John Heinze of Savanna Dies in Illinois Veterans Hospital
John Heinze 46 of Savanna died January 1 at the Veterans Hospital in Hines Illinois after months of illness. A WWI veteran he served with Co 420 Motor Corps Transportation and worked at the Milwaukee railroad rail mill. Funeral services were held in Savanna with American Legion in charge. burial in Savanna Cemetery. He is survived by his widow and parents, three brothers, and a sister.
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John Heinze
Savanna
William Heinze O ‘Homson
Veterans’ Hospital
Hines
Ill
Heinze
Law Funeral
van Bibber-Hansen
American Legion
T. Stewart Cleworth
Savanna Cemetery
William and
Elizabeth Voeckel Heinze
Mt. Carroll Township
U. S. Army
Mt. Carroll
Co. 420 Motor Corps Transportation
Milwaukee Railroad
Chestnut Park
Adam Heinze
Stransdale Farm No. 1
William
Conrad Heinze
Mr. Carroll
Lyle
Anna) Greeley
Thomson
Poultry and Labor Urged for War Era Food Production
A wartime daily urges continuous poultry work to support munitions efforts. It cites lights in hen houses for extended hours, family labor, student help, and 4 H participants, plus notes on scarce supplies and the value of poultry to land productivity and crop yields. The piece ends with a coin autenticity anecdote from a bus conductor.
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Middle West
Wickard
Illinois
Minnesota
Basketball schedule and a chance meeting note
A district basketball schedule lists games from January to February across Chadwick Milledgeville Lanark Shannon Mt Carroll and others. A brief club scene recalls two elderly men reuniting after years and sharing a misheard exchange about a wife’s death with a mix up of hearing.
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Milledgeville
Thomson
Shannon
Mt. Carroll
Lanark
Hanover
Byron
Pearl City
Stockton
Cordova
Orangeville
Savanna
Lena
Polo
Leaf River
Forreston
Homemakers Plan Defense Budget For 1942
The article outlines how families should reallocate 1942 budgets amid war time price rises. It stresses saving, buying defense bonds, and prioritizing food at 31 percent of income while reducing rent to 19 percent and utilities, with practical tips on shopping, storage, cooking, and conserving fuel. It also includes a humor quip about a wealthy father and a political jab.
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H. A. Gossard
Greens Program of Defense
Open Those Garage Doors
Carbon monoxide poisoning is a silent killer in garages and enclosed spaces. The article warns vulnerable groups like service men, auto workers, taxi drivers, and tailors to avoid exposure and ensures proper ventilation, warning that gas has no odor or irritant and can disable a person quickly.
Milledgeville Men Enlist in Army Air Corps
Two Milledgeville youths, Emer. econ A Wenger 21 and Melvin L Rife 19, enlisted in the army air corps per Corp. R A Miller of Freeport Recruiting Office. The enlistments total 48 men through the Freeport office since the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7.
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Milledgeville
Emer.econ A. Wenger
Melvin L. Rife
Army Air Corps
Corp
R. A. Miller
Freeport Corp
Miller
Th Army
Freeport
Pearl Harbor
Dee
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