Babson Explains Re-Insurance Value and Risks
Babson Park Mass June 9. Babson argues ten reasons why personal money should stay in re insurance alongside merchandise stocks. He warns against self endorsements, notes Europe to U S shifts postwar, cites industry losses, and urges organized cooperation and fire prevention measures.
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Babson
Babson Park
Mass
Europe
United States
U. S
South America
Far East
U.S
National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Fire Protection Association
Association of Casualty and Insurance Executives
Mutual
America
Mt Carroll pilot earns high praise for rescue mission
First Lt. Maurice T. Ritenour of Mt. Carroll was commended for participating in the rescue of Lt. Delos Carpenter after Carpenter crash landed a P-38 about 150 miles north of his Aleutian base. Ritenour, flying a Norseman with skis, set down on a rocky lake, saved Carpenter from freezing, and helped transport him to safety before Carpenter later recovered and served in England.
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Maurice T. Ritenour
Mt. Carroll
W. Y. Ritenour
Ritenour
Delos Carpenter
Aleutians
England
Carpenter
J. F. Westover
Air Corps
Harry J. Kieling
Alaskan
Col. Kieling
Hugh Gaffey
Chadwick Groups to Run Savanna USO Snack Bar Week
Seven Chadwick organizations will serve one evening each at the Savanna USO center snack bar starting June 19. The schedule lists Golden Rule class, Philathea class, Black Oak Grange, Berean class, St. Paul’s Lutheran, Torrent-Teachers, and Queen Esther class serving through June 25.
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Chadwick
Savanna Uso Center
Golden Rule
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Philathea
Hope Evangelical Church
Black Oak Grange
Berean
First Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Fair Haven Torrent-Teachers Association
Queen Esther Cass
Nope Evangelical Church
Rain Delays Field Work Across County After Heat Spell
Last week ended a hot period and showers returned, stalling farm labor as rain fell nearly daily. A heavy Monday afternoon shower struck Mt Car roll around 4 pm with intermittent hail, while a Monday evening storm interrupted Chadwick's electric service for about an hour.
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Mt. Carroll
Chadwick
Sunday Guests Honor Deanna Gilson’s Fifth Birthday
Mrs. Carl Robinson Mrs. Pearl Gilson and Deanna Mrs. Frances Lego of Savanna and Mrs. Gerald Printy and baby of Clinton were Sunday visitors at Henry Eubanks near Milledgeville in celebration of Deanna Gilson’s fifth birthday. Mrs. Anna Jenkins traveled to De Kalb to spend a week with her son William Jenkins and family.
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Carl Robinson
Pearl ‘Gilson
Deanna
Frances Lego
Savanna
Gerald
Printy
Baby
Clinton
Henry Eubanks
Milledgeville
Deanna Gilson
Anna Jenkins
DeKalb
William Jenkins
Driver Killed as Train Strikes Gravel Truck Near Morrison
Paul Brunner of Morrison, a gravel truck operator, died after a Chicago and Northwestern train hit his empty truck at the Bluffs crossing five miles west of Morrison. The crash tore the truck, Brunner was thrown from the cab, and he died en route to Morrison hospital. An inquest ruled accidental death. He is survived by a brother Balpezar Brunner and a half brother John Sykes, both living north of Morrison.
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Paul Brunner
Morrison
Chicago and Northwestern
Bluffs Crossing
Brunner
Alldritt
Fulton
Morrison Hospital
Balpezar Brunner
John Sykes
May Age Pension Payments Rise in Illinois
State Auditor Arthur C. Lueder reports May old age pension total at 4,053,305, up 86,000 from April. Carroll county paid 296 recipients 8,801. Whiteside county 776 recipients 23,082. Aid to dependent children totals 710,575, down 9,070 from April, Carroll 44 beneficiaries 7, Whiteside 169 beneficiaries 2,285. Also a social visit anecdote from Mt. Carroll.
