Emmerson Outlines Four Illinois Farm and Tax Reforms
Governor Louis L. Emmerson spoke to the State Board of Agricultural Advisors outlining four major focus areas: farm loan improvements, enhanced storage and marketing with potential state inspected grain, extending federal farm board aid to Illinois farmers via cooperative societies, and a comprehensive review of revenue laws for tax reform. The address occurred during the thirty fifth annual State Farmers Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis L. Emmerson
Ilinois
Gold Star
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
State Farmers’ Institute
Illinois inspector tour covers weights in state trucks
Inspectors travel in state owned trucks carrying test weights to all Illinois communities except cities over 25 000 population which have municipal inspectors. The list includes Bear Urbana R C Hall Litchfield EK L McCrackin Alton W J Stephenson Mount Vernon M D Nesler Harrisburg.
Illinois seed demonstrations reach 20 central counties
Phil S. Haner superintendent of plant industry with Albert C. Wilson chief seed analyst and staff conducted seed demonstrations in 20 central Illinois counties. Average attendance exceeded 40. The volume of seed samples mailed to the seed laboratory at 2061 2 E. Monroe St. Springfield for free examination has more than doubled.
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Ilinois
Phil S. Haner
State Department of Agriculture
Albert C. Wilson
E. Monroe St
Springfield
Five new members named to Illinois State Museum Board
Governor Emmerson appoints Fay Cooper Cole Warren G Waterman Henry Baldwin Ward Edward Payne and Julius Cornelius to the State Museum Board of Advisers effective February 16. Millhouse announces mine inspectors and district appointments. Camlin seeks re election to U S Chamber directors with endorsements and a seven year presidency track record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis L. Emmerson
Illinois State Museum Board of Advisers
Fay Cooper Cole
University of Chicago
Warren G. Waterman
Northwestern University
Henry Baldwin Ward
University of Ill
Edward’ W. Payne
Springfield
Julius F. Cornelius
Chicago
Illinois discussed public health and highway beautification plans
Dr. Andy Hall urged compulsory smallpox vaccination and pre marriage medical exams. Illinois departments plan planting tulip and basswood trees to beautify highways. Rep. Hull pushes a Hennepin canal navigation study to save 400 miles of travel for barges. Labor backs Buy-Illinois Products and Chicago radio support is offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Hall
Illinois State Farmers’ Institute
Chicago Federation of Labor
John Fitzpatrick
Buy-Illinois-Products Commission
Chicago
Voice of Labor
Illinois building permits show January 1930 activity
Industrial Commission of Illinois reports 45 cities issued permits in January 1930, authorizing 749 building projects with an estimated cost of 7,443,337 dollars. The figure is 12.3 percent below December and 55.4 percent under January last year.
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Industrial Commission of
State of
Illinois
Reformatory Offers Classes for Inmates at Pontiac
Illinois state reformatory at Pontiac runs commercial course classes for about 30 inmates using standard intelligence tests to select students. Those failing to progress are replaced by eligible inmates. The program is part of the Department of Public Welfare rehabilitation plan.
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Illinois State Reformatory
Pontiac
State Department of Public Welfare
State Forest Purchase Expands Union County Land
The State department of conservation has bought 3,279 acres in Union County about five miles northwest of Jonesboro and Anna. The tract lies in upland timber belt near the Mississippi river and will be used for timber production watershed protection wildlife habitat and recreation, as urged by foresters.
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State Department of Conservation
Union County
Jonesboro
Anna
Wildlife Administration
Illinois Supreme Court Admits Class Of About 200 To Practice
A February session of the Illinois supreme court admitted a class of roughly 200 to the practice of law as Charles W. Vail, clerk of the court, presented the diplomas. State Representative T. J. Sullivan of Springfield seeks renomination after two terms and a record of farmer-friendly legislation and hard road efforts. Governor Louis L. Emmerson spoke at a Missouri Republican Editorial Association banquet in St. Louis on the influence of the country press on state and national affairs.
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Illinois Supreme Court
Charles W. Vail
T. J. Sullivan
Springfield
Illinois Press Association Speaker Addresses Printing Rates
Governor Emmerson attended the St. Louis banquet with H. L. Williamson secretary of the Illinois Press association who spoke in the afternoon on The Illinois Legal Rate for Printing.
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Field
Missouri
Emmerson
St. Louis
H. L. Williamson
Illinois Press Association
Rural communities supply few penal commitments in 1929
Rodney H. Brandon director of the state department of public welfare spoke at the 35th annual Illinois State Farmer's Institute predicting rural districts offer fewer vocational training opportunities causing lower penal commitments.
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Rodney H. Brandon
State Department of Public Welfare
Illinois State Farmer’s Institute
Brandon
Illinois 1930 Highway Map Ready for Distribution
Illinois official highway map for 1930 updated by the road completed last year has just come from the press and is ready for distribution at the division of highways office in Springfield.
