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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
8
A column extols the new Telephone Directory and Yellow Pages claiming rich reading value from ordinary listings. Anecdotes include misdial mishaps at the grocery and operator replies, plus a Bible anecdote about John Waker’s store success from faith. Ends with a moral on daily gospel by deeds and words.
An Iowa company advertises life insurance sold direct with no agents. It claims savings pass to policy holders and contrasts this with higher agent sales. Investigate and report findings.
Town residents face a rising fly population this summer linked to relaxed sanitation and delayed screen maintenance. Harold Gunderson of Lown State College Extension warns that more breeding sites appear near dwellings and business areas. He notes many flies are blow flies attracted to decayed matter and that DDT must contact them to work. Clean up refuse, wash garbage cans weekly, and reapply DDT around cans and building screens every two weeks, with hotter weather requiring more frequent use.
July 20 anniversary reminders for John Vand Kraats and Albert Bennink mark a day of recollections at the Home for the Aged. Des Moines visitors include Dirk Rietveld and Anne De Bruin kin. Newton and Sully ties appear with Welle and Huyser families. traveling Netherlandish guests Tienus Vander Heuvel return to Bareulo with plans to The Netherlands aboard the New Amsterdam steam.
Orlando Anderson reported a binder setting overnight in a grain field. by morning only the tongue remained while the rest of the machine was wrecked by a strike of lightning. Local authorities note no further injuries.
A state act authorizes borrowing eighty six million dollars to fund a World War II service compensation program. The bill creates a World War II Service Compensation Board to administer payments to veterans who served between September 16 1940 and December 31 1945, with monthly stipends up to 3500 dollars and a survivor benefit of 500 dollars. The act outlines bond issuance, tax provisions, eligibility, appeals, and fund administration.
Fragmented OCR shows a state bond tax law from 1947 detailing annual direct taxes to pay principal and interest on bonds. It specifies rates, assessment, and collection timing, plus a voters referendum form and official certification by the secretary of state. The passage ends with approval and publication details dated July 22, 1947.
Relatives of Navy and other service members who died in World War II must file wealth tax abatement claims by January 1, 1949. No tax is due from deceased personnel for wartime years, and refunds will be issued for any taxes paid by the service member before death.
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