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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1933
Page
4
The Bowen Chronicle explains it is edited by E Jones and published weekly on Thursdays. It is entered in the Bowen Illinois post office as second class mail matter and carries a $1.50 annual advance subscription. The paper notes a right to reject any or all news or advertising for any or no reason.
Illinois fire marshal division led by S. L. Legreid ends 1982 by dismantling a large arson ring spanning central and southern Illinois and other states. Fifteen persons are under indictment for alleged roles in triggering multiple fires.
Department of Labor records show 1932 ex spendings for building in Illinois at the smallest level in twelve years with data available since 1920. Across forty five Illinois cities the total estimated expenditures authorized by permits are noted.
The passage notes an 83.2 percent drop from the 1931 low, marking the trough of the twelve-year period. It references the previous low year as 1931 and compares current figures to that baseline for context.
Governor Henry Horner commends the relief fund administrators and says he contemplates a plan to provide work for some unemployed on relief. He announced A. R. H. Atwood of Palatine as assistant director of the state department of labor. The plan would create employment for relief recipients without conflicting with existing work.
Gov. Henry Horner begins a comprehensive survey of personnel and activities across the 11 code departments. A Chicago efficiency firm administers a detailed questionnaire to every employee to map duties and support consolidation plans and cost cuts.
Governor Henry Horner announced he would urge the legislature to approve a $100,000 emergency appropriation for the Illinois National Guard. The move follows the recently ended general assembly session.
The assembly approved a 150 000 appropriation to be used by the guard if troops were called out in any part of the state but most of the prior emergency funds have already been spent leaving only a small remainder.
With both land and unemployed men available, the new commission on unemployment is weighing methods to move men to agricultural work. Henry A. Wheeler, chairman, convened a meeting where preliminary plans were discussed.
The University of Illinois Art Extension committee plans a June trip from Peoria to St. Louis, the Ozarks of southern Illinois, Cape Girardeau, Chester area, and visits to Rushville Pittsfield and Calhoun County orchards, returning June 18.
Gov. Horner forms a new tax commission to survey Illinois antiquated revenue laws and study other states tax rules ahead of reorganizing the system. The panel will draft a constitutional amendment to remove obsolete restrictions. Members include Scott W. Lucas chairman Simeon Leland and Bennet Hodes.
The Joliet area state prisons report 5,000 inmates with 3,057 in Stateville, 1,749 in the old prison, 77 in the women's prison, and 117 at the convict farm. Warden Frank D. Whipp cites housing and feeding problems due to the rise.
Stuart Pierson of the Illinois Department of Agriculture attended the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs annual meeting in Galesburg on January 23 and 24. Fairs will not ask for a larger appropriation but will seek to prevent deficits in fair funds through a proposed bill draft by the association's legislative committee.
A delegation led by Francis G. Blair and Robert C. Moore conferred with Gov. Henry Horner on legislation affecting teachers. They praised his education plank urging rural school consolidation and financing to ease taxes. Legislative Voters league proposals to cut committees and track attendance were noted. Recommendations urged Lincoln homestead access and repairs at state parks including Old Salem, Grant’s Home, Black Hawk, and Pere Marquette.
L. A. Hawkins discusses the debate over cutting seed potatoes for planting. He notes growers vary between using whole potatoes and cutting seed, while agricultural experiments show eye count does not predict sprouts. variety size and vigor influence sprout numbers, with the central eye often prevailing.
A detailed discussion of potato seed lungs examines how eye position and seed piece size influence sprouting and yield. Experiments in Maryland, Michigan, Colorado, and New York show two ounce pieces or whole potatoes maximize returns, with blocky pieces preferred for handling. Seed health, cutting procedures, and disinfection are emphasized to prevent disease transfer.
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