Iowa Farmers Told to Beat 1942 High and Rally for 1943
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard urged Iowa farmers to be front line fighters in 1943, aiming for 15 percent more hogs and acres of corn, with price supports at 13.25 per hundredweight. A six point program to expand farm labor includes draft deferment adjustments, transport of workers, and use of high school youths in summer work.
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Iowa Prairies
Claude R. Wickard
Wickard
America
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Selective Service
Army and Navy
War Manpower Commission
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Laugh Riot Book Review
Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough recount their Paris summer as nineteen year olds in a humorous memoir. The book chronicles wardrobe mishaps flirtations and travel mishaps from Rouen to Dieppe with witty anecdotes and a breezy Broadway voice.
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Cornelia Otis Skinner
Emily Kimbrough
Broadway
Paris
Cornelia
Otis Skinner
Europe
Emily
Theda Bara
Miss Skinner
Serge
Gilbert Miller
Mr. Miller
Through the Exchanges By Other Editors With the Scissors
A roundup of editorial snippets from multiple papers discussing wartime taxes, military conscription, homefront labor, women's work in Britain, liquor revenue and prohibition, and gasoline rationing affecting family mobility during wartime.
Volunteers Aid City During Harvest Emergency Efforts
The city mobilizes volunteer residents to assist farmers facing harvest emergencies. Community groups coordinate manpower and supplies to support critical harvest operations and ensure food distribution remains steady.
Left to Write By Lou Gardner
An Iowa column argues hemp factory financing by government may aid wartime needs but questions postwar utility. It criticizes Henry Wallace on synthetic rubber and urges democratic economic use, warns against debt burdens, and calls for accountable pressure groups and political funding rules.
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Iowa
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Time Flies With Notable Local Obituaries And Accidents
Ten, twenty, and twenty four years ago summaries note Rev. B T Balcar 72 died in Cedar Rapids after 31 years in Richland township. Luella Toenjes wed Carl Alferts on the 30th. Cliff L Main Monticello Express foreman died in a Cedar Rapids head on collision near Marion. wife and others injured. J M Bacon Hopkinton celebrated 50th anniversary. D H Liddy died in Omaha buried in Monticello Catholic cemetery after 48 years here.
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B. T. Balcar
Richland Center Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Richland Township
Luella Toenjes
Carl Alferts
Cliff L. Main
L. J. Swift
Marion
D. H. Liddy
Omaha
Monticello
Harriet Rohn
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Carl Siebels
James Laude
Joseph
Earl Locher
State University
Iowa City
Lynn
E. J. Lightfoot
Oakwood
Onslow Friends Husk Chatterton Corn
Onslow neighbors and friends husked eleven acres for Chatterton at the Allen Chatterton home while he stayed home ill. A large group of helpers and many baskets provided a communal dinner for workers and supporters in the community event.
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Ben
Martha L. Moore
Newport News
Edwin F. Cooper
George F. Freese
Tobe Freese
Amber
England
Lewis Terwilliger
Thomas Shower
Albert Null
Onslow
Benedict Stiffler
Maggie Osterkamp
Wayne Township
Allen Chatterton
Mr. Chatterton
Henry Derga
R. A. Naylor
Jack
George Wessels
Will Goardke
George Lyons
Bill Reade
William Smola
Charley Taylor
George French
Willard Yarken
John A. Peterson
al Hamilton
Niel Tasker
Monti Eye Annual Opens With Group Photos
The Montieur studio began the Monti Eye Annual on Tuesday November 24 with group pictures of Them Philomonte F F A and M club plus freshman sophomore and junior classes. Underclassmen photos will be in group form due to costs with remaining group pictures after Thanksgiving and in early spring.
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Monti Eye
Montieur
Philomonte
M Club
Band Adds Two New Members at Local High School
The high school band welcomes Tommy Grimes on clarinet and Marjorie Luett on saxophone as the newest ensemble members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Grimes
Marjorie Luett
Advanced Geography Trains Students For Present Day Needs
Monticello institutes an advanced geography class to equip boys in school for practical world awareness. The one semester course connects geography to current events, showing how topography and trade conditions influence conflicts and daily life.
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Monticello
Eastern Iowa conference honors two players on all conference squad
Captain Phillip Schneider earned a tackle spot on the honorary all conference football team for consistent play this season. Pete Bernal Hall took second on the mythical second team. Monti High praises the 1942 squad’s clean play under Otto Huebner.
