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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1945
Page
3
A column reflects on country editors who avoid sensationalism and keep thoughts as welcome guests in readers' homes. It reviews Iowa education funding debates, a Kansas City heliport idea for rural access, and an Akron man’s single story, basement-free house design prioritizing safety and ease.
A reflective piece discusses the closing year as the most eventful in history with war’s end and the atomic age dawning. It argues aggressors must face trial, self-government rights become widespread, and a new world order is slowly forming through constructive movements and faith in Providence.
A downtown scene shows people reacting to below zero conditions with humor and resilience. A youth in a thin outfit and California plates, bemused pedestrians, and a Pella resident note the first day of winter as attention turns to maple buds and the cheerful side of cold. A Buffalo radio report recalls a veteran gleefully shoveling through heavy snow, illustrating winter’s varied impact and the idea that mood shapes the season.
A collection of editorials criticizes pay demands and labor pace while urging improved work quality and effort. The pieces contrast calls for higher wages with calls for skill, industriousness, and responsible leadership amid labor tensions. Strong voices from Lake Mills, Oskaloosa, Knoxville, New Sharon, and Corydon weigh in on rights, policy, and performance.
Thirty years ago the issue notes a good harvest ahead and booster news that the White War was selected for the Daniel Boone route from St. Louis to Minneapolis. Farmers may buy nitrogen fertilizer as Germans fixed it from air. Local fires, theatre shows, basketball losses, and social events fill the page with brief notes.
Twenty years ago at Memorial Hall a January Junier Car Show began by John Heber Steeg, merchants contributed prizes, and Chamber social dinners featured Carl Agchenbrenner as president. A Cedar Misch School team beat Pella 31 to 23 with Central players Byers and Rowland among others.
Joe Boyd alleges his gold Waltham watch, a chain, and a knife were stolen from his clothing while he refereed a baseball game at the Oskaloosa YMCA, in the building now housing the Legion Memorial Hall.
A 97 year old Mrs H Wormhoudt is featured on the front page as Pella and Marion County’s oldest resident. The issue notes veterans of local life including Myron Nollen and Ernest Hlom winning gold at Ames short course, local politics and real estate moves, and sports results from Central and Des Moines venues.
Towns health report for 1945 shows six diseases less prevalent and four more prevalent compared with the previous year. Measles scarlet fever typhoid smallpox whooping cough and meningitis were below anticipated totals. brucellosis diphtheria poliomyelitis and pneumonia rose, led by pneumonia with 1518 cases through mid December versus 616 last year.
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