President Truman Faces Pressures After Early Tenure
The president, amid national grief and a transitioning wartime economy, contends with lobbying and political pressure. A Washington observer notes Truman’s forthright style tempered by caution and predicts he will soon address the public directly to clarify policy on reconversion and postwar leadership.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Truman
United Nations Organization For World Peace and Co
Bond drive at 68 percent. eight days left to hit quota
State headquarters reports the drive at 68 percent with Pearl Harbor Day as the deadline. County must buy 168,578 dollars in E bonds. citizens urged to buy at least one more bond in the final eight days. Clark calls a Des Moines meeting for county leaders to report 100 percent pad bonds. Community Club meets to discuss housing shortage and dinner reservations.
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Pearl Harbor
Clark
Des Moines
Portant
Pretty candlelight wedding in Marion Lutheran church
Miss Florence Laramee, daughter of Mr and Mrs Amherst Laramee, married Lloyd E Reierson of Cornelius Reierson at Marion Lutheran Church on Wednesday evening November 1. The ceremony was conducted by Reverend Strandford. The gown was white lace over silk crepe with a junior train and finger tip veil. Dor othy Laramee was maid of honor. Thelma Mark bridesmaid. Best man Joseph Reierson. groomsmen Randolph Reierson. Ring bearer Jean La Chester. Ushers Carlyle Kirkeberg and Milo Olson. A reception followed with three tier cake and gifts to the couple heading to their new home. My and Mrs Wesley Miller visited Elgin and Pepin after.
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Marion Lutheran
Florence. Laramiee
Amherst Laramee
Lloyd E. Reierson
Cornelius Reerson
Strandford
Thelma Mark
Joseph Reierson
Randolph Reierson
Jean la Chester
Carlyle
Kirkeberg
Milo Olson
Mervin Reierson
Woodrow Reed
Henry Wellersven
Arthur Amundson
Reading
Selina Olson
Hildur
Rosella ‘Opsand
Avis
Gladys Peterson
Hildur Opland
Delores Bergan
Rev Geo Snyder Keeps Tab on Home Folks
Letter from Richfield reader George Snyder praising the Echo for its home front coverage. He notes the paper helps him see returning servicemen and mentions local wartime adjustments as the community adjusts to postwar life. He expresses appreciation for timely issues and asks for continued coverage.
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Rev. Geo. Snyder
Out of Army into Business of Own in Elgin
Lester Luchsinger, recently discharged from the South Pacific, bought the ML Kipll service station and took possession Monday. The station had been closed part time during the war as owner Kiple worked as a carpenter. Luchsinger becomes Elgin’s first World War II veteran to purchase a business.
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Lester Luchsinger
South Pacific
Kiple
Luchsinger
Elgin
Bazaar Notice and Thanksgiving Gatherings in Local Homes
The Marion Dorcas Society bazaar is set for Friday evening November 30 at 8 at the church basement in Gander, featuring an auction of quilts, aprons, and a country store with homemade foods. Thanksgiving guests visited in multiple homes including Clermont Hawkeye Duluth and West Union among others, with numerous families hosting dinners and gatherings.
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Marion Dorcas Society
J. O. Anderson
Carmen Swenson
Clermont
Paul Engelke
Hawkeye
Lawrence Brause
Allen Habeger
Lloyd Swartley
Duluth
Minn
Hans Grether
John Steffens
Erma
West Union
Do. M. Peterson
Postville
Ethel Kohler
C. J. Harrington
Richard
Walter Neuman
Strawberry Point
L. L. Kiple
Bertha Kipley
Wm. Kohler
Earl Kipley
Nelle Reusser
Shirley
Howard Homas
C. L. Klingman
Libbie Larson
Wm. Gruver
Lew Gruver
Sheldon Boyle
W. I. Kohls
Men In Uniform Stay In Army and Settings In Wartime Returns
Cedar Rapids Gazette notes Major Don Mason plans to remain in the Army after five years service with 22 months overseas in the South Pacific. William Moore, Y2/c, arrived in San Pedro after months in Japan. he earned the Asiatic Pacific ribbon World War II Victory medal and other honors and plans to attend Iowa State after service. Kenneth Gross recalls 1029 outfit pride as members near leave, with veteran accounts from the New Hebrides and San Francisco discharge paths.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Mason
Fred C. Mason
South Pacific
U.S
William Moore
San Pedro
U.S. A
Japan
Kenneth Gross
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Kenneth
Seslbees
New Hebrides Islands
Lorence Muehlethaler Buys Weibel Residence Property
Lorence Muehlethaler purchased the Weibel residence on Main Street near Ern Schorl in Elgin. He plans to move the house back from the street and enlarge and remodel once building materials are available. The G Pfister family currently tenants the home.
