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' * X ' * v ' r ' * ^ ^ " * *' * \< Thursday, March 18, 1943 , . < ^ >• .. 'i.. , •itaiHitiai . iii ; , rrjf. ,&• THE McHENRY PLAINDEALEl r • i.*' •'£, £ L* is?"JjtL ;;<r^ ;•& >.'fv f' *'. * •, V ir'- »3 "?*•,~ * -, * - i ;W ; .*• - ? *v '»&• n w *-r\jr *'*v* - * • • • % • , ' ' > - v A . r \ , , . i ^ . *' / - *. -* • Page Tliree p«. >\ Congressional Vkwsi By f V - * . ft CHAUNCEY W. REED TOTERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR: A recent unofficial survey disclosed that in the State of Illinois there are SPEAKER RAYBURN CELE- f. . - BRATES: ' On March 4, Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas celebrated the thirtieth antwenty- seyen surviving Union veter- niversary of his membership in the Our • u/v &-S • •-kl» "Washington Letter t civilians in essential work. Apparently, the program for eleven million men in the armed forces will not be changed despite powerful pressure* At present the legislators are disposed to give the voluntary system for civilian employment a longer trial before resorting to mandatory means Pfc. Leo J. Schaefer, son of Mr. and of transferring folks from nonessen- j Mrs. Peter M. Schaefer, is spending JOHNSBIJRQ (By Mrs. Arthur Klein) and one Confederate veteran of , House of Representatives. T^iere are the Civil War. Ttoeir ages range ; at the present time only twe members, from 93 to 102. The Eleventh Con- Ad?^ £ pa T batJi <&?"•> °/ f T,Chi?a«® gressional District boasts of three, ™d *^bert 1.L- D?ug?ton <Dei?) of DeVolois W. Stevens. 99, of St. North Ca™hna> who hav<! lon^T r Charles, Daniel A. Wedge, 101, of *erv,ce- Representatives Hatton W. wounaeQ m D8lue Wi Anmrn an/i T^»ri. m xn-u ofi Summers, have served equally as wounaea in Daiue, w A^ra, and Lewis M. Rich, 98, of Na. ^ lQng ^ has the speaker. Speaker ( miral Mclntire referred to Rayburn's "celebration" consisted of visiting some of his sick colleagues in nearby hospitals. Drop in Fatal * i . :War Wounds Surgeon General Putt f Solomons Toll Under One Per Cent I^HICAGO. -- The mortality rate for American troops wounded in the | • , i»jt0i|m(,ni« „„ • nmnun iui me mvy, corps » , » -- -- Solomofts is being held to less than ""t«al installments on jncome taxes and merchant marine. The projected burS- Fla . are staying in the John F. 1 per cent through the combined use !thls week 18 . j. f J a..:-- ' 8VPrn<re -itijonc axlcnunlcactiendii o to make the fQ1.ce Qf eelleevveenn 1m111il1l1i1o01n1 ' ™ ' * .... Highest-Ranking Leader Lieut. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, present commandant of the U. S. marine corps, H the first Leatherneck leader to hold that rank. ' ^.7*, Admired by Moors , r u Mogador: Rising spotless above tial occupations to necessary war jobs. {® ten-day furlough visiting friends ®®^dy Atlantic shores, the walledl Reliable figures show that bv the en3 1 and relatives. He is stationed at Fort of Mogador is called "Es Sui^ of 1943 the army will have a strength R"ey> Kansflis. Wqc, • 17- r> . .i°f 8,200,000 men with nearly three! Mr. and Mrs. Otto Adams and sons, 1 : ayment of million for the navy, marine corpe Carl, Albert and Joel, of St. Peters- Freund home. Mrs. Adams is caring rah" (The Picture) by admiring Moors. Its 15,000 inhabitants are mostly Moslem Moors and Jews, with a few Frenchmen. Its military • « • 4U4VV v, . ___ 11 llOTl TnATI * »*-***« \* Iiv/inv« A'HO. r\ucnn o 10 vol lll^ 1a ir field is a mf •i l• e southwest. It h_a ,.7sZ. oi modern discoveries and flying ayenoi-gnveo cmUmizsennf c>o>nnWsc iwouasr of the costs about eeii^gnhLt ppeerr cceen»ti oofi ttnhee ppooppuullaattiioonn . I1 *, or ,h e,r mother, who i# confined to}i and ^Mravricrae.k etcoh At8oa <t|^hre» eCaasts,a bMlaonrocac-, fARM LABOR SHORTAGE: The farm labor shortage has beco's second-largest city. The town was built by Morocco's sultan' in 1765 as a rival to Agadir and s»*, AUCTION emne so acute in several of the west-. AMBASSADOR STANDLEY: ! era and mid-western states, that the While Admiral Standley's remarks ' governors of some bi these common- ri Moscow that the extent of lend- 1 wealths are considering the possibil- lease aid by this country to Russia J Hj of supplying the deficiency of man- was being withheld from the Russian i power through the use of (1) busi- people by their government, may not I neiu men on Sundays and after office have been within the realms of recog-; hours, (2) Civil Service employees on niz^i diplomacy, it nevertheless, has their, "off" days, (3) school children . restilted in a complete statement of and (4) convicts. ^ ^ 1. oat aid being broadcast and pub- "KILLED IN ACTION" IN .