Financial figures show US debt and bank reform stance
The column lists per country debts, notes US per capita debt above 1200 dollars, and argues for reducing socialist lending schemes. It cites Melvin W. Ellis advocating credit associations travel solo and banks compete, plus potential to retire DIFC stock and return 150 million to the treasury. It also critiques wartime hotel spending and suggests consolidating uses at Fort Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin W. Ellis
Iowa
House
Washington
Ellis
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Treasury
Des Moines
Oransky
Fort Des Moines
Bibles Emphasized For Soldiers And Civilians Worldwide
Report from servicemen and chaplains highlights Bible reading prayer and services as vital amid war. Next Sunday December 12 is Univers al Bible Sunday by the American Bible Society urging supply of pocket testaments for soldiers and prisoners of war in Germany Poland and beyond. The society has shipped over half a million Bibles in 84 languages from its New York and Geneva offices to reach civilians and POWs in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bible Society
New York City
Germany
Poland
The
Bible Society
Europe
Geneva
Switzerland
America
Foxholes
Japanese Propaganda Sinks Reality as U.S. Fleet Stays Afloat
A wartime column argues Japanese broadcasts overstate Allied losses while the U.S. Navy remains undeterred. It asserts Japanese listeners lack a true war picture and that American ships resist sinking despite repeated propaganda claims.
Taps for Private Tussie by Jesse Stuart Selected for December
Reading and writing critic notes Jesse Stuart, Kentucky storyteller, author of Taps for Private Tussie. The novel follows the Tussie family who come into ten thousand dollars insurance money and turn a large Raeburn house into a crowded, comic, yet poignant scene with Grandpa Uncle Mott Aunt Wittie and Sid narrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Stuart
Kentucky
Tussie
Grandpa
Mott
George
Wittie
Kim
Sid
Raeburn
Raeburn House With Aunt Vittie
Raeburn House
Tussies
Aunt Wittie
Across the Nation Voices on War Economics and Policy
A compilation notes editorials and opinions from Davenport Times Rockford Register Ottumwa Courier Mason City Globe-Gazette Klemme Times Washington Star Waterloo Courier Waverly Journal Knoxville Express Britt News-Tribune and others. It highlights concerns over gasoline rationing taxes debt education control and home front economy with varied calls for prudence and self reliance.
War Effort Boosts Production Push Amid Nation’s Conflict
The text notes efforts to evaluate the ongoing war and suggests a drive to increase war production. It references boosting industrial output as part of the national response to the war situation.
Indispensable Strait Named Between Florida Island and Malaita
The waterway between Florida Island and Malaita in the Solomons is identified as Indispensable Strait. The designation emphasizes its strategic maritime importance in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indispensable Strait
Florida Island
Malaita
Solomons
Sand Spring People Married In California
Friends congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Roger Pratt of San Francisco on their November wedding at the servicemen's chapel in the King George hotel officiated by Chaplain Philpott. Notices of travel, visits, and family movements follow, including relatives from Sand Spring and Cedar Rapids visiting or receiving letters from abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Spring
Roger Pratt
San Francisco
Calif
King George Hotel
Philpott
U. S. Navy
Frank Zangerli
Hopkinton
John Batchelder
Ruth Dirks
Albert Johnston
Wayne Lutheran Church
Casper Arduser
Time Marches On In Monticello And Surrounding Areas
A retrospective column recalls events from 10 20 and 24 years ago detailing anniversaries births and deaths in Monticello and nearby towns. Notes include Mr and Mrs George Ambuehl celebrating their fiftieth anniversary and Dr W Benachem a Civil War veteran dying after a park-related incident. School and college students are mentioned among Thanksgiving visits and former editors of local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ambuehl
George Rett
Lovell
Ownsiandhones County
Monticello
Monticello Express
JW. Coxsee
William) Stickford
City
James Redmond
Mary Stadtmueller
Spirit Lake
Vivian Bancroft
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Geraldine Loretta
Hernan Schneider
Iowa City
Alfreda Reed
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
E. E. Reed
Elfriede Cartano
Grinnell College
Henry Tartell
Blanche McLaughtin
Griminell
Paul Hints
New Instructors Join Monti High Faculty
Two new instructors joined Monti High. Martha Van Zante Yerkes will teach homemaking replacing June Stuart who married. Yerkes, Eddyville home, Smith-Hughes graduate of Iowa State College. Her husband an air corps officer stationed in Alaska. Yerkes to live with Mrs. L. A. Iverson. Ray Stumbaugh resigned as instrumental music director to join the armed forces, reporting to Des Moines December 6. Roy Schwaub temporarily fills the music post, with band rehearsals Mondays and Tuesdays 4 10 to 5, and evening lessons. Stumbaugh’s absence shifts spelling and literature to Grimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monti High
Martha van Zante Yerkes
June Stuart
Yerkes
Eddyville
Smith-Hughes
Iowa State College
Maurice Simmonds
