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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1942
Page
3
A note noting affiliation with the Iowa Press Association and the National Editorial Association appears, highlighting professional journalism networks and potential membership in two recognized press bodies. No further details are provided.
The piece notes little voter interest in state races amid wartime focus and campaign stop fatigue. An Iowa survey by the Iowa State Teachers Association reports grade school teachers across 23 districts set to gain an average 10.8 percent raise, affecting about 3,660 teachers and totaling roughly 1.6 million dollars if nonparticipating schools’ increases are included.
As of April an estimated 308000 farm workers powered Iowa’s largest agricultural output. Unpaid family workers reached 246000 with 60000 hired hands. Wages rose 38 percent from 1941 to 1942 with the average monthly wage including board at 53.75 dollars. The labor supply fell to 75 percent of normal nationwide, with regional variations reflecting defense industry competition and limited local workers. State Fair prospects include a partial lease agreement for fair grounds.
Fair Secretary Lloyd B Cunningham plans a 4 H club exhibit and possible night show while Attorney General John M Rankin weighs the recent 15 percent telephone rate hike by Northwestern Bell. He is studying potential discrimination angles as FCC probes interstate aspects after rescinded increases in border towns.
Twenty five years ago George Evans aged 40 was killed by a fall of ground while working with Gus Preese in the stope on the 1400 foot level at 3 o'clock Tuesday the 10th. Evans and Preese were mining when a large rock slab toppled from the back and struck Evans fatally. The same edition notes local men leaving Clermont to join the war effort with Cedar Rapids as the destination for enlistment and various community notices including visits, relocations, and construction projects.
Mrs Ida Olson and Orvin were supper guests in the Theo Loftsgard home Tuesday. Mr and Mrs C L Graver of Waukon were dinner guests Sunday in the Franz Apperman home. Dr and Mrs C C Grant of Cedar Falls and others called Sunday at the B O Henderson home.
Grand Meadow residents and guests visited numerous homes on Sunday and Saturday. Families including Olson Bigler Lundy Amundson Jungblut Lyngaas Landsgard and others shared time at Hansen, Fayette, Decorah, Elkader, New Albin, Clermont, and nearby farms.
Ronald, Mrs. Julia Landsgard, Mr. and Mrs. Selmer Holm and family, Tom Holm, Thore Kirkjorden, Ella Ingeborg Qvammen and Helen Reinhart were guests at the V. Landsgard home Sunday. Mrs. Laura Holt left last week for a visit at the Alfred Madsen home in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Frank Jarms of Monona announces his candidacy for supervisor in Clayton County as a longtime farmer and taxpayer. Born 1882 in Farmersburg, he moved to Monona in 1916, started a town dairy and has served as town councilman and 12 years on the Monona school board building committee.
Mr and Mrs Almer Nelson visited his sister in West Union hospital Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Olaf Berg and Mr Edgar Kimball spent Sunday afternoon at the Jim Bilden home. Mr and Mrs Marvin Davies were absent from further details in the item.
Supper guests Friday at the Orville Berg home honored Lavern Clinton's birthday. Numerous visits and gatherings follow, with Ole Reierson, Joe Wander, Oscar Holden, and others visiting Martin Halverson, Jim Bilden, and Decorah area homes. A study club met at Martin Amundson’s, with readings and a piano solo, and a quilting session included many local women. The county line bridge opened for traffic after repairs, and several families shared dinners and birthday celebrations through Sunday.
A New York bound Hudson and Manhattan tube train derailed near Exchange Place station last Sunday night. One car jumped the track and caught fire, injuring 263 passengers as crews battled the blaze and assisted victims.
A photo shows Lord Lovat in uniform reading orders before the raid on Boulogne. The commando force, led by Major Lovat, engaged Nazis for two hours and withdrew without a man lost.
Governor Lehman signs for the fourth selective service draft at his local board 340 in Albany New York. Brigadier General Ames T Brown State Director of selective service stands beside him as men from 45 through 65 register.
A note on efficiency asserts that labor saving equipment increases the value of time, while only inexpensive staff can manage feeding and fountain tasks three times daily.
Five students from Clarion public schools pass entrance tests for a schoolwork knitters club linked to the IowA CORN FISHING program. In Fremont County a farmer drives a wagon into a lake to recover unpicked corn from last year while wearing rubber boots. A Rockford Michigan postcard mailed forty five years ago to Serman Nursery of Charles City Iowa is delivered on clean up day. Dog poisoning spree reported in Waukon with twenty five dogs affected across a town area.
R C Valentine Co seeks notes judgments and all items of indebtedness with no charge for handling any location. They request only legitimate claims and offer references. Contact Marshalltown Light Co building in Marshalltown for details.
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