No Adjustments On Ration Book Three Until After Aug 1
War Ration Book 3 mailings are under way across Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Nebraska and the Dakotas with no changes until August 1. Local boards urge applicants to wait and keep original application stubs for corrections next month. Rationing rules and price ceilings are stressed along with conservation guidance for all readers.
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OPA
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
O.pa
Sailor recounts convoy duty and sea battles
Reid S Wilson, a Navy sailor on convoy duty from Dalton on furlough, describes his wartime voyages to England. He details attacks by hostile boats and planes, a successful submarine sink, and the capture of a sub with 43 men aboard. He recalls a collision in the Thames and extensive London bomb damage.
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Reid S- Wilson
Navy
Dalton
England
Thames
Reid
London
Navy Youth Writes Of War On Island
Navy youth Lloyd J. Brandt describes life in the South Pacific battalion. He details secret locations, submarine dodges, bomber attacks, nightly air battles, and two dogfights with high morale and a striking kill ratio.
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Navy
Riverdale ration office to open evenings in July
The Riverdale War Price and Rationing Board announces the ration board office at Riverdale village hall will be open Monday Wednesday and Friday evenings from 7 to 8 during July for those unable to attend during daytime hours.
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Riverdale
Riverdale War Price and Rationing Board
Ration Board
Navy Gunner Returns From War Patrols
Reid, a naval gunner inducted December 22 1942, arrived back in New York on July 4 after a patrol where he saw damage to St Pauls cathedral and received a police hat from an English officer. He found England welcoming and enjoyed letters from home and a copy of the Pointer. The voyage home was uneventful and he returned tan and safe.
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Lloyd J. Brandt
South Pacific
Brandt
Southwest Pacific
Kingdom of
Neptune
Charlie
the States Radio
Reid
St. Paul’s Cathedral
New York
Navy
Taxes Move Toward Record 1942 Collections
County Treasurer Victor L. Schlaeger reports first installment taxes totaling 76,582,554, a record high versus 63,869,570 last year. About 250,000 bills remain untabulated and county town collectors have not yet reported any collections. He projects total first installment collections near 75 percent of the extension and second-half receipts near 95 percent, if vacant-property nonpayments persist. Extensions include Real Estate 167,957,831 Personal Property 48,879,976 Railroads 10,955,427.
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Victor L. Schlaeger
Schlaeger
Township Tax Totals Rise Past Million Mark
Thornton township collector Walter Haines reports tax collections for the just closed period exceeded $1,024,762.43, surpassing last year’s half-year high of $839,000. A large number of 1942 tax bills totaling $227,793,234 arrived on Thursday July 1 but processing will take about two weeks. Receipted bills by mail amount to $130,000 are being returned as fast as possible and taxpayers who have not received them are asked to be patient.
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Schlaeger
Walter Haines
Thornton
Rites Friday for Father of Rev John N Weiler
Funeral services for Nicholas Weiler age 82 will be held Friday at 10 am at St Maurice Church Chicago. He died at 3631 S Hamilton Ave after 75 years in Chicago. Survived by wife Elizabeth and five children including Rev John N Weiler and two daughters predeceased by two sons. He was a city employee for 20 years then ran his own business and recently retired.
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St. Maurice Church
36Th and Hoyne Avenue
Chicago
Nicholas Weiler
S. Hamilton Avenue
Wortd Street
Weiler
Elizabeth
John N. Weiler
St. Mary’s Church
Riverdale
Elizabeth Braun
Magdalen Braun
Catherine Gay
Margaret
Joseph
First Aid Class Starts at Palmer Park Fieldhouse
Pullman OCD announces a weekly Friday 8 pm first aid class at Palmer Park Fieldhouse with instructor Don Rodighieri open to all interested. In cooperation with the American Legion the OGD runs a scrap phonograph record drive July 3 through 31 urging donations to Civilian Defense workers for pickup. Previous drives in 1942 raised 11 million discs, funding up to 370000 new records for Armed Forces.
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Pullman Ocd
Riverdale
OCD
Palmer Park
Don Rodighieri
OGD
American Legion
Hhe
Cpl Brookfelt to Receive Presidential Citation
Cpl Edward Brookfelt known as Soupy from the U S S Northampton in the South Pacific escape tale earns five bronze campaign stars and will receive the Presidential Citation ribbon. The ship protected Hornet Wasp and Enterprise and faced abovedeck danger during a perilous abandon ship incident.
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Cpl
Edward Brookfelt
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Dalton Marine
Brookfelt
South Pacific
U.S.S. Northhampton
Hornet
Wasp
Enterprise
Soupy
Tracy Crum Named Chairman of Dolton War Price Board
Tracy Crum is named chairman of the Dolton Local War Price and Rationing Board succeeding Henry N. Jacobsma whose resignation effective July 1 was announced by Michael F. Mulcahy CPA director of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. The Dolton board office at Dolton village hall is open Wednesdays at 7 p m. for those unable to visit during the day. Residents were urged to renew basic gas rationing books and fuel oil applications, only half of which have been returned. A bookholders needing tires must prove essential car use or participation in a ride sharing program to obtain Grade III tires, effective July 1.
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Tracy Crum
Dolton Local War Price and Rationing Board
Henry N. Jacobsma
Michael F. Mulcahy
CPA
Chicago
Dolton Ration Board
Dolton Village Hall
Dolton
Lt Karl Ek Dies in Japanese Prison Camp
War Department reports Lt Karl Ek died June 30 1948 while a prisoner in a Japanese camp. He was 29 born July 20 1913 in Appleton Wisconsin, educated at University of Chicago ROT C, and worked as CPA for Price Waterhouse in Chicago before serving from 1941. He is survived by his parents and a twin sister.
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War Department
Fred Ek
Clark Street
Riverdale
Karl Ek
Bataan
Red Cross
Tokyo
Philippines
University of Chicago
R.O.T.C
Price, Waterhouse & Co
Chicago
Philippine Islands
Fort Stotsenberg
Clark Field
Sink
Appleton
Wis
Winifred Mortenson
Robert
England
Who’s Who
America
Ivanhoe
Police kill large pack of stray dogs in Dolton drive
Officer Al Kort of the Dolton police killed 13 of a known pack of 15 dogs sighted near Stoney Island avenue and Main street. Chief Grover Cogswell said the dogs were likely dumped as the village intensifies a dog control drive begun last spring.
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al Kort
Dalton Police Department
Stoney Island Avenue
Main Street
Grover Cogswell
Dolton
Cogswell
Corporal Donald Lorenzen Returns on Ten Day Furlough
Corporal Donald Lorenzen, after a year in South America, arrived in San Francisco June 26 and reached Dalton Saturday for a ten day furlough to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Lorenzen and family.
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Cpl
Donald Lorenzen
South America
San Francisco
Calif
Dalton
N. P. Lorenzen
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Thornton Township
Haines
Cpl. Brookfelt
War Dept
Kort
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