Babson's Forecast on Germany and Japan
Babson in June 1945 column cites his December 1944 forecast that Germany would collapse before spring 1945 and Japan would fall within a year after Germany. He argues Japanese resilience, outlines why Germany’s plan failed, and predicts a swift end to the global war with light casualties and a rebounding economy. He also notes Stalin could become a key ally then potentially weaken after his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Babson
Germany
Babson Park
Mass
Stalin
Pacific
Washington
Shanghai
China
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Thailand
Indo-China
Burma
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Europe
Russia
Joseph Stalin
British
Mayor of Savanna Ousted in Court Ruling
Judge George C. Dixon of Carroll County Circuit Court voided the Mayoral election of Rhone B. Law in Savanna and declared I R Sanberg elected. Sanberg may assume office after oath and bond. A further petition impounded ballots and records in custody of the circuit clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhone B. Law
Savanna
George C. Dixon
Carroll County
I .R. Sanberg
Law
Savanna City
Dixon
Sanberg
F. J. Stransky
Lawrence A. Smith
Injunction Sought Against County Locker Plants
Federal action filed by the OPA in U S district courts seeks permanent injunctions against six Illinois and one Iowa locker plant operators for not grading or marking meat and for breaking carcasses into cuts. Carroll county plants named include William Hummel Milledgeville Charles Hartman and son Locker Service Chadwick and A G Adams Shannon Locker Service Shannon. Sunday visitors to Edward French home were Mr and Mrs Claude Grim and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
U. S
Illinois
Iowa
Quad-Cities
Carroll County
William Hummel
Milledgeville
Charles and
Albert Hartman
Charles Hartman
Supervisors OK Dance Hall Licenses in County
Carroll county supervisors in regular session approved a dance hall license for Frank D. Miles of Savanna with a $25 fee and restricted licenses within 20 miles of Niles. They also set precinct voting places at Elni Building and Milledgeville city hall and reviewed semi annual reports and county finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Wysox Township
Wysox
Elni
Milledgeville City Hall
M. B. Coker
War Department Chaplain Program to Speak to Local Groups
The Meet the Chaplain program explains how military religious and welfare services aid personnel and families. Chaplain Hanshen from the Savanna ordnance depot will speak to organizations within 50 miles, with contact details via the Public Relations Officer. Harold Libberton has moved from Chana to Mt. Carroll route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Hanshen
Harold Libberton
Chana, Ill
Mt. Carroll
Route 1
Savanna Woman Dies of Self Inflicted Wound
Mrs Clarence Taylor 36 died at her Savanna home from a bullet wound after being found unconscious by her 12 year old daughter. A coroner's inquest ruled death by own action while despondent. Born Mildred Krafft in Savanna in 1909 she married Clarence Taylor 14 years ago and is survived by her husband a daughter her mother a brother Carl Krafft and three sisters all of Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Taylor
Savanna
Mildred Krafft
Fred
Pauline Notz Krafft
Barbara
Carl Krafft
Rudy Brock
James Brown
Fred Dauphin Jr
Obituary notices for Latham and Neuschwanger of Savanna area
Boyd W. Latham 54 of Savanna died in East Moline June 7 after a long illness. Employed by the Milwaukee railroad over 30 years, he is survived by his widow and a Chicago brother. Funeral from Fuller Mortuary Sunday with burial in Savanna Cemetery. Erve Neuschwanger 47 of Mt. Carroll died June 8 in St. Francis hospital Freeport from phenol barbitol overdose. Funeral at Mt. Carroll Monday with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. he leaves a widow Ther Esther Smith, two sons, two daughters, and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd W. Latham
