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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1943
Page
3
Entry indicates classification as second class mail matter at the Clermont post office in Fayette County, Iowa.
In Cedar Rapids and Des Moines a debate over Liberty ship naming reveals local pride and bond drive zeal. The Maritime Commission initially balked at Lea Duster as a ship name, then allowed a local five-name process before selection.
A July 23 memorandum from Iowa state guard headquarters bans public statements about the guard and requires clearance for any publicity. War finance committees face a tougher task selling 190 million dollars in Iowa bonds as Italy surrenders and public sentiment shifts away from investing. The piece likens wartime bond effort to football, urging relentless focus on the weak spot to strike with maximum bond purchases.
Twenty five years ago John Capps and two Clayton county boys left Elkader for Fort Riley Kansas at noon on Tuesday. Everett Crowe’s letter arrives from the front noting he is well and promoted to Sergeant awaiting action on the western front. Kate Sullivan returns from Waterloo after hospital stay for an operation. Cora and Helen Henderson go to Cedar Falls for enrollment at State Teachers College next year. Want ads advertise high pressure sales.
Grand Meadow residents Mr. and Mrs. Selmer Holm and Betty Elaine and Roger visited Andrew Reinhart. Bertha Olson went to the Ames Olson home. Alvin Halverson and Ronald stopped at Julia Landsgard home. Clara Myrtle Peterson and Ed Johnson visited Willard Martin home. East church Sunday school session well attended marking the last meeting of the year. Bond meeting attendees included Harry Helgerson Clarence Olgan and Ames Olson at Center school. Nels Andersén Geneva Arnold Norbert and Mrs Julia Landsgard visited Alvin Halverson’s home.
The piece recalls a town policeman stealing peanuts and expands to critique taxation. It argues that taxes are often deceptive and proposes replacing complex mechanisms with a sales tax. Benefits include visibility, resistance to inflation, fairness across spenders, and encouragement of saving as America prospers.
The Army ordnance division proclaims We do the difficult things immediately The impossible takes a little longer highlighting resolve and tempo.
Theodore Moen of Decorah preserves a centuries old hammer found twenty years after it vanished during courthouse renovations. Now he uses the tool on trips for the local gas company. War Food Administration urges sixteen million more acres of crops in 1944 versus this year. Farm land values index three times higher on March 1, 1943 than in 1933.
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