Federal wartime controls to be set at three day Chicago meeting
More than 300 executives from Illinois Indiana Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin will join federal and state authorities at the Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago to draft a wartime General Freeze Order. The plan would regulate inventories rents prices real estate wages and salaries and set rationing procedures to curb inflation and ensure equitable distribution during shortages. Edwin M. Wright will speak on the world situation and a National Defense Executive reserve will support emergency planning. Local and state authorities would administer interim controls in undamaged areas after a nuclear attack.
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Knickerbocker
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
John W. McConnell
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Region 4
McConnell
Regional Economic Stabilization Board
National Defense Executive Reserve
OCDM
McConnell and Wright
Washington, D. C
Edward F. Phelps
James H. Stover
Office of Management and Organization
U. S. Department of the Treasury
Innis D. Harris
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Washington
Elmer S. Frazier
Aurits
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Harry Weiss
U. S. Department of Labor
Braceville Notes Highlight Local Gatherings and Visits
Braceville social notes mention a buffet for Joseph Ray Spiezio and Michael Joyce with guests from Braidwood Coal City and Gardner. Other visits include families from Odell Wilmington Crete and Round Lake, a come-as-you-are breakfast raising 20 dollars for Sparks Society, and Secret Sisters club hosting in Godley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braceville
Joseph Spiezio
Joseph Ray Spiezio
Michael Joyce
Braidwood
Coal City
Gardner
Sam Gallo
Buffalo
N. Y
Hazel Carpenter
Howell
Mich
Frank L. Yoder
Kenneth Clark
Odell
Robert Nichols
Kankakee
Owen Cluts
Harold Jacobs
Guard
Wilmington
Joseph Jerus
Ed Kasper Crete
John Lincheskis
Treasury of the Sparks Society
Theresa Krull
Secret Sisters Club
Godley
David Bell
Alice Bell
Round Lake
Gardner Notes Home Bureau and Community Updates
The Maine Garfield Home Bureau unit hosted by Mrs Edward Kewin and Mrs Don Brown Jr featured 4 H girls as guests with LaVerne Huston and Mrs Earl Storm presenting the major lesson and Mrs Frank Sowers the minor. Gene Robert Hansen departs for Fairbanks Alaska after recent graduation from United Electronics Laboratories Inc. in Louisville KY. Officers installed for Gard ner Firebelles included Mrs Ray Morris as president with Glen Wise assisting as fire chief. Various local visits and social events are noted including weddings in Ottawa and Peoria, Lincoln visits, and Lake Bloomington Methodist camp plans. The Lizzie A Hawley reunion is set for Sunday at Gebhard Woods State Park Morris.
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Gene Robert Hansen
Alberta Hansen
United Electronics Laboratories Inc
Louisville, Ky
Fairbanks
Alaska
Ray Morris
Gardner Firebelles
Glen Wise
Thomas Rodel
Roy Christensen
Louis Steventon
Leonard Johnson
Frank Motta Sr
Lawrence Johnson
Joliet
B. O. Jeffers
Robert Jeffers
San Leandro
Calif
LeRoy Wright
Childern
Sandra Bollatto
Dennis Bastini
Ottawa
Gene Kingman
Philip McDonald
Peoria
Donald Glasgow
LaPlatta
Ernest Cumming
County Rest Home
Bernard Nelson
Lindsey Crosby
Baby
Hollywood
Arthur Doud
Elton Fredricksons
Alvin Fredricksons
Juliet
Joseph Serenos
South Wilmington
Marion McDonalds
Clarence Kingmans
John Cerutti Sr
Earl Kingman
Macomb
Lizzie A. Hawley
Gebhard Woods State Park
Morris
OES Meeting and Community Notices from Mazon
Mazon OES chapter meets with Floyd Jones presiding and Ralph Bremner remembered on the altar. Notices include S S classes at Methodist and United Church of Christ with hostesses and programs, plus guests at homes and birthday events.
