Iowa Legislature Faces Delayed School Bill Exit
Weekly Iowa Press Association note on a slow adjournment with major bills settled but the school code bill blocked in the Senate awaiting House action. Controversy surrounds a county officers term proposal and newspaper relief for suspended papers, with Governor Hickenlooper to decide.
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Waa
House
Senate
Town General Assembly
Whitehead
Petty Daily Chief
Theodore Kiemsrud
Thompson Courier
Hickenlooper
Harrington Home After Rochester Hospital Fall
J. Harrington was brought to his home Sunday afternoon from the hospital at West Union and will remain in bed for a time. He has been improving steadily and notes his setback was due to a fall at Rochester hospital on the road to recovery.
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C. J. Harrington
West Union
Rochester Hospital
All Treated the Same Under Rationing Regulations
Louis L. Lehman of Elgin notes butter is rationed on stamps and every pound issued must be accounted for whether sold to patrons or wholesale. Each person gets equal points for butter fats and meats. Home butchers may have extra points to spend on butter. Officials acknowledge difficulty in perfecting rules for every family.
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Louis L. Lehman
Elgin
Elgin Community Club Sets April Meeting at Town Hall
Chairman C B Schori announces April meeting for the Elgin Community Club will be held at town hall next Monday at eight. Committees on honor roll costs and flag samples are to report, with several new propositions expected. Members urged to attend.
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C. B. Schori
Elgin Community Club
Town Hall
Moves in Elgin Shift Homes and Tenancies
In Elgin, J I Phillips vacated near the depot and moved into the Olson home now owned by F D Welch. The Phillips house is now tenanted by the Leon Shepard family who moved from the Mabel Holzer home. Miss Holzer relocated to her own residence after staying with Mrs. Mary Keiser.
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Elgin
J. I. Phillips
Depot
Olson
F. D. Welch
Phillips
Leon Shepard
Mabel Holzer
Miss Holzer
Mary Keiser
Real estate transfers in week ending April 2
W J Rogers abstracts reports two transfers. Myrtle Medberry to Kenneth Medberry WD for 1200 dollars covers SE NW 10-93-7. Henry Holzer and wife to Melbert W Meyer and wife WD for 11000 dollars covers W 1 2 SE and SW NE 28-94-7.
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W. J. Rogers’ Abstract
Myrtle Medberry
Kenneth Medberry
Henry Holzer
Melbert W. Meyer
Shower at Opera House Tonight Honors Newelyweds Tilpher Bilden
A dance shower is planned for tonight at the Elgin Opera House to honor Mr and Mrs Tilpher Bilden who were recently married. The event invites local residents to attend and celebrate the couple.
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Opera House
Elgin Opera House
Tilpher Bilden
New Express Agent in Eldora Named Bernice Allbee
Mrs Bernice Allbee is appointed the new express agent in Eldora replacing her husband who left for naval service. Another female express agent operates in Emmetsburg, making two women in the field across nearby towns. Throw Your Scrap Into The Fight.
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New Express
Eldora
Bernice Allbee
Navy
Express
Emmetsburg
Soldiers and families ink distant postings from Clermont
Edward Klingman serves at Tinker Field in Oklahoma with the Air Service Command to maintain aircraft and train depot groups. The notice lists multiple servicemen, their new addresses, and family connections across Iowa and neighboring states.
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Edward J. Klingman
Tinker Field
Oklo
Quartermaster Truck Company
Air Service Command
Ed Klingman
Elgin
Red Cross chapter to elect officers at county court house
The North Fayette County Chapter will elect officers Thursday evening April 22 at 8 o'clock in the assembly room of the courthouse. Any member who has paid dues for this year may attend and vote.
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North Fayette County
The
Red Cross
Court House
Weekly Digest of War News March 31 1944 highlights
The War Department ends discharge of men over 38, transferring to inactive Enlisted Reserve status with conditions and recalls. Maternity care for wives of service members expands across states, while meat price controls take effect and are expected to curb the black market. Farm tires, gas for school buses, tuberculosis exams, and battery relief for rural radios are noted. Additional points include advance dairy point payments, loss of army mail, baked goods pricing rules, and April quotas for cars and bicycles.
