Cut In Gas Ration Made Necessary By War Needs
OPA cut in gasoline coupon value prompts warnings that drivers cannot offset losses with supplements. War needs demand less fuel for transports and more for aviation. Eastern states face tighter limits while the Middle West gains supply for the armed forces. Officials urge 25 percent cuts and justifiable restorations with caution. Brown stamp diet expands in September for meats, fats, and stove rations as local boards adjust to August to September quotas. Lorraine Wilck undergoes appendectomy at Illinois Central hospital.
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OPA
Sicily
Berlin
Middle West
Army introduces dual foot measuring device for better shoe fit
The Army unveils a simplified foot measuring machine that measures both feet at once to assure a more accurate shoe fit for soldiers. The note also highlights WANT-ADS on Page 5 offering various items.
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Army
Polio Spread Curb Plan Near Chicago Suburbs
Suburban officials and Cook County Chapter leaders met with NFIP executives to discuss preventing a poliomyelitis outbreak. The group outlined steps including pool closures and other precautions, citing one local case and a peak in cases since 1917. District chairmen Peter Kurz and Louis Albrecht led local campaigns with Dr. E A Pisczek and Herbert J. Lorber coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County
National Foundation For
Peter J. Kurz
Riverdale
Louis J. Albrecht
Dalton
Herbert J. Lorber
E. A. Pisczek
Lorber
Basil O’connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
New York City
National Foundation
Gloria Schmidt
Morris Schmidt
Lincoln Ay
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Cook County Contagious Disease Hospital
Declaration Forms for Estimated Incomes Mailed
Carter H Harrison announces that about half of the 1943 estimated income declarations have been mailed to First District Illinois taxpayers. About 800000 will need to file by Sept 15 and pay at least half the balance due. Withholding does not ensure current status. many must file declarations to avoid penalties. Madame Sturkow Ryder will guest at a twilight musical Sept 16 for the Dalton Riverdale Woman's Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter H. Harrison
Internal Revenue
Illinois
Harrison
Madame Sturkow Ryder
Dalton-Riverdale
Five Injuries Toll Of Auto Mishaps in Dolton Past Week
Dolton police report a spate of eight August accidents, five injuring people in the past week. Notable incidents include John E. Sands, 18, colliding with a truck driven by Gordon Hite, 22, and pedestrian Stanley Dolton, 34, breaking a leg crossing Chicago street. Other injuries involved Edmund L. Mangan and car occupants Ben Block and B. B. Flagler, with multiple crashes at Sibley boulevard and Indiana avenue. A vehicle was struck while parked on Sibley boulevard near Michigan City road, and Ray Rentner Jr. fractured an arm after a tree fall.
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Dolton
John E. Sands
Sibley Jr
Sibley
Lincoln Ave
Gordon Hite
Normal Ave
Chicago
Sands
Hammond
Tom Nornton
Harry Milner
Edmund L. Mangan
Woodlawn Ave
Dalton
142Nd
Indiana
Safeway
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Ben Block
S. Shore Drive
Indiana Ave
Horace Lepman
Everett Ave
Sibley Blvd
Lepman
B. B. Flagler
Park Ave
Harvey
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Lefman
Peter Ohlsen
Annst
Michigan City Road
Chas. H. Reiland
Western
Thornton
Stanley Dolton
Grant St
Chicago St
149Th St
Peter Jacobs
S. Park Ave
South Holland
Raymond Rentner, Jr
Ray Rentner
Pvt. Fred Herdt Killed in Action in Southwest Pacific
Pvt. Fred Herdt 35, formerly with Malloy Coal Co., reported killed in action July 30 in the Southwest Pacific. Message to mother Mrs Margaret Herdt, roseland area family details show five sisters and six brothers with two half brothers. He enlisted May 19, 1942, trained at Camp Shelby, sent overseas from Fort Ord last October.
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Pvt
Fred Herdt
Malloy Coal Co
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Margaret Herdt
Michigan Ave
Herdt
Dalton
Riverdale
Roseland
Camp Shelby
Miss
Fort Ord
Calif
Pvt. Herdt
Theresa Girdenis
Dorothy Zylstra
Louise Webb
Florence
Josephine Herdt
Sgt
Jacob
U. S, Marine Corps
Ben
Carl
Raymond
Lawrence
Ernest
Alex
Glenwood
Philip
Riverdale Veteran Lawyer Pius Flick Dies at 72
Pius P. Flick a founder of the Illinois Municipal league and longtime Riverdale attorney died Tuesday at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey at age 72. He served as Riverdale village attorney for 16 years and was active in civic affairs including Ivanhoe park board work and Dixmoor and East Hazelcrest villages. He remained in practice at his home 8 West 187th Place. Funeral set for Friday 9:30 from St Marys Riverdale with burial at St Johns Joliet.
