Babson Rates Postwar Stocks by Industry
Babson surveys twenty industries from his Florida study noting safer bets for postwar investment. He highlights Retail Trade, Variety Chains, Oil, Metals, Chemicals, Electrical Equipment, Aviation, Paper and Container, Rubber, Textiles, Tobacco, Building and Furniture, Heavy Steels, Food Stocks, Auto and Truck, Banking and Insurance, Equipment, and warns against Machine Tools, Public Utilities, Coal, Motion Picture, and Railroads. He suggests cautious allocations and notes regulatory impacts.
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Babson
Babson Park
Mass
Florida
America
Junior Market Lamb Show Set for June Fifteenth
The Chicago Junior Market Lamb Show and Sale will be held Friday June 15 at the Chicago Stock Yards. Midwest 4 H and Vocational Agricultural youths may enter lambs in four classes with a $250 cash prize pool. A sheep shearing contest and awards ceremony accompany judging by packer buyers. entry cards are available from the Union Stock Yards Exchange Building.
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Chicago
Midwest
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
Illinois
Iowa
Philip W. Pillsbury Committee On Agricultural Achievement Awards
Exchange
Union Stock Yards
Carroll Cattle Bring High Prices At Chicago Yards
Carroll county cattle topped the year with high sale prices at the Chicago Stock Yards last Wednesday. Ralph Manning of Lanark led with 35 Hereford steers selling at 17.90 per cwt, averaging 1232 pounds. Kenneth Schneider also had a strong run on 37 head averaging 1150 pounds and 17.00 per cwt.
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Carroll
Carroll County
Chicago
Ralph Manning
Lanark
Kenneth Schneider
Commencement for Rural Graduates at Mount Carroll
Rural Carroll county 8th grade graduates will receive diplomas at Mount Carroll High School auditorium this spring. County superintendent L. E. Brudi expects about 90 pupils to graduate at the ceremonies.
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Mount Carroll
Carroll County
Mr. Carroll High School
L. E. Brudi
Butterfat Subsidy Set For April Production
Cream producers in Whiteside and Carroll counties will receive a 17 cent subsidy per pound of butterfat produced in April. The War Food Administration announced this rate, following a 10 cent per pound subsidy paid for butterfat from January through March of this year.
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Whiteside
Carroll County
War ‘Food Administration
Boy Scouts Plan Paper Drive May 5 In Thomson
The Boy Scouts will collect paper again on Saturday May 5 and residents are asked to have their paper ready in the morning. Social notes mention visits by Bernie Dykstra and family in Morrison, with Henry Schipper and the 15th Army in Germany. Nellie Schade remains ill, Kathleen Isenhart moves from Ideal to Tehan school, and local visits include Ivan Carroll and Andrew Witt families in Morrison.
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Boy Scouts
Bernie Dykstra
Morrison
Henry Schipper
15Th Army
Germany
Nellie Schade
Kathleen Isenhart
Ideal School
Shannon Man Heads County Bankers Assn
Thirty members and guests attended the Carroll County Bankers Association annual meeting at Chadwick Community High School. Dinner at 6:30 preceded a business session with talks by Harry Husman on world conditions and crime waves after war, and by J. Traves and Mangan about the Seventh War Loan Drive. Annual officers elected: Chairman C. T. Wilhelm Shannon, Vice Chairman Glen Zugschwerd Mr. Carroll, Secretary-Treasurer C. H. Rahn Savannah.
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Carroll County Bankers Association
Chadwick Community High School
Harry Husman
Chicago
Illinois Bankers Association
J. Traves
Peoria
Mangan
C. T. Wilhelm
Shannon
Glen Zugschwerd
Mr. Carroll
C. H. Rahn
Savanna
Milledgeville Native William Milroy dies at 65
William Wood Milroy 65, of Milledgeville died at 2 15 a m Sunday after a year of ill health and a month at home. Funeral at 2 p m Thursday in Milledgeville Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Van Zee. burial Chadwick cemetery. Survived by wife Anna, three children, five grandchildren, two unnamed brothers, four sisters, and other relatives.
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William Wood Milroy
Milledgeville
Paul van Zee
Chadwick
Mr. Milroy
George
Luetta Milroy
Anna Strauch
Aurora
Norman Perlman
Chicago
Neva Milroy
Sterling
Rex Milroy
Ralph
Rockford
Clinton
Fresno
Calif
Glenn
Mason City
Elva Sliffer
Rock Falls
Agnes
McColl, Neb
Garrett Kline
Olanda Wheelock
Services for George Daehler Held in Chadwick
Funeral services for 67 year old George Daehler a Chadwick contractor were held Friday at the First Lutheran church Chadwick with Rev. Earl Coble officiating. Burial followed in Chadwick cemetery by Chadwick lodge No. 867 A F and A M. Casket attendants named and a male quartet sang hymns. Floral tributes managed by three local women.
