Finland in Courage Amid Massive Soviet Invasion
Reports from the war front describe Finland resisting air and sea assaults by Soviet forces, with heavy fighting and infliction of damage on the invaders. Despite dire prospects, Finland's government vows to maintain debt payments, while regional politics and upcoming elections loom in the background. News also notes aviation Show coverage, political candidacies, and agricultural concerns shaping the home front.
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Finland
Russia
Ageres
Ger
Fin
Quintets Show Night Action In County High School
Surraly county high school teams had action with Savanna and Mt Morris posting scores. Lanark and Erly Carroll conference teams faced tough outings as Lanark led early before finish. Shinto and Merchan battled with limited scoring. final period left Lanark ahead.
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Surraly County
Savanna
Wedgeville
Lanark Deanon
Mt. Ming Mt. Morris
Erly Carroll
Shannon
Lanark
Tweather and Merchant
Hunt
7,000 Acres Cut From Carroll County Corn Allotment
Carroll County officials announced 1940 corn acreage allotments drop sharply by about 7,060 acres to 60,984 for corn and total soil-depleting acreage down to 98,516 from 106,298. The state average yields and higher conservation payments were cited as partial offsets. Officials planned to finalize individual farm allotments by December for year start.
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Carroll
Illinois
AAA
Fire Destroys Barn Near Mt Carroll Farm
Fire of unknown origin last Thursday night razed a large barn two miles west of Mt Carroll owned by Miss Zella Corbett. Loss near 10000 dollars, partially insured, with cattle, hay, oats, and machinery burned. Eleven cows driven out by Marion Ewald with help from neighbor Robert Ritenour. wind kept flames from the house. Corbett, a Mt Carroll high school math instructor, was away visiting.
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Mt. Carroll
Zella Corbett
Marion Ewald
Savanna
Robert Ritenour
Misa Corbett
Mt. Carrell High School
Robert Carson
Three Carroll Students Take Home Ec Work
Carroll county has three students among 622 young women in professional home economics courses at the University of Illinois College of Agriculture. Dorothy Jean Demaree, Thornton Mary Kathryn Miller, Lanark, and Frances May Roske, Mt Carroll, are named. The group forms a dominant professional unit in the 12,000 plus student body, with teaching at high schools as the most common post graduate path and rising demand in commercial fields.
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Carrol County
University Ofllinois College of Agriculture
Orothy Jean Demaree
Thomton
Mary Kathryn Miller
Lanark
Frances May Roske
Mt Carroll
Lita Bane
Home Ec
Farm Bureau Nominates New Directors in Carroll County
Township Farm Bureau meetings began as members in Shannon and Cherry Grove townships gathered to nominate directors for the coming year. Meetings start at 7 30 p m with further sessions scheduled for December 8 at Savanna and Washington Young's Hall, December 11 at D C hall east of Lana ark, December 13 at Mt Carroll Woodlawi Salem and Freedom townships Mt Carroll Community house, and December 14 at Argo Fauchursh for York and Fairy Haven townships.
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Carroll County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Shannon
Cherry Grove
Savanna
Washington
Young's Hall
Rock Creek
Lima
D. C
Lanaark
Mt. Carroll
Woodlawi
Salem
Freedom
Mt. Carroll Community House
York
Fairy Haven
Wysox
H. Goble
Moss
Warehime
Ed Kenn
Leroy Kahn
Green Law
Lawrence Miller
Nina Kenyon
Sylvester Alden
Tiny Lichty
Elkhorn Grove
Grace Woodin
Russell Stoner
Fair
Woodland
Deaths in County Honor Local Notables Obituaries
Funeral notices from Mt Carroll Savanna Lanark and Savanna detail the deaths of Adolph Fuller 77 of Mt Carroll Angehör, Daisy Barnes 62 of Mt Carroll, Harold F Peterson 46 a Savanna veteran, Leo Helbling 79 of Savanna, Leslie Guenzler 27 of Lanark and Mrs William H Dahl with services in Fuller funeral home Savanna Oak Hill cemetery and Savanna city cemetery. Surviving family members listed include spouses children siblings and grandchildren. Burial sites include Oak Hill and Savanna cemeteries with Rev. James A Ford Rev A Blomberg and Rev T Stuart Cleworth officiating.
