19 Oct 1939
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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1939
Page
1
The fragment discusses neutral stance and wartime warnings, then shifts to Mississippi duck hunting openings and hunting area conditions. It mentions government employment, taxation, and prewar economic indicators, alongside road safety and spring travel patterns.
A Carroll county court jury awarded slightly over 7000 dollars to owners of several tracts east of Milledgeville for land taken for a right of way to the Milledgeville Polota route. Damages to adjacent land and underpass provisions for livestock were included. two women served on the jury, the first since 1929.
Henry Francis Kosier, 53, longtime Savanna resident, died after being run over by heavy damp truck at Savanna Ordnance Depot. Working with PWA road crew, Kosier fell from the truck on unloading. Inquest held. survived by three sons, five daughters, mother, two brothers, a sister, and 14 grandchildren.
Delegates to the county agriculture conservation convention in Mt Carroll re elected J W Erdmeier Shannon as chairman and Ray Moyer Fair Haven as vice chair. Homy Miller Woodland named third member with Ed Rahn Rock Creek first alternate and Freeman Law Freedom second alternate.
Bids opened at Savanna Ordnance depot last week showed Brooka Construction of Fort Wayne Indiana, Warner Construction of Chicago, and Manhattan Construction of Muskogee Oklahoma as low bidders on three projects. Brooks bid 43007.35 for two miles of concrete paving, Warner bid 66168.12 for about three miles of railroad track, Manhattan bid 264850 for two smokeless powder magazines and seven standard magazines. Final awards await review in Washington DC.
September reports from Carroll County show 16 births, 5 girls and 10 boys, and 20 deaths. August records added 1 girl and 1 boy. No auto fatalities in September. one inquest held for Henry G. Gossett in Wisconsin. Births list includes Janice Elaine Fehler and Patricia Ann Ne Kelsey among others in Savanna, Mt. Carroll, Milledgeville, Lanark, and Savanna. Deaths include Frederick Werner in Wysox and Nelson Ridgway in Milledgeville, with interments across local cemeteries.
A Carroll County circuit court jury panel for the November term includes fourteen women, marking the first time women serve on circuit court juries here. Names listed span towns such as Savanna, Cherry Grove, and Clinton Iowa, with several individuals connected to local areas. Marriage licenses were issued last week in Clinton for Edward Tenley and Bernadine Sorensen, and Danny Ktyre and Dorothy Holm.
John Collins 17 and his 14 year old brother Clarence, both in custody for earlier crimes, were indicted in federal court at Freeport on charges of stealing 1158.21 from Lt LaMaster and a .41 caliber automatic weapon. bonds set at 5000 each. Payroll funds and gun were recovered by Carroll county authorities weeks earlier.
The Savanna area lines proceed with Jo Carroll Electric cooperative work begins after bids for improvements at the Savanna Ordnance Depot. REA approves a Chicago contractor for about 100 miles of lines and a $5,000 allotment for home wiring and plumbing loans.
A late last week election results in Salem Grove and Freedom elected local leaders with chairmen John Eisfeller J W Erdmeier Freeman Law and several alternates. Delegates chosen in all ten communities met Tuesday in Mt Carroll to form a county committee to administer the 1940 Carroll county farm program.
The annual Carroll county Teachers Institute will be held at Mt Carroll High School next Thursday October 26. L E Bruch superintendent of schools announced the program with a 9 am registration and a demo Classroom Use of Radio by Mrs Harriet H Hester. Prof Robert Phillips and Dr Bert I Beverly among others will speak on topics including New Illinois School Law Behavior Problems and more with various noon and afternoon program items and performances.
Officials say an error in a line was corrected long before the scheduled execution. Defense attorney reportedly worked frantically to fix the issue. Palmer Dauphin of Savanna wins Carroll husking contest Tuesday with 27.6 bushels amid a large crowd. first such event here in years.
About 100 people attended a Savanna American Legion post and Carroll County Council session led by Walter Hate mann with Ernest Frey substituting for absent commander Eber Shepherd. The event featured membership talks, a district planning note for Freeport and Mt. Carroll, and a varied entertainment lineup by L V Schwartz and the Cruising Serenaders.
Carroll county officials question a Chicago attorney Ira Silbar who rushed to correct a stay of execution for John Collins. A miswritten order swapped it and is now corrected two weeks before the original Oct. 13 death sentence, with a Dec. 15 rescheduled execution date. Collins killed Lt. Paul LaMaster during a payroll holdup at the CCC camp near Mt. Carroll.
Strong northwest winds last Thursday and Friday stirred up three to four foot waves on Pool 18 of the Mississippi River. Small boats and towboats faced trouble, with one towboat forced to tie up after failing to buck the waves. Motor and rowboats also struggled to traverse the pool amid dangerous conditions.
Devon Richmond, 25, of Savanna, was hunting on the Adam Rath farm north of Savanna when his right hand was shot off. He was taken to Savanna hospital where doctors amputated at the elbow. J Lynch, Director of Conservation, warns that Illinois quail and pheasant season opens Nov 10 and reports of early hunting have reached the department.
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