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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1936
Page
3
Complete stock of parts for repairs by Hocksema Bros offering repair work on all electric appliances and radios. Telephone 2k. Radio and Electric Service in the Gamble Store. See Van's Motor Service for rebuilt washers wringer rolls electric motors and gasoline engines. All kinds of machine work by Ed Van Gorp.
Heavy extra heavy proportions noted in stock at Hoeksema Brothers Garage Pella Iowa listing used cars including a 1933 Chevrolet Coupe a 1930 Ford Sedan a 1929 Nash Coupe and a 1926 Dodge Sedan plus two Fordson tractors two gang plows and a two row horse cultivator offered by White Way Auto Co.
A rambling, era-tinged column blends quips on aging, laziness, marriage, wealth, vanity, and social norms. It humorously lampoons modern youth, Wall Street, and domestic life, weaving sharp asides about love, jealousy, and gender roles with random reflections on cleanliness, fame, and ego.
The 1936 feature Barbary Coast from Samuel Goldwyn, with Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, stars Miriam Hopkins Edward C Robinson and Joel McCrea. Production involved a three acre set in a three story San Francisco waterfront recreating 1852, with a full ship and period props.
The piece argues that widespread specialization separates producers from consumers, making home production rare and goods traded globally. It notes price effects on farmers, the need to reconcile producer and consumer interests, and suggests cooperative effort as the path for orderly progress within a unified society.
The supreme court's decision on the AAA brings farmers back to the core issue after 1929. Before 1930 about 60 million acres produced for export. after 1930 only 30 million acres could be sold abroad. Farmers kept producing beyond profitable returns, creating a home surplus of crops like corn and cotton. Prices fell as hog and livestock output rose, worsening farm income.
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