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Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1932

Page

2

Auction Scrip Promoted At Extension Auction Sales

Local shoppers are urged to ask for Auction Scrip on purchases of a dollar or more as part of the Extension Auction Sales held the first Saturday of each month. The note highlights scrip’s value for buying preferred articles and lists numerous local residents and visitors connected to Pella during the period.

de Extension Elizabeth Henrietta Ver Heul J. M. Gook Chicago

Nothing Certain About Farm Prices

The downward fluctuation of farm prices has been very noticeable the past few days. More than 3,000 hogs were kept off a market and hog prices declined 15 cents per hundredweight while cream, after rising from 14 to 19 cents, dropped back to 17 1/2 cents this week. The situation appears complex with problems beyond immediate expert solutions in agriculture.

Washington DC sees drop in building values amid 1932 figures

District of Columbia building values fell in the year ended June 30 1932 with 10 745 permits issued for 133 apartments 735 business structures and 1 259 houses Repairs dropped by 202 from the prior year New quarter dollars Washington Bicentennial coin went into circulation with a million ready at the Treasury Designs by John Flanagan may continue for 25 years Veterans Bureau reports 1225 adjusted service certificate advances totaling 512 294 circulated locally Highway hazards for hitchhikers rise and Salvation Army shoes supplied 2077 pairs Sequoia Washingtoniana noted as oldest living thing and related facts

Washington, D. C District of Columbia Washington Treasury George Washington United States of America John Flanagan New York Paris Veterans Bureau Treasury Department Bonus Expeditionary Force Salvation Army

Activities of City Churches Baptist Services and Sermons

Sunday School at 9:80, morning worship 10:45 with sermon Praying It Through, evening service at 7:30 with sermon Christ, the Great Foundation. Mrs Alanta E Gillette widow of razor maker sole beneficiary of estate over 1 000 000. Weekend Chicago robbery included three tons of aspirin tablets.

Mabel Hoekstra Fairfield Elva Klein Des Moines Earl Klein Hazel Tysseling Mitchellville Freda Vande Haar Baptist Sunday School Alanta E. Gillette Chicago

Rise of Small Farms Near Cities Across Nation

Los Angeles reports Dr. Oliver E. Baker of the U S Department of Agriculture notes a growing trend: urban residents seek rural plots near cities. Small farms under three acres rise about 33 percent 1920 to 1930, with 10 to 20 acre farms up 16 percent, as unemployment drives part time farming and longer term settlement near relatives on country parcels.

Los Angeles America Oliver E. Baker United States Department of Agriculture Baker New England New York Michigan North Carolina United States

Hoover Views In Outline From His Speech

Tersely told outline of President Hoover positions on national and international issues. Calls for a change in prohibition laws, a protective tariff, strong armed forces with reductions only beyond that strength, and federal regulation of interstate power but not operation of power plants. Demands a balanced budget, farm relief with tax coordination, sound currency, Kellogg Briand pact consults, restricted immigration, conservation, railway reform, banking reform, law enforcement reorganization, and river harbor highway development.

Hoover

Fire control as a professional science for safety

The text argues fire control is an exact science requiring study and experience like any profession. It warns that increased industrial activity raises fire hazards and stresses the need for a first class fire department with reliable, standard equipment. It notes that cheap crews and equipment fail under pressure, quoting fires that could be extinguished with better apparatus and trained personnel. The Florida prison bureau announces the dismissal of two guards, amid allegations of beating and falsifying stacks.

Florida Fed

Fire Department Veteran Hurt in Auto Crash Death of Wife

A. E. George, 89, of the Des Moines Fire Department, was injured early Sunday and his wife, 38, died three hours after in an automobile accident. Fifteen people were trapped when a 160 foot steel sidewalk canopy collapsed from a building on a downtown thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Harold Veenstra Des Moines John N. Vander Linden Rev G. L. Vander Linden Fulton A. E. George New Orleans

Fire Destroys Maywood Hotel. Six Die in Waukegan Blaze

A fire swept a wooden frame hotel in Maywood and Waukegan Illinois early Sunday killing six persons. Firefighters battled the blaze as neighbors reported screams and rushing crowds. Investigators searched for the cause amid charred walls and smoke stained plaster.

Maywood Waukegan

Thieves Break In At Catch All Motor Co

Burglars entered through rear windows Sunday at the F. E. Catch all Motor Co. They broke the safe knob and stole more than $100 in cash and several checks.

F. E. Catchall Motor Co

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