Illinois mobilizes, vol.1, no.5

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         ILLINOIS WOMEN OPEN NEW OFFENSIVE 
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         ASSURE SUPPLIES 
         OF WATER, MILK 
         IN EMERGENCIES 
          Wartime measures to guard 
         and assure water and milk sup- 
         plies and a program of sewage 
         and insect con- 
         trol have been 
         set up by ISCD. 
         Illinois is the 
         first State to 
         formulate an 
         emergency 
         water and milk 
         supply pro- 
         gram. 
          Clarence W. 
         Kiassen, Chair- 
         man of ISCD Sanitation Divi- 
         sion and Chief Sanitary Engi- 
         neer, State Department of Pub- 
         lic Health, said Councils in 
         cities of more than 1,000 popu- 
         lation have received instruc- 
         tions on all phases of the pro- 
         gram. 
          Arrangements are being made 
         with water works superinten- 
         dents and health officials, he 
         said, to haul water and milk to 
         emergency a r e a s if normal 
         sources of supply fail. 
          Mr. Klassen also is Gas Con- 
         sultant of ISCD and is planning 
         a program of public education. 
          
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                                  Recaps Available 
           for C D Wheels 
          Few if any civilian defense 
         workers will get new tires 
         though many may be eligible 
         for recaps, Maj. Gen. Frank 
         Parker, Executive Director, has 
         informed local Councils in a 
         summary of an OPA ruling. A 
         car must be used in civilian de- 
         fense work “substantially all the 
         time” to qualify. 
          Four classes of civilian de- 
         fense groups may be eligible: 
         federal, State, local, and foreign 
         government employes, includ- 
         ing State and local Defense 
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
         Council employes, entitled to 
         compensation for using their 
         cars and able to prove no other 
         transportation available, mem- 
         bers of the Civil Air Patrol, the 
         Forest Fire Fighters Service, 
         and the Aircraft Warning Serv- 
         ice. Vehicles used exclusively to 
         maintain fire fighting services 
         may have new tires. 
         Victory Imperiled By Serious Lack 
         of Scrap for Nation’s Steel Mills 
          Shortage of scrap iron and 
         steel is imperiling America~ s 
         chances of victory. 
          
          Production of 
         guns, tanks, 
         planes, ships, 
         bombs and 
         shells is en- 
         dangered. The 
         situation is 
         m o r e critical 
         than at any 
         time since Pearl 
         Harbor. 
          Illinois, which 
         consistently has led all other 
          
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         700,000 ENLISTED 
         FOR EVERY HOME 
         FRONT WAR TASK 
          The wartime activities of 
         700,000 Illinois women enlisted 
         in the Women’s Division, ISCD, 
         are to be expanded and intensi- 
         fied in the struggle against the 
         nation .foes. 
          Already active on many sec- 
         tors of the home front, they 
         have pledged themselves to 
         participate to the utmost in 
         every phase of the war effort 
         this side of the battle front. 
          
           Governor Sounds Keynote 
          The pledge was made in their 
         behalf by nine Regional Repre- 
         sentatives, 26 Vice Chairmen 
         representing the largest wom- 
         en’s organizations in the State, 
         and 15 other leaders in women s 
         affairs who attended the fall 
         meeting of the Women’s Divi- 
         sion in Chicago two weeks ago. 
         The meeting was called by Mrs. 
         Frederic W. Upham and Rep. 
         Bernice T. Van der Vries, co- 
         Chairmen. 
          The keynote was sounded by 
         Gov. Green. After praising Illi- 
         nois women for their accom- 
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
         plishments since Pearl Harbor, 
         the Governor said, “In this war 
         the home front is as vital as 
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                                 Illinois’ Defense 
                                   Setup Changed 
          In an effort to centralize 
         into workable groups the nearly 
         600 Councils of Defense in the 
         State, ISCD has effected a gen- 
         eral reorganization dividing 
         Illinois into three zones, nine 
         regions, 35 districts and 100 
         county councils. 
          Maj. Gen. Frank Parker, Ex- 
         ecutive Director, said that, un- 
         der this system, officials of each 
         division will deal with only 
         four to six subordinate groups. 
          Administrative powers have 
         been transferred to the County 
         Councils, Gen. Parker said, 
         while functioning powers re- 
         main with local Councils. 
          Three ISCD Zone Directors 
         are actively engaged in field 
         work among Councils of De- 
         fense. 
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         Vol. 1, No. 5 
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         Chief Cartoonist of the Chicago Sun. 
          
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          Tieken to Navy 
          Robert Tieken of Liberty- 
         ville, appointed Chairman of 
         the Salvage Committee by 
         Gov. Green eight months ago, 
         has just been commissioned 
         Lieutenant in Charge of 
         Naval Salvage for the 9th 
         Naval District. The services 
         of Lieut. Tieken, whose out- 
         standing efforts have kept 
         Illinois in the lead in salvage, 
         will be greatly missed by 
         ISCD.