^jliahed by the Soviet government so! The Metropolitan Life Insurance that the Russian people are now j Company estimates that in 1942 there cognizant of the assistance they have ) vee killed in action at least 2,035,000 received and are receiving. While j men. Of this number Russia lost 900,- Admiral Standley was subjected to an 000; Germany, 750.000; Japan, 200,- official "rebuke" from Washington,1 000; China. 100,000; Italy, 40,000; we opine that the Department of transports which speed the wounded | operations, ar^y air force, which has first !her bedto base hospitals, Rear Admira ^a®"^ ^ / SUml Priority °n men, material and ships, | The Lady Foresters are reminded to Ross T. Mclntire, surgeon general marizing reports from collectors of requirgg 2 200.00 soldiers with the attend the annual election Tuesday, of the navy, reported here. This .1-; intern.l revenue >. t« the .mount of i of .upply caUinHor another: most unbelievably low death rate for | tax liabilities reported after Mon-! mnijon The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. men wounded in battle, which Ad- j day's tax deadline. Scattered returns i \ Hiller was baptized Robert Maurice, as "as-j indicate many citizens, failing to S che^S,t^'JS Rev- A. J. Neidert officiating tonishing, but perfectly true," com j cord their income tax purposes, will jjjfj*?' J®utJ^ Wld add?,,onal i at the ceremony Sunday. Mrs. Marpares to losses in World War I of; find themselves penalized in a forced 3* becomes effective March cela gmith and Maurice Stilling were1 more than 7 per cent of all Amer- j accounting to Uncle Sam. Meanwhile, ' ' pf°p® realizeonejmportant sponsors. Mr. and Mrs. Charles'^"® one-half miles south of Meican soldiers wounded in the field. I the Congressional tax policy de- £?use. t e shortages in this country. gmjth an(j gon j^ra En„ejs aiKj > Henry on East River road on John R» Neither figure takes into account ] signers cannot set their minds on increased shipments overseas, °* Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stilling and family farm men who were killed instantly or ^changes in method* for collecting; account *or a tr®mej<lcu® i of Richmond were dinner quests after oiTWDniirmiifm ajL di^d before medical aid reached ' revenue at source. A -nation-wide upon our resources, Food *ndj^ baptismal. SATWRDAY, MARCH 20 them- sales campaign will start April 12, havm^_a Misses Theima Lay, Ann Schaefer, at 12 o'clock, sharp CATTLE--21 Holstein and Guernsey milk cows (5 springers, 8 recently i . The natry surgeon general tevealed for the Second War Loan to raise ® $1,449,000,000 represented; Lorraine and LaVerne Freund and that "hoiprtal" planes, many of ! thirteen billions with more than half; OI « € i Rosalind Miller attended the-.U. &..0. t»««. ^ »Fi.uKers, o rvcenuy them flown by navy pilots, are being of the amount to be drawn from the . U,n ,ons ] m ^ up. p3^jshow and danec at Waukegan Sunday I fresh); 9 heifers (from, 11 to 24 used to transport soldiers and marines wounded on Guadalcanal "several hundred miles" to another t public and bankers buying, the attce. bal- : cent and industrial materials and eVGn4njr | shipment 27 per cent. It is expected j rhat ih Mrs. John Weingart and daughter.' months old. months old). Holstein bull* 20 Great Britain, 80,000, and the United' States, 15,000. State is not overly peeVed at him for "sounding off" as he did. - Tklk in the meeting-places about! r'n*t * W,U *hlJt^t0 Rus.sls j hi Company with her sister, Miss Dor-' HORSFS--3 black mares, S> 7 and 10 American held island for advanced j town these days centers oh the post- food.tha.n