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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1938
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise notes Marjorie Scheel, long time local editor and member of the Towa Press Association, recognized in the paper. Details show she is associated with the Clermont, Iowa office and mail matter status as second class.
Palma Gilbertson began work at Corner Cupboard. Des Moines state fair visitors include Frank and Mrs Calahan. Freeport couple Martin and Mrs Clauson hosted dinner in Clermont. Yvonne Wander had tonsils and adenoids removed at Postville hospital. Etta and Irene Opperud vacationed in Cedar Rapids and Clermont with relatives, with Mrs Blake hosting Maynard dinner. A well dressed hitchhiker robbed J B Van Harlin Jr near Council Bluffs, forcing him to surrender wallet and licenses after brandishing a handgun.
Laverne Gremmels Oecelwell and Norbert Moore plus Stanley placed third in the championship demonstration contest after winning first in the Dairy division at the Iowa State 4-H event. The team showed a cooling tank operation and construction for farm use. Gerald Berry Arlington placed in red ribbon health class. Volney Palmer and James Rochford Hawkeye won the state farm building construction contest.
At the Iowa State Fair Fayette county 4 H club girls won third place in oven products. Winners across divisions included Marjorie Gilley Maynard blue group whole cereal yeast bread red group whole cereal bread. Marjorie Gilley also red ribbon in bread variation. Other ribbons went to Lucille Traeger Banks Shirley Sanderson Maynard Laura Spies West Union Bernice Turner Randalia Virginia Shirley Georgia King Lorraine Miehe Ada Hammersland Darlene Wolfe and Lois Kiel in various bread cookies and health contest categories.
Home Project Exhibit in red ribbon class at the Iowa state fair. Dallas County placed blue ribbon in the Child Development and Family Relationship division while Fayette County ranked lower due to unorganized townships. Publicity work surpassed average thanks to township chairs and local editors. Fayette women at the fair included Mrs. K. J. Kerr, Mrs. Chas Gehring, Ella Foxwell, Mrs. L. D. Hitch, and Mrs. Grant Lauer.
Possibility rises of President Roosevelt naming Felix Frankfurter to the Supreme Court as reports circulate that Justice Louis D Brandeis may retire on November 13 when he turns eighty two.
North Wilkesboro report details Robert Minton surviving a wood choppers axe wound to the head after a fight. He remained alive a week after injury and operation at Wilkes hospital where doctors removed brain tissue and closed the wound.
Estimates place U S rat numbers at 124 million and orchards in Iowa may yield up to 300 bushels of apples per acre. Fall hog marketing could ease, smut resistant corn futures are eyed, and breeding efforts at Ames aim for smut and rust resistance. Pasture renovation with clover and alfalfa is advised to curb ragweeds. The corn hog ratio remains favorable, with price dynamics tied to the 1939 crop and soybean prospects.
Market notes indicate several factors may raise or stabilize prices after January 1. Analysts suggest demand strength and supply conditions point to soybeans hovering near last year's price, with expectations of little change.
It isn’t the reputation you gain for safe driving last year or week that counts but today’s driving. Safety precautions must be observed every minute and kept up at all times behind the wheel. Knowledge of road curves does not excuse neglecting safety. be safe every time, as one lapse can cause a serious accident.
The Sumner Gazette cites outdated math problems and shifts in education reflecting WPA projects, taxation, and automation. It notes the return to school with half a million children summoned by Monday bells, many schools opening Tuesday due to Labor Day.
Red haired Jacqueline Cochran wins the eighth Bendix trophy from ten male pilots, flying from Burbank to Bendix New Jersey in 10 hours 7 minutes 10 seconds for 12500 dollars. A Missouri farm girl and her Arabian husband plan to sail to Basra Iraq this week.
The American team aims to keep the Davis Cup in the United States by facing Australia in the challenge round at German Town Pennsylvania Labor Day weekend. The Australians earned the right by defeating the German team. Pictured are Joseph Hunt, Robert Riggs, Donald Budge and Gene Mako. Budge and Mako recently won the National Doubles title at Brookline, Massachusetts.
Foreign Ministers of the Little Entente Czechoslovakia Romania and Yugoslavia met and announced preliminary agreements with Hungary. The accords recognize Hungary's right to rearm under Trianon limits and commit all four states to renouncing the use of force to settle disputes. Front row includes Petrescue-Comnen Krofta Prince Regent Paul Olga Stojadinovich.
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