Congressional antitrust report warns against monopolies and regulation
A five member House subcommittee led by Kefauver reports that free enterprise is endangered by monopoly and government failure to enforce anti trust laws. It argues national policy must curb economic concentration, with public works spending dwarfing anti trust programs and calls for statutory limits on business size. It stresses small business and farmer impacts and urges strong anti trust action.
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Ef‘tsb Tigt
England
France
Kefauvre
Tennessee
OBI
Prac
Lita
Congress
Grid
Legislature Reconvenes With Key Bills Facing 1947 Session
The Iowa legislature reconvenes facing alcohol, education, tax and reapportionment bills plus talks on a World War II bonus. A major item is the dry beer measure letting cities opt to issue beer permits. House and Senate will also tackle appropriations, school code, and local option liquor as recess ends. Superintendent Parker announced a upward revision in school funding requests to 18,087,600 annually, driven by inflation and higher land tax credits, with distributions for daily attendance, equalization aid, agriculture credits, transportation, and handicapped aid. The governor’s stance on the 50 percent income tax rate, extending payments for 1947 and 1948, is explained, with the rate advancing to full 100 percent later.
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State Board of ‘Control
State Board of Education
Onice
The
Hose
Sénate
House
Spi
Aceag
Jessie M. Parker
Iowa State Edition
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Robert D. Blue
Lutheran Services In Elgin Sunday Eve
Next Sunday March 16 services will be held at the Elgin School building by Rev A O Nesset of Clermont at 7 p m. The public is cordially invited. State Chairman Raymond Sayre will speak at the Fayette County Women’s Association annual meeting in March.
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Elgin School
Rey A. O. Nesset Af Clermont
Raymond Sayre
Iowa Farm Bureau Women's Committee
Associated Women of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
Fayette County
January gains in town business across all lines
The January 1949 report shows substantial gains over January 1948 across farm products prices up 41 percent, life insurance sales up 38 percent, bank debits 34 percent, industrial payrolls 29 percent, employment 4 percent, and building contracts 5 percent. Nationally, wholesale prices and bank loans suggest no early drop in the cost of living.
Piano Students Compete in Town High Festival
Barbara Kamm's pupils prepare for the annual Town High School music contest this spring. Karolin Falk Lauretta Gilson Marlene Mosby from Elgin Betty Jean Clendenon Fayette Patty Eastmann Shirley Antinson Marilyn Grattenberg from West Union will perform at the Music Festival in Fayette this weekend.
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Barbara Kamm
Karolin Falk
Lauretta Gilson
Marlene Mosby
Elgin
Betty Jean Clendenon
Fayette
Patty Eastmann
Shirley Antinson
Marilyn Gratenberg
West Union
Katie Bauman Suffered Stroke At Home
Miss Katie Bauman suffered a stroke Sunday at her home. She was removed to the Postville hospital Monday morning where she remains seriously ill. Due to her advanced age she had not been very strong but had been enjoying comparatively good health recently.
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Katie Bauman
Postville Hospital
Miss Bauman
Legion Steak Supper Scheduled for March 17 Meeting
To Have Steak Supper Elgin Post No. 352 American Legion will host a steak dinner during its regular Monday meeting on March 17 at 7 p.m. All Legionnaires are invited. Mr and Mrs Hans Grether and Mrs Gertrude Erhardt dined with Mr and Mrs Alfred Jacob. the Grethers celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary the previous Saturday.
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Elgin
American Legion
Hans Grether
Gertrude Erhardt
Alfred Jacob
Grether
Scouts Entertained By Community Club
The Elgin Cubs and Boy Scouts were entertained by the Community Club at a father son banquet held at the schoolhouse Monday evening. About 75 men and boys attended the dinner served in the gym using the hot lunch room. Cubmaster Louis Lehmen introduced the scouts and awarded earned badges. Scout master Paul Zurbriggen introduced the Boy Scouts. Bill Ayres of Decorah, scout executive for the area, spoke on father son relations. Two movies were shown with the school’s new sound projection machine.