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MAZON
Kitty McKindley
OES
Floyd Jones
Ralph Bremner
Earl Davies
Bill Challenges Traditional Will
Dear Arthur column discusses a reader's plan to divide an inheritance by need rather than equally, contrasting with another couple's view. The exchange explores fairness, family dynamics, and aging perspectives through letters from Bill, Stella Dear, Lyda, and Bobbi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lord Dear
Arthur
May
Local Visits and Hospital Notes From Joliet and Nearby
Felix notes Felix Tony Veronda is a patient at St. Josephs hospital Joliet for a heart condition. Betty Keevers and Mr and Mrs Keevers of Lansing visited the Schultz family. Emil Micono and daughter of Grayslake visited relatives here. Mary I Trotter returned from Silver Cross hospital Joliet. Marie Braddock of Geneva visited Mrs Schultz. Martin Reane and wife on vacation in Minnesota. Mrs McCallister visited recently in Bloomington.
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Felix
Tony Veronda
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Joliet
Betty Keevers
Matthew Keevers
Lansing
William Schultz
Emil Micono
Grayslake
Mary I. Trotter
Silver Cross Hospital
Marie Braddock
Geneva
Martin Reane
Minnesota
William McCallister
Bloomington
Birthday reflections and a call to give to church
A meditation on birthdays as reminders of time and new life. It urges starting anew by giving of oneself through church involvement and helping others, promising the next birthday candle will shine brighter.
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Bobbi
Gram
The Church For All All For The Church Message
A religious exhortation urges regular church attendance and daily Bible reading. It lists four reasons to support church life including personal, family, community, and church welfare, and cites a weekly plan of readings from Ecclesiastes Psalms Romans Philippians and Luke.
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Secretary of State
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Near East
Braceville Notes
Home Bureau Meeting
John Green
Alfred Pope Sr
Hazel Pope
Friendly Club
William Alexander
Ida Smith
Wilson Wren
Linda Decker
Sharon Byers
Shirley Kennedy
Donna Jewett
Lake Bloomington
O.E.S. Meeting
S.S
Helping Hand
Methodist Church
Donald Misener
Vernon DeGrush
J. H. Wilkinson
Russell Bilsborough
Clarence Leach
Mary Elizabeth Davies
United Church of Christ
Robert Hampton
Paul Gilmore
Tony Ganz
Fern Vanderpool
Fred Grieff
Effie Johnson
Ada Dix
Effingham
James Robbins
Littleton
Colo
Stewart Edlund
William Mount
Wayne
Ray Mount
Kenneth French
Normal
James Mount
Keith DeGrush
Camp Pendleton
U.S.S. Bennington
Wendell Walker
Laura Wilkinson
Myrtle
Gladys Misener
Grace Lutheran Church
Tommy Mount
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Bill
William Dear
Ernest
Stella
Stel
The
Association For Retired Persons
Lyda
American Association of Retired Persons
Ethel Andrus
AARP
Dupont Circle Building
Washington, D.C
Frank
God
Church For All
ALL
Keister Adv. Service, Inc
Strasburg, Va
Allan Furniture CO. Complete Home Furnishers
First National Bank
F.D.I.C
Grundy County
Nat'l. Bank
A. C. Davis and Sons Funeral Home
Grundy Service CO
East Washington St
Ayers Electric CO
West
Illinois Ave
Lassers Furniture CO
Furnishers of Beautiful Homes
Morris Bakery
Liberty St
Safety Service
West Implement CO
West Washington St
Cargill, Inc
Calhoun St
Diamond National Corp. Molded Packaging Division
Federal Paper Board Co., Inc
Morris Division
Earle O. Fryland
Liberty — Western Union Agency
Morris Daily Herald
Johnson Glass & Lock Service
Washington St
Western Auto
Bedford Plaza
Wheeler’s Clothing & Jewelry 306
Liberty
Earl T. Johnson General Contractor
Wm. J
C-C Roofing CO
Douglas St
Sklut
DIX - Peterson Plumbing and Heating
C. A. Baker & Son Building Contractor & Glass
M. E. Robinson Agency
General Insurance
Piggly Wiggly Bedford Plaza Shopping
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