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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
1
A Dubuque Telegraph-Herald analysis critiques Roosevelt era spending and civic charity, notes shifts in political discourse, warns against Nazism and other ruling factions, and discusses straw polls, Iowa literacy, and Jones county drought impacts. It recalls pairing in Congress in 1840 and comments on regional political loyalties.
Alf M Landon argued in Buffalo on August 26 1936 that taxes touch every purchase from clothing and food to movies sports and travel, calling them an unseen tax by government. He framed taxation as pervasive across daily spending and urged reduction or reform.
The piece notes Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth objecting to New Deal policies. Col Theodore Roosevelt argues in Old Orchard Maine against continued New Deal programs and waste. He claims nine recovery agencies pay 327 million dollars in salaries, taxing households and driving waste.
The Springfield Republican notes that democracy remains strong in the United States as presidential campaigns and party offensives continue. It observes about 8 percent of northern newspapers oppose reelection, while presses still function freely and critics openly voice their disparagement of Roosevelt.
White Bear Lake Minnesota authorities implement a compulsory automobile operation course in the high school to train youths as careful drivers. The plan is praised as a pioneering approach to reduce youth related traffic fatalities and could serve as a model nationwide.
A rich man sends his son with an English tutor to the mountains to wean him from slang. After two months they return and the tutor asks for a report. The father asks if the trip was successful and the tutor, choosing cautious wording, gives a genteel but evasive reply.
The note argues that President Roosevelt is wasting funds by charging current policies to future generations. It asserts that taxpayers will be unfairly burdened by debt that grandchildren will inherit, hindering funding for personal purchases like new cars.
Latest dispatches report Loyens forces making their noblest stand at Trun during the Spanish civil war. The account emphasizes courage and determination amid heavy fighting near the town.
The 1943 period saw crop reductions of 31,087,000 acres under the Roosevelt administration while foodstuffs formerly grown here accounted for production from 33,465,386 acres. Farmers praise the administration amid foreign commentary.
Governor Alf Landon enforces reduced utility rates in Kansas, saving residents about 1 million dollars annually.
Real estate transfers in Jones County list multiple deeds and parcels. Transactions include Philip Bailey to Equitable Life, various heirs to other buyers, and public highway easements, with acres ranging from 0.29 to 194 and values noted mostly as $1.00 or nominal sums alongside mortgage releases and tax terms.
Fresh borrowing added 400 million dollars to the Roosevelt deficit in mid September according to Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. The potential total could reach 440 million. The September 9 deficit stood at 414 million 551 thousand, and under Roosevelt the national debt rose from 21 billion to over 33 billion.
Canadian editors and readers cite Roosevelt spending in the United States budget. The Financial Post quotes Sphere of Washington calling him the most extravagant ruler in history. It claims he taps nation reserves and mortgaged the future, risking inflation and eroding insurance policies and economic security for citizens.
Indixed taxes unseen by most citizens supplied about 60 percent of federal revenues in the 1936 fiscal year, contrasting with 29 percent in 1930. The shift shows growing reliance on indirect taxation and government revenue adjustments during the period.
The Roosevelt administration paid the average farmer 176 in benefit checks while contributing to a rise of 373 in national debt by June 30, 1936. A Republican farm division statement in Chicago asserts that four year appropriations from 1933-37 totaled 37,499,976,000, far exceeding farm values nationwide, with rural real estate and building valued at 32,858,484,000 in 1935.
In the six months ending June 30 American families consumed 18 million pounds of foreign pork. The figure, prompted by New Deal scarcity and free trade treaties, is three times the imported pork intake of any of the ten prior years.
Gov. Alf M. Landon frames the presidential choice as free enterprise versus government overreach, attacking the NRA era and calling for action to end monopoly and unfair trade practices. He warns that continued executive power risks war and loss of democracy, urging repeal of government control.
Document notes a land conveyance in sections 32 and 33 with 36714 acres, favoring Monticello State Bank for $8600, recorded 8-12-30. D W Bates supervisor and receiver notes payment of $1 and other considerations. Includes lots in West Cascade Jane 38 and Hill's addition.
Public notice from Jones county Iowa appoints George Ambuehl as executor of Andrew Ambuehl Sr estate. Claimants must file sworn, stated claims with the district court clerk by deadline and creditors should pay promptly to avoid costs. Dated Anamosa September 8, 1936. Locher & Locher, attorneys.
Iowa notice from Anamosa dated August 25 1936 announces Monticello State Bank as administrator of the Kasper Friedli estate with court or probate actions and a claim deadline.
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