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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1943
Page
4
The Avalon screens Hitler's Children for four days from Wednesday to Saturday March 24 to 27 as a courtesy for Mrs Louise Miller of Clermont. The Echo has reserved two tickets for her and invites her to call the office.
The guidance urges keeping livestock off thawing pastures, favoring soybeans over oats as a salable crop, and sizing baby chicks to brooder capacity. It recommends cleaning up spray equipment, conserving metal, planting early fruits like strawberries raspberries or grapes, and prioritizing early vegetables such as potatoes lettuce cabbage carrots beets parsnips and peas.
Agricultural guidance advises dairymen to grow most roughage this year, stressing alfalfa and Sudan grass as protein sources. It also suggests testing overheld garden seeds for germination by a simple home method before planting to ensure viability.
The text urges better garden planning by families, with youth involvement and paper plans. It recommends measuring plots, selecting vegetables, spacing, and using Free pamphlet No. 6 from county extension to aid. It advises storing 125 quarts per person over six years and outlines staggered summer to fall plantings for crops like corn, beets, carrots, beans, lettuce, and kale.
The Aztec called corn te ocentli meaning food of the gods, reflecting a sacred view of maize in their culture.
A wartime appeal urges Americans to buy war bonds to fund weapons for soldiers. Davies reflects on civil liberties in Europe, defending religious and political rights, and urges citizens to support Morgenthau's Treasury drive to sustain the war effort. The piece frames liberty as a national duty and links bond purchases to national survival.
The 239 mile aqueduct from the Colorado River to Los Angeles will require 41 million pounds of explosives, 15.5 million pounds of copper, 6 million barrels of cement and 240 thousand tons of steel. The entire project will cost more than 220 million dollars.
A postman celebrated at a Union of Post Office Workers conference in England climbs 8,676 stairs each day. It equates to about 1,500,000 feet annually and is described as roughly 50 times the height of Mount Everest.
This note explains that at year end you transfer totals from the book to Form 1040F, completing your farm return and providing a full profit and loss record of the operation.
A science professor asks about body immersion in water while a coed repeats a telephone ring. A woman plans spring painting programs and an amateur theatre. A wife jokes about wearing tights and her husband quips about money.
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