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Forty-one Railroads Enter City of Chicago

Chicago is often referred to as the railroad center | depots in the city and there is a daily traffic of of the country. Forty-one railroads enter the city and they represent 40 per cent of the mileage in the United States. The roads occupy six major

1,294 passenger trains. Chicago has 160 railway yards, 73 freight stations and 85 locomotive terminals. Sixteen belt lines in the city have a trackage of 2,122 miles.

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Retail Trade in Chicago in 1939

Num

Kind of business ber of

Total, all stores

Food Group.
Grocery, no meats
Grocery, meats..

Source: United States Bureau of the Census

ployes In Yr.. Kind of business ber of
Num-
Av. No. $1,000

Sales

stores

$1,000

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23

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145

5,896

375

578

219

8,605

1,020

1,514

4,679 Filling Stations

2,161

47,069

4,405

4,486

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2.095

36,648

4,508

2,826

3,354

Lumber yards.

141

16,059

Candy, nut

1,373

383

3,772

756

535 Bldg. materials.

2.469

45

Confectionery.

6,425

372

585

1.903

6,963

797

506

Delicatessen

Heating, plumb

100

3,518

435

678

1,450

7,769

370

Fruit, vegetable

299 Paint,glass, wall'p

330

5,777

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584

5,395

575

485

Bakeries, caterers

Electrical supply

18

599

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735

6,413

1,122

775

Hard're group.

879

10,771

891

Other stores..

153

1,163

2,130

331

417

Hardware.

876

10,655

882

1,153

General Stores

Eating Places..

4,193

85,830 26,776

19,921

(with food)...

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Res't, caf'ias, l'rm

2,755

77,496

24,909

18,593

Lunch, coun, st'ds

1,341

7,287

1,644

1,092

General merch

Soft drink, ice c'm

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223

236

andise group.

1,070

Department.

58

Dry goods

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General-other..

142

10.705

Variety.

333

26.967

452,212 58,937 61,158
406,325 51,216 55,366
648
1.114
5,871

Drinking places
Places with meals.

6,710

53,575

8,381

8,165

967

16,552

3.409

3,512

Places, other...

5,743

37,023

4,972

4.653

700

Drug Stores.

1,903

62,139

8,516

8,292

1,163

With fountain

1,558

56.847

7.928

7.608

3,840

Other....

345

5.292

588

Apparel Group

684

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21,972

Men's furnishings

Liquor Stores

378

7,347

622

765

Men's clothing

packed goods.

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357

20,321

1,813

3,009

Family clothing.

172

23,315

3,027

3,917 OtherR'tail S'es

W'men's rdy-to-w

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1,026

14,809 20,406

44,527

5.793

6,150

Fuel and ice..

1,181

60.707

Furriers, fur shops

6,053

8.234

162

7,842

776.

1,470

Fuel-oil...

62

Millinery.

3,126

184

291

580

6,332

1,480

Corset & lingerie.

1,131 Jewelry stores.

376

12.670

1,072

1.979

186

1,983

248

203 Book

137

5,963

988

Hosiery..

1.241

148

2.406

501

215

Stationery

207

Other apparel

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155

190

2.000

280

Custom tailors.

308 Cigar stores, st'ds

751

10,743

834

959

279

5.859

849

1,288

Florist..

589

5.832

764

Men's shoe..

882

127

4.989

519

518

Family shoe

Gift, nov'ty, s'nir

303

1,764

209

183

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1,490

1,634

News..

550

Women's shoe.

81

8,165

1.082

1,057

2,849 494

193

Furniture

Office, store ap'ce

107

8,530

1,030

1,747

Office, store,

house group.

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school supply.

96

Furniture

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420

28,446

2,528

4,084

Opticians.

174

Floorcoverings

2,372 402

583

90

7,963

546

1,037

Drapery, curtain

Photo'ic sup. cam.

37

2,008

160

243

upholstery.

Sporting goods..

61

2.718

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Piano, mus. Inst..

