My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Saturday, January 5, 2019
Hemp Mills Near Completion in DeKalb County
From the October 24, 2018, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back."
1943, 75 Years Ago.
"DeKalb residents who have been in the vicinity of Kirkland and Shabbona in the last two weeks, report that construction work on the hemp mills at both places is going along very satisfactorily.
"The mill at Shabbona, it is understood, is nearer to completion than the one at Kirkland, but both will be completed within a short time."
--Cooter
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1943,
agriculture,
DeKalb County,
hemp,
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Home Front,
Looking Back
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