Absentee Voting for Soldiers Raises National Debate
Chicago judge rules military service members may vote by absentee ballot even if not registered, a stance expected to spread in Illinois and nationwide. The column agg? Jungles—price controls by Henderson classifying essential civilian transport goods. skepticism about official accounts of enemy planes over California. a candidate pledges strict five minute speeches with fines. wartime fashion shifts end suspender and garter use. plans for auxiliary highway landing fields for planes near roads.
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Chicago
Illnois
Minute Man group organized in Carroll County
About eighty Carroll county men met at the courthouse on Friday night to form a county minute man organization. Sheriff Ray R. Westfall, who called the meeting, aims for cooperation with state and national defense officials. The plan assigns a minute man to each township and a representative for each school district, all carrying identification cards.
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Carroll County
Ray R. Westfall
Illinois Sheriff's Association
Westfall
46 Corn Loans Still In Force In The County
County AAA officials report 46 corn loans from 1938 and 1939 covering 43439 bushels remain in force. The state AAA committee says loans can be liquified at 61 cents a bushel until April 8, 1940 to encourage releasing corn for livestock feeding. Feed wheat from CCC stores is available to Carroll County feeders at a favorable price via Mt. Carroll AAA office inquiry.
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AAA
State Aaa Committee
Carroll County
Commodity Credit Corporation
Shannon
Mt. Carroll
Savanna Woman Learns Brother Lost On Destroyer Truxton
Mrs. LeRoy Goss of Savanna learned from a Navy announcement that her brother George R. DeVore aged 19 was lost when the destroyer Truxton went aground in a gale off the Newfoundland coast on February 24. DeVore, a Cedar Rapids, Indiana native, enlisted in the Navy a little over a year ago and was assigned to the Truxton last December.
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LeRoy Goss
Savanna
Navy Department
George R. DeVore
Truxton
U. S
Newfoundland
Cedar Rapids
Navy
Indict Two and Set Cases for Trial in Carroll County
The Carroll county grand jury returned two indictments on Monday. Justo Brrscuo, also known as Jesse Garcia, and Ysaias Espinosa, both of Savanna, are indicted for larceny with coal theft alleged. Elmo Kent of Savanna faces a charge of stealing money. All three are in custody. Judge George Dixon set seven cases for jury trial and five for trial by court this month. The petit jury will report next Monday, March 9, with additional calls through the week. Schedule lists cases for jury and court trials from March 9 to March 31, plus several cases set without dates.
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Carroll County
Grand Jury
George ©. Dixon
Justo Brrscuo
Jesse Garcia
Ysaias Espinosa
Savanna
Elmo Kent
Kent
Petit Jury
Yeager Geary wedding joins Lanark and Milledgeville
Dorothy Ruth Yeager of Lanark and Don C. Geary of Milledgeville wed at First Brethren parsonage with Rev. E. D. Burnworth officiating. Attendants were Harry Tallman and wife. The couple, employed at Savanna ordnance depot, will reside in Mt. Carroll.
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Yeager-Geary
Dorothy Ruth Yeager
Lanark
Don C. Geary
Milledgeville
First Brethren
E. D. Burnworth
Harry Tallman
Geary
J. M. Yeager
Lanark High School
Brown's Business College
Peoria
Larue Geary
Carroll County Deaths Include Woolsey and Nelles Notables
Multiple obituaries from Carroll County list Frank E Woolsey of Shannon aged 51 who died after pneumonia, Barbara Cecelia Driemueller Nelles and Mrs Henry Truninger of Savanna among others. Family connections note survivors including spouses, children, and siblings across Illinois and Davenport Iowa with service details and burial plans.
Freeport Editor to Speak Sunday at Frances Shimer
Donald Breed editor of the Freeport Journal Standard will speak on The World Today at Frances Shimer College Mt Carroll on Sunday March 8 at 730 PM as part of the Community Lecture and Entertainment Series. Breed, a World affairs student and former aide to Herbert Hoover during WWI, has written plays and supported a little theatre movement. Admission will be small.
