Political tides shift as Republicans gain governors and reframe two parties
The 1938 elections show Republican gains of 12 more governorships and increased House seats, signaling a return to two party government yet with altered loyalties. Democrats retain several key wins, labor influence grows, and New Deal policies face renewed scrutiny amid calls for relief reforms and investigative oversight. Ray Westfall resigns as county sheriff to take a new post in Mt Carroll.
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House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Maryland
California
Lehman
New York
Thomas F. Dewey
Michigan
Murphy
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Iowa
57 Cent Loan On 1938 Corn Announced By Agriculture Secretary
Secretary Henry Wallace announced a 57 cent per bushel loan rate for 1938 corn in the commercial corn belt after farmers meet crop control requirements. Loans run for one year and can be repaid with corn or grain surrender. Outside the commercial area loans are 43 cents per bushel for those under soil-depleting acreage limits.
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Illinois
Henry Wallace
Carroll County
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Kentucky
Carroll youths win 4H state championships in Carroll County
Seven Carroll County 4-H members earned state project championships from Illinois extension specialists. Home economics champs include LaVonne Holm Blanche Seim Jane Miller Ruth Wolf and Grace Keeney. Agricultural champs are Maurice Guenzler and Harry Stengel. Also recognized as outstanding members are Blanche Seim and Harold Yochem.
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LaVonne Holm
Thomson
Blanche Seim
Jane Miller
Savanna
Ruth Wolf
Lanark
Grace Keeney
Maurice Guenzler
Harry Stengel
Carroll County
Harold Yochem
County Missions Entertained By Carroll Group
About a dozen women from the Woman's Missionary Society of the First Lutheran church attended a Mt. Carroll meeting of the missionary society. Societies from nearby towns were invited as part of the countywide rotation. Rev. Mr. Dolbeer reviewed a book during the afternoon.
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Woman's Missionary Society of the
First Lutheran Church
Mt. Carroll
Missionary Society of the Church
Lutheran Missionary Societies
Mr. Dolbeer
First Lutheran Church of
Scout Officials For The County Elected Nov 9
W F Hafemann of Savanna was re elected chairman of the Carroll district U S Grant Council Boy Scouts of America at a Nov 9 meeting in Savanna. Officers named were J L Brearton vice chairman and Byron Higdon commissioner. Executive committee includes Hafemann Brearton and Stuart plus Roy Bray Lanark and R S Hanson Savanna. District rally planned in Savanna High School Nov 29 and district court of honor set for Mt Carroll Dec 13.
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W. F. Hafemann
Savanna
Carroll District
U. S. Grant Council
Boy Scouts of America
J. L. Brearton
Byron Higdon
Charles Stuart
Mt. Carroll
Roy Bray
Lanark
R. S. Hanson
A. J. Reinehr
R. G. Fuller
Carroll County High School Cage Schedules Set for Season
Local reports detail practice starts and game dates for Carroll county teams across Lyndon Shannon Prophetstown Thomson Milledgeville Hanover Mt. Carroll Lanark Thomson Milledgeville Chadwick Savanna Polo DeWitt and Mt. Morris with openings in late November through February and a district tournament planned.
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Lyndon
Shannon
Prophetstown
Thomson
Milledgeville
Hanover
Mt. Carroll
Lanark
Pearl City
Savanna
Chadwick
Alumni
Polo
Mt. Morris
Stockton
Fulton
Carroll
Government worker dies in Thomson auto accident
Theodore J. Dorse, 37, of Oquawka Illinois, died after his car left highway 80 near Thomson. He was returning to Savanna for a government barge job when the Terraplane rolled several times and struck a hedge. Coroner's inquest held with witnesses detailing the crash. Survived by wife, a son, and a daughter.
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Carroll County
Theodore J. Dorse
Oquawka
Thomson
Dorse
Savanna
Leonard Stage
John Carroll
Fuller Funeral Home
J. B. Schreiter
A. Sherwood
Gov
Sherwood
Stage Yard
Carroll
Charles Groharing
Groharing
Lois Carroll
Mr. Carroll
William Wilcox
Chicago Avenue
Earl Fulscher
Elect Officers for Carroll County Dairy Herd Association
New officers and directors of the re organized Carroll County Dairy Herd Improvement association were elected at a Mt. Carroll meeting last week. Rush Carroll was named president, W. G. Warnock vice president, Edwin Keim secretary treasurer, with R. R. Porter and Milo Aspinwall joining the board. Russell Hall was rehired as tester for the coming year.
