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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1933
Page
4
John W. Vander Linden announces a new product named D X Lubricating Motor Fuel as a superior gasoline successor. He claims it lubricates upper cylinder walls and valve mechanisms, offering the greatest motor fuel ever offered to motorists, and presents it as a first exclusive offering to customers in Pella.
The Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation unveils D-X a lubricating motor fuel claimed to soften and remove carbon deposits while preventing carbon formation. Tested in 500 cars the product will be marketed with a major advertising push across Diamond stations.
A management change occurs at Hotel Pella as Mgr W Burdick of Omaha Neb sold the equipment and furnishings to L W Burdick. Burdick will assume charge Friday. Mr and Mrs Snyder, who came from Syracuse Neb over a year ago, are leaving and may not return. Burdicks will be welcomed in Pella’s Dutch community as they begin their new venture.
The monthly PTA gathering in the high school auditorium features Dr. Herman Stuart of Central College delivering "The Changing Social Order." A committee report from the Seth Parker club notes rising memberships and 25 cent weekly pledges for welfare aid work. All parents and teachers are urged to attend.
Fragmentary ad notes 100 sheets of bond paper priced at 26 cents each. Location cited as Chronicle Office. No additional details on supplier date or contact.
The Inquiring Reporter surveys five locals on cash pricing and credit. JAS VAN DUSSELDORP doubts a single fix will solve all woes, noting merchants shoulder bad debts. WM VER OUGHT cites cash as essential to protect merchants, while acknowledging hard times. WALTER SHUM DONAI argues cash benefits buyers and merchants but warns those without money suffer. R B GRANDMAN questions town adherence to cash only and credit prevalence. WILLIAM STEENHOEK notes cash could work if all adopt, yet fears exceptions persist.
The piece analyzes Cyrenus Cole’s A History of the People of Iowa noting how the 1893 94 Panic parallels modern stories with figures like Grover Cleveland and Hoover, the tariff dispute, widespread distress, bank and railroad bankruptcies, soup lines, and the rise of organized marches toward Washington as the nation sought remedies.
The speaker notes money is scarce and wages arrive irregularly, making it easier for buyers to obtain only essential items while creates hardship for workers paid infrequently who cannot always pay cash.
The passage notes government shortages leading to bond sales for funds. It cites J Pierpont Morgan Andrew Mellon as the financier accused of treason by some. Grover Cleveland and Herbert Hoover are condemned for repeal actions affecting credit and finance policy.
The speaker argues against deflation and government cuts, urging a National Spending League to restore purchasing power. He contrasts 1929 inflation fears with today’s deflation, condemning policy shifts that harm workers and manufacturers. He calls for confidence, old-fashioned common sense, and rebuilding purchasing power to lift the economy.
A historical note reflects a change in policy from aggressive spending to mass layoffs and deep expenditure curtailment. The piece argues true economy means saving people, not just trimming funds, emphasizing the paradox of prior and current approaches. The comment is attributed to The American Legion Monthly.
W W Jeffers died Tuesday from a heart attack in Knoxville where a service is planned at 2 00 o clock. Friends may view the deceased at the corner near Van Dussel dorp store between 9 80 and 11 00 Friday morning before the funeral cortege proceeds to Knoxville for the service.
The service for the deceased member of the church will be held at the church, with interment on the grounds. Mr Jeffers is remembered for his parish work and community involvement, and funeral rites will be conducted by church authorities.
A meeting of the Farmers Holiday association will be held at the court house in Knoxville on Wednesday evening February 8 at 8 o clock. G B Miller president of the Iowa Farmers Union will be the speaker. All are invited to attend.
A Houston based Electric Co. representative visiting England showcases the vast size of the United States and the ability to board a Texas train at dawn and still be in Texas a day later. The piece includes local ads about new testing equipment, a brewery worker joke, and a tale of a turnip grower’s windy market trip.
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