Legislature in Spring Recess Through March 8
State lawmakers take a recess until March 8 after seven weeks of session with action limited to a few items. Major move was a tax relief bill cutting individual income taxes by 50 percent. other items include local option for hard liquor and four year term changes for state and county offices. Several measures were postponed or referred to committees, delaying term-length changes and county officer pay raises. Upcoming priorities include appropriations, aid to dependent children, and code revisions with a March 11 public hearing on the revision measure.
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House
Senate
Iowa
Board of Control
Board of Education
State Departments
Elgin Bank First Witt 008% Payroll Deduction Pace
Elgin State Bank employees led town by signing on for War Bond payroll deductions, 100 percent participation. Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co. staffed by B J Baumgartner also reported full employee signup, with Pleasant Valley and Elgin over the top by a wide margin as figures awaited county committee reporting.
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Elgin State Bank
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co
B. J. Baumgartner
Baumegartner
Elgin
Pleasant Valley
Iowa Farm Price Index Rises Four Points in February
Iowa farm price index up four points through February 15 as prices received for commodities climbed across grains dairy and meat while poultry softened. The index reached 192 percent of the 1909 to 1914 base, 346 points above a year ago, with the price paid index at 64 percent of the 1910 to 14 base. The ratio of prices received to prices paid stood at 117 percent, the best since 1919 for Iowa farm products.
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Iowa
Iown
U.S. W. Meet Wednesdays for Wool Comforters Display
The United Service Women of America meet each Wednesday afternoon to make wool comforters. Two are finished, one on display in Thoma's store window. Everyone is welcome to help at Town Hall on Wednesdays.
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United Service Women of America
Thoma
Town Hall
Inde pendent School District Election in Elgin
The Inde pendent School District of Elgin will hold its annual election at Elgin State Bank next Monday March 8 from 12 noon to 7 p.m. There is one director, C B Schori, whose term expires and whose name appears on the ballot.
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Independent
Elgin
Elgin State Bank
C. B. Schori
Fred Schaer Home Again After Hospital Stay
Fred Schaer returned home last Thursday after more than six weeks as a patient in West Union hospital for an appendectomy. He endured a long grind but is now quite well and able to be up for several hours each day.
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Fred Schaer
West Union Hospital
Elgin Study Club Meets At Mrs Torkelg Home
Elgin Study Club met at the home of Mrs. C. C. Torkelg on Tuesday evening with seventeen members present. The program featured an excellent paper titled “Southern Mountaineers” by Mrs. F. C. Muehlethaler.
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Elgin Study Club
C.C. Torkelg
Southern Mountaineers
F. C. Muehlethaler
Backward Signing Becomes Bancroft Oddity
Henry Blocker of Bancroft paid his Bancroft Register subscription and signed his name backward. The editor invited him to write forward with one hand and backward with the other, then do both at once. Blocker demonstrated he can write both ways with either hand.
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Henry Blocker
Bancroft
Bancroft Register
Blocker
Service members in training and moves across US bases
Pfc. Alvin Erickson of Postville has spent eleven months in the Hawaiian Islands and is now among 14 cooks and bakers from his school retained to instruct new Ye. G. J. Heck of Camp Ward Galley Farragut Idaho reports his son’s progress. Pvt. Harlan C. Rolfs recently arrived at Jefferson Barracks Missouri after work as a carpenter in Wenatchee Washington. Elver Anderson of Norfolk Virginia visits Chicago for a short training stint, while Pvt. Gufford G. Hofer is listed at Camp Wolters Texas. Gerald and Hiram Olson share new addresses reflecting Navy training at Mare Island California and radio technician courses in College Station Texas. Pvt. Gerald E. Boleyn is assigned to Atlantic City New Jersey. Pvt. Walter F. Kohler reports to Camp 21 Service Group Santa Maria California, marking a move southward. Ensign Wm. Schipbach, fresh from Corpus Christi Flight School with wings, arrives for a 20 day furlough to Clermont Ohio. Floyd C. Odegard is hospitalized after an operation. his address is Miami Beach Florida. James O. Anderson’s updated details appear with TC and Miami Beach assignments.
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Gerald J. Heck
Tofield Heck
Cooks and Bakers School
G. J. Heck
Camp Ward Galley
USNTS
Farragut
Idaho
Henry T. Oli
Gerald T
Olson
Navy Ward Barracks
Navy Yards
Mare Island
California
Hiram C. Olson
Naval Tr. School
Box
College Station
Texas
G. C. Anderson
Clermont
Floyd C. Odegard
R Hospital
James O. Anderson
Aapttc
Miami Beach
Florida
Technical School Squadron B. TC. No. 9
Red Cross seeks 125 million for wartime program
The American Red Cross will launch its 1940 War Fund appeal for 125 million dollars on March 1 to expand services for armed forces and civilians. Chairman Norman H. Davia urged nationwide support, noting March is Red Cross Month with President Roosevelt backing the effort.
