Rail stocks in postwar era seen as risky bets
Babson warns wall street may be overoptimistic on rail profits after the war. He cites high prices, future competition from pipelines, shipping, and air travel, plus costly maintenance and rising labor costs. He advises investors to sell now and avoid chasing top prices, noting net earnings may fall despite high gross earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson
Babson Park
Fla
Wall Street
Wall
U. S
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard
Illinois Central
Southern Pacific
Atchinson
Panama Canal
Judge's Son Missing in Action from European War
Carroll County judge O M Grove of Mt Carroll was notified by the war department that his son Robert is missing in action in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
O. M. Grove
Mt. Carroll
War Department
Robert
Europe
Marriage Licenses Issued in County Clerk Office
Marriage licenses issued this week include Paul Fulrath of Lanark and Lois Graff of Freeport. George F. Solt and Florena A Svenksen, both of Clinton, Henry Johnson and Marilyn Woessner, both of Shannon.
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Paul Fulrath
Lanark
Lois Graff
Freeport
George F. Solt
Florena A. Svenksen
Clinton, Ia
Henry Johnson
Marilyn Woessner
Shannon
First 2-C Men Call for Pre Induction Examinations
The first group of Class 2-C farm workers aged 18 to 25 from Carroll County went to an examination center for pre induction physicals under the new order. The process for selecting acceptable men remains uncertain, with boards likely to judge each case to decide farm duty continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Lloyd C. Becker
John R. Hall
Ronald B. Ritenour
Robert C. Williams
Roy J. Handel
Edward W. Hebeler
William F. Kendall
Leo V. McAuliffe
LeRoy W. Patch
Floyd C. Hanabarger
William E. Zugschwerdt
Clarence J. Haring
Clarence J. Boelkens
Donald C. Adolph
Charles J. Tripp
Earl G. Brandenburg
John L. Wabben
Harold H. Edler
Carl J. Handel
Mervin C. Bruns
Charles G. Bower
Roy Kniss
Donald W. Keller
Roy E. Wurster
Ray A. Queckboerner
Reynold F. Shafer
James A. Haas
Delbert V. Curley
Neal E. Maring
Ralph L. Miller
Christian Schnitzler
Seward R. Dykstra
Maurice F. Gunzler
Robert W. Traum
Paul L
Taxpayers Association Meeting Slated for Feb 2
The Carroll county Taxpayers Association will meet Friday February 2 at 730 p m in the Mt Carroll courthouse. Ben Williamson president says officers for the coming year will be elected and economists and residents are invited to hear talks by Henry M Warner and J H Eichelberger before the business session. Current officers include Williamson Palmer Harris and Todd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Taxpayers’ Association
Mt. Carroll
Ben Williamson
Henry M. Warner
Dixon
Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois
J. H. Eichelberger
Mr. Williamson
Paul Palmer
Savanna
Charles Harris
Chadwick
Vernon Todd
Milledgeville
Illinois Civil Service seeks Typists and Stenographers
The Illinois Civil Service Commission announces openings for typists and stenographers, with or without experience, welcoming recent graduates and married women with prior training. Obtain application blanks at Illinois high schools or the Springfield Civil Service Office. Apply by February 10 to sit the exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Civil Service Commission
Illinois
Civil Service Office
Springfield
Morrison Visit Delights Griswolds and Friends
Thomson notes a social visit in Morrison with Mrs. Everett Eslinger and children and Mrs. Katherine Slager. Pvt. William Snyder from Camp Barkeley Texas joined a Saturday evening supper at the N D French home.
WEDDINGS PROMINENT COUPLES MARRY ACROSS IOWA AREA
A string of weddings links McIntyre Derrer Brandt Libberton and other couples in Mt. Carroll Savanna Lanark and Bernard. Gloria McIntyre and Lt Lee Derver wed January 10 at Mt. Carroll First Baptist with attendants Elver Eisfeller. Mary Smith and Pvt William Kampas wed January 6 in Savanna with Anna Vaughess and Thomas Kampas present. Anna Mae Brandt and LaVelle Libberton married January 9 in Mt. Carroll parsonage. Lois Graff and Paul Fulrath renewed vows in Lanark, with reception and family attendance. the bride works in Freeport and the groom is stationed at Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingate Junior College
Busiiness College
Derver
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Veterinary Corps of
Army
Camp van Dorn
Miss
Maquoketa High School
University of
Lois Graff
Lawrence Sorn
Freeport
Paul Fulrath See
E. P. Fulrath
Lanark
H. F. Richards
Mahlon McGowan
Dixon
Margie Snap
Mary Elen Slaght
Hazel Gramley
Rosie Hershburner
Jean Metz
Freeport High School
Crum and Forrester Insurance Co
Burgess Battery Co
U. S. Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Shannon
Carroll
Kenneth Truman
Karan
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Fulrath
Brown family visit and birth name reveal
Mrs Guy Brown and Harriet and Mrs Hattie Brown visited Mrs Ray Rupple Sunday afternoon. The new son of Mr and Mrs Geo Lanning has been named Daniel Anthony.
