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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1934
Page
5
A careful year start shows major manufacturers and distributors forecast continued gains in 1934. Merchants expect March to bring real improvement as January and February deliver higher distribution and more New York buyers. Winthrop Hoyt notes rising advertising budgets, signaling renewed business confidence tied to President's recovery efforts.
The article praises ongoing railroad progress in locomotives, freight and passenger cars, signals, and engineering. It notes extensive lab research, plans for streamlined trains, and improved safety with experts advancing faster, safer, and more comfortable rail travel for the traveling and shipping public.
A 1934 farm outlook notes rising prices for basic crops, easing farm strikes, and growing influence of farm cooperatives. Authorities predict stronger cooperatives will educate and aid farmers and consumers, heralding significant reforms ahead. General Johnson and President Roosevelt quotes frame optimism.
Illinois gasoline tax receipts for 1933 totaled 29,162,345.61 dollars, up from 28,785,852.51 the prior year, signaling improved business conditions. December 1933 collections rose for the seventh straight month compared with December 1932, with 2,349,557.41 dollars versus 2,202,176.82. After a weak start, five months of 1933 saw declines, but a late-year revival in the following seven months more than offset that drop.
The Conservation Corps and ten camps will plant about 2.5 million trees this Spring under the State Department of Conservation to reclaim roughly 166000 acres of eroded land. Preparatory work such as dam construction and slope leveling is underway. One million trees come from the State Forest nursery in Union County. The Division of Parks may plant over a million more trees in state parks if federal funds are allocated. To date the camps have planted about 90000 trees 30000 shrubs and 6000 vines in various state parks.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration orders the end of boxcar Pullman service as the railroads cooperate to move wandering unemployed families into camps or home. Illinois Central System chief agent T. T. Keliher says railway police will guide transients to relief centers and warn others of possible arrest with future parole under relief supervision.
The United States Building and Loan League predicts an early 1934 housing rebound led by single family homes. Higher wages and employment boost construction. mortgage relief plans may ease carrying costs. Despite higher material values, overall costs for rigid home construction remain only slightly higher, signaling a genuine, short window of opportunity before costs rise further.
A jolly Brick school crowd honored Bennett Charlton with a surprise party arranged by about twenty five friends. The evening featured games and merriment, followed by refreshments served by Mrs. Charlton.
Sunday services of all Christ Science churches featured readings from the Bible and Science and Health. The Golden Text urged sincerity and truth in keeping the feast, while passages from Matthew and John the Baptist emphasized repentance and spiritual baptism by the Holy Ghost.
A revival meeting will start January 18 at the Vernon Pentecostal Church. The public is invited to attend and hear soul stirring messages.
Notice in Patoka Michigan announces a new cream station west of the I C Depot. Person named Jessie Ellis is involved in the notice.
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