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Highland Park Press, 26 Oct 1944, p. 1

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; Births at Hospital % Trucks will stop at every curb in the city, following the usual daily schedule through Friday. Because of the serious shortage of paperboard containers, the OPA has announced celings of approximately A8 per cent for used containers, to Bvery kind of paper or cardboard is needed â€"â€" newspaper, magazines, boxes, cartons of all sizes, and all wauste‘ basket scraps. They are rushed immediately after collection to factories, where they are used for making containers for food, medical Sheridan, a girl, Oct. 17. â€" Sgt. and Mrs Wilson Lutz, 1205 Deerfield road, a boy, Oct. 17. Waste Paper Pickâ€"up Starts Monday, Nov: 6 Monday of the month â€" Nov. 6. Ed Carter of Deerfield; Rev. H. Washburn of Rockford; Rev. L. H. Laubenstein of Highland Park, and Charles Donner of Highland Park. Guests included Capt. John Beauâ€" regard, Fort Sheridan; E. A. Sundâ€" strom, Knoxville, Tenn., formerly of Highland Park; Henry Bucher and Nick Tomei, CPO, USN, was a guest of the club. Nick, it will be remembered, is quite a magician in his own right, and enjoyed having Harry McEvoy give him a few (1) On Oct. 238 Chicago Rotarian Harry McEvoy gave the club a real treat with a magical performance, interspersed with wit and humor. Mr. D. G. Plummer of 1331 Wade street, a business consultant, will be the principal speaker at the next meeting of the Highland Park Roâ€"â€" tary club, on Oct. 30, at the Sunset Valley Golf club. Mr. Plummer is spending all of his time at‘present planning post war activity for three corporations. His topic is to be "Post War Trends." Post War Planner to Speak at Rotary Club Mr. Mundt, now 44, is a native product of the land of dust storms and socialistic experiments. He has : received college degrees from Carlâ€" ton egllege and Columbia university and early developed into a debater extraordinary. He is coâ€"founder of the National Forensic league and has been its president since 1933. Before becoming Congressman he was‘chairman of the speech departâ€" ment, Eastern State Teachers colâ€" lege, and instructor in psychology and sociology. He is also national viceâ€"president of the Izaak w.ux league of America. He is editor . The program is presented as a public service under the auspices of the Highland Park Men‘s Republiâ€" ean club. Congressman Mundt will speak at 3:30 p.m. at the Elm Place auditorium on Suntlay, Oct. 29. ing his views in a forthright and sinâ€" cere manner. â€"This will be an exâ€" ceptionally interesting and timely program and everyone is welcome. gressman Mundt will give some of the highlights of his tour, Congressman : Richards (Democrat of South Carolina), recently comâ€" pleted a five weeks‘ inspection tour of England and liberated France. He and his companion were luncheon guests of General Eisenhower and his staff and were afforded an opâ€" portunity to get a closeâ€"up view .of American fighting men in action. During the course of his talk, Conâ€" EEmoCmit hy PRTRICE ENU bactif dsc 4 EHITY ET 1 Â¥. one of the most colorful pcnnnli-l "The Highland Park Hoopihll ties in warâ€"time Washington. Since| FOundation conducted a scientific his election to Congress he has|iDVestigation at their own expense! grown steadily in popularity and|to do @Â¥erything possible to uecrâ€"l prestige. As a member of the House tain the truth and fact in this case.. PForeign Affairs committee, Conâ€"| _ ‘"The . Highland Park Hogpital} gressman Mundt in company with| FOoundation did this to assist the corâ€" Congressman : Richards (Democrat| °"°" of Lake county and for the of South Carolina), recently comâ€" benefit of the local community and pleted a five weeks‘ inspection tour| * accordance with the high standâ€"â€" of England and liberated France. He | 2rds of the Foundation under which aiut hin enmmaninh warse Innchann|we operate. c To d ‘ of South Dakota, at the Elm Place auditorinm on Sunday, Oct. 29, at #:80 pm. This will be a discussion of vital interest to every voter by a man well equipped to speak on his subject. Congressman Mundt is an educator, author and lawyer, and one of the most colorful personaliâ€" ties in warâ€"time Washington. Since "The Five Fables of the Fourth Term" will be the title of the talk given by the Hon. Karl E. Mundt, Public to Hear Honorable Karl E. Mundt Sunday Vol. CLAIRE 8. ARENBERG. rublic Library. 