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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1939
Page
3
Senator Taft criticized critics of farm loan policy calling them misled by bounties to farmers. He argued farmers repay loans with interest and that the government bears losses. In Newton a large Republican rally featured Governor George A Wilson praising his record. Turkey was served as Thanksgiving decorum neared.
After days of talks Governor Wilson and the board of education released budget reports for educational institutions and salary increases. The reviews show funds allocated to both lower wage brackets and higher grades. The reports also note that Iowa State College Director of Athletics George Veenker is mentioned in the findings.
The report notes higher earnings for the University of Iowa Director E. G. Schroeder while contrasting the Iowa football coach Dr. B. E. Norton Anderson with double the pay of Iowa State man Jim Yeager.
About 6 000 members of the Independent Business Men's Association of Iowa met in Des Moines to hear Congressman Wright Patman and others on proposed chain store fees ahead of 1940 legislation. The independents pressed for tighter chain store laws, a focus during a dull legislative session as they gathered in groups around the chamber and drew mixed reactions from lawmakers.
A jumble of brief items from Iowa towns recounts a Belle Plaine case where two girls claimed a scavenger hunt after car thefts in Dysart, a Doon gun accident injuring upholstery, a Doon man firing a kitchen cabinet hole, a mayoral meeting fatality at Elkader, and other local misadventures. Mortgage-worthy accidents, thefts, and oddities wrap a day’s routine news.
Longtime Clermont resident H. F. Shipton is remembered for civic service as mayor and council member, leader of the Clermont Valley Creamery Co, banking official, and active lodge member. He died after a lingering illness at his daughter's home, with funeral rites conducted by Rev. J. C. Warton and lodge officers.
The New York infirmary for women and children, founded in 1853 by Elizabeth and Emily Blackwell, stands as the country’s first hospital dedicated to women. Both sisters were doctors of medicine.
Chicago's annual city government expenditure amounts to 149,961,000 dollars. The figure reflects the overall budget for municipal services and operations for the year. The article notes the size of the city administration and the scale of public spending.
The Middle West Soil Improvement committee reports fertilizer use in the United States has risen 400 percent since 1888, with current average consumption just over a ton per farm. The survey highlights substantial growth in agricultural inputs.
A Roman physician Galen is credited with inventing cold cream using a formula that remains largely unchanged to this day.
The United States became the first nation to own a military airplane when it accepted delivery from a manufacturer on August 2, 1909, marking a historic milestone in military aviation.
Mrs W A Leese and son Gere of Detroit attended the funeral of H F Shipton. Mrs W R Blake returned from Manchester after visiting her sister Mrs Frank Barnett. Mrs Fred Talley and son Douglas of Waterloo visit for Thanksgiving at Mary Tatro’s home. Mrs Dan Burke hosted a Contract bridge luncheon with high scores by Mrs R W Brandt and Mrs W R Blake. Luther League program by Decorah Mission Society to be held at 7 45 p m Sunday at the Lutheran church. Mrs John Sampson reports Arnold will soon leave Rochester hospital after horse injury. William Burrow Jr underwent leg surgery at Colonial hospital after a prior operation. John Olson 81 of St Olaf dies. funeral by Rev S J Strandford at Norway church. Attendees from Rock Rapids and others joined the LenSimek Marones site visit en route home from Elgin Illinois.
The United States reports 1,288,029 boys and girls enrolled in 74,584 clubs, marking a new peak for 4-H enrollment in 1938. This record reflects growing youth participation across the program nationwide.
The fragment notes 200 rayon plants in the curid with 29 in the United States and says genuine elderdown pillows are rare in the U S. It explains elderdown comes from the west linings of elder ducks in Norway and briefly mentions a Japanese marriage custom involving tiny cups of rice wine.
The earliest copy of Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales was published in 1883, marking a milestone in The tales collection history. The event highlights the enduring influence of Andersen's storytelling on world literature and children's fiction.
Charles Brown, a 71 year old farmer near Marshalltown, Iowa, has never driven a car. He still drives a team of yearling oxen for town trips and farm light work, and has taken in Bobby Mentor, a 7 year old fatherless city boy, to raise.
A group of notables toured Campo dos Alfonsos after five U S Army Air Forces Flying Fortresses arrived to mark Brazil’s 50th republic anniversary. Present were General Kimberley, Brigadier General Emmons, Lt Colonel Pedneiras, General Regueira, Jefferson Caffery, and General Goes Monteiro.
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