Illinois appoints Stuart E. Pierson as agriculture director
Stuart E. Pierson of Carrollton has assumed duties as director of the Illinois department of agriculture. He succeeds Senator Clarence F. Buck, who is campaigning for state treasurer. Pierson aims to advance tax reform to equalize agriculture with other industry and to ease the current revenue burden on tangible wealth.
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Stuart E. Pierson
Carrollton
State Department of Agriculture
Clarence F. Buck
Springfield
Pierson
Illinois
Emmerson
Ilinois
Wilmette's Lewis B Springer Named Conservation Superintendent
Lewis B Springer of Wilmette is named superintendent of conservation by director Ralph H Brad. The appointment expands the regional conservation leadership, with Springer expected to oversee programs and public lands management.
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Lewis B. Springer
Wilmette
Ralph H. .Brad
Illinois Promotes Preventable Blindness Control Efforts
State Rep William G Thon of Park Ridge says Illinois is taking a dominating position against preventable blindness after surveying conditions in the state. He notes surprising results from special classes for visually impaired schoolchildren and urges county committees to expand the effort. Professor Griffith Taylor will keynote the Illinois Academy of Science meeting at Urbana May 2 8 with the talk With Scott in Antarctica. The Illinois Chamber of Commerce asks local secretaries to assist census data collection by urging accurate manufacturer responses.
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Tlinois
William G
Thon
Ak Park
Illinois Society For the ‘Prevention of
Griffith Taylor
Illinois Academy, of Science
Urbana
State Geological Survey
MM. M. Leighton
Academy
Scott
Antarctica
Taylor
Pole
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
McCormick Visits Illinois. Lumbermen Agree on Inland Waterways
Mrs Ruth Hanna McCormick completed an itinerary covering 81 Illinois counties before returning to Washington to resume her House duties. The Northwestern Lumberman's Association endorsed the Mississippi Valley inland waterways program and urged its completion. Illinois Agriculture appointments announced by Clarence F Buck include Major Percy Owen as chief inspector, W O Ireland as racing program supervisor, and several food inspectors quarantine officers and other posts. The third Well Equipped Home Exposition by the Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs will be held May 19 24 in Springfield with Mrs J Marc Fowler of Chicago as president.
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Ruth Hanna McCormick
United States
Ilinois
Washington
House of Representatives
Department of Agriculture
Clarence F. Buck
Department
Percy Owen
Chicago
Division of Foods and Dairies
W. O. Ireland
Peoria
Eugene Sullivan
Edward Sheehan
East St. Louis
John W. Waite
Champaign
Arthur Kell
Centralia
Animal Industry
Elwood EK
Smith
Freeburg
Richard Odum
Marion
George H. Andrew
Oregon
Illinois Federation
Springfield
J. Marc Fowler
Federation
C. G. Goodwin
Chicago Exposition Director Oversees Illinois Event
Mrs. Fred Cowdin of Springfield chairs the exposition committee of about eighty Springfield women. The Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs includes 850 clubs with over 130000 members statewide. The exposition occupies the State Arsenal while the federation convention meets in the State House. Over a hundred exhibits will fill the Arsenal showcasing home furnishings, furniture, kitchen equipment, labor saving devices, apparel and related home life items with merchants manufacturers and utilities taking part.
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Chicago
Fred Cowdin
Springfield
Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Illinois
State Arsenal
State House
Arsenal
Notaries Face Cancellation Over Excess Fees
Secretary of State Stratton will urge canceling commissions of notaries charging above 25 cents for automobile license plate applications. Some notaries reportedly charge 50 to 75 cents. The Illinois State Library extension division issued 91 469 volumes in 1929, up 15 752 from 1928, with January the peak borrowing month at 12 964 volumes.
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Ben Bouillon
Greenville
Rock Road
Castle— Holsteins
Jerseys
Harry C. Kearney
Howard Dixon
J. M. Daniels
Stratton
Ilinois
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Louis L. Emmerson
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Hodgenville
Lincoln
Illinois State Museum
Barbara Tracy
H.T. Morrison
Tllinois Council of Churches
H.W. McPherson
William E. Hull
University of
Ralph Metcalf
King George
Mike
Boulder
Ferrin
Chas. H. Koehne
Northwestern Lumberman’s Association
Mississippi Valley Association
South Locust St. Centralia, Ill
State Natural History Survey
McKinley Memorial Hospital
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