Betts Family News From Vernon and Sheridan
Mrs J J Betts Mr and Mrs J C Betts and Miss Opal Jones traveled to Sheridan for G C Betts funeral Vernon Methodist Sunday School held a picnic at Bryan Memorial Park Salem Mrs Edna Griffin arrived from Chicago for a visit with cousin Mrs A J Travis John J Betts learned of Grover Betts sudden death in Boston Mass The Betts family were longtime Vernon residents later moving to Sheridan George Walton returned home from Vandalia after Rocky Mountain Tick Fever Mrs Larry Hess arrived from Minneapolis for a visit with parents Mr and Mrs Paul Ehrat Northeast of Vernon
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J. J. Betts
J. C. Betts
Opal Jones
Sheridan
G. C. Betts
Vernon Methodist Sunday School
Bryan Memorial Park
Salem
Edna Griffin
Chicago
A. J. Travis
John J. Betts
Grover
Boston
Mass
Louise Betts
Betts
Vernon
George Walton
Rocky Mountain
Vandalia
Larry Hess
Minneapolis
Minn
Paul Ehrat
Illinois State Guard appoints three WWII officers as area commanders
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson names three World War II officers to serve as area commanders for the Illinois State Guard, a reserve force to operate if the Illinois National Guard is federalized. The officers join other officials to organize the statewide defense structure.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois State Guard
Illinois National Guard
Illinois Brigades Named For Northern and Southern Commands
Lt Col William S Everett Chicago will command the first brigade in northern Illinois. Col Donovan M Vance Monmouth will command the second brigade in northern Illinois. Lt Col Lawrence D Smith Quincy will command the third brigade in southern Illinois. The Illinois Department of Revenues has served delinquency notices on 8 105 downstate merchants owing 245 000 in June sales taxes. Acting director Ernest C Marohn urged prompt payment to avoid embarrassment. Downstate 44th division troops will encamp two weeks at Camp McCoy Wisconsin with about 7 500 soldiers from 100 counties.
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William S. Everett
Chicago
Mand
Illinois
Lawrence D. Smith
Quincy
State Department of Revenues
Ernest C. Marohn
Downstate
44Th Division
Illinois National Guard
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Conditioned to Scarcity in Soviet and U.S. Commodity Costs
A government bureau compares costs in the Soviet Union and the United States by working time required to earn money for goods. It highlights the contrast between a free competitive economy and a controlled system with rationing. The Soviet worker must work 19 minutes to buy a pound of bread.
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Russia
America
Soviet Union
United States
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Monmouth
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Mickey
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Texas
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Old Capitol
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Call West’s Service CO
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Hot Point
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Westclox
General Electric Appliances
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Swift’s
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V. C
American Agriculture
Vigo
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