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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1948
Page
3
R Austin, our United Nations representative, urged 3500 college youths at Columbia University to resist sensational war reporting. He warned that biased coverage harms democracy and stressed truth telling as essential for constructive writing and personal responsibility in journalism.
A local call for civic pride in Pella urges residents to inspect yards and remove junk cluttering streets and alleys. A young woman urged evaluating the town by driving through neighborhoods, noting shacks and eyesores pre Tulip Time to restore Cleanest Town status.
A Holland dispatch dated March 16 from The Hague reports Minister of Justice J H Marseveen telling Parliament that 23000 security police will be recruited to strengthen internal security against extremism. The plan follows events in Czechoslovakia and notes overall police numbers will exceed 40000 with loyalty tests to be given. The piece contrasts Dutch vigilance with local concerns over Communist tolerance and cites Time magazine on comic book violence as parental worry.
Valley residents of North and South Chiquaqua rivers met in Sigourney to discuss flood control by combining conservation farming on hillsides with dams. Army engineers and Soil Conservation Service leaders agreed on cooperative planning, noting benefits and the need for unity across watersheds to reduce flooding and preserve farmland soil. A Little Sioux project offers a yardstick for national efforts.
The article links rising youth crime to comic books while noting that some blame is misplaced. It argues comics can inspire but also preserves fine literary works and historical pieces. Parents are urged to examine what their children read to address crime statistics.
The Holdyville editorial laments weather improving moods and notes Iowa will issue car titles alongside registrations. It derides GI bill funded ballroom dancing and questions why taxpayers should fund such courses. The piece critiques Wallace presidential hopes and Senator Taylor’s vague record since 1944.
Announced for June 29 to July with Burl Blazier and Roy Lewis as student managers. A public July 4 celebration planned. local land dispute over funds from Harvey area sale to Portland Cement Co. two men involved. May Festival by college women slated for May 28-29. Dean Shure directing music. Prairie City High School beat la High 13 to 6. Ruth Gist led reception for Prairie City boys. bonds printed for Pell City.
Jonas son of Jan Ver Steeg vanished after 1871 with stays in Keokuk and Missouri. Heirs are urged to claim his portion of the Jan Ver Stees estate. Keokuk roots and later Missouri voyage noted in a local probate notice.
In 1918 Marion County issues a draft call for 19 youths including Paul Buwalda and Roy Vander Linden, with leave planned after May 10. The Third Liberty Loan drive opens with a city prayer service at the 2nd Reformed Church. A letter from Lester Welle from Atlantic seaboard notes Navy service and a New York visit. The Pella Band begins practice under Tunis Kempkes as director. The Red Cross appeals for surgical dressings, Clean-up Days are set for April 30–May 1, smallpox confines James Veenman, and Dave Welle arrives in France with the Quartermaster Corps. The Elite Theatre promotes a synchronized-movies novelty as spring snowfall ends.
Twenty years ago in May 1928 E P Hosack bought the samo Theatre after a fire. a Cordova farm home burned, a Jan Den Burger milestone, and Central College hired L A Winter as coach. Cars bought, vandalism, a fatal field accident, and a Pontiac purchase followed in a busy local page.
A defense of soil conservation by the U S Department of Agriculture state colleges and farmers faces wind and water erosion and postwar inertia. It notes rising acres under conservation, declining federal spending, and the shift of focus to neighborhood action, with experts still needed and dark continents of mission fields ahead. The piece argues conservation decisions may determine national progress or decline.
Ten years ago Tulip Time brought a parade of Pella residents into Des Moines coverage. Dwarfs named Pete Van Gorp and others acted in Snow White while Mrs Wormhoudt at 99 planned a parade place of honor. Local families, painters, singers, and officials were pictured or noted for their roles in the festival and related events.
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