End of Mussolini era prompts rethink of postwar recovery
Babson Park column argues the end of Mussolini’s rule signals a shift toward democracy and relief grounded in what is right. It cautions about postwar inflation, urges boosting small-town industry, and predicts many job gains from reconverted war plants while recommending people return to rural areas after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson Park
Mass
Mussolini
Italy
Morgenthau
Russia
North Africa
Latin America
Denmark
Norway
Holland
Sicily
Henry Ford
Five High School Vacancies Reported in Carroll County
County Superintendent L. E. Brad reports five teaching vacancies remain in Chadwick Thomson Mill Edgeville and Shannon high schools. All city elementary schools are staffed. The notice was released on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Ofchools
L. E
Brad
Tues Wey
Chadwick
Thomson
Milledgeville
Shannon
Savanna Ordnance Depot Switches to Day Shift
Effective Monday, all non essential staff at Savanna Ordnance Depot move to an eight hour daylight shift from 7 30 a m to 4 30 p m with Sunday off. Night shifts discontinued except for specified exceptions. One shift operation aims to boost efficiency and worker welfare. Housing available through Civilian housing project Blackhawk village and Craig Manor with contacts provided.
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Savanna Ordnance d
M. A. Brackett
Farmers to Report Own Performance Under 1943 AAA
Carroll county Triple A committee men plan Aug 19 meeting at Mt. Carroll to outline how farmers must report crop acreages and production practices for the 1943 program. Howard Abbott will provide instructions and farmers are told to prepare accurate figures using maps or other methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triple-A
Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
Howard Abbott
AAA
New Manager Named for Polo Hemp Mill
Harold R. Dynes, who has run the Cuba City Wisconsin hemp mill since last May, was appointed manager of the new Polo hemp mill nearing completion. He learned the business in another Wisconsin mill and comes as hemp farming expands in Ogle and Carroll counties with fields visible along the Milledgeville Polo highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold R. Dynes
Cuba City
Wis
Polo
Dyas
Wisconsin
Ogle County
Carroll County
Stransdale East
Chadwick
Bennett Herd Leads County DHIA in July
Seven registered Brown Swiss cows owned by J. C. Bennett posted the top July record for Carroll county dairy herd association with 41.6 pounds butterfat and 1141 pounds milk. Buford Farms ranked second with 24 Holsteins at 40 fat and 1120 milk. Harry Tallman herd third with 59 fat and 1089 milk. The Carroll and French herd placed fourth with 38.5 fat and 954 milk. Holland and Pratt fifth with 37.5 fat and 780 milk. The Noordhoff and Peck herd topped the month with Young Tough One at 85.2 fat and 2133 milk. Polly followed with 83.8 fat and 1767 milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Bennett
Carroll County Dairy Herd Association
Janet Standish
Buford Farms
Harry Tallman
Carroll and French
Holland and Pratt
Noordhoff and Peck
Polly
Auto Use Tax Stamps Must Be Purchased
Federal investigators will raid Carroll county next week to catch vehicle owners who lack current auto use tax stamps. Deputies will notify noncompliant owners to visit Deputy Collector Snow in Mt. Carroll to buy stamps, with a $25 fine plus stamp cost and Chicago hearing trip for failure to comply. Boats also require stamps and a similar enforcement drive will target watercraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Snow
Mt. Carroll
Chicago
Shannon Feeder Tops Market At Chicago Aug 2
Carroll county cattle were among the top sellers at the Chicago stockyards last week. Harvey Woissner with 31 head of prime Hereford beeves sold at the extreme top of the day’s trade for 16.76 per cwt, averaging 1251 pounds. Hog prices rose to 14.55 per cwt on Tuesday, the highest in two months and the top since June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Chicago Stoel
Harvey Woissner
Chicago
President Of The Savanna Sabula Bridge Co Dies
Oliver Mattison, 64, president of the Savanna Sabula Bridge Co., died Wednesday afternoon Aug 4 in a Minneapolis hospital after six weeks bedfast. He was contracting engineer during the bridge’s construction years ago. Funeral services were held Saturday in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Mattison
Savanna-Sabula Bridge Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Mineapolis
Mattison
Savanna-Sabula
