Dr Cooper Talks at Farm Forum on Axis Powers and American Policy
Cornell College historian Dr Russell Cooper spoke at a Farm Forum in the high school auditorium. He warned Mussolini and Germany threaten Europe while debating U S options including lend lease and direct entry into war. He argued England seeks democracy yet aims for world power, while America faces choices on aiding Britain or remaining neutral. The talk covered potential German invasion plans, Ireland, and the risk of losing democratic rights if the U S enters the war. The next speaker is Dr Walter Wilcox of Iowa State College, Jan 12, 8 pm.
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Russell Cooper
History
Cornell College
Germany
Europe
Bulgaria
England
Ireland
Italy
Liberia
Cooper
Congress
Dr. Cooper
America
Hitler
United States
Atlantic
Walter Wilcox
Agricultural Economics
Iowa State College
Ames
Bookmobile Discussion Planned at Monticello Meeting
A county meeting at the Monticello community building this Friday January 10 at 8 pm will cover rural library service and tuberculosis control in Iowa. Florence Noble discusses bookmobile work and rural library service while a state health official and Dr. Putnam address tuberculosis control. Mrs McLaughlin and Mrs Thalacker coordinate the event with post-talk discussion and refreshments provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Florence Noble
Lucas County
Noble
State Department of Health
Des Moines
Putnam
Manchester
IRS Prepares 1940 Tax Forms With New Exemptions
Tax forms mailings begin as IRS begins annual filing. Single filers with $800 or more and married couples with $2,000 or more must file. Exemption cuts: single from 1000 to 800, married from 2500 to 2000. A 10 percent defense tax applies to the tax due, and joint returns are treated as a single unit for tax calculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Internal Revenue Service
United States Supreme Court
Martelle Man Charges Four in Anamosa Court
David Myers, a Martelle trucker and lumber car employee, filed information in Justice George Lawrence's court Monday against Otis Mailey Arthur Stark Leo Stark and Roy Ireland on assault and battery. Mailey and Stark pled guilty and were fined ten dollars plus costs. Ireland and Leo Stark pled not guilty and face a January 7 hearing. Defendants contended Myers circulated defamatory reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
David Myers
Martelle
George Lawrence
Otis Mailey
Arthur Stark
Leo Stark
Roy Ireland
Ireland
Myers
Augusta Bliss Dies After Illness in Monticello
Mrs. Augusta Bliss died at her home on First Street after a long heart illness. Born Augusta F. Schodde in Dubuque on November 25, 1859, she lived in Omaha before moving to Monticello in 1895. Survived by brothers George and Otto Schodde, she served as bookkeeper for Diamond creamery and Stuhler's Sons. Funeral at 2 p.m. tomorrow officiated by Rev. Samuel G. Gutensohn, with burial in Oakwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Bliss
First Street
Clara Koop
George Schodde
Bliss
William and
Louise Grube Schodde
Monticello
Augusta F. Schodde
Dubuque
Samuel G. Gutensohn
Oakwood Cemetery
Stuhler’s
First Monticello Baby of 1941 Born at John McDonald Hospital
Mrs Louis Schneider and husband Louis welcomed Janice Fae Schneider as Monticello’s first 1941 birth. Janice weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces at 10 30 p m January 2 at John McDonald hospital. Parents’ other child is Judith Louise. Local merchants promised gifts including a silver cup, baby ring, baby blanket, bottle warmer, milk tickets, repair credit, bath powder, a bed jacket, a lamp, free dinner, shampoo and a year’s newspaper subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Fae Schneider
Monticello
John McDonald Hospital
Louis Schneider
J. J. H. Fraser
Judith Louise
Shomont Dairy
A. J
Stan Schrader to Be Honored at Monticello Banquet
A banquet in the Monticello community building honors Stan Schrader the first Monticello football player named to an all state team and celebrates his teammates. Captain Bill Diehl and State University of Iowa figures attend with a movie on Big Ten games, two former Monticello alumni present, and Judge J. E. Heiserman as MC. Tickets cost 50 cents and must be bought by Jan 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Community Building
Stan Schrader
Bill Diehl
State University
Glenn Devine
State University of Iowa
Diehl
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Ld.p.a
Ike Shelley
Bob Hogan
Iowa Safety Commission
J. E. Heiserman
Anamosa
Aetna High School
Monticello High School
Monticello Resident Ben Ohe Rites Held at Presbyterian Church
