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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1944
Page
4
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A flurry of visits and gatherings filled Grand Meadow with many hosting and visiting pairs. Families such as Lyngaas, Olson, Amundson, and Halverson welcomed kin and friends while Betty Elaine Roger joined a New Year visit with Selmer Holm. A large Ladies Aid meeting elected officers for the year.
War ration details state home use sugar rations stay unchanged for another two and a half months. Stamp No 30 in book 4 becomes valid January 16 and allows five pounds of sugar to be bought through March end. Stamp 29 currently in use remains valid through January 15.
The article argues motorists are oversold on anti-freeze and mentions myths of shortages. It notes alcohol anti-freeze production for the coming winter is 50 percent higher than last year, suggesting ample supply.
About 750000 cases of canned peaches that were set aside for government purchase have been released for civilian supplies. The fruits will reach some retail markets within a few weeks, expanding consumer availability nationwide.
Civilians will receive 11.5 million bags of beans and 2 million bags of peas in 1944, about 8.9 pounds of beans and 1.6 pounds of peas per person on average. The War Manpower Commission includes the infant and children's wear industry as essential, with 18 million yards of cotton fabrics reserved for certain infant and children’s clothing items.
An enemy alien from Germany Hungary Romania or Bulgaria may be inducted into the U S armed forces and assigned to a war theater where he will not normally be required to fight against fellow nationals or blood relatives.
Rationing officials expand criteria so any consumer with a heating or cooking stove that cannot be used satisfactorily qualifies for a stove rationing certificate. The change broadens eligibility to assist more households facing unusable stoves and reduce hardship during supply constraints.
The WPB approved a program to produce two million flatirons for civilian use in 1944. The effort aims to ease hardships from two years of near silence in production and should begin reaching dealers within about six months.
Retail pricing for rubber heel attachments sold to consumers for home use has been established at 10 cents per pair and 15 cents per pair. These rates apply to customers purchasing the accessories to attach to their own footwear.
To aid servicemen recuperating from illness or wounds received on active duty the Office of Price Administration announces they may be issued special gasoline rations for travel to and from home or other convalescence sites.
The report states the diamond industry uses half of all diamonds by weight yearly, with around 80 percent utilized by gold. The remaining stones likely go to decoration, eye appeal, or as wealth concentration in finance and lending sectors.
A brief message instructs removing labels from used food cans, washing and flattening them, placing them in a separate container beside the trash can, and saving them for local pickup. The text emphasizes preparation steps for recycling or curbside collection.
Historical note discusses the legal standard of a patent’s flash of creative genius and how lower courts have applied it to various inventions. Westinghouse lamp engineers developed portable sunlamps for animals to provide Vitamin D, reducing feed needs, but wartime shortages threaten their production and use.
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