Weddings Swingley Toepfer Tie The Knot In Mt Carroll
Miss Dorothy Swingley and John Toepfer were married at the bride’s home in Mt Carroll with Rev N C Andresen officiating. Attendants included Olive Miller and G E McDaniel. The couple will reside on a farm north of Mt Carroll. A second wedding sees Mildred Kucheman wed Staff Sgt Max Bundy in Amityville New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finlay, O
Ferrin Rural School
Mount Carroll
Toepfer
Mt. Carroll
Kucheman-Bundy
Mildred Kucheman
Kucheman
Rodden
Max Bundy
Roy Bundy
Lanark
Amityville
N. Y
Wayne King Promoted to Major in U S Army
Wayne King, renowned orchestra leader and former Savanna resident, has been advanced to major in the U S Army. He is now stationed in Chicago while his wife and two children spend the summer at the King farm in Lakewood Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne King
Savanna
Major King
Chicago
Childern
King Farm
Lakewood
Wis
N. D. French Named Carroll County War Fund Chairman
Norman D. French of Thomson heads a newly formed Carroll County War Fund organization set up at Savanna to coordinate local welfare national war relief and armed forces drives. W. J. Schreiner Chadwick becomes treasurer and Mrs. Ora Getty Savanna is secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman D. French
Thomson
Carroll County War Fund
Savanna
Ora Getty
W. J. Schreiner
Chadwick
N. D. French
Charles Moon
Milledgeville
Robert L. Morris
Lanark
J. W Erdmier
Shannon
Isadore Saidel
Carroll County
American Red Cross
French
Hotel Glen View
Savanna Pilot Missing in Sicily Fighting
Flight Officer Donald K E Casselberry, 21, of Savanna, is missing in Sicily since July 7. Son of Mr and Mrs Harry Casselberry, telegram from Washington Adjutant General confirms information from a North African air base commander. Born Oct 17 1921, Casselberry trained at Chanute Field and MacDill, earned his wings at Camp Moultrie Ga and left for overseas duty Jan 7 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald KE. Casselberry
Harry Casselberry
Savanna
Sicily
Adjutant General’s Office
Washington
Casselberry
Tunisia
Savanna High School
Army Air Corps
Chanute Field Rantoul
Ill
MacDill Field
Tampa
Fla
Camp Moultry
Urge Custom Slaughterers to Obtain Permits
Charles W. Cosey of the state agriculture department visited Carroll County to urge custom slaughterers to apply for slaughter permits immediately. He will inspect premises and facilities for any butcher granted a permit, noting that early applications avoid delays when operations begin in cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Cosey
Division of Foods and Dairies
State Department of Agriculture
Carroll County
County War Board
Cosey
Permits for Farm Machinery Purchases Issued This Week
The county farm machinery rationing committee issued permits for the week of August 2 to August 7 for various equipment. Names listed include Donald Anderson, Harry Jurgens for tractors plows. Lyle Ashby for tractor cultivators. John Adolph for an electric pump. Earl Randecker, Clifford Dingman, Charles H. Moll for electric pump jacks and motors. Paul Becker and C. P. Bicksler for shallow well pumps. Dave Marcus for an manure spreader. Lawrence F. Miller for a windmill pump. Franklin B. Turner for an electric pump jack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Farm Machinery
Donald Anderson
Harry Jurgens
Lyle Ashby
Tohn Adolph
Earl Randecker
Clifford Dingman
Charles H. Moll
Paul Becker
C. P. Bicksler
Anure
Dave Marcus
Lawrence F. Mill
Fall Scrap Drive Planned After Air Raid Drill
County civilian defense leaders in Savanna reviewed air raid warning tests and plans for a county wide scrap drive in the fall. Co ordinators from five villages attended. Lanark and Shannon were not represented. A county quota of 1500 tons was set. the drive will run in late September or early October.
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Savanna
Carroll County
Lanark
Shannon
Elver Eisseller
Mt. Carroll
L. A. Frank
Eber Shepherd
Ernest Rose
County Victory Garden
Harold Hersey
York Community High School
Thomson
Chadwick
Savanna Youth Arrested on Malicious Mischief Charges
A 14 year old Savanna youth was jailed in Mt. Carroll after being accused of shooting glass from signal lights along Milwaukee railroad right of way. Plus a marriage license issued to Walter W. Gilbert and Mary Sue Lacey. An information charges Cleston Fatke with liquor act violation for distributing to a minor. Real estate transfers list several warranty deeds in Savanna and Thomson, and Mr Carroll with deeds involving York and Salem areas.
