Buying Stock Principles from Babson Weekly
Babson outlines investment guidance with emphasis on diversification, debt absence, and ownership by management. He cites rising stock values, inflation risk, and the appeal of peace stocks, natural resources, and long growth groups while urging prudent budgeting, war bond investment, and adequate life insurance.
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Babson
Baltimore
General Electric
Radio Corporation of America
United States
Humble
Ohio Oil
Boost Seen in Carroll County Farm Production for 1943
County AAA chairman Herman Daehler notes responses to the wartime crops appeal are strong. Readiness shows more than 100000 acres of corn and oats projected, with gains also in other crops and livestock excluding sheep, as 1943 plans surpass 1942 figures.
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Carroll County
County Agricultural Association
Herman Daehler
County Aaa
Farrow
Scholarships Offered for Carroll County Students
Lawrence F. Bruch announces three University of Illinois scholarships plus a fourth funded by Franklin P. Stranksy for the county. Exams for the general, agriculture, and home economics scholarships are June 5 in Bruch’s office. Applications for the agriculture and home economics awards must be filed by May 31 through the county farmers’ institute.
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University of Illinois
Carroll County
Lawrence FE. Bruch
Franklin P. Stransky
County Farmers’ Institute
Supt. Bruch
Air Wardens Plan Third Monthly Test April 27
The Civil Defense division of the Illinois State Council of Defense plans a 30 minute mobilization on Tuesday April 27 between 7 and 730 pm. No blackout publics. tests aim to alarm test signals improve communication and practice operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Defense Corps
William F. Waugh
Civil Protection Division
Illinois State Council of Defense
Gov
Green
Waugh
Defense Corps
Council
Local Visits Highlight Prairie Community Notes
Preston Prairie reports visitors from Lanark Esther Merchant of Sterling and Mrs E L Dauphin with Gladys and Betty of Union Grove. Pvt Vernon Gordon from Austin Texas returns home after a 10 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Gordon.
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Roy Knorr
Lanark
Preston
Esther Merchant
Sterling
E. L. Dauphin
Gladys
Betty
Union Grove
Pvt
Vernon Gordon
Austin
Texas
Mrs
Charles Gordon
Weddings Report From Savanna Area Details Several Nuptials
Multiple local weddings are recorded with brides and grooms from Savanna and nearby areas. Dated April events include Jane Davis marrying Cpl. Jene Harris at Colorado Springs and Yvonne Schumacher uniting with Pfe. Raymond Messmer at Mt. Carroll Lutheran church.
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Jane Davis
Harry Davis
Savanna
Cpl
Jene Harris
Camp Carson
Colo
Colorado Springs
Margaret Schener
Lester Shumaker
Savanna High School
10Th General Hospital
Yvonne Virginia Schumacher
Edna Schumacher
Pfe
Raymond D. Messmer
Ernest Smith
Reuben Messmer
Near
Mt. Carroll Lutheran Church
C. Colbeer
Donna Schumacher
Richard Brown
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Barksdale Field
County Bond Quota Set At 610000 for War Drive
Carroll county sets its quota at 610000 for the second war bond drive. County chairman Charles E. Stuart of Mt. Carroll announced the target as the drive opened Monday of this week.
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Carroll County
Charles E. Stuart
Mt. Carroll
Shortage of Single Farm Labor Hits Sterling-Rock Falls Area
The War Manpower Commission and US Employment Service report a shortage of single farm laborers in Lee Whiteside and Carroll counties. Single men with farming experience are urged to return to the plow to aid food production, with 41 openings and only three men available as of April 13. Dairy stock and poultry farms remain well manned.
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Sterling-Rock Falls
Ilinois
F. W. Southwick
Mer
Rock Falls
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service Office
Lee
Whiteside
Carroll
Southwick
United States Employment Service
New Draft Rules Reclassify Men Affected by Order
The new selective service order reclassifies about three to four hundred county men aged 18 to 37, shifting 3-B and 3-A categories. Fathers become 3-C or 2-C depending on farming status, with 2-A or 2-B for essential civilian work, each deferment limited to six months or until replacements arrive. Local boards must complete reclassification by May 1.
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Carroll County
Selective Service
New Order
Carroll County Deaths Report Details Three Local Obituaries
Three notices from Carroll Milledgeville and Shannon report deaths of Shannon native Shannon Redington age 79 at St Francis Freeport three days after a March 1 admission. Services held at St Wendelin in Shannon with burial in church cemetery. Also William A Woessner age 62 of Milledgeville died at home after illness. funeral at Melvin Sterling and West Jordan Lutheran church burial. Nora Crossen age 64 died in Milledgeville at sister’s home with services in Ridgeway Wisconsin. survivors include sisters and brothers.