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Carroll County
Rush Carroll
York Township
W. G. Warnock
Mt. Carroll
Edwin Keim
Salem
Russell Hall
Election Costs Here Over Two Thousand Three Hundred
A report of election expenses was presented to the supervisors at Tuesday’s meeting. The document details total costs exceeding 2300 dollars and outlines allocations and items included in the expenditure.
Itemized Costs Highlight Salaries and Printing
The document lists expenses with the largest item as salaries for judges and clerks, followed by printing costs. Exact figures are shown for each category and total expenditures.
County Supervisors Report Election Costs from Nov 8 Vote
Routine November board session notes no issues. Election expense totaled 2312.78 with line items for supplies printing and judge wages plus mileage for delivering returns to the county clerk the following day.
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County Board of Supervisors
Geo. D. Barnard Co
Mirror-Democrat
Lanark Gazette
Savanna Review
Savanna Times-Journal
Frank Schroeppel
Kurt B. Schmidt
County Supervisors Hold November Meeting Actions Reported
Carroll county supervisors allowed routine county expense bills and approved a depository banks resolution. They tabled one blind benefit application for December and offered a bid to move ex soldiers bodies to a Savanna cemetery plot, referred to a committee. A surplus commodities ruling was explained, and right of way for a Milledgeville to Polo state route drew concern over farmland damage and possible re-survey. The committee will ask the state highway department about an alternate route.
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Potter's Fields
Savanna Cemetery
William Schaut
Savanna
Lee Shaver
Elkhorn Grove Township
Milledgeville
Polo
Shaver
Elkhorn Grove
State Highway Department
County Legionnaires to Attend District Meeting in Stockton
Carroll county Legionnaires will attend a district Legion meeting Sunday in Stockton opening at 10 30 a m with state and district officials present. The county Legion council will meet Monday night in Savanna.
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Carroll County Legionnaires
Stockton
County Legion Council
Savanna
Carroll county farmers plan 1939 acreage allotments
Community committeemen met in Mt. Carroll to learn procedures for establishing 1989 farm acreages. Wheat acreage reports guide parity payments of 10 to 12 cents per bushel, with eligibility tied to staying within 1939 wheat allotments and planting status.
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Carroll County
Mt. Carroll
Neighbors Help Carrie Atherton After Fall
Neighbors gathered Tuesday to pick and haul Mrs. Carrie Atherton’s corn after she sprained her knee in a fall last Friday. About 17 or 18 neighbors assisted, with dinner provided by Mrs. Will Hans and helpers Mrs. Ernie Lartz and Mrs. Alvin Reiff. Mrs. Atherton expressed gratitude for the kindness.
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Carrie Atherton
Bad Check Artist Victimizes Stores In County Towns
A man dressed as a workman passed rubber checks to four businesses in Thomson Savanna and Mt Carroll last week. Each $10 check bore the name H W Miller though no account existed at Thomson State Bank or Savannah National Bank. The first check dated Nov 2 1938.
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Thomson and
Savanna
H. W. Miller
Thomson State Bank
National Bank of Savanna
Thomson Bank
Savanna Bank
Thomson
Mt. Carroll
Carroll County News Briefs and Local Updates
Sam Ethridge of Hazelhurst dies Tuesday in Rockford. Local merchants face rubber check fraud. Seven Carroll 4-H members win state honors for outstanding work. Carroll county scout officials named. two meetings set. Election expenses exceed 2300 dollars, salaries and ballots largest items. High school teams begin practice for 38-39 season. most schools start December. Shannon excluded from schedules. Mt. Carroll supervisors meet. Elkhorn Grove objections to Polo Milledgeville road. Agriculture announces 57 cent loan on 1938 corn. forms arrival delays applications. Community committee reviews 1938 crop control and wheat planting reports. Christmas acreage allotments planned. One federal indictment. Jo Daviess and Carroll juries hear cases. Final naturalization papers issued to county residents. Gov boat worker killed near Savanna in auto crash. driver may have dozed at wheel.
