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•mmmm Fig® Four * "t-iv- . •"••'•• -"V" if?:/. Sr~-V ;v/>v • y.v •:•*/&•..;• .ii3Ei THE McHENRY FLAZRDEALEE Thursday, August 15k 1940 ?|§J I" : - & WOODSTOCK &SUMMER THEATHE& --r }>resents -- 'Petticoat Fever' Tke ^air-coolled" comedy hit of New York and - Hollywood! Friday, Saturday, Sunday Augnst 16-17-18 The Opera House on the Town Square -- Woodstock For Reservations, Phone Woodstock 705 THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALER Published every Thursday at Mchenry^ 111., by Charles F. Renieh. A. H. MOSEQSR Editor and Manager Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at McHenry, 111., under the act of May 8, 1879. | One Year ... Six Months $2.00 $1.00 NEW §MPIRf McHENKY I ILLINOIS FRIDAY -- SATURDAY' , Zorina - Richard Greens : "I WAS AN ".)• ADVENTURESS*' - Also -- Comedies v SUNDAY -- MONDAY August 18-19 Irene Dunne - Cary Grant "MY FAVORITE WIFE" Also -- News and Walt Disney's "Bone Trouble" -- TUESDAY -- Cesar Romero - Evelyn Ven able (1) "Luck Cisco Kid" George Sanders - Wendy Barrie (2) "Saint Takes Over" Also -- The usual Tuesday Night Attraction! WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY , Ann Neagle - Ray Millud "IRENE" Also -- Selected Short Subjects Week Days 10c-20c before 7 p. m. 4 fi T' wjzP. Sdifoual (tuoaatu* LULL Officer Is *Man . Of 1,000 Faces; Uses No Make-Up Actually, He Says, He Just Changes Suits, and There You Are. SUSTAINING _M€M 6€Pc FOR SALE FOR SALE--Murphy's Guaranteed Fly Spray, 5 gal. for $4.00. Farmers Mill, McHenry. Phone 29. 12-tf FOR SALE--Frigidaire, 9 cubic feet, j perfect condition inside and out. R®&- | sonable. Also double bed and box ! spring. Phone 679-M-2. *13 I are YOU A SQUIRMER?--Uncomjfortable underwear can be the cause, land Jockey, the famous brand of sup- Iport underwear, made by Coopers, is |th,e cure. 50c up. McGee's, Green (Street, McHenry. • iFOR SALE--Cocker Spaniel puppies. Each, $10. Todd School Farm, six miles southwest of McHenry. Phone .McHenry 613-J-l. r; " 13-2 FOB RENT FOR RENT--A modern all year round house at Wonder Center, on Wonder Lake. 'Owner on premises. H. J. Hansen. *13 WANTED WANTED TO BUY--Modern home in or near McHenry. Priced reasonable. Write letter giving full particulars to Box "N," care of The Plaindealer. *13 MISCELLANEOUS WOODSTOCK MILLER Theatre Woodstock Air-Conditioned THURSDAY -- FRIDAY SATURDAY • August 15 - 16 - 17 Bargain Matinee 'till 6:00 "TORRID ZONE" -- with -- JAMES CAGNEY ANN SHERIDAN PAT O'BRIEN Added News - Cartoon - Comedy "ARMERS ATTENTION -- Exchange your wheat for Quaker Flour at the Farmers Mill.- Phone 29. McHenry. ' 12-tf DEAD OR ALIVE ANIMALS $1.00 to $15.00 Cash Cows - Horses - Hogs No help needed for loading! i Prompt and Sanitary Service [Day and Night, Sundays and Holidays Phone Wheeling 102--Reverse Charges lick, so she SUNDAY -- MONDAY August 18 - 19 Continuous Sunday from 2:30 Bargain Matinee till 6:00. MY FAVORITE WIFE" -- with -- Irene Dunne - Cary Grant Added -- March of Time News Color Cartoon TUESDAY -- August 20 15c - Bargain Night - 16c "CAPTAIN IS A LADY" Added -- "Stranger Than Fiction" WEDNESDA7 -- THURSDAY August 21-22 "FLORIAN" -- with -- Robert Young - Helen Gilbert -- Also Added -- News and Short Subjects FLOOR SANDING--Old floors like new; refinish with Dura Seal; a lifetime floor finish; free estimate. Henning Newman, 932 Marvel Avenue, Woodstock. Phone 451-M. *45-26 GARBAGE COLLECTING--Let ua dispose of your garbage each week, or oftener if desired. Reasonable rates. Regular year round route, formerly George Meyers'. Ben J. Smith. Phone 365 or <531-11-1. 2-tf The Beautiful I.ITOVAI! mm CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. McHenry Co's. Leading Theatre JOHN SLOAN DIES IN SANITORIUM AT MILWAUKEE'SUNDAY John E. Sloan, 72 years old, a resident of McHenry for many years, i passed away Sunday, August 11, in i Sacred Heart sanitorium, Milwaukee, Wis., where he had been a patient for 'the past mouth. | Mr. Sloan, who ;«M a daily comjmutor to his work in Chicago, slipped ion the ice last winter as he was alighting from his car at the depot | and fractured his knee cap. He had •jbeen ailing ever since with this pain-v ful injury and with other complications. He is survived by his beloved wife, Anna E., -of McHenry, and a brother and sister, Charles Sloan and Mrs. Catherine Bauer of Chicago. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 8 a. m. from a chapel at 1723 Larrabee street, Chicago, to St. 'Mary's church, McHenry, where a rejquiern high mass was read at 11 a.m. The interment was in Richmond, 111. LOS ANGELES. -- A flophouse bum today, a playboy in a tuxedo tomorrow--that's Tom .Carr, the "man with 1,000 faces." In a land where hundreds make a living by pretending before motion- picture cameras, Carr acts, too, but for a critical, sharply hostile audience--for men and women who violate the vice laws. Cafr is young looking, but a veteran member of the police department vice squad. "He won his post through a long apprenticeship in law enforcement on nearby Santa Moru ica's police force, as a movie studio detective and as an operative of prohibition days. Never Uses Makeup.. ' "Shucks," says the genial, irrdeiyfaced Carr, "that '1,000-faces' thing is just a name reporters hung on me. I never have used any masks or facial makeup. I've been around town so many years people know me well as I usually look, but I can still fool them easily enough simply by wearing different clothes." Carr says that he generally works with Officer E. F. ("Jack") Keasler, and "Jack's disguises work just as well as mine do." The other night Carr and Keasler donned "soup and fish" and visited a swanky Hollywood night club. "The singer there kno\#s me well, but I put on glasses, the lights were low, the crowd was big and the cigarette smoke was uii didn't recognize me." Carr and Keasler closed down the place, and arres'ted the owner and the waiters for selling drinks after licensed hours. The next night found them in a not-too-high-class Main street section with gasoline station coveralls and smudgy faces. Occasionally Carr grows a mustache or dons dark glasses or a slough-brimmed hat, but he depends usually on his costume, be it that of a milk wagon driver, a flashily dressed bookie or a seedy tramp, "And the best way to act, in almost any kind of clothes, to throw people off their guard," says Carr, "is to look half-stiff. Nobody gets suspicious of a semi-drunk. Vary Their Styles. "Of course, we wear different outfits when looking for various types of criminals. When we look over a massage parlor we spruce up, wear a flowed in our lapel, sprinkle on some perfume and prance in-- and get a tumble right away." For months, says Carr, he and Keasler have been trying to "catch" a notorious procurer who deals only with navy men or Orientals. Final-* ly the officers put on double-breasted blue uniforms similar to those of navy officers, and were admitted to the place without question. They arrested the procurer and several sailors, and the latter pr9mptly complained about "misuse" of a naval uniform. "But we had them there," says Carr. "'The gold buttons down the coats had tfte initials L. A. P. D., for Los Angeles Police department, the chevrons on the sleeves were upside down and instead of the spreadeagle insignia our coats bore hunchshouldered owls. "They shut up good when we showed them the labels under the insignia. They read, in good, legi ble letters, 'Abyssinia National Guard.* " Canton People Revere Artist Dead 31 Years People in ^Canton, N. Y., never tire of thinking and talking about Frederic Remington, the artist. His colorful personality left >a seemingly indelible imprint upon the community. Remington was born in Canton on October 4, 1861, says the Water town Times. In 1883 he took matters into his own hands. He purchased a ranch near Kansas City in the then rough and ready West. He married Miss Eva Adele Caten of Gloversville, N. Y. His bride and he went to Kansas. Finally Harper's Weekly accepted one of his drawings. So popular was his work in the East that he was offered a lucrative contract by Harper's. He was "in." Theodore Roosevelt, a rover, too, asked him to illustrate one of his books on the West. He returned East and during the next decade he was associated with every major writer of Western themes--Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Bret Harte, Richard Harding Davis, Frank Norris, Julian Ralph, Owen Wister and Col. Richard I. Dodge. By this time