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Guy Brown
Harriet
Hattie Brown
Ray Rupple
Geo. Lanning
Daniel Anthony
Woman Ends Her Life By Inhaling Gas In Savanna
Mrs. Raymond Carroll, 36, of Savanna, died from self-administered carbon monoxide poisoning after inhaling gas from her oven in the kitchen. An inquest found personal crisis intent. funeral held in Oak Hill cemetery after a service in Mt. Carroll. Surviving are her husband, father Walter Dixon, four sisters, and a brother.
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Raymond Carroll
Savanna
Carroll
Clyde C. Lindeman
Shannon to Host District Cage Meet This Winter
Shannon high school again will host the district basketball tournament. District meets are scheduled for February 2023 with regional opens the following week. Seven top teams are seeded to regionals, the eighth chosen by district competition. The Shannon winner advances to the Mt Carroll regional.
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Shannon High School
Shannon
Mt. Carroll
Marriage Licenses Issued In Carroll County 1944
One hundred twenty three couples obtained licenses to wed from Carroll County Clerk W. M. Nipe in 1944, down from 128 the prior year. November led with 16 licenses. September and December followed with 15 each, and June had 14. Monthly totals show January eight, February nine, March seven, April nine, May ten, July three, August twelve, October five.
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W. M. Nipe
Carroll County
Long List of Deaths in Milledgeville and Surrounding Towns
Harold O. Sarber 50 of Milledgeville found dead at home likely from a heart attack. Funeral at Milledgeville Methodist Church with burial at South Elkhorn cemetery. Born Fairmount 1805, married Annie Stone in 1923, veteran, survivor includes wife and children. Additional obituaries include Charles E. Olmsted 85 Lanark, James McCue 67 Savanna, Arline Martz 18 Shannon, Katherine Ginther 86 Salem Twp, May Collamer 68 Savanna, and John Mertz 83 Lanark with survivors listed.
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Harold O. Sarber
Milledgeville
Paul van Zee
South Elkhorn
Fairmount
Charles
Susan Larber
Annie M. Stone
Freeport
American Legion
Methodist Church
Loyal Shilling
Lois Sarber
Wayne
Shirley Ann Shilling
May Collamer
Savanna
Clare Olney
Savanna Cemetery
Springbrook
William Cornelius
John Mertz
Lanark
Trinity Lutheran Church
William D. West
Mertz
Germany
United States
Elizabeth Roth
Elmer Johnson
Albert
State of
Washington
Publisher's Wife Della Grandon Dies After Surgery
Mrs. Della E. Grandon, wife of Preston F. Grandon publisher of the Sterling Daily Gazette and Daily LaSalle Post-Tribune, died Sunday morning in a LaSalle hospital after ten days following surgery. Funeral rites were held in Peru and services continued in Sterling with burial in Riverside cemetery. Survived by her husband a son Lt. David Preston Grandon a prisoner of war in Germany her mother and three sisters.
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Della E. Grandon
Preston F. Grandon
Sterling Daily Gazette
Daily
LaSalle Post-Tribune
LaSalle
David Preston Grandon
Germany
Carroll Students Represent U of Illinois in Urbana
Carroll county is represented at the University of Illinois by ten students this year, five men and five women, all on the campus at Urbana Champaign. Total enrollment in the university this semester is 8 530, compared to a 14 142 peak in fall 1938.
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Carroll County
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
Adams and Martin Co. Renamed Adams and Martin Store
The Carroll Mount Carroll dry goods store formerly the O. H. Martin Co. becomes Adams and Martin Co. effective immediately. John Adams, manager and principal owner, says no policy change and postwar improvements including expansion are planned. Staff includes Fern Erwin Dorothy Hansen Mabel Merritt Mrs P F Grove and Albert Bingham.
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The
Adams and Martin Co
Adams
Fern Erwin
Dorothy Hansen
Mabel Merritt
P. F. Grove
Albert Bingham
Carroll County Men Reported Missing and Wounded in Action
Three Carroll county men are reported missing in action in Europe with four others wounded. Pfc. Kenneth Troxell and Sgt. Thomas Miles are missing since Dec. 16 in France and Germany respectively. Pvt. Lawrence Green is also missing in Germany. Wounded are Pvt. John Calvert Sgt. Jack Sturtevant Sgt. Clarence Arno and Cpl. Charles McDougall of Savanna. S. Sgt. Kenje Ogata is missing over Hungary. Pvt. John A. Hall is killed in action. Pfc. Robert McCall and Pvt. Frank Brooks are missing. Two Mt. Carroll men in the 106th division are missing after a mid-December battle. two others were alive letters suggest.
