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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1949
Page
2
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The House administration committee backed nearly 6 billion dollars in extra fiscal 1950 spending over 1949. A Senate move to cut the first bill by five percent sparked an economy drive. Republicans and some Democrats favored reductions amid a looming deficit. Presidents budget faced higher projected income and disputes over cuts.
William C. Henry of the Northern Ohio Telephone Company called the Poage measure a trap and a march toward nationalization. He told the Indiana Telephone Association that government REA loans would threaten 6,000 independent phone firms serving about 70 percent of rural America and warned the bill would amount to a 50 year retreat to horse and buggy days.
Officials call for town sanitation to curb flies, urging weekly garbage care and twiceweekly livestock building cleaning. Residents should spray containers with DDT, seal screens, and spray alleys, dumps, and public buildings monthly. If needed, switch to chlordane after several years of DDT use. Colostrum milk advised for calves. Keep tweezers with sewing kit to remove loose threads.
Livingston area social notes list Mothers Day visitors and dinners across Martinsville Paris and Casey. Guests include Fraker McNary Crumbs Bundrant Sutton walker and others visiting from Chicago Evanston Terre Haute and Marshall. An oil rig and drilling activity at the John Johnson farm are noted.
Frank Asbury Raper son of Arthur and Eliza Raper was born July 11 1861 in Grove Township Jasper County Illinois and died May 3 1949 in Marshall Illinois at age 87. He married Martha Jane Arnold in 1880, who died in 1916, and later Nora Edwards in 1920 who died in 1945. He leaves three sons Lewis A Dewey D and Theodore Raper, a sister and other relatives. He ran a general merchandise store in Gila Illinois from 1902 to 1918, retired 1918, and moved to Marshall in 1920. Services were at Fairview Methodist Church near Gila.
Trinity Lutheran Church announces The Lutheran Hour on WGN Chicago at 72 and The One Thing Needful on WCRA Effingham at 109. Services include Sunday school Bible class worship and sermon times listed with connection details. The notice adds a general welcome and a note on calf care about water and milk.
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