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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1945
Page
4
eNOS Want Ad rates and terms for insertions. For sale Decker Bros piano in Elgin call Olaf O Berg. Genuine International Harvester parts emphasized for farm machines with repair service at 2711 Elgin Tarkelson Bros 2Ttle.
The Enterprise invites Orval Ert wisle of Elgin to see Sundown as our guest at the Avalon on Thursday the 19th. Call the office for ticket information.
Names and addresses of service members with furloughs moves and missing status. certificates of merit awarded to Sgt Sam Frieden. leave details for Lt William Schupbach and others. Frank Lin Olson in Germany reports, and notes on U S Army restrictions in German territories. Also mentions baby chicks and hatchery advertising.
Wilma Brockway was granted a divorce from Noel Brockway who is in the armed service. She reclaims the name Wilma Drier. Both may remarry within the statutory period. Property stipulations assign title and possession of real estate and effects. Plaintiff receives personal effects and security for a $200 chattel mortgage. Cruel and inhuman treatment alleged. Marriage licenses issued in the past week include Richard Chase and Betty Finch, both of Oelwein, James R. Scott and Florine Pastts on, both of Independence.
The Dubuque district youth rally will be held at the First Methodist church in West Union on Sunday April 15. Dr Marcus Bach radio broadcaster and University of Iowa school of religion assistant director will speak on What People Believe. About 200 delegates from 50 Methodist churches in northeastern Iowa attend with Kathryn Light Billy Henderson Maurice Frevert and Elgin church choir offering music.
Towa shows 84 percent of February quota with a 4.2 pound per capita average. Fayette county at 24 percent ranks 54th, Clayton 42nd, Allamakee 34th, and Winnebago near the cellar. Officials urge stronger effort to aid the war home front.
Senator Albert Barkley of Moulton opposed senate and house amendments to keep the office elective for the department of public instruction. He argued that electing a school head should not be by cowboys or auctioneers, a dig at Kraschel and Turner. The bill faces a slow death as House and Senate reject each other’s views, likely leaving the department unchanged and no state board appointed.
The interim committee, named to bridge sessions, is appointed by Lt. Gov. Kenneth A. Evans and Speaker Harold Felton. It meets about monthly, tours state institutions, and monitors the legislative side while the general assembly is adjourned. Members are paid per day for their service.
Lt Gov Evang names six Republicans to a joint appropriations and judiciary panel while Speaker Felton selects four Democrats and two Republicans to fill the 10 member interim committee. Rules require two minority party members from each house.
Iowa representative G E Whitehead of Perry resigns as chair of the house sitting committee to join a Europe trip arranged by the British Ministry of Information. Andrew J. Nielson of Council Bluffs named chair. E J Morrissey of Valeria fills vacancy.
The Office of Price Administration backs a house approved bill imposing a five percent tax on state liquor store sales, arguing the consumer would bear the levy as OPA regulates retail liquor.
The discussion asks if the state must absorb liquor tax revenue or shift it to purchasers in monopoly states. The OPA states the tax can be passed along to buyers, with revenue ultimately going to cities and towns.
Government calls Aybth week civilians to donate idle clothing shoes and bedding to local depots for overseas war victims. Inactive trained nurses urged to return to work on current nursing crisis. Citizens urged to join 6400 frontline truck jobs across 100 heavy truck plants to keep military supply moving.
The report says hogs free of lice and mange grow faster and are thriftier. Dip the animals to control parasites, and keep bedding and hog houses clean as part of effective treatment.
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