Traffic Death Toll Drop Across Northern Illinois in 1942
Lower driving speeds due to fuel rationing cut auto fatalities in ten northern Illinois counties. Total deaths fell from 149 in 1941 to 101 in 1942, with Jo Daviess and Ogle counties higher in 1942. Counts by county show Whiteside down from 14 to 9 and McHenry from 18 to 14.
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Illinois
Jo Daviess and
Ogle
Carroll County
Whiteside
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Stephenson
Lee
Winnebago
McHenry
Boone
DeKall
County Taxpayers to Hold Annual Meeting at Courthouse
The Carroll County Taxpayers association will hold its annual meeting in the Mt. Carroll courthouse courtroom on Friday January 22. Vernon Todd of Milledgeville chairs the arrangements with John Shirk Ben Williamson and Charles Harris also on the committee. The meeting is open to all Carroll county citizens with a business session to elect officers for the coming year after the speaking program. PMID
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Carroll County Taxpayers’ Association
Mt. Carroll
Verinon Todd
Milledgeville
Todd
John Shirk
Ben Williamson
Charles Harris
Chadwick
Carroll County
Taxpayers’ Association
John K. Morris
Lanark
Vernon Todd
Paul Palmer
Savanna
Lowell Teeter
Mr. Carroll
84 Local 18 Year Olds Registered for Draft
Carroll county selective service board reports 84 youths reached 18 since July 1 1942 and registered by December 31. Seventy nine reside in the county while five from other communities registered locally due to convenience. State headquarters bans publication of names.
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Office
Carroll County Selective Service Board
Vreaining
State Selective Service Headquarters
Mt Carroll Creamery directors to be elected Saturday
Directors whose terms expire include John Derrer Earl Keim and Charles W Stakemiller at the Mt Carroll cooperative creamery 21st annual meeting Officers include Katie Adams secretary and R F Sailer manager Buttercream and cheese production totals are listed with top producers Dickinson Grove Derrer and Wal coy James among those contributing high butterfat amounts
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Mt Carroll Cooperative Creamery
John Derrer
Earl Keim
Charles W. Stakemiller
Stakemiller
Keim
Derrer
Katie Adams
R. F. Sailer
Dickinson and Grove
Walcoy James
Furlough Ends For Kipnis Son In Mt Carroll Visit
David Kipnis, son of Harry Kipnis of Mt Carroll, arrived for a seven day visit at 1 15 a m Saturday but received a telegram to return to cattle Wash immediately. He left that night. Mr and Mrs G B Lanning expect guests next Sunday Mr and Mrs Donald Miller of Savanna.
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David Kipnis
Harry Kipnis
Mt. Carroll
David
G. B. Lanning
Donald Miller
Savanna
Frank Warfield
Chicago
Joe Kauffman
Columbus Junction
Joe Kauff_man
Savanns
Farm Mobilization Day Proclaimed By President
Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims January 12 1949 as Farm Mobilization Day urging farmers to meet with officials and discuss boosting wartime food production for victory. The message links food to national strength and calls mobilization of agricultural resources for the year ahead.
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United States
United Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States of America
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Marriage Licenses Rise in Carroll County 1942 Records
The Carroll County clerk records show 158 marriage licenses issued in 1942, the highest in years. June led months with 26 licenses, while May and December also saw notable totals. many couples wed outside the county in Missouri where no pre marital tests are required.
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Carroll County
Yhe
Cuar‘yoll
Missouri
AA Instruction Meeting Called For January 14
A Triple-A committee meeting in Carroll county is set for Thursday afternoon January 14. Chairman Herman Dachler announced the session will be at Farm Bureau hall in Mt. Carroll where committeemen will receive final instructions for contracting the 1943 farm program signup and copies of the 1943 farm plan.
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Carroll County
Herman Dachler
Farm Bureau Hall
Mt. Carroll
Delinquent Draft Registrants To Be Rounded Up Soon
Paul G. Armstrong announces a drive to round up delinquent selective service registrants before Feb 1. Delinquents include those who failed to register respond or notify boards or whose cards were misdirected. After Feb 1, local boards will publish suspected delinquent names in newspapers.
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Paul G. Armstrong
U. S
Armstrong
Deaths in Carroll County Emma Massey to Oelwein burial
Obituaries from Savanna and surrounding towns note Emma Massey 82 died Dec 30 at B. J. Harkins home in Savanna due to heart ailment. Funeral held in Savanna, burial in Oelwein. Born 1860 in England, she lived with the Harkins family and later moved to Savanna with them. Also listed are M C Radke 88, Otho Smith 82, Hester Isenberger 89, and Carrie Calkins ???
