12 Jan 1939
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1939
Page
1
R P Strauch listed as second class mail matter at the Elgin post office in Fayette County Iowa indicating a local mailing designation.
A deal closed in Monday with R W Muehlenthaler and E J Halverson purchasing Gus A Stoehrs drug stock and property including brick building lots from Center to Main street and adjacent holdings. Community notes mention bank directors election at Elgin Savings Bank and a fatality in Highland township.
The diary recounts travel from Cairo to Port Said via a desert route with observations on irrigation, work chants, and local life. It notes the dragoman Mohammedan family, education plans, and cultural mix, then sails aboard the Narkunda toward the Red Sea. It details Suez Canal history, costs, passage times, and American travelers aboard, including Guthrie Center residents.
Chattanooga Tenn special photo to the Echo by J W Hudson Miss Clara Carpenter principal of the school named for her was honored by Kiwanis Club as Service Award winner for outstanding civic service over the past fifty years Carpenter has served as principal for over 55 years.
President Roosevelt delivered a forthright address to Congress on Wednesday afternoon urging renewed appropriations and broad restructuring of government departments to enforce his White House style of operation. National Grange figures trace long term lump-sum appropriations, noting a rise from 1.5 billion since 1789 to about sixteen billion in six years of his term, framing the speech as defiant toward rivals of his program and signaling a chaotic, open battle to come.
The article discusses soil types in Worth Mitchell and Cerro Gordo counties suited for vegetable production. It also covers President Roosevelt’s appointment of former Michigan Governor Frank Murphy as attorney general, Senate confirmation prospects, and political maneuvering involving Vice President Garner and party considerations.
Speaker Bankhead of Alabama secured the gavel in a conciliatory acceptance speech with light humor toward the minority. Iowa’s delegation split, voting for Bankhead as 250 to 169 against Joseph Martin, while the oath was administered by Adolph Sabath. Also notes C L Fitch’s Iowa vegetable growers report, highlighting Clear Lake potato king Kennedy.
In the 76th Congress Hattie W. Caraway of Arkansas continues as the only woman on the Senate floor after her six year term began. Gladys Pryor of South Dakota left, replaced by Chandler Gurney on Jan 3. Washington experiences milder weather, with lower heating costs anticipated. the city notes enjoy blooming magnolias as trees lose ice and snow. Echo advertisers urged patronage to save money.
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