Ben Rickles Ohe aged 85 died January 6 in Monticello. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian church with Rev. Wm. Grossheim in charge and burial at Oakwood Cemetery. He was born December 25, 1872 in Wilhelmshaven Germany and came to the area at age eight. He worked as a carpenter. He married Olga Bajash March 4, 1896 and had seven children and seven grandchildren. Surviving siblings are Henry of Monticello and August of Dundee, Illinois. The family expresses deep appreciation for the condolences received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Ben Rickles Ohe
Presbyterian Church
Wm. J. Grossheim
Oakwood Cemetery
Che
Germany
Wilhelmahaven
Ohe
Olga Bajash
J. B. Freeze
Hopkinton
Frank Kaufman
D. S. Perkins
Henry Helms
San Francisco
Calif
Henry
John
Otfer
Clara
Mr. Che
August
Dundee
Anamosa Convict Captured After Tunnel Escape
Des Moines The Town board of control announced Ben Blakeley 28 former Anamosa state reformatory inmate captured in Elwood Pa He escaped Thanksgiving Day 1939 with another prisoner by tunneling into a new hospital building The escape occurred during a football game Fingerprints linked Blakeley to the crime and prison officials will arrange his return The other escapee remains at large Blakeley was sentenced from Taylor County in 1938 on auto theft charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Town Board of Control
Ben Blakeley
Anamosa State Reformatory
Elwood
Blakeley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
David R. McCreery
Taylor County
Car Crash Near Prairieburg Injures Many Hurts and Kills
A two-vehicle collision at a county road intersection near Prairieburg left Edward Crosby 14 dead and nine others injured. Louise Holub 31 fractured leg, Mrs Helen Holub 55 ribs broken, Stanley Holub 20 bruised, and several others with cuts or contusions. Both cars damaged. Crosby body sent to Anamosa mortuary.
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Arthur Holub
Louise Kreeb
Monticello
Prairieburg
Fred Kreeb
Edward H. Crosby
Crosby Boy
Bernard Holub
Joe M. Holub
Stanley Holub
Holub
Gerke Bohlken
Whittier
Frank B. Holub
Bohlken
Milton Holub
Frank M. Holub
Ralph Morris
Jack Morris
Stanley
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Harold Healy
Edward Crosby
Cedar Rapids Man Is Fined $300
W. A. Looney of Cedar Rapids pled guilty to driving while intoxicated in Jones county district court at Anamosa and paid a $300 fine. He ditched his car about a mile north of Anamosa while en route from Cascade to Cedar Rapids last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Looney
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Heiserman
Jones County
Anamosa
Looney
Cascade
Grand Jury Drawn for January Term in Jones County
Judge J E Heiser of Anamosa will preside at the January term of the Jones county district court opening January 20. Twelve grand jurors and 30 petit jurors have been drawn from area townships including Anamosa, Olin, Oxford Junction, Wyoming, Monticello, Scotch Grove, Hartley, and more. Several civil cases are listed for January and March sessions, including foreclosures and notes. Wayne Zion Lutheran church schedules services and events through mid January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
J. E. Heiserman
Jones County
Frank Rumple
Martello
Harlan Russell
Henry Wehling
Ed Zirkelbach
Scotch Grove
Walter Zubler
Monticello
Thais Adams
Anna Allamand
Charles Byerly
Blanch Cartano
Doyle Day
Vincent Donovan
Mattie Fairbanks
Harry Guyan
Roy Jacque
Pete Manternach
Elmer Ricklefs
John Warner
Carl Ahrendsen
Margaret Brickley
Oliver Furst
Ray Grassfield
Olin
Marjorie Brunscheen
Lyle Jenkins
Gerald Mader
Harold Marshall
Claud Sears
Robert Tasker
Wyoming
A. B. Cass
Edwin Helgens
F. C. Oltman
Howard Cruise
Hale
Jean Fawley
Ernest Hubbard
J. F. Husmann
Lawrence Joslin
Ed O'Deen
Fred Powers
John Smith
DeWitt Stingley
J. C. Stivers
Roy Weighels
Dorothy Fritz
Emma Hoffman
Florence Kula
Elsie Meade
Mary Peckosh
Frank Rushford
Omay Zeller
Oxford Junction
Louis Hagen
Amber
Lenora Hoffman
Chester Miller
Martelle
Alvina Paulsen
Dora Supple
Onslow
Irma Sanford
Center Junction
Frank Votroubek
Mechanicsville
Monticello State Bank
Ioi Elsner
Frank Holub
Louis
Laura Holub
Wayne Zion Lutheran
Church Council
Wheatland Gazette Names Buxton Partnership in Publishing
The Wheatland Gazette announces that F. W. Buxton and his son P. T. Buxton become equal partners in publishing. The son has contributed most reading matter recently and will take on a larger share of publishing duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatland Gazette
F. W. Buxton
P. T. Buxton
January Sales Announced By Local Store
The Express highlights three Monticello stores announcing January sales. George Stahler's Sons holds a store-wide sale across clothing footwear and ready-to-wear. Rickless Dry Goods publicizes a semi annual sale of white goods along with Iverson Furniture continuing its closing out sale from last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Monticello
