Monticello Seeks More Night Police After Robberies
Constable Roy Pearson and Deputy Sheriff Henry Prult chased two juvenile robbers for 90 miles through Monticello streets last week, capturing and jailing them. The article urges more night police, stricter enforcement of alcohol and tobacco laws, and firmer penalties to keep streets safe for residents, especially women, and youth from minor sales violations.
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Roy Pearson
Monticello
Henry Prult
Delaware County
Iowa
Pearson
Prult
Jones County Crops Shine Despite Smaller Corn Harvest
Farmers report thriving hay and oat yields with abundant shocks and stacked hay across Jones County. Officials note Iowa will harvest about two percent less corn than last year due to a cold rainy spring, while oats and hay show strong growth across 22 million Iowa acres.
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Jones County
Iowa
Reading and Writing By Letitia Osborne in Honduras
Letitia Osborne’s novel They Change Their Skies is set in a Honduran pension with an international cast led by Isabel Gresham and Armanda. The piece notes Osbourne’s ancestry and a later reference to Lau Shaw’s Rickshaw Boy as a Book-of-the-Month Club pick, with early reader comparison to Black Boy.
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Horace
Letitia Preston Osborne
Honduras
Pomfret
Fran Holtz
Letitia Osborne
Regee
United States
Mr. Pomfret
Isabel Gresham
Massachusetts
Virginia
Opecancanough
Sitting Bull
Letitia
Miss Osborne
China
Lau Shaw
Slugust
America
Tax reduction hinges on public choice after the war
The National City Bank of New York says tax cuts depend on how far people will cut government spending postwar. It warns against relying on government subsidies and urges self support to avoid higher taxes. The Sheldon Mail commentary argues for restraint and personal responsibility in fiscal policy.
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National City Bank of New York
Bank
Sheldon Mail
Massachusetts House Drops Margarine Bill Amid War Ration Debate
The Massachusetts House defeated a moderate bill to lift wartime margarine prohibitions, denying patrons the option of margarine in restaurants. The vote reflected resistance to changes in wartime food policy and the broader push for rationed goods.
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Boston Herald
Massachusetts House
Iowans Split on United Nations Charter Debate
A Town Poll survey finds about 61 percent of Iowans with opinions favor the UN charter while urging the Senate to consider reservations. Voters show varying views by education and prior votes, with strong support for participation in a world organization and careful Senate deliberation.
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Iowa Hall
Senate
Iowa
United States
Grade High College
Jowans
San Francisco Conference
Sega
San Francisco
Towa
Lieyvd A. Mumford
Council Bluffs
Towa Congress of Parents and Teachers
A. A. Couch
Towa State Federation of Labor
Eugene Mannheimer
Temple B’nai Jeshurun
Sharp Knife Care for Vegetables
Using a sharp knife when slicing or shredding vegetables minimizes damaged tissue. It reduces bruising and helps preserve vitamins and nutrients in the produce.
Ruth Grieff Weds William Minney in Cedar Rapids
Miss Ruth OGrieff of Hopkinton married William Minney of Scotch Grove at St Matthew's rectory Cedar Rapids on Thursday July 28 at 9 30 am Father J D Kearn officiated Bridesmaid was Grace Grieff Best man Francis Olsen The couple hosted a bridal breakfast for 18 at the Roosevelt hotel The bride a Hopkinton High School graduate worked at Quaker Oats Cedar Rapids for two years Also notes obituaries for Martha Hugh Mrs George Nordman and Etta Jane Dalrymple with brief biographical details and funeral notices
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Hopkinton
Ruth O'Grieff
J. P. Grieff
William Minney
F. W. Minney
Scotch Grove
St. Matthew’s Rectory
Cedar Rapids
J. D. Kearn
Grace Grieff
Francis Olsen
Lincoln and Jefferson
Roosevelt Hotel
Hopkinton High School
Quaker Oats
Ernest Hugh
Manchester
Ray Hugh
Delhi
Sam Beitz
John Beitz
Methodist Church
FE. A. Cochell
The
Bay Cemetery
George Nordman
Hoover Funeral Home
E. J. Starr
Etta Jane Dalrymple
John Allen
Sarah Janes Dalrymple
Hopkinton Local Obituaries and World War II News
Obituaries list Wes Hardy born 1865, wife Katherine Bell South, nine children, and multiple survivors across Iowa Missouri Oklahoma and California. Also notes Sgt Roy Davis 72 day furlough and varied local visits, military service, relocations, and a Saskatchewan death upcoming obituary.
