10 Feb 1949
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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1949
Page
1
A notice cites membership in the Audit Bureau of Circulation and the Iowa Press Association indicating affiliations with journalistic industry bodies.
Acting Superintendent Hollis Miles announces the appointment of Aristotle Papas, formerly chief psychologist at Cherokee State hospital, as assistant superintendent and staff psychologist at Eldora. Papas will analyze 160 individual boy problems and design training courses, aiming to reform the school by addressing personal and group issues with a practical, experienced approach. Miles, with twenty years in Iowa parole work, seeks a firm, results oriented program and has pursued an expert to identify the Eldora problem. The board is urged to grant Miles latitude to implement plans, with early results expected to shed light on the school’s difficulties.
The Reinbeck Courier cites a rising federal cost from early 1900s to present, noting spending near forty-one billions and taxes consuming 20 to 30 percent of national income. It warns that a serious drop in income could push the nation toward bankruptcy if conditions worsen.
A Washington note says within 90 days yellow oleo will be tax free, boosting competition with butter. Dairy areas must sharpen product quality and marketing. butter producers urged to push superior value. The Lyons County Recorder and Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette advocate tax exemptions for governments to ease state costs. Des Moines snow then slows traffic, showing harsh weather can curb speed. Des Moines Register-Tribune notes snow slows roads. Scranton Journal reprints a snow shovel job question from D M Nixon.
Yesterday's report notes Alden voters faced a decision on incorporation. Details on the result are not yet learned. EB Coffin and Bros of Union plan to close out goods and pursue cattle ranching in the far west. Eldom expects a new railroad. Citizens show optimism with over half the needed funds.
Sixty years ago F M Franciso opened a barber shop in Iowa Falls. C Petty and John Haas bought dry goods in Chicago for a new store. A creamery movement grew in Tipton. Eldora Junction formed a reading circle meeting with Bert and Wayne Caster.
A reader shares a quirky clipping about Brown's Home Service offering odd jobs in Town Falls with a long list of tasks including wax floors paint cars wash windows and repairs plus trimming store windows and main chairs though the anonymous service is said to be in Towa Falls.
A veteran recalls a near miss with a shell discharged in a washing machine causing a tub hole. Local store staff collect red tape from cigarette packs for a seeing-eye dog project. The junior choir debuts at Methodist church during Scout Week, praised for community effort. Coronet magazine humor features definitions about everyday life and labor.
The weekly report notes lawmakers drive to finish business within 90 to 100 days, advancing the $40,000,000 stabilizing fund and a partial World War II bonus from state surplus. Senate confirms Henry Burma to the state board of control, while road, office building, and reapportion measures loom. Isotopes, deuterium, and atomic theory topics close the feature.
The fourth talk in a series at Marengo evening school explains atoms as dynamic systems with electrons orbiting a nucleus. Prof Glockler, head of Iowa State University chemistry and chemical engineering, compares atomic structure to a solar system and notes vast empty space and electric energy within atoms.
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