Illinois experts cite seed selection boosting corn yields
Dr G L Dungan of the University of Illinois says careful seed corn selection and culling can raise yields by three to six bushels per acre. On a test plot C B Canterbury Central utility dent produced the highest yield. Following Gov Emmerson's suggestion, Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday was observed statewide on October 27, marking his 73rd birth anniversary.
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G. L. Dungan
University of Illinois
C. BE. Canterbury
Centrall
Utility Dent
Louis L. Emmerson
Theodore Roosevelt
Locomotive Firemen and Engineers choose Bloomington leaders
At the joint convention in Bloomington Walter Young of Bloomington was elected president and E R Young of Springfield was elected secretary treasurer. Next year’s convention will be in Springfield. Separate bids for a Vandalla state penal farm sewage plant and other public works projects were announced with a November 10 deadline at the state architect’s office.
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The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Bloomington
Walter Young
E. R. Young
Springfield
Vandalla State Penal Farm
Research and Education
Chicago
Illinois utility rates cut by majority of providers
A report by the Illinois Commerce Commission shows formal and informal actions lowered prices for twenty of thirty nine electric utilities, serving about 90 percent of the state's electricity customers. The Institute for Juvenile Research offers county judges help in examining children before state institutional commitment.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois
Institute For Juvenile Research
State Department of Pubic Welfare
Paul Schroeder
Forestation Proposed At Scott County Farm Bureau Meet
N S Winder of Chicago former executive secretary of the American Farm Bureau federation urged a systematic reforestation program for sub marginal lands to ease the surplus crop problem. He warned waste and fire are reducing the nation's timber resources four times faster than renewal.
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Scott County Farm Bureau
N. S. Winder
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Winder
State takes to Wins construction program tied to Century of Progress
Director Henry J. Kohn of the state department of purchases and construction predicts the state portion of the Takes-towns project will be finished by May 1, 1983 for the Century of Progress exposition. Bids open November 24 and Gov. Hammerson urges rapid contracting to ease unemployment.
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Ienry J1. Kohn
State Department of Purchases and Construction
Louis TL. Hmmerson
Water Division
County Board Lacks Authority to Settle Treasury Losses
Attorney General Oscar F. E. Carlstrom states that a county board cannot compromise with a former county treasurer and bondsmen for less than the full funds tied up by a bank failure. The opinion notes the treasurer’s bond protects the county and partial payments are not allowed if full restitution is required.
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Oscar FE. Carlstrom
Christmas seal drive set to launch on Thanksgiving
W F Shahan executive secretary of the Illinois Tuberculosis Association says the Christmas seal campaign will be formally launched on Thanksgiving Day and will continue anti Christmas efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Shahan
The
Illinois Tuberculosis Association
Gregory VanMeter Named Collector in First District
President Koover appointed Gregory T. VanMeter as collector of internal revenue for the first district of Minors in Chicago. He will fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Myrtle T. Blacklidge.
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Gregory T. VanMeter
Koover
Internal Revenue
Chicago
Mr. VanMeter
Myrtle T. Blacklidge
Highway Police Arrests Since 1930 Chief Moody Reports
State highway police under Chief Walter L Moody have made 29704 arrests since 1930. Local courts assessed fines and costs totaling 415008.14 dollars from those cases. The DUI offense yielded the most fines and costs with 766 arrests and 79010.53 dollars in penalties.
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State
Walter L. Moody
Standardization Committee Meets on Prison Industries Plan
Gov Emmerson appoints a committee that conferred November 3 with Director Rodney Brandon of the state public welfare department. They discussed producing four staple commodities under the prison industries law including auto license tags road signs steel furniture knitted underwear and soap for state and local government use.
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Louis L. Emmerson
Rodney T. Brandon
State Department of Public Welfare
Winois
Whooping cough leads state health report in TI nois
A latest state department of public health bulletin shows whooping cough as the most prevalent epidemic disease in TI nois with about 220 new weekly cases. Pneumonia rises seasonally with around 125 weekly cases, while typhoid declines. Attorney General Oscar E Carlstrom says county boards may choose their own newspaper to publish proceedings without bids.
