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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1945

Page

3

Hopkinton Couples Tie The Knot In Immaculate Conception

Miss Mary Jane Lahey of Hopkinton wed Harold Crowley of Coggon at Immaculate Conception church Castle Grove, with a 9 am nuptial mass and 60 guests at the bride’s Union township home reception. The bride, a Buck Creek Lenox graduate and teacher, and groom, a farmer, will reside on a Monticello-area farm.

Rae Ann Lahey LaVerne Crowley Crowley Monticello Nick Shearn Bay Vicinity Hopkinton Delhi Township Bridget Reagan County Monaghan Ireland America Chicago Delhi O’mahra Delhi Dam Shearn Thomas Francis Helen Mae St. John’s Catholic Church J. Smith St. John's Cemetery Bob” Lux Russell Lux Roger Hornsby Wrigley Field Cubs Bob Iowa State Eeat Ames Buck Creek Conrad Reetenwald Helen Phillips Keokuk Helen Reetenwald Charlene Smith Independence Mary Jane Crowley Doris Wilson Virginia Hoal Marshall Islands Roi Nannis Tinian Saipan Jima Fragut Minnie Zeuch Los Angeles Calif Irene James Smith Michael Fennimore Wis Louis Murray C. J. Murray Elmer Kurt James Murray Marion Nick Turnis Cyril Turnis Raymond Eugene First Kennedy General Hospital Memphis Tenn Walter First South Fork Township Sgt. First Luzon Pacific States Clarence Smith Camp Hood Texas Coggan Bert Smith Charles Worley Stuttgart Ark A. K. Cramer Louise Doak Mary Ann Hedrick FB. J. Gestel

Proved Successful Scotch Grove Tour

On Friday August 17 the Scotch Grove 4-H boys toured the Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids. All members attended except Arthur Husman and Robert Zirkelbach. The tour offered educational insight into grain use beyond livestock feed, with courteous guidance from plant officials. A picnic at Thomas Park followed, then games and pool time, making it a day of learning and enjoyment.

Scotch Grove 4-H Cedar Rapids Arthur Husman Robert Zirkelbach Thomas Park

Wayne 4-H Club Met At Engelbart Home

Wayne 4-H Club met at the home of Galen and Marvin Engelbart Monday evening. The group opened with a review of record books and discussed showing at the Great Jones County Fair. Attendees included President Marvin Engelbart, Sec/Treas Raymond Harms, Reporter Galen Engelbart, leaders Bill Jansen and Earl Kliman, with members Robert Harms, Darrel Helgens, Harry Wessels, Leroy Siebels, Dale Martin, Dwight Gerdes, Galen Helgens, Maynard Siebels, and Raymond Hinrichs.

Wayne Club Wayne 4 Leroy Siebels Dale Martin Dwight Gerdes Galen Helgens Maynard Siebels Raymond Hinrichs

Using Sour Milk in Cake Recipes

A notebook note explains using milk that has soured as a substitute in cake recipes the same way as fresh milk. It suggests sour milk can replace sweet milk in batter with similar moisture and texture effects.

Japanese War Chronology Through 1945

Chronology tracks key WWII events from Pearl Harbor on Dec 7 1941 to Japan's unconditional surrender. Highlights include Manila battles, Guadalcanal air landings, Leyte invasion, Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns, atomic bombings, Tokyo fire raids, and Russia’s entry into the war.

Pearl Harbor United States Japan Philippines Guam Wake General MacArthur Manila Hong Kong Luzon Yantis U. S Batavi Seal Peninsula U.S Tokyo Iwo Jima Corregidor Philippine Commonwealth Okinawa Nanning Borneo Okinaba Aparri Balikpapan U.S. 3Rd Fleet U. S. 3Rd Fleet Kure Honshu Islands

Emperor Hirohito’s Background and Rule in Japan

The piece portrays Japan’s monarchy as a mythic authority restored after 1868, with the sun goddess lineage and the mikado Hirohito. It notes his ascension in 1926, choice of Showa for peace, and view of him as largely a puppet under military cliques, with his reign starting in 1921 as prince regent. He is described as near sighted and mild, father to one son and three daughters.

Japan Hirohito

Reconversion Push Aims to Speed Peace-Time Industry Shift

After World War II, with armament cuts looming, President Truman asked WPB Chief Krug to lead a robust reconversion plan. The drive targets expanding production of scarce materials, limiting output of scarce items, controlling stockpiles, breaking bottlenecks, and allocating scarce resources to affordable civilian goods to stabilize prices.

Truman Inder Production Board Krug WPB

Minster Finds Lost Billfold Linked to Waverly Clergyman

A Minnesota minister vacationing at Mt. Carmel resort recovered a waterlogged billfold from a stream source near Lake Carlos. The billfold contained money and ration stamps and was identified by a meal-ticket as belonging to a Waverly, Iowa minister who lost it last year.

Waverly Iowa Mt. Carmel Minneapolis Lake Carlos

Canning powders do not preserve food or health

Mrs. Ruth Seaton Hicks warns that so called canning powders carry hazardous chemicals like formaldehyde and boric acid. She notes these powders do not preserve food and may ruin nutrients, while fostering lax canning practices. Proper packing and processing remain essential.

Ruth Seaton Hicks

Lumber For Repairs To Require Ratings

Landlords and tenants seeking priorities assistance in buying emergency repair lumber must apply to their local war production office for ratings and eligibility guidance.

Farmers Gain Direct Lumber Purchases Under Emergency Order

The agency lists field offices for ratings and says farmers apply via WPB-541 forms to county agricultural conservation committees. Direction 8 to Lumber Control Order L-835 allows homemakers to certify own purchase orders for emergency repair lumber from distributors, excluding landlords tenants and farmers.

Board County Agricultural Conservation Committees Lumber Control

Homeowner Defined and Complexion Advice

A homeowner is defined as a person who owns and occupies a single family dwelling unit. A warm slightly moist atmosphere is described as ideal for your complexion.

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Mary Jane Lahey Harold Crowley Bob Lux Turnis Josephurnis Bernard Albert Ament and Anamosa Zangeries Frank Zangerie Panama Zangerle Sth Germany Jefferson Barracks Marie Casteel First Street Donald Casteel Ina Robbins Rose King R. W. Reggentine St. Paul St. Paul, Minn C.J. Murray F. P. McDonough Dubuque D. H. Johnston William Zeuch Mobile Ala Irene Zeuch Zeuch Gulf Area Florida New Orleans Farm Bureau Jones County Jackson Clay Farm Bureau MacArthur Bataan Singapore Australia Guadalcanal New Guinea Bougainville Leyte BAC Eagle Brand McNeill Hardware Chester A. Condit General Insurance Agency Podhaski Hatchery N. Sycamore St Farmers Lumber & Supply Co Monticello, Iowa Mary John Monticello Implement and Truck Company Jones County Fair Ernest McDonough Honeymead Products Company Honeymead L. A. Petersen Feed Service LeRoy Farmer Canning Company Telephone 25
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