Thought of the Week on Political Conventions
In the national conventions a middle ground emerges as Taft MacArthur and Truman Acheson are repurposed. The piece urges politicians to speak meaningfully for voters and notes a Georgia highway stop that praises safe driving, suggesting Iowa could use gentler enforcement. The tone favors measured rhetoric over partisan bluster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
MacArthur
Truman
Acheson
Stevenson
Georgia
Iowa
Flying Saucer Bubble Busted
A scientist explains saucers formed under a bell jar and atmospheric simulations show light and erratic motion. A recent note argues interplanetary flight to Earth is absurd, citing distance and fuel. A sighting near Pella was a plane beacon on clouds, not a real saucer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Mars
Pella
Rainmaking Sparks Public Debate Across Regions
The article outlines a nationwide clash over cloud seeding and its effects. Langmuir’s rainmaking sparks criticism that rainfall patterns align with seeding, while western ranchers invest heavily in silver iodide efforts and Washington state farmers wage a rain war to protect crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Langmuir
Washington State
Yakima
Wenatchee
Rainmaking myths and secret methods debated by officials
A news story summarizes secret rainmaking techniques used to influence weather, including over-seeding from point to point as storm clouds threaten. It notes the U. S. Weather Bureau still disputes any change in weather patterns while recalling Hatfield’s dramatic cloud-busting deluge and costly failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Hatfield
San Diego
Brannan outlines 1953 Agriculture Conservation Program
Secretary Charles F. Brannan discusses a 1953 soil and water conservation program aimed at encouraging practices farmers would not pursue on their own. He urges critical review of each item, warns against overreliance on price supports, and calls for leadership from farm organizations to resist political subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Brannan
Farm Bureau
Editorial finds value in a modest government cost
A reader features a divergent editorial stance praising the Iowa countryside and harvest potential while contrasting skepticism about federal spending. The piece frames government outlays as minor for average families and lauds Ike's leadership, Nixon as a rising Republican, and a united party needed for victory in 1960.
Back Through Memory Lane items from The Chronicle
Items of interest from The Chronicle reflecting events and notes from 10, 20, 30, and 40 years ago. Highlights feature people, places, and moments that shaped regional history, preserved in brief reminiscences and notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle
Central College notes and local affairs summarized
City Council hires A J Muth for six months at 100 dollars a month to manage the light plant as expenses rise. Central College news covers Dr Elbert T Warren taking over coaching, football practice, and a renewed team outlook. Local political speeches by N D Shinn and E G Dunn are noted, plus a Palace Restaurant fire damage. College facilities debate, concert company appearances, Civil War era tales, land for sale near Colfax and surrounding towns, a swan shaped car, Roosevelt campaign cartoons, and telecom underground work on Main Street. Two Rock Island locomotives resupply water after uncoupling outside Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Muth
Elbert T. Warren
Bert
Central
Wilson and Marshall Club
N. D. Shinn
Knoxville
Shinn
E. G. Dunn
Mason City
Garden Square
Central College
Herbert Bailey
Grace Finley
Professor Babb
Babb
Jasper Olney
Marion County
75th Anniversary Parade At Pella Features Historic Pageant
A 30 year ago celebration of Pella’s 75th anniversary showcased a two day parade with a Legion Post sham battle and fireworks. Julia Watson directed a historic pageant, the Tennessee Rats’ 4 to 2 win over Pella’s team, and notable speeches by L. Herring and Col. Smith Brookhart. Marriage records and local demonstrations of Brunswick phonographs at the high school were noted, along with visiting Texas figures and town activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Post
France
Julia Watson
Central College
Pella
Tennessee
Tennessee Rats
Alamo Theatre
Milo
Melcher
Carlisle
Paul Ver Steeg
de Haan
L. Herring
Des Moines
Democrat
Col
Smith Brookhart
