30 Jul 1942
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1942
Page
1
An Iowa small town tale warns of fever risk after a boy nearly hit 104 degrees following creek swimming. Doctors tested blood for typhoid and malaria with negative results, prompting a call for a municipal swimming pool to provide a safe option postwar.
Monticello residents are urged to regularly write letters and send small gifts to service members. A soldier quoted notes the sadness of receiving nothing from home while others rush for mail. The Express seeks addresses of servicemen and invites readers to request a specific address to keep correspondence active.
The Jones county draft board holds frequent sessions and often works until early morning hours. The board faces the toughest civilian war duties and remains a demanding post in wartime.
A column reviews Margaret Bourke-White’s Shooting the Russian War and contrasts it with Erskine Caldwell’s All Out on the Road to Smolensk. It notes Bourke-White’s photos from Moscow and frontline scenes, plus anecdotes about Stalin and Georgia’s writers.
Editors from Elmour D. Lum and Estherville News urge prudent postwar plans and civic restraint. The Mason City Globe-Gazette calls for abolishing lingering agencies. Sioux City Journal advocates aggressive war initiative while Dubuque Telegraph-Herald praises resilience and fair drafting.
The column reports State Treasurer W. G. C. Bagley announcing no state property tax collections for 1948 and a bond payoff from older bonus issues. It compares savings against 1942 and Kraschel's term, then critiques ethics in public office and praises early math education efforts.
The July 4 1912 Monticello Express pages recount E E Reed delivering the Fourth of July address at Cascade and A W Steiner vacationing in Brookville Pa. Farm sales include A Danks selling 105 acres to Henry Seehusen at 140 per acre. Other items note early colored moving pictures by Gene Byers, electric signage installed by O H Soetje and Peter Meyer, and Dr F A Hefner selling a residence for 5000.
The message urges citizens to fund defense needs by purchasing Defense Bonds through banks post offices or savings and loan associations. It emphasizes regular contributions to fund planes ships and guns for the war effort.
Dr. Daniel A. Poling writes an exhortation urging unity and duty during wartime. The creed emphasizes placing God and country first, rejecting hate, conquering fear with faith, and turning life into service through reason, prayer, and mutual joy. It calls all Americans to act with resilience and compassion.
A survey by a leading Iowa produce distributor says halving spoilage and damage to fruits and vegetables in Jones County could equal a 5 to 6 percent production increase without extra land or labor. Better grading packing and direct distribution are key, with labor shortages and higher wages noted as ongoing challenges.
In Grinnell area history the town name was decided by a coin toss between the Grinnell and Phelps families. The flip chose Grinnell, a name it retains. Also noted are swallows flying distance to a Bedford chimney. A pair captured by Ed Bray were banded and sent to the Iowa Conservation Commission, with origins traced to Memphis Tennessee and Gainesville Florida.
Mrs S M Hosford provides a chocolate marshmallow cake and Mrs Harry Guyan shares butter cream cookies. The piece also offers wartime harvest lunch tips with nutritious sandwich ideas and fruit drinks, stressing vitamin A and C, and practical packing guidance for workers in the fields.
A three meals a day guide promotes a wartime picnic style menu with orange juice French toast cereal and beverages for breakfast lunch featuring split pea soup made with ham liquor soaked peas and optional tomato ketchup. Supper highlights cold fried chicken with potato salad bread and vegetables while peaches and a pear macaroon cream dessert round out meals.
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