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Savanna
Mt. Carroll
Milwaukee Railroad
W. M. Nipe
County
Walter W. Gilbert
Mary Sue Lacey
Thomson
John L. Brearton
Cleston
Catherine Zuck
Vernon Reiling
Salem
May Bell Rouse
Harry E. Cohn
Jurgen P. Jurgensen
Fern Warfield
Ross Williams
Orville E. Handel
Mr. Carroll
Lynn A. Pease
John Hall
Gilbert’s
Home
Hugh R. Miller
Heller’s
George Tripp
Paul Brunner
York
Mental Condition Of Negro Killer Remains Serious
John Collins, a Chicago Negro youth sentenced to die in the electric chair for the March 31 1939 payroll robbery murder near Mt Warden, remains in a catatonic mental state at Menard state penitentiary. State's Attorney Brearton reports a dementia praecox diagnosis. recovery doubtful and if not recovered he will stay at Menard until death. if recovered he faces execution. Collins became insane while awaiting his Joliet penitentiary execution date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Collins
Chicago
Carroll County
Menard State Penitentiary
John L. Brearton
Collins
Paul LaMaster
CCC
Mt. Carroll
C. F. Becker
Brearton
Menard
Joliet Penitentiary
July ADC And Pension Payments Reported for Carroll and Whiteside
Carroll county ADC beneficiaries received 954 and Whiteside county 2755 in July per State Auditor Arthur C. Lueder. Aged pensions totaled 10202 for Carroll and 26102 for Whiteside.
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ADC
Carroll County
Whiteside
Arthur C. Leuder
Caroll
Lueder
Whiteside County
Third War Loan Drive Opens Sept 9
Bulletin No 1 from the Minoia War Finance Committee outlines the Third War Loan Drive starting Sept 9 1943. It details house to house canvassing by volunteers and aims to recruit millions of individual subscribers with securities including Series E F G savings bonds and 2 1 2 percent bonds.
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Minoia War Finance Committee
Chicago
Morwenthau
More Money Promised for Savanna Nurses' Home Project
Mayor Rhene B. Law told the Savanna city council that over $2,000 in extra funds are needed for a new nurses' home at the Savanna city hospital. A partial grant from FWA covers part of the amount. the hospital board will seek the remaining slightly over $600. Also noted were weekend visits by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Scott Iris Miller of Rockford and Al Scott of Cherry Valley to Fred Miller's home.
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Savanna City Hospital
Rhene B. Law
FWA
Ben Scott
Iris Miller
Rockford
al Scott
Cherry Valley
Fred Miller
Miller
Two Clerks of Ration Board Resign Sept. 1
Miss Jeanette Johnson chief clerk and Miss Norma Sehaut clerk of the Carroll county rationing board resign effective September 1. Both plan to enter college this fall. Local board recommends replacements from civil service applicants to the district OPA office, which is expected to announce new appointments soon. Both have served in the ration office for over a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Johnson
Carroll County Rationing Board
Norma Sehaut
OPA
Misa Johnson
Miss Sehaut
County Board Holds Regular August Session in Mt Carroll
Carroll county supervisors met on Tuesday morning for the regular August session. They adopted resolutions discharging the bond of Walter Watson late county clerk and praised his conduct of duties. The board approved various banks as depositories for county funds.
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Carroll
Mt. Carroll
Walter Watson
Iate
Fire damages Green summer kitchen near Argo Fa
Five unknown origin flames damaged a summer kitchen at Cecil J. Green’s home south of Argo-Fa shortly before one in the afternoon. A passing driver raised alarm. neighbors formed a bucket brigade and fire crews from Mt. Carroll halted the blaze. Smoke filled the house. fire mainly scorched kitchen woodwork and soot covered rooms. Cause undetermined. insurance covers the building.
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Cecil J. Green
Argo-Fa
Bone
Topne
Mt. Carroll
Bucket Brigade
Newton farmer dies in RR crossing crash near Clinton Iowa
Jake Bus Rus a 56 year old Newton township farmer living near Erie was killed when his northbound car struck the westbound Chicago and North Western City of Denver train at a crossing in East Clinton Iowa. The coroner's inquest found death due to striking the moving train. Funeral services were held at the Newton Reformed Church. Surviving relatives include two daughters, a son, and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Bus
Newton Township
Erie
North Western
Denver
Clinton
Fulton
Milwaukee
Rus
Chicago and North Western Railway
East
C. M. Frey
Morrison
James McCullough
John PD
Weerdte
Henry Kamphuis
Henry Lomier
Ed Huizenga
William Damhoff
Dave Meinem
Shhe
Iowa
Fullton
Newton Reformed Church
R. H. Ten Haken
Jake Rus
Netherlands
Ella Klimstra
Dave Meinena
Fire
Charles Graham
Albany
Raymond
Ren
Garden Plain
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Babson’ Weekly Report
Babson
England
Hittler
Blackhawk Village
Miss Hayden
Craig Manor
Hanover
Polo Hemp Mill
Bennett
Dhia
U. S. Army
WAR Fund
Cecil Green
Blaze
Franklin B. Turner
Court House News
Martin Mennenga
Thomasborough Tl
Fred Mennengs
Fay and
Ray
Rantoul
Edward ‘Schwitters
Albert Mennega
Lyndon
Charles Gordon
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