Price Ceiling Easing and War Transport Rules Spark Questions
The Price Administrator allows price increases in 11 major food groups to restock shelves, citing rising costs from growing and processing sectors. Separate war restrictions cut long distance calling rights, with a five point plan for essential car mileage and rationing. Readers question enforcement, exemptions, and practical impact on business and daily life. Attention notes ammo shortages and hardware stock concerns as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Costa
Fenderson
Fuel Oil Dealers to Register on October 20 21
October 20 and 21 have been set for registration of fuel oil dealers and suppliers in 30 states where fuel oil and kerosene will be rationed this winter. Dealers who fail to register will be ineligible to sell fuel under the rationing program. Registration of fuel oil consumers will be conducted later. A meeting of old and new county ration board members will be held soon as the board is sworn in and reorganized.
Illinois Motorists to Register for Gas Rationing
Motorists in Illinois and other states will register on November 9 for gas ration books as the Office of Price Administration sets a rationing plan to take effect November 22. Each owner must swear to have no more than five tires and list tire serial numbers with expected periodic inspections. Basic A books provide about 4 gallons per week, with supplementary books for those needing more for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Illinois
Appoint District Wardens for Carrell County Schools
Rural fire wardens for each school district of Carrell county are appointed by Theodore Colehour, chairman of the county rural fire protection committee under the state civilian defense council. A one day school for wardens will be held at the Mt. Carroll courthouse this month, date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrell County
Theodore Colehour
Carrell
Colehour
State Civilian Defense Council
M. P. Roske
Ray R. Westfall
Lawrence E. Bruch
Ward R. Fritz
Mt. Carroll
John K. Morris
Chadwick
Kenneth Flickinger
Lanark
Farm Machine Certificates Issued by County Board
Certificates of purchase for rationed farm machinery were issued this week ending Oct 8 by the county farm machinery rationing board. Names include corn pickers Ray M. Truckenmiller and Harvey Woessner of Shannon. elevator Vernon L. Rawlins Thomson. Donald Asay Polo. Ker mit Krell Lanark. Geo Ritter Shannon. manure spreaders Paul S. Schoenharr Savanna Orion J. Stover Mill edgeville. hammer mill J. S. Snavely Sterling. tractor Fuhremann Canning Co Lanark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Farm Machinery Rationing Board
Ray M. Truckenmiller
Harvey Woessner
Shannon
Vernon L. Rawlins
Thomson
Donald Asay
Polo
Kermit Krell
Lanark
Geo
Ritter
Paul S. Schoenhaar
Savanna
Orion J. Stover
Milledgeville
Organize Farm Transportation Committee Here
A county Farm Transportation committee is organized in Carroll county and other counties to aid farmers and truckers in filling certificates of war necessity. Registration days Oct 22 23 and 24 at the Carroll County AAA office in Mt Carroll. Herman Daehler USDA war board will be ex officio chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
AAA
Mt. Carroll
Herman Daehler
Usda War Board
Transportation Committee
Mother Of Dr Albin Bro Dies In Wisconsin
Mrs Peter John Bro mother of Dr Albin Bro president of Frances Shimer college Mt Carroll died Tuesday morning at her Prentice Wisconsin home Funeral services were planned for Thursday in Prentice with burial there Born Karolina Anderson in Sweden she immigrated in 1887 with her husband They settled in northern Wisconsin Mr Bro died in 1940
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter John Bro
Albin Bro
Frances Shimer College
Mt. Carroll
Prentice
Wis
Karolina Anderson
Sweden
United States
Wisconsin
Bro
Marriage licensees listed by county clerk this week
