Subside debate over butter subsidies and food policy
Recent talk on removing the five-dent per pound subsidy on butter highlights broader questions about government subsidies for farm products. Critics ask if rapid elimination is possible or if a cautious approach will prevail under policy makers like Secretary of Agriculture and Administrator Bowles. Proponents argue subsidies distort consumers who can pay fair prices, while committees note potential retail price savings could reach billions annually with subsidy cuts.
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Agricultiterante Derzon
Chester Bowles
Plana
Yong
Sthia
Will farmers' parity be affected by subsidy cuts
The article analyzes the pending removal of subsidies and its impact on farm prices. It details subsidies across wheat, milk, peanuts, oils, beans, meats, and more, noting RFC payments and the long effort to establish new parity bases. Farm groups push for a new parity framework or inclusion of farm labor costs, with debate over how long current price supports will hold.
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RFC
Paris
Congreeaman Pace
Senate
New Officers Elected At Community Club Dinner
The Community Club dinner at the Coffee Cup named Max Metberry as chairman Leo L Schiot as vice chairman and LeRoy Steele as secretary treasurer They spoke of Christmas activities street decorations and merchant participation for children The article notes staff changes with LeRoy Steele buying Kohler’s Store and the Kohlers remaining in local trade while Mrs Steele continues teaching and the Elgin Clothes Shop remains part of the scene
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tLwenty
Mongay
Cofifee
LeRoy Steale
Kohler
Steele’s Grocery
Steele
Oran
Mel Kehler
Elgin Clothes Shop
Elgin
Steeles
Elgin Creamery Holds Annual Meeting Saturday
Elgin Creamery held its annual meeting at the town hall Saturday afternoon. Adbt Wilson was re elected president Ernest Bauder was re elected vice president and H Brackin and Fred Enger substituted for Ernest Smith as speaker. Mrs Laurence Knudtson submitted her annual report which was accepted. The report is reproduced in full in Day's Echo for readers. Business has been stepping up regularly over a period of years.
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Elgin’ Farm “Dairy Company
Uall
Adbt. Wilson
Ernest Bauder
Brackin
Fredenger
Fred Gernand
Volga
Ernest Smith
Laurence Knudtson
Robinson to Resume Elgin School Superintendent Post
C J Robinson to take the Elgin school superintendent role again in January after Navy service. W C Falk and the school board announced the return, with Luce resigning as superintendent and resuming coaching duties. The Robinson family is living with Eliza Pulfer in Elgin.
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C. J. Robinson
W. C. Falk
School Board
Clay
Carl J. Robinson
Elgin
Robinson
Navy
Mr. Luce
Luce
Eliza Pulfer
Stock Show Attendees Highlight Local Exhibitors at Chicago Show
Chicago stock show drew exhibitors including Harold Strang Charles Reynolds Strong Earl Lowell Fred Otis Rothlisberger Harold Glass Harold Jr Ed Wenger Dale Klingman and Low ell Gehring. Klingman placed third with three Southdown lambs. other results unclear as to who placed.
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Chicago
Harold Strang
Charles
Reynold Strong
Earl
Lowell
Fred
Otis Rothlisberger
Harold Glass
Harold, Jr
Ed Wenger
Dale Klingman
Lowell Gehring
Heating trouble after cold days hints at draft and fuel
If your heating unit acts up during these cold days the fault may be the draft the kind of fuel the fuel burn or the level of the burner
Appointment of Zoe Smith Deputy to Fayette County Supt
Zoe Smith of Clermont has been named deputy to Fayette county’s county superintendent A S Morse. She currently teaches at Fayette Consolidated School and will begin the new duties once a replacement is found. Mrs Viola Marie Blake of West Union serves as acting deputy until Miss Smith leaves her current post.
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Zoe Smith
Clermont
Fayette County
Miss Smith
Fayette
Aonburn
Center
Pleasant Valley
Delhi
Fay Ee
Westinion
State Teachers’ College
Viola Marie Blake
West Union
Misa Smith
Victory Clothing Collection Appeals Citywide Help
Mayor G. H. Falk as general chairman calls for participation in the Victory Clothing Collection charity. All organizations and schools are urged to contribute with attached letters to articles to foster goodwill, with the town hall as the collection depot for near term donations.
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G. H. Falk
Victory Clothing Collection
Echo
Tela
Help Echo Enterprise during press emergency
Echo Enterprise asks patrons to send news items early due to a backlog and staffing shortages. A day of linotype work was left unfinished at press time, and the paper seeks cooperation to speed up future editions.
