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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1941

Page

3

Youthful Attorney Heads Town Democratic Party

A report details how calls for plant work favor active files in home branches, with 68,881 statewide job seekers on file. It notes 32 fulltime offices and itinerant units, urging workers to stay in current jobs until secured, and cites 6,587 placements in March rising to 8,217 in May before dipping. It also mentions Libel case involving Gov Wilson and a Des Moines attorney. Highway safety headlines close the excerpt, noting nearly 1,000 daily highway deaths as car use rises.

Moines Polk County Des Moines Town State Employment Service Lee County Tees Supreme Court Iowa Supreme Court Lehan T. Ryan District Court George A. Wilson Wilson Ryan

State buys safety testing gear for driver exhibits

Traffic officials nationwide report a problem with accidents and purchase 5500 dollars worth of modern testing equipment for fairs and exhibits. Devices test reflexes color vision blood pressure and hand steadiness, aiming to reveal personal driving faults and improve safety. If one life is saved, the investment is justified.

United States

Potato Grows Around Iron Ring at White Hall Illinois

A Trish Cobbler potato dug by Joseph Westnedge in his White Hall yard grew around an iron ring once part of harness. A separate photo notes a plane spraying a field near Lake Mills where the tail wing tangled in vines, causing a tip and propeller damage but no injuries.

White Hall Ill Richard C. Bell Joseph Westnedge Helmerstone Lake Mills

Stalin and Hopkins Confer Over U S Aid To Russia

Photo from Moscow shows Harry L. Hopkins, U S Lease end Administrator, in conference with Premier Joseph Stalin. They discussed U S aid to Russia. Photo passed by Soviet censor.

Moscow New York Harry L. Hopkins U.S Russia England Joseph Stalin U. S

Around Town Highlights From Iowa Short Items

Relic binder owned by John Leffler of Grundy Center remains in use and in good condition. Floyd Bartlett of Denison injured, collarbone broken in an auto crash. Will Gustin's daughter raises a kitten with a doll bottle, kitten eats with four paws. Decorah residents spot a vividly colored wandering turtle. New Market trucker G A Pace discovers his truck on fire behind him. Janetta Bella Coder finds 56 four leaf clovers during a Knoxville visit amid a concert at Auld Park.

John Leffler Grundy Center Floyd Bartlett Denison Iowa Will Gustin Union Dolly G. A. Pace Janetta Bella Coder Newton Knoxville Auld Park

Jim Marvin Lands Defense Job Call at Local Office

Jim Marvin seeks national defense work and registers at the state employment office for free. A week later a local machine shop requests a machinist, and Marvin’s card shows he has the needed experience. He is informed of the opening and will apply for the job.

Jim Marvin Marvin Jim

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