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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1933
Page
2
Publication note from Bowen Illinois stating second class mail matter status at the Bowen post office with weekly distribution on Thursdays and an annual rate of $1.50 in advance. The notice reserves the right to reject any or all news or advertising for any or no reason.
Governor Horner signs maps for a June special election to fill a probate vacancy in Cook County. Illinois March coal outputs compare 3.23 million tons in 1933 with 6.18 million in 1932. Secretaries Hughes and state plans row over beer ban and building custodianship. Frank Sheets offered Indiana chief highway engineer post despite Illinois praise. Supreme Court upholds foreign corporate minimum tax. dissents by Orr and Jones. Coroner office abolition considered. health safeguards for World’s Fair planned. Civil service reform stalled. home garden drive urged for relief families with seeds and plots. Ten-hour law for women warning to employers. auto tax bills advance in House. Peach crop projected to rebound from 1931. Eyes treatment mandate for newborns enacted. Securities supervision bill floated. sales tax constitutional debate looms. potential Springfield and Chicago offices. Plans for 6000 trees from Springfield to New Salem State Park under way. Illinois Agricultural Association sponsors a forthcoming bill.
A proposed occupational tax would impact more than 400 professions with a 12 percent levy on personal service receipts over $300 per quarter, while farmers and others in agriculture would be exempt. Washington warns citizens to curb crow populations to protect crops and wildlife, citing crows as major pests to eggs and fledglings. A Yale writer suggests using a .22 rifle against crows and a decoy owl, while other notes discuss hunting cats, wildlife restoration funding, and bills on a five day week and six hour day. Local notices include a large school supper, PTA meeting results, and community updates with postmaster appointment and several social visits.
The Searcy bills would allocate one third of the gas tax to counties for roads and unemployment relief, one third to cities for street construction, and one third for all weather roads in townships by the county highway superintendent. The 18 million dollars for cities and townships would replace property taxes directly.
The Chicago Civic Federation and several state organizations including the Illinois Agricultural Association the Illinois Taxpayers Association the Grange and the Building and Loan Association support a series of bills advancing through the legislature.
The Illinois legislature passed an emergency measure to regulate malt and vinous beverages. The new law requires a $50 fee for retail licenses, payable with cash or a cashier's check, money order, or certified check, and mandates local licenses where required. Gov Horner signed the bill after Senate passage.
LaPrairie and Bowen residents visit relatives in nearby towns with Friday and weekend travels noted. Alton Groves and J W Haley enjoy Thursday visits with their in laws while Sidney Stump visits grandparents. Gladys Osterman visits family as Quincy relative remains ill. Emil Schoch Sr returns from Peoria after several weeks and suffers a hand injury in an electric wringer incident.
The Auditor of Public Accounts announces William L. O Connell as Receiver for Farmers Bank of Stillwell Hancock County Illinois with bond filed. Creditors are asked to present claims and debtors to pay promptly. Dated February 27 1933. The second snippet notes Detroit average weekly wage decline from 33 05 to 10 82 and living standards dropping accordingly.
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