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Elgin Cubs
Louis Lehmen
Paul Zurbriggen
Bill Ayres
Decorah
Critic Music Festival at Fayette Pii
The Critic Music Festival will be held in Fayette on Friday and Saturday March 14 and 15 with Upper Iowa University hosting. Eighteen high schools have registered including Sumner Guttenberg Garnaville Oelwein Hawk Eye New Hampton Arlington Shell Rock Lime Springs Elgin Elkader Fayette Maynard Randalia Clermont Cresco Manchester and West Union.
Police Officers Conference At University Of Iowa In June
Peace officers of Iowa will attend a five day course in June 23 to 27 offered by the University of Iowa College of Law and the bureau of public affairs. The program provides six intensive classes in criminal investigation general police field and traffic with advanced and basic options. Sheriffs, city and county attorneys and police officers will participate in the eleventh annual conference.
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Iowa
University of Iowa
College of Law
Bureau of Public Affair
Iowa Counties Dominate Leading Hog Counts in 1945 Census
Fifty four Iowa counties appear among the nation’s 100 leading hog counties, reporting 5,395,661 hogs on farms. Iowa totals reach 7,452,228 hogs statewide, about 38 percent of the U S farm hog population. Delaware, Winneshiek, Clayton, Fayette and Buchanan Counties listed among leaders with counts from 61,457 to 103,550 hogs.
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Iowa
United States
Ida
Delaware
Winneshiek
Clayton
Fayette
Buchanan
Falb and Light Buy Bailing Lots for Implement Business
Falb and Light purchase two adjoining parcels, one half lot on Center street with 25 foot frontage between Steele's Grocery and the Baumgartner building, to display machinery, and another lot on Main street adjacent to the south where a building will be erected for their implement business.
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Lyle Light
Pape
Halstenson
Center Street
Steele's Grocery
Baumgartner
Main Street
Robert Falaiging
Evens
Blue Cross Enrollment Dates Set for Clayton County
The Blue Cross enrollment period for Clayton County runs from March 12 to March 19 with enrollment closing at midnight on March 19. Enrollment will resume in 1948. Residents should contact their town or township representative, including Grand Meadow Mrs. Wm. Lubke Marion Mrs. Harold Op land Highland Mrs. Paul Boen ish Volga Mrs. C. P. Krieg Wagner Mrs. Kenneth Kjosa.
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Blue Cross
Clayton County
Grand Meadow
Wm. Lubke
Marion
Harold Opland
Highland
Paul Boenish
Volga
C. P. Krieg
Wagner
Kenneth Kjosa
Convert Building Into a Home
Lyle Martin has purchased the summer kitchen of L. G. Lehman and plans to move it to Copperland opposite the G. J. Mosby residence and convert it into a home. The building behind the Lehman residence has been used for storage but is well constructed and will make a nice home when relocated and remodeled.
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Lyle Martin
L. G. Lehman
Copperland
G. J. Mosby
Lehman
Campfire Girls Celebrate 36th Birthday Week
Beginning March 16 Campfire Girls nationwide observe a week of festivities under the Going Places theme tied to the United Nations. In Elgin the Weshonka group will attend church, wear uniforms at school, Edith Kempthorne Day, penny donations to train leaders, two girls will host a Fire Maker's dinner, and the birthday Council Fire March 21 will grant ranks to all members with parents invited.
