Interstates Regulate Truck Hours and Roosevelts Third Term Talk
The Interstate Commerce Commission set Oct 1 as the start of new rules limiting drivers to ten hours per day with eight hours rest and a 60 hour weekly limit. Relief drivers may be used and shared sleeping arrangements may need revision to improve safety. Separate items discuss Douglas Corrigan’s return flight and ongoing speculation about Franklin D. Roosevelts potential third term, noting party opposition and leadership dynamics within the Democratic ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Manhattan
Douglas Corrigan
Walner Knickerbocker
America
New York
Brooklyn
Aviator Burkholder Dies After Spring Green Crash
Jason P. Burkholder 32 managed Savanna and Galena airports and died in a Madison hospital after his Mono coupe crashed at Spring Green while landing after advertising a stunt flight. Accompanying witnesses were George Lanning Jr Joseph Cullen and Kenneth Amos. Burkholder survived a prior minor crash near Savanna. Funeral held in Lanark. survived by wife two daughters and four brothers and a sister.
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Jason P. Burkholder
Savanna
Galena
Madison
Wis
Spring Green
Burkholder
Lanark
George Lanning, Jr
Joseph Cullen
Fulton
Kenneth Amos
Dubuque
Air Mail
Ernest
Earl Burkholder
Mt. Carroll
Glenn Burkholder
Freeport
Ralph Burkholder
Allen Martin F Akron
Lanark Woman Dies From Truck Crash Injuries
Mrs. Annabelle Shilling 36? of Lanark died at St Francis hospital Freeport from injuries suffered July 26 in a rural Ogle county truck auto collision. Dislocated collarbone complications caused death after inquest returned accidental death. She rode with husband Maynard Shilling. collision with Charles Patterson near Forreston intersection. Survived by husband, father Edward Minnier, four brothers Melvin Harry Allen John, and two sisters Alice Addie Minnier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AnnAbelle Shilling
Lanark
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Ogle
Stephenson County
Shillng
Maynard
Charles Patterson
Shilling
Forreston
Forrestton Township
Ogle County
Patterson
Freeport Hospital
Brookville
Maynard Shilling
Lanark Dee
Edward Minnier
Near
Polo
Melvin
Harry Minnier
Milledgeville
Allen and
John Minnier
Near Polo
Alice
Addie Minnier
Fourteen Cited For Lacking 1938 Licenses In Mt Carroll
Fourteen motorists were arrested by state highway police officer James Reardon in Mt Carroll for driving without up to date 1938 license plates. Hearings were held Monday in Justice Frank Schroeppel's office with each fined five dollars plus costs and ordered to purchase a license for their vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reardon
Mt. Carroll
Office of
Justice of the Peace
Frank Schroeppel
Contract Award For 24 Smokeless Magazine Structures
The Permanent Construction Company of Chicago won the bid to build 24 smokeless powder magazines at Savanna Ordnance Depot. The $276,000 project was awarded after bid openings on August 1, with 26 bids reviewed. Work is expected to start within two weeks. Bids for 70 additional magazines of the same type will be opened at the depot today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Permanent Construction Company of
Chicago
Ordnance
Summary of New Vehicle Laws and Financial Responsibility
Secretary of State E J studies issued a pamphlet on new motor vehicle laws covering Drivers License and Financial Responsibility acts. May 1 1939 is the license deadline though Financial Responsibility rules apply now. Drivers must prove ability to pay judgments or surrender registration and plates until proof is provided. Proof may be via insurer certificate surety bond cash deposit or securities. Satisfaction amounts include 5000 for bodily injury or death per person 10000 for two people and 1000 property damage. Applies to license revocations and those with un settled automobile judgments after final judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
E. J
Hughes
Floodlights Tables Added to Old Mill Park Savanna
Savanna park board approved new equipment for Old Mill Park including eight floodlights for the tennis court and ten picnic tables. The eight lights costing about 100 dollars replace suspended lights. four more will be added later. Tables to be built at about seven dollars each. A five year contract with Northwestern Illinois Utilities Co for park electric service at a reduced rate was approved. Expected savings about 30 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savanna
Old Mill Park
Savanna Park Board
Northwestern Illinois Utilities Company
Sheriff Urges Campaign To Eradicate Marijuana In Carroll County
After a Lanark home yielded drying marijuana the sheriff calls farmers to identify and report wild hemp growth. Authorities note widespread weed along Plum River bottoms and roadsides near Mt. Carroll, with recent cases involving a WPA foreman and CCC prisoner. Local residents are asked to destroy and burn any plants found.