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Shannon
Thomas Reddington
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Reddington
St. Wendelin’s Catholic Church
Dennis
Mary Reddington
Milledgeville
William A. Woessner
Melvin
Sterling
West Jordan Lutheran Church
P. C. Boysen
Mr. Woessner
Wurtemburg
Germany
Charles
Portsmouth
Helen
Moline
John
Dixon
Matt
Hitterdale
Minn
Barbara Fisch
Jordan Township
Dora Shick
Alva
Okla
Nora Crossen
Smith Sweezy
Ridgeway
Wis
Sweezy
Maurice
Community Church Grounds Clean Up Draws 22 Volunteers
A Saturday afternoon effort at Idea church yard drew 22 men and assisting women to trim and clear large trees, burn brush, and tidy fence rows. Rev Hawbecker of Lanark offered a brief message after a shared lunch, with praise for cooperation and inviting future gatherings. Mr. and Mrs Alvin Hook hosted visiting guests Mr Henry Grimm and wife.
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Ideal
Hawbecker
Lanark
Alvin Hook
Near Milledgeville
Henry ‘Grimm
County Clerk Back at Desk After Hospital Stay
Court House News notes County Clerk W R Watson returned home after a short hospital stay and plans to work part of this week. Taxes for 1942 are progressing well under County Treasurer Frank Ross with possible fund distribution by week end. Sheriff Eber Shepherd and Treasurer Frank Rose attend a county officers meeting in Springfield. Several marriages and warranty deeds were recorded in Savanna and surrounding towns, including Lyman Preston and Theda Zabel and John Wilson with Bernice Greenfield.
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Theda Zabel
Bloomington
Luman W. Preston
Savanna
First Presbyterian Church
Chester M. Irwin
Paul Schuyler
W. R. Watson
Freeport
Frank Ross
Eber D. Shepherd
Frank Rose
Springfield
Lyman W. Preston
Theda Louise Zabel
John W. Wilson
Bernice Greenfield
Chicago
Garrett BE. Reed, Jr
Trenton
N. J
Alva Fitzgerald
Washington, D. C
LeRoy Buss
Shannon
Norma Dohse
Forreston
Farm Machine Permits Issued Here in Carroll County
Carroll county farm machinery rationing committee issued permits to purchase new equipment during April 5 10. Names listed include Milk Gans Edgar H Schoonhaven Joseph Winters Bryant Hays Donald Asay Ernest Tousley Ben Brantner James LeRoy Williamson Paul Busser Victor Buchholz Harold Daehler John Kramer Marie Foltz and son Hesper Schoonhaven E Elliott Marius Olson Donald Asay Lime spreader Siebert Janssen Milk cooling tank Albert Kniss and others.
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Carroll County Farm Machinery Rationing Committee
Milk Gans
Edgar H. Schoonhaven
Joseph Winters
Bryant Hays
Donald Asay
Ernest Tousley
Ben Brantner
James LeRoy Williamson
Paul Busser
Victor Buchholz
Harold Daehler
John Kramer
Marie Foltz
Marie Foltz and Son
Hesper Schoonhaven
E. Elliott
Marius Olson
Siebert Janssen
Albert Kniss
Colder With Light Snow Reported Tuesday Morning
Temperature dipped to the 80 degree mark Tuesday morning as light snow fell briefly. A cold northwest wind drove residents to wear winter coats and keep fires burning. Wednesday morning's temperature hovered about 25 degrees cooler.
District Legion Meets at Mount Carroll Sunday
About 100 Legionnaires gathered with Auxiliary members and guests for the 15th district Legion meeting held Sunday in the Mt. Carroll courthouse. Principal speakers included Chas Edson of Mt. Morris, Lyle K. Snavely of Bloomington, FBI, district Auxiliary director Mrs. Charles Edson, and J. Logan Machen of Savanna. They discussed Poppy Day and urged a broadened program to aid hospitalized veterans and increase poppy sales on national Poppy Day May 29.
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15Th District Legion
Mt. Carroll
Chas, Edson
Mt. Morris
Lyle K. Snavely
Bloomington
FBI
Charles Edson
J. Logan Machen
Savanna
Money Stolen From Savanna Tavern
Funds missing from the Joseph Bunyan tavern in Savanna were reported after an early morning find at 6 am on Wednesday. An employee noted nearly $80 vanished and a $10 bill remained in the cash register.
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Joseph Bunyan
Savanna
War Bond Drive Planned Here At Meeting Friday Eve
Carroll county ration board operates this week without a chairman after B L Peck’s resignation. The post has been vacant since last Saturday and members say none are willing or able to take the job full time. Chief Clerk Jeanette Johnson and three clerks keep office routines, while Ernie Hauth focuses on the firing rationing division.