880 Leursl Ave., Highland Park, I1l1l Movnt!amo® s monthly waste paper . Â¥$§ *The Higbland Park Press [ Independent thought is the only itne preparation for a proper study . of the thought of others.â€"Calderâ€" The P.T.A. of Green Bay Road school will sponsor a rummage sale at the Green Bay school on Nov. 2 and 3. The doors will be open from O until 5. 5 l C Rummage Sale at > Green Bay School November 2 and 3 | ITALIAN "GETâ€"TOGETHER" AT ELKS HALL, NOV. 2 § An Italian “fibtolvmfll be held at Elks hall, 582 at 8 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 2. ‘There will be an entertainment, and refreshâ€" All Italian men and w eome. Plan now to come. ments will be served. The meeting is red by the Men‘s Republican ehl b of this‘ city. Watching Mr. Da‘vny' in action is like watching a skilled boxer in the ring, going about the business of "cutting his opponent down to size" and "readying him for the knockâ€" out." This campaign is going to be worth watching. â€" It begins toâ€" look as if "the Champ" had met his match at last.â€"Murphysboro Independent, Sept. 20, 1944. s=toenry. He doesn‘t "scatter" his evidence. He presents it a point or two at & time. Each speech is never more than aboutâ€" 25 minutes in length. It never wanders from one t to anâ€" other, but each speech disposes of one phase of the case i’idut,the New Deal. . J lÂ¥3 The governor is "prosecuting" the New Deal and doing it scientifiâ€" cally, logically, and very thoroughâ€" ly. ; | Anyone who has studied Governâ€" or Dewey‘s pdlitical talks ‘to date will easily understand wh* he was so successful in smashing the New York rackets as a proucut*;r. to all junior collectors. Mr. C. A. Sanborn, president of the North Suburban Philatelic society will be in charge of the meeting. | Junior Stamp Club to Organize Boys and girls who collect stamps take notice! The organization meetâ€" ing of the Community Cénter Junâ€" ior Stamp club is to be held on Satâ€" urday afternoon, Nov. 1, at 2:00. Plans will be made there of interest High school boys and girls. are having a Halloween Open House and Dance at the Community Center on Friday night, Oct. 27. Herby Holts band will be there to. furnish the dance music. A special floor show is being planned. : Bob Cooksey and Center Opén House Halloween Nit* As in the past, Community Cenâ€" ter will hold Open House for boys and_girls on Halloween night, Oct. 31. There wil} be games of all kinds. Refreshments will be provided. All boys and girls are welcome. â€"â€" High School Open House and Dance To date, the hospital is not in poâ€" session of our official report from the toxicologist, When the Hosâ€" pital receives a complete #eport it will be turned over to proper authâ€" orities for such further investigaâ€" tion as they may deem it advisable to make. . * "MARJORIE M.IBSEN, â€" > w‘ 4 "Superintendent;‘ "The delay in announcing the findings is occasioned by the necesâ€" sary time required for laboratory work in the various analyses. As Yet Reached in Hospital Investigation > In regard to the investigation beâ€" ing conducted as to the death of two infants in the local hospital, recentâ€" ly, Miss Ibsen, superintendent of the hospital, has made the following statement : | <do COMMUNITY CENTER A Skillful Program p2â€"09 Highland Park‘s NEWS Paper for 33 Years | . _ when the OPA took to ({pping motorists on the public highways and demanding of ‘drivers th¢it excuse for beimg out in their cars, using the gasoline that had beén allotted the,m? the© reaction was quick and outraged. "If there is not e gas, cut ourâ€"allotments, stop them alâ€" together," the public said, "but so long as the gas is allotted to us for our use, keep your nose out of our private affairs." The OPA gestape proâ€" gram chme to an abrupt end, and the New, Dealers hope that the driving public has forg\)flelf he episode. horsf 2. ~ Exasperation is also" mounting: in this nomâ€"rhilitaristic icountry over his reference to himself as|""The Commande in Chief." Americans accept the fact that the president is the commanderin chief of the armed forces by virtue of ‘his offic¢, but their conception of a‘Commander® is modeled on a man like Eisenkower or Mé&Arthur rather than Roosevelt. * All in all, the Republic; ! e jfltifiq in their hope that the presiâ€" dent, admittedly one of the most astute politicians ever to appear on the famgmtie n wl To hi ie stt ml engoine| it to them