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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1942
Page
1
The Elgin Echo publishes weekly on Thursdays under R. P. Strauch. The paper is entered in the Elgin post office in Fayette County as second class mail matter.
In Memoriam Cards Resolutions of Respect church society and school notices where admission is charged, selling at regular advertising rate. THURSDAY DECEMBER 3, 1942.
A column riffs on government manpower, gas rationing, and 1942 season closures while lampooning shortages and social quirks. The author mocks officials, laments gas and coffee scarcities, notes snow and subzero temps, and jokes about eastern weather queries from California readers as World War II austerity themes run through a weekly home front chat.
A columnist warns against optimistic chatter on the war, cites Allied leaders as targets of Nazi critique, and urges continued home-front resolve. The piece notes rationing pinch for coffee drinkers, hints at weather chatter, and reports President Roosevelt calling for a somber Dec. 7 observance without celebration.
Sumner Rotarians heard a member named M Zurbriggen discuss how Switzerland maintains neutrality. He described the military training mobilization system and plans to resist invasion, as reported by the Sumner Gazette.
Halloween prankers stole bells from Webster and Christian schoolhouses in Marion County. The clappers vanished and remain missing, leaving students in those areas missing the morning school bell signal and the expected school day routine.
President Roosevelt ordered new registration for youths who turned 18 in 1942. Registrations will occur by birthdays across weeks in December with Sunday rules noted. The Pearl Harbor anniversary will be observed December 6 and 7 with a national memorial focus and a Work Fight Sacrifice rally. Pleasant Valley Elgin War Bond drive offers a chance to prove up on purchases with three meetings December 5 9 and 12 at Elgin State Bank rooms from 7 to 10 pm.
James Crotty recalls aiming at one pheasant in Iowa Falls and finding two birds as he retrieved his shot, a rare double kill amid local novelty sport notes. A separate reminder emphasizes slower driving to prevent accidents and save lives and tires.
A Greenfield man classified 1-A asked to reclassify after marrying a widow with four children. The draft board replied, Nothing doing. Any man brave enough to marry that way is the kind the Army wants.
Milton Marting won the Fayette county crown in the 1942 DeKalb hybrid corn growing contest with a yield of 145.48 bushels per acre. He receives a trophy for the achievement. Runners up include Max Medberry Elgin 123.48 Fred Turner Fayette 121.92 and W M Perry Randallia 115.10.
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