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Carroll County
B. L. Peck
Ration Board
Jeanette Johnso
Ernie Hauth
Anderson Named Chairman of County Bankers Group
Albert Anderson cashier at Milledgeville State Bank was elected chairman of the Carroll County Bankers Federation at the annual meeting held last Wednesday evening at the Glenview hotel Mt Carroll. He succeeds Fred Rhodes of Mt Carroll with Don Harris named vice chairman and C S Rahn re elected secretary treasurer. The second war loan drive dominated the discussion with Luke Stewart of Freeport present and promising district assistance.
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Albert Anderson
Milledgeville State Bank
Caroll County Bankers Federation
Federation
Glenview Hotel
Mt. Carroll
Anderson
Fred Rhodes
Don Harris
Farmers State Bank of
Chadwick
County Federation
C. S. Rahn
National Bank of Savanna
Luke Stewart
Freeport
13Th
Rural Electric Co op Now Gets Galena Power
The Jo Carroll rural electrification system will receive electricity serving over 600 farmers in Carroll and Jo Daviess counties. Interstate Light and Power provides the power via a Galena hookup, replacing earlier reliance on mobile generators near Elizabeth that struggled with the heavier sustained load and caused shutdowns.
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Rural Electric Co-Op
Galena Power
Carroll and Jo Daviess County
Jo-Carroll
Floyd Ruble
Co-Operative
Interstate Light and Power Company
Galena
Coop
Elizabeth
Ration Notes and Personal Visit Mentioned in Local Dispatch
The item lists expiry dates for Sugar Stamp 12 Coffee Stamp 26 Shoes Stamp 17 and various coupons Gasoline AS B and C Fuel Oil and Blue D E F Canned Goods with valid dates. It also notes required vehicle tires inspections for A B C rations and records Pvt Theodore Ven Huizen of Glenview visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Ven Huizen on Sunday.
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Pvt
Theodore Ven Huizen
Glenview
Fred Ven Huizen
Second War Bond Drive Plans Outlined in York Township
Friday night meeting at York Community high school will outline the second War Bond sales drive for Thomson and York township. N 10 French urges all district school directors to attend to receive instructions and divide campaign tasks for the county quota.
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Thomson
York Township
York Community High School
N. 10
French
Carroll County Bankera Federation
Mt. Carroll
United States Treasury Department
Bond drive pivots to seven security orders in April
This year the bond campaign shifts from pledges to specific orders for government securities. Solicitors will collect amounts and types on order forms with bank withdrawals or checks payable to the bank. Carroll county aims for a $610,000 quota this April inviting strong contributions.
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Carroll County
Mississippi Spring Rise Continues as River Rises
The Mississippi river level keeps climbing with no forecast height. Water covers most of the lowland west of Thomson and touches Savanna near Marquette park. Plum river floods south of Savanna, spreading across farmland while up river reports show ongoing rise. Heavy weekend rains and melting northern snow drive higher levels anticipated this spring.
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Mississippi River
Thomson
Savanna
Marquette Park
Park
Mississippi
Plum River
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Savanna Votes to Increase School Tax Rates
Savanna voters approved higher educational and building tax rates in the city school election. The educational rate passed 114 to 12 and the building rate 96 to 17. Re-elections named C. E. Kinney as board president and L. B. Hussey and J. C. Wittenberger as three year terms.
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Savanna
C. E. Kinney
L. B. Hussey
J. C. Wittenberger
R. G. Fuller
Dan Dauphin
Savanna Township High School
Wayne E. Whisler
Grant Dahl
Fred Hungerford
Chestnut Park
Horace Goss
Leonard Reitz
Carroll County Receives $1942 March Motor Fuel Tax
Carroll county has been allotted 1942 dollars as its share of motor fuel tax receipts for March. Whiteside county is allotted 4383 dollars.
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Carroll
Carroll County
Whiteside County
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Babson’s Weekly Report
Publishers Financial Bureau, Inc
Preston Prairie
Davis-Harris
Schumacher-Messmer
Michael Dunn
Joan Michael
Raymond E Dunn
Marie B. Ily
George Kahl
Ordnance Depot
Leroy
Dunn
Zabel
David Gustafson
Frances Shimer College
Ruth Adele
Edgar J. Johnson
The
Coast Artillery
First Methodist Church
Kankakee
Cpl. Johnson
Edgar T. Johnson
San Francisco
Home Bureau
Kankakee County
Court House News
Alvin L. Edwards
Mary Elizabeth Fulrath
Mr. Carroll
Martha Fehrle
Richard Altensey, Sr
Clarence Doty
Clyde E. Kinney
Walter P. Getz
Glenn J. Buckwalter
Broadmoor
M. Walter
Richard H. Smith
Jenks
Add
Mary Schneider
Esther Robinson
Harry G. Bolinger
Everett Sturtevant
Cherry Grove
District Legion
Mount Carroll
Savanna Tavern
County Bankers
Ration News
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