in words that painted a Utopian picture, â€" _ _â€"_â€" _ J When the OPA took to s and demanding of ‘drivers the the gasoline that had beén outraged. "If there is not together," the public said, use, keep your nose out of ¢ Another potent factor, es current than a sweeping ripâ€" American people with the his ‘multitudinous bureaus d excused under the guise of â€" And these are by no m path of the "Fourth Term I liberal legislation program ar a necessary antidote for the Coolidge regimes, must, faced Communist candidate, draftâ€"c him, feel that the time:is rip« EM If Franklin Delano Roos porters may well deem it the Third Term issue was consi was: his greatest achievermén which the excels. But if he handicap of Sidney Hillman, regardless of political affiliat choice; plus the handicap of chine background, there can greater than any ever seen in l on ies " uh â€" Discharged from the 6ist craft artillery in 1988, hav served six years, he reâ€"ente service in September, 1943, shipped overseas in Feb y In civil life he was greensk Exmoor Country glub, :.: |>! A member of the first sel e service infantry division eave the country in this war, Pfé. Mosâ€" teller was with the first divisipn to enter combat, the first to ive in Italy, first to be awarded isâ€" tinguished Service Cross | |the first to be given battlefield prtomoâ€" tion. / + Ti ooo mommanee im Prior. Pfc. Wm. Moctelleir Casualty in Italy ‘The scarcity of paper on the home front is emphasized when we ize that,, unlike many other w time shortages, the paper problem shows no evidence of immediate solution even when the war in Europe comes to a successful close. . Enormou quantities of food, equipment and medical supplies will still be needed overseas for our servicemen and for relief to distressed nations, and all of these shipments require paper or paperboard for packaging. ; n- sumers have been glad to pt this ""paper holiday‘" because this ¢extra sacrifice has made us more ‘k ly‘ aware of our own civilian o e and of the great need for * in the successful conclusion of the war. There just isn‘t anything any one of us wouldn‘t do to insure that sucâ€" gess. 7 o 6t In our communities, hou es on their daily marketing rou re carrying their own shopping or baskets, Packages are being acâ€" cepted â€"unwrapped gladly. â€" | | Paper holidays are being spo ed in other cities and towns thrc out the country, and with ful operation from the public, the Production board‘s goal to st this year‘s tivilian supply of ; is expected to be met. °; Bpurred by the favorable from the war fronts and the j £ edge that war needs for pa steadily increasing as new s ies are .liberated, the ci of Highland Park and Ravinia are = ly coâ€"operating with its retail operators in the observance of>a "Paper Holiday." ‘No paper e ing used in retail stores, except for articles that require wrappin ror sanitary or protective pu . . Paper Holiday Continues As the Need Increases Highland Park, Iilinois, wkaabn"s UP und re ping (bag being acâ€" thQ ome re e w rima m shows solntion pe comes !ho 0u r1ent| gnd . e ngeded : and for h I‘ll paper or & U onâ€" .E i. e (k¢genly .»o ge zer and jailbird,.is actively supporting for a swing back to the right. though it appears more as an underâ€" e, is the incvitable exasperation of the ing, arrogant, pryingâ€"imterference of the regular processes of American life necessity. : #5 * o 7 !in shattering tradition, anm activity : at a nsuecceed in pulling to vi(}ory with the ose plan is to tax all CIO union members, ion, for the benefit of a candidate of HIS rry Truman, with his Kansas é_ity ma~ e|no doubt that his personal magnetism is merican politics. alx } elt wins this election, he $nd his> supâ€" atest. victory ‘he has ever dfchieved. The red a potential bombshéll, and it probably is the only handicaps to victory in the ispensable," M-n;*. who supported his felt that his leaning tqwn_',d the left was actionary attitudes of. the Harding and ith the fact that Earl Browder, erstwhile (Thursday, October 26, 1944 Pfc. Rosije has been stationed in European territory since Septemâ€" ber, 1943, | t A letter from a sister of the Rosâ€" ies, in Seotland, discloses that she has received â€" direct | word â€" from George, himself. â€" | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rosie, 1215 Burton, have been notified by the war department that their son, Pfc. George, paratrooper, previously reâ€" ported missing in Normandy on Dâ€" day, is not missing, but is a German prisoner. â€" This information was obâ€" tained through the Internatigonal Red Cross.