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Arthur C. Lueder
Illinois
Carroll County
Whiteside County
Rhodes leads B-26 over Europe in Mammy Yokum II
Capt. William Rhodes of Mt Carroll flies a B-26 bomber named Mammy Yokum II from a Ninth Air Force base in England. The craft completes its sixth Berlin Tokyo raid in Europe after earlier missions in the Aleutians. Rhodes holds the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and is a University of Illinois alumnus.
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Ninth Air Force
England
William Rhodes
Mt. Carroll
Aleutian Theater
Mammy Yoakum
Fuselate
Hillnty
Mammy Yokum
Aleutian
Europe
Berlin
Tokyo Combine
Rhodes
Fred Rhodes
Mt. Carroll High School
University of Illinois
Air Corps
Sunday Dinner Guests and Visits Across Town
Mrs. Paul Smith and family were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Dan Sack and children. Mrs. Ruth Tague of Kirkman Indiana returned home Friday after visiting several weeks with her sister Mrs. Hattis Farvills. Miss Hazel Sack of Freeport visited over the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sack.
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Paul Smith
Dan Sack
Ruth Tague
Kirkman
Hattis Farvills
Hazel Sack
Freeport
Wesley Sack
Marriages announced for Savanna natives and allies in 1944
Tech. Sgt. John W. Fellows of Savanna and Betty Brown of Pleasantville N J wed at Lake Wales Fla in the First Baptist Church. Sgt. Fellows served in England and Africa completing 50 missions and is stationed at Avon Park Fla. Ellen McKee of Savanna wed Gerald H. Johnson of Gregory Landing Mo in Tampico Iowa. The couple plans a home in Marden? Malden Illinois.
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Tech
John W. Fellows
John Fellows
Savanna
Betty Brown
W. L. Brown
Pleasantville
N. J
First Baptist
Lake Wales
Fla
Sgt. Fellows
Savanna High School
Army Air Corps
Avon Park Army Air Base
Avon
England
Africa
Set
Fellows
Ellen McKee
Timothy McKee
Gerald H. Johnson
Harve Johnson
Gregory Lanading
Tampico
Donald Springer
M. A. Rushton
Merle Marx
Stacey Anderson
Morrison
Savanna Township High School
Johnson
Canton
Burlington Railroad
Malden, I
Mt Carroll man and son visit Dan Sack home
George Hicks of Mt Carroll and his son Sgt. Robert Hicks of Bryan Texas spent Sunday afternoon with the Dan Sack family. Sunday dinner guests at Mrs Enma Steele and Mrs Hattie Rawlins home included Mrs Lelia Melendy and Miss Mary Cone.
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George Hicks
Mt. Carroll
Robert Hicks
Bryan
Tex
Dan Sack
Enma Steele
Hattie Raw Ins
Lelia Melendy
Mary Cone
Release List of Inductees for Carroll
The Carroll county selective service board reports new inductees into military service across branches. Army names include Robert H. Tuite Savanna Kenneth H. Fulton Savanna Paul G. Koser Savanna Donald R. Schneider Shannon Jee A. Coble Milledgeville Ralph D. Glenn Milledgeville Lioyd W. Franka Lanark Kilwin L. Livengood Milledgeville Arthur C. Ferris Savanna Richard A. Hastings Savanna Alfred F. Edmonds Mt. Carroll Harold J. Schmidt Savanna Rionald C. Sack Mt. Carroll Joseph B. Moore Savanna Robert E. McCleary Milledgeville Peter A. Hansen Savanna Marine Corps Harry W. Slifer Lanark Marvin E. Stiles Savanna.
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Robert H. Tuite
Savanna
Kenneth H. Fulton
Paul G. Koser
Donald R. Schneider
Shannon
Jee A. Coble
Milledgeville
Ralph D. Glenn
Lioyd W. Franka
Lanark
Kilwin L. Livengood
Arthur C. Ferris
Richard A. Hastings
Alfred F. Edmonds
Mt. Carroll
Harold J. Schmidt
Rionald C. Sack
Joseph B. Moore
Robert E. McCleary
Peter A. Hansen
Marine Corps
Harry W. Slifer
Marvin E. Stiles
Milwaukee Road to Credit $40,000 in Bonds to County
H A Seandrett trustee of the Milwaukee Road seeks court authority to invest in Government securities as part of the Fifth War Loan drive. The railroad plans a $15,000,000 total purchase across 12 states with Illinois allocations of $2,610,000, crediting counties including Carroll in the drive. The move aims to aid the war effort and benefit the railroad's interests in Chicago federal court.
