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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1937
Page
4
Garber calls for serious farmer thought education and action. Everson criticizes Congress and bank profits while urging cost of production plans and broader farmer organization. Rural Electrification Administration promotes farm electrification benefits and Iowa’s leading project pace.
M. Vander Linden advertises a rug sale offering all rugs at 10 percent above cost. The display features Broadrooms Wil tons Friezrs and Axminsters in sizes for any room or den.
The 1937-38 opening welcomes ninth grade with departmental work to form a complete junior high. Primary pupils must be five by Jan 1. Miss Ander Schaaf leads the primary. Mr. and Mrs. Rozeboom head the junior high. Frank Den Beste joins as teacher in harmony with Christian instruction. Building redecorated. new seats, benches, books, and playground equipment donated.
Dr. Truman J. Lubbers president of Central College told farmers he feels at home on the farm and urged visits to the college to see its buildings equipment and programs. He emphasized training the hands as well as the head and heart and the community role of Central College. Mrs. Ethel Olsen educational director of the Consumers Cooperative Association Kansas City Mo spoke on the Swedish origins and spread of consumer cooperatives and urged study and participation as a revolution in the field.
A twenty act circus, nearly twice as large as any previously brought to the Iowa State Fair, was contracted for as an added event for day and night entertainment during the 1937 fair from August 27 to September 3. Plans call for a complete change of program between the first and second week with ten different features each week.
Officials list knife throwers trained elephants trapeze acts and thrill features headlined by Edna Alee the world’s greatest pistol shooter She performs on a moving car and shoots from a man’s mouth and head Gibson Company French Casino headlines other acts including a deadly knife drum routine Dobermann Pinschers police trained two high air acts over 100 feet and a miniature dog pony and monkey circus Wong troupe Chinese tumblers Hill’s baby elephants Sydell and Spots from Broadway Melody and nearly a dozen other novelties Circus shows run with horse races auto races rodeo and evening fireworks every day of the fair
Library notes review two novels by Helen Topping Miller and William MacLeod Raine. Miller’s tale centers on the Tavenner family as Thorne navigates a father jailed for banking law violations, a spoiled sister, a troubled brother, and a mother clinging to aristocratic manners amid poverty. Raine’s western pairs a trusted river companion with a pair of engaging heroes facing vividly drawn antagonists on the open range.
The Federal Trade Commission study shows dairy farmers receive a sizable portion of the consumer dollar. Milk yields about 50 percent to farmers after transport costs, with transport around six percent. Butter yields roughly 60 percent, beef about 40 percent, wheat around 13 percent, and tobacco about 12 percent.
Piki uncovers why white men harmed her people and why her father vanished. Joined by the Indian boy Chobah she unravels the mystery, aids her people, and finds personal happiness and new dreams at the end.
Extension Entomologist A D Worthington reports Hessian fly numbers rose modestly last summer with light to moderate infestation in most wheat fields in 1936. Farmers should observe fly free dates, destroy volunteer wheat, and avoid drilling early to prevent next spring infestations. Marion County fly free date is September 24.
News rounds that Postmaster-General Farley is ready to introduce a special commemorative stamp honoring the steel strike. The release is anticipated imminently as a tribute to the steelworkers and their efforts during the industrial dispute.
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