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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
4
Rates explain payments and charges for want ads including 25 words at 25 cents per insertion, 1 cent per word beyond 25, and extra handling or billing fees for office submissions, telephone orders, and month end billing.
The Avalon advertises midweek screenings of Hangover Square next Wednesday and Thursday with courtesy tickets for Melvin Nutting through the newspaper office. The piece promotes Uncle Sam’s farm program for 1945 and urges farmers to keep machinery in top shape using Turkelson Bros parts and service.
FOR SALE Two inch jack shaft three feet long with two iron hangers and large iron pulley. Pulley is 24 inches diameter and 6 inch face with 2 inch bore. Sell complete for ten dollars. R. P. Strauch Elgin Echo. FOR SALE Spotted Poland China brood sows due to farrow soon. See Lyle Krueger Elgin.
Rural guidance covers corn to weed control and dairy seed prices staying steady. It promotes backyard poultry, Sudan grass planting now, road right of way land, and milking times. Notes 1944 Iowa board claims totaling 191,302 for losses to predatory animals.
When you acquire pepper remove it from wartime cardboard packaging and transfer to small tightly covered containers. Keep sifters closed as light and heat degrade aroma and flavor. Store away from air and moisture to maintain potency.
A quick supper uses equal amounts of spaghetti and canned shrimp served with tomato sauce.
Weather notes discuss cold conditions with readings listed for several May days. Marines recruit Robert C. Burton from Clermont enlists after a draft call and heads to Parris Island for seven weeks of recruit training. Promotion elevates Norman Amundsen to captain, with overseas service and recent activity in Europe. Morris Amundson visits from Salina, California for a 21 day furlough. Lt. K R Moore transferred from Drew Field to Kingman Arizona, Mrs Moore joining. Coast Guard Cpl Edward Klingman is mentioned with a May 26 report date.
Shipping point ceilings for early apples rise by 68 cents per bushel from 2.85 to 3.53, with retail ceilings following by about a cent and a half per pound.
The June rationing period ending Saturday June 36 keeps most meat and oil point values unchanged. Fatbacks and pork sides rise by 3 points per pound while bacon plate rises by 3 points and dry cured pork sides reach 9 points per pound. Other pork cuts beef veal lamb mutton and koshered meat retain their values. Civilians will have about seven percent less meat available for June than May.
The June tire quota for passenger tires is set at 2,000,000, but the supply remains critical and allocations do not cover current essential civilian needs for motorists.
The nation has endured military reverses and air damage yet retains enough productive capacity to sustain a prolonged war. A substantial portion of the war industry remains functional and capable of continued operations.
Pearl Harbor remains intact while Japanese war industry is organized to operate efficiently in the inner zone of Japan Proper, Korea, Manchuria and parts of North China.
The Fayette County Board of Supervisors met on May 6 1945 approving a quit claim to Donald W and Erma I Van Sickle for parts of sections in township 94 N range west of the ith FP to correct a prior deed. They invested 1800 in United States Savings Bonds for the Permanent School Fund, approved tax suspension for Johanna Wicke, waived a lien against Barbara Kamlow sky, authorized another quit claim to I C Zachary, ordered non resident warnings, and approved two more quit claims for Lot 4 Block 6 Wing’s Addition and Lot 11 Block 6 Armstrong’s Addition. The minutes note adjournment to May 24 with signatures A B Smith and Hazel Gehring.
Hugo Franzen was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated after his tractor tipped over near highway No. 18. Andre Carstensen, who made the arrest, found the tractor on fire and notified Franzen at home. Franzen reportedly had a case of beer with him and was drunk at the time. Wallace Mallree was fined ten dollars in JP court for no license, with Mark Schatziggee referenced in connection to the case. Mélidge was charged with driving without a driver’s license.
Marriage licenses issued during the past week include June 2 entries for Donald A. Wildman of Dubuque and Ruth Audry Patridge of Maynard, and David M. Wells with Sylvia Sanderson of Randalia, Sam C. Tassio with Betty Jean Stribley of Green Bay Wisconsin. June 5 lists Robert Burke Hilsbeck and Jeanette Ann Miller, both of unknown, with further details cut off.
The first United States national election of 1789 selected George Washington for president and John Adams as vice president, marking a foundational moment in American governance and the establishment of a new constitutional framework.
The advice promotes cooking potatoes in jackets, using low temperatures for meats, serving vegetables and fruits raw when feasible, boiling potatoes before frying, and cooking vegetables with lids in small amounts of water to conserve resources.
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