George Stahler’s Sons
Rickless
Iverson Furniture
Lytell Addresses Rotary on Europe and World Affairs
Dr. Francis Lytell head of Cornell college history outlines the European situation to Monticello Rotary using a world map. He notes England’s global reach, sea power decline after 1913, Russia seeks a southern outlet, and Germany challenging England as the rival for world power. He answered audience questions at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Monticello
Francis Lytell
Cornell College
Lytell
England
Germany
Russia
New Mechanic at Matthiessen's
Floyd Kephart of Oclwein has joined Matthiessen Auto and Supply as mechanic. He brings 15 years in general car repair and is expert in body and fender work and also runs the paint department during his tenure in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Kephart
Oclwein
Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company
Dodge-Plymouth
Hospital Year Sets Records in Monticello 1940
John McDonald Hospital reports 146 births 88 major operations 194 minor operations 282 general anesthetics and 40396 meals served in 1940. The facility averaged 226 patients daily and installed new beds nursery equipment oxygen therapy and modern furnishings while observing National Hospital Day on May 12 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McDonald Hospital
Monticello
Beck-Mueller
Miss Ross
Legion Auxiliary Holds Meeting at Camp and Purchases Health Bond
The American Legion auxiliary met December 26 in Legion rooms. They purchased a five dollar health bond to aid home protection against the tragedy of tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Balsiger
American Legion Auxiliary
Jack Sprat
Stahler
Farmers’ Creamery
Ross Baty
Monticello
Legion Auxiliary
Charles Lambert
Ty Cobb
H. Hoffman
William Balsiger
V. |.Mond
Mra
Hi Schrader
CCC
Legion
Induction Examinations Set For 16 Draft Registrants
Dr T M Redmond will oversee examinations today at 1 30 p m at John McDonald hospital for 16 draft registrants before induction. Names include Clarence Dirks Neal Turner Clarence Schmit Gerald Stingley Earl Long Dale Biddick John Pashek Russell Jamieson Friedrich Stutt Merlyn Ballou Frank Holland James Cruise Roy Sweet Robert Mackey. Several are volunteers and Sweet Cruise Holland are under 21. The draft board classified 177 of 600 this week with 1 A 1 B 2 B 3 A 4 A and 4 F designations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Redmond
John McDonald Hospital
Army
Clarence H. Dirks
Neal Turner
Clarence F. Schmit
Gerald C. Stingley
Earl L. Long
Dale C. Biddick
John Junior Pashek
Russell A. Jamieson
Fredrich J. Stutt
Merlyn Noris Ballou
Frank L. Holland
James L. Cruise
Roy Edgar Sweet
Robert D. Mackey
Sweet
Women urged to volunteer for Red Cross knitting drives
Mrs. Carl Hodgen and Mrs. Nell Ecklund lead the knit ting committee for war refugees seeking more volunteers to make sweaters for women and children. A yarn request came from a Center Junction woman aiding the Monticello group. Local effort has been uneven, with several completed sweaters and ongoing projects, and a draft allotment includes 10 men s sweaters 10 women s sweaters 20 children s sweaters 10 women s dresses 25 girls dresses 20 bed shirts and 10 layettes. Tuesday afternoon will distribute yarn at Room 1 Community building with instructions and materials available through Mrs. William Corbin. Monticello aims for a stronger next week report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hodgen
Nell Ecklund
Knitting Committee For War Refugees
Center Junction
Monticello
Cornelius Steek
Donald Sutherland
Hans Ruof
George Woodall
William Corbin
Iowa
Two Sentenced In Bootleg Charge At Anamosa
George Kiben and Willis Sackett pled guilty to bootlegging at a farm sale near Anamosa and were sentenced by Justice C. C. Lawrence. They received $800 fines and 90 days in the Jones County jail, with recommendation from the State to allow $150 plus costs and the remainder suspended on good behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kiben
Willis Sackett
C. C. Lawrence
Jones County
Cattle Shipments Rise Across Monticello Yards
Cattle shipments in the last week show an uptick with cattle sent to Chicago via Monticello yards. Carloads include Richard Cartuno one to Chicago Chris Reiter one to Chicago Aitchison Byros two including hogs to Chicago George Rickels three to Chicago and Fred Hasken two to Chicago. Farmers Mutual Creamery sent two carloads of battery to Boston and a canning factory three carloads of canned corn to San Francisco. Shippers receiving cattle include Ed Reiter four carloads from Emporia Leo Lawrence three carloads from Salina and George Manternach two carloads from Salina.
