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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1943
Page
4
A local Echo office ad lists good typing paper 8 by 11 priced at 64 cents per 500 sheets. Also items for sale include a two bottom tractor plow and farm insurance offers, daily report books for truckers, and notices about soap and fertilizer guidance for war effort, ration facts, and scrap drives.
Report shows Third War Loan bonds totaling 18.943 billion dollars with individuals surpassing the five billion quota by 377 million. Extra ration points will be available for certain residents to buy more meats fats and dairy products. Synthetic rubber use expands elastic thread production with all restrictions suspended until April 1 and irrigation of more farm land expected to boost 1945 food output.
The recent amendment raises the permitted use of drying oils in paints varnishes and lacquers from 50 to 60 percent. In war news 140000 prisoners of war are housed in 56 permanent camps in the United States with about three Germans to one Italian ration.
Officials state supplies of cigarettes will remain sufficient in volume and quality to meet the demands of U S civilians, ensuring steady availability for consumers.
Eugene E Wenger a 15 year old farm boy from Elgin enters his purebred Short horn steer in the junior classes for the Chicago Stock Yards event running November 29 to December 2. His entry follows a Fayette County Fair reserve champion win this year.
Burns D Chandler 83 died at his home in West Union Monday morning October 25 prominent in West Union business circles and widely known countywide. Plans underway for 14 more soybean extractor plants in Iowa.
A town notice advises buyers to convert native logs to boards as yards face a 55 percent split of carload timber for timbers and dimension and siding. It warns of a growing 2 inch material surplus and proposes free roof inspections, offering cost estimates or life expectancy. A string of jokes follows about dated romance and social missteps.
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