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George Daehler
Chadwick
Earl Coble
Chadwick Cemetery
Chadwick Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Daehler
Dwight Spearman
R. C. Dial
F. W. Zugschwerdt
George Lang
K. W. Senneff
T. C. Beckmire
George Cambman, Jr
Eugene Miller
Don Coble
Sheldon Frank
H. L. Carbaugh
Harve Zugschwerdt
John Geisz
Girls 4-H Club Leaders Meeting Set For May 5
Carroll county girls 4-H club leaders will meet in Farm Bureau hall Mt. Carroll on Saturday May 5 for a leaders training school conducted by Mrs Elsie Ross Butler district 4-H director. All leaders and assistants are urged to attend as a shortage of leaders may threaten club continuation.
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The
Thorson Review
Waltz Studios
Des Moines
Thomson
Carroll County
Farm Bureau Hall
Mt. Carroll
Elsie Ross Butler
M. P. Roske
Sunday Socials Tap Milledgeville and Savanna Guests
Mr and Mrs Merle Atherton and family visited Harold Tommans in Milledgeville on Sunday evening. Chicago visitors included Mrs Clifford MacLean and children who stayed with Mrs Dora Doty and Mrs Mary Jane McGinty. Several families shared Sunday dinners and hospitality at the Hook and Kness homes in Clinton Savanna Chadwick Fulton and Chadwick. Alvina Hass returned to Clinton after visiting near Savanna.
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Merle Atherton
Harold Tommans
Milledgeville
Clifford MacLean
Dora Doty
Mary Jane McGinty
Chicago
Fred Hook
Alvina Hass
Clinton
Adam Heinze
Savanna
Planning No Celebration For Victory In Europe
Carroll county communities planned no celebration of victory while the final collapse of German resistance was expected. Pastors said prayer services would be held but most businessmen planned normal operations. The Pacific war remained, and the wait‑and‑see mood prevailed after radio rumors and a later correction that peace reports were false.
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Europe
Carroll County
Pacific
Nephew Released From German Prison Camp
Carl H. Kness of Chadwick reports his nephew Pvt. William Kness of Audubon Iowa has been released from a German prison camp and is in good health, with plans to return home soon. Kness was captured in February two years ago during North Africa fighting after about a year overseas. The family had earlier learned he was missing in action before confirmation of his capture.
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Carl H. Kness
Chadwick
W. J. Kness
Audubon
Pvt
William Kness
Pvt. Kness
North Africa
Kness
Community Visitors and Family News Across Clinton Area
Numerous routes of visits and relatives fill a Clinton region week with outings to Lyndon Morrison Savanna and Lanark. Wounded veteran Robert Tilley from Crossville Tenn. receives honors and shares wartime service details. Local households welcome friends relatives and guests from Davenport Chicago Fulton Oelwein Mt. Carroll and Chadwick.
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Howard Kness
Geraldine Zimmer
Clinton
Catherine Kness
Melvin Johnson
Lois
Lyndon
Scott Roberts
Elmer Hook
John van Kampen
Fred Stade
Charles
Chicago
Marius Olsen
Katherine Olsen
Davenport
France
Camp McCoy
Wis
Marian Olsen
Scot Roberts
Ed Roberts
Savanna
Earl Vos
Joe Vos
East Clinton
Ben Faber
Fulton
John Faber
Charles Sack
Mr. Sack
Charles Behr
Emma van Buskirk
Clark
Lanark
Wendel Bagnal
Oelwein Chemical Co
Oelwein
Ernest Smith
Bagnal
Smith
Lake Geneva
Violet Handel
Mt. Carroll
Joe Blair
Paul Smith
Wayland Bennett
Chadwick
Elmer Lotz
Jimmie
Verne Kaufman
Magnans
Emil Brach
Philip
Lloyd Smith
Forrest Eslinger
Calvin Eslinger
Marion Wilson
Marilyn
John Oostenryk
Ernest Farnsworth
Home Canning Sugar Blank Distribution for 1945 Season
Carroll county residents receive home canning sugar application blanks through grocers except Savanna where they are available at the OPA distribution center. Applications must be mailed with complete details and one spare stamp attached per family member. Maximum 20 pounds per stamp and 15 pounds per person total.
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Carroll County
Savanna
OP A
OPA
Fire Truck Fund Tops $3,000 in Chadwick Area
Funds to buy a rural fire fighting truck and equipment in Chadwick surpassed $3,000 by Tuesday evening. The drive has about half the estimated total. if subscriptions don’t quicken in two to three days, organizers will likely start calling local property owners.
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Chadwick
Carroll Group Sent For Pre-Induction Physical Exams
Carroll county selective service board reports the following registrants have been submitted for pre induction physical exams Clifford T. Curboy Russell L. Medin Rolf W. Sorensen Orlin E. Rowland Richard H. Georges Charles M. White Walter C. Zink Richard H. Roos (transfer) Ned R. Spencer (transfer).
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Carroll County Selective Service Board
Clifford T. Curboy
Russell L. Medin
Rolf W. Sorensen
Orlin E. Rowland
Richard H. Georges
Charles M. White
Walter C. Zink
Richard H. Roos
Ned R. Spencer
Page Farm Sells Registered Cows
R A Page Chadwick sold three Holstein cows to William F Brown Caledonia. Cattle named Hillview Easter Miss Hillview Mercedes Snowball Gloria and Velveeta Ormsby Mercedes are now recorded in the Holstein Friesian Association of America registry in Brattleboro Vermont. The association issued 12,513 registry and transfer certificates to Illinois breeders during 1944.
