Pressure Groups and the National Question in Washington
A reflective column laments lobby power and greed, linking wartime unity to postwar fragmentation. It argues Congress is gridlocked by agricultural and labor lobbies, with Southern Democrats and Northern Republicans uniting to defeat liberal and progressive policy. The piece questions whether U.S. policy should follow UN and Bretton Woods frameworks or drift toward isolationism. It criticizes moral decay and urges citizen protest from hometowns.
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Jonemy
Congress
Washington
Columbus
Ohio
Brotherhood of Man
E& Nation
Hella of Congress
Truman
Lstid
Britain
France
Russia
Governor Candidates Set Up Headquarters
Governor contenders organize for the primary and veterans vote. Republican Robert D. Blue and George Olmsted have state headquarters at the Kirkwood and Savery hotels while Democrat Frank Miles coordinates from Democratic headquarters at Fort Des Moines. Veterans registration remains a key unknown factor as parties mobilize in cities. Linn county surveys show only about 15 percent of returned veterans are properly registered. Governor Blue’s housing conference drew Miles, Moorhead, Lt. Gov. Evans, and Speaker Felton among attendees.
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Davenport
Robert D. Blue
George Olmsted
Kirkwood
Savery
Olmsted
Frank Miles
Fort Des Moines
Veterans’ League
Linn County
Sees Prosperity For Iowa Dairies
A recent survey shows the United States becoming a milk drinking nation with Iowa dairies poised for prosperity. Per capita milk consumption rose from .85 pint in 1923 to 1.13 pints in 1945, up about 33 percent.
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United States
Not all Iowans Blue met in California were transplanted
Governor Blue’s California trip included fifty former Eagle Grove residents and current Iowans evaluating California. Among them were Senators Herman M. Knudson of Mason City and C. V. Findaly of Fort Dodge, and Rep. Paul Parris of Gravity. Sam D. Woods has served as state parole board secretary for 38 years under 11 governors, with the office housed in seven sites. The piece notes frequent changes and the ongoing need for legislative guides, before continuing to page 6.
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Blue
California
Eagle Grove
Herman M.knudson
Mason City
C. V. Findaly
Fort Dodge
Paul Parris
Gravity
Sam D. Woods
State Parole Board
Sugden Outlines Spring Athletic Program at UIU
Prof Henry H Sugden athletic director at UIU announces spring sports include baseball track and likely swimming Doc Darmian long time baseball coach will lead that department while Sugden coaches track Thirty men out for baseball including seven lettermen and twenty out for track
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Henry H. Sugden
Sugden
Doc Darmian
Farm Help Scarcer Than Ever Here
Fayette county agent M C Wangs ness says farm labor is increasingly hard to obtain. He cites returning servicemen reluctance to resume farm work and farm men being drafted monthly as key factors in the worsening employment situation.
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Fayette County
M. C. Wangsness
Capper Chix Draw South Dakota Customer to Drive In
A Brookings South Dakota customer drove in Monday morning to collect 1,000 three weeks old Capper Chix pallets. The shipment filled a small truck, as older chicks need more space than day-old babies.
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Brookings
South Dakota
Gardeners Get Early Start In Elgin Spring
Elgin's early gardeners began operations during the balmy days of the past week. Yesterday morning brought a cooler spell that may signal a return to wintry weather, a potential for upcoming complaints about dogs and chickens.
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Elgin
Elgin Masons Set Meeting Next Tuesday Evening
Elgin Masons will hold their next meeting on Tuesday evening April 9. Degree work is likely besides balloting. Members are urged to attend as attendance has grown in recent years and the membership has been increasing steadily.
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Elgin Masons
Returning soldiers and new postings in the Echo
Civilian Lawrence Grimm returns from two and a half years in the army with reserve status. Many veterans share updates on addresses, discharges, and plans to resume civilian work at the Echo office, Farms near Elgin, and new postings in Texas and Waterloo.
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Lawrence Grimm
Clmvics
Uncle Sam
Alaskan
Aleutian Islands
Elgin Street Cleaning Warms to Hose Method
Elgin clears streets of winter mud and excess gravel from fall resurfacing. Workers moved from sweeping to hosing after initial attempts failed.
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Elgin
Three Corn Kings Meet in Chicago Radio Interview
Iowa Illinois and Indiana state corn yield champions appear on WLS radio in Chicago. W O Tranbarger of Iowa posts 131.8 bushels per acre in Ten Acre Yield Contest. Clement Gill of Illinois yields 186.9. Earl Straughn of Indiana achieves 164.3. All three used drilled corn, about 200 pounds fertilizer per acre, and Pioneer Hybrid seed. The State Corn Yield Contests are open to all farmers and corn varieties.
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Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Chicago
WLS
W. O. Tranbarger
Conrad
Clement Gill
Speer
Earl Straughn
Perrysville
Trawbarger
Gill
Straughn
Elgin Study Club Hosts Annual Guest Tea
The Elgin Study Club held its annual Guest Tea Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Rose Wolf’s home. President Mrs. &. W. Kuster opened the meeting as guest speaker Mrs. Clyde Blunt was introduced and given a corsage by Mrs. Louise Zoschke. Blunt reviewed E. B. White in One Man’s Meat. Sixteen guests attended, with many club members named. Also noted were local moves by residents C. O. Christ and Dr. D. E. Tinker, and a cablegram received by Ralph Shafier from Lt. J. D. Shaffer in Germany indicating his anticipated return to Eschwege.