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Donald Breed
Freeport Journal Standard
Frances Shimer College
Mt. Carroll
Breed
Frances Shimer
Northern Illinois
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Mr. Breed
Full Time Health Department Sought in Carroll County
The Illinois Department of Health lists Carroll county as a high need area near naval and industrial establishments where local health services are lacking. Dr Roland R Cross urges creation of a full time county health department while a county nurse service is under study by a county board committee visiting Freeport to learn how that county operates its program.
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State Department of Health
Carroll County
Illinois
Roland R. Cross
Freeport
Farmers Night Broadcast Celebrates AAA Anniversary
On March 9 at 8 45 p m the Agricultural Adjustment Administration marks its ninth anniversary with leaders President Roosevelt Henry Wallace and Claud Wickard speaking via a radio network hookup. Listen to the broadcast.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Claud Wickard
Mill edgeville Girl Hurt In Auto Crash
Miss Mildred Schol, 18, of Milledgeville, suffered a forehead cut needing five stitches Sunday night. She rode with Robert Voeckel, 23, who reported brakes locked while following another car. Their vehicle swerved, hit a tree, and demolished a culvert wall on route 72 at the county line east of Shannon. Voeckel was uninjured.
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Mildred Schol
Milledgeville
Robert Voeckel
Shannon
Voeckel
Two Injured in Collision at Savanna
In Savanna at about 9:50 p m Monday at the intersection of Chicago avenue and Sixth street Boy King, 58, suffered a fractured right knee and facial injuries while Eugene Lord, 24, also of Savanna, received rib injuries and facial cuts after his car collided with King’s as King turned left onto the Milwaukee road. Mrs Mary Enz, also of Savanna, was treated for a compound fracture of the left wrist after tripping on a wire while bringing blankets to the scene.
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Boy King
Savanna
Eugene Lord
Chicago Avenue
Sixth Street
Mary Enz
Mr. King
King
Lord
Milwaukee
Series of Thefts Reported in Cha Wick and Milledgeville
Sheriff Ray Weatfall investigated a spate of vehicle thefts Friday night in Cha wick and Milledgeville Pierertay. In Chadwick a double windshield defroster fan was taken from a light truck owned by Charles F. Hartman. clothing and items disappeared from a McFadden salesman’s car. Hartman’s truck and McFadden’s car were parked near homes. Clothing from McFadden’s car was found scattered east of the village. In Milledgeville J. W. Hinners reported the theft of a right front tire and wheel from his car, while George Lee lost a hydraulic jack several red signal flares a flashlight and gasoline from his truck. Evan Strauch reported a spare tire and wheel a hydraulic jack and small tools stolen from his car the same night. Officials suspect the same person or persons committed the thefts.
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Chadwick
Charles F. Hartman
McFadden
Hartman
Hig
McPden
Morisse
Milledgeville
J. W. Hinners
George Lee
Evan Strauch
Mr. Hinners
Strauch
Tire Board Grants March Recap Tire Quota In Carroll County
Carroll tire rationing director B L Peck announces no passenger car tires may be recapped or retreaded before April first, but Carroll has a quota for recapping 27 truck tires in March. Applications pass local inspection. several certificates issued for tires and tubes to residents while non eligible groups are excluded.
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B. L. Peck
Carroll Tire Rationing Board
Peck
Savanna Ordnance Depot
Clifford H. Straub
Chadwick
George Lee
Milledgeville
Henry Sorensen
Lanark
Glenn G. Bickelhaupt
Mt. Carroll
Ferdinand Grimm
Thomson
Carlos A. Zillhart
County Clerk Tears Marriage Licenses In Carroll County
Weeks run high as court notes show licenses issued to Don Geary of Milledgeville and Ruth Yanger Lanark, plus multiple deeds, probates, and a Feb loss claim total of 1012 dollars. Officials report no February automobile fatalities and announce circuit court sessions and upcoming appeals to the state supreme court.
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Don Carlyle Geary
Milledgeville
Downthy
Ruth Yanger
Lanark
Aribne L. Williamson
Janet Stick
Mt. Carroll
Homer Cy Ron
Love PF. Modawn
Savanna
John W. Rwailer
Thomson
Velo Mores
Taylorville
Carroll V. Kehow
Mildred Ar Jone Pickman
Carroll County
Savanna Man Killed Sunday in Auto Crash
John L. Marcoviteh aged 27 of Savanna died at 10 p m Sunday in Clinton Iowa hospital from a fractured skull after a car accident on route M north of Cordova. He was en route from Rock Island with Haden Corbella Sen of Kewanee. Corbella suffered minor injuries. Funeral 9:30 a m Wednesday at St John s Catholic church Savanna with burial at St John s Cemetery. He was born March 20 1914 in Savanna and survived by his mother and sister Barbara.
