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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1943
Page
4
Echo office offers good white typing paper 8 by 11 inches at 64 cents per ream of 500 sheets. Useful for correspondence and for teachers and students. Also notes on handling old sweaters and Iowa wheat crop figures for this year and last with an estimated yield of 39 bushels per acre.
Travel cautions urge staying off trains and buses over Labor Day weekend to prevent congestion. Draft plans from October 1 target fathers in nondeferable work for early service, with hardship for dependents weighed. Nursing shortages loom, seed potato classes defined, and civilian needs projected. Early mail for overseas gifts advised, with weight limits, plus salvage of fats for glycerine and soap. New gasoline coupons replace old B and C types, and proper overseas addresses emphasize rank, name, ASN, unit, APO.
Advice for Iowa farmers covers hay quality and feeding stability with rye for pigs, fire risks from sparks on roofs, cattle needs for pasture shade water and salt, alfalfa cutting timing by early September, fall plowing to curb pests, rising living costs since 1939, and management of fall pigs with emphasis on care during low light and limited green feed.
Farmers will need help harvesting war time crops with 750000 more workers by Oct 1. August 1 farm labor force stood at about 11 million. Across the country business leaders scouts and students assist farmers while nurses shortages strain hospitals and a year from now America faces continued needs.
Floorwalker notes a pleased customer with no purchase and a clerk recalls a playful request. Bobby questions his father about Sunday school while the dad affirms attendance, and a family joke suggests the child will not benefit either.
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