Veterans Questions and Answers in Postwar Employment Aid
A wartime era guidance column explains U S Employment Service veteran aid in Illinois with Veterans' Employment Representatives. It covers job return rights within 90 days, veteran preference in Civil Service exams, War Manpower exceptions, and family rent and tax rules. The piece also includes humor and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Employment Service
Illinois
Veterans
Army
War Manpower Commission
U. S
United States Civil Service Commission
United States
Farm Loans for Returning Servicemen and Wartime Footwear
The Farm Security Administration will lend 25 million dollars in the coming year to returning service men for family farms under the Bankhead Jones Act with up to 40 years to repay at 3 percent interest. Loans cover full purchase price when aligned with farm value. Additional gasoline ration permissions and three simple steps are provided for furlough-related needs. OPA announces odd lot footwear releases July 9 to 28 with 15 percent below June 1 prices, excluding some women's heel-height categories. A national shoe stock inventory will be taken July 31 to guide releases and rationing decisions, with ceiling prices set for several rubber footwear items effective mid to late June 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Security Administration
Congress
OPA
Chester Bowles
Chadwick Briefs and War News Summary
Local social notes list visits by residents such as Mr. and Mrs. Hartman and others to households in Chadwick and Franklin Grove. A World War II update notes Lt. Donald Sprecher’s return from Europe after prisoner of war service. The piece concludes with WPB announcements on increased production of bedding and electrical appliances and relaxations in knitting machine restrictions to boost civilian sock supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hartman
Werner C. Hartman
Wacker
Lloyd Myers
Lawrence Myers
Fay Mott
Sterling
Charles Park
Moline
Geo. Myers
Conrad Keil
Fairmont
Neb
S. S. Harter
H. E. Zugschwerdt
Rose Lookingland
Franklin Grove
Harry Allen
Lloyd Emnyre
Milledgeville
Harter
Pete Matzen
Clinton
Fred Olson
Donald Sprecher
Carl Kness
Sprecher
Germany
Europe
Sherm Oakley
Lyle Ashby
Glen Bowers
Shirley May Beattie
Lanark
David Graham
WPB
Armed Services
Mumps Disease Warned For Army Recruits And Public
A public health report notes mumps as a major disabling infection among military recruits, with four million man days lost in WWI. It outlines symptoms, incubation, spread, and risks especially for ages 12 to 15, plus precautions and treatment guidance. The dialogue at the end delivers a light joke about a dog pointer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
United States Army
State Department of Public Health
Illinois State Medical Society
Local social notes and upcoming library project in Prophetstown
Prophetstown hosts Mr. and Mrs. Marshall DeMay for supper with the Schreiners. Black Oak Grange plans to open a library in their hall once preparations finish, with more details to come. Several townspeople visit or are mentioned including Forreston Mt. Carroll Milwaukee Overton Clinton Milledgeville Sterling Shannon Stockton and Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall DeMay
Prophetstown
J. Schreiner
Black Oak Grange
Carrie Spinka
Marjorie Rosenbaum
Forreston
Frank Beckers
Mt. Carroll
Donald Jordens
Milwaukee
Richard Koch
Overton
Freda Schreiner
George Spinka
David Cooper
Highland Park
H. F. Weber
St. Joseph, Mo
Sepha Stein
Clinton
H. P. Hartman
Allan Zugschwerdt
Larry Roberts
Leo Bushman
Milledgeville
Emil Hartman
Lois Goetz
Sharon Kay
Chas
W. Fletcher
Grace Farthing
Arnold Farthing
Sterling Selective Board Office
William Schuchardt
Sterling
Kyle Turney
Paul Church
Shannon
T. R. Moritz
Minnesota
Farley
Stockton
Rev. Moritz
Merlyn Miller
Kansas City
Voyle Prowant
Thomson Friends Visit Thomson Residents
Thomson News notes visitors at the Otto Switzer home include Rev R H Leitner of Mt Carroll and many friends from Fulton Savanna and Thomson. Sidney Brenneman returns to Byron Tower after vacation. Mrs. Russell Switzer takes a week’s vacation from Northwestern Telephone in Thomson. Elizabeth Griswold of Springfield visits sisters in law Dottie Atherton and Luella Gleason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Switzer
R. H. Leitner
Mt.Carroll
Ray Brenneman
Sidney
Howard Engelking
Fulton
Charles Hoge
Jake Wiersema
W. Farnsworth
Louis Shelly
William Griswold
Glen Rowley
Bert Foll
Russell Sweitzer
Northwestern Telephone Co
Thomson
Elizabeth Griswold
Elizabeth Sanborn
Springfield
Mass
Dollie Atherton
Luella Gleason
Local social visitors greet town with weekend hosting
Mrs Mary Williamson and son and Mrs John Wilburn with child from Rockford and Mr and Mrs Don Brand and Terry from Downers Grove visited townsfolk over the weekend. Mrs Werner of Polo and Mrs Kate Musselman plus Bill Provant spent Sunday with Mrs Mest and family. Donald Jordens of Milwaukee and George Spinka hosted brief weekend stays as well. Lost Minnowset rodent? no, a 15 ft glass? inquiry unclear. Ray Gordon reference appears as a stray name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Williamson
John B. Wilburn
Rockford
E. Wilburn
Don Brand
Terry
Downers Grove
Edward R. Mest
Werner
Polo
Kate Musselman
Bill Provant
Donald Jordens
Milwaukee
George Spinka
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Urzua Stats Stores
Royal
Campbell's Tomato
R. B
ARGO
Spic & Span
Struvel
New York
Mark Twain
Town & Farm
Chadwick Briefs
McCormick-Deering Milkers
Binder
Savanna
Te El’s
T. L
Schunder’s
Main—Savanna
Harry
Jerry
America
Martin Morris Co
Clinton, Iowa
John Deere
Fulton, Ill
Thomson News
Minnowset
Ray Gordon
B & B Hardware CO
Bill Ardapple
Bud Wiersema
Judd Fountain
Chocolate Shop
Radke Hotel
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