Service Cancelled At Castle Grove Chapel
Castle Grove Chapel had no services last Sunday due to road construction on the highway beside the church. Local residents and visitors were noted in surrounding areas including Burl Walton's near Troy Mills and Monticello residents. A cow was killed by lightning near Monticello during Friday night storms.
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Castle Grove
A. M. Black
Paul Black
Burl Walton
Troy Mills
H. J. Mayberry
Anamosa
W. R. Cartano
Larry
Lyle Hosford
S. M. Hosford
Lee Warner
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
John C. Smith
Clarence Eberhart
Walter Bohren
Stan Wood
Tall Oats Crop Boasts Record Heights in Lyon County
Lyon county reports a banner oat season with heavy heads and long stems. Heit Behr, a former resident north of Rock Rapids, displays oats with stems reaching 5544 inches tall, suggesting an all-time record.
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Lyon County
Heit Behr
Rock Rapids
Navy yards need workers to speed war ships repair
After fires and explosions on the Hazelwood, 10 of 219 officers and 67 crew are dead or missing. Naval strategists warn warships must be repaired quickly as Hazelwood and damaged fleet units threaten the war effort in Japan. Mare Island Navy Yard seeks 9,000 more workers with free transport and low rent housing for six months.
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Pacific
Japan
Mare Island Navy Yard
U. S. Employment Service
Civil Service Commission
Navy
After Kamikaze strike Hazelwood heads to Mare Island repairs
The USS Hazelwood (DD-531) suffered damage off Okinawa when a Kamikaze pilot crashed into her bridge structure. At Mare Island Navy Yard 400 000 man hours of work will restore the ship with 60 percent skilled labor, fast tracking crucial Pacific Fleet units.
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Hazelwood
Okinawa
Mare Island Navy Yard
Pacific
U. 8
Navy
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Newton
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Grinnell College
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Des Moines
Charles F. Martin
Maquoketa
Iowa State Teachers Association
Ralph W. Smith
Iowa State Grange
A.B. Kline
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Fred Stover
Iowa Farmers Union
Ben Henry
Congress of Industrial Organizations
John H. Hager
Waukon
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
W. W. Waymack
Des Moines Register and Tribune
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Charles H. Grahl
Dick Clemens
Clemens
Pittsburg
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Schick
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George H. Nordman
Esther V. Neil
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Wesley A. Hardy
John
Margaret Reed Hardy
Oklahoma
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Missouri
Farmers’ Elevator Company
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Montana
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Eugene Hardy
USN
South Pacific
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Florence Grace Hardy
Berkeley
Calif
Leah McDonald
Mexico
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Roy Davis
Neurenberg
Schick , Hospital
Clinton
Caryl Ross
John Claude
Claude Ross
Hannibal
Forrest Johnson
Coggan
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Harold Taylor
C. J. Cooney
Oelwein
William Hart
Herman Welter Jr
seaman 1/c
USNR
Chicago, Ill
H. J. Welter
Kill Kare
Monticello Park
Randall
Morgan
Joan
P. M. Wheeless
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Gilbert Klaren
McCook Air Base
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Neb
Lawrence Klaren
Louis Billmeyer
South Fork Township
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David
South Bend
Ind
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Wilma Edwards
Kenneth
Little Rock
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Dale Edwards
Camp
Joseph T. Robinson
William Albertson
West Palm Beach
Florida
Perry Thorpe
Avlo
Thomas Dunlap
St. Mary’s College
Caliornia
Herman Dunlap
Navy Air Base
Ottumwa
Raymond Sires
Marilyn
Harge
Tama
Roy Chaplin
Saskatchewan
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