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United Nations
Weshonka Group
Elgin
Edith Kempthorne
Ece
Geo. Falb
Powell Preuss Marriage Ties Cedar Rapids Family to Strawberry Point
Mr. and Mrs Clifton Powell announce the marriage of their daughter Catherine Elizabeth to Donald Preuss son of Louis Preuss of Strawberry Point. The ceremony occurred January 14 1947 at Trinity Methodist Church Cedar Rapids at 8 PM conducted by Rev John DeLong attended by Dorothy Cross Iowa City and Clay Figgins Kalona Mrs Preuss a Elgin High School graduate attended Upper Iowa University Fayette and has taught since then now teaching in Fayette and will complete the year Thereafter the couple will reside near Strawberry Point where he is employed
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Clifton Powell
Catherine Elizabeth
Donald Preuss
Louis Preuss
Strawberry Point
Trinity Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
John DeLong
Dorothy Cross
Iowa City
Clay Figgins
Kalona
Preuss
El‘gin
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Fayette ‘School
Sportsmen Club To Meet Here In North Fayette
The Sportsmen Club of North Fayette county will convene at the Elgin town hall on Tuesday evening March 18 to organize a local club. Conservation officer Alexander will speak on trout stream improvement and related topics. All sportsmen and interested parties are invited.
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Sportsmen Club
North Fayette County
Elgin Town Hall
Alexander
Veterans on Iowa campus top six thousand mark
World War II veterans on the University of Iowa campus reach 6 054 for the second semester, only 56 fewer than the first. Cancellations for the initial term totalled 251, or 4.1 percent.
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University of Iowa
Legion Auxiliary Meeting At Elgin Legion Hall
The Elgin American Legion Auxiliary will hold a regular meeting on Thursday evening March 20 at the Legion hall. A good attendance is desired and members should come prepared to sew canteen rage.
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Elgin American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Elgin School Board Wins Re-Election In County Vote
In Elgin 113 ballots were cast with R A Crider and Walter C Falb reelected for three year terms as directors. Crider led with 168 votes, Falb 66, and Harold Halvor Soh received 34 as a write-in. Seven ballots were invalid for missing or incorrect marks. Other townships report directors reelected or continuing terms across ten districts.
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Elgin
R. A. Crider
Walter C. Falb
Agan Crider
Walters C. Falk
Harold Halvor Soh
Piennant Valley Township
Pleasant Valley Township
Myria Township
Illyria
Elmer Kohl
Forest Shaffer
Howard Medberry
Joe Dinan
Ard
County Spelling Bee at West Union Saturday
The Fayette county spelling bee for elementary pupils will be held in the assembly room of the courthouse at West Union on Saturday March 15. Written contest starts 9 30 pm followed by oral contest. The county champion advances to the final state contest in Des Moines on April 1. Twenty three contestants from various districts include LaVerne Larson Clermont Anna Mac Kimball Elgin Yvonne Fern Jacobson Elgin Shirley Artene Shaffer Elgin Judy Swenson Clermont Andine Vasby Clermont Beatrice Boyer Elgin with teachers listed.
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Fayette County
West Union
Grace Meyer
Up Wigeppro
Des Moines
LaVerne Larson
Clermont
Anna Mac Kimball
Yvonne Fern Jacobson
Elgin
Geraldine Pinney
Pieasant Valley
Shirley Artene Shaffer
Ellen Flanagan
Illyria No. 2
Judy Swenson
Andine Vasby
Beatrice Boyer
Hazel Ruin
Teacn
Union No. 4
Hinton Sale Meets Usual Averages Across Livestock
Wm Hinton sale last Friday shows cattle averaging around 100 dollars per head with top milker at 170 dollars. Calves hogs and machinery sold well including an FP armatt tractor at 1000 dollars, corn at 13 1 2 dollars per bushel and hay 9 to 13 30 per ton. The Hinton family will continue to reside on the farm but rent out the work land.
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Wm. B. Hintons
Armatt
Hinton
Boyle Couple Spends Weekend at Oelwein Home
Mr and Mrs Sheldon Boyle stayed at Robert Miller residence in Oelwein over the weekend. Mrs Miller was ill with flu and on Monday Mr Boyle also fell sick and remained in bed.
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Sheldon Boyle
Robert Miller
Oelwein
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Faette Pii
Sat
Hee Saas
Falb & Light
Echo
RED Cross
University
Legion Auxiliary Meeting
Wm. Hinton
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