Sam Ethridge Dies Tuesday in Rockford
Sam Ethridge 33 of near Hazelhurst died at three o'clock Tuesday afternoon in Rockford sanatorium. He was born September 15, 1905 on a farm northwest of Lanark and married Mildred Spencer February 24, 1928. He lived in Eagle Point township and ran an auto parts business. member of United Brethren church. Surviving are widow, son Hal Elmer, sisters Grace Haley Hazel Daehler Lanark, brothers Paul Joe Rockford Glen Rae Colorado. Funeral plans not finalized.
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Sam Ethridge
Hazelhurst
Rockford
Mr. Ethridge
Lanark
Elmer and
Adisa Ethridge
Mildred Spencer
Eagle Point Township
Ogle County
United Brethren Church
Hal Elmer
Grace Haley
Hazel Daehler
Paul
Joe
Glen
Rae
Colorado
Mrs O H Rahn to Speak Friday at Mt Carroll Meet
Mrs O H Rahn of Chadwick past district president will speak at 2 PM Friday to Mt Carroll Community club on Law Observance Institute. Miss Rose Demmon will read a civil service paper. After business a reception for Carroll school Frances Shimer teachers. Pottery and brass ware display. Hostesses named.
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O. H. Rahn
Chadwick
Mt. Carroll Community Club
Carlos Schaut
John Gelwicks
Hugh Wilson
Anna Towert
Roscoe Almquist
S. J. Campbell Elected Trustee Leader in Beloit and Frances Shimer
S J Campbell of Mt Carroll is elected to Beloit college board of trustees Beloit Wisconsin and also serves as president of the Frances Shimer Junior college trustees board.
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S. J. Campbell
Mt. Carroll
Beloit College
Beloit
Wis
Frances Shimer Junior College
Federal Grand Jury Indicts in Freeport Condemnation Case Action
A federal grand jury in Freeport returned an indictment dismissed for now as the defendant is not yet in custody. Judge Charles E. Woodward presides with 82 jurors, 36 dismissed, 34 excused on a condemnation suit in Jo Daviess county. Two locals, William Straw and George Phillips, serve on a Carroll county case opened Monday. The panel toured Galena river land by boat. Fifteen naturalization papers were finalized including immigrants from Ireland Denmark Yugoslavia and Germany among others.
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Jo Daviess
Carroll County
Federal Grand Jury
Freeport
Charles E. Woodward
Woodward
Jo Daviess County
William Straw
Cherry Grove Township
George Phillips
Savanna
Galena
Mary Kennedy
Dane Brklkacic
Charles Hansen
Carl Gengenbach
Mr. Carroll
Zeede Ruter
John August Ruter
Shannon
Germany
Hansen
Denmark
Kennedy
Ireland
Brklkacic
Jugoslavia
Real estate transfers recorded in past week
Recent transfers filed in the circuit clerk office include Lila L. Doran to Savanna S. B. L. A. pt lot 1 blk 45 F. J. Stranksy sub div Savanna and Emma Johann to Alice Shirk lots 1-10 blk 5 Shelly's add Shannon. Fay E. Stakemiller and husband to Chas McCue same description. Jeannette Slothower to Evelyn Grimm pt lot 7 blk 5 Mt Carroll. Joseph S. Arnold and wife to Eleanor H. Weir sec 7 twp 24 r5 Salem.
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Lila L. Doran
Savanna S. B
L. A
F. J. Stransky
Savanna
Emma Johann
Alice Shirk
Shelly
Shannon
Harry Stakemiller
Fay E. Stakemiller
N. Halderman
Mr. Carro
Chas. McCue
John O. Kerch
Edward R. Mest
Chadwick
Jeannette Slothower
Evelyn Grimm
Mt. Carroll
Joseph S. Arnold
Eleanor H. Weir
Range
Salem
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Mid-West
Canada
Relief Administration
Senate Campaign
WPA
Ray Westfall
Savanna Park District
Secretary OF Agriculture
M. P. Roske
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
CAGE
DHIA
Carroll 4-H Club
Polo- Milledgeville State Road
U. S
Petit Jury
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