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Adolph Fuller
Mt. Carroll
Mr. Carroll
Tam
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Christian Funeral Home
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Puller
Germany
Stephen
Barbara Fuller
Bessie
Garning
Daisy Barnes
Daisy Elizabeth McEwen Barnes
Frank Bros
James A. Ford
Ola
Perry
Missouri
Harold Peterson
Savanna
Harold F. Peterson
Hines Veterans' Hospital
A. Blomberg
Savanna Cemetery
Andrew Peterson
Milwaukee Railroad
Thomas Griffin
David Brading
Chiago
Leo Helbling Savanne
Leo Helbling
Catherine Prufer
Washington
Joseph
Mazelle Helbling
Robert Gilman
Violet Nehrkorn
William H. Debt
William H. Dahl
Fuller Funeral Home
T. Stuart Cleworth
City
William Dahl
Grant
Mrs. Elder
Milwaukee
Keith [Dahl
Texas A. and
M. College
Janet Elder
Misa Clara Stanton
Mim Jossie
Stanton
Grant Stanton
Minnes
Rural Red Cross drive raises 116.06 in Carroll townships
Carroll county townships contributed a total of 116.06 to the Red Cross in its first rural call drive. The report by Mrs. W. H. Taylor lists township chairmen and amounts raised, noting chairs secured in most townships and several small or anonymous gifts.
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Carroll County
W. H. Taylor
Chadwick
Red Cross
Geiseman Found Insane by Carroll Jury
William Geiseman 61 a Shannon farmer accused of attempting to shoot his son on Oct 31 was found insane by a Carroll county circuit court jury and will be committed to a state institution. He cannot be tried unless sanity returns. The verdict came after he sought to present evidence on a forgery charge. Jurors included George L. Cambman and Gladys Schneider. Judge Leon A. Zick presided.
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William Geiseman
Shannon Farmer
Theight
Carroll County Circuit
Goiseman
Milledgeville
Geiseman
Carroll
Petit
George L. Cambman
J. L. Hartwick
Gladys Schneider
Ione Wenzel
Annette Isenberger
Mae Mutchmore
Chas. Conley
Elsie B. Ritenour
Pherns Dreshach
Robert L. Davis
John Miller, Jr
Earl Wilkin
Leon A. Zick
Shinner Plans for Mid Year Graduates
Mid year high school graduates from twelve midwestern cities will form an experimental group at Fras tes Shiner Junior college Mt. Car vol when the second semester opens June 50, 1940. President Albin C. Bro announces special classes in English biology and possibly language or art to gain a year’s credit in bus semester. The plan aims to have students graduate in three and a half years through extra hours and summer study. Cities include Rockford Moline Peoria Chicago Des Moines Milwaukee Minneapolis and others, with some smaller cities added. The college will work with superintendents and deans to form a nucleus group of outstanding students. Next year admission will open to average students on the same basis. The plan offers social integration and more frequent classes to speed graduation.
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Frastes Shiner Junior College
Mt. Carvol
Albin C. Bro
Rockford
Moline
Heck Island
Peoria
Chicago
Mad Lgon
Davenport
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Bro
Lune
No Auto Deaths in Carroll County for November
No automobile fatalities were reported in Carroll County for November, leaving the year’s total at four. Also clear were Whiteside Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties. The four Carroll deaths include Ralph Feimbaugh Chadwick killed Feb 28 from crash injuries, John Tempel Shannon whose car left the highway near Mt Carroll and rolled, Max Emery Savanna killed Oct 7 when his car ran off north of Thomson, and F. Koser Savanna killed Oct 14 when struck by a truck at the Savanna ordnance depot.
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Carroll County
Ilinois
Whiteside
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Ralph Feimbaugh
Chadwick
John Tempel
Jshannon
Savanna Couple Wed Saturday in Clinton Iowa
Miss Gladys Kane and Keith Wheldon, both of Savanna, were united in marriage Saturday morning in Clinton Iowa. Attendants were Miss Loig Wheldon and Wayne Hartney. After a short wedding trip they’ll live with the bride’s mother in Savanna. The bride, daughter of Mrs Catharine Wurster, is a Savanna High School graduate and worked at Marth’s store. The groom, son of Mrs Cars Wheldon, is a Say pans High School graduate and works as machinist helper at the M railway roundhouse in Savane.