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Carroll County
Lanark
Eber Shepherd
Mt. Carroll
Plum River
Elmer Rust
WPA
Rust
Shepherd
CCC
Federal Narcotic Department
Chicago
Sherif
Sheriff's Office
Two Arrested For Failing To Support Family
Elmer Bowers of near Lanark is jailed on a county court charge of refusing and neglecting to provide for his children. State's Attorney John L. Brearton filed the information. bond set at $500. Elmer Rust of Lanark, arrested last Tuesday for a similar charge, was released Friday on his own recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Bowers
Near Lanark
John L. Brearton
Elmer Rust
Lanark
Glen View Hotel Reappointed to New Manager
Mrs. W. M. Thayer of Fort Dodge Iowa assumed management of the Glen View Hotel in Mt. Carroll on Monday. She succeeds George Gibbs who has run the business for several years as the interior undergoes redecorating and new lighting is installed with the exterior to be repainted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Thayer
Fort Dodge
Glen View
Mt. Carroll
George Gibbs
County Deaths John P Hoyer Savanna and John Gunn
John Peter Hoyer 78 died at home in Savanna. Funeral Sunday burial Sabula cemetery. Born in Germany son of Jerry and wife survived by Marie four sons and five daughters plus 26 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Lorena Gunn 73 lifelong Savanna resident died at home Thursday. Funeral Saturday Savanna burial Savanna cemetery. Survived by three sons a brother and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Hoyer
Savanna
John Peter Hoyer
Sabula
Mr. Hoyer
Germany
Jerry Hoyer
Marie
Christian
Bernalillo
N. M
Howard
Simpson
Jerry
Peter
Peter Petersen
Jens Jensen
Jens Schmidt
Alex Lister
Annie Rowbinck
Omaha
Neb
Lorena Gunn
Law Funeral
T. S. Cleworth
Calvin
Nancy Turner
John Gunn
Glenn
Ray
Cecil
Earl Turner
McKenna, Wash
Death of John William Zink at 60 in Savanna home
John William Zink aged 60 died at 3 45 p m Sunday at the home of his daughter Mrs Ruth Stricker in Savanna He was born January 3 1878 in Jo Daviess county to John and Mary Zink Surviving are two daughters Mrs Stricker and Mrs D Shupbach of Peoria and a son Kenneth of Mt Carroll
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William Zink
Ruth Stricker
Savanna
Jo Daviess County
John
Mary Zink
Stricker
D. Shupbach
Peoria
Kenneth
Mt. Carroll
Obituary of Conrad Yost of Fair Haven Township
Conrad Yost 62 longtime Fair Haven resident died at 2 a m Sunday at his Chadwick area home after a brief illness following a stroke on August 1 Funeral rites were conducted Tuesday in Chadwick by Rev J W Bucklin burial in Black Oak cemetery west of town Surviving are two brothers and a sister. Fifty times as many immigrants were admitted to the United States in the year ending June 30 1918 as in that ending June 30 1938
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Yost
Fair Haven Township
Chadwick
J. W. Bucklin
Black Oak
United States
Eight Bids Placed For County Postoffice Site Selections
Postmaster K P Wilkerson in Mt Carroll reports eight bids for sites for the proposed county seat postoffice building. Bids include Squires Hardware Co Main street corner lot 66 by 115% feet priced at 5500 C E Smith Main street property 272 by 66 feet 4500 August F Stenquist Main street two lots totaling 135 by 72 and 135 by 135 feet priced 10000 Myrtle K Colehour Main street 135 by 132 feet priced 1200 E L Kneale Rapp street 98 by 182 feet priced 7500 Marian Jeanette Mershon Clay and Market corner 12000 Glen H Johnson two lots 1000 and 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. P. Wilkerson
Mt. Carroll
Postoffice
Post Office Department
Squires Hardware Co
Main Street
Market Price
C. E. Smith
Clay and
Market Streets
Glen H. Johnson
Release pheasants in Argo vicinity Sunday
Rudolph Holm and Fred Nipe with Bob Hicks and Lauren Mitchell drove to Savanna Sunday after releasing 40 pheasants on several Argo area farms. The ring necks were placed in flocks on the Guinther, Peters, Nipe, Green, Carroll, Kenyon, and Lamb farms with instructions on feeding and shelter. Another 400 pheasants are being cared for at the Savanna Ordnance Depot and will be released countywide later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Holm
Fred Nipe
Bob Hicks
Lauren Mitchell
Savanna
Argo
Paul
Charles Guinther
Fred Peters
James Green
Raymond Carroll
N. R. Kenyon
C. P. Lamb
Savanna Ordnance
Postmaster Receives Eight Bids for New Site
The post office project moves forward as Mr. Carroll notes eight bids on possible locations. A Chicago firm lands a separate Savanna Ordnance Depot contract for constructing new magazines. Local arrests include a Chadwick man after a disturbance. two men jailed for neglecting child support with one released on recognizance. Lanark woman dies from auto truck crash injuries. Savanna airport manager killed in Wisconsin crash. Milledgeville parade prizes allot nearly $200. State motor vehicle law summary issued. drivers warned. Sheriff urges marijuana eradication after finding weed. farmers bring samples. Fourteen motorists fined in county seat for lacking 1938 license plates. new plates required.
