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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1943
Page
3
A member of the Towa Press Association and National Editorial Association is noted in a concise professional record. The entry highlights affiliations with the regional and national journalist organizations, indicating involvement in press circles.
Officials discuss postwar planning as paper needs drop and war bonds rise. Iowa finances show strong tax receipts and a $177,000,000 war loan quota, amid questions on overseas voting and future conflicts. Maj. Vincent F. Harrington resignations touch Sioux City politics.
Report notes in England a Democrat who died of a heart attack was pressed to veto Iowa and pursue the 1944 Senate seat if Guy M. Gillette did not run. He was popular with both parties and narrowly defeated by Republicans previously. The piece highlights Democratic despair Gillette won’t return to run.
Large crowds and many local families shared Christmas cheer with visits to homes of Olson Reierson Hellum Halverson and others. Church tree exercises and a funeral service for Belle Reierson marked the town’s holiday week with gatherings across East Clermont and neighboring farms.
Aviation Cadet Van W. Jones of Kelly Field leads a Fort Payne Alabama family noted for military service. His three brothers Richard in the army Ted in the marines and Robert in the navy also serve, illustrating a family spreading its strength across branches.
Clermont area families shared Christmas visits and dinners with relatives in Elgin, Postville, Castalia, Oelwein, Anamosa, and nearby towns. Notable mentions include 94 year old Clermont resident Charles Anderson, Mary Jean Barnhouse returning home for Christmas, and multiple gatherings with the Hackmann, Becker, Larson, Howard, and Gutcher families plus others.
Senator George Graham West presented his famous Tribute to a Dog while serving as attorney in a prosecution over a neighbor's pet shot. The plaintiff sought 200 dollars but the jury awarded 500 after two minutes of deliberation.
The notice outlines ration periods for Class A B and C through early 1944, specifies coupon values for gasoline sugar and meat stamps, and lists expiration dates from January to March 1944. It includes guidance on stamp exchanges within households and late applications for War Ration Book 4.
A young student offered a simple anatomy composition describing the human body as three parts the head chest and stomach. It states the head holds the skull and brains if any the chest contains the liver and the stomach houses the vowels a e i o u and sometimes w and y.
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