Court House News lists marriage licenses issued in the past week including Joy Dykstra Fulton and Helen Rogers Mt. Carrot Francis Gravelle San Francisco Calif and Ruth Green Thompson Tryon N C Robert E Butler and Frances d D Patch both of Cleveland Ohio Robert D Guenzler and Charlotte L Flickinger both of Lanark Real Estate Transfers Florence Libberton Adm to Elizabeth Pease Adm deed lots 7 and 8 bik 13 R and H s 1st add Mr Carroll Harold L Hatfield and wife to William Doty warranty deed lot 20 bik 2 L H Bowens add Savanna Warren Paul to H H Winkler warranty deed Sec 10 twp 24 Range 5 Savanna Charles E Hartman and wife to Pearl G Marth warranty deed pt lot 1 blk 1 R and H s 2nd add Mr Russell S Schaal and wife to Milton G Gage et al warranty deed sec 11 two range 5 Washington Carroll county supervisors held a routine session Tuesday in the court house. The board approved and paid costs of the voters registration just completed and approved bills paid during vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Dykstra
Fulton
Helen Rogers
Mt. Carrot
Francis E. Gravelle
San Francisco
Calif
Ruth Green Thompson
Tryon
N. C
Robert E. Butler
Frances d D. Patch
Cleveland
Robert D. Guenzler
Charlotte L. Flickinger
Lanark
Florence Libberton
Elizabeth Pease
Mr. Carroll
Harold L. Hatfield
William Doty
L. H. Bowen
Savanna
Warren Paul
H. H. Winkler
Charles E. Hartman
Pearl G. Marth
Russell S. Schaal
Milton G. Gage
Washington
Carroll County
Court House
Navy recruits nine men tentatively accepted in Rockford
Harold Glenn Lamoreaux, 21, of Lanark is named among nine recruits tentatively accepted for enlistment in the U.S. Navy. Navy recruiter Chief Machinist's Mate Harry P. Warren reported the Friday action in Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Glenn Lamoreaux
Lanark
U. S. Navy
Harry P. Warren
Rockford
Tire ration certificates issued in Carroll County week
Tire ration certificates for auto tires and tubes issued Oct 1–8 by Carroll County rationing board list recipients by grade and item. Entries cover Grade 1 and 2 tires, obsolete tires, passenger tires and retreads, truck tires and tubes, track retreads, with names and towns such as Mt. Carroll Savanna Chadwick Lanark Milledgeville Thomson Shannon Proving Ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Rationing Board
J. C. Garland
Mt. Carroll
Louise M. Ross
Savanna
A. A. Calkins
Chadwick
Marvin H. Moltman
John A. Phillips
George Johnson
William L. Plock
Shannon
Arthur Sisler
David Mohlenkamp
E. E Frank
Lanark
Donald Anderson
Milton M. Traum
John A. Philipis
Milledgeville
Wm. Peck
Wesley Miller
Kraft Cheese Co
Thomson
Lloyd G. Hinsch
Kenneth E. Whitmer
Vernon Bashaw
Elsie Shellhouse
Harold Merchant
Lanarks
Harold Hanna
Cecil P. Russell E
Donald C. Carpenter
Consolidated School
Charles Je Sucher
Carjroll Co. Highway Dept
Royal Electric Construction Co
Proving Ground
Glen Brock
Kenneth L. Visa
Earl W. Hanna
Savanna Construction Co
Horace Fetteroff
Earl C. Burkholder
Mt.Carroll
Harlen Almost Collides With Deer Tuesday
Harlen Handel reports a near collision with a deer on a gravel road north of the Chester Hoffman farm Tuesday evening. He braked to avoid the animal which jumped into the road and then fled into a ditch and field. Farmers in the area had noticed deer previously, but this is the first recent sighting. Sunday dinner guests at the Ivan Carroll Theme included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gelwicks of Milledgeville and Mr. and Mrs. Rush Carroll of Thomson, celebrating Rush and Ivan Carroll’s birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlen Handel
Harlen
Chester Hoffman Farm
Ivan Carrol
Robert Gelwicks
Milledgeville
Rush Carroll
Thomson
Ivan Carroll
Induction orders go out to 22 men from Carroll County
Induction orders mailed Saturday to 22 more Carroll County men for army service. They will report to the induction station in Chicago next Thursday morning October 22. The county’s second October quota follows a 20-man group that departed October 16. Names in the Savanna area include Ivan Fossett Howard Stolts Lloyd Schildwachter Lyle Tompkins Ervie Guenzler Glenn Shellhouse Milford Miller William Pauley John Durham Raymond Smith John Hartman Warren Paul George Troha Roy Byron Walter Savage David Raymond Joseph Delp Maurice Clifton Henry Holling Charles Spellman Gervase Law Chester Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ivan W. Fossett
Howard A. Stolts
Chadwick
Lloyd J. Schildwachter
Lyle J. Tompkins
Lanark
Ervie L. Guenzler
Glenn R. Shellhouse
Milford M Miller
William R. Pauley
John L. Durham
Raymond C. Smith
John P. Hartman
Mr. Carroll
Warren R. Paul
George M. Troha
Roy S. D. Byron
Walter Robert Savage
David H. Raymond
