Six Candidates Invited to Speak on Educational Forum
Iowa press release notes six gubernatorial candidates invited to a Des Moines platform on April 13. Four of six have accepted from Hickenlooper Brown Miller Kraschel. Augustine and Sallah an unnamed Republican remain possible. Event aims at educational opportunity equality with potential fireworks if heated exchanges ensue. Featured speakers include McCombs Tracy Brown Jones Logan.
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Towans
Hoyle
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedac Rapids
David K. Brown
Des Moines
Earl G. Miller
Nelson G. Kraschel
Harlan
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
George Sallahan
Nevada
Old Town
Hickenlooper
Kraschel
Miller
Brown
Printing Board
State Department of Public Instruction
Iowa Assn. of School Boards
Iowa
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Dept. of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Iowa Division of American Assn. of University Women
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women Clubs
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Iowa League of Women Voters
Iowa Library Association
Iowa Society For Crippled Children
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Iowa State Grange
Iowa State Teachers Assn
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
N. D. McCombs
Marian Co
J. F. Tracy
Knoxville
Chas. Brown
Ames
Iowa State College
Russell E. Jones
Jack Logan
East Waterloo
Paper drives wastepaper drive pledge in Echo Enterprise
Readers urged to save this edition for a wastepaper campaign. The note claims the edition could yield enough paper to make 5250 dust covers for airplane engines. The message emphasizes recycling and community participation in the drive.
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Echo Enterprise
Dogs Kill Sheep At Helms Farm Near Elgin
Last Friday morning the Helms family found eight sheep killed by dogs in the pasture near the barn with several more injured. The incident highlights the county dog fund for compensation, though funds are uncertain. The Helms farm suffered a serious livestock loss and warns against stray dogs in the area.
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Helms
H. W. Helms
Thompson Writes From Corregidor Fort Mills Diary Letter
Thompson writes from Corregidor in Fort Mills Philippines February 4 1942 to his family describing the hot conditions and mail delays. He notes listening to Manila nightly and Japanese propaganda while American stations come through and mentions Dale is likely fine. He closes with love and warns mail is slow to pass through.
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Fort Mills
Philippine Islands
O. K
Manilla
London
Frisco
Berlin
Dale
Torvald
P. S
Mari Highlanders 4-H Club Sees Knot Tying Demonstration
The Mari Highlanders 4-H Club met at Paul Pulfer's home on March 27 with two members absent. Glen Yearous presided in Harold Glass Jr.'s absence as roll call was answered by naming a tree. Albert Dennler demonstrated Miller's knot and most members mastered it before adjournment. Fourteen visitors attended.
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Paul Pulfer
Glen Yearous
Harold Glass, Jr
Albert Dennler
Visits Daughter in Hospital A M Weibel Returns
A M Weibel came back from Chicago yesterday morning and reported his daughter Minerva is recovering well after injuries from a car collision last week. She sustained a broken pelvis bone a severely injured knee and back but doctors at Cook County hospital expect no permanent injury and friends here share the cautious optimism.
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A. M. Weibel
Chicago
Minerva
Cook County Hospital
Thompson Promoted to Private First Class at Fort Mills
Torvald A. Thompson of the Coast Artillery at Fort Mills Philippine Islands is advanced to Private First Class. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Thore Thompson of Wadena. His obedience and efficiency show he is qualified for the new role.
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Torvald A. Thompson
Coast Artillery
Fort Mills
Philippine Islands
Thore Thompson
Wadena
Blacksmiths complain farming work drops in winter
Spring Rush near Capper s Hatchery shows the busiest business row with the blacksmith shop active. Mr Moody faced a snowed under workload fixing plows and disks last week, yet kept late hours. Blacksmiths say farmers avoid winter work, making winter repairs nearly impossible.
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Capper
Moody
Farmer Herb Kent Dies After Illness at 75
Herb Kent, 75, prominent Fayettenbury farmer, died Saturday at West Union after months of illness. He had been identified 50 years with the Fayette Central Agricultural Society. Survived by his wife and daughter.
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Herb Kent
West Union
Fayettenty
Elgin Purchases Ten Lots for Garden Plots
F. C. Muehlethaler buys ten lots in the Hackmann addition, West Elgin from the Caroline Milley estate to use as garden plots. Possible future use includes Elgin growth with plots serving as building sites.
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F. C. Muehlethaler
Hackmann Addition
West Elgin
Caroline Milley
Elgin
Community Club Meeting Slated at Klingmans Cafe
The Community Club will meet next Monday evening at Klingmans cafe. Supper starts at 6 15 with a business meeting to follow promptly. Members are urged to attend on time for a smoother session.
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Klingman’s
The
Community Club
Klingman’s Cafe
Yunker Couple To Return From California
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Yunker of Long Beach California plan to leave the eighth and arrive home Saturday. They report good health during the winter and pleasant stay in Long Beach.
