Insect Pests Damage Northern Illinois Corn
W. P. Flint of the Illinois State Natural History Survey reports hundreds of acres in northern Illinois must be replanted due to spring insect damage. Wireworms, corn-seed maggots, and beetles harmed germinating seed, with replanting costing about two dollars per acre. The pests live in soil and are not seedborne.
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Ilinois
W. P. Flint
Illinois State Natural History Survey
College of Agriculture
Flint
Flag salute upheld by Supreme Court in school case
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that school children must salute the American flag if state law requires it. Justice Frankfurter said conscientious scruples do not exempt individuals from general laws and that flag salutes foster unifying sentiment. The ruling supported a Pennsylvania school board's expulsion of two students for refusing to salute.
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United States Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Felix Frankfurter
Carroll farmers may now obtain longer loan terms
Farm Credit Administration in St. Louis says about 301 Carroll county farmers with Commissioner loans may extend amortization. Total outstanding Commissioner loans were about 577,800 and Federal land bank loans about 1,530,750 at the start of 1940. Reamortization has been ongoing through Morrison office under L. M. Knox.
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Commissioner
Carroll County
Farm Credit Administration of
St. Louis
Land Bank Commissioners
Federal Land Bank
National Farm Loan Association
Morrison
L. M. Knox
Federal Land Bank of St. Louis
Washington
A. G. Black
Farm Credit Administration
Black
Marriages and engagements announced in Savanna area notices
The notice lists November 23 1939 nuptials for Miss Juanita Shipley and Kenneth Booth in Muscatine Iowa with reception in Davenport followed by a Savanna home, plus upcoming June 9 1940 wedding for Miss Mildred Eaton and J H Logan, and the marriage of Miss Bertha Cronister to S C Campbell Jr in Tipton Iowa. It also covers Virginia Miller and Homer Switzer’s June 30 Hillsboro Illinois ceremony and Switzer’s Edinburgh Indiana teaching post.
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Bertha Cronister
Walter Cronister
Polo
S. C. Campbell, Jr
S. C. Campbell
Mt. Carroll
Tipton
Thomas Sisler
Virginia Miller
Melville Miller
Hillsboro
Ill
Homer Switzer
Frank Switzer
Presbyterian Church
Miss Miller
University of Illinois
University Library
Bethany Circle Sorority
Kappa Delta Pi
Switzer
York Township
Mr. Carroll High School
University of Illinois, College of Agriculture
Phalanx
Egg Quality and Feed Shortage Risk in Poultry
A reader reports corn shortages and government seals limiting feed in Iowa. A produce man notes cool, damp weather keeps eggs tender but fragile during shipping, and warns that heat will worsen quality. He urges farmers to provide proper feed, cool storage, and frequent collection to keep eggs fresh and fetch higher prices.
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Iowa
Sports course at Shimer to open Monday
Frances Shimer college community sports course opens Monday in Mt. Carroll offering swimming golf and tennis with Miss Mildred Jaynes in charge. A summer session dancing course will be taught by Miss Lita Dickerson of Oregon under President Albin C. Bro.
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Frances Shimer College
Mt. Carroll
Mildred Jaynes
Albin C. Bro
Lita Dickerson
Oregon
Carroll County Shimer Alumnae Elect Officers at Picnic
New officers of the Carroll County Frances Shimer College Alumnae association were named at the annual picnic. Grace Reynolds Squires of Mt. Carroll serves as president with Lulu Arnold Wheeler of Mt. Carroll as vice president, Rose Demon of Mr. Carroll as secretary-treasurer. Board members include Eleanor Hoag Weir, Marjorie Phillips Weidman, Evelyn Spearman Senneff, Marion Tallman, and Mary Long.
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Carroll County
Frances Shimer College
Eleanor Hoag Weir
Marjorie Phillips Weidman
Ma. Carroll
Evelyn Spearman Senneff
Chadwick
Marion Tallman
Lanark
Mary Long
Savanna
Savanna Infant Julie Tusberg Dies at 10 Months
Julie Ann Tusberg ten month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur B Tusberg died at 11 am Monday at their Savanna home. Funeral services were held Saturday at Fuller Funeral Home and St John s Church with Fr E A O brien officiating. Burial followed in Savanna Catholic Cemetery.
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Julie Ann Tusberg
Savanna
Arthur B. Tusberg
Fuller Funeral Home
St. John’s Catholic Church
E. A. O'Brien
Carroll County Farmers Planted 17 650 Seedlings
A total of 17 650 tree seedlings were distributed to Carroll county farmers for reforestation and soil conservation during the 1940 spring planting season. Illinois conservation director Thomas J. Lynch notes statewide 6 148 236 seedlings were distributed to farmers at cost by the Illinois Division of Forestry. Nearby counties totals include Daviess 34 850 Ogle 98 550 Whiteside 17 366 Stephenson 17 750.
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Carroll County
Thomas J. Lynch
Illinois Conservation
Illinois Division of Forestry
Daviess
Ogle
Whiteside
Stephenson
The Manager Forces Playwright to Apologize
In a tense scene a theater manager shoves the author toward the curtain and orders him to apologize on stage. The uproar voices demand the writer face the audience and offer an apology for the play.
Three Carroll County Assessors Complete Tasks and Tax Payments
Three township assessors E B Payne Amsey Resh and Harve Good filed annual books with the county treasurer. Tax payments for the 1939 bill totaled over 27000 dollars on Friday and about half that on Saturday as taxpayers rushed to meet the June 1 deadline. Mail payments continued Monday making total sums uncertain. The county jail held one prisoner alone for a month with a few brief stints by others.
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E. B. Payne
Cherry Grove
Amsey Resh
Lima
Harve Good
Elkhorn Grove
Carroll County
Real Estate Transfers Listed for Lanark Mill Edgeville Savanna
Several property transfers are recorded including Henry Dambman Jr and spouse to Clarence Dambman a warranty deed for lot 10 block 14 Irvin's Add Lanark. Clarence Dambman and spouse to Henry Dambman Jr et al a quit claim for same parcel. Charles H Albers ree to Jerry George et al a quit claim for lot 3 block 3 Mortons Savanna. Alan S Kreider et al to Lawrence Kreider et al warranty for lots 3 and 4 block 1 Walkers Mill edgeville. Philo Dyslin and wife to Robert L Morris et al lot 1 Stover's Lanark. Mae Radke ex to Lloyd Christensen warranty for pt lots 6 and 7 block 53 Savanna.
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Henry Dambman, Jr
Clarence Dambman
Irvin
Walker's
Milledgeville
Philo Dyslin
Robert L. Morris
Stover's
Lanark
Mae Radke
Lloyd Christensen
Savanna
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