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State Department of Puble Health
Tinois
Oscar E. Carlstrom
County Board of Supervisors
State conservation chief cites record income from licenses
Ralph E. Bradford, director of the state department of conservation, announced that income in excess of one million dollars was received in the past biennium. He credits the rise to growing popularity of hunting and fishing licenses as he notes annual sport license revenue surpasses $500,000, funding fish and game propagation and protection.
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Ralph E. Bradford
State Department of Conservation
Bradford
Illinois Farm Leaders Meet to Urge Revenue Tactics
About 800 county farm bureau leaders from over 90 Illinois counties met in Springfield to discuss revenue legislation for a special session. They considered easing credit for distressed farmers and lifting farm price levels, especially for corn, and urged taxes on income tobacco and motor trucks or buses. The executive committee proposed an income tax of 1 to 6 percent with a $1,000 exemption for individuals and $2,000 for married couples, plus $200 per dependent under eighteen.
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Illinois Agricultural Association
Illinois
Springfield
Executive Committee
Louis L. Mmmerson
Brave acts earn Carnegie Hero Fund citations for two rescuers
Eugene Robert Oatman a twelve year old Rockford schoolboy is cited for saving a companion from drowning. Oliver Diehl a sixty year old Morrison truckman is cited for saving Tenry B Elmendorf from being killed by a train.
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Iinals
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Eugene Robert Oatman
Rockford
Oliver Diehl
Morrison
Tenry B. Elmendorf
Governor Emmerson Proclaims Armistice Day Observance MWinois
Governor Louis TI Emmerson issues a proclamation urging MWinois citizens to honor World War I dead by observing Armistice Day on November 11. At 11 o clock in the morning all activities cease and people face east in memory. The proclamation also calls for flags to be displayed on all buildings in the state.
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Louis TI. Emmerson
Mwinois
Pugsley Endows Pan American Institute at MacMurray
Ches ter D. Pugsley of Peekskill New York has endowed the MacMurray College Institute on Pan American Affairs for two more years. The third annual institute was held in Jacksonville on October 27, underscoring better US Canada friendship and cooperation.
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United States
Canada
Chester D. Pugsley
Peekskill, N.Y
MacMurray College Institute
Jacksonville
Democrats Capture House Control and Win Governor Seats
In election results Democrats gain a majority in the House with 217 to 215 and pick up governorships in New Jersey with A Harry Moore and Mississippi with Martin Sennett Conner. Republicans win a New Hampshire vacancy later. New York votes on a forest restoration amendment backed by Roosevelt, deflating Smith’s standing. Local Illinois figures discuss presidential prospects as Cermak warns against a dry platform.
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John N. Garner
Texas
Nick Longworth
Michigan
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F. C. Lidred
Joseph W. Fordney
Ohio
J. B. Hollister
Martin Sweeney
Josephy Delaney
New York
Edward L. Stokes
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New Jersey
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William Baird, Jr
Hoover
Moore
Martin Sennett Conner
Mississippi
Ruby Laffoon
Kentucky
William B. Harrison
Louisville
York State
Franklin D. Roosevelt
al Smith
Roosevelt
Smith
Tammany
New York City
Cermak
Chicago
Illinois Democracy
Ritchie
Maryland
Illinois
Alfred KE
James A. Reed
Missouri
Illnois
James Hamlton Lewis
Lewis
Riverdale Ordinance Bars Street Charitable Fundraising
Riverdale Illinois passes an ordinance prohibiting street solicitation of funds for charity or other uses without permission from the President and Board of Trustees. It requires proof and sets a permit process, limits to two days per year, and imposes fines from 100 to 300 dollars for violations.
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Riverdale
Board OF Trustees
George L. Koehler
William J. Claussen
Board of
Japan Presses Into Manchuria as Nations Cling to Evacuation Demand
Adan warns Russia again over troop concentrations on the Manchurian frontier while China reports to the League of Nations that Japan steadily extends its hold in Manchuria. Japan's advance targets the Russian influence zone as battles with Chinese bands continue and towns face bombardment. Izvestia accuses Japanese militarists of inventing Soviet interference to spur imperial powers toward conflict.
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Russia
Manchurian
China
League of Nations
Japan
Manchuria
Moscow
Izvestia
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