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Illinois
Division of Highways
Springfield
State Mines Output Drops in Peoria Strike Impact
The January to February monthly report by Director John G. Millhouse of the state department of mines and minerals shows state coal production at 6,590,275 tons, about 400,000 tons less than January 1929, largely due to the Peoria district strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Millhouse
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Peoria
Emmerson Outlines Four Key State Goals
Governor Louis L. Emmerson outlined four major administration objectives at the University of Illinois short course. They include revamping the revenue code, completing state bond issuance, expanding a secondary and farm-to-market road system, and widening urban roads with grade separation. He also touted finishing the Illinois waterway with federal aid and improving housing for charitable and penal wards along with mental health and delinquency prevention efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis L. Emmerson
University of Ilinois
Emmerson
Illinois Waterway
McCormick to appoint midshipman at Naval Academy
A vacancy in the U S Naval Academy prompts Congresswoman Ruth Hanna McCormick to appoint a midshipman this spring. An Civil Service commission exam will be held March 8 1930 at nine am near the applicant’s post office. Eligible applicants 16 to 20 by April 1 must apply to McCormick in Washington DC. The chosen candidate faces mental and physical tests in April and June. Also Congressman Frank M Ramey spoke on Lincoln’s birthday about Lincoln’s life and continuing district representation.
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United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Civil Service Commission
Congressman MacCormick
Washington
D. C
Academy
McCormick
Bureau of Navigation
Decline in Illinois Manufacturing Jobs and Wages Report
A Illinois report shows manufacturing employment down 1.15 percent and payrolls 5.3 percent for December 15 to January 15, with nonmanufacturing down 3.8 percent in employment and 4.9 percent in wages. Total industries lose 2.3 percent in jobs and 5.1 percent in wages.
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Howard B. Myers
Bureau of Statistics and Research
Illinois Department of Labor
UNC Leader Chosen as Illinois President
Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase, president of the University of North Carolina, was elected president of the University of Illinois by the university trustees at a meeting in Chicago. The selection places Chase at the head of Illinois during a period of campus expansion and academic reform.
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Harry Woodburn Chase
University of North Carolina
University of Illinois
Dr Chase Succeeds Kinley as Urbana President
Dr Chase succeeds President David Kinley who offered his resignation a year ago after reaching the age limit of 68. Kinley issued a proclamation naming Friday April 11 and Friday October 10 as arbor and bird days to honor birds and their service to agriculture and daily happiness.
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Urbana
Dr. Chase
David Kinley
Louis L. Emmerson
Iliinois American Legion convention slated for Aurora dates
The 1930 convention of the Illinois department of the American Legion will be held in Aurora on September 8 and 9, per an official announcement from state headquarters in Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Department of the American Legion
Aurora
Bloomington
Illinois Chamber of Commerce details and leadership
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce explains its structure with 173 local chambers as members. Industrial development under long-time chairman J Paul Clayton of Springfield has led many Illinois communities to prepare surveys, with Wayne Hummer of LaSalle as president and G Ferris of Chicago as executive vice president.
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John H. Camlin
Rockford
Illinois
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Iowa
Wisconsin
Washington, D. C
Camlin
Ilinois Chamber of Commerce
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
J. Paul Clayton
Springfield
Wayne Hummer
LaSalle
G. Ferris
Chicago
Illinois highway funding ethics urged at Champaign course
Frank T. Sheets announces strict use and auditing of Motor Fuel Tax funds by counties at the Illinois highway engineering short course in Champaign. Clarence Buck reports January bovine tuberculosis testing reaching a record 110,803 animals with 2 percent reactors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank T. Sheets
State of
Illinois
Champaign
Mr. Sheets
Clarence F. Buck
State Department of Agriculture
Emmerson
Bill to authorize radium for Vets Bureau hospitals
A bill authorizing the manufacture of one gram of radium by the Bureau of Mines for delivery to the director of the United States Veterans Bureau for hospital use and calling for an appropriation up to 100000 dollars. It has been referred to the House Committee on Mines and Mining, of which Congressman Frank M. Ramey is a member.
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Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
House of Representatives
Federal Land Bank
Division of Standards
Director of Trade and Commerce
Leo H. Lowe
W. T. Fossett
W. A. Carleton
Hinsdale
Francis J. Peckman
Waukegan
Fred Schumacher
Sterling
Howard Rapp
Prophetstown
Frank T. Scott
Peoria
Geo. Ritchey
Mount Sterling
Jesse Monticello
Randall
Bureau of Mines
United States Veterans’ Bureau
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Frank M. Ramey
Southern Illinois Promoted in Prominent Daily Ads
The Ab sence of Governor Emmerson has Lt. Gov Ster ling acting. A Be ypt Associated Dailies package touts Southern Illinois claims from oil to coal. Lincoln Memorial Highway group re elected officers and seeks a route. Emmerson dedicates tulip tree at Centennial grounds. April to TB campaign targets children. Last year’s TB mortality decline hints at near elimination in 25 years.