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Emma Massey
Savanna
Fuller Funeral Home
B. J. Harkins
Oelwein
Massey
England
United States
Harkins
Eides
New York City
M. C. Radke
H. F. Foster Whitney
Savanna Cemetery
Elizabeth Hood
Pennsylvania
Michael C. Radke
John E. Mullen
Kenry C. Radke
Otho Smith
Mt. Carroll
Dee
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Frank
Mt.Carroll
J. A. Foard
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Smith
Carroll ‘County
Walter Smith
Mora, Minn
Lizzie Crippen
Cloyd
Hester Isenberger
Town
John Isenberger
George
Lena
San Jose
Calif
Carrie Calkins
Milledgeville
Carrie Calkling
Rockford
Lola Page
Homer Read
Carl Hendrick
Millbank
S D
Harry Hendrick
Sutherland
William Calkins
New Year Socials Include Local Residents Visited
Marilyn Getz spent New Year’s with her aunt Mrs. Paul Metz. Mrs. Loyal Hart visited recently. New Year’s Eve guests were entertained in the Wallace Williams home.
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Preston Preirie
Marilyn Getz
Paul Metz
Loyal Hart
Wallace Williams
Farm Mobilization Day on Tuesday January 12
Traffic remained hazardous across the area due to mixed snow and ice despite warm days melting most of the snow. A freezing rain coating Sunday night and subsequent light snow kept roads slick as temperatures fell to zero or below Monday into Tuesday.
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Fee
Coal-burning stoves rationed in Carroll County program
Carroll county residents may apply to the Mt. Carroll rationing board for certificates to purchase coal burning stoves or to obtain units beyond repair. The plan lists new oil and coal fired stoves as rationed, while wood burning or used stoves are exempt. Applications for certificates should be made promptly for eligibility and guidance.
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Carroll County
County
WPE
Mt. Carroll
Jurors Granted Extra Gasoline Under OPA Ruling
The Office of Price Administration announced this week that jurors on court duty will receive extra gasoline. Social workers, Selective Service boards, appeal agents and boards may also qualify. Mileage allowances require a judge’s or official’s statement of necessity for jury service and transportation.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Selective Service Boards
OPA
Carroll county families urged to save steel for guns
War Production Board backed plan to substitute one can of fruit or vegetables weekly with home packed produce to save steel for 1741 machine guns. Earl R. French of Atlantic Commission Co. cites average tin can weight and total county savings of 60,951 pounds from 4,996 households. Frank Warfield and Joe Kauffman news items follow.
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Carroll County
War Production Board
Earl R. French
Atlantic Commission Company
French
Plan Countywide Farm Mobilization Day Meetings January 12 1948
Countywide farm mobilization events planned for January 12 across Carroll county towns Chadwick Thorson Milledgeville Lanark Mt Carroll Shannon Savanna with 1 20 p m start and 3 p m speaker segment. Committees named to organize sessions and distribute farm program materials. Meetings set in high school gyms except Carroll at Yarm Bureau hall.
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Carroll County
Chadwick
Thorson
Milledgeville
Lanark
Mt. Carroll
Shannon
Savanna
Bounty Usda War Board
Roosevelt
Guy Mackey
Charles Sucher
Herman Daehler
Thomson
Eugene Murray
Wesley Sack
Harry Gaar
Thomas Kustes
Harvey Marshall
Freeman Law
Clyde Breadwater
Melvin Stengel
Lee Shaver
Henry Rahn
Ralph Schilling
Howard Waeasner
J. W. Erdmier
Bert Wirtjes
Carroll
George Hammond
Henry Miller
W. G. Warnock
Earl Keim
Harry Stanger
Mary Frey
Glen Law
Ed Dauphin
Yarm Bureau
No Oil After Jan 31 Except for Dwellings
Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced fuel oil rationing will end for all non dwelling buildings by January 31. Exemptions require written proof that conversion to coal heat is impossible or arrangements have been made for conversion by a definite date within the current heating season.
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Carroll County
Price
Leon Henderson
OPA
Inspectors Session Planned in Mt Carroll Courthouse
The county inspectors in Car roll county are called to Mt Carroll courthouse next Tuesday night January 12 for a briefing on duties under the rubber conservation program. A state OPA fire inspection official from Rock Island will explain program details. County rationing board chair B L Peck notes the Eastern origin claim and urges inspector aides to attend for direct instruction.
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Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
OPA
Fire Inspection Division
B. L. Peck
Middle West
Rock Island
Social Security Office Extends six Day Week Hours
Rockford Social Security Board field office to stay open until 5 00 p m every Saturday and eight 15 a m to 5 00 p m weekdays six day workweek replaces prior Saturday half holiday. Norman A Buending announces extension to the public.
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Rockford
Social Security Board
Norman A. Buending
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