, v^: +#•• r%|7? -* ,*»" 14 ?mm - V J.. - " , ' / ' " -H V„;.v _.f V l-.PXZ-* *w»Vr cw» 7*» \ T •r ^7 fipf 'V r% $TTwi-- T«U Talti «fi rf T«u* A#» TWENTY YEARS AGO The home of Jos. May, west of the Xtfrilroad tracks, and the barn on the Wirfs property on the West side were lii>th struck by lightning last Wednesday morning. Work on the foundation for St. Mary's parsonage was begun on Monday morning of this week. The home of Wm. Slmes on the cornier of Elgin road and John street has been greatly improved in appearance by the application of a kellastoite finish. Mr. and^ Mrs. A. L. Noonan and family are this week moving their household effects to Chicago, where the former has re-entered the police acrvfce. . THIRTT~YEARS AGO| ^ Henry C. Kamholz, the jovM and accommodating clerk at the F. L. Mc- Omber hardware store, is now a benedict. The knot that made him and Miss Hattie D. Miller man and wife was tied by Rev. P. Eickstadt at La- Porte, Ind. Lewis Eisenmenger and Chas, J. Hoeft have moved their families to Mc Henry from Chicago, and are now occupying homes in the north end of town. Both have secured employment at Terra Cotta. The barn on the farm of Paul Rieger. who resides east of this village, together with all its grain and farm machinery, wm destroyed by fire last Sunday. The origin of the Are is not known. G. W. Besley and family are now occupying the living rooms over the F. L. McOmber hardware store, having moved into same the fore put of the week. , (Political Advertisement) f III,11011 ' Hint ROOSEVELT and HERSH&Y DON'T TRADf DEMOCRATIC ACCOMPLISH MINTS FOR REPUBLICAN PROMISES • HEAR HMAHCY AND OTHHK WENR SU" Bwtrj Menday, S:tf pjL »m4 9:U pa. Svtr) Htdoeadif. 8-06 pjn. I*«J Friday .8:45 pjn. W«L OoC 22. * 9:30 pjn. Wed. Oct. 30. .841 * 9-M pjn. 'Saturday. Nov. ,8:4B pa. •On WMAQ. «M mi Int Dial a V«k DMiMraHt FKANl^^,D-ffW)SEVttt For Vice-President 3 HENRY A. WALLACE For United States Senator gjAjiTES 9L SLATTERT for Governor H BARRY B HERSHEY For Ll«mtenant Qovarao# a LOUB E. LEWIS For Secretary ol Stat* 3 EBWABO J. HUGElA For State Auditor a JOHN c. BftARTIN For Stat* Treasurer B HOMER HAT Af>AlM For Attorney General H HAROLD G. WARD For Congressman-at-Largg 0 T. V. SMITH 1 ® WAI TER J. ORLHOW •LECTION rCESDAJ, MOT. MO (Political Advertisement) of Commerce Federal ELECT EDGAR 0. EAKIN TO CONGRESS Mr. Eakin was born and raised in EH gin, 111., his parents and grandparents have lived in Elgin and Kane County for nearly a century. He is a lawyer of 30 years practical experience in his profession. Mr. Eakin is a member of the American Bar Assn., Illinois State Bar Assn., Kane County Bar Assn., and Elgin Bar Assn. He is a life member of the Loyal Order of Moose, member of the Elgin Lodge No. 737 B.P.O. Elks, member of the Elgin Assn. ipdge A.F. & A.M., 961. \4 MR. SARIN'S CAMPAIGN SLOGAN IS "AMERICA FIRST." HE WILL ALWAYS VOTE AGAINST ANY WAR EXCEPT IN DEFENSE OF AN ATTACK. HE WILL NEVER VOTE TO SEND ANY TROOPS TO FIGHT IN ANY FOREIGN COUNTRY. MR. SARIN'S PLATFORM ... Jt L THERE SHALL BE (M "ISM/'^^HAT IS •'AMERICANISM." Those who preach against it, the anti-Americans, shall be deported. £ QUIT SHOVING THE UNEMPI/)YMENT QUESTION AROUND. Analyze its causes and effects, then apply curative measures at once. I believe industry has been on a strike more or less, because of political motives. The results Labor and Industryhave both suffered. / 3. OLD AGE ASSISTANCE. In giving attention to our youth, we must not forget our aged; both are deserving Americans. INCREASE ASSISTANCE TO AGED TO A POINT WHERE ITS BENEFICIARIES WILL NOT BE PAUPERS. 4. BETTTER MARKET FOR FARMERS AND INDUSTRY, Eliminate the in-between middle-man rack- - etcor, ---L^--_ " 5. AID LABOR RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE BY MEDIATORS WHO VIEW THEIR SYMPATHETICALLY 6. LOWER TAKES WHENEVER AND WHEREVER POSSIBLE. Encourage legitimate business, not abuse it. By all means, give encouragement and aid to the small business man. Enforce the Sherman Act. 7. MAINTAIN "AMERICA FIRST" IDEALS BY KEEPING OUT OF EUROPE ENTANGLEMENTS. But at all times keep intact a strong army, navy and air fleet for defensive purposes and to uphold our Monroe Doctrine. " • ' < 8. ELIMINATE BY REPEAL, USELESS LAWS. The maze of laws on our statute books should be carefully reviewed preparatory to repealing the mass of useless legislation and strengthening the useful by carefully prepared amendments. ELECT EDGAR O. SARIN TO CONGRESS 11th DIST. McHenry Co. Ind, Voters' League Eakin for Congress CHARLES CONLEY, Chairman FORTY YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh have moved into their beautiful new