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Beypt
Associated Dailies
Southern
Ilinois
Southern Illinois
Pennsylvania
New England
Egypt
Lincoln National Memorial Highway Association
St. Nicholas Hotel
Springfield
James Weaver
Oakford
Elmer McCann
Decatur
Allen T. Lucas
Chandlerville
George Keys
Hodgenville
Kentucky
Illinois
Andy Hall
State Department of Public Health
Illinois Coal Operators Expect Busy Summer
Opinion among Illinois Coal Operator's Association members leans toward a stronger summer period than in recent years. Southern operators await a Tampa conference outcome before deciding on summer plans. Four buildings will start at the Chicago World's Fair site this year as the centennial commission reveals. Much of the fair grounds area was former Lake Michigan bed from 1893 with engineers extending Chicago's eastern boundary.
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Illinois Coal Operator’s Association
Southern
Illinois
Tampa
Fla
Centennial Commission
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Health Promotion Week and Child Health Day
The observance spans the week starting Sunday April 27 as Health Promotion week and Thursday May 1 as Child Health day emphasizing public health campaigns and safeguards for children's well being.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Civil Service Exam Set For State Prison Guards
The Illinois state civil service commission will hold examinations for prison guards at state institutions in early April. Only Illinois citizens may apply and preference is given to former service members.
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Illinois State Civil Service Commission
Illinois
Mrs Emile Todd Helm Dies Near Lexington A Lincoln Kin
Mrs Emile Todd Helm 94 one of the last intimates of Abraham Lincoln died at her home near Lexington Kentucky She was half sister of Mary Todd Lincoln the president's wife and a longtime link to the Lincoln era in Kentucky reportedly obituary notes her close family connection and historic ties.
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Emile Todd Helm
Abraham Lincoln
Lexington
Illinois aviation commission maps air traffic policy talks
Members of the Illinois aerial navigation commission met in Chicago to draft recommendations on air traffic laws for the next legislature. They then attended the Legislative Air Parley of Midwest states held in Milwaukee to discuss regional aviation policy.
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Illinois Aerial Navigation Commission
Chicago
Midwest
Milwaukee
Chicago ranks 17th in homicide rate among US cities
Col. Robert Isham Randolph, president of the Chicago Association of Gestatu, told Inland Daily Press members in Chicago that Chicago is seventeenth among American cities for homicides per thousand residents.
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Inland Daily Press Association
Chicago
Robert Isham
Randolph
Chicago Association of Gesta
Prison farm in Vandalia to use hand tools for crops
A. C. Everingham told the Aurora Kiwanis about how the state farm at Vandalia operates with prisoners doing farming by hand. The plan for the coming year includes 150 acres of broom corn 200 acres of beans and sorghum cultivation by hand along with existing grain hay and livestock production. Contemplated building work and farming will keep all prisoners employed.
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A. C. Everingham
State Farm
Aurora Kiwanis Club
Vandalia
Everingham
Local Agency Changes Reach Vernon Arrowsmith and Shobonier
Lisle Simcox leaves Clin ton for Vernon Agency and J R Kelly moves from Arrowsmith to Shobonier station. Hugh Oates from Shobonier Agency accepts work at Maroa.
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Lisle Simcox
Clinton
Vernon
J. R. Kelly
Arrowsmith
Shobonier
Hugh Oates
Maroa
Vandalia Edges St Elmo In Narrow Finish
Vandalia survived a late scare as St Elmo appeared set to win at the final whistle. The shot counts went Vandalia’s way when the last moment attempt narrowly tied the game and kept the underdog alive. Patoka and Salem also won with reserves, signaling strong form for the weekend.
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Vandalia
St. Elmo
Patoka
Salem
Thursday Basketball Tournament Scores
Kinmundy 26 at Farina 16 Beecher City 16 at Iola 9 Salem 28 at Mulberry Grove 11 Rock Falls 14 at Dixon 5 Macon 18 at Decatur 15 Assumption 15 at Taylorville 14 Carlyle 28 at Nashville 17 Centralia 56 at Ashley 2 Breese 22 at Keyesport 11 Dix 38 at Kell 11 Greenville 80 at Trenton 9 Beckemeyer 17 at Aviston 24
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Kinmundy
Farina
Beecher City
Iola
Salem
Mulberry Grove
Rock Falls
Dixon
Macon
Decatur
Assumption
Taylorville
Carlyle Aviston
Beckemeyer
Centralia
Ashley
Breese
Keyesport
Dix
Kell
Greenville
Trenton
Carlyle
Nashville
Memories of the Old Home in Dreamy Twilight
Poem recalls Bertha Freyer Danbury’s childhood at a rural homestead. Vivid scenes include hay meadows, barn swallows, pigeons, siblings, wax from sunflowers, wisteria on the veranda, and parents greeting at bedtime, closing on a husband’s bedtime call.
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Bertha Freyer Danbury
Tyke
July
Mike
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Danville
Fred T. Hodges
Carlinville
John K. Fraser
Collinsville
John White
Belleville
James Richards
Duquoin
Edward Flynn
West Frankfort
James Weir
Harrisburg
Geo. Bagwill
Cambria
Arthur W. Plumlee
Thos
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W. L. Morgan
State Departments of Public Welfare
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William E. Hull
House of Representative
Hennepin Canal
Bureau Junction
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Rock Island
Mississippi
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Otis Glenn
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Patrick J. Sullivan
Wyoming
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Lincoln
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Miami Beach
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Iinois
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City National Bank
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