81

China, glassware,

6,359

654

1.161

Scientific, med'al

metalware.

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Interior dec'tors..

inst. and sup'ly.

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62

1.733

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Other retail stores

418

Other home fur'n.

6.534

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137

2,101

607

664

Household appli

Sec.-h'nd stores

708

4,677

665

859

122

9.515

1,683

2,418

Radio, hou'ol ap'e]

Tires, accessories.

77

1.052

117

224

136

6,555

388

592

Automotive grp.

678

126,680

7,578

12.398

Motor-vehicle...

Pawn shops.....
Other sec.-hand

38

1.252

143

264

172

1,209

199

243

274

95,748

5,436

8.933

Chicago Stock Exchange Transactions and Seat Prices

Source: Chicago Stock Exchange

Stocks

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Bonds
Par Value

Seats

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1932.

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1900.

1,418,738

8,362,600

1933.

18,288,000

1,433,000

10,000

3,000

1905.

1,544,319

8,567,500

1934.

10,178,000

847,000

6,000

2,000

1910..

894,362

7,347,000

1935

12,483,000

429,000

5,000

2,000

1915..

715,557

9,316,100

$1,025

$750 1936

19,436,000

194,000

7.500

2,000

1920.

7.367.441

4.652 400

8,250

4,900

1937

14,239,000

45,000

3.500

2,000

1925.

14,102,892

8,748.300

6,000

4.000

1938.

7,707.000

221,600

2,000

1,500

1928.

38,941,589

7,534,600

75,000

22,000

1939.

8.420.000

1,776,000

2,100

1,500

1929

82.216,000

4,975,500*110,000

60,000 1940

6,850,000

526,000

1,500

1,500

1930.

69,747,500

27,462,000

45,000

12,000

1941**

4,131,000

35,600

1,200

550

1931.

34,404,200 12,480,500

24.000

5,100

Prior to September 5, 1929, when number of memberships was increased from 235 to 470. The High and Low after September 5, 1929, was $50,000-$26,500.

**To Sept. 27, 1941.

Arthur M. Betts is Chairman of the Board; his term expires June 1, 1942.
Kenneth L. Smith is President; his term expires June 1, 1942.

Condition of Members of Chicago Clearing House Association

Source: Chicago Clearing House Association; figures are as of June 30, 1941

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Puffer, D., $12,000.

Smith, president.

Jury commissioners-President John E. Traeger,
Sr.. $4,000: Secretary. William H. Crudon, $4,000:
John J. Hurley. $4,000,
Probation

officer Meyering, $7,187.50.

(chief adult)-William

D.

Public guardian-Winifred G. McIntyre, $8,500. Public Service Department-Superintendent, Joseph H. Donahue, $7,187.50.

Recorder of deeds-Edward J. Kaindl, $9,000.
Registrar of titles-Edward J. Kaindl.
Sheriff Thomas J. O'Brien, D., $9,960.

State's attorney-Thomas J. Courtney. $15,000: term expires 1944.

Civil. Service commission-President, William P. Haberkorn, $4,500.

Superintendent of highways-George A. Quinlan.

$12.000.

Cook County jail-Superintendent, Frank G. Sain, $4,791.60.

Cook County hospital-Warden. Manus Mc

County treasurer-John Toman, D., $9,960.
Forest preserve of Cook County-Clayton F. Closky, $11,500.

Municipal Court of Chicago

(Salaries, chief justice $15,000 a year; associate justices $10,000)

Clerk-Joseph L. Gill; terms expire on first Monday of December in year indicated

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Circuit Court of Cook County

Terms of justices six years; all terms expire June, 1945, headkuarters County Building.

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Clerk

John E. Conroy

C. J. Harrington, D.
Walter J. LaBuy, D.
Thomas J. Lynch, D.
John Prystalski, D.
Joseph Burke, D.

*Chief justice. **Chief justice criminal division.