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Savanna
Henry J. Nelles
Oak Park
St. John’s Catholic Church
E. A. O’brien
St. Margaret’s Cemetery
Davenport
Barbara Cecelia
Hubert and
Anna M. Driemueller
Chicago
Francis H. Nelles
John L. Marcoviteh
Dane Lamb
Clinton
Marcoviteh
Haden Corbellasen
Kewanee
Rock Island
Cordova
Marcovitch
Felton
Clinton Hospital
St. John's Catholic Church
St. John
Lanark and Shannon win openers in regional tourney
Lanark Ark high defeated Mt Carroll 35 to 25 while Shannon, district tourney winner, beat Fulton 41 to 35 in opening regional games at Mt Carroll. Lanark led by eight after three quarters, three players scored in double figures. Tonight’s semifinals set Shannon vs Lanark and the other winner faces the remaining victor after Savannah met Forreston and Chadwick met Morrison.
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Mt. Carroll
Lanark High
Shannon
Fulton
Lanark
G.keever
Aurand
D. Keever
Carroll County
Savannah
Forreston
Chadwick
Morrison
Frommelt
Bittner
F Weber
C Mackey
Martin
Milledgeville
A. Reiff
Coast
Ahrens
H. Reiff
R. Reiff
Shnaonn
Alxeander
Todermel
Erdm
A J. Eadie
Gray
Decker
Fritz
Emery
Hanover
Miles
T O Murney
Warfield
Petty
Roske
Alexander
Rodermel
Erdinier
Oe Stevens
Scharman
Shannon-Fulton
Weber
Fisher
Erdmier
Mackey
Spengler
Stevens
Chadwick Kettler
F Martens
Kooi
Chadwick, Shannon Advance in district hoops final
Chadwick rallied from a tight defense to upset Milledgeville and reach the regional at Mt Carroll, while Shannon seized control in the fourth period to win the district title. Both teams advance to first round regional play with Fulton and Morri as foes. Frommelt led Chadwick with 9 points. Alexander topped Shannon with 12 as the title game swung late.
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Chadwick High
Milledgeville
Shannon
Tone Ney
Mt. Carroll
Fulton
Chadwick
Morrion
York
Thomson
Shannon Quint
Chadwick Boys
Frommelt
Aleander
February ADC and old age aid totals in Carroll County
State auditor Arthur C. Leuder reports Aid to Dependent Children warrants numbering 46 issued in Carroll County in February, totaling 51,523 aiding 106 children. Old age assistance paid in February totaled 10,729 to 433 residents.
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Arthur C. Leuder
State Auditor of Public Accounts
Carroll County
Tire Board Sets Move to New Office in March
Carroll county rationing board will relocate around March 15 to new quarters in the Mt. Carroll Theatre building’s south part. The Carroll County Defense Council chaired by Charles E. Kingery arranged the space, with offices in the front south-side area.
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Carroll County
Carroll County Defense Council
Charles E. Kingery
Mt. Carroll
Marchesi Bros
Roosevelts Speak On Ninth Anniversary Broadcast
On March 9 at 846 p m President Franklin D Roosevelt Vice President Henry Wallace and Agriculture Secretary Claude Wickard will address the nation via a cooperative radio hookup celebrating the ninth anniversary of the agricultural adjustment administration Tune in for the nationwide broadcast and time note.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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Salem
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Carrie B. Atherton
Long's Add
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Gee
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Eibe Eden
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Woodland
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James E. Roberts
Gustav Schmidt
G. E. Bickelhaupt
Oscar W. Rahn
Homer H. Hammond
Mary Lotz
Harry A. Gossard
Stover’s Add
Harold Brown
Geo. E
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Otto Kniss
L. Earl Bear
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Henry P. Hartman
Lee C. Hartman
Lula M. Ross
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