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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1939
Page
3
Marjorie Scheel, local editor of the Clermont Enterprise and member of the Iowa Press Association, is listed in official notices noting her professional affiliations with the National Editorial Association and related post office classifications in Fayette County Iowa.
The Reader's Digest offers a pocket-size monthly issue with 35 condensed articles from over 500 publications. It cites prominent readers like Lawrence Tibbet, Henry Ford, and Zane Grey, inviting readers to request a free sample through Dept. X in Pleasantville, New York.
Washington notes a major administration reversal as Secretary Hopkins backs business friendly policy. The President signals labor restraint and plans to cut spending, amend social security and labor laws, and encourage private investment. District 4 voters and Representative urge reflecting local stance amid 1940 political pressures.
President pressures William Green and John L. Lewis to reconcile amid a Wage and Hour Law dispute affecting rural Iowa and small telephone firms. Vandenberg urges clear defense aims, while Washington cost notes show living increases. Ella Stearns dies. Harold Gray pilots Pan American Clipper test in Chesapeake Bay.
Paul Stewart of Maynard was elected vice-president of the Iowa State Dairy association at the annual meeting held in Ames recently.
Congressman Talle said he was glad his district approved his vote against the naval appropriation. He defended his stance as right despite backlash and accused sponsors of inflamed rhetoric. He warned the New Deal may use war as a political tactic to salvage its program amid economic strain.
The Belle Plaine Union notes an exchange defining a master farmer as one who pays taxes without borrowing. A master financier is described as someone who can juggle big figures so he owes no taxes. A 100-year-old grandfather clock owned by John Barnes of Winchester Massachusetts stopped when his 73-year-old ancestor died in Ancaster Ontario, several hundred miles distant.
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