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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1942
Page
4
The text notes total government expenditures growing from about three billion dollars in 1913 to over twenty one billion dollars in 1940. It also states tax take rising from six cents per dollar in 1913 to twenty cents per dollar in 1941, reflecting a dramatic increase in public spending and taxation.
Mrs Beulah Jarrett of Vernon helped Mrs Rollie Klinge Saturday and Mrs Virgil Klinge Thursday as neighbors shared a weiner roast at John Revis home Saturday evening hosted by Dale Revis and Genevieve Beck.
Senator Byrd argues Washington wastes funds on nonessential programs with two billion dollars a year potential savings. He cites WPA bands and recreation spending in West Virginia as examples and urges cuts without harming war needs. He notes hearings since 1941 and compares two billion to 1917 government spending, stressing accountability and civic duty. Local notices recap residents visiting Casey and Olney for weekend, with family updates.
The Chicago Herald American argues that victory and postwar strength come from private enterprise and the American way. It acknowledges past mistakes but asserts private profit-driven systems have proven superior and should be preserved against collectivist plans after the war.
A proverb-like remark asserts frugality as the daughter of prudence and sister of temper. It warns that extravagance leads to poverty and that prudent restraint fosters liberty even as it limits excess.
The clipping lists neighbors visiting relatives in Odin and surrounding towns, mentions families traveling to Pontiac Illinois and Chicago for hospital care, and notes local workers and a Weiner roast at Steele school. It also includes wartime manpower concerns echoed by Lee Gentry about farm labor and the impact of military drafts on farming.
Mound Chapel residents hosted and visited relatives including Edd Defend Glen Bowen and families Sunday. Extended gatherings featured Rhoda Belcher William Hughes and others attending the Edd Paine funeral in Bear Creek last Sunday.
The county reports a busy week with twenty six cars on track and lime truck activity. Wheat prices on track around 83 cents, stored wheat 2 000 bushels due this week, and Canada offering 100 million bushels. Officials urge boosting pork, beef and dairy output while rationing and machinery certificates accompany farm advice. Secret agents note European crops with Germany down 15 percent and Italy better than last year as bread rations loom.
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