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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1943
Page
4
A large stack of parts in our bins is available and any extra items can be ordered from the division supply house. Daily orders are being sent. Torkelson Bros Dia 2711 Elgin.
Classified items show a used kitchen range for sale by Mrs Hazel Johnson in Clermont with contact 45R2. Also multiple notices offer courtesy tickets for Allan E Anderson in Elgin and James Olson in Postville for Avalon shows, plus Insurance contact for Employers Mutual Casualty Co with agent R P Strauch in Elgin Iowa.
Elgin area residents spent Sundays in various homes across Clermont Elkader and West Union. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Howard Boyle, Edna Moulton, Mrs. Harold Adibrecht, Ms. Reuben Miller and children, Mrs. Vern Boyer, Winifred Schmid, Mrs. Warren Mitchell and Jimmy Brenfield, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bakeman, Alice Bakeman, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Baumgartner, and others. Events featured dinners, visits, and a birthday observance for Wm. Howard Jr. at the West Union home.
Government rules lift rationing on used inner tubes for cars and trucks, with large idle stock reported. New furlough allowances extend periods between induction and duty, varying by command and dates. Stoves join rationed list. certificates required for purchase based on need. Meats and fats may be processed without points, with processors keeping records.
The notice outlines second inspection deadlines for Class A through C rations, with dates May to Sept. It lists commercial vehicle cycles, specific fuel and sugar coupons with expiration and validity dates, blue and red stamps for processed foods, and cautions about vacation gasoline use as supplies tighten. It emphasizes no luxury gasoline and stresses strict adherence to wartime ration rules.
Officials prohibit keeping shell eggs in storage after June 15 except to fulfill government contracts or maintain a small working inventory. The storage ban began May 20 with all eggs reserved for government purchases.
Scouting for scrap iron engages more than a million youths who will forage in woods and valleys to collect heavy scrap for later pickup. Separately, 25 million car owners and 160,000 motorcyclists may renew basic gasoline ration books by mail, with forms available June 22 outside shortage areas and new books arriving by July 21 after sending back covers and tire inspection records.
Petroleum administrative order number four now allows bulk gasoline deliveries in quantities of 50 gallons or more at any time. Farmers gain by buying fuel in steel drums of five gallons or more, aiding after work trips to town.
High frequency radio waves sent through power lines could soon control electric substations remotely during emergencies. New relays pick up impulses at distant substations and automate operations from switching to increasing steam power, enabling city to city control.
A bedroom described as cheerful and dainty with pale primrose walls and a beige cotton oval rug. Three joined windows feature crags-draped white curtains, a white quilted bedspread with a lime green fringe, pink rosebuds, and slip-covered headboard and chair. Dressing table skirted in white voile embroidered in yellow.
An advertisement promotes entering the feed business as a war necessity with strong current and future income. It claims no equipment is needed and invites readers to send their name and address to Box X for a personal interview.
The note explains cohesion as the sticking together of molecules within the glue itself and adhesion as the joining of separated materials like two pieces of wood by the glue. It clarifies the difference between internal glue cohesion and the external bonding adhesion.
A lighthearted page mocks modern ads and war era slang while promoting Martin Senour paints for home use and Mule-Hide Córdoba roofs. Jokes about sailors and jeeps add period flavor as a stowaway tale closes the snippet.
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