Churchill Escaped Boer Prisoner Story at Centre of Biography
The poster sought a British escapee named only Winston Churchill during the Boer War. Churchill fled in a coal car, hid in a mine, then joined Allied forces at the Portuguese frontier, later declaring his intent to fight. Philip Guedalla’s Mr. Churchill recounts this episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Philip Guedalla
Britain
Mr. Churchill
Left to Write By Lou Gardner on Wheat Destruction
In a Kansas column Lou Gardner condemns a Department of Agriculture plan to destroy 2,000,000 acres of wheat, arguing the move wastes food during wartime and harms allies. He calls the policy irrational, hypocritical, and dangerous to bread supplies, urging farmers to resist such actions.
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Lou Gardner
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
Rome
Nero
Kraschel as Governor Candidate Faces Voter Scrutiny
The piece urges Iowa voters to examine Nels G. Kraschel’s record as former governor amid his Democrat bid for the June primary. It cites late pardons and broad editor opposition, arguing Kraschel harmed the state and should not hold office again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Kraschel
Nels G. Kraschel
Hawkeye
Kraschel
Iowa
Buying Defense Bonds to Curb Inflation Across 1942
Citizens in Jones county will be asked to buy defense bonds next month. Solicitors will collect how many bonds you will purchase to aid the war, with funds coming from savings and earnings. If a couple saved $5,000 they should buy $250 in bonds this year to support government needs and curb rising prices caused by inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones County
The Paths of Politics Are Devious and Promising Opponents
Senator Herring seeks reelection and announces two potential opponents in OPM roles. Former governor Dan Turner, a Republican, and former governor Nels Kraschel, a Democrat, are named as possible challengers. Kraschel previously signaled opposition. Dan Turner likely aims at the nomination as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herring
OPM
Dan Turner
Nels Kraschel
Kraschel
Clyde
Newton Daily News
bulletin board shown weekly by eighth graders history class
The eighth graders history class displays patriotic decorations in room 18 each week by one of ten committees led by a chairman chosen by grades. Last week Robert Thoeni led. this week Louise York leads. The list of chairmen includes Delphia Balster Helen Mardorf Louise York George Hanssen Irma Jean Pickett Colleen Maire Irma Schoon Clarice Siebels Jane Stuhler and Robert Thoeni.
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Acording
Robert Thoeni
Louise York
Delphia Balster
Helen Mardorf
George Hanssen
Irma Jean Pickett
Colleen Maire
Irma Schoon
Clarice Siebels
Jane Stuhler
Bulletin Board
Lunches Planned by Home Economics Freshmen and Seniors
The two freshmen homemaking classes prepare and serve luncheons for faculty on March 26 with nine groups each drafting a menu for invited teachers. Seniors study meat cuts including beef lamb pork and veal and plan a dinner after completing the unit.
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Knoxville
Seventh Grade Science Class Demonstrates Air Pressure
Mr. Shannon taught the seventh grade science class last Friday afternoon while Miss James traveled to Martello with the spelling contestants. He conducted experiments to show the force of air pressure.
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Shannon
James
Martello
Monti High Cadets Train in Army Style Gym Classes
In Monti High physical education classes three times weekly, students begin with warm up exercises using all major muscles, then proceed to military drill. Some boys stray from commands while marching but overall performance is strong. Wrestling and boxing are also practiced.
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Monti High
Uncle Sam
Classes Stage Tournaments Across Activities
Upper class girls gym class played volleyball and folk dancing. The one o clock class defeated the two o clock class for the championship. Fifth and sixth grade pupils also held volley ball tournaments with the fifth grade girls beating the sixth grade girls and the sixth grade boys defeating the fifth grade boys. Soon badminton baseball archery hand ball and tennis will begin.
Algebra class puzzled by 4 percent of zero equals zero
In Chatterbox, Dick S struggles with a trick question about percentages. Al misses a training cue by five minutes to eight. Flash notes 1964 poetry critics oust Frost from American literature. Signs of spring appear as Junior and Claire observe changes in the eighth grade.
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Ralph Bender
Wally Schneider
Robert Frost
Junior
Claire
Clarice Siebels Wins Jones County Spelling Contest
Clarice Siebels takes first place with Colleen Maire finishing second at the Jones county spelling contest in Martello last Friday. They advanced after spelling down Irma Schoon, Jane Stuhler, Claire Shannon, and Vivian Kruse in a pre contest spelldown directed by Miss Merrill and Miss James. A call to remember Defense Stamps and Bonds closes the item with patriotic exhortations from Bernice Schmidt.
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Clarice Siebels
Colleen Maire
Jones County
Martello
Clarice
Colleen
Irma Schoon
Jane Stuhler
Claire Shannon
Vivian Kruse
Miss Merrill
Miss James
Regular Meeting Of Triem Monday
Triem held a meeting last Tuesday to discuss shortcuts in addition subtraction and multiplication. Dorothy Heyen chaired the committee with Ruth Ann Decker and Betty Adams as members. Triem meets the first and third Mondays and is sponsored by Miss Dorothy Cox.