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Echo-Enterprise
News of our men and women in uniform at Manila and abroad
At Manila T/5 Maynard A. Ruroden is attached to the 29th Replacement Depot awaiting transport to the United States for discharge. He earned Asiatic-Pacific and Philippine Liberation ribbons with two battle stars after over six months overseas since Dec. 1944. In Austria Pfc. Harold L. Buster of Elgin has enlisted for one year serving with the 222nd Infantry in Vienna as part of Gen. Clark's U.S. Forces. Cpl. Bob Wenger, left behind in France, reports his division left the states. he is attending American University and plans to return early 1946. Lieut. Richard E. Melson of Humboldt has been discharged to inactive duty after 43 months, 38 at sea aboard the destroyer Ralph Talbot, which earned 10 battle stars and numerous engagements including Okinawa and Leyte. His ship helped rescue Indianapolis survivors and supported major operations across the Pacific. Other notes mention Camp Grant and family connections in Elgin and Humboldt.
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Manila
Maynard A. Ruroden
United States
Army
Adolph Ruroden
Elgin
J. P. Hurley Co
Parley
Quartermaster Corps
San Francisco
Austria
Harold L. Buster
Cpl
Bob Wenger
Biertitz
France
States
American University
U.S
Bob
Richard E. Melson
Humboldt
Navy
Ralph Talbot
Solomons
New Georgia
Easter New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Marianas
Western Carolines
Leyte
Luzon
Iwo Jima
Okinawa Gunto
Melson
Okinawa
Kerama Retto
Indianapolis
Uff
Portland
Basdbo
Japan
Chicago
Randall Melson
Alvina Frieden
Breaks Hip in Fall at Yenney Home
Mrs Allie Johheon living with her daughter in Yenney Huron South Dakota fell at home and broke her hip. She is now in hospital in Yenney with favorable early reports.
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Allie Johheon
M; BR
Yenney
Huron
Iowa Farm Index Advances Three Points
The Iowa Farm Index rose by three points in November to 146, driven mainly by eggs whose price climbed from 8 to nearly 4 dollars per two dozen. Wheat and oats edged up slightly while corn eased. Egg feeding ratio jumped from 12.8 to 16, and the corn hog ratio rose from 13.8 to 14.1 as prices showed seasonal shifts.
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Towa
Fred Matthys Dies at 74 After Heart Ailment
Fred Matthys aged 74 died Tuesday noon at Postville hospital shortly after arrival. A long standing heart ailment caused his death. Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Friday afternoon at the First Baptist Church, with burial in Elgin cemetery.
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Fred Matthys
Elgin Post American Legion and Auxiliary Meet at Town Hall
The Elgin Post American Legion and the Auxiliary plan a combined meeting at the Elgin town hall on Thursday evening December 13 at eight. Hostesses listed are Mrs Walter Kohls Mrs Clarence Schneider and Mrs Perry Medberry.
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Elgin Post American Legion
Auxiliary
Elgin Town Hall
Walter Kohls
Clarence Schneider
Perry Medberry
Serial Story Delayed by Space Constraint
The new serial story slated to start this week has been delayed due to lack of space. Heavy producing dairy cows require 70 to 150 pounds of water daily and will not drink enough when water is near freezing.
Representative Lane Calls for Special Iowa Session
Rep. Carroll A. Lane says a special session of the Iowa legislature is needed to tackle board of control problems before the crisis worsens. He warns that regular session timing could push needed reform aside as lobbyists press for less critical laws.
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Carroll A. Lane
Iowa
House
Lane
Aux
Conntrol
Real estate boom shown by Iowa licenses rising
Evidence of a housing boom appears in state records of licensed real estate brokers and salesmen in Iowa. By mid November the state had licensed 4,251 in 1945, up from 3,920 in 1944 and 3,905 in 1943, including 3,326 brokers and 965 salesmen, with one license revoked for unethical reasons.
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State
Iowa
How Will Fayette County Stack Up In The Victory Loan Drive
Fayette County report shows all E Bond Quotas met in prior campaigns and ongoing efforts indicate strong public response. A December 7 1945 Federal Reserve Bank Chicago estimate puts current purchases at 379.06 percent of quota, with $104000 still needed by Friday to reach 100 percent. Co Cadmen B Baumgartner and F B Claxton urge all citizens to observe Pearl Harbor Day by buying bonds, with prompts to purchase extra bonds of 76 375 or 750 dollars and the slogan Buy a Bond Today.
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Fayette County
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicagoes
Fridlay
Ner
F. B. Claxton
Pearl Harbor
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