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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
3
State lawmakers resume business after a brief recess with plans to push non appropriation bills. Key fight looms over a loss leader markup bill seen as price fixing by opponents and a check on the boys high school athletic association amid broad debate in both chambers.
Senators challenge Article 4, Section 8 of the Iowa association constitution, accusing it of dictatorial power over more than 10,000 high school athletes. They argue democracy is taught in schools and oppose rulings that suspend schools represented by lawyers or delegations. The piece then tracks the current session’s rapid pace compared with the last, noting more bills acted on and growing committee attention to appropriations. Moonlight at poles described: continuous moon above horizon for half the lunar month, then below for the other half, with full and new moons tied to position.
Swiss exhibit near Interlaken deeded to conserve the ibex, a once common Alps leaping goat. A two month old ibex can jump over a three foot obstacle, illustrating the species' agility and the preserve aims.
Wilma Baard, once the barge captain's daughter, is pictured as a countess with her husband Count Nava de Tajo a Spanish nobleman. Married February 27, he is related to the Duke of Alba. Wilma rose to front-page fame after a society debut staged by four well‑connected men acting as her uncles.
Florida's Business Women Florida notes a law forbids a married woman to manage a business until a court of inquiry reviews her competency and she must bear the costs of the proceedings. The report adds that many old English sheep dogs are tailless or bob tailed, while Rottweilers have stump tails and Belgian Schipperkes typically have no tails.
A bold ad copy touts a "master stroke in diplomacy" as a political coup. The piece declares Jugo-Slavia isolated in the Balkans, framing the enterprise ad as timely political commentary in a distinctive period voice.
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