to any other country • othy left sunday to visit with vears old (gentle). • treatment- j war planning program forwanled ?ecaus® °f the . *n5 ; their parents in Humphrey, Neb. i HOGS--7 bred giltsij:v&riiM*';A^'.li.": Before tile wounded are riemoved j from the White House and containing r ,0^,,OJ/,f?en m the Soviet : Union, j jjre Mamie King returned home 4 Hampshire shoats. / from Guadalcanal, he said, they re-i many highly controversial recom- ln the British have agreed to! gunday evening after spending the MACHINERY -- F-20 tractor an-J ceive first-aid treatments, often in! mendations of a drastically altered our troops in the tairopean; weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Alex | tractor cultivator, on rubber, good the field. These treatments include, j peacetime economy. Some profess to at®r ^wimore thian 400,lKX),tMH> preun(j and fam}iy jn Chicago. 'condition; new 7-ft. med. Uni. power besides the standard practices *to see in this elaborate Administration ^ J*. T" D . . ,1St? . e!' Mrs. Barbara Horick of Woodstock | mower; Mc-D. pick-up baler with halt bleeding and reduce shock, ap* scheme ideas which will provide Produced by the British in the United; spent Monday and Tuesday with her mounted engine, on rubber, like plications of sulfa drugs and injec- planks in the party platforms in the mother, Mrs. Catherine Smith. (new; Bradley 2-bot. tractor plow; J. Told Tales MM «# Takaa Fim Mm Flea «f Tun Ace .' SIXTY TEARS A00 ---- • We understand that Eugene. Perkins /.'Vfil, about the first ^ eek in April, epen a restaurant ^ind confectionery Store in Kelter's block in this village. The school sociable, by the scholars of the grammar department of our public school, which was held on Thursday evening last, was well attended and was really an interesting and enjoyable affair. Will Mead returned from Dixon last week, where he has been attending school. tions of blood plasma collected by 1944 political campaigns. Repercus- tries other than the United States. FIFTY YEARS AQO -% V. HOULIHAN, * Attorney at Lair, - ' Harvard, Illinois. State of Illinois, County of McHenry.--ss. ' , In the County Court of McHeary County, In the Matter of the Estate of Kate B. Titcomb, Deceased, E. L. Axtell, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Kate B. Titcomb, Deceased, Petitioner, vs. Hope D. Warner, et al., Defendants. Notice of Sale Public notice is hereby given that by virtue of a decree of the County Court of McHenry County, Illinois, made and entered of record on the 1st day of March, A. D. 1943, in the above entitled cause, on the petition of E. L. Axtell, executor of the last Will and Testament of Kate B. Titcomb, deceased, for leave to sell the real estate of the said deceased to pay debts, the said E. L. Axtell, as such executor, will on the 31st day of, March, A. D. 1943, at the east front door of the court house in the City of Woodstock, Illinois, at tlie hour of ten o'clock, a. m., offer for sale and sell at the American Red Cross from civil ians. Plasma Plays Big Role. Admiral Mclntire gave a large tihfere of the credit for the low wounded mortality rate in the Solomons to these last two factors, add sions are expected when the states Th,e. food-grfowintf program is also and communities have an opportunity . hel*>™>? to keep down British requireto study of the after-the-war plan- men ts for lend-lease foods from the ning on their local set-ups. Umt*d Until December 1942 Debate about various phases of the most lend-le?fe. exports of foodstuffs war effort has centered lately upon to the United Kingdom, deferments of farmers and absentee- One of the little publicized features ing "if we can keep anywhere near i ism in war production plants. A new of our overseas food shipments has that record, you can see What can j note has been added in criticism of to do with asssistance to the peoples be done in saving lives." j absenteeism among the great army °f liberated areas, like Northern Af- The use of sulfa compounds and government employees A recent rka plasma has also been a major factor check disclosed a high-rate in the Food must be sent into those, areas In