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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1944
Page
4
Lost evening of entertainment promises a screen adaptation of See Here, Private Hargrove following a prior Echo note. FF C Burrow is invited as guest. tickets available at the Echo office for Sunday to Tuesday showings.
In 1944 enforcement actions jailed 28 car owners, convicted 159 for coupon fraud, stripped 1,538 filling stations of selling rights, and removed 775 rations as part of anti black market measures. A former Illinois farmer sergeant aided Marines on Saipan by coordinating ox cart logistics for ammo and wounded. Free maternity care is urged for service members wives, with no cost through pregnancy and infant year. Prices for some produce rise while others fall due to CPA actions. Many organizations cancel or cut travel to conserve transport for war needs. Fertilizer rules relax for general crops, while organic nitrogen materials are unrestricted. Veterans hospital beds to rise by 16,000 in 20 states. Three of four women expect to can at home. rations restore peas tomatoes asparagus, with civilian supplies 20% lower this pack year. Overseas dependents rely on canned fruits and vegetables.
Report says the United States and Canada will exchange harvest labor twice in the coming season. Officials describe it as a cooperative effort to ease labor shortages and boost grain yields across the border.
Elgin Iowa town council met in regular session at the town hall with all members present. Bills were read and approved including salaries for June and various local services. A motion canceled the road oil contract for 1944 due to gravel and labor shortages. Budget hearing scheduled and adjournment followed.
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