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Pius P. Flick
Illinois Municipal League
Riverdale
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Ivanhoe Park Board
Dixmoor
East Hazelcrest
Fleck
Royal Arcanum
West 187Th Place
Islist
Teresa E
St. Mary’s Church
St. John’s Cemetery
Joliet
Bachmann Funeral Home
Committee Meets to Plan 3rd War Loan Drive
Cook County Towns South hosts first joint meeting after War Savings merged with Victory Fund forming the War Finance Committee. Leaders outline coordination for the Third War Loan and future drives covering personnel, booths, speakers, publicity, and payroll. Campaign opens September 9 with a $15 billion national quota themed around Invasion.
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War Finance Committee
Cook County
Norman B. Collins
War Finance Committee of
Illinois
Eugene Kaspar
Walter B. Wolf
Cook County War Finance Committee
Charles E. Peace
Walter R. Kirk
War Savings Staff
Victory Fund Committee
Booth
William Staat
Milton Younker
Dalton
T. J. Mullender
Ivanhoe
Frank Stewart
J. Harms, Jr
N. M. Tourtellotte
Riverdale
Henry Waterman
Lillian Bruin
South Holland
Richard Whitney
James Blair
Flossmoor
Mark Bates
Treasury Department
Mobile Blood Bank to Visit Harvey in September
A Red Cross mobile unit will be stationed at Whittier school in Harvey from September 14 to 18. Local donors may register with chairwoman Mrs. James Mossell. Noted donors include Wilson Palmer with six donations, and two-time donors Marjorilee Hampton and Howard Rentner who gave blood in July.
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Red Cross Blood Bank
Whittier School
Harvey
James Mossell
Red Cross Blood Donor Service
N. Wabash Ave
Wilson Palmer
Wabash Ave
Riverdale
Marjorilee Hampton
Oak St
Howard Rentner
Main St
Dalton
Continue Vehicle Tag Drive in Dolton Police Are Told
The Dolton Village Board ordered continued enforcement of the 1948 vehicle license ordinance with arrests to be made for noncompliance. The budget action directs police to enforce closing hours at taverns and to arrest for unpaid business licenses while noting $13304 held by the State highway department as its share of Motor Fuel tax, funding postwar road building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Dolton
Tavers
Wek
John C. Wernicke
State Highway Department
Illinois
Inmate Kartunnen Caught After Prairie Robberies Near State Street
Bruno Karttunen, 18, escaped from Chicago State Hospital and was arrested near 144th and State. He confessed to a night of robberies including a Park View Bowling lanes bicycle theft, cash totaling 20 to 25 dollars, liquor, soda, candy, tobacco items, and entry into the Hill and Anderson homes. A bayonet and knife were recovered. He was released later to return to the hospital.
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Bruno Kartunnen
Riverdale
Chicago State Hospital
Prairie
144Th
State Street
E. J. Sullivan
Frank Mraz
Parkview
Rinehart Weimer
Dearborn St
Dave's Tavern
Indiana Ave
Lyle
Karttunen
War Bond Winners at St Mary's Festival Named
War Bond winners at St Mary's parish festival on Sunday August 22 include Mrs Lawrence Simnick of 405 W 138th St with a $50 bond Mrs Paul Richardson of 14189 LaSalle St with a $25 bond Mrs Gus Berschinski of 72 E 186th St with a $25 bond Mrs Earl Dumais of 13602 State St with a $25 bond and Mrs J F Grindell of 14436 LaSalle St with a $25 bond. Others report good results. Why not try a POINTER Want-Ad.
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St. Mary’s Parish
Lawrence Simnick
W. 138Th St
Paul Richardson
LaSalle St
Gus Berschinski
E. 186Th St
Earl Dumais
State St
J. F. Grindell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lorraine Wilck
Fred Wilek
Pohlers
Illinois Central Hospital
Mobile Blood Bank
Board
State Hospital
St. Mary's Festival
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