an even more sensational reduc- Federal agencies where "sick and an- not merely to alleviate the -suffering tion in the mortality rate of Amer-' nual leave with pay" is a badly abused of the populations, but as a military ican troops receiving abdominal! privilege for which all taxpayers pay necessity. It is pointed out that this wounds, he said. These Wounds, and in the end. Another development help can be secured only if we take the infections which followed in their arising from Capitol Hill is the in- steps to counteract the starvation imquiry into deferment of ^able-bodied posed on the occupied countries by Lenten Devotional opened Ash D. 8-ft. tractor disc; J. D. corn plant- Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock with er, fertilizer attachment and check distribution of ashes. Evening devo- |wire; 2 horse drill; side delivery rake; tions will be held at 7:30 p. m., Wed- | Papec silo filler; McC. 7-ft, grain nesday and Friday evenings. | binder; Deering corn binder; New Miss Emma Schaefer of Elgin and ' Idea manure spreader; rubber tired Pvt. Louis Oleynichak of Fort Custer, j wagon and rack; electric fence con- Michigan, spent the weekend with her • troller; Walters Quiet Running pump folks, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schaefer.; jack and electric motor; force pump; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Britz and j new electric brooder; Stewart electric daughters, Joan and Rose Marie, of I clippers; 150 ft. new garden hose; Rock Island visited with friends and relatives over the weekend. Shipped in Largs Quantities Purchases of vitamins for lendlease have cost about $8,500,000. Vitamin A oils are shipped hi 55-galwake, caused the greatest loss 6f _ lon drums. life in the World war, with fatali- j men of military age. Claims are their Axis conquerors. Rationing for ties running as high as 60 to 80 per' made they take refuge in government the folks in this country is predicated ( . cent, he noted. ! positions. The subject is now receiv- upon the allocation of food between! P°ses were between five and six per coupe, heater, defroster, radio, clock, "Today that figure is below 5 per I ing attention and reports submitted the requirements of our own armed cent our total food supply. The, good tires. -- J ^ , ^ J--^ L J. r *-- ^pitesent (program calls for sendm? USUAL TERMS. breeching harness and collars, and many other small tools. Milk Machinery and Milk Equipment-- New Hinman milking machine, 2 single units, complete with pump, electric motor and pipe, for 24 stanchions. Losee electric water heater, 8 milk cans, 2 sterilizing tanks, pails, etc. AUTOMOBILE -- 1938 Plymouth •>< cent, and it is still going lower as | to local draft boards for appropriate forces, our civilians, our territories. we learn more about these cases," he said. Admiral Mclntire nevertheless cautioned medical students at Northwestern university, before whom he made the report, that the basic principles of medical and surgical treatment of wounds have not been eliminated by these new anti-infection and anti-shock treatments. We have found that we can treat men in the tropics almost superficially with sulfa drugs and still get surprising results," he told the students. "But don't take the easy way. It is only when the sulfa drugs are used to supplement other treatments that you'll get sijc|3 astounding results." Cites Malaria PrefclMju > Admiral Mclntire said that tfee action. , and our allies is made by the Food mo™ ood^°. e. Union than Reports are current that sentiment Administration of the department of Great Bntian in 1943. Consideragrows for the enactment of the Wads- Agriculture, after consultation with ^ ® progress has been made in the j worth-Austin compulsory service bill the Food Advisory Committee. In dehydration of foods resulting in a which would require all-out service of , 1942 otir exports for lend-lease pur- 'ar8* saving of cargo space. I W. S. BORGFW, &mter Chardler, Frcclich & Wicks, ArU. Public Auction Service Co.. Mfrs. Tel. Burlington, Wis., No. 866-W. Lpublic vendue to the highest and best. , John Purcell, who lived south of; bidder