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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 8 Aug 1924, p. 8

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8 Yesterday mo~ a strange lookCar in Record Time ing individual, badly in need of a hairNight Desk man Kunze at police cut, walked down Michigan boulevard headquarters claims the record for Plan and Purpose of Event gawking at the S. 0 . S. signs on the recovering a stolen car. The record autos and buses. He see med sort of was made at 11 o'clock last WednesIs Outlined dazzled by being in the city again. day night when Frank P. Kutten, 2763 Two women walked J · ust ahead of Eastwood avenue, E vanston, repor t e d him. "Pick up that paper, Madam," over the telephone that his brand new he ordered, "we must keep this camp Ford touring car had just been stolen. clean. Now, look around and see if K k' Editor's Note: The fmblic has bem you can't find fifty more pieces." While Deskman unze was rna m!;'t stirred in the past few da)'s by comment, Farther down the street the young up the record of the. theft, the police pro tUtd con, concerlf.ing the contemplDttd Notional Defelf..te or Mobili::atio" .man saw a mob trying to cross the telephone rang agam. Mrs. George Test arranged by the War Deportment boulevard. "Fall in line," he yelled, R. Tolen, 1 Crescent. place, was at tutd scltedt1led to be held o" Septemhtr "one at a time." As he crossed the th~ other end .of the ltne. Two men JUSt drove a new Ford 12, .1924. In the accompanying article river he began frantically wa\·ing his Ma1or General Hale, comma11ding the hands. A policeman rushed up and car up in front of my house; theY. got Si.dh Army Corps, i11cludi1J9 t/11 north asked him what was the matter. ou.t of the auto and ran away, she . sl!ore area, uplaitrs in precise attd defi- "Why," he explained, "that man didn't sa1d. Mrs,. Tolen had hardly fimshed nrte terms the prcrpose. p/OPJ a1ul signi- have permission to tak e out that boat." Farther down the street he entered speakmg when Kunze had two officers ficalfce of the great mobili::ation test. a department store which was just do!ld the way to recover the car. They The crowd was loud and 1 The public wants to know what all opening. noisy. The young man reached into At 11 :10 o'clock the deskman had this talk about _Def~nse Test Day means, his shirt pocket and drew forth some- Mr. Kutten on the phone. "We've got and the followmg ts · an explanation: thing bright and shiny. He blew 1t. your car," he announced. It was What It Ia? The crowd stopped talking to star~ said that Mr. Kutten could scarcely In 1920 Congress passed a law for at him. "We will have it quiet in here believe what the officer had told him, National Safety. please." As the young man picked but being reassured, answered that This law provides a reserve composed himself up from the street he yelled, he would be on his way to police of civilian volunteers. "Tent one, report I" In his delirium headquarters at once. "That isn't In peace, this re erve is only a frame- at the hospital be keeps moaning in- necessary," said Kunze; "One of our work composed mostly of officers. coherently "Time for reveille-wheTe's men will deliver the car to you, proIf ~e be attacked, this framework re- the bugler? 0. D. report I Pass the vided you drive him back." It was serve ts filled up by enlisted men pro- soup. Oh, it a!~'t gonna rain no more, agreed. C!J':~ by Selective Service boards of no more...... Lieutenant Henry Brantigan had ctvthans. Later the young man was identified the honor and the pleasure of restorTo, do this, plans called "mobilization as a leader just returned from Central ing· the stolen car to Mr. Kutten. plans are necessary. The War Department is responsible that the.e plans a.ffi work, aud to fmd out ' I't primarily institutes a mobilization test. HALE EXPLAINS DEFENSE TEST HOLD I'Muskegon. Y. M. C. A's. Camp Pinewood near UJ:,I" Mich. North shore Boy LIE CAMP ON BOYS THIS PROVES Scouts are encamped there. I'~ WILMETTE FRIDAY AUGUST ' PolJ·ce Recover Stolen I She itis engaged and is the with farmer, the the architect,-those who are gaged with growing things-who Work 1 · Called Intrinsically most enjoyment out of life. Yoa bat 1 of coal merchants retiring frOIIl '-1. Interesting ness, but you never hear of an artist tiring, and so it is with people who.,! · h ch'ld """ wtt 1 ren-you h ave to have~ sory Jaws to retire them. To ont CO. "Kindergartners are a much needed secrated to this work love and t~-...:.