home. Election returns will be transmitted by the Chicago Telephone company to such of its subscribers as desire the service election night. A wedding of special interest was solemnised in St. Mary's church last Tuesday morning. The principals in this happy event were Mr. M. D. Weber and Miss Lizzie Eng^n. The quotation 'committee declared the butter market steady at 22 cents on the Elgin board-of trade Monday. per cent of tftta! Income payments for the Nation. In four states more than 65 per cent of total payments were received aa salaries and wages, but residents of fourteen states derived less than 65 per cent of their income from this source. Some of the depression's long-range effects were noted in the analysis of other labor income (direct and work relief and unemployment benetfis, workmen's Thursday, October 24,194$ compensation, pension payments, and related items) which provided about 7 per cent of total income payments for the country as a whole, and between 8 per cent and 11 per cent of total payments in thirteen states. While these figures are based on 1939 returns, the latest' data shows a steady improvement in general business conditions and consumer purchasing power. With only a handful of lawmakers in town little important legislative business is transacted. The Advisory Commission on National Defense and its related arms, the Army and Navy, are doing a land-office volume with persons seeking contracts for defense materials. Realizing that misconceptions have a demoralizing effect on the public's mind, authorized agents Commission around to conventions for the purposSf" of explaining their activities. In aeffi dition to the burdens of their higlfi^, pressure work, the staff members ; the defense group are disturbed at the flock of rumors that no how the election goes, a genera] reorganization of their outfit is du«» They are consequently as jittery the campaign leaders with polls < ; fc"' ' traveling opinion fluctuating overnight. FIFTY YEARS AGO John P. Smith is treating his residence to a coat of paint, which will much improve its appearance. Report of West McHenry school for the month ending September -26: Number enrolled, 57; average daily attendance, 49; percent of attendance, 86. This section has been favored with a good soaking rain in the past few days. Just what was wanted to fill up wells avid cisterns and put the ground in shape for fall plowing. Henry Althoff has secured a position in Chicago, and will move his family there this week. SIXTY YEARS AGO . Hie Board of Registry were In session at the Town House, in this village on Tuesday. Grand Republican mass meeting at Woodstock this Wednesday afternoon. Gov. Cullom and State's Attorney Mills will speak. , The work of laying the abutments for the new bridge is progressing favorably.' The Batavia stone is being used. We learn that burgalrs paid the store of J .W. Cristy, at Ringwood, a visit on Monday night, but onlyt sue- j ^ ceeded in getting away with goods to the amount of $25. or $30. ' * Washington Tdrtlsement y <p • «$> - Contrast the wnditlon of our cdnntiy rfnttefr the RKPTTBLICAlT - HOOTER of 1032 with impTOT^ment under the present DEMOCRATIC the one with its PROMISES, t<hr™e ot--w fw ith its ^PE.R.FO p RJj j.M >11 II ^A NI CES. Important it in that voters make a comparison of these conditions in order that they may make the lifht decision in casting their votes on November 5th. ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION 1940 T \i Washington, October 23--Folks interested in public affairs should draw 1 a circle around November 18 on their ! calendars. It is almost as important j a date as November 5 when the great J American public registers its will at | the polls. Perhaps it is just a co-! incidence, but Congress has a tenia i tive agreement to buckle down to work on this particular day. Strange j ly enough, it is the time fixed for call- i ing the first contingent of draftees in- i to active military service. Whether i their experiences at the hustings will have a chastening and possibly stim-! ulating effect on the legislators for a j higher type of public service is some j thing not easily measured so far in j advance of the elections. Marked upheavals in the present membership, via the ballot box, might provoke a demand to quit until the regular term in January. The compulsory military training lottery, which will be staged shortly, has been devised to * guard against political elements. Yet this factor occasionally sneaks into the picture as. governors and other draft officials go about their business of naming; appeal boards. The last resort of one appealing from