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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1945
Page
3
The Pella Chronicle lists George Ver Steeg as editor and H. H. Sadler as publisher. Yearly subscriptions outside Iowa cost $3.00, service men receive a rate of $2.50, and no subscriptions are sold for less than one year. Entry notes mail matter second class status at Pella Iowa.
The column surveys postwar British politics with Attlee’s Labour rise, noting a shift toward greater state control and social welfare. It compares Churchill and Truman era pragmatism, praising peaceful democratic change while warning against exclusivity and prejudice.
A compilation of editorial quips from several papers on stark wartime themes. The pieces mock patriotic ritual, cite grim Holocaust figures, lampoon slang while urging humane postwar relief. A U S soldier calls for peace and Mom's pie, urging restraint and comfort at home.
A list of small town events and happenings from South Pella to Oskaloosa. Yella Heerema buys a drug store in Indianola ready to move. Mrs. Lon Wormhoudi has appendectomy in Des Moines. local lads enjoyed watermelon while a freight train incident led to a 2.90 melon fine. Lynnville beat a visiting team 5 to 4. Happy De Hilsme from Oskaloosa biked to Pella in 2 hours 8 minutes to present Miss Leona Linden with a purse for her church service. Bologna factory work started behind Ulrich Meat Market. George Gosselink returns from three years in Mesopotamia. Alamo Theatre showcases Lon Chaney in The Monster. Otley Pentecostal meetings continue in a tent with strong merchant advertising support.
Aug 15 1925 report notes Congress approved 60 000 000 for post office buildings and 60 million total for 150 federal projects to speed up employment. Grimes Canning plans tomato packing as harvest lags. Farmers Union hosts Grandman’s Grove picnic with Milo Reno and Dr J J Lubbers. Tax levy increases half mill to fund road work. Reverend Cornice De Bruin to serve as missionaries abroad. Web ster School faces 80 broken windows from teen mischief. Pella Theatre screens Goin to Town with Mae West.
A thirteen year old colored girl died after a car accident near Pella when a tire blew out and the vehicle veered into a ditch. Three Marion County men died in a lethal gas incident at an abandoned Pleasantville mine as two attempted rescue others. The Pella football schedule appeared light with Kellogg Dallas Fremont Pleasantville and Prairie City. Van Houweling Auto Co moved to new quarters on Franklin and East First Streets.
Thirty years ago the town planned a four team tournament with Newton Prair City Milo and the Pella Meteors funded by merchants 820 dollars prize money Clyde Jarnigan of Monroe to umpire a wall collapse disrupted Fowler Telephone Exchange service for a day Knoxville girls band concert led by Mr Kurts with twenty musicians James Rietveld death at 71 funeral soon to be held Shakespeare plays Rosaland and The Twelve Pound Look sponsored by College Auxiliary Veterans entertainment planned for September Chautauqua trip notes Socialism debate at Knox ville Young voiced single tax views Star Auto Co sold cars including an Overland to Vander Po Jake Vander Po l Otto Van Speren Gerrit Van Hientolom and Bo Van Gin al with Harry Koopman clerking at Koab
A reader styled Dale Hoksbergen writes in defense of local farmers and criticizes peers for public quarrels, discusses a jailed individual, and hopes for better policing led by a man named Joe. The letter reflects wartime social tensions among rural residents and service members.
A Iowa City welfare study notes early childhood lessons in judging space through muscle memory and sight. It describes a toddler’s attempts to fit objects through openings, the errors from inexperience, and a mother’s potential teaching moments using measurement rather than scolding.
Lyon county reports an outstanding oat harvest with heavy heads and long stems. Heit Behr, formerly north of Rock Rapids, displays oats with stems 55? inches tall, signaling what could be an all time record crop for the area.
A Drug Store vacationing in Kansas City reports Fred Lautenbach's bicycle accident on South Main street with minor injuries after a head impact. Barn fire near Pella destroys structures and harvest, while a huge sunflower at L D Schakel’s yields 87 blossoms and a 82 inch circumference. Nearby, Gene Hinton and Forest Sadler ride to Hedrick to visit the Sadler family, with other relatives visiting from Hedrick. The Electric Palace advertises orchestra music at the Iowa State Fair with Art Smith planed stunt, recalling Lincoln Beachy and Parmalee Brothers pioneer flights and Ruth Law era aviation feats.
Elmer Oberbroeckling, 12, wins first prize in the Dubuque County conservation essay contest with a call for soil conservation. He argues war years and postwar needs demand responsible farming, terracing, contour farming, crop rotation, and other methods to protect America’s soils for the nation’s future and world leadership.
A farmer is urged to use his land wisely for the good of his family and nation, reflecting a conservationist message from The Iowa Conservationist. A remark notes the capacity of V-Mail to carry many letters in the air, comparing it to long-distance air mail transport.
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