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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
3
Agnes Paulson serves as local editor and holds memberships in the Iowa Press Association and the National Editorial Association, reflecting active involvement in state and national journalism circles.
The article notes convention outcomes and political shifts with Albert W. Little acting editor of the Iowa Legionaire. It discusses upcoming 1945 license plates, noting 1942-44 plates in use, and plates produced at Anamosa reformatory. It warns of rising Iowa highway fatalities through early July and compares figures to prior years. It also covers soldier absentee voting, state financial statements by Treasurer Grimes and Comptroller Porter, and the June 30, 1944 net expendable balance for Iowa.
The Iowa treasuries report 42,021,83.83 dollars in its treasury versus 36,879,924.48 previously. Federal funds total 1,233,688.41 while unemployment funds in the U.S. treasury equal 46,065,243.29. The Board of Control notes a favorable balance of 452,000 for 15 institutions for the insane and feeble minded, due to wage delays. If the next legislature ends the biennium June 30, 1945, funds may return to the general fund to fund improved care. Town lags behind standards for insane care nationally.
At the Des Moines Republican state convention Justice William L. Bliss Mason City Frederic Miller Des Moines and Oscar Hale Wapello were renominated for three supreme court seats. Democratic ticket selections remain unsettled with decisions due by mid afternoon August 6, after both parties finalize tickets.
Patience and hard work helped 15 year old Jean Peterson of Durant regain her voice after whooping cough left her talking in a whisper. Speech instructor Mrs. George Harling began exercises when Jean was 14, and six months ago she spoke normally again.
A mixed Iowa news item reports a mislaid car found near Ayrshire with five gallons of gas used but no damage. It notes a Waverly firemen’s ball invitation, Ringling Brothers circus origins in McGregor, and weather driven farm notes on soybeans, corn, silage, and garden care. It warns of oak wilt and common stalk borer damage across counties, with fence-row weeds blamed for pest spread.
The passage discusses cooling cream by placing it in cold water, culling hens for market, 1944 crop production parity with 1843, dusting potato vines with sulfur to deter leaf hoppers, and peak peach crop movements in Ohio Indiana Illinois and Michigan with market heights in mid August to early September.
Some tankers now carry up to 38,000 barrels of fuel oil in addition to gasoline. Normal deck loads include ambulances, planes, jeeps and trucks.
Mrs W T Vinton and Sharon returned from Cresco after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Barnes and sister Mrs Victor Merrick. Louie Cashman family visited Elma and Clem Cashman and Lynn Markham homes through Saturday. Shirley Brandt and Carol Lee Meyer visited Verni Brandt’s home Thursday to Saturday. Emmanuel Larson and Mrs Randi Larson visited John Sampson home Sunday. Mrs Mary Scott returned from Fayette after two weeks with her daughter and Russell Gruver. Forest Whitcher and Dorothy Sullivan were guests at Jessie Loftsgard Sunday. Russell B Gruver and Gene of Fayette visited R S Henderson Sunday.
Raw fat from one opossum would yield glycerine enough to fire five antiaircraft shells, while fat from one skunk could produce glycerine for four antitank shells.
Gus Strunk, driver of a hay truck, did not know the load caught fire until London fire department and others arrived. The hay was upset from the track, the truck destroyed, and the vehicle badly damaged.
A brief note discusses the habit of scatter nest eggs around on the floor to curb trouble. It advises picking at scattered eggs to reduce ongoing issues and mentions prior behavior and potential improvements.
Source notes that disease outbreaks increase when young pullets are kept with old birds or when housing is not properly cleaned and disinfected. Health risks grow after old hens are removed.
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