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Triem
Dorothy Heyen
Ruth Ann Decker
Betty Adams
Dorothy Cox
Marilyn Monroe Visits Anamosa Kindergarten
Marilyn Monroe from Anamosa visited the local kindergarten last week. Carol McGuire formerly in their class sent a letter after moving to Clinton. Ivan Benedict celebrated a birthday with cupcakes. The fifth grade added Robert Coden as a new pupil. The class plans a choral reading The Potatoes Dance by Vachel Lindsay and added a bird chart for sighting dates and colors.
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Marilyn Monroe
Anamosa
Carol McGuire
Clinton
Ivan Benedict
Robert Coden
Vachel Lindsay
Golf balls travel farther due to surface irregularities
Air acting on the uneven surface twists the ball like a rifle barrel, increasing distance and accuracy.
Pre Contest Band Pieces List For Monday Concert
The band outlines its program for the pre contest concert on Monday April 6 with solos from flute oboe clarinet alto saxophone baritone saxophone piano and brass selections plus small ensemble numbers. Featured pieces include Handel Lamento Guilhand Moderne Frangkiser Canzona Frangkiser Prelude to Midnight Long and more with titles such as Finlandia Csardas Valse Staccato and Festival March among others.
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Handel
Gene Walker
L. Bassi
Celestia Kuhns
Guilhand
George Coxsee
Bennett
Dick Cartano
Bob Bartlett
Frangkiser
Marion Deischer
Long
Loretta Gerdes
Csardas
Monti
Charles Kreeb
Strauss
Bob Husman
Bill Marsh
Pryor
Becky Grimes
Sibelius
Henry Hadley
Skornicka
Rubinstein
Mendelssohn
Singelee
Johnson
Busch
Harr
Girls Basketball Team Dines With Miss Wiltse
The ten members of the girls basketball team and manager Wilma Doris Yount dined with Miss Faye Wiltse at Shaffer's Sweet Shop Friday March 20 at six. They presented a gift to Miss Wiltse and then spent the evening at Miss Mary Coxsee's home. The team included Ruth Hoffman Dorothy Hey en Mary Miner Helen Husmann Dorothy Himebaugh Audrey Mc Donald Esther Sanford Elizabeth Byerly Mildred Jacobs Loretta Gerdes with Dorothy Dowelle assisting.
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Wilma Doris Yount
Faye Wiltse
Shaffer
Miss Wiltse
Mary Coxsee
Ruth Hoffman
Dorothy Heyen
Mary Miner
Helen Husmann
Dorothy Himebaugh
Audrey McDonald
Esther Sanford
Elizabeth Byerly
Mildred Jacobs
Loretta Gerdes
Dorothy Dowelle
Peanut Butter Born as Sanitarium Food Around 1890
The article notes peanut butter was developed circa 1890 as a healthful sanitarium food. It traces its origins to early experiments in making a digestible protein source for patients and staff.
Draftee Serial Numbers Listed Across Many Names
The article continues listing numerous draftee entries with serial numbers and associated towns such as Monticello Cascade Anamosa Olin Hale and Mediapolis. The long roll includes hundreds of individuals like G F Norris D L Vrooman R R Dietiker Joe Blahnik and C N Kurt with their respective numbers and home locations.