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Brattleboro
R. A. Page
Chadwick
William F. Brown
Caledonia
Hillview
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Illinois
Visitors and family news from Clinton and Lanark area
Sunday gatherings near Clinton and Lanark include Mr. and Mrs. Bill Holy visiting the Stage home in Wacker. Miss Lois Stage from Jane Lamb hospital visited friends. Mrs. John Backer rejoiced at a cablegram from Pfc John Eacker released from Stalag 4-B in Germany and hospitalized. Families of Edward French and Melvin Traum also joined Swett relatives for Sunday dinner.
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Bill Holy
Wacker
Willis
Lois Stage
R. N
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
John Backer
Sterling
Pfc
John Eacker
Muelberg
Germany
Pfc. Backer
Donald Smith
Edward French
Melvin Traum
Lanark
Leaman Swett
War Loan Drive Under Way in Carroll County
Seventh war loan drive began in Carroll county on Tuesday with volunteers organized in every community to meet the quota quickly. Local chairmen express confidence residents will meet or exceed the allocation, though progress reports are not yet available.
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Carroll County
Guernsey Breeders Form District Association in Freeport
A new Guernsey breeders district association was formed in Freeport by breeders from Carroll Jo Daviess Ogle Stephenson and Winnebago counties forming district one of the Illinois state organization. John Crawford of Freeport was elected president and Thomas Hand of Thomson named Carroll county director.
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Northwestern
Hlinde
Guernsey Breeders’ Association
Guernsey
Ilinois
Freeport
Carroll
Jo Daviess
Ogle
Stephenson
Winnelago
Ilingis
John Crawford
Thomas Hand
Thomson
Carroll County
May Tire Quota Remains Low For Carroll County
Carroll county faces another tight month as the local ration board announces May quotas. The county is allotted 155 passenger car tires and only 65 truck tires plus 33 implement tires. The May quota improves slightly over April but still limits issuance of permits to about one in eight.
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Carroll County
B. K. Peck
Ration Board
Loca
Frosty Nights Nip Fruit And Vegetable Crop
Fruit growers and gardeners grow more pessimistic about a good harvest this season due to severe frosts of the last few nights. Blossoms and early blooming fruit and berries have suffered, and many garden plants have been nipped by the cold.
Local Residents Host Sunday Visits Across Clinton Area
Mr and Mrs Wallace Dresbach and Mary Jean of Lanark joined Mr and Mrs John Carpenter for Sunday dinner in Clinton. Numerous families from Morrison Sterling Shannon Mt Carroll Savanna and Calamus hosted or visited relatives including Beverly Kraft who returned from Chicago nursing school exercises and was welcomed by Oscar Kraft family.
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Wallace Dresbach
Mary Jean
Lanark
Robert Queckboerner
John Carpenter
Clinton
Paul Gaar
Chadwick
Huseband
Cpl
Sgt. Gaar
Mariana Islands
Paul Smith
WH. Conrady
Wm. Beswick
Morrison
Bud Forquer
LaVerne Macchell
Sterling
Hazel Witt
Louis Witt
Harold Witt
Beverly Kraft
R. N
Chicago
Oscar Kraft
Mary Ellen Brecken
Brecken
Kraft
Beverly
Florence
Bert Stainbrook
Gilbert Dixon
Shannon
H. A. Tobey
Anna Brown
LeClaire
Iowa
Dan Senne
Irve Neuschwanger
Mt. Carroll
Charles McMahon
Donald Smith
Kyle Melendy
Savanna
John Ashpole
Evelyn
Franklin Fehler
Carl Jurgensen
Calamus
Ashpole
Jurgensen
Lt Wilson and crew rescued by Patriots in North Italy
Lt Harold H. Wilson, a Lanark native, and his crew were hidden and fed by civilians behind German lines in northern Italy and guided back to Allied control. The rescue, relayed in a letter to his wife, reflects a perilous escape that prompted renewed hope despite military secrecy.
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Lt. Wilson
Italy
Harold H. Wilson
Lanark
Wilsen
Dwight Spearman
Chadwick
Last Mission of a Bomber Crew Over Italy
A WWII bomber crew recounts severe engine failures, dwindling gas, and urgent evasive maneuvers near the Brenner Pass. Sparks from the wing bay lead to an engine and wing fire. crew members bail out as No. 3 engine fails and the ship loses two right-side engines.
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Upper Brenner Pass
Innsbruck
Austria
O. K
Italy
Chapman
Troutman
Sparks
Gillman
Craig
Kuopus
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Uncertain Industries
Rint Baby Pictures
Thomson Briefs
County Bankers
William W. Milroy
GEO. Daehler
Argo News
Carroll Group
Page Farm
Humber
Guernsey Breeders
Harold Wilson
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