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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
1
Governor Wilson told a Hampton Republican meeting that bringing the Highway Commission into the state budget trimmed costs by about 1.1 million dollars annually. He credited the Republican legislature with reducing spending while opponents said elsewhere that government had been extravagant.
The Hatch Act bars coercion of federal workers to contribute to campaigns, yet reports claim civil servants face pressure to donate. A Department of Agriculture employee was reportedly fired after resisting such pressure, while under secretary Paul B. Appleby denies political activity in the department but hints that contributions would help the cause. Eugene Casey, secretary treasurer of the National Committee for Agriculture, has urged action, prompting public concern over government pressure.
A political letter urges farmers to donate to Democratic causes while accusing federal workers of withholding access to farmer stories. A subsequent blue folder mocks a Willkie blackout and asks if checks were sent. The piece argues the tactic violates the Hatch Act and depicts the party pressuring employees to fund campaigns.
Orchids are due Company 771 of the CCC Camp in Monticello celebrated two years with no accidents during operations. A turkey dinner preceded the milestone as 54.07 man days and 345 857 truck miles were reported without an injury, reflecting the crew’s careful work for local agriculture.
Mrs. Alfred Henrichsen won the corn husking contest at Maquoketa on Tuesday. Formerly Miss Mable Henrichsen of Onslow, she was raised on a farm and claimed a 50 dollar purse plus merchandise prizes.
Various Cedar Rapids area social items report visits and gatherings. Mrs. Hannah Jen ill. Mrs. Fred Scott hosted bridge with prizes won by Mrs. Sears Paulsen Kleineck and Fattle. A towel shower honored Mrs. Charles Plough. Rural mail carrier Charles Blough underwent tonsil surgery in Cedar Rapids. Willkie 1917 service recall notes accompany a Willkie 1940 pledge to avoid sending Americans to European trenches.
Funeral services for Vernon Hillebrand 22 of Cascade were held at Gross Till Dedesch chapel and St Marys church with burial in St Francis cemetery Dyersville. He died by inhaling carbon monoxide in his car after fearing the draft. Survived by father six brothers and five sisters. He was born October 16 1918 in Two Rivers Wisconsin to Andrew Hillebrand and his mother preceded him in death. The funeral drew a large crowd and local news notes include visits and family events in Cascade.
Wendell Willkie asserts it is impossible for a government to sustain unemployment subsidies. he cites a $22 billion borrowings over seven and a half years and argues only job creation by all business sectors can reduce the debt. He notes average U S income $540 and tax $110 per person with one fifth of national income taxed. Latin America increases U S medicinals purchases by 30 percent, accounting for 20 percent of total shipped.
Wendell L. Willkie, back in Philadelphia, denounces New Deal inadequacies delaying defense. He argues for full employment and mobilized industry to arm the nation, blaming the Roosevelt administration for incompetence and urging Americans to join him in building a stronger, peaceful democracy.
Wyoming writer Mrs. L M Koch illness at Mayo Rochester leads to temporary handover to John Wherry. Local events include student dinners for fall baseball players, a four part UW cooperative lecture course, and a Civil War veteran Mark Morse turning 99 with a WRC picnic. New officers named for the Wyoming Horse Show. Hawthorn Club hosts study meeting. various residents attend conventions and visit kin. A wrecker misreads a ditch find turning a cow into a car tale.
The speech links New Deal recovery to farmers and city workers, arguing rising farm income boosts manufactured goods demand and employment. The speaker vows to unite the nation with revitalized recovery efforts. Also notes Yonkers water tower marking the site of the first golf tee and early niblick fans abandoning a hilly pasture after three holes.
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