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The Illinois truck tax law ap- proved. July 29, removes the grant- i.ng of certillcates of necessity* and convenien.e e from* the hands of the' Illinois Commerce commission a nlà places the re9ponsibility upon the department of public works and buildings. Under the ternis of thià act, it is pomnted out, it will be unlawful to operate any carrier upon the high- ways of the state after March 1, 1940, without having a "certificat. of pernnit," or ",regi sr tioj,' granit- ed by the above mentioned depart- ment. Would Notify Villages Under section 261 of this same chapter, it is provided that "the de- -partrnent may designate thxe routes of any carrier or carriers, subject to the provision of this section, through or around any village or incorporated town; provided that no order of the department so desig- nat ing such route or routes, shall be- come effective until 30 days notice is given to the municipality concern-- The Northi Shore Property Owners *association says there appéars to be. a definite provision that would re- quire a notice to be served upon the municipality before any such route or routes are designated by the high- *way department through the same,, and would require ail carrier-s of goods fromn points without the muni- cipality to other points without the samne, over routes passing through the municipality, to obtain a permit designatmng such routes. It wasstated at Chest headquar- ters that mnany ,of the twýenty-slx dis-1 tricts into which the village. was divided for purposes of the campaign have' exceeded their quotas.- Each district, it *as explained, -was. given, a quota based upon the' estimated ability of its residents to give. Re- turns tà date reveal that some dis- tricts 'from whlch the Most.- was ex- pected have fallen short, whïIe others fromi which less was asked have gone afover the top." Efforts now wil be devoted to bringing the lagging disUtricsup 4etheir -full quotas. "400" Streaminer To Mlake Regular Stops at Davis Street The "400," crack Chicago - Mil- waukee'- Twin Cities streamliner, will include Davis street, Evans- ton, as a regular stop, both north- bound and southbound, beginining Sunday, Novenb0z! 5. This added convenieince for North Shore travelèrs has been provided by officiais of the Chicago and North Western railway ini compliance with mnany requests, that the North Shore area be given this additional serv- ice. When the "400" was steam-driven, it is explamned, the special,.stop at Evanston was not practicable. Now,, however, that the flyer is diesel- powered, and equipped with ar- ticulated coaches, the Evanston stop De Benils Photo Madame Lotte Lehmanrn, so- pran o f the Metropotas Opera company, toif give a recital Mon- day' even:n g, November 6, ini New Trier H:gh school auditor- ium, inaugurLating the leth sea- son of the Whunetka Music club Art$st-Recitals. Dr. Horace G. Smith Honored by Boston U. Dr. Horace G. Smith, president of Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston; former pastor of the Methodist churches in Glencoe and Wlmette, was recently accorded the degree. of Doctor of Humanities at Boston uni-1 versity. Dr., Smith was a student at the unlversity. In the citation Presf- dent Daniel L. Marsh referred to Dr. Smith as a "leader in education and the Church, whose leadership is born of the Humane qualities'of un- derstanding and co-operation." RETURN FEOM EAST Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Durr, 115 Sheridan road, Keniîworth, and their daughter, Miss Frances -Durr, have returned from a ten-day trip east. They went first to visit their son, Richard, attending the Bullis school near Washington, D. C., and, then stopped in New York on their wanv home. 1 ]ExplaIns bition Mayartiosu" she aays, 4."tout Americnawith only> one programn and sing the same. one, for weeks. That would drive me, mad. For me sing-, ing is not only a way of earnlng money and gaining fame, it is a part Of ny life-the finest and best part. 1 want ta enjoy slnging for its own selte. It makes me hâpWy wIït1WU can smng really good programs.- When Madame Lehmann was jour- neying to and from Australia anmd New Zealand this past season, she was learning new compositions for the season ahead. Among these was the "Winterereise" cycle of Schu- bert's, conslsting of 24 uongs set to poemu by Wilhelm Muller anmd rarely heard in their entirety. 8h. con- tinued learning these after her re- turn to America this summer. 8h. also added 'to her large répertoir~e the Moussorgsky "Cýrle of DaW songs whlch tew women have dared to undertalce. Remarkable Bepertoire These two new additions, among others, to her repertoire, will be i- terspersed with programs she gives in the course of her current concert tour, that takes Madame Lehmann (Contmnued, on page 6) v