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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1937
Page
1
A Prescott-style editorial warns that looming European conflict is possible as nations mobilize and leaders shape policy. It contrasts Stalin’s rise in Russia with global vigilance, then critiques modern advertising methods and a spike in automobile fatalities due to driver carelessness and lax enforcement.
The Sioux City Journal reports steel producers preemptively raised wages to five dollars daily for a 40 hour week and time and a half for overtime, aiming to deter CIO driven labor actions against General Motors. The move includes nearly a 1 billion dollar annual lift and could undermine Mr. Lewis’s organizing bid as workers gain years of higher pay and shorter hours.
Rolfe Arrow recalls a tenant farmer proposing organized action for sanitary housing and modern conveniences, including baths, running water, furnaces, and electric lights. He suggests a sit down strike and rent control by earning capacity, then staying on farms until demands are met, noting parallels to recent labor strikes.
The piece argues the middle class bears the blame for tax inequities. It rebuts claims of Capitalist or economic royalist labels and notes that the poor receive tax relief while the rich avoid taxes via bonds. The middle class bears burdens from both sides and struggles to push back.
In a Montreal drawing room Mrs Hostess notes several dresses are decollete. A clergyman replies he does not mind, citing ten years in Africa among the heathen. In Boone News-Republican Townsend faces contempt charges, with a cautious wager on his imprisonment unlikely.
The piece weighs the high danger of early commercial flight, noting fatalities are far higher than ground work and pilots face eighty eight times normal risk per hour. It contrasts the thrilling speed with the peril, and questions why women would seek steady stewardess roles despite the lure of adventure.
A Democratic Speaker Foster adjourned the Iowa House for five days contradicting the Constitution amid a heated struggle over a spring vacation. Records show a fake journal and dummy sessions prompting concerns over legality and potential impeachment while key laws and a constitutional change face scrutiny.
The Atlantic Nevws Telegraph reports that Senator Herring had no mandate from Iowans to back Roosevelt’s plan to weaken the Supreme Court. He was elected as a Democrat simply due to the party ticket’s statewide win.
In a note from the Winterset Madisonian the editors urge fairness toward the legislature, arguing it has been in session over a month and has passed few bills. They warn against unfounded charges that lawmakers clutter the code with unnecessary laws.
The piece notes rapid expansion of a sit down business and its many offshoots, suggesting it may be ridiculed out of existence. It recalls last year’s focus on Al Smith and Dr. Townsend’s walkouts as part of the shifting political protests.
The Minneapolis Journal reports six percent of the antiflood appropriation will fund pest control. The piece mocks the plan and jokes about a barber shop tale of a bedstead voyage down the river with a wife at the piano.
A cross continent tourist is advised that free bridges depend on paying toll costs. The note questions who should receive gratis bridges if no payment was made toward their costs.
A poem opening invites a calm night indoors, contrasting with crowded theaters. It then reports Ida Grove news: after 31 years Mrs. George Witters receives back a Valentine given to her first grade teacher, Mrs Julia Dessel, who later handed it to Witters’s son George Jr. now a newspaper carrier.
Matthew Allen 57 of Richland Center died after being found in bed Sunday afternoon. He leaves a wife four children George Paul Bernice and Helen one brother and five sisters. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church in Monticello with burial at Oakwood.
The article contrasts two types of problem children in classrooms the unruly disruptive pupil and the shy withdrawn model pupil. It notes the latter often goes unnoticed yet may pose greater long term challenges, including dependence and later mental health risks, while the former can drive immediate discipline and may develop valuable independence.
District court of Jones county Iowa announces probate for the last will of Joseph A Kuhns deceased filed February 26 1937. The March term on the 12th day at 9:00 a.m. will review final proof and probate with interested parties allowed to appear and contest. Dated March 1 1937. SEE BYERLY Clerk. Doxsee Doxsee Helserman attorneys for the estate.
The Algona Advance warns that repeated extensions of mortgage foreclosures raise risk for investors. It argues lenders demand higher interest to offset risk, threatening farm land financing if the trend continues.
A congress proposal would deny newspapers the right to own or hold interests in radio stations. Critics call it part of a plan to establish dictatorship and fear a Supreme Court reversal that would legalize such acts.
A tourist from California chats with an old settler and his son at a Texas Panhandle filling station. The visitor notes possible rain and the native replies with a wary sentiment about rain, saying he has seen it rain before, hoping for his boy's sake.
The Atchison Globe editorial mocks John L Lewis by noting he often sits in a Cadillac while advocating sit down strikes, implying hypocrisy in his stance and lifestyle.
Regular meeting with members Clark Stimson Thomas present and Shover York absent. Minutes approved. Bills paid include Rickless Dry Goods rugs Iowa Electric bulbs Armstrong Clothing balls Eclipse Lumber coal Bell Telephone service and more. On motion the board adjourned with F E Stimson and Secretary noting actions.
Notice to Verda Lane Lucile Overhiser Leonard Norton Mrs Leonard Norton Janie Ford Blossom Hall Kenneth Moore Tom Moore Marguerite Moore Marion Moore Darrell Moore and Warnetta Moore and/or Juanita Moore that real estate in Oxford Junction Iowa block 16 lot 5 original plat was sold for taxes 1930 1934 on December 2 1935 to Geo F Specht as public bidder for Jones County and that the right of redemption will expire.
In Jones county Iowa on February 27 1937 a document claimed as the last will of Julia J Drinkwater was filed and opened in court. The date March 29 1937 at 10:00 AM is set for the appointment of the testament.
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