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Elgin Real Estate
Lorence Muehlethaler
Weibel
Ern Schorl
Main Street
G. Pfister
Township AAA Elections Set for Dec Week in Clayton County
Farmers in Clayton county will vote for county and community AAA committees the week of December 1907. Three regular committeemen and two alternates per township, plus one delegate per township to assist in electing the county, will be chosen. Meetings are scheduled December 3 to 6 at local schools and halls. owners and operators are urged to attend.
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Clayton County
AAA
Highland Township
Waener
St. Olad
Grand Meadow Township
Center School
Farmersburg
the Hall
Parmersburg
Marion Township
Annual Meeting Notice for Elgin Farmers Dairy Co
Notice of annual meeting of stockholders and patrons of the Elgin Farmers Dairy Company to be held in Elgin Iowa town hall on Saturday December 1 at 2 pm for officer elections and other business. Guest speaker Ernest T Smith State Representative Vulga will discuss dairy industry problems. Delila Knudtson Secretary.
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Elgin Farmers’Dairy Co
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Elgin
Iowa
Ernest T. Smith
Vulga
Delila Knudtson
Sec’y
Roy Knight Returns to Elgin Cooperative Job
Roy Knight resumes work at Elgin Cooperative last week after Army service. Boss Max Medberry urged him to return to his former position without delays. Mr and Mrs Knight reside in the first floor apartments on the east side of the Coop building.
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Roy Knight
Ig Old
Elgin Cooperative
Max Medberry
Mrs. Knight
Coop
Pleasant Valley 4 H elects officers at meeting
The Pleasant Valley 4 H Livestock club met at Clifford Medberry's home last week and elected Gerald Gehring president Lou Halverson vice president Phyllis Gehring secretary Joyce Gehring reporter. Two new members Richard Schmid and Vernon Wede were enrolled.
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Pleasant Valley
4-H
Eva Dennler Opens Beauty Shop Space in Cook Building
Eva M. Dennler rents a portion of the Mrs. Mary Cook building for a beauty parlor. She plans to open soon after partitioning the space. Mrs. Mary Keiser returns from Chicago after a four week visit with her son Dr. Harry Keiser and relatives in Bremen Indiana.
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Eva M. Dennler
Mrs. Mary Cook
Mary Keiser
Chicago
Harry Keiser
Iowa preps final WWII bond drive push
Iowa heads into the last month of its final bond drive after WWII. State total investments reach 26,643,800 in war bonds with an added 750,000 in Series C bonds. The effort aims to fund equipment, veteran care, and hospital treatment for wounded servicemen.
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Iowa
Jowang
Union
Special session urged to hire psychiatrist for state hospitals
Interim committee presses for a special session after Atty. Gen. Rankin rules the board of control cannot legally hire a director for mental hospitals though a supervisor may be employed. Gov. Blue and the committee seek changes to allow a trained psychiatrist to direct the program, with session likely after year’s start. Speaker Felton rumored as possible 1947 speaker candidate amid housing questions and veteran emergency housing at Camp Dodge and Fort Des Moines.
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Atty
John M. Rankin
Board of Control
Menttal
Iteterim
Robert D. Blue
Irving Long
Manchester
Gov. Blue
Harold Felton
Indianola
Captain Bird
Theumor
Felton
Des Moines
Blue
Camp Dodge
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Harry’ G. Tiuriah
United States
Franklin D. Roosavatt
Amilé
Tan, Jr
Gual
Laramee
Reierson
Wesley Miller
Tucson
Ariz
Pepin
Wis
Paréhte
George Miller
Rich
Eee
Bazaar
Coe
Bolts & Jobs
Claud Gress
Kenneth Gress
Leon L. Jacob
Gwen Bristow
Elizabeth Herlong
Elgin Coop
P. V
Iwaya
WAC
Fort Des Moines
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