Income tax forms and farmer plans for wartime food program
Federal income tax rules outline forms 1040 and 1040A for individuals and special schedules for farms, corporations and nonresidents. Farm notices explain Farm Work Sheet and Farm Plan for 1943 food production, with timing and penalties for late returns. Farm Mobilization Day launched the 1943 campaign in Clark County schools with meetings and AAA guidance to mobilize production efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
AAA
Clark County
Water Oak
America
Farmer’s In the Dell
Assistance On Income Tax Returns By Clark County Farm Bureau
The Clark County Farm Bureau hires two men to aid members in filing income tax returns. Lawrence Hammond will work from the Martinsville office and Ed Clatfelter from the Marshall office starting February 1 1943. Two preparatory school sessions will run in the county on January 26 at 1 30 p m in Marshall Court Room and January 27 at 1 30 p m in Martinsville Farm Bureau office. Farmers urged to start collecting figures for grain and livestock sales farm expenses labor and related items to streamline the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Farm Bureau
Lawrence Hammond
Martinsville
Ed Clatfelter
Marshall
Martinsville Farm Bureau
Rturn
Hemp farming urged to aid war effort and rural planning
Reader questions about hemp milling and war crop efforts in wartime agriculture. Answers emphasize hemp cultivation as a guaranteed income and war contribution, no purchase certificates for harvesting equipment after Feb 1, and adjusted AAA rules requiring planting 90 percent of war crop goals with adherence to the revised allotment limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Obituary for Leroy C Morgan of Auburn Illinois
Leroy C Morgan born October 81 1892 in Clark County Illinois died January 11 1943 at age 50 after heart illness. Survived by wife Bell Morgan three children Violet Marie Freda Pearl Alta Lucille and one infant son Everett. Two sisters Stella Hackett and Mrs Albert Toro of Paris. Funeral January 13 at Auburn Methodist Church with Rev Harold Kemp and C E Fritsch singing. Burial Auburn Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy C. Morgan
Everett Jennings Morgan
Clark County
Illinois
Leroy
R. S. Wheeldon
Methodist
Auburn
Bell Morgan
Bell Weiland
Violet Marie
Freda Pearl
Alta Lucille
Charles Everett
Stella Hackett
Albert Toro
Paris
Auburn Methodist Church
Harold J. Kemp
C. E
Reclaimer of Rubber Shoes by Col Chapman Mitchell
Col Chapman Mitchell of Philadelphia in 1881 patented an acid process to reclaim rubber. A chemist and son of Philadelphia’s early family, he experimented with boiling rubber shoes in caustic soda then shifted to acid to reclaim tires boots and scrap. He organized Philadelphia Rubber Works later taken over by Goodrich and still operating, with sulfuric and hydrochloric acid use and equipment for high temperature processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Chapman Mitchell
Philadelphia
Colonel Mitchell
S. Weir Mitchell
Mitchell
Philadelphia Rubber Works Company
Goodrich
Guadalcanal Coast Heads and Trade Rise After Scourge Era
Fifty years ago Payuvu Banika and Savo head hunters terrorized the Guadalcanal coast driving natives inland. Since the century turned missionary and commercial activity reduced head hunting. A new coconut and timber export boom grows as Pavuvu rises to 1,600 feet with wooded hills and small islets. Coconut steamers from Sidney served the Russells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Payuvu
Banika
Savo Islands
Pavuvu
Sidney
Russells
Christmas Remembrances for Women in Uniform
WAACS and WAVES and WAFS are women in military service. They will welcome simple Christmas gifts that support cleanliness and femininity. Useful items include toilet bars, soap, shampoos, dental cleansers, nail brushes, and wash cloths rather than lavish presents.
An Extra Pint a Day Keeps the Japs Away
A wartime health message urges milk producers and dairy workers to milk cows regularly and carefully to ensure an extra daily pint for morale and nutrition. The slogan links dairy output to national effort and resilience.
Youth War Training Corps Aims For National Involvement
Washington announces a High School Victory Corps open to all 6 3 million public and private secondary students. Led by Capt Eddie Rickenbacker, the program seeks immediate training and active wartime participation, with five service divisions including land sea and production, plus community service and preflight aeronautics. Girls to predominate in production and community roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Victory Corps
Paul V
McNutt
United
Eddie Rickenbacker
Army
Navy, Education
Telyica Oe
Land Service
Air
Air Service
Sea Service
Navy
Half of Ship Makes Port in Remarkable Salvage
A 10,000 ton American freighter wrecked off the coast arrived at an Australian port after ten heavy bombers and thousands of tons of oil and war material were saved. The ship broke in two, its severed sections 200 feet apart, and 200 Australian Imperial sailors aboard the forward half salvaged the cargo and drove it to port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
Ginger Jar Church Serves Orleans Parish in Cape Cod
In Orleans Massachusetts the Holy Spirit Episcopal church is known as the ginger jar church due to offerings placed in a ginger jar at the door since its founding nine years ago. Rev. Richard B. Kimball, once a businessman until his sixty fourth birthday, now presides over services after ordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
Mass
Cape Cod
Holy Spirit Episcopal Church
Richard B. Kimball
Preacher's Boat Trip Becomes Sell-Out Moonlight Ride
The Rev. Thomas Cromwell of Chagrin Falls organized a Cleveland Akron Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute boat trip that sold out. A near temper flare did not spoil the perfect moonlight voyage though one mishap occurred when Cromwell himself missed the boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakeside
Ohio
Thomas Cromwell
Chagrin Falls
Cleveland-Akron Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute
Cromwell
Umbrella Care Tips From Historic Washing Guide
An old guide explains how to care for silk and oil silk umbrellas. It advises brushing silk umbrellas with a soft cloth, washing oil silk varieties with mild soap and water, rinsing, and drying in shade before storage. Handle oil silk garments in cold weather to prevent stiffness and cracking.
