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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
3
An editorial reflects Harriet Beecher Stowe and Stowe’s thought on gifts beyond material wealth. It urges sharing warmth with bewildered travelers and notes another kind of travelers facing inflation. The piece endorses patriotic, unselfish action and calls for practical support during hard times.
Inflation fears and price controls dominate a wartime letter from Irwin J. Lubbers urging restraint, urging buyers to hoard less and invest in war bonds. The piece traces how excessive spending fuels price spikes and argues for government-led rationing and prudent commerce. The author, a Central College president, cites past recessions and urges holding steady until postwar prosperity returns.
The piece argues inflation harms wartime stability, urges cooperation with the OPA and rationing, and warns that without price controls the cost of living would soar postwar. It cites past World War I prices, stresses consumer restraint, saving, and buying war bonds to protect returning servicemen and maintain employment.
The piece discusses inflation’s impact on consumers and the need for a price control program. It argues that higher prices threaten the postwar market as households patch budgets and save, while farmers feel the first effects of price shifts. The speaker calls for realistic ceilings on purchases and maintained prices for farm goods and machinery.
Opinion piece critiquing growth of power and debt while praising private enterprise. Highlights Eric Johnston of the U S Chamber of Commerce defending free enterprise, contrasts with government intervention, and discusses postwar farm and economic questions. Includes references to socialism fears, private enterprise, and Liberty Magazine notes on billion minutes.
Thirty years ago in Wy class items: Bert Stone back from Graceland to his job as Rock Island conductor. Dave Thomas sold his South Main meat market to Henry J. Kool. Vander Zyt Bros shipped wheat to Chicago, price 90 cents, loss en route. Ver Steg Co store bought by Floyd Gamble. families moving to Penna. City Feeder Co. annual meeting at Vella with Henry Veerman and James Veerman present. Mainsizer drivers and wives at Amerie gathering. W. Troxel received buttermilk gift. Chicago Meteors and New York Nationals mentioned in travel talk. Marriages recorded: Alice Brummel and A.C. Grandin. Veda Tice and Clinton McKinney. Fire dept. quiet for four months. roof fire extinguished at Steven De Kock home. Local boy sled trip to Grinnell for Opera House show. Federated Club met at Mr Kuyper’s. program on Evolution in home life. Knoxville formed new company Natl Perfofelt Co with ten thousand capital. directors Lang erak, Core, Way, Brann. Harry Keables at Des Moines on State Pharmaceutical Board. Paul Boertje accidentally shot hand. at Bos hospital, expected full recovery. Paul Van Zante entertained.
A Dec 1925 item notes a midnight fire at the home of Mr and Mrs Jacob Rook near the Grimes Canning plant, delaying firefighters due to location confusion. The house belonged to J H Van Vliet. The clipping also mentions Abe Van Nimwee en's death, church mission gifts for Chin, county road improvements, a Soldier's Bonus endowment to Rus Van Zante, and thieves killing hogs tied to a bob sled on Henry Vande Voort farm near Oskaloosa.
Alex Miller spoke at the Garden City Feeder Co annual meeting in Pella. Dutch Schmidt MC’d a banquet at the Memorial Building. Edith Sedrel sang, Jennie June Stureman read Dutch verses, Jake Vander Wort sang, and an orchestra led by Frances Sheehy performed. Otto Ottumwa evangelistic drive, Vander Severt moving to Pella, Buerkens back to Owasa schools, Van Viiet seeks Chicago treatment, local clerks hosted a surprise party. Hogs $8.20 to $9.90 per cwt, cream 34 cents, eggs <unspecified>
The text notes 46 cents per dozen and mentions Cora not being quoted. Mrs BE Black's store room on the South Side is being remodeled, with business continued in the adjacent room next to Sack Tailoring Shop.
A 10 year retrospective recounts John Pos tracking rainfall to 15 inches in the drought year, notes on 12x deficient rainfall, and a flooded athletic field where youths skate joyfully. It details Arie L Bruin planning to skate after forty years unused, local injuries, and a New Year game where Central Alumni beat Vander team 43 to 25. It mentions bank troubles, farmer hardship, a Ver Ploegh injury, and federal action against Babyface Nelson.
A reprinted note from Professor John Ely Briggs in Lynn Massachusetts describes a postcard sent to Harry Baker and Robert Lee with the address Telephone Manhole at the corner of Oxford and Washington Streets, offering an odd glimpse into local communication.
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