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Gladys Kane
Keith Wheldon
Savanna
Clinton
Iowa
Loig Wheldon
Wayne Hartney
Catharine Wurster
Savanna High School
Marth’s
Cars Wheldon
Saypans High School
M1 Railroad
Savane
State association lists sites dates for tournaments
Total assessed valuation of railroad property in Carrot county for 1939 is $3,289,176, according to figures received from the state tax commission by the county clerk. This is a decrease of $227,417 from the 1948 total of $3,466,593. The C. B. & Ry. has an assessment of $1,320,525 for 1939 as compared to $1,425,557 in 1935. The Milwaukee has a valuation of $1,918,651 for 1939, as compared to $2,041,096 in 1938.
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Carrot County
State Tax Commission
Milwaukee
Regional basketball finals set for Feb 28 in Mt Carroll gym
The Illinois High School Athletic Association announced regional dates and sites for the season. Districts run Feb 21 to 24, regionals Feb 28 to March 2, sectionals March 6 to 9. Mt Carroll hosts a regional with nearby times in Freeport Dixon Rock Island and Rockford area.
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Mt. Carroll High School
Gymnasiium
Ilinois High School Athletic Association
Freeport
Oregon
Dixon
Rock Island
Rockord
Moline
Kewanee
Miamis
Court House News Summary of County Court Actions
No marriage licenses issued in the county during the first five days. Supervisors plan the December county board meeting in Mt Carroll on Tuesday, December 12. A circuit court jury heard the case of R. G. Fuller vs Berths Hitzfield. the trial paused for a motion, then jurors were excused. Richard Hanna, 15, Milledgeville, pleaded guilty to forgery and was sentenced to one to 20 years in Joliet prison. he forged his father’s name on a $5 check cashed at a Mr. Carroll restaurant and had prior probation for attempted burglary. A will contest filed in Mt Carroll Circuit Court seeks to set aside Sherman Carter’s will, claiming lack of sound mind and undue influence by Minnie Carter. estate to be distributed per law. Real estate transfers include Otto H. Bruhn to Rose Willetts. Carl J. Frahm to Roy Neuschwanger. Wm. W. Hartman to Lewis Hartman. John A. Thompson to Joseph M. Taylor as receiver.
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KR. G. Fuller
Berths Hitzfield
F. J. Stransky
Lawrence A. Smith
Richard Hanna
Milledgesville
Carroll County
Leon A. Zick
Joliet State Prison
Carroll
Hanne
Milledgeville
Mt Cartor
Sherman Carter
Freedom Township
Jeanette Carter
Alge
Minnie Carter
Carter
Otto H. Bruhn
Rose Willetts
York
Savanna S. B. & L. A
William Johnson
Savanna
Carl J. Frahm
Roy J Neuschwanger
Mr. Carroll
Wm. W. Hartman
Lewis Hartman
Salem
John A. Thompson
Josseph M. Taylor
Carroll 4 H Boys Earn Place at Big Stock Show
Leland Zier of Lanark 4 H club placed 22nd in the junior class for Hereford steers under 1,150 pounds at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. Leonard Dauphin of Savanna took 14th in the same division. Announced Monday. Mrs T S Bolton of Forreston attended Sunday afternoon services with Rev and Mrs. sent.
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Leland Zier
Lanark
Chicago
Leonard Dauphin
Savanna
T. S. Bolton
Forreston
Mra
Organize for Prevention of Rural Fires
An executive committee of 16 from York Salem Mt Carroll Freedom and Woodland townships was elected at Mt Carroll courthouse to advance plans for a rural fire protection organization. The group will form a board of directors and pursue either a tax supported district or a volunteer model. 41 memberships have been paid at 15 dollars each and about 40 more are pledged.
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York
Salem
Mt. Carroll
Freedom
Woodland
Volunter
Charles Sack
Conrad Heinze
Ben Williamson
Charles Kingery
Robert Carson
R.& BR
Boyd
Dwight Speaman
Wardles Kensler
John Richter
D. C. Weidmen
H. P. Hostetter
Adolph Bares
Robert Williamson
Henryer
R. E. Boyd
Old Shipping Association
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