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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1936
Page
1
Editorial chronicles Democratic party troubles in Woodbury county with indictments and probes. It notes the Literary Digest poll showing a strong no vote on Roosevelt's New Deal, critiques high taxes, and comments on Lindbergh’s stance and Ford car incentives amid debt concerns.
Col Frank Knox and Gov Landon lead GOP aspirants with Knox hammering Roosevelt policy. President Roosevelt delivers a radio address to Congress, turning official duty into campaign rhetoric. Critics call it a political stunt while praising candor on peace and autocracy threats.
The Nonpareil argues that theory on street safety is insufficient and calls for concrete action. It urges more efficient patrols and stricter enforcement to deter reckless driving and intoxicated drivers, emphasizing the need to hit violators’ pocketbooks to curb violations.
The note celebrates February containing five pay days for the first time in 28 years noting the leap year and February starting on Saturday. It mentions Exchance as the signer.
Chronicle notes Alberta plans a monthly payment scheme and criticizes it as unsustainable while calling out the New Deal and Supreme Court actions in the United States. It argues public funds and policy must resist dictatorship and questions the power balance between executive and Congress.
The Atlantic News-Telegraph sentences call for restraint on government spending. It argues Roosevelt’s policies sowed wind by ballooning expenditures and warns that only a change in administration could curb the cycle of deficit spending and make a balanced budget possible.
In a St Louis Post Dispatch editorial the Townsend plan is condemned as superstition and urged an enlightened public to reject it. It calls for realistic social legislation and warns against self seeking politicians aiding the campaign. An Atchison Globe note hails Vice President Garner as the country's greatest man of 1935 for his silence.
A National Republic piece praises founding documents including the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. It highlights Washington's Farewell Address urging steady support for established authority, caution against rapid change, and the need for a government with distributed powers to preserve liberty.
How ard Wood of the Chicago Tribune notes hogs at the Chicago Union Stockyards surged after the $2.25 per hundred pounds processing tax on hogs was removed. Cotton also rose, with prices up 60 cents to $1.50 per bale before profit taking trimmed gains and closed mixed.
Seymour Berkson ranks twelve top news events of 1935. The Italo Ethiopian war heads the list, with major actions including League of Nations sanctions against Italy, Hauptmann trial, Will Rogers and Wiley Post death, New Deal constitutional challenges, Huey Long assassination, Hitler rearmament defying Versailles, Army National Geographic balloon flight, Florida hurricane disaster, Macon airship crash, Japan Asia expansion, Braddock boxing title, and the China Copper flight.
Ottawa reports growing concern in London and Paris over prolonging the Italo Ethiopian conflict. Observers warn sanctions could backfire, risking wider war and destabilizing collective security. The piece notes fears of Italian collapse and questions leadership after Mussolini. It also mentions the British Museum housing ancient Chinese catalogs and pamphlets over 1500 years old.
Sioux City Journal discusses the growing national debt using Lewis W. Douglas’s Atlantic Monthly piece. It explains a billion dollars in relatable terms, noting a $5,000 income would require 200,000 years to earn a billion and a city of 100,000 would need over 15 years at current averages. It warns of mortgage on the future as debt climbs into tens of billions and imagines the scale with end-to-end dollar bills and earth circumnavigation.
The Creston News-Advertiser reports the federal deficit has risen since July. Government expenses exceed receipts more than any time since World War II era. Spending is about 12 percent higher than 1934 while receipts are nearly unchanged. A so called budget will be announced with reductions in some departments, but cuts will be moved to emergency accounts and the deficit will persist.
In a Marshalltown Times-Republican glimpse, a rural winter scene unfolds as corn husking ends and a country school term begins amid bitter weather. Children trudge through deep snow to a cold classroom, dipping water for forty, with sleds, sleigh bells, and snowball games shaping the day while rivalry in spelling and an after school crush linger.
The Literary Digest polls have long been praised for predicting election outcomes. The Digest’s 34 state sample indicates only 11 states backing the new deal, suggesting Democratic leaders grow nervous about 1936 as the administration appears to be losing ground.
The Creston News Advertiser argues that interest on all public debt must be paid by taxes. It says the greater the debt, the higher the tax, and compares public borrowing to private debt, noting payments go to the tax collector rather than a creditor.
A rural verse fragment describes a couple strolling under a starry sky. He, a farmer's boy, lifts down the bars at the gate while she, a Jersey cow, remains silent. The scene conveys quiet, affectionate distance in simple country life.
Notice to interested parties that final reports and discharge petitions for executors administrators guardians and trustees in Jones County estates have been filed. A final hearing is set for January 20 1936 at 10 am in Anamosa before the district court to approve or contest the reports led by administrator J E Heiserman for the Peter Florin estate. Dated January 6 1936. Lee Byerly Clerk.
The Springfield mass meeting of Western Massachusetts Townsend clubs shows strong popular appeal for the Townsend program. Dr Townsend is presented as a founder with great human significance, attracting a large audience and suggesting political alarm among leaders from both parties. Governor Herring cites Iowa tax cuts amid statewide derision over the new heavy tax levy.
The court fixes January 4 1936 in Anamosa Iowa at 10 a m for final hearing and approval of Howard Leech executor of Harmon W Shipley estate any interested party may appear file exceptions and show cause why the report should not be approved
The snippet lists bank assets and liabilities for Onslow Savings Bank, including cash, U S Treasury notes, commercial paper, bonds, loans, overdrafts, banking house and fixtures, real estate, capital stock, surplus, undivided profits, deposits, and bills payable. It appears as a balance sheet style line with total resources and total liabilities.
Notice to bond buyers that Cascade Iowa will offer for sale at 8 p.m. January 20 1936 at the Town Hall Cascade thirteen thousand dollars Liberty Memorial Bonds. Bonds and attorney's opinion furnished by the town. Clerk 292 Eldred P Moran.
The Board of Railroad Commissioners in Des Moines schedules a hearing on January 28, 1936 at 10 a.m. for a petition by Iowa Electric Company Cedar Rapids to erect and maintain electric transmission lines across Jones County lands and highways. Objections must be filed in triplicate at least five days before the hearing.
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