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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1947
Page
3
Secretary of State George Marshall criticizes propaganda at the London Conference. He argues for practical work toward global agreement and condemns half truths as a weapon of the era. The piece notes Molotov's tirade and mocks reliance on slogans like Oh yeah as pervasive guff.
The Home for the Aged in Pella will host a grand tulip display with over seventeen thousand newly imported bulbs from Holland. Arranged in geometric beds, the plan includes extensive footpaths, and the Hiah Society members organized the import and planting. The project aims to honor residents who aided the Old Country and will be a major sight during Tulip Time.
More than twenty Iowa farmers who toured England France Belgium Holland and Germany endorse aid to hungry nations. They paid their own way and urge food relief now as sensible business, arguing it prevents chaos and costly wars later. The immediate aid sought from Congress costs about two days of war, a rational vaccination against a long illness.
Commissioner Paul Harp reports through the Marion County Soils District a fifth annual conservation effort for 1947. The district plans limited expansion, needs more technicians, and emphasizes farmer cooperation, contouring, and terrace building to prevent erosion while warning against cutting the Soil Conservation Service’s independence.
The Keota Eagle notes a home shortage across the U S and suggests Keota form a renting bureau to match strangers and workers with vacant rooms in large houses. The idea could open a new niche in real estate services and help address housing needs locally.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette opinion notes that college football remains driven by pay and transfers. It cites Breaknuckle State and Saddleback U as examples of recruiting drift and argues the public would favor outright athletic scholarships over current subterfuges.
Four skaters plunged through thin ice at the Pella Electric Company pond in Tulip Park. Bert Kempkes, Central College senior and class Philo Society president, died after being submerged for about ninety minutes. Carrie De Haan and others survived as the city mourned.
Thirty years ago in Pella December 27 1917 Sunday School children contributed 600 for Armenian relief amid Europe war turmoil. Local marriages, fuel rationing orders, letter delays rumors, water supply upgrades, and furloughed Navy photos frame a community letter.
The item lists home folks from France and enlistees from Ohio and New Mexico camps. It notes Measles illness at Camp Deming and service at Camp Dodge. Christmas Day weather was clear and cold with temperatures to 20 above. A pre Christmas gun club shoot offered fifteen turkeys as prizes. It records the death of Sam Hess, four, near Pella.
Twenty years ago on January 5 reports show two tile paralysis cases in town and several sick children monitored for possible polio. Also mentioned: Central College beat Dallas Independents 40 to 13 in basketball. McGregor Company opens furniture store in Pella with Will J. Tubberden as manager. Otley hosts Marion County poultry show with 200 birds won by M. A. Sandmeier. cash business shift foreseen. local injuries from a falling tree. heavy snow and blizzard conditions. A F of L president William Green declines New York Fascist League talk. Garden City Feeder annual meeting in Pella. Guaranty State Bank Knoxville merges with Knoxville National Bank.
John Pos reports 1937 moisture well below average with 23.5 inches rainfall. nine year trend shows ten feet below normal. Pella hosts WHO Barn Dance Frolic in Des Moines with Mayor Fultz and others to boost Tulip Festival awareness. Coal at Light Plant $2.05 per ton. Night School draws ninety farmers on fence building. Electric fence sparks interest. photo of Central's cage shown.
European grain relief hinges on American grain output as drouths and fertilizer shortages strain crops. Iowa, a top corn and livestock state, pledges to boost production, optimize feed use, and minimize soil damage to stabilize meat and wheat supplies while feeding Europe. Citizens urged to buy smart, reduce waste, and support farmers in sustaining feed and production.
A local cinema listing notes The Life of Zol starring Paul Muni at the Kivola Theatre with public interest in a photo of Mrs Denny Hynes who recently celebrated her 2nd birthday and is well liked by South Pella neighbors. Nearby notices include Mrs N Van Maren’s fall injuring her hip on Christmas Eve and Thrift Sale promotions from Model Clothing Store alongside a walnut bedroom suite from Wormhoudt & Son priced at 55.00. Rumors of the Panay sinking by Japanese planes in Chinese waters indicate broader Far East tensions.
The ad promotes insurance on farm and city property, crop bail, and automobile coverage in various branches. It urges starting a savings account with a life insurance company for retirement income, advising to insure with good companies at low rates. Contact WM Dieleman at Sully or by P O Box 146. phone 60.
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