he had shifted from pen and ink to oils. If the medical world had known more of appendicitis, Remington would probably not have died the day after Christmas in 1909 at his Greenwich, Conn., home. He had been ill for two weeks and physicians seemed to help him little. He tried a special diet, but that was of no assistance. He was 48 years old. He was taken back to Canton and buried in Evergreen cemetery. His wiie, <whe died in 1918, lies beside h"*' V. Blankets Remain Fluffy When Washed Carefully In washing blankets at home, care should be taken to keep them soft and fluffy since a matted blanket is stiff and scratchy. Blankets should always be washed before they are put away for the summer. Clean, blankets are not nearly as likely to be attacked by moths. The important thing to remember in washing are to have plenty of suds and almost cool water. Never use hot water--it shrinks wool and fades colors. If the binding is more soiled than the restfof the blanket, lay it on a table first and go over it with a face cloth, using dry soft soap flakes.. Then wash the whole blanket. Use enough soft soap flakes to get about four inches of suds. Squeeze the suds through and through and rinse well in at least three lukewarm waters. Rinse in clear water, being sure not to leave any suds in. And be sure the rinse waters are the same temperature as the suds. If you prefer you can put your blanket in a washing machine, but don't run the washer more than three minutes or the blanket may shrink and get stiff. Don't rub,with cake soap, because it will mat your blankets. When you hang your blanket to dry, put two lines parallel and about two feet apart. Spread the blanket over these, lengthwise, so as to divide the weight. Square up the corners and shake it gently now and then while it's drying. When it is dry, brush lightly to raise the nap, and press the binding with a warm iron. McCOLLUM LAKE COMING EVENTS FRIDAY -- SATURDAY August 16 - 17 Double Feature! Jean Cagney - Ralph Bellamy 'QUEEN OF THE MOB" -- in -- Baby Sandy - Mischa Aver -- in -- "SANDY IS A LADY" SUNDAY -- MONDAY Son. Cont. from 2:45 p. m. -- to 6 p. m. -- 30c after; Child. - 10c IRENE DUNNE CARY GRANT -- in -- "MY FAVORITE WIFE -- with -- Gall Patrick - Randolph Scott A tpree-rfflg pnatrifaonial circus of laughs! Also Latest News and Popeye Cartoon TUESDAY , 10c -- Special -- 15c Merle Oberon - Rex Harrison -- in -- "OVER THE MOON" A gay comedy of gloomy England to bright Monte Carlo! WEDNESDAY THURSDAY August 21 - 22 FREDRIC MARCH JOAN CRAWFORD -- in -- "SUSAN AND GOD" -- with -- , Rita Hayworth - Bruce Cabot Tht* one picture von won't want to miss! August 15 Pinochle Club--Albert Krause HomeL C. D. of A.--Pot-luck Supper--Weber's Park. W. C. O. F. -- Annual Picnic -- Twin Lakes. August 16 0. E. S.--Invitation to attend official visit--Woodstock Chapter. ' August 18 Alpine Festival--Park near Lily Lake. August 21 Afternoon Contract Bridge -- Mrs. Ray McGee. August 22 County Legion Meeting--Huntley. August 27 Evening Contract Bridge--Mrs. Joanne Rulien. August 29 Altar and Rosary Sodality--Dessert Bridge--Mrs. Henry Miller. September 3 Fox River Valley Camp -- Regular Meeting. Riverview Camp--Regular Meeting.' September IS _ C. D. of A.--Tour to Milk Foundation, Chicago. September 12 Women's Society for Christian Service-- Charter Meeting. September 13 - 14 - 15 Greenwood Church--Centennial cele bration. October 10 McHenry County R. N. A. Convention -- Odd Fellow Hall--Crystal Lake Blind Gardener Works. By Knots on Strings HUNTINGTON, IND.--The mystery of a night-weeding gardener was solved here when neighbors discovered that the man, Rondell M. Stonebraker, was blind. Stonebraker first attracted attention when several passers-by noticed him working among the peas and onions at night, unaided even by moonlight. He told them simply one hour was as good as another to him. Stonebraker devised a system that leads him through the garden plot by feel alone. Plant ro^s are marked with knotted strings. Strings, stakes, and boards give him the distance between rows. When it comes to weeding he does make an occasional slip, but the results on the whole are good. Mrs. Lind and daughter of Chicago spent Tuesday at McCollum's Lake. Mrs. Warn Barber and Mrs. J. A. Schaefer