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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1938
Page
4
A Webster drill mounted on a tractor powers seven augers to cut and peel a tree trunk in under a minute. Trees up to 28 inches are felled by the augers delivering high torque, while smaller trunks take mere minutes to finish. Two workers undercut remaining wood in minutes, and the foundation is breached as augers pass through the trunk.
Local officials urge removal of help seekers from property while farmers comply as WPA and CCC aid campaigns are considered. Inquest testimony identifies the dead as a youth shot by a gun belonging to William Wessels, who allowed his son to use it on hunting trips. The father recalls asking the youth not to go hunting that day.
A large Carroll county Legionnaires gathering for the 18th district executive committee met Friday evening in Mt. Carroll with representatives from Sterling Dixon Tampico Bloomington Morrison Stockton and Hanover. Fort Woodring and J E Griswold led the session which named committee chairmen for membership Americanism service officer and many other Legion activities.
Two hundred lawyers from twelve counties in northern Illinois will gather September 20 in Rockford for the annual one day session of the Sixth Supreme Judicial Bar Association. The event at Hotel Faust includes a luncheon and morning and afternoon programs with national speakers.
Milwaukee railroad officials announce one of the three new Hiawatha sections will be exhibited in Savanna on Saturday at 10 45 AM then travel to Freeport for public display in the afternoon. The tour will visit additional northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin cities.
The article describes a full train formation including engine and seven coaches that will tour the country. Each section forms a complete train with distinct cars and a uniformed crew. Public inspections will occur in every city visited, with active service starting about a week after the tour ends.
George W. Smith, 71, died Sept 7 on the Ed Grenoble farm near Hickory Grove after a heart attack while pumping water. Funeral services were held Friday at the Christian Funeral Home in Mt. Carroll with Rev. R. H. Leitner officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery. Born Nov 14, 1866 at Center Hill, he lived his life in the area and is survived by his widow, his daughter Mrs. William Bailey, son Fred of Savanna, two brothers John and Charles of Center Hill, and a sister Mrs. Earl Bancroft of Dubuque Iowa.
Paramount comedy about sailors on shore leave centers on a childhood contract where two brothers vow to marry two sisters. Martha Raye Bob Hope Betty Grable and Jack Whiting headline as the plot follows the brothers efforts to honor the pact and navigate romantic mix ups. The film opens locally Saturday at Rialto Theatre.
A Rialto Theatre western features George O'Brien as a U S marshal sent to Gunsight to investigate recent holdups. Miss Raye, a famed beauty, competes with her sister in romance and mischief as the plot unfolds with adventure and gunplay on the Arizona frontier.
Get your free Movie Quiz booklet at the Majestic Box Office and join the parade. Pictures shown at the Majestic are Movie Quiz pictur.
Limited supply ad for shampoo and finger wave services in Clinton Iowa listing days Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and location next to Capitol Theatre with contact phone 4471.
Tonight Harold Lloyd stars in Professor Peware while Frio and Sit present James Cagney and Pat O’Brien in Roy Meets Girl with Marie Wilson Frank McHugh and Ralph Bellamy. Norma Shearer and Tyrone Power star in Marie Antoinette on Sun Mon Tue. Sept 4 92 Martha Ray appears in Give Me a Sailor next Wed Thu Sept 9 12 Spawn of the North promoted as the season’s biggest hit. upcoming dates and titles listed.
County clerk or election commissioners will mail a pamphlet before October 1 detailing the current State Constitution provisions on banking and the proposed Amendment, explaining how it changes the law and what voters should know.
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