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Carroll County
Kenneth Troxell
France
Mary Troxell
Mt. Carroll
Thomas Miles
Germany
War Department
Nathaniel Miles
Lawrence Green
Prince
John A. Hall
John Hall
Savanna
Robert McCall
W. J. McCall
Luxembourg
Frank Brooks
106Th
Plan District Conservation Meet Jan 25
A district meeting for soil and natural resource conservation will be held Thursday January 25 at Oregon. Farm Adviser M. P. Roske says the event opens at 10 am. Farmers and sportsmen clubs are urged to attend to discuss forest reserves and artificial lake construction.
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Oregon
M. P. Roske
Shannon Cagers Defeat Carroll Five 34 to 27
Shannon high school defeated Mt. Carroll 34 to 27 on Shannon’s floor Tuesday night. Shannon reserves won 38-31 in preliminary as Shirk and Henze each scored 12 points for Shannon while Miles of Mt. Carroll had 12. Score by quarters shows Shannon leading early then holding on.
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Shannon High School
Mt. Carroll High
Shannon
Shirk and
Henze
Miles
Mt. Carroll
Farm Loan Meet Set for Carroll County Jan 20
Annual meeting for Carroll county members of the National Farm Loan Association will be held January 20 at Mt. Carroll High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
National Farm Loan Association
Mt. Carroll High School
Army nurse Miriam Pape ranked among finest in England hospital
Former Carroll County nurse Miriam Pape has become a lieutenant in the army nurse corps and is stationed at a hospital in England. Letters from hospital officers praise her outstanding contributions and note promotions likely, as she began her service after resigning from Carroll County duties in 1944.
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Miriam Pape
England
Army Nurse Corps
St. Pape
Dorothy Colliflower
Mt. Carroll
Pape
Reedsburg
Wis
Geo. K. Lewis
Lt. Pape
Edna E. Ross
Miriam
Marcellus Johnson
Carroll County
Cannp McCoy
Texas
Farm Bureau to Hear Vaniman at Carroll County Meeting
Vernon Vaniman, director for the Midwest states Ameri can Farm Bureau federation, will speak at the Carroll County Farm Bureau annual meeting on January 27. Reports from officers and plans for the event will be shared, with Miss Maxine Mielke performing and Law's orchestra providing music during lunch in the Mt Carroll High School gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Vaniman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Carroll County Farm Bureau
M. P. Roske
Maxine Mielke
Law
Mt. Carroll High School
Plan A Dinner For 12th District Legislators In Freeport
A Friday evening dinner in the Grecian room at Hotel Freeport will honor Illinois 12th district lawmakers including Rep Franklin A. Stratsky of Savanna Rep Charles D. Franz of Freeport Rep Marvin F. Burt of Freeport and Sen Edward E. Laughlin of Freeport The Freeport chamber of commerce public affairs committee organizes the event
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Senate and General Assembly
Hotel Freeport
Freeport
Franklin A. Stratsky
Savanna
Charles D. Franz
Marvin F. Burt
Edward E. Laughlin
Freeport Chamber of Commerce
Holstein herd judged by American officials in Brattleboro
Brattleboro Vermont herd owner John R Derrer had his Holstein herd inspected and classified for type by Clair I Miller Medina Ohio one of eight official appointees of the Holstein Friesian Association of America. Two animals were rated very good and ten good plus. The classification supports sire evaluation and brood cow family selection in the herd. Tuesday guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Diehl included Mr and Mrs Fred Diehl Freeport and their son Lt Bruce Diehl on leave from the navy.
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Brattleboro
John R. Derrer
Carroll
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Clair I. Miller
Medina, O
Association
United States
Harry Diehl
Fred Diehl
Freeport
Bruce Diehl
Diehl
Navy
Also Mentioned on This Page
House News
Taxpayer’ Assn
Graff Fulrath
Thomson Briefs
Charles E. Olmsted
Charles FE. Olmsted
St. Francis Hospital
Ldrd
Mr. Olmsted
Masonic Temple
Lodge Brothers
Rockford
James McCue
Law Funeral Home
Arthur Monkman
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. McCue
New York City
Gladys Hatfield
Sidney Bishop
Elgin
Arthur Rodden
Galena
Preston Cottrell
Mt Carroll
Donald
Wheaton
Patrick
Arline Martz
Katherine Ginther
Salem Township
Carl Ginther
Christian Funeral Home
K. K. Olafson
Sterling Gazette
U. of Illinois
Shannon Cagers
Carroll Five
Farm Bureau
Vaniman
J. Derrer
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