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Monticello
Chicago
U. S
Richard Cartuno
Chris Reiter
Aitchison Byros
George Rickels
Fred Hasken
Farmers Mutual Creamery
Boston
Mass
Canning Factory
San Francisco
Calif
Ed Reiter
Emporia
Kans
Leo Lawrence
Salina
George Manternach
Anamosa County Board Reorganizes To Set Officials’ Salaries
H. P. Barber was elected chair man at the annual reorganization of the Jones County Board of Supervisors. The board approved salaries for deputy officials, set funds in county banks for the fiscal year, and named committees for finance public buildings roads and bridges and other duties. Additional actions included bonds for peace officers, newspaper designations, and appointments to the school and social welfare boards.
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H. P. Barber
County Board of Supervisors
Harm J. Dirks
Sherif
A. F E. Hodoeval
H. W. Wilkinson
Board of Supervisors
Helgens and
Dirks
Dirks and Mayberry
Barber and Bailey
Mayberry
Castle Grove
Cass
Fairview
Bailey
Greenfield
Rome
Jack
Helgens
Wayne
Lovell
Richland
Barber
Wyoming
Oxford
Hale
Madison
Washington, Clay
Scotch Grove
Superintendent of Schools
County General Fund
Teachers’ Institute Fund
G. W. Ireland
Frank H. Shimanek
A. D. Schoff
Eollos Expres
Ue Reka
Parecer Journal
Jones County
Heleeng
Dillon Hall
Court House
Roscoe Easterly
A. Spadthe
Victor Tatek
Elmer Coon
County Board of Social Welfare
Social Welfare
Herman Helens
H. J. Mayberry
Joe Straka
Mrs. Lyman Bennett dies after long illness
Mrs. Lyman Bennett born Sarah Jane Nickol near Monticello December 25, 1860, died after a coma of two weeks from heart trouble. Funeral held at Hayes funeral home with Rev. Wm. J. Grossheim, burial in Oakwood cemetery. Survived by husband Luman F. Bennett two sons Harry Seymour and Roy, grandson Harrison of Garden City Kansas, two great grandchildren Irene and James, brother Frank Nickol and brother Albert Nickol, half sister Mrs. M Hershberger. Kenneth I. Schneider, son of the couple I. H. Schneider, enlisted in the army and left for Fort Des Moines January 8, in the 80th Field Artillery Battery C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Bennett
Hayes Funeral Home
Wm. J. Grossheim
Oakwood Cemetery
Bennett
Sarah Jane Nickol
Monticello
Henry
Anna Youssee Nickol
Luman_ FE
Harry Seymour Bennett
Roy Bennett
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Britain
Verne Marshall
Cedar Raids
W.F.W
Martelle Man
Maire
Kay
Palmer’s Drug Store
Shaffer Sweet Shop
Nuery
Ben R. Ohe
Monti
Jan
Wayne Church
F. Lytell
Rotary
Matthiessen
Walter W. Wilcox
Western Hemisphere
Charles F
Eugene H. Howell Wees
John L. Duffy
Elmer W. Siebels
Ork Walter Scharff
W. Elwood Nichols
William Ike Peaver
Edward Leslie Luck
Marvin J. Stahlberg
Herman H. Gress
John D. Bendon
Leonard Albert Hartwig
Raymond H. Curley
John R. Randall
John N. Turnis
W. J. Langferman
George W. Bohlken Ween
George J. Lawrence Bea
John P. Ferring
Pee Tone
Leo Paul Staner Wonslel
Leigh G. Lint Bee
Beeeee
John W. Rahey
Freddie W. Luckstead
Earl B. McKinstry
Richard Lewis Peewee
George Hinrich Bohlken
Red Cross
Kenneth I. Schneider
I. H. Schneider
Fort Des Moines
80Th Field Artillery
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