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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1955
Page
6
Thought of the Week in the Des Moines Register condemns privilege and notes lobbyists must register. Lawmakers say lobbyists provide facts and figures for proposed laws, but critics warn about other pressure group tactics influencing legislation.
Philip Lucido of St. Louis placed a bold want ad in the Post-Dispatch on the eve of his twenty first wedding anniversary. He proclaimed he would provide for his wife and praised her loving kindness, a move described as unprecedented in the paper’s history and drew nationwide attention.
Marian Anderson, a Negro contralto, debuts at the Metropolitan on January 7 becoming the first person of color to be honored in that role. Her performance as Ulrica in Verdi’s The Masked Ball drew a vast ovation while General Manager Rudolph Bing defends hiring on merit.
Attorney General Dayton Countryman backs a bill making possession of the Federal Liquor Stamp evidence of violation of Iowa liquor laws. He notes over two thousand taverns and clubs in 78 counties paid the $50 stamp this year to shield operators, but opponents argue possession alone isn’t proof. The plan would intrude on enforcement, risk collusion, and relies on jury verdicts to convict, while some sellers surrendered stamps. Countryman says the law should pass, and even if not, stamp owners face constant scrutiny by authorities. The speaker stresses enforcement duties and clarifies he is not a dry.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette editorial argues that pessimists are often wrong and calls for thoughtful political restraint. The Marshalltown Times-Republican notes a proposed special room in Congress for contemplation. The Washington Journal suggests automatic safety belts at higher speeds. The Indianola Tribune laments the vanishing one room school and urges reviving rural education by combining town and country support, proposing a fifty year old one room schoolhouse exhibit at the county fairgrounds.
Fifty years ago Donaldson and Brimmer planned a monument shop on the East side of the Square near the post office. A state culture station aided doctors in diagnosing contagious diphtheria at Frank Stubenrauch Drug Store. Local deaths included Houston Webb found frozen near Oskaloosa and Alderman A. J. Vander Sluis who died at 62 after thirteen years on council. Central College beat Penn College 22 to 18 in basketball. Pella High defeated Central's Commercial Dept 17 to 13. Weather and oddities fill a broad town recap.
Central college basketball dropped two games on a trip, 29 to 18 at Dubuque and 33 to 20 at Drake University in Des Moines. Star Rhynsburger tallied six baskets and four free throws. Lynhorst Vogelaar Byers and De Cook also played for Central. The Fella Tigers beat the Alexander Club and Missions of Des Moines 48 to 15, with Rhynsburger six baskets, Boyd seven, and Ver Steeg one. A humorous item notes Knoxville depot alarm over three suspicious men turning out to be local residents.
A fragmentary notice notes Boy Scouts of America plans a 45th birthday observance. It mentions a reading of a tribute and an award by a secretary, with references to Besson and Douglas McKay in unclear roles.
Burly Harvey town marshal wore a catskin cap while elderly A N Vander Lin den appeared well dressed. De Geus plans to build on a Franklin Street lot in spring. High schoolers enjoyed a bob sledding oyster party at Bessie Van Spanc keren home with chaperones. Over 1 000 shares bought in new Fair Association. George Heeren offered wood carvings to the State Historical Society. Renaud scored ten baskets in a Pella High win over Colfax, Buerkens five, Rillihan four. final 33 11. Thirty years ago in 1925 Lincoln School roof spark, six Pella boys won State Corn Show prizes under John H. Ver Steeg. Three Knoxville boys injured in a highway crash near Howell Station after a basketball game. Central lost to Tona Wesleyan and Parsons, then beat Des Moines University 18 16. Dutchmen beat Grace 35 20 with Wassenaar scoring five. James Ver Hey left Pella for Chattanooga to work for three months. Men of the Legion Post earned a radio by selling coupon books for Manhattan Oil Co. Rysdam, Rouwenhorst, Beyers, Kuyper, Waechter and Wormhoudt led a Pella cage win over Prairie City 16 15 and Pleasantville 10
Recap of a liminary declamat contest at the high school with winners Louise Le Cocq and others, plus notes on Roosevelt 53rd wave funding, a canned meat relief project, coal rush in Marion County, theatre lease in Keosauqua, Corn Hog Committee changes, a skating injury in Marion, Pella High basketball win over Valley Des Moines, and a Des Moines federal court ruling on coal pricing.
The article recalls February 1 1945 as American forces push toward Bologna from the west with Berlin within 55 miles. It notes no Russian American rivalry in Germany. It mentions farmers mailing tractor and highway gasoline requests to their ration boards ahead of issued rations.
Dr. Jonas E. Salk, originator of the polio vaccine, told the ARNMD that the crippling form of polio may be ended in five years. He cited studies suggesting lasting immunity from vaccination and the potential for vaccines to prevent other diseases by using dead-virus preparations. The findings, if confirmed, could revolutionize vaccine science and curb polio as a major public threat.
Cent ral loses 18 to 40 with Van Dokkumburg scoring seven baskets and Olmstead adding 15 points on eight free throws. The report also notes ROTARIAN patrons reaching 700 and line lengths of 300 miles, plus miscellaneous local notices about land, war service, and infrastructure projects.
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