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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
3
A brief notice notes affiliation with national press organizations, highlighting membership in the Towa Press Association and the National Editorial Association as part of a journalists’ professional network.
The article discusses ongoing appropriation requests creating headaches for the state comptroller. It covers wartime transport impact on troop and war material movement, a Des Moines convention in February, and Purdue soybeans discussions. It also analyzes Senator Guy M. Gillette’s rubber program inquiry, cost efficiency, and political prospects for 1944.
In 1944 a Des Moines man on the old age pension rolls seeks to quit benefits by proving he can work as an all around mechanic. He printed postal cards repeating his story and sends them to potential employers. A Washington observer notes Roosevelt is the Democrats’ only hopeful west of the Mississippi if he does not seek a fourth term.
Twenty five years ago Dr Geo E Jorgenson and LeNora Erickson united in marriage in Chicago. Clergymen Rev Carl Heard Rev Father Toomey Rev C H Hjortholm and Rev W H Porter officiated at several local weddings with couples including Lillian Hanover and Lester Williams Oline Halverson and Ingvald Helgerson Rose B Peterson and G A Peterson. Clermont residents, travelers, and guests attended celebrations as area families report nuptials and social notices.
Grand Meadow residents and families including Ames Olson Carmen Swenson Ewald Lyngans and Richard Olson attended the Cattle Congress in Waterloo on Wednesday. Several locals hosted visitors and hosted gatherings at homes across town with multiple neighbors visiting and social events noted through the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Ewald Lyngaas and many relatives gathered Sunday at Bert Lyngaas home and other families joined in. They visited, shared lunch, and presented Carolyn Erickson with gifts including a purse of money on her birthday Friday afternoon.
The Clermont Iowa town council met September 7 1942 with P Slmek presiding. Officers Rounds Riegel Kittleson Steffens attended while Stee was absent. Minutes approved and bills paid including Gibbs Cook Tractor Co 25 50 Central States Power Light 64 82 Corp hall lights 1 03 pumping 22 08 Wayne Abel salary 85 00 Wayne Abel fire care Mee Lec y ROD Clermont Enterprise 13 50 Farm Service gas oil 4 74 L L Rounds convention expense 13 20. Meeting adjourned. Martin Neilson Town Clerk.
Evelyn Nordhus will teach commercial subjects including typing shorthand bookkeeping and physical education at Modesto High School. She earned a state certificate and will finish Western Ilinois College next summer. Nearby residents attended the Thos Lien sale in Leroy Minnesota on Sept 9, listing Kittlesons Helgerson Olson Lien Nehring Casten and others.
West Union residents attended dinners and visits across Iowa. John Camp and Steven hosted in J C Halverson home. Perry Paulson returned from West Union hospital after an appendectomy. Crowe family hosted Anna Mary’s Clarke College plans in Dubuque and visited Richard Crowe at Loras College.
A graduate from the U S Naval Air Station Corpus Christi has completed training and is now prepared to report for duty in the fleet. The assignment marks a milestone in the service member's career and reflects ongoing efforts to maintain strong naval readiness across the force.
Overcrowded poultry houses demand careful culling to keep every hen productive. Second year layers drop to 70 to 80 percent of first year output. keep birds with bright combs, pliant skin, moist vents, and signs of molting. Coal freight to munition sites is one third of total, wood fuel frees coal for war needs. Money talks with Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps shouting Victory.
A soundphoto caption describes a WWI era image from Moscow showing Jews standing with hands above their heads while Gestapo agents search victims in a Jewish ghetto. TheGerman officer’s body photo origin notes are included, with forced to stand facing a wall.
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