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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1940
Page
8
Locals Share Visits and Family Gatherings Across States
Longview Texas resident Mrs. A R Bearden and Salem visitor Mrs. R Wood visited Mrs D C Stringer. Families from Centralia West Frankfort Champaign Decatur and Centralia holiday and travel in Ozarks Denver Wootwood Oblong and Greenville with multiple reunions and hospital updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Bearden
Longview
Texas
R. Wood
Salem
D. C. Stringer
P. G. Mojonnier
Alice
Amoserthoux
West Frankfort
Denver
Colo
Ray Farmer
Charles Hurt
Oconee
Jimmy
Joe Simcox
Centralia
Les Ballance
Sonny
Frank Ballance
Betty
James Ballawace
Marcus Cox
Ozarks
Howard Riley
Clark Simcox
Clark ‘Simcox
Veteran’s Hospital
Wootwood
James Calloway
Francis Belcher
Champaign
Lowell Belcher
Dayne Ellis
Vernon
al Ellis
Anna Pugh
Denver Adams
Wm. Crawford
Mason
John Crawford
Christina
Lee Bandchaster
West Virgina
Lee Vallow
Phyllis Crum
Clinton
Nellie Mae Crawford
Harvey Smith
Evelyn
Fannie Chandler
Glenwood Brown
Marcia Sue
Peoria
Fred Brown
William Loutz
Toledo
Ohio
James Thomas
Assumption
Lulu Riley
Decatur
P. J. Moonnier
Fairman
Bryan Davidson and Sons
Edwin Arnold
Gordon Wodters
X. B. Holland
Rockford
Archie Messenger
Hinsdale
Chicago
A. M. Peek
Clyde Young
Nelsons
Dayne
Winslow
Earl McKinney
South of Town
Verle Kirk
Dauggher Binda
Oblong
Maurice Ballance
Bailsance
Jimmie Long
Centralia Hospital
James Wasem
CPS
SMP Members Testify At AAA Milk Hearing In St Louis
Julian D. Ray of Hagarstown Illinois testifies for the Sanitary Milk Producers at an AAA milk hearing in St Louis. SMP members present cost data argue higher prices are needed to avert milk shortages. They seek Class I price ties to the butter market with monthly minimums for summer and winter. Dairy dealers push for price reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian D. Ray
Hagarstown
Ill
Sanitary
AAA
St. Louis
SMP
Secretary of Agriculture
Illinois Birth Rate Shows Gains
Illinois births reached 46 663 in the first five months of 1940 surpassing 45 993 in 1939. Infant deaths dropped to 39 per 1000 births from 44, yielding a net gain of 900 lives. Overall deaths from all causes totaled 39 350 versus 39 454 in 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
A. C. Baxter
Coal Output Rises 48.5 Percent in Illinois June 1940
Illinois coal mines show a 48.5 percent rise in production for June 1940 compared to June 1939. The increase reflects higher shipments from shipping coal mines across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
State Mines Report Shows Production Trends This Year
A report by James McSherry, State Director of Mines and Minerals, cites June output at 2,583,448 tons, up from 1,739,718 a year earlier. June dipped 141,085 tons or 5 percent from May, which reached 2,724,533 tons, a 20 percent rise over 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McSherry
State Director of Mines and Minerals
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