War Boards Explain Tire Rationing and Farm Aid Measures
The USDA War Boards outline tire and tube allocations for original equipment on many vehicles including farm machinery. They note reforming rules on wheel changes, affidavits from sellers, and the boards' roles across states and counties to support six million farmers. The exchange also covers junk dealers' role, sugar for harvest hands, and crop insurance outreach in Carroll County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usda War Boards
United States Department of Agriculture War Boards
Department of Agriculture
United States
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
United Nations
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Usda Defense Boards
War Boards
AAA Cha
AAA
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Extension Service
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Security Administration
Forest Service
Rural Electrification and
Soil Conservation Service
Plan to build 35 new houses in East Savanna
85 new homes are planned on a 14 acre plot along Superior Street to ease Savanna housing shortages. Harry E. Cohn of Standard Bond and Share Co says FHA loans will allow low down payments and small monthly charges. Officials will address sewerage first before construction. private homes include rental and for sale units with varied prices.
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Savanna
East Savanna
Harry E. Cohn
Standard Bond and Share Company
Superior Street
Dunn Brothers
Chicago Avenue
Cohn
1B Selective Service Calls Expected In County
Local selective service board reports 1-B deferred registrants likely to be inducted next month. Iowa already has some 1-B inductees reporting in August. The measure aims to release fit men for field duty while assigning capable others to desk or support roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Army
Selective Service Board
Iowa
War Department
Benefit Bridge Party Raises 25 Dollars for USO
Approximately 25 was raised for the USO at a benefit bridge party held last Wednesday at Glen Gary Country Club between Mt. Carroll and Savanna. One dollar per person attended and prizes donated by merchants in Mt. Carroll Savanna and Freeport went to high score winners at individual tables including Mrs K W Senneff and many listed residents from Mt. Carroll and Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USC
Glengary Country Club
Mt. Carroll
Savanna
Freeport
K. W. Senneff
Chadwick
Lucille Gray
Jane Miles
Sadie Schmidt
Diane Grove
Echo Rhodes
Mildred Hurley
Grace Squires
Lucille Kensinger
Grace Mershon
R. G. Lambert
Triple A checks on Carroll County farm performance underway
Township Triple-A committees are actively checking farm performance in Carroll County to finalize crop production records. Officials expect results will show high effort despite labor shortages and equipment gaps, with soil fertility boosted by cooperative programs and no letup in conservation as wartime demands persist.
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Carroll County
Triple-A
Illinois service men win right to vote by absentee ballot
Illinois soldiers and sailors serving in the armed forces may vote absentee in the November election without registering under the permanent registration law. They must request an absent voter ballot from their home county clerk, complete, have it certified by a superior officer, and return it by election day November 8.
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Illinois
Edward J. Hughes
Hughes
Army
Navy
Lanark Men Organize Oats Shocking Aid for Farmers
About 25 Lanark business men organized an oats shocking team offering labor at a reasonable price. After work they worked until dark for five nights, aiding about 16 farmers during harvest amid wartime cooperation praised by Carroll county AAA chairman Herman Daehler.
