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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1943
Page
4
A bustling local notice page offers free want ads for rentals and trades, insurance, roofing, shoes, and machinery services. It also notes war-related topics, including cattle feeding tips, draft updates, ration rules, fuel and fertilizer data, and plans to preserve a historic log cabin while outlining national paper conservation efforts.
The Help You Need may be found through an Echo Enterprise Want Ad. It promises quick, economical connections to help, customers, and growth opportunities for local businesses seeking staff and services.
Several million items including men's mackinaws Melton work jackets children's loggia sets blankets and clothing for men women and children will be added to civilian supply this winter.
More than 600 legal assistance officers in military installations in the United States and abroad provide aid to soldiers. They help with drawing wills and solving insurance problems, offering broad legal support to service members.
About 16 million pounds of butter will be available to civilians this month in addition to the August allocation. The share set aside for government purchase is reduced from 40 percent to 30 percent of production.
The army will award a lapel button to signify an honorable discharge during the present war. Eligible wearers include both men and women, officers and enlisted personnel who hold honorable discharges.
Equipment purchased from private owners is in service on many battle fronts and across the continental United States. Many items are now greatly needed and in demand by the Signal Corps for photographic and short wave radio use.
Regulation requires poultry haulers to display in each truck the shipper and recipient names and addresses, origin of shipment, item quantities, types, grades and weight classes, and the number of head for each lot.
Wool for civilian wear remains about the same as in the prior season. To meet military needs and equip civilians, existing wool facilities will be operated to balance supply and demand and support production levels.
Mrs Bess Greenley and Linda from Monticello visit in Frank Greenley’s home this week. Bertha Mealey of Red Oak arrives to visit relatives and others, including Leo Boleyn and Milton Miller, in the same home. Ernestine Holzer travels from Waterloo to Des Moines to visit friends then returns home. Mr and Mrs J Thomas and Mr and Mrs Irvin Baird of Harvard Ill visit C J Mulford. Let freedom ring on Uncle Sam’s cash register Buy U S Defense Bonds and Stamps.
A rough scene in the squad room has a sergeant berating troops while a rookie jokes about the chaos. A punning aside on roof checks contrasts with local chatter about paving and cement for barns. The piece blends street humor with home front advice and a product plug for Mule-Hide paints.
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