Joseph J. Delp
Maurice H. Clifton
Henry C. Holling
Charles J. Spellman
Gervase W. Law
Chester A. Stewart
Savanna
Carroll County Deaths Chronicle list of local obituaries
Funeral services were held for George Schneider 72 of Shannon in Shannon Evangelical church with burial in Brethren cemetery. He died Oct 9 at his Shannon home. Survivors include wife Mary Diehl two sons Alvin and Harold one daughter Mrs John Sammons five brothers and three sisters. Also noted were deaths of Savanna resident Hazen 68 with funeral in Law funeral home and Mt. Carroll resident Mrs Mira Caldwell 85 with services in Savanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schneider Shannon
George Schneider
Shannon
Paul V
Brethren Cemetery
Mr. Schneider
John
Christiana Schneider
Cheery Grove
Mary Diehl
Alvin Schneider
Chadwick
Harold. Schneider
Lanark
John Sammons
Magnolia
Ill
Mary Beckman
Longville
Minn
Elmer Stoner
Carroll
Lizzie Schneider
Newkirk
Okla
Edward
William Frank
Reuben Sehneider
Savanna
Hugh Hazen
Chestnut Park
Law Funeral
H. F. Whitney
Bagley
Wis
Amos and
Louise Hazen
Mt. Hope
Clara Pondke
George Manousos
Milwaukee
Oscar Williamson
Colona
Ronald
Rockford and
Wilford
Mt. Carroll
Mira Caldwell
Caroline Mark
Fuller Funeral Home
Savanna Cemetery
Sunday Dinner Guests at G. L. Collinson Home
Sunday guests included Mr. and Mrs. Orval Rech of Moline and Mrs. Merle Stage and son of Woodstock. Also present were Mr. and Mrs. George Collinson and son from Caledonia, Miss Anne Martens of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bast and son of Lanark, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Riehl with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Martens and sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Collinson
Orval Rech
Moline
George Collinson
Caledonia
Merle Stage
Woodstock
Anne Martens
Chicago
Ed Bast and Sson
Lanark
Henry ‘Riehl
Oscar Mar‘tens and Sons
Auxiliary Meets The Black Oak Grange
The Auxiliary met last Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Harry Peterson. The regular Grange meeting is scheduled for Thursday evening, Oct. 15, at the Grange hall in Chadwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Oak
Mrs Kenneth Whitney Accepts Principal Contract in Savannah
Mrs Kenneth Whitney has accepted a contract as principal of Chestnut Park grade school in Savannah. She has served as acting principal and as a seventh and eighth grade teacher since the school opened this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth €. Whitney
Chestnut Park
Savanna
Dinner Guests Visited Coleta And Mt Carroll Homes
Sunday gatherings included Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Reiff Mrs. Harold Stoner and Miss Arletta Hartman at Elwin Allison’s Coleta home. Additional guests were Mr. and Mrs. M F Van Buer and family at Leo Chamberlain’s Mt. Carroll home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Reiff
Harold Stoner
Arletta Hartman
Elwin Allison
Coleta
M. F. van Buer
Leo Chamberlain
Mt. Carroll
4-H Girls Win Honor Awards in Club Work
Certificates for outstanding achievement in 4-H club work were awarded to three Carroll County girls Bunny Rows of Mt. Carroll Grave Keeney of Lanark and Dorothy Artman of Shannon. County project honor members for the year include Mary Ritchie Carol Manning Ruth Ritchie Betty Ware Grace Keeney Marion Crofton Mary Merkel Wilma Jean Manning Ruth Dyson Bernice Derrer Nola Guengler Dolores Rahn all of Lanark Florence Artman Dorothy Artman Iva Kamsmeier Carol Wirtes all of Shannon Patricia Murney and Betsy Ross both of Mr Carrell. Honorable mention goes to Ruth Ahrens Milledgeville Barbara Isenberger Doris Kaning Carel Jean Ware Marian and Ardith Klenz all of Lanark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroll
Bunny Rows
Mt. Carroll
Grave Keeney
Lanark
Dorothy Artman
Shannon
Mary Ritchie
Carol Manning
Ruth Ritchie
Betty Ware
Grace Keeney
Marion Crofton
Mary Merkel
Wilma Jean Manning
Ruth Dyson
Bernice Derrer
Nola Guengler
Dolores Rahn
Florence Artman
Iva Kamsmeier
Carol Wirtes
Patricia Murney
Betsy Ross
Federal Court Term Opens in Freeport with Judge Campbell
The October term of Federal court in Freeport begins Monday October 19 with Judge William J. Campbell of Chicago presiding. Grand and petit jurors from Carroll County report at 2 p.m. Evelyn Kloepping Lanark William Buck Ethel McCall Pearl Sisley Robert Smith Mt Carroll Olive Baldwin Thomas Fritz Mt Carroll B E Shores Savanna Gertrude Vock Milledgeville summoned for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