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National 1941 Cornhusking Championship

The 18th annual corn husking championship of the United States was held (Nov. 3, 1941) in Tonica, Ill., and was won by Floyd Wise, Prairie Center, I., who picked 45.37 bushels of corn in 80 minutes-a rate better than 60 ears a minute. A crowd of 115,000 persons viewed the test. Twenty-two pickers from 11 States were entered. Second place was taken by Leland Klein, of Metamora, Ill., with 45.21 bushels. Next came Ivyl

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Carlson, of Madrid. Ia.. with 44.36 bushels, third for the second consecutive year in national competition. Donley Martin, of Buffalo, Minn., was fourth with 43.25 bushels: Cameron Krauel, of Grey, Ia., fifth with a load of 41.89; and Kenneth Johnson, of Lakefield, Minn., sixth with 41.63. The all-time record was established (1940) by Irvin Bauman, an Illinois farmer with a count of 46.71.

195,427 Forest Fires Reported in 1940

The Department of Agriculture reported (Oct. 4. 1941) that the nation's 146,749,000 acres of unprotected forest lands suffered $35,877,000 damage

in 1940. There were 195,427 forest fires that year, compared with 212,671 in 1939 when the damage reached $40,000,000.

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(*) Does not include $1,700,000 expended in building Chatham Village as a demonstration investment in large-scale housing.

The permanent purpose of The Rockefeller, Foundation, New York City, is "to promote the well being of mankind throughout the world. Its program, in terms of broad objective, is the advancement of knowledge, with emphasis at present Medical sciences upon certain specific fields: (psychiatry); natural sciences (experimental biology); public health (development of general public health activities and study and control of certain diseases); social sciences (international relations, social security, public administration); the humanities (efforts tending to raise the general cultural level and to promote cultural interchange between countries). Except to a limited extent in public health, the Foundation is not an operating organization. Its activities are confined to the support of other agencies and to the training, through post-doctoral fellowships, of competent personnel in the various fields of knowledge.

Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York City, was established by Andrew Carnegie for the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding among the people of the United States and the British Dominions and Colonies. The present program of the Corporation includes the support of educational and scientific research, publications of professional and scholarly societies and associations, fine arts education through educational institutions and national organizations, adult education, library service and training, and support of various related projects which give promise of providing new knowledge.

The General Education Board was endowed by John D. Rockefeller with the stated object of "promoting education within the United States of America, without distinction of race, sex or creed." The present program concentrates on southern education. It takes the form of assisting state governments and higher institutions to undertake studies, experiments, and demonstrations in public education: studies of significant southern interests and problems; qualitative development of selected institutions; improvement of personnel. Special programs in Negro education relate to supervision and promotion of public schools, basic development of selected higher institutions, and training of staffs.

Hayden Foundation. The Charles Hayden Foundation, founded in 1937, aims to assist needy boys and young men; to aid clubs, gymnasia and recreation centers in this country for the training and development of boys and young men; and to place within their reach the privilege of education, mental recreation and coordinate physical training. Administrative offices are located at 25 Broad St., New York City.

The Duke Endowment was established by James Buchanan Duke to promote "the needs of mankind

along physical, mental and spiritual lines" in the South. Duke University (former Trinity college) is the chief beneficiary of the Endowment. Other schools in the Carolinas also receive funds. Other objectives of the trust are the maintenance of hospitals, the care of superannuated Methodist preachers and orphans. To the original endowment was added $10,000,000 and two-thirds of the residuary estate. The main office of the endowment is in New York City.

The Julius Rosenwald Fund, Chicago, in 1940 completed the twenty-third year of its work. The year's activities included: Experimental work in rural schools, especially in the South, with a view to improving rural education and so improving rural life itself. Fellowships for advanced study by exceptionally able Negroes and white southerners. Aid to the most important Negro universities. General study of race and culture and particular activity in this racial field toward improving the opportunities and conditions of Negroes in America. Julius Rosenwald provided that capital as well as income may be spent at any time in the discretion of the trustees, and that the entire fund. both capital and income, must be spent within twenty-five years of his death, which occurred Jan. 6, 1932.