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G. F. Norris
C. Jct
D. L. Vrooman
Olin
R. R. Dietiker
Mont
Joe Blahnik
O. Jct
C. N. Kurt
Cascade
W. E. Evans
Anamosa
W. L. Wirtner
C. W. Winans
H. M. Heister
Cascate
Albert A. Kramer
Wyo
Cecil W. Myers
Clem V. Anglin
H. Martin Dirks
Se. Gr
Truman Stanton
C. Jd
R. A. Weighels
Ann
F. G. Ahrenholtz
John L. Kleineck
Oas
Conrad D. Mohn
Lisbon
Levi E. Osythe
Martelle
W. J. Nowachek
Leo Albert Dorr
J. A. Kostachek
R. L. Bainbridge
Perry I. Woods
Elmer H. Oldorf
Mart
John A. Heeren
Onslow
Leroy Prusia
W. K. Kennedy
Ana
C. H. Ames
Jos. H. Merfeld
Casc
G. C. Gaugh
Stuart Paul Gavin
C. B. Sampson
W. M. Oltmanns
Alfred B. Pierce
Floyd F. Horton
Ons
Ralph W. Coppes
Wye
John Jens Nissen
C. Sct
Carl E. Sechusen
Jct
A. H. Leytom
Louie Zimmerman
Everett E. Vrooman
W. A. Paulsen
James C. Griffin
Howard M. Soper
Geo
R. Volk
Louis Buresh
C. F. Straka
Elmer D. Bahnsen
Dale
Moore
Orman Ki Alden
Franci
Dwigh
Harlan
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Monticello
Charles A. Doxsee
Monticello, Iowa
Onal Editorial
Itu
Monticeto
Jones, Linn
Delaware
Dubuque
Seaver
R. McKown
A. J. Cronin
H. M. Putnam
Esquire
the Thibaults
Berlin
Reveille
Washington
Latin America
Kabloona
Moscow
Henry Seidel Canby
William Shirer
H. M. Pulham
Hitler
Athene Palace
R. G. Waldeck
Romania
Moon
Bome News-Republican
Hirohito
Abraham Lincoln
Webster City
Towa
Ames
Adel News
Chatterbox
Dick S
Help America
Pearl Harbor
Maine
America
Bernice Schmidt
Chas. G. Darsee
Roy F. Sackett
H. W. Zeigler
Edward Harms
Amber
J. B. Lindemann
Cas
Edward Husmann
F. N. Manternach
Lee C. Sams
Max E. McCrabb
Marvin Ray Doe
W. M. Reistroffer
Max M. Ferguson
Glenn B. Kinser
E. R. Heady
R. E. Nelson
Medi’ville
H. H. Helgens
Gerald C. Dunne
H. R. Russell
Harold W. Egger
Albert D. Schrader
E. C. Flaherty
John Tallman
Fred Kaufman
Josie Ivan Horn
Morley
Harry C. Eilers
Frederick Etten
Elmer J. O'Shea
Adam Galen Hein
Joseph A. Holub
Don L. Braddy
Herman Ricklefs
Charles E. Lyon
Frank Vohaska
Harold T. Hall
R. F. Krutzfeield
Ollin
M. H. Petersen
D. A. Petersen
Fred Sacora
J. D. Sharp
John N. Paulsen
Bennie Jurgensen
A. B. McCall
Gerald D. Krusé
Hale
Emil F. Pillard
Ans
Gerhard F. Hanken
Mon
A. F. Christophersen
John E. Ahlrichs
Learon A. Hanken
Tobias Hanken
Glenn R. Lambert
Paul L. Kurt
N. N. Hemmer
Henry E. Osborne
Hook
Louis Rittmer
Melvin M
Wm. E. McCord
Robert P. Schuetz
Benj. A. Buol
E. L. Champman
S. L. Reade
Albert H. Schmidt
M. L. Hughes
George J. Harms
John A. Appleby
Dee L. Smith
Reuben P. Leggett
W. L. McCurdy
J. E. Messerli
E. J. Schnier
M. D. McChristy
Wm. P. Marsh
Carl C. Steiner
H. F. Zimmerman
Diedrich Dircks
Steve H. McDowell
Marion D. Grafft
James Zaruba
Albert H. Mohr
Earle R. Coker
Howard W. Smith
O. J
Ernst F. Laetare
Fred J. Burian
Fred L. Burda
Herman Fleming
R. M. Towne
Mediville
Edwin B. Juilfs
Michael H. Zaruba
Leon A. Huffman
C. C. Armstrong
Dick C. Thompson
D. M. Weaver
G. A. Johnson
R. H. H. Oltmanns
L. B. McKinstry
L. R. Himebaugh
H. H. Shumaker
John R. Smith
Mech
A.D. Ingwersen
K. C. Conner
Herman Baguss
Clar
H. R. Remington
Orlyn H. Peck
F. H. Poppe
Lang
J. F. Pieray
Willis F. Doden
H. T. Hinrichs
Albert J. Peiffer
Barn
Thos. A. Kula
C. E. Feddersen
C. D. Reside
James D. Smith
H. G. Jeffrey
R. F. Nowachek
R. C. Mowry
H. T. Brodersen
R. P. Morse
Gail E. Dunlap
C. T. Blood
R. F. Crowley
Harold Bickford
L. P. Norton
W. R. Cartano
Ed Hudrick
Merle L. Welty
H. C. Weideman
B. B. McLaughlin
Linfred
O. Jc
H. L. Countryman
H. M. Marshall
G. E. Marshall
D. W. Vargason
D. F. Smith
Monmouth
F. W. Koppes
H. R. Thompson
Richard L. Watkins
Roy E. Hoover
H. M. Coleman
A. E. Schneider
Jesse M. Sampson
C. N. Townsend, Jr
Harry H. Latta
Robert M. Peet
Harry Zimmerman
Enno A. Bunting
E. H. Marugg
Elmer Buckingham
Oliver D. Harford
W.H. Walderbach
Fred M. Caspers
Wm. J. Bright
Lynn Leroy Howie
Eugene W. Gordén
Carrell O. Bickford
H. G. Prusia
Edward F. Paulsen
H. E. Rohwedder
O. R. McGuire
C. Jet
H. E.N. Jurgensén
Lins F
Holsinger
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