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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
4
Classified items list farm and household ads including Poland China boars for sale, trucker log books, a hired man wanted with living quarters, farm machine repair services, and rental housing. Also notes wartime ration changes, shoe and soap provisions, idle-truck requisitions, turkey market guidance, heavy underwear production, glass cloth price shifts, and new War Ration Book Four distribution.
The article urges housewives to save leftover soap and convert it into liquid or jellied soap by adding hot water. Glass sugar dispensers from restaurants can hold the liquid soap. Experiment to determine the amount needed for good suds, then add gradually as suds fade, avoiding waste.
Counties in which farmers have achieved exceptional production will be awarded an agricultural achievement award by the War Food Administration. They will be cited for achievement in production records and the extent by which the county exceeded 1943 goals, overcoming hardships, shifts to vital war crops, improvements in farm production efficiency, and fuller use of land and labor resources. An open award may be made in each state.
The War Department urges football organizers to confine ticket sales to residents of the city hosting the game to reduce crowding on intercity transit. It also asks the public to use a soldier's army serial number in all inquiries to official agencies about personnel to save time and material.
Henry Ford credits personal interactions over events as pivotal to his success. He states he can manage events, but if unable, he releases them to be resolved by themselves, emphasizing the influence of personalities in his life.
In a lively exchange a wary woman and a jokey man discuss worries and a playful dare. A curious flirtation follows as a line of guesses tries to reveal a hidden identity while a shopper notes building counselors and lasting local business plans against misrepresentation.
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