Og Iowans Will Fly How Can We Preach
General MacArthur warns against poppy cultivation in Korea and urges millet and grain to feed the nation. The piece condemns sugar hoarding, praises fair use, and outlines wartime relief via parcel post to Holland funded by the War Chest. It notes Iowa farmers embracing aviation with field days, pilots, and plans for personal planes as a new mobility era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
MacArthur
Korea
Mal Cohol
Prick Administration
New York City
OPA
Deep South
Holland
War Chest
Clarence Vander Linden
Pella National Bank
Iowa
Ames
Local program aids veterans apprentices in Oskaloosa
The piece highlights a new on the job apprenticeship plan in Oskaloosa, backed by the U S employment office and Veterans Advisor with builders and tradesmen guiding skilled training. It aims to supply skilled labor for trades and to extend the model to Pella and other towns, addressing worker shortages.
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G.l's
G. I. Bill of Rights
Oskaloosa
U. S
Veteran's Advisor
Oskaloosa’s
Pella
Editorial Comment Oskaloosa Tribune Press
The threatened coal strike worries workers and producers as substitutes rise. Fuel oil gas and electricity take heating share, risking mine jobs. Leaders of labor may trigger unemployment, not growth, despite union power. A male baby is described poetically as growing, energetic, and a hopeful sign for the nation.
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Oskaloosa Tribune
Ten Years Ago in Marion County News April 1926
A multi item recap notes Lenoras leading Tulip cen race with Van Gorp second, county corn-hog payments totaling about 182000 dollars, post office bid plans, local political bids, Nick Gesman’s death, a house fire near Pella, Reverend Douwstra gifting a desk to Central College, Peter De Cook expanding to Eldora, Central College track activities, soil conservation meetings, a county spelling champion Marianne Trent, and L F Bousquet announcing candidacy for County Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenoras
Virginian van Gorp
Marion County
Helen Neyenesch
Couverer
Galvin
Knoxville
Merman Veenstra
Nick J. Gesman
Pella
Iowa
Roorda
John W. Boot
Boots
Rh. D. Douwstra
Central College
Peter de Cook
Farmers Exchange
Eldora
Len Winter
Smith
Ford
Berkey
Hoekstra
L. F. Bousquet
Central College campaign nears $100000 goal in 1926 drive
In April 1926 the Central College fund drive reported $32000 pledged with more effort ahead. Students and faculty contributed $6000 while each senior donated $100. A Chamber of Commerce meeting pledged $1000 to aid moving the Rosseneen factory to Pella. A car crash east of town injured Ed Liter but he recovered enough to drive again the next day. The White Way was designated a boulevard with plans for stop signs.
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Central College
Bernie Vander Linden
Chamber of Commerce
P. H. Kuyper
Rossereen
Des Moines
Pella
Ed Liter
Own
White Way
Reuben Schakel
Floyd Gambell
Eva Welle
Lester Welle
Fuller Brush sales force and Bud Knox linked to Waco season
The item notes Fuller Brush Co. sales, Lester running a Chicago agency, and Bud Knox named as the regular catcher for the Waco Texas team. Knox is described as Pirates property farmed to Texas, with past basketball at Bay City Michigan. It also mentions Mayo Hospital doctor Alfred Synhorst visiting his cats, John Gezel returning home with injuries after cranking a Ford, and a Ford Tudor priced at 520 dollars with a Ford for 565 dollars in Star Auto ads.
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Fuller Brush Co
Lester
Chicago
Bud Knox
Dex Moines
Waco
Texas
Bud
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bay City
Michigan
Alfred Synhorst
Mayo
Paul Synhorst
John Gezel
Mankota
Minn
Detroit
Star Auto
Town Council Paves Main Street and Upgrades High School Gym
Thirty years ago several men urged downtown paving at a council meeting and requested a street flusher. North Main was ordered brought to grade while a front page note described the nearly finished new high school gym at 45 by 60 feet with goals at each end.
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North Main Street
New York State
Central
Penn
Lynhorst
Jimmy Lowe
Muirhead
Lowe
Rhynsburger
Renaud
Rysdam
Welle
Wormhoudt
Pella High
Monroe
Local notes and events from Pella area 1915
Van Stight in Garden Square area seeks Sunday sewer work permit after cave ins delay. Frush buys adjacent lot and barn for 1450.00 at public auction. Mayor enforcement praised as Bickford aids law. Residents attend New York Philharmonic concert in Oskaloosa. Orville Baughman to farm near Howell Station. Electric Palace hosts baby contest with home photos and on-screen votes. J. D. Van Zante visits Cedar Rapids to see son Paul at a pump firm. Hesselinks recover from late fall typhoid. Gerrit Vanden Berg works in Os kal oosa drugstore. Fanssen Den Adel advertise two suits sale due to war.
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van Stight
Garden Square
North Main
Frush
Third Reformed Parsonage
Mblers
Marshall Bickford
Pella
Oskaloosa
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Orville Baughman
Ottumwa
Peter van Steenwyk
Howell Station
Electric Palace Movie Theatre
J. D. van Zante
Cedar Rapids
Paul
Hesselink
Gerrit Vanden Berg
Green & Bentley
Fanssen & den Adel
Rosscreen staff see weekend towns and
Rol screenings workers took weekend breaks to Knoxville Des Moines near Taimer Monroe Oskaloosa and other locals. Rosscreen reps from St Louis and Portland visit the office. A purdly sight on the Rosscreen side track, lumber and steel constraints loom with regulatory orders. Neal Van Veen resigns as assembly foreman. Bob Wallace takes over. Jake Swank returns post appendicitis. Bontsma back from trip. Buwalda off two weeks. Nellie Dingeman orders prompt for rods and heads. April Fool on order sheet.
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Nellie Matheny
Knoxville
Erma Kaldenberg
Des Moines
Irene
Wilma Veldhuizen
Tainter
Jeanette Aalbers
Monroe
Evalena
Helen van Engelburg
Susan Mitchell
Oskaloosa
Rosscreen
Rix Brothers
St. Louis
M.A
Portland
Civilian Products Administration
G.I. Housing
Presi
Dent Truman
Neal van Veen
Assembly Department
Neal
Bob Wallace
Jake Swank
Jack Bontsma
Helen Buwalda
Nellie Dingeman
Nellie
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Oficial County Newspaper
George Ver Steeg
Sadler Publishing
Main
America
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton Anderson
Og Iowans
Wallace R. Duell
Duell
Foreign Office
UNO Council
UNO
Fliteo
Tyme
Dt Sity
Uric
Coc
Blackhead
Turkeys
Pella, Iowa
Dr. C. I. Fox
Main and
Liberty Streets
Phone NO
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Midwest
Burlington, Colorado
Clark, South Dakota
Badger
Beloit, Kansas
Sully, Iowa
Bertrand
Nebraska
Johnny
Mary
Missus
South Central Iowa Cooperatives
Otley Farmers Co-operative
Sully Co-operative
Taintor Farmers Co-operative Elevator
Knoxville Co-operative Creamery Farmers Co-operative Elevator
Pella R.E.A
Otley Sully
Taintor
Knoxville Pella
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