Air Corps
Alaska
Ray Stumbaugh
Armed Forces
Des Moines
Stumbaugh
Roy Schwaub
Maquoketa
Springville
Schwaub
Programs Planned Instead Of Lyceums
Monti students will receive occasional assembly programs as a respite from daily routine. Seventh to twelfth grades will stage acts in coming weeks with the seniors kicking off on Friday December 10 showcasing their talents for the student body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monti
60 Students On Honor Roll at Monti High
Pauline Tobiason leads a group of 60 honor roll students for the second six weeks. The list shows 44 girls among the honorees, sparking a discussion on whether girls are naturally brighter or simply the better half at Monti High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Tobiason
Monti High
Roys Max Schrader
Delphia Balster
Colleen Maire Ab Bee Ays
Irma Sehoon
Helen Mardorf
Phyllis Null Snaeee Ara
Audrey Oltmaann
Robert Guyan
Pies
Paul Schneider Weene
Richard Sutherland
Olan Marilyn Landis
George ‘Tobiason
Richard Patterson Gee
Doris Zimmerman
Tee Awe Uy Wet Marjory Luctt Peewee Ee
Clifford Helgens
LaVern Rickels
Patricia Podhaski Ee
Mary Alice Wilcox
David Walker
Shirley McCurdy
Marileigh Clark Sane
Mary Freese
Ou Benty Jo Guyan
Dorothe Meken
Maric Krazy
Raymond Null
Marilee Matthiessen
Robert Veitch
Jinis Gritsas
Aed
Ale
Ruth I
Donna Aitchison Fit Fk
Ron Benny Hlc
Betty Vernon
Elizabeth Wilson
Jenene Kaplan
Bernice Schmidt
Hein Aitchison Bean Ean
Iet Kuhn
Bove
James Seehusen
Paul Seehusen
Rotan Welter
James Matthieson
Raymond Rieniets
Pauline Tobinsen
Fe Beeen
Donna McCurdy
Ae Penne
Leola Nachtrieb
Jacquelyn McCurdy
Audrey McDan Sald Theta
Laneva Folkers
Arlene Lubben
Margaret Zimmerman
Vary
Lois Harrack
Susan Stuhler
Christmas Seal Sales Start This Week
Students in Monticello schools can donate to the annual Christmas Seal Sale from November 22 to December 16. Boxes in each room hold contributions and high school bookmarks include health information. The goal is 100 percent participation per class. Funds support TB campaigns and local health projects such as clinics and dental work. Andre Dugo designed the 1943 seal depicting a child dreaming of Santa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Andre Dugo
Santa Claus
Salo
Grades Make Record Bond Sales During Three Months Period
Miss Inn Cruise reports bond and stamp sales in September November by grade. Kindergarten 5.90. First grade 237.65 from 13 bonds. Second grade 12.55 and 46.50 from 1 bond. Third grade 77.60 from 1 bond. Fourth grade 363.70 from 2 bonds. Fifth grade 26.90 from 2 bonds. Sixth grade 3.66 from 6 bonds. Barbara Buckner enrolled in first grade. Keith Blayney bought a bond raising that grade total to thirteen. Ruth Ann Kuntz, a fourth grader, bought two war bonds last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Inn Cruise
Miss Kline
Barbara Buckner
Keith Blayney
Ruth Ann Kuntz
Monti Cadets Urged to Enlist by Civil Air Patrol Officers
Three Civil Air Patrol officers visited Monti High School to urge seventeen and eighteen year old boys to enlist in the Army Air Corps. They outlined a training program including pre flight schooling at Concord College and a six month course with night classes. The plan requires twenty five hours weekly in meteorology navigation flight fundamentals first aid and drill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Monti High
Army Air Corps
Con College
Gremlin Gab Sparks Ed Hemmer Dreamy Mood
A fragment hints at Ed Hemmer and Luz in a lively hall scene. Poem writing is linked to personal expression and a banter about a Graceful Mary musical moment. The tone suggests light backstage chatter and emerging mood shifts.
Four such schools to start soon in Anamosa
Anamosa will open four similar schools soon. Applicants to the Army Air Corps must be 17 to 26 years old and capable of passing mental and physical examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Army Air Corps
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Lou Gardner
United States
British Empire
Netherlands
Denmark
Belgium
France
China
Russia
Italy
Japan
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Chen Pao-nan
Midwest
Chinese News Service
Chicago
United Stats
Chunking
Charles A. Doxsee
Monticello, Iowa
Ndn -Safs Association
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Dubuque
Bougainville
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Australia
Davey Jones
Leaver
R. McKeun
Davenport
Rockford Register
Ottumwa Courier
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Klemme Times
Washington Star
Samuel
Waterloo Courier
Waverly Journal
Knoxville Express
Britt News-Tribune
O.D.T
California
Donald C. Arduser
C. J. Gavin
Kathryn
Reta
Jeanne Gavin
North Caroline
Ralph Lahey
Melvin Devore
Earl Hinkel
Dan Gavin
Grace Cejka
Sciemtific
Marvel
Suis
Coestland Young
Merle and
Edith Deiseher
Cornell
Colle Vernonge
Mount
Ruth Young
Helen Hefner
Lois Cowan
Ilurriet
Clark
Waverly
Rufus Smith
Minneapolis
Norman Smith
Imma Mettler
Barney Sweeney
Morse
Willa M. Behrends
Raymond Kromminga
Castle Grove Township
St. John's Lutheran Church
Paul Gutknecht
Cecil Roff
Camp Funston
Earl McLaughlin
Tolatto Johnson
Percy Guilford
Stahler Clothing
Albert Kempf
Henry Templeton
Officers’ Training School
Camp Taylor
Martha Moore
Edwin C. Cooper
United States Navy
Philomonte Ee Ey Ce
Monticello High School
Grimes
Ed Hemmer
Laster
Luz
Mary
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