Thought and Inventions Spark Hope and Change
Thought of the Week urges bold leadership amid world tension. Des Moines Register survey cites Allen Towne advocating Ottumwa as Air Force Academy site. Tulip Time gardens advance two to four weeks with forecasts of peak blooms. Inventions forecast dramatic gains as Chrysler reports a gas turbine engine and Tappan Stove Co outlines ultra high frequency cooking.
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Des Moines Register
Air Force Academy
Allen Towne
Des Moines
United Air Lines
Air Reserve
Mr. Towne
Ottumwa
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
Tappan Stove Co
Mansfield
Ohio
Two Inventions Promise Big Changes in Transport and Home
The text notes ceramic containers and new oven tech that heat faster, enabling housewives to perform any cooking task in jig time, comparable to conventional ovens or stoves. It highlights potential tremendous changes in transportation and housekeeping driven by these inventions.
Warren County soils commissioners buy farm for conservation display
Warren County soils district commissioners sold two old bulldozers bought in 1952 and purchased a 155 acre farm near Liberty Center along highway 65 to demonstrate conservation practices. In April five contractors cleared three acres of timber, cleaned fence rows, filled two gullies at no charge. A lime dealer donated thirty tons of lime. Public demonstrations planned with careful cost records, limited activities this year, and leases part of the land. The move shows independent leadership. federal and state agencies only advise.
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Warren County
Indianola
Praise for the country press from Secretary Weeks
Editorials celebrate the free press as a loyal, trusted community guardian. Weeks lauds weekly papers for honesty, civic pride, and truth telling. A Rib Lake viewpoint denounces radar entrapment claims and argues signs are unnecessary to enforce speed limits.
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Odebolt Chronicle
Secretary of Commerce
America
Rib Lake
Wis
American Automobile Association
40 Years Ago 4s trouble with Mexico and local notes
A fragment from 40 years ago recounts U.S. entry fears over Mexico under Huerta, a front page war story, and Central College sports losses to Penn. Local items include Highs beating Prairie City, a subscriber critique of city squirrels, Campus Day charges, horse sales, North Main real estate offers, a vacuum cleaner at Central College, and plans for an Iowa Panama Exposition exhibit.
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Mexico
Vera Cruz
Woodrow Wilson
General Huerta
Central
Penn
Oskaloosa
E. T. Warren
High
Prairie City High
Buerkens
den Adel
Ella
Pella
Johnson
Riley
R. R. Beard
Harry Keubles
North Main
H. P. van Gorp
P. H. van Gorp
F. F. Carpenter
L. Goulooze
Central College
Goulooze
James Verhey
Joe Faassen
Commercial Association Men of Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa
J. Slycord
G. A. Vander
Garden City Feeder Company plant showcased at Pella
Thirty years ago April 24 1924 a full page urged citizens to view the plant during work days through May. A Monroe Mirror clipping recounts a fire started by an engine backfire in the print shop injuring printer Ike Van Haaf ten, quickly contained by a hand extinguisher. A Des Moines game saw a 13 to 10 victory for Still College. Alpha Epsilon Sigma planned the May production Peg My Heart on campus.
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Garden City
Pella
Monroe Mirror
Ike van Haaften
Still College of Des Moines
Alpha Epsilon Sigma Society
Des Moines Relief Push and Local Incidents Spark Action
Reports from Marion County detail relief roll increases as CWA funds withdraw. Cross burnings near Monroe and Newton spark fear, while a Knoxville court sentences a theft case. Des Moines enforces no pay policy for newcomers lacking funds amid cleanup plans. Several local injuries and burglaries noted.
City Council Grants May June Light Free Use
The City Council allowed electricity users to consume freely through May and June, paying only for April usage. The city also bought two Independence Street lots for a children’s playground between East 1st and East 2nd Streets. Des Moines area baseball saw Pella High lose 6 0 to North of Des Moines at Moines as Joe Van Arkel pitched well but fielding errors hurt. Jacob Prins installed as pastor of Second Reformed Church in ceremonies Wednesday evening. Home for the Aged residents free to come and go after two months of smallpox quarantine. Billy Benitema among residents excited by regained freedom. Local relief workers worried as no new makework aid forthcoming. Seed potatoes and garden seed available to reliefers.
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Independence Street
East 1St
East 2Nd
Pella High
Des Moines
Moines
Joe van Arkel
Jacob Prins
Second Reformed Church
Home For
Billy Benitema
April 90 1944 Rota y Eelee drag and wartime notes
Ten year ago April 1944 items from Pella Knoxville and area describe weather delays in gardening with rain snow and frost, OPA price lists, and local families on leave or visiting. Harold De Bruin and Pvt Har ld De Bruin connected. Gerrit Vander Wilt lost horses. Gerrit Wis served in Bremerton. Lt Tryg Grufman and others visited.
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Paniel
Knoxville
Ange Barron
Ervin Roksber
Ceaed
Nick de Ruler
Atryn Ayrey
Po Ray Klootwyk
Bae
Patton
Sai Romer
C. A. de Beuin
Pvt
Harld de Bruin
India
Harold
G. A
Howard Vander Linden
Camp Roberts
California
Bernie Vander Linden
Tryg Grufman
Navy Air Base
Ottumwa
Vander Lindens
Gerrit Vander Wilt
Iowa
Seaman
Gerrit Wis
The
Ney
Bremerton
Washington
College Acts Against Intolerance at Grinnell College
College leaders at Grinnell acted against a single student for racist remarks during an event. The incident prompted an investigation by President Stevens, who determined the remarks would not alter policy of racial equality and that the college would ensure fair treatment for all.
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Ken A
Alana
Aaa
Rmatter
Stevena
Lon
Sete 1 College
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