden
Chicago
Civic Theatre
Civic Opera House
Claudia
Skylark
Susan
God
Phoebe
Henry Ephron
Charles Burrows
Margaret Irving
Josephine Melckim
Otto Hulett
George Calvert
Richard Camp
Helen
Golden
Dr. Bartell
Lightnin
Group life insurance sales lead weekly payment policies
For the first time, group life insurance sales are ahead of small weekly payment policies. The total in force for group insurance nears the overall level of industrial insurance.
Shoes for the small youngster without points
C H Smart Sherman of the War Price and Rationing Board announces a new ration free supply of children's non leather shoes soon. Shoes will have canvas uppers and tough soles from remnants, mainly heavy fabrics with rubber. Larger sizes remain rationed. adults retain some patent leathers with current stamps.
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C.H. Smart
Sherman
OPA
Jane Abbott Dies After Lingering Illness at Aurora Hospital
Miss Jane Abbott died at St Josephs hospital in Aurora after a lingering illness. Born in England she visited in 1989 and could not return home due to weather. Survived by sister Mrs B Coreau in Aurora, two sisters in England Mrs Ada Johnson and Mrs Eleanor Tate, and nephews and nieces. Funeral held Wednesday at Crane Funeral Home at 2 30 with Rev Turnbull officiating.
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Aurora
England
B. Coreau
Ada Johnson
Stanley A. Johnson
Eleanor Tate
Crane Funeral Home
Rev. Turnbull
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Geneva
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Geneva, Illinois
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Thomas J. Hoban
A.J. Yates
A. R. Larson
Ralph J. Beckler
Kane County Title Company
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Miss Jane Abbott
River Hills Memorial Park
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Batavia
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