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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1932
Page
1
The piece discusses congressional interest in stock exchange practices, citing low stock values, mass fortune losses, and concerns over short selling. It notes public information may be insufficient and questions the efficacy of inquiries into market conditions and enterprise expansion.
J. W. Long, former state auditor of Town, condemned governor and audit commission in a interview claiming a political frame up. An examining committee’s unanimous report led the governor to remove Long until the next general assembly acts. He seeks vindication from the assembly, while voters are urged to bar a discredited candidate from renomination.
Testimony before a congressional committee showed rich auto industry financiers like Raskob Kenny Fisher Durant and others linked to General Motors who attempted to fleece the market. The pool failed on Anaconda Co. stock, costing about 25 million as savvy traders turned the tide against them.
The article notes real estate prices have fallen to generational lows due to low produce returns and mortgage defaults. It states that cycles of time bring good and bad periods and urges landowners to persevere as conditions change.
Gilbert M. Haugen of the Fourth district is celebrated in a fifteenth minute pause as the House pays tribute to his long continuous service. The article notes farm price expectations, corn belt significance, and Haugen’s enduring role shaping postwar policy for his constituents.
A reflective piece ponders aging and fate as a handsome, clever man becomes “just some old man.” It muses on mortality, church bells, funerals, and the inevitability of aging with a philosophical nudge toward accepting that fate.
Cuban attorney and author Dr Luis Machado born 1899 in Guanabacoa Havana. He served as Havana YMCA president and Rotary Havana president 1929, later elected Rotary governor for District 24 and Rotary International director for 1931 32.
The text discusses a bonus bill’s fate in Congress, noting lawmakers may fear political costs if approved or rejected. It suggests President Hoover might influence public opinion, and cites treasury strain and the American Legion as factors against the measure. The November election adds pressure to the debate.
William J Burns, aged 70, died in Florida after a 45 year career solving puzzles and famed criminal cases. The Philadelphia Public Ledger recalls his skill at unraveling forgeries and his belief that there is no mystery without common sense.
A whimsical verse paints spring blooming along the sea with blossoms and scents. The narrator notes crocuses nectarines and bluebells signaling the season while playful imagery and personified flora evoke a coastal awakening.
Dr P Mabel Nelson head of the foods and nutrition department at Town State college recommends dandelion greens as an early spring food. Greens provide vitamins minerals and fiber and help preserve vitamin B and C when properly washed and stored.
Dr. J. C. Schilletter of Iowa State College notes the radish's mythic aura and practical role as a ready table vegetable. He introduces Crimson Giant as a larger Iowa variety, praised for size over Scarlet Globe yet less pithy, guiding gardeners in the season's harvest.
In Des Moines Plain Talk the president remains focused on lifting the country from a deep financial hole amid uproar and criticism. The piece argues the crisis is not of his making and that citizens should judge him on his actions.
Perennial phlox should be divided every three years with younger outer divisions reset. When planting a shrub border place short dense grow ers at the front.
Mrs Nancy Hurst of Tabor Fre mont county aged 100 cast her first ballot in the municipal vote and will be 101 in June. Her great grandson Carter Bartholomew also voted his first ballot. A lightning strike near Linn Grove in Buena Vista county felled a two foot diameter cottonwood, scattering debris 200 feet and breaking two house windows.
Tama County reports show Mrs. W G MacMartin kept Canadian citizenship after marrying a US citizen, until a 1992 change allowed her to regain status. Other items note a 1800 Kingston newspaper, sheriff sales, butter trends in Iowa, Bert Sheldon’s head injury at Centerville, and a fortune teller swindle in Odebolt.
At Estherville Emmet county five county officials the recorder treasurer sheriff auditor and county attorney were cheated of sixty dollars by a man claiming to be an advertising solicitor for a labor journal and year book He named himself W H Rickard and said he represented the Iowa Federation of Labor but the year book was not known among railroad workers in the area He urged payments from ten to sixteen dollars for political ads in the book.
A Riverton, Fremont county man finds selling a steer at Omaha unprofitable after trucking and yardage costs, with 37 cents owed to the commission firm. The article notes Venus daytime visibility and a local farmer's 99 pigs from seven litters, plus a carpenters' accident and a court scene where a judge approves a $300 accordion sale after a musical interlude.
Damp blanket-size notes from old currency surface in Hardin county hidden in homes and merchants receipts. The revival signals progress against hoarding and growing public confidence in business, with much of the notes turned over to the county treasurer by taxpayers.
A bank depositor recently brought in 400 in old style yellow backs that were damp when paid. Bankers say withdrawals had been common a few months earlier, but money is returning to banks now and there are few if any savings withdrawals.
Joe Mackey of Slater, Story county, labeled a hoosegow resident, set most of his household goods ablaze with an ax after an intoxicated arrest and a second escape. He was recaptured and jailed again. Bob Leach of Waverly planned to trade his car for insurance money but the stolen vehicle was recovered, leaving him with the same car. World population is rising by about 12,000,000 daily, statisticians estimate.
Republican candidate Theo Martin of Martelle Iowa announces his bid for state representative subject to voters approval at the primary on June 6 419 This political notice is official campaign placement.
8 M Holford of Monticello Iowa announces candidacy on the Republican ticket for the Jones County supervisor in the June primary for the term starting January 1 1934 Your vote is respectfully solicited.
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