Guayule Rubber Project Moves Forward in 1942
The Department of Agriculture reports March 5 1942 Roosevelt signed a measure to boost guayule cultivation for rubber. Funds of 8.835 million dollars authorize expanding to 75 000 acres and test plantings across the Western Hemisphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Brandes
Department of Aj of Rubber Investigations
Agric
Guayule
Roosevelt
United Nations
House Appropriations Committee
California
Hemisphere
United States
Mexico
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Desert
Tropics
New York
Department of Agriculture
Wickard
Connecticut
Tropical
America
Pioneer Member of First Lutheran Church Dead
Charles C. Voss 77 longtime Joliet resident and retired carpenter died this morning at St Josephs hospital after a long illness. Survived by widow two daughters Elsie Greenwood Ruth a son Wilbur a brother William and two grandchildren all of Joliet. Body to Wunderlich Funeral home then church services conducted by Rev John A Goeken noon Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Voss
First Lutheran Church
St. Joseph's Hospital
New Lenox
Joliet
Aubrey Greenwood
Elsie
William R. Jones
Ruth
Wilbur
William
Wunderlich Funeral Home
Taylor Street
John A. Goeken
Public parks and playgrounds critique urges referendum
Opinion questions Joliet park leadership and civic figures for neglecting playgrounds while golf courses remain publicly accessible. Calls for common man representation on the Park Board and support for a park district funding referendum proposed by Mr Mahoney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Park Board
Mons
Mahoney
Retail Sales Rise in Joliet in First Quarter 1942
Charles J. Kellem of the Association of Commerce reports Joliet retail sales rose sharply in the first quarter of 1942, with $8,896,905 in merchandise moved and total expenditures reaching $10,649,605. Bank deposits increased by $1,254,675 as 31 local industrial firms engage in war production. The group allocated $50 to boost monthly public war activity meetings. Two new members joined the association: Joliet Citizens Browsing Co and Stokeley Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
United For Vicetory Committee
Board of Directors
The
Association of Commerce
Joliet Citizens Browsing Company
Edward D. Code
G. P. Goolsby
Marquette Hotel
Stokeley Brothers and Company
Pric
Frank Bray
Will County Rationing Board
Will County
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Shakespeare
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Pflueger
RODS
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Texas
Intercontinental Rubber Co
Gulf States
Midwest
Canadian
Corpus Christi
Tex
San Francisco
St. Julien's
W. Jefferson ST. Joliet, Illinois
Fitzgerald's
Cass
Charles J. Kellem
DR. Macy
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