War News Pushes Campaign in Background
War news from Europe dampens Iowa primary interest as candidates keep to a calm pattern. H. R. Gross leads with radio attacks while Gov. Wilson and Knudson spar quietly. Transport tax worries lawmakers as Barr Keshlear cites 40 percent revenue projection. Agnes Crowe to deliver rural eighth grade commencement at West Union High School May 25.
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Gross
George A. Wilson
Irving H. Knudson
Imantle
John K. Valentine
Wilson
Knudson
Iowa Senate
Agnes Crowe
Fayette County
West Union High School
Elgin High School
Clermont
Masonic Fellowship Meeting Held Here Friday
The May meeting of the North east Iowa Masonic Fellowship association at Elgin drew near fifty attendees. Rev Shaffer of Marshes fips gave the talk and Henry Wolf Elkader, association president, presented the speaker. Lunch and fellowship followed. the June meeting is planned for Ossian with hopes for wide member attendance.
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Northeast Iowa Masonic Fellowship Association
Elgin
Shaffer
Marshes
R.P
Strauch
Henry Wolf
Elkader
Ossian
Raid in Oelwein Seizes Gambling Devices at Several Spots
Sheriff Kutschat staged a raid on multiple Oelwein locations last week and seized slot machines pinch boards and other gambling devices which were loaded and transported to West Union. They will be held as evidence until a judge orders destruction.
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Kutschat
Oelwein
West Union
Tinker to Leave for West Coast Trip
Dr D E K Tinker will depart Monday June 3 with his parents Mr and Mrs John Tinker and brother Darwin of Strawberry Point for a three weeks trip to the west coast They will drive to Portland Oregon to visit Mrs Tinker's brother then travel through California New Mexico and return home.
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D. EK. Tinker
John Tinker
Darwin
Strawberry Point
West Coast
Portland
Oregon
Jews Ordered to Leave Italy or Face Fascist Expulsion
A propaganda decree forces Jewish residents to quit Italy or endure Fascist persecution. Authorities demand departure by a set deadline, framing the move as loyalty to the regime and an assertion of national purity.
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Italy
Legion Stag at Clermont on May 28 Evening
Payette County Legion announces a stag meeting at the Clermont hall on Tuesday evening May 28. All Legion members with a boy in Boys' State are urged to attend and bring their boy. This meeting is very important.
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Legion
Clermont
Payette County Legion
Clermont Hall
Record Shipment Chicks are Here Sunday
Over 60,000 Copper baby chicks shipped Sunday May 18 marking the hatchery's largest output. Three large truck routes and direct parcel post deliveries expanded distribution with postage around 420 dollars. Despite forecasts 1940 would be off year for chick production Cappers reports rapid sales and full capacity across three plants.
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Here
Jhatchery
Rural Letter Carriers Meet Set for July 18 19 20
A Rural Letter Carriers convention will be held at the senior high school all three days July 18 19 and 20. About 1000 attendees from the area are expected to participate.
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Eos
P E O Luncheon Honoring Lavanda Carr Held at West Union
Mrs C B Schori hosted the DB Chapter P E O in West Union with twenty one ladies attending a one o clock luncheon Monday. Lavanda Carr of Clermont was presented a gift as she nears marriage. Mr and Mrs Ernest Johnson are ill and bedridden, cared for by Mrs Marie Krueger. Hilda Meyer visited the Baumgartner home Sunday night into Monday.
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C. B. Schori
West Union
Ernest Johnson
Marie Krueger
Hilda Meyer
Wm. E. Baumgartner
Memorial Day Exercises Moved to Cemetery in Elgin
Elgin will hold all Memorial Day events at the cemetery this year with a 10:00 a.m. start. Elgin Post American Legion members meet at 9:45 a.m. at the hall and march to the cemetery. The program includes music, prayer, remarks, roll call, and graveside decorations, followed by the firing squad and taps.
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Elgin Memorial
Elgin Post American Legion
Legion Post
J. C. Warton
Paul Zoschke
American Legion
More Youths Needed to Register for NYA
R P Strauch, local NYA supervisor, reports registration could rise to 18 young men. Six to eight additional men between 18 and 24 can be added now. Interested youths should contact the local supervisor and mention seeing the notice in the Echs.
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NYA
R. P. Strauch
Brainard Road Grading Near Completion in Elgin Area
Melvin Boyer and crew finished grading about a mile of the Elgin Brainard road this spring, part of a three year improvement program. Bridges were added and curves altered. the final mile is to be resurfaced next winter with relief workers. The crew then moves to the county line road north of the Clermonts Gunder road in the Helgerson and Kittleson neighborhood, with 1 1/2 to 2 miles remaining.
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Melvin Boyer
Elgin-Brainard Road
Brainard
Mr. Boyer
County Line Road
Clermonts Gunder Road
Helgerson and
Kittleson
Young People Present Patriotic Program at Baptist Church
The Baptist church young people plan a patriotic program Sunday at 7 45 p m. Mrs Clarence Muehlethaler will preside. Lorraine Haas and Chrystal Miller sing a vocal duet, Anna Barbara Kamm plays piano, and the male chorus performs. Charlotte Krueger offers a reading and the junior B P W repeats pledges to the American and Christian flags. Talks on patriotic topics will be given by Hugo Hackmann Kathryn Johnson and Eli Habeger.
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Hugo Hackmann
Kathryn Johnson
Eli Habeger
County Board Plans to Relocate Kern Hill Road
A Vacation Bible School will be held for two weeks by the Baptist church starting Monday with classes from 9:00 to 11:40 each evening. The program runs for primary and junior age groups with pupils asked to bring a Bible and a pencil.
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Kern Hill
the Baptist
Elgin Farmers Dairy Co Reports Record Output Rise
Elgin Farmers Dairy Co secretary Wleet Frieden notes a substantial year over year rise in the first half of the fiscal year ending May 1. The plant produced 25 169 more pounds of butter than the prior year and 7 770 pounds in one Tuesday run, the creamery’s largest ever. First half May fat intake totaled 28 160 pounds, contributing 281 60 to an advertising fund funded by a one cent per pound butterfat tax.
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Wleet Frieden
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Ca
Taok
Elgin Farmers Dairy Co
To Oil or Not to Oil in Elgin Faces Dilemma
Elgin town council grapples with funding for street oiling as expenses rise from water mains repairs and new crossings. Revenue holds near limit with about a thousand dollars in sight until next fall tax money arrives, leaving streets upkeep unfunded.
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Elgin
Nest Taximoney Rolls Mn
They New Council
Dus
Dental Office Closed For About Three Weeks
Public notice states the dental office of Dr. E. Tinker in Elgin will be closed from June 3 to about June 25, a roughly three week period. The report mentions unrelated local notes about visitors and a nurse aiding a patient, with references to West Bend and local residents.
Road improvement plans extend over ten miles in Elgin area
The Fayette county board of supervisors and county engineer Thompson are in Elgin to acquire right of way for a major road project. The plan covers about ten and one fourth miles from the Lucsinger bridge to the four corners with widening and regrading on the Luchsinger bridge segment. June preparation aims to finish grading and resurfacing before winter.
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Fayette
Joe Freden
Luchsinger Bridge
Four Corners
Elgin-Wadena
Wadena
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Pars World's Fair
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Elgin Post No
Baptist Church
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co
E. Tinker
Keo. Zange
Sidney Nutting
West Bend
Edna Dummermuth
H. H. Gilbertson
Mr. Gilbertson
Kennel Spencer
Algin Baptist
Progress Child
Spencer
Varius Norte
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