Chadwick Man Arrested After Trouble Thursday
Robert Turney, 66, of Chadwick is jailed after failing to post a 2000 peace bond at a Friday morning hearing before County Judge O M Grove. He was arrested by the sheriff for creating a disturbance at his home Thursday night and threatening family and deputies.A group of Chadwick citizens planned to post bond for his release on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Turney
Chadwick
O. M. Grove
Turney
Marriage License Issued to McMillan and Sterling in Saginaw
County Clerk Walter Watson granted a marriage license to Wilson A. McMillan and Marie M. Sterling, both residents of Saginaw Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Watson
Wilson A. McMillan
Marie M. Sterling
Saginaw, Mich
Illinois State Fair Opens Saturday Aug 13 1938 Big Show
The Illinois State Fair opens August 13 with nine days of events. Gov. Henry Horner and state officials promote attendance as the largest agricultural exposition in the United States. Highlights include Circus of Death, WLS Barn Dance, Society Horse Show, and a Sunday motorcycle race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinoisa
United States
FE. E. Irwin
Henry Horner
J. H. Lloyd
State Department of Agriculture
Illinois Symphony
Springfield
Illinois
Jimmie Lynch
WLS
Chicago
Coliseum
Fair Management
A, A
Milledgeville Community Day prize list announced
Nearly 200 dollars in prize money was set for Milledgeville’s Community Day parade to be held September 7 and 8. Prizes cover best floats, children and adult comics, booths, teams, saddle horses, rural and other school floats, largest family, fat and tall persons, ponies, and more with entries including $3 for non winning floats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville Community Day Committee
Milledgeville
George Teets
Ward Deets
A. H. Wagner
Harry Bushman
Asa Kreider
C. Langekaug
Clinton
Band Concert At Fair Haven Friday Night
The Thomson band directed by Miss Beth Hower performs at Fair Haven tomorrow evening August 12. Fair Haven church ladies will sell ice cream cake pie hot dogs hamburgers and coffee at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Haven
Thomson
Beth Hower
Mrs. Sarah Watson Dies at 94 in Carroll County
Mrs. Sarah Watson 94 longtime Carroll county resident died 6 45 am Tuesday at the home of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Hall in Algona where she had been cared for since January. Funeral 2 30 pm Thursday at the home of son Garfield Watson Savanna with burial in Hickory Grove cemetery. She was born July 1 1844 near Wooster Ohio and came to Carroll county as an infant. She married Othe Watson in 1867. he died in 1923. She leaves two sons, Garfield Savanna and Will Estherville, Ia, a brother Samuel Reed Dolliver Ia, many grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a longtime member of the Church of the Brethren in Wacker.
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Sarah Watson
Carroll County
Wilbur Hall
Algona
Church of the Brethren
Lanark
Hickory Grove
Watson
Sarah Reed Watson
William and Mary Reed
Wayne County
Wooster
Mt. Carroll
Missouri
Thomas
Elzina) Rush
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Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Theodore
Fortune
Hoover
Coolidge
Hull
Democratic Party
McNutt
Farley
Jason Burkholder
Satudray
Glen View Hotel
Mrs. Lorena Gunn
John W. Zink
Carroll
Wisconsin
U. S
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