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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
3
Subscription payments for new and renewal subscriptions may be made to the Clermont Local News editor Mrs. Bess Tschantz, who will issue receipts. Publisher.
Predictions at the U S. entry into war noted sales tax collections would fall but surged as civilian goods remained. War and postwar periods saw rising tax intake despite fewer businesses. Experts foresee continued rise until competition reshapes demand. Iowa war manpower chief George D. Haskell announced prisoners in Iowa camps will be shifted to private work when labour is available, with repatriation plans for Germany or Japan unclear for camps at Algona and Clarinda. State Curator Ora Williams urges preserving World War II items, noting items may appear junk yet gain historic value later.
Secretary Amy Noll reports about half of Iowa’s 520 Grand Army of the Republic posts have been located with many missing. Efforts aim to preserve the records in the state house. Highway 30 designated as Iowa’s link with the federal system, crossing Clinton to Council Bluffs via Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown, Nevada, Ames, Boone, Carroll, Jefferson, Denison. Parolees May Be Rewarded under a 1943 act, pardons for honorable service discharge or death are to be recommended by the state parole board. remaining decisions rest with the governor.
The That This Thatowa colleges expect about 2,000 veterans to enroll this fall under the government 6 1 bill of rights, while discussions about surplus military property sale invite civilians to bid. Henry Wickman, secretary of the Iowa executive council, outlines the process. A $64 question in Iowa politics ponders whether a war veteran will seek the governorship nomination on either party ticket next spring.
Moderately active men can obtain protein from one cup of milk, iron from a half cup of cooked beans, and vitamin A from two thirds of a cup of carrots or winter squash. The figures illustrate daily nutrient contributions from common foods.
A simple home workshop project describes turning an empty spool into a small sander. It covers wrapping sandpaper around the spool and enlarging the center hole to fit a one quarter horsepower electric motor shaft.
The Clermont school adds Air Age geography and extended math with senior science. emphasizes liberal education and secretary work via shorthand. Fall Iowa Test of Educational Development will gauge abilities early, aid counseling, and not affect grades. Senior band organized with 5th to 12th graders invited to join, listing initial members.
The roster lists band sections and members including altos Ruth Westpfahl and Beverly Grossman, tenors and baritones among many others. Practices are set for Tuesdays and Fridays from 2 50 to 3 50, with Walter Nelson as a pupil and Virginia Nelson aiding per schedule.
The athletic department plans baseball games this fall and spring. Regular games start once the field is ready after required preparations to convert the field into a baseball diamond. Practice begins immediately as boys and girls' physical training classes continue.
Pupils and faculty commend Mr and Mrs Paulson for summer work on school buildings. Floors redone desks scrubbed and home economics lab painted. New books equipment health and language volumes added with encyclopedia and Globe. High school gains English texts and plans for kitchen equipment and glassware. A full length mirror installed in girls rest room.
The article notes vegetables and other farm products support wartime needs by supplying food for troops and aiding War Bond investments. Ohio’s truck garden output reaches about 70 million dollars, with Wood County dedicating over 5,000 acres to tomatoes and Sandusky County 1,800 acres to cabbage. Tomatoes from the region head to a cannery to build next winter’s food reserve.
Mrs Keith Thoma traveled to Fort Wayne Indiana to join her husband Sgt Keith B Thoma and was met in Chicago by Irene Erickson and Lucille Lubke before returning home. Numerous guests visited area families from Decorah to Ossian and West Union across the week, joining in dinners, birthday celebrations, and school events with locals such as the Engle, Bakewell, Svendsen, Tatro, Olson, and Gunderson families.
In 1945 North Carolina cleared itself of general fund debt for the first time by transferring more than 51 million dollars from revenue surplus to its sinking fund.
A repeat Iowa poll shows 83 percent of Iowans favor accepting terms and not pursuing Tokyo victory, while eight percent would accept limited Japanese territory if war ends. Men mostly oppose terms, with 89 percent wanting to refuse, and 79 percent of women favor fighting to Tokyo.
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