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Elgin
J. C. Warton
Edith Berg
Earl Kiple
Carmen Swenson
Tryphie Knudigan
Mel Kohler
Andrew Dummermuth
Gus Krueger
Harold Rossman
C. J. Robinson
Wayne Durscher
Walter Kohls
Chas Feller
Ethel Kohler
John Falk
Warren Mitchell
Ralph Shafier
J. D. Shafffer
Pelderberg
Germany
Eschwege
Street Light Repair and Cable Replacement Work
Workmen dug a trench this week to install a new underground cable between the locker plant and Falk's Market. The original cable failed about a month ago and an overhead wire served as a temporary fix until the underground run is completed.
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Falk's Market
Town Clerk J Harrington Resigns After 22 Years Service
J Harrington quits as town clerk of Elgin after 22 years in the post also handling water meters and quarterly accounts. Appointed April 1 1924 he served until April 1 1946. Robert E Kohler chosen as successor at the council meeting. Kohler recently discharged from the Navy and returned to work at the Echo office.
Fayette County Extension Planning Committee Elects Leaders
The Fayette county extension program planning committee met in Fayette and elected Mrs. George Platt of Oelwein as chair and Mrs. Wilder Mattocks of Wadena as secretary. Members include Mrs. Sylvan Hoag Elgin Mrs. Carl Miehe Maynard and Homer Chapman Fayette. Lyle Arthur of Fayette was absent. The group will study school conditions school lunches plan a 4-H expansion and soil conservation and assign these to special committees with reports due at the next meeting in a couple of months.
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Fayette County
Fayette
George Platt
Oelwein
Wilder Mattocks
Wadena
Sylvan Hoag
Elgin
Carl Miehe
Maynard
Homer Chapman
Lyle Arthur
Soils Conservation Commission
Farming Operations Start Early This Year
Farmers began seeding early as fields opened, with many bringing in more workers this week. Some areas stay too soggy for cultivation, delaying planting by about a week, while others plan to disk and plow grain ground to aid the corn borer control program. A few still have corn to pick before sowing, but modern machinery speeds the job.
Elgin Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Meets for Practice
The Elgin Chapter Order of the Eastern Star is requested to meet at the lodge hall on Wednesday evening April 4 at eight o clock for practice. On Friday afternoon members should gather there for hall cleaning. Please come early. Betty Light W M.
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Betty Light
W. M
Community Club Meeting Next Monday at Klingmans
Members of the Elgin Community Club are requested to make early reservations for the meeting next Monday evening at Klingmans. Chairman Medberry noted no special program, just the usual routine expected.
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Elgin Community Club
Klingman's
Medberry
Progress Club Meets On Gardening Topic At Monday Session
Members of the Progress Club met Monday evening at a home of Mrs. Clarence Muehlthaler. One visitor, Mrs. Laurence Muehlthaler, attended. The program covered gardening with papers read by Mrs. Herbert Ach and Betty Strauch.
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Progress Club
Clarence Muehtd
Larence Muehlcthalern
Presen
Herbert Ach
Betty Strauch
Talk New Farm Fire Truck Talk
Members of the Elgin Farm Fire Dept and Elgin firemen met at the town hall Tuesday evening to elect officers and discuss business. Officers elected were G. H. Falk chairman Sven Blockhus treasurer Alfred Jacob B. H. Brackin Harold Opland M. J. Blockhus Joe Dinan John Pulfer and John Christen directors. They oversee the farm truck separate from the town department and will study replacing the 18 year old farm pack with modern gear. About 30 men attended and lunch followed the meeting.
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Elgin Farm Fire Dept
Elgin Firemen
G. H. Falk
Sven Blockhus
Treas
Alfred Jacob
B. H. Brackin
Harold Opland
M. J. Blockhus
Joe Dinan
John Pulfer
John Christen
Elgin
Outdated Iowa Laws Prompt Calls for Reform
Editors in Sigourney note Iowa has many outdated laws such as Blue Laws restricting Sunday entertainment and a moribund six mills tax. They cite aging rates on savings and calls from Ed M. Smith in Winterset Madisonian for income, corporate, sales, gasoline, motor vehicle, and property taxes as modern replacements. The piece questions tax policy amid shifting bank and investor rates.
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Sigourney Review
Iowa
Ed M. Smith
Winterset Madisonian
Sam
Towa
Tree Planting in Park Repeats After Outgrowing Lawn
A large pine was replanted in the park after outgrowing the lawn of Mr and Mrs Sheldon Be. An Interstate truck and derrick moved the tree while soil and root growth remained undisturbed in the trans planting. This marks the fourth or fifth planting of this kind.
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Sheldon Be
Severin Blockhus Buys Home Here
Severin Blockhus purchases the Wait Dummermuth house on Pleasant street in Elgin and plans to move about May 1. He will keep his cream route and do other work between hauling days. His brother Herbert will operate the farm east of Elgin that he vacates, next to the adjacent property.
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Severin Bloeckhus
Wait Dummermuth
Pleasant Street
Elgin
Herbert
Arlington visitors call on Geo Vaughn home
Cis Mager and Mrs Lena Reteo of Arlington and Mrs Louise Little of Minneapolis Minn were here Monday evening visiting in the Geo Vaughn home.
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Cis Mager
Lena Reteo
Arlington
Louise Little
Minneapolis
Minn
Ming
Geo. Vaughn
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