Hoover Warns of Nationwide Juvenile Crime Rise
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover lays blame on lax parenting and home lack of discipline noting 1944 saw 1,393,655 crimes with juveniles aged 17 most often arrested. He urges education of adults and religious inculcation at home to curb delinquency while praising FBI methods and postwar crackdown on gangsters and crime costs.
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Ington Buran Wruws
Dale 7
Hunt Building
Fea
Ory
J. Edgar Hoover
Boss Geman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Holver
FBI
Washington
Retirement fund created in 45 legislature for 60000 workers
Iowa passes sweeping 1945 retirement plan for state county city and school employees. Deductions start after Jan 1 1946 with 1 percent from salaries matched by employers. Benefits compute 40 percent of first $50 plus 10 percent of remainder up to $200 monthly, plus 1 percent per year of service. Primary benefit for 20 years at 150 monthly would be 36 dollars. spouse receives 18. eligible children or dependent parent 18 up to 85 total. Also notes revised Iowa service figures between 250000 and 275000 in military or service status.
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Employment Security Commission
Iowa
Town Buys Small Oiler For Street Patching
Elgin town purchases a compact oiling unit and heater to mend blacktop streets. The outfit, plus crushed rock, will be hooked to the town tractor and moved between jobs to keep streets in repair.
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Elgin
B Y P U State Convention in Elgin
The state B Y P U conven tion comes to Elgin next week to mark the 50th anniversary. Missionaries and youth readers will address sessions from Tuesday evening June 14 to Thursday. Rev J Gunst becomes Young People's secretary and leads two classes and an evening address. Delegates from twelve churches attend with Marion Frey as president and Ruth Krueger coordinating local arrangements.
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Cameroons
Africa
Donald S. Ganstrom
Elgin
Margaret Lang
Bertha Lang
China
Marion Frey
Parkersburg
Ruth Krueger
Clermont
Bertha
Linette
Abe Habeger
Harry Johnson
Elgin B. Y. P. A
Elgin Residents Recover After Hospital Stay
Max Thoma fell very ill last Thursday and underwent major surgery Friday at New Hampton Hospital. He is reported to be progressing but very tired. Mrs Thoma is with him along with Mrs Levi Frieden and Mrs Louis Butikofer who also had surgery last Thursday.
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Max Thoma
Thoma
Levi Frieden
Louis Butikofer
Elgin Masons to Meet Tuesday June 12
All Mason members are notified that the regular monthly meeting of Silverleaf Lodge will be held next Tuesday evening June 12. Balloting and other lodge work are planned, so attendance is requested.
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Elgin Masons
Silverleaf Lodge
Hight
Zone numbers sought from Echo-Enterprise subscribers
Subscribers in cities with zones are asked to send their zone numbers for inclusion in the address. Drop a postcard soon. Hog management notes advise separating gifts or sows bred for fall farrowing from fattening hogs and using legume pasture with hand fed grain. Labor-short Iowa farmers report spring pigs manage mange with a portable hog wallow and lime sulfur solution.
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Echo-Enterprise
Iowa
Gunder Church Remodel Highlighted by Local Talent
The Marion Lutheran church showcases a Dutch interior remodeling featuring varied in-wood paneling and new linoleum flooring. C. B. Schori designed the wall pattern and local labor applied the fine non-wood finish throughout the project.
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Marion Lutheran Church
C. B. Schori
Discharge chance for Lerch with 36th Field Artillery Battalion
Joe Lerch of Elgin, serving in the 36th Field Artillery Battalion, has qualified for discharge after extensive front line service across six zones starting December 24 1942 in Tunisia. The unit saw 563 days of combat from Tunisia to the Siegfried line, with low casualties and 77 percent of its original personnel still present.
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36Th Field Artillery
Joe Lerch
Elgin
Tunisian
Sicily
Naples
Rome
France
Toulon
Vosges
Siegfried Line
U.S
England
Tunisia
Doyle Duane ‘Reed
Gray Reed
Ponca City
Okla
Philippines
Reeds
Reed
Fred Nydegger
Paul Zurbriggen
Germany
Paul
Must Have Service Man's Request After July 1
A post office ruling requires four written requests from the service member before overseas newspaper mailings. Effective July 1 1945 new or renewed subscriptions to Navy Marine Corps or Coast Guard personnel overseas must have a request from the addressee. Relatives may pay if the addressee initiates the request. existing subscriptions may be fulfilled without new requests.
