Plant a Tree Thought of the Week and Arbor Day Plan
War II veterans unemployment aid used by 85,000 of 14 million by 1946. Many would be self-reliant as designed by law. Pella urges planting shade trees like American Elm and Hard Maple along with Tulip Tree for beauty and wind resistance. Hickory Oak Walnut grow on waste lands. Black Locust aids fences. Arbor Day invites quick planting. Soils Conservation Service offers planning help for wastelands.
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News Dispatch
Pella
Soils Conservation Service
Research pays off with waste product nylon plan
Chemists turn furfural from corn cob and hulls into nylon salt for yarns, aiding hosiery and tires. DuPont contracts with Quaker Oats to supply furfural for a Niagara Falls plant, needing about 200 million pounds of waste agricultural products yearly. A new industry and jobs could emerge as old supplies wane.
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DuPont
DuPont Company
Quaker Oats Company
Niagara Falls
du Pont
Calhoun
Greene
Iowa
Indonesians Gain Liberty Pact Aims Federal Indonesian State
The March 26 pact between Holland and Indonesia creates a sovereign democratic state on a federal basis with a lawmaking assembly. The Republic includes Java Sumatra and Madoera with Bali Celebes and Dutch Timor in E Indonesia. New Guinea to join later. The Netherlands will retain sovereignty while promoting self government under Dutch guidance.
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Holland
Indonesia
Republic of Indonesia
Java
Sumatra
Madoera
Netherlands
Bali
the Celebes
Dutch Timor
New Guinea
E. Indonesia
Borneo
United States
Japan
Public Employees Strike Ban Sparks Legal Debate
Public opinion focuses on New York State's ban on strikes by public employees after a teachers' walkout in Buffalo. Governor Dewey defended the law as necessary, arguing it prevents government disruption while safeguarding public welfare. The Teachers' Guild and labor representatives warned the measure could provoke backlash and undermine worker rights.
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UBLIC
New York
Stike
Buffalo
Dewey
Adeanen
Board of Education
John Lewis
Editorial Comment Roundup on Politics and Society
A Mason City Globe-Gazette editorial questions two presidents while the New York Mirror condemns anti-communist moves as a firm stance toward Soviet Russia. Oskaloosa Tribune Press critiques Congress on closed shop policy. Knoxville Express notes psychology claiming alcohol boosts performance. Winterset Madisonian warns state spending, Iowa Republicans, and 1948 campaigns. Northwood Anchor jokes about predicting whiskey and car production and warns that drunk driving remains deadly.
Central College urged to stay Baptist school in Pella
Front page notes L A Garrison of Central College appeals to Pella residents to retain the Baptist school and fund its finances. Other items recount local incidents including Sara Junia’s arm injury from a burro, a buggy accident near Jim Grover place, streetcar franchise vote, Lake Forest University president John Scholle Nollen, and a fatal gumdrop choking during a Montezuma game. Local business men form a association to boost factories, postal changes for Special Delivery, and plans for a new library. Nearby towns discuss electric road proposals through Pella.
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L. A. Garrison
Central College
Pella
Bay
D Maines College
Central
Vella
Sara Junia
Buwalda
Sara
Leighton
B. Vander Reevaart
Wally Fowler
Jim Grover
Albin
John Scholle Nollen
Lake Forest University
Town University
Grinnell College
Oskaloosa
New Sharon Star
Billy Sunday
Fairfield
Kellogg
Orrie McWilliams
Montezuma
Stacker Company
Business Men's Association
H. Rhynsburger
G. A. Stout
I. N. Geelhoed
W. G. Vander Ploeg
Post Office
Garden Square
Donnelson & Hrimmer
Pella Monument
L. (Burt) Stegeman
Iowa
South Dakota
Knoxville
Newton
Chariton
Red Cross Chapter Formed by Local Leaders in 1917
In May 1917 local ministers civic and business leaders formed a Red Cross Chapter aiming for 1000 members. Executives included P. G. Gaass H. P. Scholte Weaselink Rev J. Monkman Dr J. W. Bailey and Mayor H J Vanden Berg. Federated Club women lent Opera House club room for YMCA activities. Koen Vroom won Central Park care bid at 64 dollars. City also told pay ing contractor William Horrabin about poor Bella paving.
