Buck's Anchorage Letter Describes Life in Alaska
Excerpt from Earl Buck formerly of Monticello now an engineer in Anchorage Alaska. He and his wife Ardis Rabe recount mail delays air travel cost of meals seven cents gasoline twenty four cents per gallon and daylight around the clock. Buck notes forests mountains moose and bears near the city and a wild moose sighting near Fourth Avenue in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Buck
Monticello
United States
Anchorage
Alaska
L. J. Swift
Buck
Mississippi River
Seattle
Wash
Ardis Rabe
Monticello Public
Civilization
Fourth Avenue
Air Imports Tell Of 41 Million Pounds Valued At 116 Million
Air imports total 41,000,000 pounds valued at 116,209,600 dollars, reports Donald M. Nelson, WPB chairman. He notes this represents about 6 percent of the value of cargo imported by ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Wants Ads for Sale Plow Sears 14 in two bottom tractor
Classified listing seeks a Sears Roebuck 14 inch two bottom tractor plow. Inquiries directed to Ed Boss in Coggon Iowa. Please contact for details and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears and Roebuck
Boss
Coggon
Iowa
Weekend visits across states tied to Heath and Buol families
Mrs. Maurice Heath and relatives from Kenwick Washington spent a weekend at Walter Heath's home in Richland Center. She then traveled to Lisbon with the Heaths, Mrs. Raymond Tuetken, and others to visit her parents. Eunice D Buol returned to Newark New Jersey after a visit with her mother in Whiting Indiana and Chicago. Visitors from Monticello Scotch Grove and Chattanooga paused at the George B Hein home and shared time with Dora Ohe Reuben Dress and Howard Hicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Center
Maurice Heath
Benny
Audrey
Sharon
Kenwick
Wash
Walter Heath
Lisbon
Heath
Raymond Tuetken
Kenneth
Virginia
Eunice D Buol
Newark
N. J
Chicago
George L. Buol
W. S. Hamel
Whiting
Ind
Frank Kiburz
Linda
Scotch Grove
Linda Kiburz
Monticello
George B. Hein
Dora Ohe
Reuben Dress
Howard Hicks
August Ohe
Chattanooga
Tenn
Real Estate Transfers From Monticello and Anamosa
Transfers include A M Maurice and Emma to Benjamin Starks for 300 dollars covering two lots in Hefner's addition Monticello with water pipe access. Gladys Coleman and Leon to Josephine Scherrer for 1.00. Lloyd Soper and Ethel to Howard Hart for 1.00. Edward McGowan and Rosie to the State Welfare for 1.00 including Haddock subdivision land in Anamosa city. grantors reserve life estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Maurice
Emma
Benjamin Starks
Hefner
Monticello
Gladys M. Coleman
Leon J
Josephine C. Scherrer
Lloyd Soper
Ethel
Howard B
Maude L
Nie
Shaw's
City of Anamosa
Grantors Reserve Life Estates
New 1945 Tax Withholding Table Set for 1946 Adjustments
The Roosevelt signed tax simplification bill in 1944 changes withholding on wages and salaries to actual tax starting January 1, 1946 for many earning 5000 dollars or less. The official table lists rates by exemption status and family size and aims to collect full liability, with details for single, married with children, and other setups.
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Roosevelt
Monticello Ration Board Tops War Bond Drive
The Monticello ration board joined 10 of 37 in the Quad-Cities district to subscribe 100 percent of their Fifth War Loan drive quota. Monticello ranked fifth with 351 percent, exceeding the district quota of $24,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello Ration Board
Quad-Cities
OPA
Monticello
Manpower Rules Require Referral Cards For Job Seekers
War Manpower Commission regulations now in effect throughout Iowa and the nation require all male workers to obtain a referral card from the U S Employment Service before applying for a new job. Mamie Winifred Bottomstone Eichhorn executrix of C E Bottomstone estate signs deed conveying West 10 ft lot 4 block 6 Bronsons addition Wyoming Iowa to Anna Carstensen for $1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
Iowa
Nation
Mamie Winifred Bottomstone Eichhorn
C. E. Bottomstone
Anna Carstensen
Bronson
Wyoming
Corn Borer Training in Cedar Rapids At Extension School
About thirty attendees gathered for a training on identifying the European corn borer led by Harold Gunderson in Cedar Rapids. County extension directors from Linn, Jones, Johnson and Benton counties joined 4-H youth reporters to monitor infestation levels in sweet corn and field corn, with a July to September reporting period based on infested hills and borers per stalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Gunderson
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Jones
Johnson and Benton
C. B. Jessen
W. F. Robertson
Olin
A. F. Walker
Monticello
Don Southard
Jones County
Gunderson
Wartime Guide to Safe Home Canning Tomatoes
Wartime guidance from Ball Brothers advises home canners to use proper jars and follow manufacturer instructions. It details preparing tomatoes, scalding, peeling, packing, and processing in water bath canners or steam pressure cookers, with emphasis on cold pack method and avoiding oven canning and blanket tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widayys Almivuuen
MUM Service
Ball Brothers Company
Five 4-H boys observe corn borers in Jones County
Five 4-H members Boyd Chatter ton Paul Messerli Dick Steenhoek Arthur Hinrichs and a fifth chosen by W F Robertson will conduct field observations in Jones County on corn borer infestation including moths larvae and pupae They will report findings to aid state agriculture. Strikes in military forces show gonorrhea occurring two to five times as often as syphilis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
Boyd Chatterton
Clay
Paul Messerli
Castle Grove
Dick Steenhoek
Jackson
Arthur Hinrichs
Greenfield
W. F. Robertson
Rome
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Sea
Corn’Borer School
Ball Bros. Co
Helaséi
D Canteon
Ais
Ciarce Ellenbe
Princess Fri
Sidney Toler
The
Buster Crabbe
Four Jills
Kay Francis
Carole Landis
Martha Raye
Mitzi Mayfare
Express
Star Farmer Hog Feed
Lay Mash Grower Mash Sargents Minral Meal
Menticella Goed Mill
Pillsburys
del Monte
California
Pal
Ocean
Ana
Welches
Mortons
Shaftner
Heinz
Florida
D.B
Texas Onions
Ralston
Itatoin
D.B. Blue Tip
Duffy
Ritz Crackers
Ib. Carton
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