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Rudy Yunker
Long Beach
Calif
Circle meetings announced by WSCS this Thursday
The Women's Society of Christian Service schedules circle meetings Thursday afternoon April 16 at three homes. Circle A hosts Mrs. Edith Berg, Circle B hosts Mrs. R. V. Brandt, Circle C hosts Mrs. Mr. V. Kiple. Want ads get results, Try one.
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Women's Society of Christian Service
Edith Berg
R. V. Brandt
V. Kiple
Legion Auxiliary Supper Planned at Town Hall
The American Legion and Legion Auxiliary invite members and families to a supper at the town hall on Wednesday April 15.
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Legion Auxiliary Supper
The
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Editorial Pleads Americans to Awaken to Peril
An editorial urges readers to awaken to national peril and suggests saving copies for a wastepaper campaign. The piece notes the edition could furnish 2700 targets for rifle and pistol practice for the nation’s fighting men.
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Echo-Enterprise
Waste Paper Funds Hardware for Local Playground Equipment
Elgin community youths organized a paper drive that yielded 70 dollars from a second shipment, to be shared equally by Boy Scouts Campfire Girls Cubs and the school playground fund. The effort followed a 63 dollar first sale and supported three playground items including a merry go round a slide and teeter totters with swings installed years ago.
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Elgin
Home Nursing Class Opens This Week At School House
The Home Nursing class led by Mrs W Dummermuth held its opening session last week and will meet twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday evenings in the science room from 7 30 to 9 30 p m. Registrants include Vida Burring ton Genevieve Dunkle Erma Reh winkle Mae Anderson Edna Huns berger Ruth Schupbach and others such as F D Welch Hilder Bilden Phyle Light S W Kuster C Warer ton Lew Gruver Norris Capper Albert Schori Lena Cooley Ethel Kohler C J Mulford C C Torkel son Allen Habeger Louis Lehman H H Wolf G J Mosby D B Tinker 2 Dinan C Belknap Max Thoma Herbert Dummermuth and Geo Vaughn
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W. Dummermuth
Vida Burrington
Genevieve Dunkle
Erma Rehwinkle
Mae Anderson
Edna Hunsberger
Ruth Schupbach
Mesdames F. D. Welch
Benefit Red Cross Show at Avalon Today
Nelson Eddy stars in Chocolate Soldier and The Flag of Humanity at the Avalon today at 2 30 for a Red Cross benefit. Admission is 10 20 30 cents tax included. Proceeds go to the North Fayette County Red Cross chapter. Dr Max Thoma asks Elgin residents to attend.
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Nelson Eddy
Avalon
Red Cross
North Fayette County
The
Red
Max Thoma
Elgin
Henry Feller Buys Ole Benson Residence and Lots
Henry Feller of Wadena bought the Ole Benson residence and six West Elgin lots last week and plans to move soon. The Feller family has lived in Wadena after leaving the farm on primary 56 in Ili ry ia township. Ole Benson and family purchased the former Hoffman residence in Clermont from renters the H B Greenley family. Moves will begin once the current tenant can relocate.
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Henry Feller
Wadena
Ole Benson
West Elgin
Feller
Illyria
Hoffman
Clermont
H. B. Greenley
From Sodas to Chicks Harold Conner Changes Jobs
Harold Conner quit the O'Neill drug store Saturday night after eight years there. He began with Capper's Hatchery the next day, marking a swift switch with only a few hours between jobs.
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Harold Conner
O'Neill Drug Store
Capper
Two More incubators Arrive at Capper's Hatchery
Capper's Hatchery added two Robbins incubators last weekend, bringing the plant's total to nineteen machines in operation. The note hints at plans to use more food production in Iowa farms amidst New York air alarms.
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Capper’s
Robbins
New York
Iowa
Editorial: Gimme Food for My Baby Gimme a Place to Lay My Head
An editorial from the New York World Telegram echoes plea for basic needs and safety. It frames hunger and shelter as essential human rights, urging policy action and compassionate public response amid urban hardship.
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The
New York World-Telegram
All Must Toil No Time for Gimmes
Editorial calls for nationwide awakening to wartime peril and urges total industrial output. It criticizes overtime pay focus, farm price politics, and federal programs hindering production, urging Americans to drop gimmes and work 24 seven to avert a French fate. France faced late mobilization and dwindling gimmes before invasion.
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United Nations
United States
France
India
Near East
Donald Nelson
WPA
CCC
NYA
Centrol
Normandie
New York
Uncle Sam
Paris
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Elizabeth Morgan
Barbara Lee
Josephine Stafford Foster Lee
Myron Smiley
Jerry Truman
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Wade Truman
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