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Red Cross
P. G. Gaass
H. P. Scholte
Weaselink
J. Monkman
J. W. Bailey
Anne Sorenson
C. de Leeuw
G. G. Hahn
Peter Kuyper
Joel Rhynsburger
H. ‘J. Vanden Berg
Federated Club
Opera House
Koen Vroom
Central Park
William Horrabin
Bella
Deaths and local notes from Newton and Pella area
Clinton McKinney died at 30 from tuberculosis, husband of Veda Tice McKinney, living in Newton. Pella High School’s manual training display appeared in Y T Van Niewaal window. B L Robbins acted in a local play. 1LC.A Town sought 180000 for service men war drive. Jimmie Lowe tied Central 2 Simpson 2 in baseball at Indianola, with eight strikeouts and three hits. Marion LeCocq enlisted in artillery, headed to Ft. Riley for officer training. Third Reformed Church finished except organ installation. Late April brought cold weather and snow. gardens grew slowly.
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Clinton McKinney
Veda Tice McKinney
Newton
Pella High School
Y. T. van Niewaal
B. L. Robbins
Jimmie Lowe
Central
Simpson
Indianola
Jmmie
Marion LeCocq
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Third Reformed Church
Electrified K. D. Rock Island car joins Pella transit
Front page photo shows an electric gas powered passenger and express car on the K D branch through Pella. A night officer collapsed from apoplexy at Blue Moon Cafe. High school stage scenery by A W Gysen impresses patrons. Rev Henry C Jacobs begins pastorate at Second Reformed Church from Rochester NY. Chamber backs Fourth of July with Dr Geo Lankelma noting potential expenditures near 1500 amid bad weather risk. Little girl run over by Ford car but escapes with minor head bruise. Frank DeNicola plans Italy trip via Des Moines. Wells Handbook reprint cites Pella as German settlement now Yankeefied population 875. Other Marion County towns described. Issue spans 12 pages with heavy advertising.
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K. D
Rock Island
Pella
Hreaklander
Blue Moon
Mid- al
A.W. Gysen
Gysen
Henry C. Jacobs
Second Reformed Church
Rochester
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Geo. Lankelma
Post
Bernie Mulder
Playx
Frank DeNicola
Italy
Des Moines
Wells Handbook of Iown
Marion County
Tulip Time 10 Years Ago In Pella Festival Edition
The Tulip Time issue from April 22, 1937 shows Pella's third festival with a three color front and a blue tulip center featuring Leonora Scholte. The operetta The Blue Tulip was written for the occasion by Walter Stone and Ed Beaning's In Tulip Time won a song contest. The issue includes a half page birds eye view of Pella from 1860, Tulip Queen Freda Den Burger and attendants Leatanne Vander Pol Bette Lankelma Virginia Van Gorp and Joan Kuyper, plus surviving colonists Mrs H Wormhoudt and Mrs A E Roorda. Governor Kraschel planned to assist with street cleaning and a ceremonial address.
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Leonora Scholte
Walter Stone
Pella
Chicago Lithographing Co
Freda den Burger
Central College
Leatanne Vander Pol
Bette Lankelma
Virginia van Gorp
Joan Kuyper
H. Wormhoudt
A. E. Roorda
Voice of the Public Congratulates Pella Chronicle Honor
A reader praises the Pella Chronicle for a deserved Iowa Press association honor. The message expresses admiration for its style and community role and looks forward to Tulip Time in Vella with hopes for a record year.
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Pella
Communism Doomed Warns Faithful Prophesy in Rant
A doorstop sermon declares anti-Communist fervor citing prophecy and divine judgment. The text warns readers to distrust Communist sympathizers, asserts Christ’s supremacy over Russia, and foresees apocalyptic punishment for opponents with vivid apocalyptic imagery.
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Russia
Israel
Christ
Lemon Juice Remedy For Rheumatic Pain Claimed In Newspaper Text
An old text fragment advertises a lemon juice recipe as a quick cure for rheumatic pain. It mentions mysterious ingredients and a claimed two week supply from Vander Linden Drug Store. The readability is limited but the tone mirrors period medical quackery.
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Olen
Gamiellins
Vander Linden Drug Store
Right to Work Bill Passes Iowa Senate 36 to 12
The Iowa Senate votes 36 to 12 to ban the closed shop and union shop, creating a right to work framework. Supporters say it curbs overbearing union power and reduces strikes, while authors frame it as a reaction to labor leaders overreach and economic strain.
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Iowa Senate
Iowa
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Righteous people urged to stick to God in South Dakota
A religious exhortation from Marvin Bauer of Mitchell South Dakota urges steadfast faith as tumultuous times loom, saying believers should remain loyal to God's Christ and the heavenly kingdom regardless of who falls on either side.
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Christ
Marvin Bauer
Mitchell
South Dakota
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