24 Aug 1950
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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1950
Page
1
A town column recounts August events and personal notes. Fractures from a jet wind, hospital visits, new baby daughters, trips by rail and air, and letters from Switzerland mingle with local birthdays and family news. Names include Vander Ploeg, Toom, Parkinson, Kreykes, Rysdam, Nieburg, and Bir.
Myrtle Reed announces piano lessons at Lincoln Building starting Tuesday September five. Pupils from Sunnyside and Christian schools will travel to the Sunnyside Studio for f our current year. organ and pipe organ students are invited to join church programs. Lessons are free. call to arrange.
A distorted tale from a southeast city describes a youth who tunes a hot rod to brake sharply and send his car sliding broadside into oncoming traffic. He tails others, passes, then brakes over hills or curves as following drivers watch in shock. The piece notes the danger and likely fatal cost of such reckless thrill seeking.
A fragment notes Louis Bode finding two different sevens within the past few days. The text is incomplete, offering limited context about the discovery or its significance. Further details are unreadable in the supplied OCR snippet.
Local brief notes the retirement of Wien Enoch, a longtime cashier at the depot, marking the end of Joe’s tenure at the station.
Advice urges late summer spraying to control weeds. The text notes August and September are optimal for weed kill, reducing drift danger, and allows bare spots to be reseeded for spring growth. Gardens and ornamentals may be protected from fumes, supporting late summer applications for lawn care.
The American Red Cross proposes a four point program to assist UN troops in Korea including counseling on personal and family issues, information exchange, distribution of comfort items, and recreation facilities. The offer extends to Red Cross societies of Great Britain Australia the Netherlands the Philippines Thailand New Zealand Bolivia Canada and Turkey. Twenty one ARC field workers in Korea today with eleven more en route, including three women.
Aid offered to other UN forces mirrors the assistance extended to UN servicemen amid the conflict. The statement notes comparable support across UN deployments and military personnel.
The Red Cross headquarters in Tokyo has requested 99,019 dollars worth of supplies for U S forces in Korea, aiming to bolster aid operations amid ongoing postwar relief efforts.
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