Illinois News Index

Highland Park Press, 8 May 1930, p. 18

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" N. SMEItDAN ROAD FECREENW "I? POT T li, collection M705 an tPt;tancli.t,tg exhibit at the. rccent Chicago Anthues Jirpo.siiio,tt Tk SIM t' mngcs fijom small oracles local. lcctot.s' PK‘CCS. dating back to ileseiate. oth Conlm‘y. The Jiipellety, Grit!!!" titath. tmmslu') (1m bsrmy, has been ttrl" Humor. haw. Russia and Bud nd. Patronize the Press Advertisers Inn'ilcs you to cm" ambition of the WEDNESDAY May 7 throygh Saturday May 7 1930 , ntn' Street at Hill 1?:rrdcc,\Mnnctka. Opposite Indian Hill Station NOKVPLL COLLFCNON OLD ENGLISH SILVER SHEFFIELD PLATE ANTIQUE JEWELLERY (1310 ti'otglattl) ag. a and attractive Service The menu is varied - strated in our tea mum. always deliciously dif- quite moderate ferent, and the prices are Ewan“; nmo food preparation splendidly demon- he fine art of whole, HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. THE PRESS WOMEN ARE STUDYING TAX REVISION TOPIC League Interested in Special .ession Called by Gov. Emmerson Governor Emmerson has called a speed session of the legislature at which undoubtedly the main problem to he discussed (which is a pressing one) will be Tax Revision. Mrs. Al- lan Walk. reporting as chairman of Efficiency in Government to the Highland Park League of Women Voters recently, said concerning this subject: _ "An important commission 'e pointed hy Governor Emmerson is at) work seeking more equitable tax leg- islation. It is hoped that an amend- ment to the State Constitution will he found in time to come up for vote at the November election. Governor l-Immermn has stated in a recent speech": "The place to begin in a revision of the revenue system is at the he- ttinning-the constitution. I intend to do all in my power to assist in the drafting and submission tn the peo- ple of a satisfactory amendment and in the enactment of equitable laws by the legislature after constitutional authority is obtained." Scope Covered . An idea of the ground covered by the committee of t'ffieiettey in govern- ment, may he obtained by the follow. ing additional quotations from Mrs. wow'., report. "Durine the state convention of the Illinois Lennie of Women Voters held in Evanston last November, a rnnfcronco of the department of et. firioney in government revealed leg- islative work attempted last year, and stated tho proposed program for this year.' Mrs. R. S. Childs of Winnetka, discussed the Civil Service hills which tho league hacked at the last session of the legislature. Professor A. R. "anon of Northwestern university, spoke on the Council Manager hill which would pormit any city in Illi- nois to adopt this form of government. Miss Edith Rockwood disrussod the Office Cw up vBallot hill pointing out the need of further education to se- curr- tho passagv of this measure, and describing the exciting struggle ro- garding it as the last session. The chief addition to tho legislative program this yonr included Perman. ent Registration. To explain this 'mhieet, Mrs. Wnltr. as chairman for Highland Park, took part in a Study Play at a morning session of the Show Convention. In December, Mrs. ..wolfr Was in. vitod by the league to attend a hear. ing before a commission appointed by Governor Emmorson for the pur- pose of receiving suggestions to cure defects in the Illinois' election laws. Information gnined " this meeting was submitted in detail to the High- land Park hoard in February, and is available to anyone desiring such data. Silas Strum on Radio Silas Strawn, chnirman of the Citi- zens Rescue committee. will be among the speakers on the May radio pro- gram for the Illinois Lelgue of Wo- men Voters. Mr, Strawvf will speak rn "The Chicago Tax Situation" on May 26. . Other speakers will include Mrs. Catharine Waugh McCulloch, former chairman of legal status for the Ne llional League of Women Voters, on "The Legal Status of Women in Illi. nois" onvMay 5; Mrs. Alfred D. Kohn, vice-president If the_lllino_is league, on “-Public Welfare through Govern. ment Action" an May 12; and Clit- ford Utley, editor of the Fbreign Af- fairs Notes of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, May 19 on "Amer- mm Isolation." The talks will all be at 2:30 over WGN. . Woodstock. over in MeHenry coun- ty lost 57 of its residents during the last 10 years and is credited with a population of 5,466 according to the official 1930 census piven out last Thursday by Associated Press. Cry- std lake, with an increase of 1,475 for a. total population of 3,724 was the only MeHenry county district to show an increase in today's returns. Other places reported and their oiti. cial population are: _,Rirphtttond town- ship 1,MM; Hebron township, not in, cluding the village of Hebron, 689; Grafton township 706; Hebron village 608, all in MeHenry county. Three Boone county townships also showed decreases. qudstock Loses 57 J Population, Report Oak Terrace Beverage Co. @10 Fallen Made after the formula of a famous German beer OLD HEIDELBERO in a great drink-a new achievement- and not to be compared with the ordinary "near" beer. It in first made Into full oumgth, old time beer and than the alcohol in reduced to Ian than Yaof " bywand extremely costly' brew. ing methods which make a practically impossible to F d u t inguish Old Heidet. berg from the fell "a'l,'l,"r'h u my real a. A lax-MW o'MttrPmdmtt Highwood. Illinois Distributed by BREW Thursday, May 8, 1930

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