spent Friday at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hansen of Mc- Collum Lake are spending a week in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. George Schubart were visitors at Ringwood Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Bald and children •of McCollum Lake spent Monday, at the Dells in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Bourelle and son, Jack, spent Wednesday in Chicago where they attended the funeral of a relative of Mrs. Bourelle's. Mr. and Mrs. W. Pietsch left Wednesday for Minneapolis to spend a week with their grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Becker celebrated their twenty-first anniversary August 9. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Tonnesen from DesPlaines helped in the celebration. Miss Norine Bourelle is leaving on Friday to spend a few weeks in Chicago. Miss Eleanor Schaefer spent several days in Chicago with friends last •week. Frank Ritzer and Bert Maclntyre of Chicago, who spent two weelcs bere, have returned home. Mr. and Mrs. J. Adams and son, Clem, of Johnsburg were callers at the home of "Mr. and Mrs. J. Crick Sunday. Mrs. M. Bowler and daughter, "Dorothy, of Chicago who spent several months here have returned home. Bill Crick of Chicago is spending a Week with his "aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crick. Mrs. A. Thompson and daughters, Arlene and Elaine, spent four days in Berwyn recently. Mrs. H. Greenwood and children of Chicago are spending two weeks at their cottage here. Mr. and Mrs. William Rochell are entertaining friends this wed from Chicago. " " Mrs. A. Lind of Chicago spent Tuesday here. Misses Nell McCarthy, Anna Maloney, Mary Swift, Anna Scholl, Mrs. Hagedorn and Rose Hagedorn of Chicago first feasted at St. Mary's special a la duck dinner and then spent the day at the Hagedorn cottage. NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE Aliens Registered and Finger-printed Betweeij Aug. 27 -Dec. 26 The Alien Registration Act, approved June 28, 1940, provides that all aliens who apply shall be registered and finger-printed at postotffices and such other placeB as may be designated, to start on August 27, 1940, and extend for a period of four months. The registration and finger-printing will be done in this locality at the McHenry postoffice. The postmasters in all first and Second class offices and at poStoffices located in county-seats are directed to register and finger-print all aliens fourteen years of age and over who apply whether or not they reside within the delivery district of such office. Aliens under fourteen years of age will lie registered by their parents or guardians, but shall not be fingerprinted until .they reach the age of fourteen. In cases of aged or infirm persons unable to visit the postoffice, pbstal employees, when necessary, shall visit their homes and register and fingerprint the applicants. Any information furnished by aliens in connection with registration and finger-printing is secret and must be held in strict confidence and not divulged to anyone but accredited officials. The law requires all resident aliens to report each change of address within five days of such change- Remember the dates for registration are from August 27 to December 26, 1940. Forest Fires Forest fires in the United States averaged 172,000 a year in the five years from 1933 to 1937 inclusive. Estate df Paul J. Leitzell, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons that Monday, September 2, 1940, is the claim date in the estate of PAUL J. LEITZELL, Deceased, pending in the County Court of McHenry County, Illinois, and that claims may be filed against the said estate on or before said date without issuance of summons. FLOYD E. ECKERT, Administrator. DAVID R. JOSLYN, Attorney. (Pub. August 15 - 22 - 29) Duck? Deer, Saves Life Earl Brownell, assessor at Doris and Butte Valley, Calif., probably saved his life by quick thinking when an enraged pet deer charged at him. t After youngsters had goaded the animal, a large five-year-old buck, into a killing rage, it lowered its horns and attacked Brownell from the rear. The assessor "bulldogged" the animal and after a furious struggle submerged his head in the waters of the creek. Thinking the fight had been taken out of his attacker, Brownell released the deer only to bear the brunt of another charge. It was only after an exhaustive struggle that he succeeded in holding the buck's head under water until the animal became limp. