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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1951
Page
1
Posters from the Towan Safety Congress remind children that streets are for cars and trucks. They urge crossing only at corners, looking both ways, obeying signals, and riding bikes with hand signals in a straight line to the right, stopping at signs and avoiding street play.
Readable fragments report births at Mahaska Hospital Os Kal oo sa and various hospital admissions and surgeries. Mrs Irvan Mennine welcomed a baby boy. Connie De Jong Leigh ton and Jacob Brand Sully admitted for surgery. Messengers note marriages Marvin Tys seling and Myrtle Evers and Donna Rusgetting well after hernia surgery. Vehicle trips and visitors across towns are mentioned with several residents escorted to Mercy and Mahaska Hospital for care.
A reader recalls attending a college chapel play with a jury scene and a mix of strong acting and austere judges. The column notes the jury dynamics, gender composition, and verdict uncertainties, then previews the next Central Theatre production There Shall Be No Night and its famed stars Lynn Fontaine and Alfred Lunt.
Plans for Tulip Time operetta and stage events are discussed with excitement. Mentions of Tam, Tam all ready, and the Indianola piano contest add local flavor alongside remarks about community figures and family visits.
Some 17 000 town merchants not covered by earlier mailings will receive ceiling price regulations and forms toward week’s end. Albert J. Loveland, district director of the Office of Price Stabilization, said the main issue involves 2 200 dealers under CPR No 7 Amendment No 2 now added categories such as instruments radios phonographs housewares sporting goods chinaware jewelry watches and clocks. Retailers may need to file supplementary charts while others formerly exempt must now file. Mailing to radio dealers is expected to be complete.
The notice outlines requirement deadlines for CPR amendments and reporting forms. About 5 000 to 6 000 filling station operators will receive CPR No 11 and a reporting form this week, due by April 30. Copies of CPR No 17 for 1 000 gasoline and fuel oil wholesalers are already in the mail. Approximately 6 000 retailers will receive CPR No 1 this week with a form for OPS District Office filing to set ceiling prices by base period margin or by adding four cents per gallon plus customary differentials.
Loveland said about 150 Town gasoline and oil cooperatives will receive CPR No. 13 and CPR No. 17, and those in third grade gasoline need not file a report with the OPS office.
James Conley, 24, of Wyoming, died instantly last week after becoming entangled in a power belt and being drawn into a circular saw. He sustained fatal head injuries in the accident.
A fragment from a historical column notes that finding a happy person is more valuable than money, describing happiness as a radiant trait and contrasting it with material wealth. The incomplete text hints at a proverb about virtue over wealth.
The passage argues that entrance into a room lightens the mood like a lit candle, and that true happiness, unlike false happiness, makes people kind and willing to share, while false happiness breeds sternness and pride.
The excerpt discusses life as a hard and uneven road, contrasting with a cheerful heart that eases the journey. It uses metaphorical imagery of a sofa pillow and car cushions to describe resilience, referencing Glasgow in passing. The tone blends philosophical remark with everyday comfort.
The National Safety Council urges households to prune hazards during spring cleaning. Advice centers on removing clutter, testing detectors, and securing chemicals to prevent accidents and injuries in homes.
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