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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1938
Page
3
A London Church Times poem titled The Motorist's Prayer pleads for safe driving and regard for others on the road. It envisions steady hands and a watchful eye to prevent fatalities and asks to shelter fellow travelers from fire and calamity while using cars responsibly. The piece frames driving as a care for life and the world’s beauty.
A veteran voice argues against organized letter campaigns pressuring senators to back bills, urging lawmakers to seek informed constituent input. He supports cabinet accountability in Congress, discusses foreign trade gains in 1937, and questions ideas to balance the budget by compelling foreign governments to pay.
A government official noted that about 10 percent of the able bodied may never find private employment due to labor-saving devices. The writer cites farms and factories as examples of displacement but also points to new occupations in autos, radio, electric goods, beauty shops, beer parlors, and road work. Today hundreds of thousands cannot find any kind of work despite willingness.
San Francisco reports Capone once top crime figure shows paresis and may be moved from Alcatraz to an eastern hospital. Attacks by Capone on prisoners noted as meagre updates filter in. Echo Fayette County adds L H Hauth named Fayette relief administrator succeeding E A Mellree. county supervisors now handle relief tasks.
The Tripoli Leader asserts democracy relies on newspapers that freely express views and reflect public sentiment. It notes no newspaper is perfect, but a press free from state permission is superior to one controlled by any governing clique.
The Dionne quintuplets earn 17000 a year with royalties and testimonials boosting totals. Judge Valin, guardian, says they could be worth about a million when they are 18. The Snes City Herald notes the modernization and aims to educate the public on alcohol dangers using scientific appeal rather than campaigning against liquor.
Mr and Mrs Ivan Medberry completed a West Union property purchase, moving from the John Miller farm north of the county. The Echo notes states pressuring Washington for more relief funds with a WPA request for a quarter of a billion, and critiques national treasury plunder as morally wrong.
Mrs Catherine Donohue testified from a couch at her home alleging permanent health damage from radium work at Ottawa plant. The Illinois Industrial Commission hearings also covered 124 other radium poisoning cases, but the strain forced her removal home. Photo shows Donohue on the couch with husband and children and officials at the bedside.
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