Savanna
East Moline
Milwaukee Railroad
Fuller Funeral Home
Clare Olney
Savanna Cemetery
Boyd Wesley Latham
Clarence
Hattie Latham
Chicago
Hattie Lundeen
Davis Junction
Merriell
Erve Neuschwanger
Mt. Carroll
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Neuschwanger
Frank
Stanley A. Birdsall
Oak Hill Cemetery
Christian
Mathilda Neuschwanger
Esther Smith
Harry
Glenn
Kenneth Kosher
Lanark
Doris
Hattie Fulrath
John Jones
Mr. Carroll
Edith Robbe
Hugo Kholbry
George Mitchell
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles
Ward
Earl
Roy
Obituaries and memorial notices from Savanna area
The list records multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Savanna area. Harvey Hepner 73, retired Lanark farmer, died in St Francis hospital Freeport. service at Frank Funeral Home Lanark with burial in Lanark cemetery. Samuel Haas 49 died Lena hospital and Good Hope Lutheran burial. Harriet Chamberlain 72 Savanna native died Mercy hospital Clinton with Clinton church service. Mabel Stumphy of Minneapolis becomes a Thomson Review subscriber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Hepner
Lanark
St. Francis Hospital
Freeport
Frank
Lanark Cemetery
Mr. Hepner
Uniontown
Isaac
Malinda Hepner
Illinois
Brookville
Rose Rister
Lewis Stover
Minta Percell
Oklahoma City
Okla
Aaron Paul
Rockford
Robert Peters
Roscoe
Mont
California
Samuel Haas
Savanna
Zion
Lena Hospital
Good Hope Lutheran Church
William Meinen
Good Hope Cemetery
Ethel Clay
Carroll County
Milton and
Estella Clay
Wallace
James
Lloyd
Joseph Dunn
Raymond Jacoby
West Leesport
Wells Clay
Mount Clemens, Mich
Reuben Clay
Harriet Chamberlain
Mercy Hospital
Clinton
St. John’s Catholic Cemetery
Mabel Stumphy
Minneapolis, Minn
Thomson Review
Issue Coupons For 110000 Lbs Sugar By Carroll County Board
More than 110000 pounds of canning sugar coupons were issued in one day by the Carroll county rationing board on Wednesday. Board clerks were aided by 19 volunteers who helped mail 4000 pieces from the office in a single day. Names of volunteers include Mil dred Jaynes Viola Frederick Hazel Smith Agnes Clancy Eudora Shep herd Agnes Rogers Joyce Johnson Doris Schneider Kathleen McCray Mrs Mildred Harrison Mrs Izetta Robbe Mrs Kenneth Tenley Mrs Ross Williams Marijane Berkstresser Mrs Helen Robbe Mrs Margaret Ross Irene Emery Frances Asay Florence Beyer. Some errors occurred in handling the large volume but were being corrected as soon as found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Kenneth Tenley
Ross Williams
Marijane Berkstresser
Helen Robbe
Margaret Ross
Irene Emery
Frances Asay
Florence Beyer
Auto collision injures Brookville area residents Sunday
Mrs Emmett Zumdahl and her mother Mrs S S Harter were injured when her car collided with Paul Wilsons vehicle west of Brookville. Stevie Zumdahl suffered bruises. Wilsons suffered a knee cap fracture and a broken arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Zumdahl
S. S. Harter
Brookville
Paul Wilson
Polo
Wilson
Zimdahl Tar Po
Zimdahl
Judicial election expenses in Carroll County reported
The Carroll County board was informed that the cost per vote for the June 4 judicial election was about 3.65 dollars. Total election expenses amounted to 1621.88 dollars with 444 ballots cast. Printing 327, other supplies 338.68, judges and clerks 600, polling place rental and booth care 150, and judges payments 200 for notices and returns across 20 precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Auto Use Tax Stamps On Sale At Postoffice
Federal auto use tax stamps are on sale at all post offices with a deadline of July 1. Priced at $5 each, these stamps cover July 1, 1945 to June 30, 1946 and must be displayed on every vehicle’s windshield. The 1945–46 stamps are green and measure about 1.5 by 2 inches.