William J. Campbell
Chicago
Grand
Petit
Carroll County
Evelyn Kloepping
Lanark
William Buck
Ethel McCall
Pearl Sisley
Robert Smith
Mt Carroll
Olive Baldwin
Thomas Fritz
Mt. Carroll
B. E. Shores
Savanna
Gertrude Vock
Milledgeville
Teachers Vacation as Carroll County Institutes In Session
Carroll County pupils take two days off this week as teachers attend the county teachers institute at Mt. Carroll Thursday and the IEA district meeting in Rockford Friday. Speakers include A H Launchner and Dr A W Cordier with topics on radiation war and Europe before and after WWII.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
County Teachers’ Institute
Mt. Carroll
IEA
Rockford
A. H. Launchner
Thornburn
Urbana
A. W. Cordier
Manchester College
North Manchester
Ind
Launchner
Cordier
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Mt. Carroll High School
Mildred Fager
Midway Theatre
John Ruff
School of Education
University of Missouri
Lynd Hossian
University of Southern California
Farm Management Service Offered in Carroll County
Carroll county farmers may consult M L Mosher of the University of Illinois Farm Management department late in October about a new service. A field man works with enrolled farmers, making four to six trips yearly and providing yearly audits and farm analyses to boost net income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Farm Management Department
University of Illinois
Pari
M. P. Roske
M. L. Mosher
Latte
Roske
Livingston
Tazewell
Lanark Cattlemen Bring 26 Yearling Steers to Chicago Market
Greenawalt Brothers of Lanark sent 26 yearling steers averaging 1012 pounds to the Chicago Stock Yards last week. The cattle sold straight at 16.25 per cwt, with top cattle reaching 17 per cwt across Monday to Wednesday markets, matching the high price since last spring. Mrs. E J Isenhart of Malvern visited the Loechel home last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenawalt Brothers
Lanark
Chicago
WEDDINGS SHAPE LIFE OF SEVERAL LANARK AREA COUPLES
Mary Helen Brearton and Frederick A. Allen Jr wed at the groom’s mother’s home in Hinsdale with Rev. Richard Lee presiding. The couple will reside at 2001 W Michigan Ave Milwaukee. The ceremony drew immediate family and featured Eleanor Allen as pianist. The same issue notes Thelma Darlene Kane’s marriage to Pvt Wayne Crawford at Camp Robinson Arkansas and Charlotte Flickinger’s wedding to Robert Guenzler in Lanark with a reception for family guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Helen Brearton
John L. Brearton
Savanna
Frederick A. Allen Jr
Grace Allen
Hindsdale
Richard Lee
Eleanor Allen
Hinsdale
Lnter
Voloiat
Ted Hopkine
Kansas City
Edgewater Beach
Chicago
Savanna Township High School
Francee Shimer Junior Lallege
Mt. Carroll
University of Illinois
Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority
Allen
Savanna City
West Allis
Wis
Hinsdale High School
Hamilton College
Clinton
N. Y
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity
Ile
Nordberg Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Wia
Michigan Avenue
Kane Crawford
Gladys Kane
Polo
Thelma Darlene
Wayne Crawford
Jas.Crawford
Milledgeville
Camp Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Horace E. Gravely
Verna Koontz
Clarence Krueger
Bennie Kane
Miss Koontz
Voter registration totals in Carroll County under act
Carroll County reports 9 272 eligible voters registered under the Lincoln Permanent Registration Act. Officials fear poll delays on November 3 as unregistered residents may vote with duplicate registration cards and an affidavit. Precinct No 1 Mt Carroll leads with 8651 registered voters, followed by York and Wyson above 800 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Walter R. Watson
Savanna
Mt. Carroll
York
Wyson
Sugar Stamp 9 Good for Three Pounds in Nov Dec
Sugar ration stamp No. 9 will be good for three pounds of sugar from Nov 1 to Dec 15, inclusive, keeping the half pound per person per week allotment. Industrial and institutional allotments for November and December will be 70 percent and 60 percent respectively. Applications may be acted upon after today.