The Russell Sage Foundation, New York City, was created by Mrs. Russell Sage in 1907, as a memorial to her husband. Its purpose is for the improvement of social and living conditions in America." Its departments give special attention to studies in the social work field and to research concerning various problems in the more general field of the social sciences. Its staff interprets these findings makes the information available through publications, conferences, and other means of public education, and in various other ways stimulates action for social betterment.

The Trustees of the Horace H. Rackham and Mary A. Rackham Fund have disbursed all the capital funds left by the will of the late Mr. Rackham. Within a short time the corporation will be dissolved.

Mary Louise Curtis Bok Foundation, Philadelphia, was created in 1931 by Mrs. Edward Bok, for the "support of music and musical education, support and promotion of the fine arts, science, scientific research, invention, discovery, or general education." The principal beneficiaries are: Curtis Institute of Music and the Settlement Music School, both in Philadelphia, and the Research Studio, Maitland, Florida.

The purpose of the Buhl Foundation, Pittsburgh, is to stimulate the advancement of human welfare by experiment, demonstration, and research. Principal grants have been to existing agencies or especially established agencies for promotion of

nationally significant programs in the Pittsburgh | Reynolds Babcock and Mrs. Nancy Reynolds Bagdistrict in regional economic, social, and historiealley, for charitable, civic and eleemosynary purposes research, higher education (including social work within the State of North Carolina. by a grant of training at the graduate level), public health, and all the property received by them from the estate mental hygiene. The Foundation built Chatham of their late brother, Zachary Smith Reynolds of Village at a cost of $1.700,000, seeking to show the Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The first project commercial practicability of building for long-term undertaken by the Foundation was the inaugurainvestment and management of large-scale garden tion of a campaign for the control of venereal home communities, and to promote new and higher disease in the State of North Carolina through a standards in urban "white-collar" housing. Largest donation to the State Health Department. appropriation is $1,081,000 to build Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, opened in 1939.

The Children's Fund of Michigan, Detroit, was founded by the late United States Senator James Couzens to promote the health, welfare, and happiness of the children of the State of Michigan, and elsewhere in the world." Principal as well as earnings are to be spent within twenty-five years from the date of the gift. The work is confined to Michigan, where the Fund carries on directly local public health organization, health education, pediatric clinics in rural areas, oral hygiene, rural nursing, eye correction, child guidance through mental hygiene, and medical research. The Fund makes grants to other agencies in dependency and recreational fields.

The Juilliard Musical Foundation, New York City, was set up by Augustus D. Juilliard to extend musical education and recreation.

The general purpose of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D. C., is "to hasten the abolition of international war." The activities of the Endowment are of an educational nature and are conducted through the issuance of publications, arrangements for lectures and meetings of individuals and groups in the United States and other countries to advance the cause of peace among nations, to hasten the renunciation of war as an instrument of international policy,, to encourage and promote methods for the peaceful settlement of international differences, and for the increase of international understanding and concord, and to aid in the development of international law and the acceptance by all nations of the principles underlying such law.

The purposes of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, New York City, include providing "retiring pensions without regard to race, sex, creed, or color, for the teachers of universities, colleges, and technical schools in the United States, Dominion of Canada, and Newfoundland" and in general to do and perform all things necessary to encourage, uphold, and dignify the profession of the teacher and the cause of higher education" in those countries. For these purposes the Foundation has paid retiring allowances to 1,945 former teachers and pensions to 1,083 widows. Through its Division of Educational Enquiry it has studied and reported upon numerous problems of higher education in the United States and Canada.

The object of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D. C., is to encourage investigation, research and discovery, and the application of knowledge to the improvement of mankind. The Institution desires to advance fundamental research in fields not normally covered by other agencies, and has organized its own departments of research in astronomy, in the terrestrial sciences, in the biological sciences and in historical research.

The Commonwealth Fund, New York City, was founded by Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness. Its activities have been largely concentrated in the fields of education, health, including hospitals in rural districts; medical education, medical research, and mental hygiene. The Fund also makes small grants in the field of legal research and occasional miscellaneous grants for philanthropic and social welfare purposes.

