16 Feb 1933
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1933
Page
1
The item notes publication by J. W. Doxsee and Charles A. Doxsee as editors and proprietors, indicating a weekly issue cadence with a family or small business ownership in charge of content and distribution.
The Senate voted 53 to 17 to remove S A A David S Barry after his New Outlook article accused unnamed members of taking bribes. Norris urged immediate action while Dickinson warned of injustice, likening Barry to a fleeing fox. The New Outlook editor labeled the action libelous. talk of libel suits faded as hearings may continue.
December and January show milder conditions while February brings record cold in Iowa with 18 to 25 degrees below zero and high winds. Legislative debate centers on farm relief, with hogs and dairy removed from a bill benefiting wheat and cotton and party tensions rising. Mrs. Roosevelt vows less talk while poised to assume duties after March.
The local assessor Mr. Rohn is following instructions to reduce valuations by the required 20 percent. The comment notes agreement with Jef on tax receipt sizing and the downward trend for the year ahead.
The piece notes the Democrats bear a heavy duty to govern and meet promises, arguing their agenda is vast and requires control of a congress full of members who must be rallied and disciplined to achieve results.
The legislature approved funding to continue a study on reducing public expenditures. The Brookings Institute will allocate 15,000 to conduct surveys of state departments and local governments, with a preliminary report due by early March and a possible summer session to discuss the final findings. The plan covers administrative organization, highways, education, health, welfare, regulation, finance, and revenue systems.
Iowa officials and speakers at a banquet urged mixing 10 percent corn alcohol with gasoline to boost engine power and use surplus corn. A bill by Senators Byers Harrington and Nelson would require 10 percent corn alcohol in all motor fuels sold in the state with fines for noncompliance.
The article notes Senator Harrington of Woodbury County pushing a gross income tax proposal to replace other levies, with half a percent flowing to state and local governments. It contrasts support with Senator Patterson who doubts enforceability, and comments on legislative pace and procedures in both Senate and House.
A Senate amendment to eliminate the teachers minimum wage was approved while the tax reduction panel offered a bill to repeal all minimum wages except the lowest fifty dollars. The House set a $40 minimum and sent the bill back to the Senate. the Senate then defeated a measure removing rural school library levies.
A committee bill calls for salary reductions for state and county officers including a five percent cut for lawmakers. The plan aims to save nearly two million dollars annually if enacted.
Representative Jensen introduces a bill to elect county school superintendents at general elections replacing appointments by boards of education. Opposed by county boards and school interests who warn of politicization. Jensen proposes a four year term, a recurring proposal at sessions.
Mrs Templeton hosted a Friday bridge lunch for the club with a 1 o'clock two course meal and bridge games. Royal Neighbors met in February at the Odd Fellows hall conferring initiatory degrees on Mrs Riedel and Mrs Howell followed by light refreshments. Mrs Sutherland gave an evening bridge party in her home honoring her husband with three tables of play. Mrs Tuetken and Dr DeShaw won top honors among ladies and men respectively, with Mr Sutherland taking the traveling prize.
Nineteen juvenile members held a valentine party at superintendent Mrs. J H Lambert's home Monday evening. Games provided entertainment and each guest received a valentine. Before leaving, Mrs. Lambert served a light lunch.
Dr and Mrs Asa Lambert hosted a bridge club dinner at seven with three courses. Decorations honored Washington's birth anniversary in patriotic colors. Three tables played. Mrs C C Hodson led ladies, Milton Thoeni the men, guest Miss Martha Meyer attended.
Members and families of the Methodist church gathered for a Wednesday 6:30 pot luck supper followed by a program. The first number titled Lee Ling Missionary, a playlet from the Ladies Missionary society was presented, then a reading by Miss Helen Pulver. The evening concluded with social time.
Mrs Harley Bulgren guest of honor at a post-nuptial shower hosted by friends last Saturday at the home of her brother Leonard Fluckiger. After gifts were inspected the group danced and played cards. She is a Mercy Hospital trained nurse from Cedar Rapids and wed Harley Bulgren, athletics coach at Center Junction, on December 27, 1932.
The Missionary society of the Reformed church met at Mrs. Rudy Winkler's home on Wednesday afternoon. Edna Egger led devotional exercises, with readings and talks by Mrs. Steiner Tendick and Mrs. Schweitzer.
Schreiner chapter O E S held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening at the Masonic temple with forty members present. After the ritualistic session an oyster supper was served and a birthday cake was presented to worthy patron Cornelus Steck with congratulations from the order members.
The regular meeting on Tuesday February 14 at Mrs John Perrines home chose officers for the coming year. Olive Abel was elected president Dorothy Shannon vice president Selma DeShaw secretary and Mabel Tuetken treasurer Tea was served by the hostesses and a social hour followed.
An all day Missionary society gathering at Mrs. E. J. Parley’s home featured a six chapter review of the study book Indian American by six women including Mesdames Bollinger York Otto Burrichter John Matthiessen Kitty Sutherland and Ruth Suett. Vocal selections with an Indian character were performed by Mrs. DeShaw. Letters from Miss Carrie Catlin, a former Jones county nurse now in Fort Hall among Shoshone Indians, and Miss Sara Craemer working with Indians in Arizona were read, followed by a concluding talk.
Mrs Reed describes Tama Indian ceremonial practices using displayed artifacts. The Methodist Missionary Society held an annual luncheon hosted by Mrs EB Huibregtse with a program by members, including Mrs Roy Porter reviewing a study book chapter and a playlet by several members.
Miss Velma Herkelman daughter of Mr and Mrs William Herkelman Elwood Iowa and Richard H Lang son of Mr and Mrs John Lang Sand Spring Iowa were married Monday February 13 at First Presbyterian Cedar Rapids. Rev McCullough officiated. The brides gown was flowered chiffon with black accessories. The couple will live on a farm near Atlantic Iowa after a short wedding trip.
Local notices list Sunday services for St Matthew's St John's St Joseph's Wayne Zion Congregational Sacred Heart Castle Grove and more with English and German sermons catechism reviews and confession times. Also notes Lent begins March 1 and Foreign Mission Day at Reformed church with special offerings and sermons.
J M Lillibridge, 84, a pioneer Delaware County settler, died at his Greeley home Friday after an illness of several years. He was born in Coldwater Michigan on April 11 1848 and moved to Town with his parents at age three. The Sunday evening Christian Endeavor gathering is hosted by Pauline Cooper at the home of her sister Mrs Otten in the north end of town. The motion picture industry ranks seventh among US leading industries.
In a 1933 Monticello column the paper mixes humor and local ads. Jokes about money and age contrast coal yard pitches promising prompt service and fair prices for Pocahontas coal. Home insulation and painting solicit investments with cost-saving claims and free estimates.
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