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Owen drove to i Milwaukee, Wis., Monday on business. When this was taken care of they took ; a trip through the Schlitx brewery in that city.. • '" Hiley Jean Thomas returned to her ^ ; home here Monday night after enjoying ten days with her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Thom- ^ as, at Forest Park. Clearance Sale 80-square Percales, yd. 15c Printed Dimities, yd. 13o Printed Seersucker, yd. 23c1 Crepe Gowns 58c Farmerettes, Slacks , 79n Women's Bathing Suits .. ...79c Women's Extra Size Union Suits 45c Tots' Pantie Dresses 39o Tots' Sun Suits . 19oI 42-inch Saxon Tubing, y£ 18c 42x36 Saxon Cases lU ...21c Boys' Long Pants 87c Printed Broadcloth, yti. 12140 Girls' Play Suits 49c Jelly Glasses, %-pt., do*. _.42o Men's Union Suits, short sleeve, ankle length 79<*| 98c Wash Dresses, 14-44 79o 81x99 Saxon Sheets ,.85oH~ Sorry -- No Charging! John Stoffel . - Sweeper's Topper According to Collier's, the traditional headgear of chimney sweepers, members of one of the world's sootiest professions, is a 'formal silk hat. fill Your Coal & Bin Now! *** ---- And Save Money! We are now prepared to make deliveries on your winter supply of POCAHONTAS EASTERN KENTUCKY ILLINOIS MINE and STOKER COAL --- You can save money by ordering- at this time! ---r- Good Quality and Quick Service Chuck's Ice & Trucking Co. Front and John Sta. Phone 97-J West McHenry Sulking Snake Disturbs Public Address System FORT WORTH.--Achilles, a sulking chicken snake, certainly gummed up the works. Achilles crawled into the public address system at Forest Park zoo here and nothing can entice him to come out. Harry Jackson, head of the reptile exhibit, was not worried at first, although Achilles didn't do the system any good. Then several days passed and still the snake could not come out. His keeper tried to lure him out with all sorts of fancy delicacies, but to no avail. Now two weeks have passed and the snake still holds forth. It can't live long. Animals Adapt Themselves The four-toed kangaroo rats, or bannertails, of the hottest deserts of southwestern United States, are a remarkable example of animal adaptability, according to an article in Natural History, the magazine of the American museum. Their fur-soled feet make for speed across the desert, and also serve as pick and shovel with which they make the sand fly in burrowing, while a sort of folding hood keeps it out of their highly sensitive ears. Their black eyes are specialized for night work, when the deserts are cool, although they can see perfectly well in the daytime so as to be on the lookout for potential enemies who probably could not spot them anyway because their coloring blends with the sand so as to make them almost invisible. mm cmat® cits* 'Dean* of Patients Francis Pask, "dean" of patients in the Sherman hospital, celebrated his eightieth birthday. He walked into the hospital in 1913 saying: "I fell off a scaffold while I was paint ing a bam. I'm hurt." He figured maybe a few days in the hospital would fix him up. He's been there 27 years. His back injury turned out to be paralysis that made it impossible for him ever to walk again Wooed With Tomatoes The dashing young blades of Seventeenth century England wooed their ladies not with urchius but with growing tomato plants, which were symbols of great love. Subscribe for The Plaiadealar Waterfowl Doable Latest figures from the United States bureau of biological survey show that the nation's waterfowl population has doubled in the last five years. Between 50,000,000 and 60,000,000 birds are now following the migration flyways. Fire Extinguishers \ Automatic lire extinguishers operated when a suspended weight re-. acts to any abnormal shock have been invented in England for airplanes. Bananas 'Sunburn' Bananas "sunburn" as easily as the tenderest bathing beauty. In hot weather direct sun rays soften and turn bananas dark brown in color before they are ripe. 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