Brookhart
Herring
Ed Gezel
Gertrude Sorensen
West Side
Iowa
Puritan Drug Co
Heerema Brothers
C. H. McDowell
Texas
Taft
Cindy
Texas Agricultural College
Adell Hendricks
Monroe for water and a trip to Pella
Denver resident Manton Lee Tracy visited his grandfather L Stegeman in Pella seeking water supplies. He traveled to the home alone, making the trip both ways without company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Pella
Manton Lee Tracy
Denver
Colorado
L. Stegeman
Brain Tumor Removal Operation at Johns Hopkins
Reported medical operation to remove a brain tumor performed at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Matt Kempkes of Boston with his mother and brother Tunis. Service member Matt Kempkes, in the U S Navy, is mentioned amid a celebration with balloon ascensions and amusement rides in the area around North Main Sunken Garden Graceland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jts Hopkins University Hospital
Matt Kempkes
Boston
Tunis
Matt
U. S
Sunken Garden
North Main
Graceland Cemetery
Garden Square
Fall Opening Highlights At Central College era editions
Twenty years ago the Fall opening featured ornate covers and heavy advertising for fall coats. Des Moines visitors watched Gene Sarazen's exhibition while local figures moved between churches, colleges, andBenefit games raised funds for the Welfare League. Death noted, charity appeals urged locals to buy Pella bread, and efforts continued to fund a town swimming pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Menning
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Third Reformed Church
Harry Boland
Willard de Winter
Joe Shinn
Art de Winter
Marion Vanden Oever
Chapel
Jewett
Elizabeth Graham
Pella
John H. Toms
Central College
John Jansma
Vanden Berg Electric
Electric Sparks
Pella community honors in 10 year war record and local wartime plans
A 10 year ago feature highlights a Pella National Bank service flag listing local servicemen, wartime promotions in Des Moines and Pensacola, and school and business efforts to support the war. The piece notes 4000 Marion County men eligible, 700 already in service, and local trainings at Central College and Pella High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella National Bank
International Sh
Firestone Tire
Rubber Company
O & P Tire Co
Pella
Joyd Gragy
Billy” Vande Kieft
Navy Air Corps
Pensacola
Florida
Lawrence Hartgraves
Solar Aircraft Company
Des Moines
John Hoeksema
Pella High
Marion County
Gamble
Joe Stienties
Central College
Through a Childs Eyes: Freedom Wins In Mississippi Essay
Bobbie Louise Smith of City High Sebatobia writes on freedom inspired by Maija Jeki of Latvia, a former concentration camp survivor. Her Lion Oil essay envisions liberty, asks America to preserve and extend freedom, and wins $4000 in scholarships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie Louise Smith
City High School
Sebatobia
Misa
Maija Jekisons
Baltie Country
Latvia
Joe Stain
Bobbie
Maija
Bobbie Smith
America
Bobble
Lion Oil Company
Big Petroleum and Chemical
Robbie
Dad
Land of
Libery
Mississippi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lerned
Mae Pelle
ZA Vie Association
National Editorial
Lasgbekar
Official
Mh, Sadler
George Ver Steeg Marion M. DE Zwarte
Jess
Rochefoucauld
Silly Symphony
Chicago
Estherville Daily News
Washington Administration
Iowa Town Falls
United States
Misppi
Ike
Storm Luke Pilot-Tribune
Eisenhower
Washington
Middle West
Sen
Dick Nixon
California
Republican Party
Old Guard
Spang
White House
Colfax
Prairie City
Newton
India
G.O.P
Theodore Roosevelt
Hiram Johnson
Roosevelt
Mr. Young
Connie de Jong
Marion Gosselink
Carl Beyer
Holland
Hope College
Fowler Telephone Company
Main Street
Rock Island Railway
Thivation
Waechter
Rudy Schilder
Carl van der Ploeg
Stan Borgman
Connie van Berkum
Liggett
Bert Baron
Herbert Mentink
Burlingen
Helen Klyn
William Vande Kieft
U. S. Navy
Billy
Navy School
Clarence
Babe) Caldwell
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Army
William Hols
Bert Ver Steeg
Hiley Lanerak
Abe Goemaat
Marin Ibers
Anthonie van Zett Walter van Aalst
Harold Vander Hart
Richard McAlister
Federal Land Bank
AZ Inne
National Farm Loan Association
Member
Federal Land Bank System
M.d.taylor
Clark Taylor
North Market
Oskaloosa
Henry Vriezelaar
M. Dear Clark Taylor
Vriezelaar
Benson, Pres
Harding College
Searcy, Ark
besstRoy
Brom Feed Store
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