· .nfluence 1 ·n tht's world of ours, with the 'th th '""'Uiq 1 grow w1 e years. delightful mission of starting things "Inasmuch as everyone has this loott right and making life less forlorn," said for children," continued Dr. McAndft't Dr William McAndrew Chicago's sup- "people often question the necessity of eri~tendent of schools, i~ addre~sing the havin~ teachers,. Why cannot the 'JIIotb. the students of the National Kmdergar- er tram the chtld? She has not the timt ten and Elementary college at the sum-1 n.or the training. Even if she. had the mer school graduation last Friday. "In t1me s.he would hav~ to expertment 011 choosing a life work the ultimate re- the ch1ld and find thmgs out for htncJf wards sh~uld come as a secondary con- by repeating all. the mista that moth. sideration. The nature of the process ers have made smce the Gardtn of Eden, itself, whether or not it is intrinsi.ca .lly and the race would make little progress, d d interesting, sh~ul bt: the .etermtnl!"'g "As the world has become ~iser it has facto~. There IS nothmg particularly m- observ~ the treatment. of children that t~r.estmg a~ut man.y processes. Pr~c- has fa 11ed and t~at wh1c~ has succ~ tts!ng ~cales m .learn~n~ to play, th~ datly Th~ result of th1s. expertence and obaer. gnnd tn .ath,ebc trau~mg, the routme of vatton has been gtven to you as kinder. mo~t busmess enterpr1ses, depend almost gar.tners, .and .you haye come, in so \ar entl~ely ?n the result-beauty! applause, as 1s poss1ble m the tn~e you ~ve spent, grattficattod of others, financ1al success expenenced, and the httle child is set -for an ~ncentive. But when you co.me to you for certain periods each day ia to the km~rgarten you have a -thmg order that advantage may be taken of that is intrinsically interesting, both as the previous experience of the world to to process and material. start him right. I congratulate you Cll "In addition to the fact that she is ren- your good fortune and your good sense dering service when she works with in chossing your occupation that of c:ilildren, the kindergartner has the satis- starting them right." ' KlNDERGARTNERS ASK HAVE FINE T 1924 faction of knowing that ~he is with something that front the ginning of the world has been nized as attractive. growi~ Itt: th bers vicini1 roughout the second ann omen's We~ at Onw~ c: present t riam Bttrns meet, teei arwood of C Several of t the golf \' dition to ss Burns, ional ch< I, Wise~ Why It Ia? Jt is. a test ~f the progress made in our natJOnal poiJcy of preparedness. And therefore, a test of our preparedness to prevent war. And t.hereiore, a test of our preparedness to msure peace. And the~efore, a great national peace demonstra bon. · How It Will Be Done? . A state ~o~mittee of the heads of natiOnal J?atnottc organizations is formed 'nd t.lus state committee forms locai ~~:;mtttees throug.hout the state, and e local comm1ttees plan, organize, folio~ up and carry through the demonstratton for their ~wn locality, which may. be a county, a ctty, a part of a city a hVIllage, or any other place whateve; w ere the pe?ple may meet for the purpose of learmng What Preparedness means ' Why it is necessary, By w~at. authority it exists, Why It ts the exact opposite of a war measure, Why it will insure peace. Wh~t WiD Happen? (The ~rgantzed reserve is cited below ~use tts organization and training are ess co~plete than in the regular army and natton~l guard.) John Smtth, a captain in the organized ~ese rve c~rps, .a ~triotic citizen, livin&' m onesvtlle, IS hsted at the War Department ~s commanding Company A IJlan~ Reg!ment ?f Infantry. ' Thts regtment m peace is a paper regi~~~tldonbely. f It heed omes real only if war orce upon us hIf such a misfortune should befall us t en Company .A. Blank Regiment' would, by selecttve service, become ~ com~ny of.