‘ 4 | + Missing ; Is Prisoner Registered voters who will be abâ€" sent fromthe county on election lay may vote‘in person at the county clerk‘s office, County Building, Waukegan, up to Nov. 4. ; | Te piaces and precinet &!T‘Q â€"For information on the coming election stop in or call. Those abâ€" sent from the county. on election day may votoe by absentee ballot by mail up to Nov. 2. These absentee balâ€" lots must be signed and notarized. Republican ‘headquarters are open in Highland Park at 31 8. St. Johns Ave., «and the telephone number is 5879. Republican Club Opens Attractive Headquarters At 31 S. St. Johns Ave. Audience participation will ‘be welcome, but not required, as a few must stay in theaudience to applaud. However anyone craving to display her hertofore undisgovered histriâ€" onic ability, should wear her stage makeâ€"up and come prepared to join the fun with this hometalent theatâ€" rical troupe. _ Although planned for the most part for good laughs, the skit has a serious purpose. It will endeavor to explain the setâ€"up of the complicat: ed election ballot. Mrs. J. Stannard Baker, Mrs. Van G. Kirk, Mrs. Rayâ€" mond Simons and Mrs. Walter Ruâ€" bens have their heads together inâ€" jecting the quips in the script. which is evidence that this will be a topâ€" ranking performance. _ Occasionally the Highland Park League of Women Voters relaxes its studious program and goes all out fun. Such an afternoon has been planned fir next Wednesday, when the government and operation deâ€" pattment will present a comical skit entitled "The How and Not Who on the Election Ticket." The curtain will rise on this.comedy at the Com‘l munity Center at 1:15 p.m. Nov. 1. League of Women Voters Plans for Day of Fun N O W If a man has actedright, he has done well, though alone; if wrong, the sanction of all mankind will not justify him.â€"Fielding. Edward Cassedey, viceâ€"president: Mrs. T. Mooney, treasurer, and Nanâ€" cy Santi, secretary, â€" All those inâ€" terested in the work the committee is doing are cordially invited to atâ€" tend the meeting. : 4 8 The Saint Mary‘s cemetery comâ€" mittee will meet Friday night, Oct. 27, at 8 o‘clock, at Santi‘s office at 490 Deerfield Ave., Highland Park, for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year; The retiring ofâ€" ficers are John Picchietti, president; Meeting of St. Mary‘s Cemetery Committee Friday . A long list\of applicants is waiting to be served, If you can help out in this matter, call H. P. 1810. Your services will be greatly appreciated. The USOâ€"Saivation Army Housâ€" ing department reports a desperate need of houdng facilities for the soldiers at the Ft. 'Sheridrn‘ separaâ€" tion center, serving now| only men from Illinois, Wisconsin and Michiâ€" gan. . For officers and nonâ€"coms, the call is for small houses or apartâ€" ments, fun’hhed or â€"unfurnished, with roomsi‘including kitchen‘ priviâ€" leges for the GI‘s. ~ f De‘perpte Need of Housing for G.J.‘s Hundreds ‘of volunteer nurse‘s aides are needed immediately, â€" A new daytime class to train women for this important Red Cross volunâ€" teer service will start Nov. 1. @ â€"With 10,000 registered nurées reâ€" quired by the army, the Red Cross is compelled to train more and more girls and women between the ages of 18 and 50 as Red Cross volunteer nurse‘s aides. Fiftyâ€"seven hospitals, civilian and military, throughout the Chicago area are ‘relying on Red Cross volunteer nurse‘s mides to help during this crucial time of unâ€" der,â€"staffed and overâ€"crowded hospiâ€" Report now at 529 8. Wabash for registration, ‘or call Wabash 7850 for further information. + vnce a week melt down, . _ , Contributions per family are runâ€" 2. Scrape pans ‘before washing. ning ahead of last year and it is No grease is too black to be of use. hoped that before the end of the 3. Skim stews, soups and gravies month Highland Park‘s Community while they cook. _ Then chill and|Chest can jgin hands with those oth . scoop off fat. j stuge io jer communities\who / will report at 4. Save water in which you cook | that time that their effort in behalf hot dogs, sausages, and ham, Chill|of local agenci§s and the Nationa} and scoop off fat. d War fund have gone over the top. 5. Keep the can â€" any kind â€" After each raport meeting of the on â€"the back of the stove where it‘s| volunteer workers, there is great acâ€" handy. When full, take it to your | tivity behind the scenes at canmipaign butcher, and get two free red points | headquarters. Every year a corps, ‘for meat or butter, and 4 cents for|of men and women, most of them every pound. * t iy trained accountants, give hours of . Claire S. Arenberg. |\their own time auditing the subâ€" me zn enz . |scription cards brought in by t o . i field workers. ‘Each card must M Need for Trained . 