Auditor Reports May Pension Payments by County
State Auditor Arthur C. Lueder announced May pension payments under the aid to dependent children program. Carroll county issued 8,096 to 273 old age pension recipients and 1,075 to 56 dependent children. Whiteside county paid 21,617 to 698 older residents and 3,786 to 185 dependent children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Whiteside County
Arthur C. Lueder
Lueder
Whiteside
Sergeant Langdoc Leads Overseas Agriculture Class
Former Erie high school agriculture teacher Wesley Langdoc conducts a weekly overseas class for 50 servicemen at the Red Cross station in Naples Italy. The accolade appears in The Furrow May–June issue, a national farm publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley W. Langdoc
Erie High School
Red Cross
Naples
Italy
the Furrow
John Deere
Moline
Ill
Langdoc
Albert, Miller
Wilbert. Miller
Griesinger Phillips Wedding in Dubuque Church
Betty Jane Griesinger daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Griesinger of Dubuque Iowa wed Leighton Phillips V2c son of Mrs K K Olafson Mt Carroll at St John s Lutheran in Dubuque The Rev K K Olafson and Rev Wilford Sandrock officiated Ushers included Allan C Chandler and Ja Griesinger The bride who graduated from Mt Carroll high school is stationed in Washington DC as Yeoman Phillips recently served 22 months in the South Pacific and is home on leave The couple plan Washington and Chicago reassignment news follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Jane Griesinger
Sie
Edwin Gressinger
Dubuque
Iowa
Leighton Phillips
K. K. Olafson
Mt. Carroll
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Wiford Sandrock
Lois B. G
Allan C. Chandler
Bride
Ja Griesinger
Washington, D. C
Yeoman Phillips
Mt. Carroll High School
South Pacific
Business College
Rockford
Hattie Bowman
Savanna
John Freeman
Ralph
Milledgeville
Harold A. Hartman
Freeport
H. P. Hostetter Jr
William Co. Linker
Chadwick
Doris
LeRoy Mathew
Morrison
Wedding Bells Link Morrison To Mt Carroll Couples
Louise Campbell of Morrison wed Willard Nycum of Mt Carroll at Mt Carroll Lutheran Church in a single ring ceremony. Music included Karl Bohms Calm as the Night and O Perfect Love. The reception followed for the bridal party and out of town guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Campbell
Morrison
Willard Nyerim
Mt. Carroll
Mt. Carroll Lutheran Church
Edna Mathew
K. K. Alafson
Mt. Carroll Church
Frank Shuman
Qarl Bohms
Annie Towert
John Derrer Jr
Harold Hartman
Freeport
Lois Zuck
Lanark
Mary Wyman
Weekend Visitors Stop by Local Homes
Thomson brief notes weekend callers visiting area homes. Francis Sheridan of East Moline visited Lynn Curley, while Lester Grim of Clinton, Iowa, and his wife called on Claude Grim on Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Curley
Francis Sheridan
East Moline
Lester Grim
Clinton, Ia
Claude Grim
Legion Auxiliar Elects Officers at Polo Meeting
Mrs Irma Dixon was elected director of the 5th district region auxiliary at a Polo meeting. Mrs Charles Moon of Seville and Mrs Ray Westfall of Iina were named alternate directors. New officers will be installed next October.
Press Group Meets in Dixon Friday
Illinois Press Association members attend a regional meeting at the Loveland Community Building in Dixon on Friday June 15. Registration at 9 am, meeting to order at 9 30 by president S J Porter Chatsworth Plaindealer. Tours of Dixon Evening Telegraph plant and Walgreen estate after sessions. Dinner at 6 30 with a talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Press Association
Loveland
Dix
S. J. Porterfield
Chatsworth Plaindealer
Dixon Evening Telegraph
Walgreen
June Court Term Opens on Monday in Carroll County
The June term of circuit court in Carroll County opens Monday June 18 with Judge Leon A. Zick presiding. Docket calls at 10 a.m. and trial dates will be set then. Grand jury reports at 10 a.m. Read includes four new common law and seven chancery cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Leon A. Zick
Zick
Chester Cramer
Bessie R. Mest
Bertha V
Irvine B. Lego
A. L. Boothby
Laura Geisenger
J. C. Brandt
