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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1945
Page
4
Onslow fire destroyed a barn on the LaVern Henecke family farm on a Saturday. The article also notes various community events and wartime updates from the area, including baptisms and confirmations, senior class activities, and military service details.
The article outlines key World War II turning points from the 1939 invasion of Poland through 1941 events. It highlights Germany's rapid conquests, Dunkirk, the 1940 Battle of Britain, Balkan campaigns, and the Pearl Harbor attack as pivotal moments shaping Allied response.
The United States outlines plans to move millions of troops from Europe to the Pacific to defeat Japan. Estimates call for 5,000,000 foot soldiers and full naval and air support, with divisions reorganized and shipments staged via U.S. routes or Panama Canal. Four to five months before arrivals and additional shipping to follow. Japan counters with about 6,000,000 troops, plus potential extra mobilizations after youth training.
Thawed foods should be cooked promptly after thawing because they are wet and spoil quickly.
Week league bowling shows team and individual prizes. Rick LeFls scored 1780 pins for Team High three games for Shaffers. Stuhler’s led Team High single game with 684. Ruth Ahrendt led Individuals with 222, while Dotty O'Rourke and Lucele Dircks tied for 214. In Women's Doubles on May 1 and 3 Lucile Yount with Dotty O'Rourke won 1991 pins. Lucile Dircks and Dotty O'Rourke led teams with 916 and 892 pins respectively. Helen Scallon and Lorna Preston tied for high single with 182.
A list of names associated with war drive activities appears for multiple townships and towns including Madison, Lovell, Oxford, Richland, Rome, Washington, Wayne, Amber, Martello, Olin, Onslow, Center Junction, Scotch Grove, Hale, Stone City, West Cascade, and Langworthy. Officials named include trustees, clerks, and community leaders such as Robert G. Alden, E. W. Brashaw, Frank Kulhavy, Galen Hein, W. B. Clark, H. E. Levsen, William Stanton Jr, George F. Poppe, Fred T. Petersen, and many others across the region. The list also references communities like Anamosa, Monticello, Oxford Junction, Olin, Onslow, Hale, Morley, and Scotch Grove in connection with the effort.
Representatives of the Army Navy and Veterans Administration announce the discharge button for WWII veterans is free with discharge papers and available as a lapel pin or pin-back. Lost buttons may be replaced at seven cents by presenting discharge papers to the Quartermaster Supply Officer at the nearest post or station. Rat damage wastes food with an estimate of one to two rats per person causing extensive losses of vital materials.
A mixed page itemset includes For Sale notices for hybrid seed corn and Monticello property, a card of appreciation to Mayo hospital staff in Rochester Minnesota, and recipes tips for pancake batter reuse. It also notes color visibility research highlighting yellow and yellow green as most visible in dim light and industrial settings.
Oxygen improves night vision and is issued to night fliers for takeoff. Day fliers delay mask use until reaching 10 000 feet altitude.
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