Canned Ham and Eggs Joins The Canned Goods Line
The article traces the origin of canning from Napoleonic era prize for preserving food to Nicholas Appert’s method, the shift from glass bottles to tin cans, and the adoption of canning in Britain and polar expeditions. It notes the campaign to feed soldiers and early explorers using preserved foods and the naming of can.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Napoelon
Nicholas Appert
England
Appert
Gasless Days Bring Back Community Sings and Concerts
Community music programs rise as gas rationing and defense work keep people in town. High school bands choirs and orchestras take on morale boosting roles with victory concerts for war efforts and to entertain defense workers and soldiers near camps and USO centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Curious Boy Invented Telescope Says History
Recent research suggests a Dutch boy, not Galileo, first observed the magnifying effect of lenses in 1608. Hans Lippershey, a spectacle maker, conducted experiments, and in 1609 Galileo refined the design to show lunar mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galileo
Jong
Hans Lip‘pershey
Lippershey
Massaua Port Boomed in Italo-Ethiopian War
Massaua Eritrea’s No 1 port swelled during 1935–1936 with over 550 Fascist ships docking and about 270000 workers and soldiers landing. War material exceeded 700000 tons, including 12000 motor vehicles and thousands of pack mules. A military city grew inside the civilian city with depots, hospitals, warehouses. A plant produced 30 tons daily of meat and 700 tons of distilled water. Regular air and shipping links connected Mas puo with Italy.
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Massaua
Eritrea
Italy
Cape Cod Canal Shortens Regional Distance
The Cape Cod Canal runs just under 12 miles, connects Buzzard's Bay with Cape Cod Bay, and features a bottom width of 100 feet and depth near 23 feet. Official measurements show it reduces travel distance from the north Cape to west Buzzard's Bay from 53 to 144 miles.
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Cape Cod
Buzzard’s Bay
Cape Cod Bay
The
Cape
Partners Clash Over Lost Gold on Black Wolf Creek
Sid Condon and Duke Brandon migrate in Alaska like two grubstake prospectors. when each finds gold at a mossy rock cache they draw pistols and shoot, both dying with gold sacks clutched. The conflict over a $15,000 to $30,000 fortune ends in both men dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Coxdon
Sid
Duke Brandon
Duke
Black Wolf
Sid Condon
Notice of Claim Day in estate of David Lutz
Notice in Clark County Illinois states Monday March 1 1943 as the claim date in the estate of David Lutz deceased. The County Court of Clark County governs filing claims against the estate without summons. Executrix Glayds Lutz is named with attorney Hollenbroke Marshall Illinois. Advertisement 4-3.
Notice of Claim in estate of Joseph Williams deceased
Notice is hereby given that the claim date for the estate of Joseph Ze Williams, deceased, is Monday March 1, 1943. Claims may be filed in the County Court of Clark County Illinois without issuance of summons. Perry Williams is the executor. Scholfield and Purdum, attorneys, Marshall, Illinois. Advertisement 4-3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
Zi Wiliams
Ze Williams
Clark
Tinois
Summons
Perry, Williams
Perry, Williams, “Executor.” . Scholfield &Purdumn
Attorneys
Marshall, Ilinois
Notice of Probate Will Hearing in Clark County Illinois
The Probate Court of Clark County Illinois schedules a hearing for March 1 1943 to admit to probate the last will of Sarah L Bartlett deceased. The petition lists numerous heirs at law and devisees and notifies all interested persons to appear and show cause why the instrument should not be admitted. H J Kemp Clerk. Scholfield Purdom Attorneys Marshall Illinois. Advertisement 2-3.
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Sarah L. Bartlett
Sarah L.bartlett
Clark County
Linois
Rowena Gard Bartlett
Flossie ‘Bartlett Williams
Claude Bartlett
Allen Bartlett
True
Bartlett
Frances Bartlett Wolf
Cleone’ Bartlett
Harold Bartlett
Don Bartlett
Marie Bartlett
Edsall
Gladys Bartlett
Harry Bartlett
Ethel M. Baker Sears
Fred Alva Baker
Charles F. Baker
Emma F. Baker
Edwin C. ‘Wilson
Mary ¥. Poorman
Ray Wilson
Bruce Wilson
LaVern Wilson
Charles A. Wilson
M. Warren Wilson
V. True ‘Wilson
Robert McCourt
Lyda Wilson Packard
Gladys Wilson
Kenneth R. Stewart
Irene’ _Shelburn
Keith ‘3B, Sims
Aral Sims
Randall Bartlett
Fay Bartlett‘ Crumlin
Dwight Bartlett
Alvena Bartlett
Hastin
Ethel Bartlett Williams
Josephine
Trosper Bartlett
Ernest Bartlett
Court House
Marshall
Illinois
H. J. Kemp
Marshall,llinois
A. D
Scholfield & Purdomn Attorneys
Marshall, Dinois
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Internal Revenue
United States
Collector of Internal Revenue
Shadene
Preacher
Vic Yardman
Associated Nespapers
WNU
Lvenapapers
David Lutz
Glayds Lutz
Ty Ohn
Hollenbror
H Zattorney
State of Kinois
County of
Treasury Department Office OF Comptroller OF the Currency
Washington, D. C
National Banking Association
First National Bank
Preston Delano
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