all the interest which the said this village, on the Prairie, died very j deceased, Kate B. Titcomb, had at Suddenly on Sunday evening last. He | the time of her death in and to the had been around as usual during the! following described real estate, day, but was suddenly stricken down' Lots Number One (1) and Two (2) while doing the chores in the evening.' of Block Number Nineteen (191) of R. Bishop«is fixing over the second i Hart's Third Addition to the Village; medical experience gained at Pear! a|»nr of his warehouse for a carriage (row City) of Harvard, situated in the Harbor and in subsequent battles repository. | C;tv of Harvard, McHenry County, ,AU was bright and cheerful at the, Illinois, house of Mrs. Roberts, Greenwood, j subject to tax deed to C. E. Hack- Wednesday, A. M. Mar. 8th. About | lander and also subject to all unpaid thirty were present to witness the general taxes and special assessments. marriage of^ Mr. Charles Henry Carr Terms of Sale: Cash. E. L. AXTELL, Executor of the last Will and Testament of Kate JB, Titcomb, deceased.- (Pub. March 4-11-18) and Miss Juliet Roberts. Rev. James Goodman, of the Baptist church officiated. The wild frolic of the elements outside, only made more joyable the festivities within. De- FORTY YEARS A®0 > f NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE „ . . Estate of Charles J. Bender, School was closed Tuesday morri- ceased. iHg on account of the illness of Prof. t Notice is hereby given to all per- Ffeher's wife. ('sons that May 3, 1943, is the claim John J. Buch is having constructed date in the * estate of Charles J. ajlocker consisting of fourteen com- Bender, Deceased, pending in the pirtments, which will be placed in his County Court of McHenry County, hotel for the convenience of regular ii jn0i?, and that claims may be filed quests. [against the estate on or before said Chris Schmidt 5|*s^ nearly com- t date without issuance of summons. pleted a neat job of plumbing in Mrs John Knox's new house on Green street. The new steel rails have been laid through the village this week. One can now ride over the road ( without the fear of losing his teeth. KARL E. SEYFARTH, ' Administrator. GILBERT T. GRAHAM, Attorne*. (Pub. March 11-18-25) : : " THIRTY YEARS AGO ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND ELECTION Notice is hereby given to the le£al voters, residents af lithe Town of Mc- -- „A , , , » . . Henry, in the Counter of McHenry and Jhitterwas dedared firmat 34 C«lta Statfi of minoi that the Annual, •* the Elgin board of trade Monday. Town Meeti and Election cf |U»ca autombile owners are tuning cerg of ^ town wim uke ^ on up their cars m anticipation U the| T^esday Arril Sixth A D ^ ^ auto season. tjn? first Tuesday of said month . , ., - r*®' The polls will be open at 6 o'clo A»ton Wate, a m and wiH close at 5 o'clock p. m. was responsible for a reduction in i the number of casualties as well as ! fatalities. As one example, he rej ported that the navy had cut down j the injuries suffered by men in the | water from underwater explosions | by redesigning lifebelts to hold a swimming man higher in the water. | This reduces internal injuries re | suiting from sudden pressure, he j pointed out. j He admitted that malaria had j* given army and navy doctors "a bad time" in some tropical battl' areas, but said that control of thi* disease was "going alpng well now ' Emphasizing the need of the med ical services for young meh, he as serted: "Doctors come in the sec ond wave right behind the marines.: and have to be in just as good phys ical condition as the men who dv the fighting." He forecast that the armed forces will eventually need one-third of the nation's doctors. Internships ma:* have to be cut to nine months, hi said, but young doctors will receiyr opportunities to complete the other three months of required residency on shipboard in service hospitals; J- Reiner begaa work in u>e nhe ^ G.clock Schneider ™ grocery on Wate. a street Monday morning of this week. on said day in the 1&ce or piaces des. Mr. and Mrs. Jo.h n, Engeln, who iigj,nnaatteedd aass ffoolllloowwss:- were recently married, we now oc- No. i_Royal Blue store, Ringwood, cupymg hte third floor of the Colby block on Water street. John, we are * will work for his brother, Jf|| No. t- No. 3- -City Hall, McHenry. -Eva's Cafe, McHenry. No Time for Whiskers As Yanks Push Ahead LONDON.