rulings of their local draft officials is, of course, to Washington. In creating the appeal boards every advantage is given to the enrollee by having a truly representative personnel on each board. Appeals may be made to hoards of appeal whenever local boards, which classify registrants according to their availability for military training, list a man as fitted for general military service despite his objections or the objections of hi? dependents. The appeal may be made by the registrant or, by an person who claims to be a dependent of a registrant. Symptomatic of the prevailing uncertainty as to which way the political winds are blowing is the steady trek of high political moguls away from this base of operations. Cabinet oflfi cers and other high ranking officials are doing their bit to help re-elect the President, who is himself changing his original plans to make a series of partisan speechesi The "big names** in the Republican camp are also in the i field flouting their banners and haranguing the electorate either in behalf of the national ticket or their own candidates. Resolutions authorizing adjournments for a limited period are passed frequently so that legislators may rush to their home bailiwicks during the closing days of the campaign. Some people whose pocketbooks are thin and worn may dispute it, but government experts have proven statistically that the per capita income in this country for 1939 amounted to $536. The 1939 average for the nation represents an increase of five per cent over the 1938 figure. Comparisons show that per capita payments are still below the 1928 mark--the ^eak prosperity year when it reached $679 per capita and then slumped to $376 per capita in 1933. the lowest point of the depression. The per cap ita income payments were the highest in New York State where they amounted to $825 and the lowest in Mississippi with a per capita of $203. Twenty states had per capita incomes of more than $300 but less than $600 The national average of $536 was exceeded in seventeen states in 1939 while thirty-one states were below this average national figure. The Federal statisticians estimate that salaries and wages weae the most important type of payment in every state in 1989, accounting for 60 (1) <*>. A; rs closing thousands. Billions iniife savittgs Vast sums lost by investors in worthless stock. # Collapse of values and loss of credit made^impostdble for home owners to refinance their mortgages. Building industry at a standstill. Thousands of building tradesmen thrown out of work. Many foreclosures and others threatened with foreclose UF6S» (3) Made no provision for unemployment or old age. (4) t I T v T J 7 t T T ! Foreclosures on farms due to low prices for farm . Commodities and lack of credit. Many instances ' . nrhere otherwise law-abiding farmers resisted sheriffs and lavr officers who attempted to carry out the Jp an dates of the courts in foreclosure proceedings. Many lost their farms. Oats selling at 10c a bushel, Corn at 20c a bushel and Wheat at 30c a bushel. As a whole, farm situation in a chaotic condition. f*ew opportunities for youth during the Hoover de- 'Pression. Thousands of young men roamed the county vainly seeking employment. Bank moratorium declared. Federal bank deposit insurance enactment, insuring safety of bank de- « ^ posits. National security exchange act, protecting ^ investors. Passed bilj extending credit facilities of ^ intermediate credit banks. • Established Home Owners* Loan Corporation, Federal Housing Administration, making it possible for.thousands to obtain necessary capital at low interest rate on long-time loans and enable them to finance the mortgages on their homes dr.to build new homes. Revived building industry. » Passed Social Security Act, providing security for old age. Unemployment insurance. Federal old age pension act. Estabislhed National Farm Loan Association, providing low rate, long time loans on farm land. Production Credit Association, providing loans farm crops. Put through a program of rehabilitation for farmers who need and merit aid. Soil conservation and parity payments established for farmers who go along with the program, resulting in stabilized prices on corn and other grain. Reforestation Act, for reclaiming farm lands and our forest preserves. Adopted emergency farm mortgage -act Under which nearly $3,000,000,000 has been loaned to farmers. Fostered rural electrification. National Youth Administration and Civilian Conthe American People to DEMOCR nervation. fist jihli iihcf|. A fair comparison of conditions between the two administrations should convince at least a majority of