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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
3
The piece blends wartime morale with economic concerns showing calls to sustain production and housing while criticizing wartime restrictions. It notes optimism for postwar jobs in building and manufacturing, discusses OPA rules, small business impact, and urges pride in Allied efforts and Churchillian leadership. It also covers racial equality rhetoric and political debate.
Davenport Democrat laments the fellow who eased worries with country rides. Sheldon Sun notes New Dealers in Washington are low in spirits as aid seekers dwindle. Mason City Globe-Gazette suggests stepping into the ration board’s chair to curb criticism of its decisions.
In a rural town, residents assert independence, claiming they can work daily without seeking approval from union leaders, touting the simplicity and advantages of country life.
The Pella region record notes a farm land sale east of Pella on Highway 63 at 210 dollars per acre, with De Prenger selling to Ver Meer after paying 360 dollars during the boom. It mentions local projects, a memorial for President Harding, and a Villa pursuit report, plus Trades Day plans and OPA price discussions.
A 1901 Pella Blade page reports the sale of the Blade with equipment to Herman Rietveld and plans to merge with the Advertiser under a new name. It catalogs local property deals including the Judge Woolson home, the Stevenson place, and an Opera lot purchase. It notes visits by Miss Jennie Vander Zyl, Jennie Ulrich, and others, church picnics, a Buffalo Bill exhibit water use tale, farm fires in Lyon County, and preparations for Democratic conventions in Des Moines.
A crowd in the thousands attended the Lynnville Old Settlers gathering with many Pella residents present. Reports mention hog men Jake Keegel near Durham and S. 5. Woody and an absence of transport options in Pella, while Miss Jennie Vander Shut traveled to Des Moines for a kidney operation.
The Meteors edged Newton 0 0 late in a dramatic semipro baseball clash as Heinie Van Spanekeren pitched a one hit gem through seven innings before Boyd opened the late rally with a single and George Boyd cleared the bases with a three bagger. Polsom fanned eight for Newton while Va struck out five Meteors.
Twenty years ago on August 16 1923 Governor McMasters of South Dakota ordered gasoline held in state warehouses to be sold at more than six cents below the price offered at stations. The move launched a price reduction campaign aiming to lower costs for consumers and reshaping local fuel markets.
A ten year ago explanation of parity as applied to pine farm products by Shepherd of the Asvieultn homies Department at Ameson is reprinted on the front. Henry Wallace outlined a plan to curb wheat surplus to stabilize the market. A wheat growers meeting in the Bella area was to unfold the plan. The death of Gerrit Pud Van der Wilt at 37 near the Skunk River is noted along with his long farm and picnic spot appeal.
Edmond F. Maher former chief of the OPA food price section in five Far Western States claims OPA flaws stem from professors and professionals who regulate profits over prices. He asserts economists and young attorneys caused delays and indecision, severing the price program from the public.
Sam Guard argues that food policy for wartime and postwar peace should come from farmers themselves. He highlights breed-type conferences where hog breeders gather, judge hogs, discuss, slaughter, and publicly decide policy. He urges decentralized country conferences led by a capable agriculture leader rather than Washington spokesmen.
A fragmented discussion hints at Mussolini and fascist bombing of cities. The text recalls Italian air raids on Ethiopia and Madrid and questions the supposed beauty of war and bombs in a critical tone.
An American air campaign hit war plants around Rome while avoiding the Vatican, exposing Mussolini’s tactic of nesting industry near religious sites. The piece argues the Vatican’s safety was a propaganda claim and urges hard actions to end the war quickly, stressing a single American life is worth more than Rome’s ruins. The writer condemns continued conflict and endorses decisive measures.
Compiled chronology outlines Mussolini’s rise to power in 1922 including the Turin Massacre and Matteotti murder, the race laws and suppression of free speech, the formation of the Axis with Germany, the invasion of Albania and Greece, Italy’s entry into World War II, the losses at Tobruk and Benghazi, and the final exit in 1943 following Allied advances. It covers interactions with the Vatican, the United States, and key military campaigns through 1943.
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