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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1940
Page
8
Edward G. Robinson leads a rib tickling comedy about underworld power at Carroll Theatre with Ann Sothern Humphrey Bogart Ralph Bellamy Donald Crisp and Allen Jenkins in Brother Orchid based on Richard Connell story.
At Belle Isle Berry and two companions face melodramatic predicaments while Miss Del Rio plays a Russian fugitive former fiancée. The Rialto in Clinton Iowa will show Carolina Moon starring Gene Autry Smiley Burnette June Storey and Mary Lee for six days with Sandy Is a Lady and a cast including Mischa Auer Eugene Pallette Billy Gilbert Edgar Kennedy and Fritz Feld.
Senator Barkley stated that the President has no desire to remain in office or be nominated, and that delegates are free to vote for any candidate. The remark left interpreters uncertain whether Roosevelt will run, as no explicit answer was given.
Mrs. Edward Green of Savanna was elected president of the state auxiliary unit of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. A charter member and former Shaw Leavens post unit president, she has led Blackhawk counties council auxiliary and district six auxiliary, and served as assistant staff officer and junior and senior vice president of the state department.
A 1938 study by the U S Department of Commerce shows Illinois seventh highest in income per capita, including men women and children, with a state average of 599 dollars compared to the national 515 dollars.
Marriage licenses issued by County Clerk Walter Watson to Charles E. Young with Annabelle M. Frazer and to Claude H. Patton with Guinevere Sager, allSavanna residents. Grand jury recalled to finish after a split session. petit jury delayed again. Three divorces granted to Barbara Doll from Joe Doll, Sarah L Cook from Melvin T Cook, and Juanita E Blair from Robert E Blair for cruelty and drunkenness. Louis Mayberry and Dock Davis, CCC enrollees, held on petty larceny charge with $500 bonds. jailed after unable to post. Voided earlier cases involve Charles Randolph and Mary Hartzfield. Jesus Amesquita, Morals charge, held on $1,500 bond. preliminary hearing continued to July 20.
A series of warranty deeds are recorded transferring parcels among residents and organizations in Carroll County. Transactions include Adolph Derrer and wife to Ho ward L Derrer in Cherry Grove. Giovannina Venti to Sam Kampas in Fitch Savanna. Lila Withhart to Roy E Church in Brentwood Savanna. Clarence Fulrath to Robert A Smith in Mt Carroll. Matilda Zugschwerdt to Arthur A Calkins in Chadwick. Carroll Lodge No 50 I C O F to Carroll County Farm Bureau in Mt Carroll. Amy M Kramer to Frank S Hutchison in Elk horn Grove. Virgil Marth to Hazel V Marth in Savanna. Carroll County Farm Bureau to Virgil I Marth in Mt Carroll. Edith Louise Hogan to Leonard I Wierson in Lanark.
The Frances Shimer summer workshop theater presents three one act plays at Mt Carroll Friday July 19. Directed by Lawrence Carra the lineup includes Always Tomorrow by George E Hoffman a No Not the Russians by Osmond Molarsky and A Minuet by Louis N Parker. Miss Lita Dickerson will perform modern dance demonstrations with her workshop group.
A Royal Arcanum Bulletin item recounts a wife and husband debating dog obedience. The wife insists patience will win, recalling initial difficulties with the husband, while the husband doubts success.
The Carroll county CCC enrollment period is extended to July 30 due to an unfilled quota of 17. Arthur Zimmerman, Freeport certification agent, will be at the Savannah commodity food depot Tuesdays 1 to 8 pm for applicants. Seven youths enrolled Wednesday in Savannah and sent to Camp Skokie Valley in Glenview Illinois.
Acting Secretary of War Louis Johnson announced a 212 million dollar Savanna depot program within a 67.5 million dollar army construction plan to begin immediately. Bids for magazines and 16 miles of railroad were led by Manhattan Construction Co and Acme Railroad Construction Co. total track will reach 41 miles. About 1,200 workers are on site, with several hundred more expected after completion.
Police reported four people killed at the scene with deaths by other causes between 11 thirty and two this afternoon involving Mrs Belle as a named person in the incident.
The saying invokes an old Indian parable about cutting and reattaching a blanket to extend its length. It frames daylight saving as an improvised adjustment rather than a true solution.
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