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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1942
Page
2
A fragmented Elgin High student newspaper page blends articles, notes, and listings. It mentions class activities, student names, club notices, calendar items, and sports snippets with scattered references to dates, events, and school groups.
An OCR laden with garbled phrases hints at sports themes including lines about games, players, and venues. Readable bits reference teams, performances, and a chaotic sequence of names and actions, suggesting a diary-like sports column or bulletin with unclear specifics.
The article outlines ongoing concerns about wheat subsidies and indemnity payments. Mr. Heerth notes that annual abandonments will not recur and that when wheat yields average, premium collections may exceed indemnity payments, with details on costs and past payouts.
Agricultural data shows New York and New England combined contribute 16.4 percent of the nation’s apple crop and 16.9 percent of its population. The forest service reports 284 million fish planted in 24 states and Alaska in 1939. Cornell notes progress toward a fusarium wilt resistant muskmelon variety. The 1940 soybeans acreage reached 6,011,000 with yield averaging 16.4 bushels per acre and total production of 81,541,900 bushels, seven percent below 1938.
The note says hundreds of girls mop to Evelyn Lynne's idea as brides to be stock up on civilian wear for peace. The cedar hope chest fills with Pajamas and hankies along with trousseau items, while sweethearts in uniform prepare for postwar life.
An Allied destroyer was sunk in the Atlantic by a submarine. The crew abandoned in two lifeboats and were rescued 11 days later by a general cargo ship. Photographs from the rescue show lifeboats alongside and a sailor drinking warm water from a tea kettle on deck.
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