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Eastern Iowa
Phillip Schneider
Bernal Hall
Pete
Monti High
Otto Huebner
Panthers Open Home Schedule Versus Tipton
The Monti Panthers start their seven game home stretch on December 5 facing Tipton. The varsity features five seniors led by captain Sam Reyner with guard Jim Nelson and center Schneider. The squad also includes junior Cal Thompson and players Rieken, Gesse, Griffith, Taylor, McNeill, Balster, and Balsiger. Second team and junior high may accompany varsity in most games. Next week they host Wilson High and Hopkinton High on December 8 and 11.
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Monti Panthers
Tipton Cagers
Sam Reyner
Phil Schneider
Larry Rieken
Jim Nelson
Lavern Nagel
Cal Thompson
Buck Creek High School
Rieken
Thompson
Art Gesse
Dale Griffith
Gene Taylor
Schneider
al McNeill
Bob Balster
Reyner
Nelson
Nagel
Jim Balsiger
Panthers
Wilson High
Cedar Rapids
Hopkinton High
Juniors Celebrate Cast And Crew Party At School
The cast and stage crew of the Junior class held a party in the school lunch room on Tuesday November 26 to celebrate the successful presentation of The Haunted House. Group games and refreshments closed the evening.
MW Club Initiation Set For December 10
The annual MW Club initiation will occur December 10 with one freshman nine sophomores twelve juniors and nineteen seniors slated for initiation. Named initiates include Ken Kiburz Charles Kreeb Dick Sutherland Clark Shannon Bud Griffith Jerry Naylor and others in freshman to senior classes. Initiation committees appointed by Elizabeth Byerly include Sam Reyner Phillip Schneider Bob Bohlken Dale Griffith Ruth Hoffman and Betty Clark with Rebecca Grimes and Gail Huibregtze on the Refreshment committee.
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Mary Ann Otten
Joanne Schmidt Peewee E Et Wes
Ruth Pinkerton Ee
Beebeereeae
Jeannie Kaplan
Dorothy Rieken Peeeee Seas
Audrey Podhaski
Janis Grimesee Rereetae
Claire Shannon
Elmer Heeren Ee
Jane Stuhler
Richard Cartano
Helen Mardorf
Samuel Reyner Ee
Arthur Bohlkenes
Jacquelyn McCurdy
Esens
Lois Barrack Eigen
Susan Stuhler
Parane
Elaine Havlichek
Lois Kehren
Auteny
James Seehusen
Aewee Ane
Geraldine Schoon Wen Enee
Helen Ahlrichs
Donna Aitchison Etree Fee
Irma Tendick
Vemeee Usenet Ras
Berniece Schmidt
Shee Enreens
Roman Welter Margaret Ann Stripe Eeneeee
Eeee Ay
Betty Vernon
Carlene Winkler Ee
Betty Jo Guyan
Alice Clark
Raymond Null We Wee
Mary Freese Ay
Robert Veitch Teateae
Ken Kiburz
Charles Kreeb
Dick Sutherland
Clark Shannon
Dorothy Bartlett
Abbie Banghart
Audrey McDonald
Pete Hall
Marion Deicher
Bob Bartlett
Lawrence Rieken
Vernita Vernon
Dick Abel
Paul Schneiter
Milton Harms
Jim Nelson
al’ McNeill
Jane Patterson
Joyce Wismeier
Dean Claus
Bob Balster
Kay Adama
Lavern Nagel
Milton Rieken
Bob Husman
Loretta Gerdes
Thanksgiving And Military Themes Are Picked By Graders
Second graders made Pilgrim cut outs while James Vernon and John Hofer brought an opossum to school for observation. Fourth graders created Thanksgiving posters and read related stories and poems. Mary Lou Bartels and Jimmy Hamilton celebrated birthdays Wednesday. Joseph Bowens, from Maquoketa, enrolled as a pupil. Six grade spelling contest ongoing with all pupils as buck privates and fifteen as private first class for perfect spelling. common misspellings included Invitation and pneumonia.
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James Vernon
John Hofer
Mary Lou Bartels
Jimmy Hamilton
Joseph Bowens
Maquoketa
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Virginia Walter
Main
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Marshall Neil
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James Maurice
Iowa State College
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Lena Wolken
Fred Butschi
Zion’s Lutheran Church
J. Willis
Earl McLaughlin
U. S. Army
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Percy Guilford
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Stuhler
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Godfrey Schneider
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al Kiburz
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