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War Department
War Manpower Commission
United States
OPA
Brown
Lehmans Lead in Butter Judging at Waukon
Mrs. Louis Lehman of Elgin led the ladies division with Frances Tiblin of Ossian and Ted Wangsness of Waukon following. In the men’s judging Louis Lehman and Drahn of Monona tied for first, with C Numidahl of Decorah and Paul Pagel of McGregor also placing. State inspector Bernard Patsey recounted a store scene on oleo versus butter, noting consumer bias against dairy farmers.
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Louis Lehman
Elgin
Hlwin Drahn
Monona
Waukon
Lehman
Frances Tiblin
Ossian
Ted Wangsness
Drahn
C. Numidahl
Decorah
Paul Pagel
McGregor
Bernard Patsey
Capper Plans 50 Foot Extension at Franklin Street Hatchery
Capper is adding a fifty foot extension at the south end of his Franklin street hatchery. For now, roofing over the concrete platform to create a working and loading area during warm months. The existing hatchery downtown has been emptied of some incubators to ease congestion on shipping days. Chicks were often carried across the street to the town hall for drive-in buyers.
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Chas. Capper
Franklin Street
Masons Meet Set For April Lodge Session
Elgin A F and A M plans its regular April meeting next Tuesday at eight o'clock with balloting and new business. The lodge held special sessions last Tuesday and this week to raise candidates to the third degree.
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Elgin A. F. & A.M
Worker loses hand to buzz saw at logging crew
Golly Kurth of a local farm crew lost his left hand last Friday when he got into a buzz saw during wood cutting at Mrs Chris tine Rypes farm. The injury occurred as the crew had finished the job and Kurth, a cream hauler by trade, was working by the day.
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Millard Bear
Paaniee
Seestars Brockhus, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Hata Leche
Seipouma
Pete Ash
Ydress
Millard Rear
Camp Button Co
Camp Parks
Ner
Carolina
Pleasanton
Calif
Army
Golly Kurth
Gunder
Christine Rypes
Kurth
Max Hunsberger Named Elgin Street Commissioner
Max Hunsberger has been employed as Elgin's new street commissioner and marshal. He began this week and immediately led cleaning on Center street to remove winter rubbish. He has prior years of experience in the same role. The article notes thirteen billion dollars as the Treasury goal for the Second War Loan, one sixth of the annual war cost.
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Max Hunsberger
Elgin
Center Street
Hunsberger
Transportation rumor denial by Office of Defense Transportation
False circulating claims state the Office of Defense Transportation plans to impose priority rules on civilian train and bus travel. The denial emphasizes no such agenda is being pursued by the agency.
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Transportation
Office of Defense Transportation
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Miami Beach
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Anna Schupbach
Sam
Glen
William Jr
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Reuben
Pic
Joseph E. Paulson
Camp White
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Kendall R. Moore
Advanced Flying School
Foster Field
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Mrs. Moore
Rose Drive
Victoria
Harry Hanson
Adolph Hanson
Fort Dix
N. J
Harvey Gilbertson
Pfc
Morton B. Helgerson
F. A. Bn
Camp Forrest
Tennessee
Wayne Shipton
Norfolk, Va
J. W. Shipton
Deisel Engines N. L. F. E. B
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Norfolk
Virginia
Archie Johnson
Mrs
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Grand Meadow
Irvin Bush
Shas
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Pfe
Richard Trudo
Fort Barry
Elmer, Trudo
J. Hanson
156Th
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Hulen
Gilbert Hanson
Bernard Schrader
LeMars
Navy Barracks
Western Union College
Reuben E. Lehman
Santa Ana
R. L. Lehman
OCD
Camp Davis
North Carolina
C. J. Robinson
USNE
Thayer
Naval Tr. School
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Stanley L. Loftsgard
Aappfs
Maxwell Field
Alabama
Meilien Loftsgard
Robert
Robert Forbes
Keosauqua
Ali Mali
Sam Spotts
Ida Grove
R. W. Manteuffel
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United States Public Health Service
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