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Carroll County
Milwaukee Road
Illinois
H. A. Seandrett
Chicago
United States
Death notices and funerals from Milledgeville area and Savanna
Funeral services for D J Brand 64 of Milledgeville were held in the First Brethren church with interment at Dutch town. Surviving are his widow and son Maurice Brand postmaster at Milledgeville. Also noted are the deaths of Jerry Carey and Mary Shellhouse Kniss with funeral details and survivors. The report ends with Sunday visits from local residents in Fulton and Sterling towns.
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D. J. Brand
Milledgeville
First Brethren
W. S. Benshoff
Dutchtown
Mr. Brand
Roswell
Frances Whitsitt Brand
Elva Coleman
First Brethren Church
Maurice Brand
Cozette Swanlund
Princeton
W. A. Brand
Sterling
Jerry Carey
Milwaukee Railroad
Savanna City Hospital
Jo Daviess County
James A
Mary Ann Creighton Carey
Savanna
Harold Lansford
Loretta Carey
John J. Grattelow
Freeport
George B. Ireland
Mary Shellhouse Kniss
Herman Frey
Shannon
Sterling Hospital
Frey
Brookville
Carroll county appoints election officers and polling places
County supervisors appoint judges and clerks for the November presidential election and designate polling places across 20 precincts. They reject precinct registration days under Illinois law, while county clerk Nipe considers a plan to register non listed voters with daily in-town coverage.
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Carroll
Illinois
W. M. Nipe
L. E. Bruch
Justice of the Peace
Vernon Shore
Cherry Grove
C. G. Hanna
Wysox
Miriam Pape
Superintendent of Schools’ Committee
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Forrest Eslinger
Katherine Hawk
Justice Prins
Father Bond
McKee-Johnson
Carroll County Selective Service Board
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Cb. P. Brand
Mary Kniss
Ethel Bronkema
Clarence Bolhous
Bolhous
Henry Rozeboom
Martin Bielema
Albert Wiersema
A. Molenhouse
J. Bloem
Washington
Arthur D. Haas
Zimer Airhart
John G. Wurster
Edward Simon
Woodland
Robert C. Carson
Roy Williamson
Donald Hall
Charles Sisler
Freedom
Ward R. Fritz
John Zillhart
Freeman H. Law
Bert Yochem
Earl Wilkins
Russell R. Rahn
Chas. Cheeseman, Jr
Florence Carpenter
Robert Nichel
Mabel Alexander
Phyllis Copperwell
Dudley Winters
Lima
Mildred Hoak
Henry Gravenstein
Fred Funk
Geo. C. Williams
Geo. Mest
A. R. Madsen
Edith Robbe
Etta Stiles
Ed Casselberry
Hazel Phillips
Geo. Mahood
Rhea Dahl
C. J. Fisher
Ruth Kreuder
York
Rush W. Carroll
Roy I. Naughton
Clarence Kolhous
Leonard Stage
Tair Haven
Elmer H. Zugschwerdt
Harry Carhauph
K. C. Whitney
George Spinka
S. O. Crom
A. H. Wagner
H. L. Ehni
Elizabeth. Overholser
Elkhorn Grove
Geo. A. Sites
Miles Rogers
Margaret Wechsler
Clara Hodge
Democrat
Wm. J. Gibbons
Frank B. Diehl
Roy Moore
Charles Gordon
William H. Kramer
Oscar Tallman
John McAuliffe
Marguerite F. Fritz
Grover Reddington
Lucille Poffenberger
John Warner
Harold Manning
Rock Creek
J. K. Morris
Katharine Cook
O. M. Bloyer
Glenn Wise Salem
Isadore Saidel
Blaine McGinty
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