'ndihd. checked © and reâ€"checked, And Volunteer Nurses ‘|and the cash made ready for bankâ€" The ‘army is asking for 10,000|ing. This takes hours of work by nurses to serve overseas and in our|the auditors who often stay until army hospitals at home, consequentâ€" ,‘M midnight, after p y _ h 5. Keep the can â€" any kind â€" on â€"the back of the stove where it‘s handy. When full, take it to your butcher, and get two free red points for meat or butter, and 4 cents for every pound. * How to Get More Red Points 1. Save all bits of fat trimmed from meat, and fat scraps on plates. Once a wetk melt down.,‘ [ In Highland Parkâ€"August, 5112 pounds;Sept., 4076 pounds.. â€"In Raâ€" vinia â€" August, 875 pounds; Sept. 827:pounds, _ ; ; As an accommodation to the Highland Park high school, until the ‘Shoreline can apâ€" pear as an individual paper, it is being this week "included in the Highland Park Press. .. Local Grease Figures . . Mrs. Tom Wyles, grease chairâ€" man for Highland Park, and Mrs. PaulDaube, for Ravinia, report grease collections for the past two months as follows: Uniless more used cooking fats are salvaged for conversion to glycerine for munitions and drugs, fresh ediâ€" ble lard will have to be used for these and hundreds of ather war items, states the War Production News to If Grease From Kitchens Goes to War, Lard > Can Be Kept for Food War Fund N ears? Goal, Need $2,400 to End Drive H}ew!. Efiua: ‘:91%‘ T6 fud * _ _ Highlapd Park‘s Community and War Fund drive is nearing its goal of $70,540. When reports were in at the Thrift Shop * From cleanifig out people‘s attics in a searth for Thrift shop wares to a fabulous $30,000 profit on a real estate deal; from a near foldâ€"up depression to a month when receipts mounted to $1,000; from a modest beginning during World War I to this, its most prosperous year <â€" these and mlg other bits of the hisâ€" tory of the Highland Park Thrift aes, Mondap, in in wes talk beâ€" zey, y, in an informal fore members of the Highland Parkâ€" hvh’ juniors of the Infant Welâ€" fare society. .. Mr. Sinclair has been elected to this office because of hic capability, his wholeâ€"hearted interest in the welfare of the organization, and beâ€" c.;ne of his genuine willingness to help. * : ~Highland Park Community Chest is indeed proud and fortunate to have so valuable and public spirited .‘ citizen to fill this responsible poâ€" sition. > .l i. ce es se c en o e w M CC W V. Nelson, Mr. Fred Richman, Suâ€" pervisingâ€"the ayditors is Mr. L. B. Sinclair, treasurer of the Highland Park Community â€" Chest, who has given more than his share of volunâ€" teer work and time to the organizaâ€" tion, since its ning ten years ago. Besides ing charge of the finances at e report meeting of the workers during the campaign, it is Mr. Sinclair‘ .j::’ to give valâ€" uable and timely ite to all matâ€" ters pertaining ‘to the: finances., of the organization throughout tfic enâ€" tire year. t [ Ne st® Mrs. R. Swazey Gives _ _ History of Thrift Shop _ Mrs: Shirley Gibbs, Mrs. Ethel Kel ly, Miss Rubye Larsen, Miss Alice Olson, Mrs. Harty Skidmore, Mr. F. .. The campaign committee would appreciate the cooperation of those who have not yet been contacted and they can do their part in this worthwhile effort by voluntarily sending their subscription to Comâ€" munity Chest headquarters, 396 Central ‘Ave. > f overâ€"time work, war and political acâ€" tivities that they have not been at home to welcome the workegs in this campaign. . this campaign have made ;;;'c;: fort to contact évery Highland Park resident. A great humber of Highâ€" land Park residents are so busy with the total subscriptions amount to potential contributors . yet to be heard from. ; The district chairmen and block captains and workers in 5c a copy; $1.50 per year Bwazey, who is chairman of and who ‘has TW m cl ;,5»:"(-‘% aud Apeair n o esA Me l adane s +. Ts

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