Cranbrook Foundation was established in 1927 with an endowment of $6,682,055 from George G. and Ellen S. Booth, to be devoted to the completion of the religious, educational and cultural projects begun by the founders at Cranbrook. Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

The principal purposes of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, Pittsburgh, as expressed by the founder, Andrew Carnegie, are: "To place those following peaceful vocation, who have been injured in heroic effort to save human life, in somewhat better positions pecuniarily than before, until again able to work. In case of death, the widow and children, or other dependents, to be provided for until she remarries, and the children until they reach a self-supporting age. For exceptional children exceptional grants may be made for exceptional education. Grants of sums of money may also be made to heroes or heroines as the Commission thinks advisable-each case to be judged on its merits. A medal shall be given to the hero, or widow, or next of kin, which shall recite the heroic deed it commemorates, that descendants may know and be proud of their descent. The medal shall be given for the heroic act, even if the doer be uninjured, and also a sum of money, should the Commission deem such gift desirable."

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York City, grants fellowships to citizens and permanent residents of the United States, to assist research in any field of knowledge and creative work in any of the fine arts. The Fellowships are awarded to men and women who have demonstrated unusual capacity for productive scholarship or unusual creative ability in the fine arts. The Fellowships are granted for varying periods, long or short, depending on the amount of time needed by the Fellows for the work they propose. The stipends granted Fellows are normally $2,500 a year. Fellows may go to any part of the world where their work can best be done. Foundation also offers a limited number of Fellowships, for work in the United States, to Canadians and, on its Latin American Fellowship plan. to Puerto Ricans, and to citizens of Argentina. Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay. The purpose of the Foundation is "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding and the appreciation of beauty, by aiding without distinction on account of race, color or creed. scholars, scientists, and artists of either sex in the prosecution of their labors."

The

The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, New York City, has limited its new interests to support of research programs in the medical sciences. Prior to 1935 the Foundation was interested in the field of social welfare and there are a few organizations outside of medical research to which fairly substantial support has been given for a number of years. which it has been felt expedient to continue temporarily.

The Milbank Memorial Fund, New York City, was established and endowed by Mrs. Elizabeth Milbank Anderson in 1905 as a memorial to her father and mother. Jeremiah and Elizabeth Lake Milbank, with an initial gift of $3,000,000. The general purpose of the foundation is "to improve the physical, mental and moral condition of humanity and generally to advance charitable and benevolent objects." Mrs. Anderson increased her gifts from year to year until they amounted to $9,315,175 at the time of her death in 1921. The Fund assists official and private agencies and institutions in the in-field of public health and medicine, education, social welfare and research. Emphasis is given to activities which are preventive rather than palliative.

The Spelman Fund of New York was chartered in 1928. Its present program is centered upon the improvement of methods and techniques in public administration. Support is extended to public and quasi-public agencies for dissemination of formation on current administrative developments; for study and improvement of administrative practices; and for testing new methods and devices under actual operating conditions.

The Maurice and Laura Falk Foundation, Pittsburgh, confines its activities to the making of grants to economic research studies. Within this field, it makes its appropriations to established economic research organizations; the Foundation, itself, does not conduct research. The grants are for the specific budgets of studies which deal directly with matters affecting American trade. industry and finance. It is the purpose of this research to result in publications which are addressed to the lay audience of the general public.

The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation was established in 1936 by Richard J. Reynolds. Mrs. Mary

The Permanent Charity Fund was organized in Boston in 1915 to accept gifts to the fund, the principal to be held invested and income each year to be applied to charitable purposes. The committee consists of 7 residents of Massachusetts and no person seeking or holding public office is eligible. The first funds were received in 1917 and amounted to $2,836,553.

The general purposes of the Kresge Foundation, Detroit, as set forth in the declaration of trust by S. S. Kresge, are: "The purposes for which this Foundation is created are the promotion of eleemosynary, philanthropic and charitable means of any all of the means of human progress, whether

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