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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1943
Page
3
Agnes Paulson, member of the Iowa Press Association and the National Editorial Association, is listed in the Clermont Enterprise. The notice appears in the Thursday morning edition from Clermont, Fayette County, Iowa, with standard postal registration.
The article reports on budget economy as a key theme at Camp Dodge with officer to enlisted ratios cited and a forthcoming Economy letter from Governor Hickenlooper. It notes potential savings by trimming officer-enlisted costs and outlines political chatter around Jackson Day, party finances, and a possible early legislative adjournment amid Iowa political shifts.
Reporters press Gov Hickenlooper on a White House future as he begins a press conference in his gubernatorial suite. The piece notes bipartisan approval of his early work and lists four minority party appointees to state boards, praised for loyalty and leadership within their party.
A French railway achievement declared the most powerful in the world near completion at Sotteville les Rouen. The engine will develop 2 800 horsepower and largely runs itself with automatic controls. It can replenish boiler fire with coal as needed.
Sofia Kulesar, elected beauty queen of Budapest for the tenth time, was arrested on pickpocket charges as she received congratulations. After 49 prior similar offenses were proved, she received one year in prison.
Crawley Down, a Fingland village, will keep street lamps off another year to save money. Lampposts stay at the curbs but will not shine, as villagers recount attempting lighting from 1807 to 1900 faded by economic strain.
A garbled report notes Wistergon Po Beardsley Kore defending a tax plan before the House Ways and Means Committee. It mentions a waiver or tax rate proposal linked to an income measure and references a speculative Bay-As-You-Value concept, with unclear dates or details.
Feb 1 results in declamatory contest show Helen Halverson first in oratorical division, Norma Cooley second in humorous. Basketball teams practiced for county tourney as boys lost 13 to 11 to Arlington while girls edged Waucoma 33 to 26 to vie for championship. Reports include school day makeups, Hawaii reading, and sixth and seventh grade decimals and fractions work. Earthworms noted in science class.
Profiles of 17 year old Clarence Amundson and Patricia Anderson from Clermont High spotlight their heights, birthdays, subjects, hobbies, and hometowns. Clarence hopes to be a farmer and excels in singing, while Patricia enjoys English, dancing, and Shakespeare quotess.
Kindergarten students enjoyed making valentines and cutting without patterns. First and second graders Marvy Ann Martin Marguerite Sullivan and Billy Swenson achieved perfect spelling. Beverly Nelson returned after an appendectomy. A Valentine box in the room is filling up rapidly.
Last week in art the fifth and sixth graders made service tags for friends and painted modeled animals. In health class they demonstrated perfect posture and learned a posture song to Brother John. Several students were absent. Marilyn Follett returned Friday after surgery. The sixth graders studied U S possessions including Alaska Hawaii Philippines Puerto Rico Panama Canal Zone and Virgin Islands and listed capitals ports exports and imports as part of an imaginary trip.
Absent pupils from last week included Delores Thompson, Henry Follett, Lois Yauslin, Eugene Trude, and Donald Steffens. Both grades studied Thomas Edison and wrote biographies. Seventh graders began Health Charts and Hygiene Booklets. Eighth graders with a 10 on arithmetic self-tests were Iva Jean Barnes, Marian Probert, Velma Thorson, Henry Follett, Joseph Olson. Seventh graders with a 10 in arithmetic were Norene Amundson, Helen Gerner, Peggy Spencer, James Martin, Gordon Meyer, Millard Nelson. Both grades planned to give war savings stamps instead of Valentines and drew names last Friday.
A hotel shaped like a lighthouse with a corkscrew design opens in Serrieres, Italian Alps. The 15 story tower features 15 cabins per floor, two elevators, and a large well providing illumination, while public rooms occupy the base. There are no stairs in the building.
A cliffside bird hospital in Cornwall treats seagulls harmed by oil from ships. Founder Miss Phyllis Yglesias of Mousehole runs the facility as ships continue oil discharge. Fishermen and children bring injured birds. many cannot fly and die.
An electrical show demonstrates growth of ten inches in eight days using shallow trays stacked with grains of corn or other cereals. Electric heat speeds development and yields fodder for livestock in a compact low roofed shed.
A barber near Riga Latvia shaved off his 38 inch beard in public while the town band played. The beard sold for 25 cents per inch totaling 250 dollars, boosting his shop to become the district’s most popular.
In Japan funerals remain formal events with paper wreaths used as offerings and symbols of respect. The practice reflects cultural rituals surrounding death and remembrance in Japanese communities.
County quota committee fixes township pledges for 1943 war bond drive at Fayette. Start Feb 22 with aim to finish in one week through a large network of minute men. Quotas listed for Auburn Banks Bethel Center Clermont Dover Eden Fairfield Fremont Harlan Illyria Jefferson Oelwein Oran Pleasant Valley Putnam Scott Smithfield Union Westfield Fayette Windsor West Union precincts chairmen to organize efforts. Rembrandt hens show victory spirit with a V shaped egg on display in Storm Lake.
The crab spider mimics the color of its flower host to blend in and wait inside the blossom for prey.
The development of two distinctly sweet gladiolus varieties was hailed in 1938 as an outstanding achievement in horticulture.
The article lists seven fuels for illumination: oil, wax, tallow, wood, paper, gas, and electricity.
Traditional eighteenth century mahogany decor may be trimmed with tulipwood amaranth rosewood violetwood and boxwood to enhance its profile and contrast.
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