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Washington, D. C
Baced
American Red Cross
Norman H. Davia
Red Cross
Divia
Roosevelt
Walter 8. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Red Cross 1943
Fident
Army
Navy
Davis
Aix
The
Red Cross Drive Opens War Fund Campaign
On March 1 the Red Cross roll call launched the war fund drive. North Fayette county must raise 6800 dollars, with Clermont and Elgin each asked for 700. It will take more than a dollar per person to meet goals as Red Cross workers under Max Thoma and Ed Dugstad plan calls on residents to contribute to aid fighters and families and disaster relief.
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Red Cross
North Fayette County
Clermont
Elgin
Max Thoma
Ed Dugstad
American
Get Ready for Big Salvage Drive this Spring
The Salvage Division of the War Production Board district office in Des Moines plans 13 state district meetings to explain the new spring scrap iron and steel drive. Iowa’s quota is 1,000 pounds per farm plus all heavy household scrap iron and steel. The district meeting is March 11 at Assembly Hall West Union 7 30 p m covering Allamakee Chickasaw Clayton Delaware Dubuque Fayette Howard Winneshiek counties.
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War! Production Board
Des Moines
Iowa
Assembly Hall
West Union
Allamakee
Chickasaw
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Howard
Winneshiek
Harlan Township Leads in 1943 War Bond Drive
Harlan township topped Fayette county in the 1943 war bond campaign with a quota of 78,000 dollars met at a single Feb 27 checkup session in Harlan. Precinct chairman L. H. Buenneke of Maynard led the effort as Harlan became the first township to reach its pledge quota, with enthusiastic response and additional pledges still expected.
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Harlan Township
Fayette County
Harlan
L. H. Buenneke
Maynard
Eastern Stars to Hold School of Instruction
O E S School of Instruction set for Wednesday afternoon March 10 at the chapter room Esther B Jasmman of Monona district instructor will lead the session and the initiatory work will be exemplified at the evening meeting. High percentage Buena Vista county reports 15 farm homes without gravel or paved roads past their places and 115 miles of dirt roads including 18 miles of new type grading 86 of old type blade grading and 41 of grass roads.
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Silverleaf Lodge
Eastern Stars
Esther B. Jasmman
Monona
John Sherman
Gordon Elliott
Chester Arthur
Oelwein
Leon Shephard
Arthur
Shephard
Buena Vista County
Food Rationing Prompts Dinnerless Elgin Club Session
Food rationing cuts force the Elgin Community Club to cancel its monthly dinners. The first dinnerless meeting will be held next Monday at eight at the town hall. Some fear it may kill the gatherings, while others see it as a chance to test member commitment and shift focus to civic duties.
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Elgin Community Club
Town Hall
Dennler Couple Celebrate 26th Wedding Anniversary
Friends and relatives gathered at Illyria church on Friday evening February 26 to honor Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dennler on their silver wedding anniversary. The program featured readings, songs by Forest Shaffer and others, greetings from Kansas and a letter from Harold Dennler in the Pacific. Refreshments followed with two pink and white decorated cakes, Opal present among the couple’s three children Opal, Harold, and Helen.
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Albert Dennler
Illyria
Forest Shafter
Oran Bane
Dalene Shaffer
Forest
Gerald Shaffer
John Nydegger
Andrew Dummermuth Solo
Arthur Chapman
W. S. Rothlisberger
Kansas
Pic
Harold Dennlet
Pacific
J. C. Warton
Mr. Chapman
Guernsey Smith
Thomas Pollock
Howard Medberry
March's turbulent arrival prompts brisk, bright claim
A crisp bright day provoked debate over whether March entered like a lion or lamb, while the calendar hints at a milder tail end for the month.
Fire in Decorah State Bank Back Room Sparks Small Damage
Smoke issued from a back room where two customers sat at Decorah State Bank. A burn hole appeared in one man's overalls cuff and his shoe laces burned as firefighters did not need to respond. Minor damage resulted and no flames were found in common areas. A Chariton family reports their dog brought home various rubber items from unknown owners.
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Decorah
Chariton
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Iowa Press -Assn
First Witt
Oreamery
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U.S. W
Alvin Erickson
Ben Erickson
Postville
Hawaiian Islands
Sam
Harlan C. Rolfs
Herman G. Rolfs
Wenatchee
Wash
Jefferson Barracks
Rolfs
Woodworth & MacDonald Bld. Co
Elver Anderson
Norfolk, Va
Chicago
C. J. Anderson
Gufford G. Hofer
Co. G
Camp Wolters
Floy Jennings
St. Louis
Pvt
Gerald E. Boleyn
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Walter F. Kohler
Qm. Corps
21 Service Group
Army Air Base
Santa Maria
Calif
Wm. Schipbach
Anna Schuphbach
Bill
Corpus Christie
Uncle Sam
Silverleaf
O. E. S. School of Instruction
Lamb
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