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Lanark
Herman Daehler
Carroll County
AAA
Auto tax stamps inspection shocks Mount Carroll shoppers
Mount Carroll post office reports a rush of automobile use tax stamps as a Bureau of Internal Revenue agent checks cars for the red five dollar stamp. Offenders must sign a verification document and either show the stamp or prove purchase. No penalties yet, but August first enforcement looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carroll
Sara Hartman
Bureau of Internal Revenue
John L. Brearton
Vernon Ackerman
Selective Service Board
Local Marriage Licenses and Court Notes
Over the past week the county clerk issued marriage licenses to Leon Dusa and Virginia Berquist, and Elmer S. Hahne with Mabel V. Turney. Carroll county circuit court sessions paused for heat with a judge expected Wednesday. Sheriff Westfall returns to duty after a Rochester trip. Voter registration lags prompt a house to house canvass planned by county clerk W W R Watson, who has deputized two young women to begin canvassing in several communities to boost registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Dusa
Proving Grounds
Virginia Berquist
Savanna
Elmer S. Hahne
Mabel V. Turney
Carroll County
John Gelwicks
Harry Wheat
W.W. R. Watson
Watson
Carroll
Property Deeds Filed for Various Savanna and Lanark Lots
Glen D Shipton and wife transfer lot 6 block 1 South Savanna to Joe M Hough. Lionel A Salton and wife deed lot 6 block 1 Highland Park Savanna to Arthur Bogue and wife. Dorothy Skaien and husband grant lot 1 block 1 Skaren's Sub Savanna to Elmer C Frederick. George R Morris Ex to Louis H Sprecher Jr deed lots 9 and 10 block 36 Lanark. E Nelson Gsell et al to Albert Johnson and wife warranty deed lots 2 and 8 block 24 Shannon.
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Glen D. Shipton
Joe M. Hough
South Savanna
Lionel A. Salton
Arthur Bogue
Warrenty
Highland Park
Savanna
Dorothy Skaien
Elmer C. Frederick
Skaren
George R. Morris
Louis H.sprecher Jr
Lanark
E. Nelson Gsell
Albert Johnson
Shannon
Public auction of government buildings and land near Savanna
The U S Engineer office Rock Island announces an August 1942 public auction of government owned buildings near Savanna Illinois and land leases in pool 13 Mississippi River. Bids require a $25 good faith deposit and a numbered paddle. Purchasers must move buildings within 120 days. leases start varying dates with minimum annual rent of 15 dollars.
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U. S
Rock Island
Savanna
Illinois
Katherine, George
Antone Anton
Draft Deferment Policy Meeting Set For Aug 7
Carroll and Whiteside counties will send representatives to a Rock Island meeting on August 7 to discuss deferment policies for factory and farm workers. Attendees include Farm Bureau advisors U S Department of Agriculture war boards from seven western Illinois counties and industry reps in the war effort. Speakers include Paul G. Armstrong state director of selective services and Lt Col W A Rodgers state procurement officer. Two sessions are planned with a 4 p.m. auditorium meeting dinner at 6 30 p m and the final conference. All selective service board members government appeal agents and board clerks in the district are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Fort Armstrong
Acute teacher shortage hits Carroll county schools
Carroll county schools face a wartime teacher shortage with about 15 rural schools lacking teachers for the coming year and at least six rural districts planning to close. High schools also lose teachers to war work or military service, while principals seek former teachers with certificates to fill vacancies.
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Carroll County
Lawrence E. Bradl
Brudi
Chestnut Park
Bruch
Chadwick
Savanna Township High School
Tiwo
Pearson
Lanark Youth Charged with Grand Larceny
Ellis Butts age 14 of Lanark is held in Stephenson county jail on grand larceny charges. He allegedly stole a pocketbook containing 21 dollars and papers from the Sam Snitcher barn near Pearl City on July 21. Deputy Ray Mead recovered 16.75 dollars. the youth is said to have spent the rest and discarded birth certificate and driver’s license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Butts
Lanark
Stephenson County
Ray Mead
Freeport
Melvin Bucheneau
Sam Snitcher
Pearl City
Bucheneau
Snitcher
Mead
County gravel road project planned to start soon
County officials announce plans to advertise for bids on the west half of the long awaited gravel road through Fair Haven and parts of York and Wysox townships. Steel shortages delayed prior plans, but culvert adjustments may allow construction this year with possible limited use of existing bridges.
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ASK Bis
Fair Haven
York and
Wysox
8. C. Campbell
Mr. Campbell
State Division of Highways
Campbell
Ration Board Lists July Certificate Recipients in Carroll County
The Carroll county rationing board released names of individuals and firms issued purchase certificates from July 20 to 25. The list covers passenger tubes, implement tires and tubes, truck tires and tubes, passenger and truck retreads, grade two tires, bicycles, obsolete tires, and new automobiles with numerous names and towns across Mt. Carroll Savanna Chadwick Milledgeville Lanark Shannon Thomson Sabula and others.