~ men, and Captain Smith al ~~meddclvtltan, would receive house' co e an feed this company f;om th~ ,:a~ sent by the local selective board o t _ast man. Captain Smith has been tramed how to do this H h e as formed plans how to do it. . Ia Trainin· Teat The mobilization test to be held on 'Pefense Test day, September 12 1924 t~/ test of Captain Smith's trai~ing i~ IS. respect. He will go through the motiOns that he has been taught 'f should fall b . , 1 war upon us, ut, havmg no men . h' m. IS. ~ce company, he wiiJ ask patriottc Citizens ~ I' · .between 18 and 45 years of \ ge, tvmg m . his locality, to volunteer' h<? answer their names as members of ts becompal2ny for an hour or two on Sept em r , next. And then, Captain Smith will ask ~~tiz~:o~h~ee~iu and other ~atriotic a carefully prepared le, to l.1sten to the War De t paper,. f~tshed by par ment, explammg d ti . Iy, and in detail, what it ic r. e ruteAnd there ma bJ: · . .~ ad aboutothers - ~ .. ikttr10ttc speeches by Serving a Rapidly Growing Industrial Territory No. 8 in a senes or statements about this Company's businees Tlte announcement tlaat t.lae Public Service Com~ or Northern Dlinoia h4e been awarded the Charlee A. Collin Medal for 1923, ie a tribute to tlte territory in which th.ia Company operates ae we11 a the eervice ise Fordy Ohio, anq champions, "N S. L. Reinhar Melvin )one ~ Mrs. J. S. Prj Farlin Ball, ~ \Vestern ass1 the players. !ndian Hi Ridge were 11 :\Irs. Char11 ' charge o ,.;s itant golfl Mrs. Robert O'Brien. Mr W. Ellis, ~il Paul Noyes, 1Irs. R. H . )I assey. we_rl contestmg u] :\Irs. Edga Pearce, Mrs Pope, Mrs. H. B. Hac and 1Iiss v; Sun ct Rid lt has be E IGH~-ONE per cent of the electricity sold by Public it renders. 1 Tlale award was made to this Company in competition with the electric li~ht and power companiee of the United States "tor metinguished oontributiotl to the development of electric Ji~ht and power for the conveni· ence of the public and the benefit of the industry." . on the lines of this Company have available for their requirements the greatest pool of electricity of any similar area in the world. In addition to supplying electric light to 160,000 homes, ~t~, office:s. and factories, furnishing electric street lightmg m 137 cttieS and towns and power to pump water in 69 communities, this Company serves a continually increasing list of industries with electric power. ~ of til~ I.Jrp eun~ of el«tric JH1ftr · llw &.a of ti-..U eo.p.., fiNI Hurley Machine Co. American Manpneee Steel Co. General Re&.ctoriee Co. Aluminum Producta Co. Buda Company Goulds MUlinl eo. A. M. Leu Shoe Co. Service Company of - Northern lllinoa. is power. ~ :rst Biftex Products Co. Bor& 4: Bed Co. ~ H~ Shoe Co. Cyclone Fence Co. Libby, McNeill cl Libby Zion Indutltria Inland Glasa Co. Continental Can Co. Paramount Knitting Co. Colonial Fireplace Co. Creamery Package Co. Harvey Motor Truck Co. Illinois Clay Products Co. Federal Mate~ C'..cr.,. Amerioln Sanitary Mfg. Co. Crown Stove Co. Arlington Seating Co. Armour Fertilizer Works Gilbert cl Bennett Mfg. Co. American Tar Products Co. American Bottle Co. Abbott Laboratories American Stove Co. Pontiac Sboe Mfg. Co. American Can Company Inland Steel Co. Joliet MUlincr Co. ~=! =-::,..~ JY,mdry Ca. Calumet t:Oemical Co. .-Advance Terra Cotta Co. Chicqo Steel Car Co. Laron Woolen Milla Toy Tinkers Coonley Mfg. Co. Whiting Corporation Mather Stock Car Co. Blisa a: Laughlin Inc. Interstate Foundry Co. Brownell Improvement Co. National Envelope Co. Ruaeell Grader Co. --. T SC: may be para~es And there may be games' and · :~d contests, to demonstrate the ~~~~ "'al thet ~ar Department system of physi ' rammg. b. Au~ there should be a universal di. ~ai ID home and hop, of our country~~ And' there o~ the .number of businesses in the territory, it shows the dtve~tty of ef!orts and the important part electric power While the above list of companies represents but a fraction supplied by this Company plays in production. pu~r: ::~~: sho~d :: prayers f~r our peace tbrouyh an t preservation of n~-- th ' g out o_ur great republic. ...ug ts sound l1ke war ? daIyt doet not I It is what Defense Test meuu thouah. HARRY C. HALE (Major General, U. S. Army.) r IS e· Lottte and May Coy of Wil~E BROTHER BY DEATH ~slham <;. S. Coy, brother of the ·In a~ to its electric service this Company supplies gas servtce to 90,254 residential and industrial customers. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS s.r.u.. 1,000 .,..... mila-202 citia and to.,.._ll1itla Gcu w Acflicib JNO. S. REESMAN. Dlatrict Ill Claarc· Stnet Plao- Ennatoa . . EVAMSTON · pas ed away recently at Shelby .'ch., !"here ~e had been vacationing ~lth ht fam1ly. Services were held m Dubaque, Ia., Friday, Au&ust 1. M~tte, Maaaa· r·ou WU..tte 1111

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