Soybeans Must Be Dry For Top Quality
Near Thomson a farmer harvests soybeans amid praise for dry beans. Herman Daehler says 15 percent moisture or less is needed for storage and field drying is best. Abbott notes loan and purchase programs guarantee fair prices under war crop status with price scale set by CCC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Herman Daehler
County Agricultural Conservation Association
Farm Bureau Hall
Daehler
Abbott
Triple-A
Commodity Credit Corporation
Infantile Paralysis Quarantine Sparks County Health Notice
The Lloyd Smith home in Argo-na was quarantined Wednesday after the Smiths son Robert was tentatively diagnosed with infantile paralysis. Tests at the hospital show no signs yet. Health officials report two cases in Savanna and one in Mt. Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Smith
Argona
Smith
Robert
Savanna
Mt. Carroll
Speed Train Hit by Truck at Union Grove
The City of San Francisco railroad liner was damaged and several persons slightly injured when a truck carrying steel crashed into the Union Grove crossing east of Fulton Tuesday morning. Harlan Miller of Iowa, driver of the truck, was badly injured and taken to Morrison hospital after extraction from his wrecked cab. Rail service was halted about five and a half hours while the track was cleared. two cars derailed and four others damaged. Miller, traveling west on Route 30, appeared to miss the train and swerved to avoid it but could not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Northwestern Railroad
Union Grove
Fulton
Harlan Miller
Iowa
Morrison Hospital
Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Board of War Communications
Memoriam
Donald Smith
Lawrence Coden
Vernon Adolph
Clarence Hartman
Henry Peterson
Howard Mackey
Chester Alexander
Carl Haag
Joe Weber
Frank Williams
Edgar Imes
Harry Miller
Frank Leavens
Robert Carroll
Roy Heitman
Charles Sack
Glenn Bower
Bert Johnson
Jake Diephuis
Harold Witt
Harvey Seim
of Thomson
Roy Michael
Ray Heffelfinger
T. H. Diffen
William Schmidt
Roy Williamson
Woodrow Curboy
Henry Toepfer
W. H. Law
Austin Elliott
John Toepfer
Lawrence Newcomer
James Morgan
Kenneth Schneider
George Keim
Howard Imel
John Richter
Wallace Williams
Roy Smith
Wallace James
Clyde Emwyre
Theodore Storm
Julius Dauphin
Frank Rausch
Carl Messmer
Glenn Law
Clarence Doty
Carl Handel
D. F. Crouse
Fred Handel
Joe Hebling
Arthur Haas
Elmer Henning
Fred TerHark
Irvin Woessner
Russell Stoner
Walter Temple
LaMoine Mowery
Brice Cook
Charles Moll
Albert Kniss
John Miller
Massbach
Carl Mielke
Melvill Frye
Pearl City
Leo Lundy
Hanover
Farm Transportation Committee
Court House News
Navy
Selective Service Board
Army
Chadwick News
Coarm
Lanark Cattlemen
E. J. Isenhart
Malvern
Ed Loechel
Brearton-Allen
Flickinger-Guenzler
Charlotte Flickinger
Ralph Flickinger
Robert Guenzler
Fred Guenzler
Geo. Auman
Joyce Flickinger
Lowell Toepfer
Flickinger
Marilyn Peat
Ruth Peters Sisler
Helen Alman
Truman Royer
Virgil Royer
Velma Bishop
Marian Derrer
Betty Derrer
Jean Watts
Joan Lamereux
Maurice Guenzler
Dwight Flickinger
Lavonne Gaul
Barbaretta Gaul
Guenzler
Lanark High School
Freedom Township
Fair Haven
Wysox
Salem
Rock Creek
Elkhorn Grove
Lima
Cherry Grove Shannon Ats Har Freedom Aa
Woodland
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