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Carroll County
John Peterson
Mt. Carroll
A. A. Calkins
Chadwick
Orion Stover
Milledgeville
Fuhremann Canning Co
Maynard Gaul
Walter Gerbrick
Rahn
Rogers
Henry Sorenson
Elmer Zuck
Lanark
Glen Brock
E. R. Irwin
Savanna-Sabula Bridge Co
Savanna
Agnes Myers
Cooperative Creamery
Vaughn Caldwell
Paul Clevidence
Walter Frederick
Arthur Hart
J. W. Erdmier
Ralph Wirtjes
Shannon
Sanford Melvin Johnson
Vaughn Orwell
Cloyd Bennett
Wesley Sisler
Martin Rose
Elmer Adams
E. W. Dyer
Robert Hockman
Walter F. Kness
Rey E. Truckenmiller
Charles O. ‘Truckenmiller
Brice 'Cook
Clarence Wabbena
F. K. Tobey
Ray B. Johnson
Henry Sour
Alvin R. Porter
Thomson
Walter J. Eaton
George Hammerstein
Clifford G Davis
Leonard Hodge
Lee Donegan
Howard R. Metz
Viggo Jensen
Glenn Bickelhaupt
Major Zugschwerdt Honored at Family Gathering
A Sunday evening gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith honored Major Werner H. Zugschwerdt of Edgewood Arsenal Maryland. Attendees included Dudley Plummer and Jeanette Naperville. W E Cardiiff Galva. H E Zugschwerdt. Louis Zugschwerdt. Guy Mackey and Ronnie. Emma Zugschwerdt. Carl Zugschwerdt. F W Zugschwerdt. Arthur Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner H. ‘Zugschwerdt
Edgewood Arsenal
J. Smith
Dudley Plummer
Jeanette
Naperville
W. E. Cardiff
Galva
H. E. Zugschwerdt
Louis Zugschwerdt
Guy Mackey
Ronnie
Emma Zugschwerdt
Carl Zugschwerdt
F. W. Zugschwerdt
Arthur Miller
10th Birthday Celebrated At Wiener Roast In Home
Richard Dambman son of Mr and Mrs George Dambman Jr was guest of honor at a Monday evening wiener roast for his 10th birthday. Attendees included James Quest Ronnie Holmes Larry Gnngy Herbert Senneff Richard Koen ill Lane Frank Lyle Allen Tripp Dwight Dowell Albert Daehler and Emery Wacaser.
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Richard Dambman
George Dambman, Jr
James Quest
Ronnie Holmes
Larry Gnngey
Herbert Senneff
Richard Koen
Lane Frank
Lyle and Allen Tripp
Dwight Dowell
Albert Daehler
Emery Wacaser
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Federal
Crop Insurance Corporation
Daehler
E. Savanna
Edgar Imel
Corp
Morris Mead
Camp Forrest
Tenn
William Imel
Donald
Court House Briefs
Ray Westfall
Rochester, Minn
U.S
Emily Morehead
Louis L
Frances Weinecke
Anna M. Sager
C. W. Nellis
James McGuire
Henry Winkler
Frank Withhart
James Mosher
George E. Rupp
Bessie Rupp
Mary L. Grove
T. W. Ritchie
Harry Hartman
Charles
Carl Hartman
Morrison
Earl Hartman
Joliet
Earl Larson
Sharpe Carroll
Howard
Doc” Kness
Jefferson Warracks, Mo
Doc
Sharpe
Bill Moore
Ideal
Chicago
Franklin Street
Camp Grant
Yokohama
An& Foot Board
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Scott Field
Rusty
Michigan
Tommy
Sam
Ration Board
Major Zugschwerdt
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