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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1942
Page
5
Des Moines reports indicate Gov Elect B Hickenlooper may pursue a 50 percent reduction in income tax by halving the assessed amount, though a full plan awaits broader tax data. Rationing remains key, with four gallons weekly for many, B and C cards possible on need, and local boards deciding approvals.
A town will join nine states in a nationwide blackout on Monday December 14 starting at 10 p.m. for twenty minutes. The test aims to simulate a complete power loss with every city town and farm affected as the nation carries out its most extensive blackout to date.
An old fashioned farming calendar set a closed season starting on Thanksgiving for field tasks like plowing and corn husking. This year snow arrived the night before, signaling an early winter. Some farmers push ahead on husking while others bet on improving weather before Christmas.
Grant Dawson Jim Bailey Elgin Carl Westpfahl Clermont and Pete Art Knudsvig Ossian returned Monday night from near Fairbanks Alaska where they worked on the new Alaska highway sections for Weldon Bros of Iowa Falls the contractors who built the Clermont bridge They report 47 degrees below zero when they left and that it had been below zero since October 1 The homeward trip makes the local boys feel the weather here is mild by comparison
The Elging Farmers' Dairy Co. will hold its annual meeting at the town hall on Saturday, December 5, with an election and a report on the past year. B. W. Patsey, state dairy inspector, will attend and discuss dairy business aspects. Phil Stong, former Des Moines writer and author of One Destiny, visited Keosauqua locals and now lives on a Connecticut farm while drafting books.
Pvt James Hermen writes from Camp Dodge to say he is stationed there for now, near St Louis. Letters list fellow servicemen with new addresses including Harold Halverson in California and Emmet Gunderson in Farragut Idaho. The column notes transfers, furloughs, and a MP unit homeward from Des Moines.
Front line letter from Dale DeSart in North Africa dated November 15 1942 describes wartime travel and hopes for family, notes on receiving packages and cigarettes, and request to keep faith. Additional dispatches report soldiers’ new addresses and unit postings across Fort Meade Camp Polk Camp Dodge Fort Custer and Camp Dodge. A limestone hearth piece from Simpson College Indians forms Iowa’s contribution to a national Hearth project for a Massachusetts church anniversary.
War Production Board orders outdoor Christmas lighting to be shut off to save electricity. Officials say the saved power could supply a city of 50 000 for a year. Indoor lighting for homes and stores not affected by the order.
E O Lien held a robust Tuesday sale selling sixteen Holstein cows with most above $100, top cows at $164, Angus bull $164, two horses at $135 and $136 aged eight and nine. Machinery moved well led by a Model A John Deere on steel $1300, grain binder $230, cultivator $140, side rake $163, hay loader $158, with other items in proportion. Thompson & Waters acted as auctioneers and Citizens State Bank of Postville clerked.
Charlotte Gordon daughter of Mr and Mrs Milton Gordon of Postville and Peter M Luchsinger son of Mr and Mrs Pete Luchsinger of Elgin were wed on Thursday November 26 in Kahoka Missouri officiated by Justice of the Peace A B Stump. Attendants were Jack Howard and LaVilla Gordon of Postville. They will reside on the Luchsinger farm that Peter has operated for a year.
Melvin R. Hanson received severe burns on his right hand Friday morning while lighting a fire at his home. He believed he used kerosene but reports gasoline caused the injury. Hanson previously lost his left little finger in a threshing machine accident last August.
James Brorby, who clerked Mrs. Bertina Buraas sale for Farmers Savings Bank, says it was a very good sale. Corn sold for 76 cents a bushel and alfalfa hay brought $8.00 per ton. The cows averaged around $99.00. Land pullets brought $1.00. Mrs. Burnas has sold the farm and is moving to Clermont to keep house for her uncle S. E. Nelson.
The piece urges a national pause of two minutes at 11 25 a m on December 7 and a five minute store closing period. It suggests buying extra War Bonds as a sacrifice and notes the observance theme Pause Pray and Sacrifice.
Elgin Chapter of the O E S will hold its annual officer election on Wednesday evening December 9. All members and visitors are invited to attend. The refreshment committee includes John Falb as chairman.
Fayette county leaders urge residents to fulfill war bond pledges by December 7 1942 marking the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. They call for personal contact to prove up pledges, encourage extra bond purchases, and note December as peak selling period with hopes to avoid later proving up. J F Miller county chairman submits the appeal with printing by the Echo.
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