--John A. Parris, United Press correspondent with the Amer ican air force in Algeria, reported that the U. S. occupation was proceeding at such a fast pace that reporters were growing beards because there was no time to shave. "Grsat show," Parris messaged the London bureau of the United Press. "Got two-day beard. Haystack sleeping is great." UWENTY YEARS AGO ^|0n account of the storm the regular Wesday evening show at the Empire theatre did not matrialize this week. Miss Gertrude Weber of Elgin is a tjon Qf miscellaneous business of said M employee at the Fox River Valley town wiU ^ held at the hour of 2 Slate bank, having entered upon her o'clock p. m. on Said day at Eva's new duties on Monday morning of this Cafe and a moderator having been ^ _ , . . . . . . e l e c t e d , w i l l p r o c e e d t o h e a r a n d c o n - John R. Knox, local dealer unloaded si<j|er reports of officers, to appropria carload of Fordson tractors one day ate money to defray the necessary exlast week. Begins to look like the penseg 0f the town and decide on such return of good times. ... measures as may, in pursuance of _ The solemn dedication of the beau- jaWj come before the meeting. tiful new St. Patrick s church and Given under mv hand at McHenry chapel of this village will take place this 18th day of March, A. D„ 1943. BiW""" Barber Shop.^Boyhood Friend, Meet Again in Coast Guard &UREKA, CALIF.--Enlistment of The officers to be elected are: ONE SUPERVISOR ONE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONS The town meeting for the transac- Lawrence M. Van Plaat of Eureka in the coa«t guard resulted in his reunion witn a boyhood friend of 40 years ago, Frank Wakeland, also of Eureka. , Wakeland saw Van Plaat's name in a published list of enrollees and arranged for a meeting. The men were friends in Idaville, Ind., in the 1900s and neither had been avMt of the other's residence here. •ni -in I,"m-- treated next ^aturday morning. Break First £ _ Jfosiructions as to eggs and mlf» %teak before using. meat may not be so pte> other foods provide the same kfcid of nourishment. Beans, for example, contain protein of fair qaeiity, as well as carbohydrate^ ^ho^horua, and calclam. ROBERT J. CONWAY. Town Clerk. (Pub. March 18 and 25) Fer Permanent Pastures Bromegrass is persistent, palata* hie, drouth-resistant, siod-lormiqg^ and slow starting. Ire Damage Appalling * JEhout 250 million dollars worth of property is lost each year through fire damage. jfceep Frozen Pastures Closed - After tiie growth of perennial p»v ture grasses has been checked by freezing weather, all closely grazed 1 farm pasture should be closed to Wren te Decorate Coin livestock. Allowing stock to run on The wren wax chosen to decorate them during the winter and early (he Carthing in new designs for Brit; spring packs the soil which is tor iah coinage. | }urious to stands of vegetation. To me# tne demands of modern wtrfxre. -war tods, ss commonplace as barbed wire cutters, must be produced with the skill, precision and thoroughness that is applied to our planes; guns and tanks: Like many of the war tools produced in America's great war production plants; these wire cutters are heat-treated with gas; After hardening in a gas-fired lead pot at 1,400 degrees,; the steel blades are further heat i treated in the A basktt full sUd blaJts far barbed win cutters is placed in i-type convection draw fumact. Her* the frtt drvulatiou *f bet gases beat-treats the cutting tdgts for efficiency and durability. Sy the ficK clrculsttett gas at 450 degrees. The rapid, uniform heat of gas makes these wire cutters as tough and rugged as the lighting commandos themselves. * Day and night it is our job to maintain the gas supply lot war production in this area. For this all-important task we are applying the d&ciencg developed through yea» of experience. 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