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Post Office Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Rain Delays Elgin Food Locker Construction
Weather slowed progress on the Elgin Food Lockers as frequent rains last week caused several cave-ins. The project is nearly safe now, with concrete basement walls underway for a two story brick and tile building 34 by 110 feet and a 34 by 50 foot rear basement. Locker capacity reaches 609, with 420 rented and to be installed at opening.
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Elgin
Welch builds large storage shed for Elgin Oil Co
Elgin Oil Co owner FD Welch is constructing a 28 by 52 foot one story storage shed with a loft coverhead at the north end of his property facing Pleasant Street. The concrete floor and brick pattern siding match Elgin Furniture Store. It will house poultry business storage and provide additional space for his needs.
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FD. Welch
Elgin Oil Co
Elgin Furniture
Pleasant Street
Welch
Retrospect and Propect address by John FE Mott at St Pauls
Postville church plans to burn the mortgage Sunday afternoon after special services marking the liquidation of indebtedness from its 1942 enlargement and improvement. The speaker, noted author and epoker John FE Mott, will present the address on the topic Retrospect and Propect.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Postville
John FE
Mott
Iowa war bond drive halves target amid slow Fayette sales
Iowa Seventh War Loan progress hits 50 percent with statewide bond sales lagging near quota by June 1. Fayette county tops 50 percent but actual purchases remain slow, prompting co chairmen B. J. Baumgartner and F. B. Claxton to urge renewed effort to meet a 1.251 million Fayette goal by July 5. Leaders stress the final half is hardest and urge emphasis on E bonds as the campaign continues.
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Iowa
Fayette County
B. J. Baumgartner
Elgin
Claxton
Fayette
Baumgartner
Vern Clark
State War Finance Committee
Baumgartmer
Iowa Farm Index At New High
The Iowa index of prices received by farmers on May 15 stands at 200 percent of the 1910 to 1914 pre war average, the highest since World War I and up from the prior month. Most farm classes show a slight advance in prices received, with related price ratios for costs and inputs showing minor changes amid dairy and egg statistics.
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Iowa
Regular meeting notice for Elizabeth McMillan chapter
Elizabeth McMillan W M of Elgin Chapter O B and wishes to remind all members of the regular monthly meeting to be held Wednesday evening June 13 at night.
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Elizabeth McMillan
W. M
Elgin
O. B
Home Screen Repairs and Pest Warnings for Gardens
Screen wire is scarce so home painting and patching screens helps hospitals schools and food facilities. Galvanized patches on copper wire require painting to prevent corrosion. White butterflies over cabbage signal trouble from the green worm. collect eggs often in summer and store cool for market. No scrap is too small but it can be too late.
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FSI
Wicely
John Mllingers
Dutch Schultzs
Capone
FBI Atwell
FBI National Police Academy
Wickersham
Charles H. Grahl
B. Y. P. U. State Convention
New Hampton Hospital
Gunder Church
Pic
Raksheesh Bugle
India
Depot Spotlight
2472Nd
Des Moines Register
Ottumwa
Tinker Field Chapel
Paden
H. O. Skarshaug
Ames
Armed Services
Evald G. Skarshaug
Paul Skarshaug
Richard Skarshaug
Iowa State College
Evald
Burma
Maly
Richard
Engineers’ Corp
Fort Lewis
Wash
Nordah
David Arnold
Floyd Arnold
Manchester
Chris Schweitzer
Arthur Joe Molokken
Owen J. Nickels
Thomas L. Dennler
Elger ‘Anderson
AMM 2
Hawaiian Island
Rosena Anderson
Kenneth Evans
N. W. Evans
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Noth Metzger
George Metzger
Bradley Field
Conn
New Jersey
PFC
Isale
QU. E.S. Meeting
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