the Commercial Service Co
Clinton
Harold Holm
Daniel Burns
Transcript
Albert E. Falls
Mary E. Falls
Kathryn Lartz
Equity
Meredity Conley
Vernon Conley
Harry H. Over
Ernest J. Miller
Mose Dillon
Pearle Dillon
W. F. Holmes
A. C. Katzenberger
J. G. Short
Laura Stiles
Et al
Annabelle Young
Charles Young, Jr
German War Prisoners to Aid Lanark Harvest
About 875 German prisoners from Camp Grant will work in Lanark Illinois food processing and later assist in corn harvest. Capt. Wm C Mueller heads the Lanark branch camp with 45 enlisted and officers. Prisoners housed in guarded tents, paid 80 cents a day in coupons, and fed low ration value foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Lanark
Illinois
Forrest W. Edwards
Fuhremann Canning Company
Wm. C. Mueller
Africa
Italy
Col. Edwards
Farm Bureau
State Department of Agriculture
U. S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
Treasury
U. S
Appoint Election Officials by County Board
County board of supervisors appointed election judges and clerks for the coming year after party caucuses. Republicans will hold a majority in most precincts, with Savanna No. 3 remaining Democratic. list includes locations such as Washington Woodland Freedom Cherry Grove and others with named officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Supervisors
Savanna
Republicownship
Washington
Arther Engelking
Joher
Kenneth Nesbitt
Woodland
Robert C. Carson
Roy Williamson
Donald L. Hall
Charles Sisler
Freedom
Ward R. Fritz
John Zillhart
Freeman H. Law
Bert Yochem
Cherry Grove
Russell R. Rahn
Chas Zuck
Chas Cheeseman
Anna Truckenmiller
Shannon
Neenah Osborn
Minnie Nichol
Dudley Winters
June Byers
Lima
Ethel Carbaugh
Emerson
Edith J. Smith
Mt. Carroll
Francis Gillespie
Charles E Kessler
Mildred Wilcke
Ruth Colehour
Fred Funk
Geo. C. Williams
Jean LaShelle
Minnie Seitberg
Geo. Mest
A. R. Madsen
Etta Stiles
Neva Smith
Ed Casselberry
Bertha Swingley
Geo. Mahood
Mary Muchmore
Blanche Altenbern
Nellie Phillips
Charles J. Fisher
Wm Dunn
Ruth Kreuder
Ora Getty
York
Rush W. Carroll
Roy IL Houghton
Clarence Bolhous
Leonard Stage
Fair Haven
Elmer H. Zugschwerdt
Reynold Lang
K. C. Whitney
Jessie Stoner
S. C. Cram
Lawrence Kreider
H. L. Ehni
Ruth Wetzel
Democrat
Wm. J. Gibbons
Hugh Lundy
Roy Moore
Charles H. Gordon
William Kramer
Oscar Tallman
George Ripper
Gladys Schneider
Grover E. Reddington
Mary Geiseman
John Warner
Harold Manning
Rock Creek
K. Morris
Katharine Cook
Rock Creek No. 2
O. M. Bloyer
Phebe E. Wise
Salem
Isadore Saidel
Blaine Mc
Carroll County Ranks Third in E Bond Quota
Carroll County placed third in Illinois for E bond sales in the seventh war loan drive and eighth for individual sales, per a Federal Reserve report. By June 8, the county had reached 83.5 percent of its E bond quota and 81 percent of its individual quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
1944 Gasoline Tax Allocations for Carroll County Savanna
Carroll County and the municipality of Savanna received 38625 from the 1944 Illinois state gasoline tax receipts, up from 1943. Carroll County saw 31791, up 2217, while Savanna received 6834, down 84, per Barcus Kindred & Company analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Savanna
Illinois
Barcus, Kindred & Company
Chicago
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Babson’s Weekly Report
R. B. Law
Edward French
Grant Dance Hall
Mrs
Sgt
W. W. Langdoc
Griesinger-Phillips
Campbell
Nycum
Helen Spanogle
Geneva
Fred Livengood
St. Paul's Catholic Church
F. S. Porula
R. Hull
Ralph A. Spanogle
Baker Hotel
St. Charles
Thomson Briefs
Savanna No
P. A. Knox
Mason Spaulding
Edna Smith
Lorane E. Dennis
Elkhorn Grove
Robert Eastabrook
Fred Smith
Millicent Allison
Ruth Landis
Ginty
Robt. J. Lindsay
Frances Carbaugh
Harold Fox
Leila Poffenberger
Charles Crofton
Wm, Miller
Myra Johnson
Isabelle Streicher
Dorothy Fauble
Jennie Wesley
Elsie Shrake
Thomas Brennan
Fred Sattler
Frank M. Withhart
Fannie Raymond
Agnes Barth
Geo. Weatherwax
Thos Kustes, Jr
June Farthing
Lavone Sucher
Wesley A. Nesemeier
Anna Goble
Neila Franklin
Wayne M. Hawkins
Lee E. Shaver
Gertrude Vock
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