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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
4
A wartime notice lists Class A to C ration periods and new issue values for gasoline, fuel oil, sugar, green and brown stamps, food stamps, and stamps valid through early 1944. It notes expiration dates, endorsement requirements, and a family exchange option. A Hazelton high school collected 29,000 tin cans in a week.
Canned pineapple, grapefruit juice, asparagus, corn, pumpkin, spinach, tomatoes, beans and figs set for civilian sale from government stock held by canners. 1944 outlook cites doubled output for planting and harvest gear, with raw materials authorized by WPB. Slaughter quotas suspended to aid marketing. pork ration points required. Fat salvaging to yield brown points. beans price cuts eyed by OPA. College enrollments fall. coal prices rise modestly.
An appeal encourages readers to send the Echo-Enterprise to a friend or family member after using it themselves, and to subscribe for an extra copy for gifting or sharing.
A large audience of women hears a feminist speaker assert women reach parity with men in judges doctors and all fields. A drunken heckler mocks and cheers different lines, while an ad copy touts Cor-Du-Roy drainage and storm sash for draft prevention and energy efficiency in building materials.
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