Idea That Clicked Spurs Local War Aid Drive
Thought of the week urges world peace through how American boys are raised. National Boy Scout Week marks the movement's 36th anniversary with almost two million members. The Victory Clothing Drive in Pella proves practical aid, as residents pack warm garments and cover overseas postage for Holland, delivering timely relief this winter.
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America
Europe
Walter W. Head
National Boy Scout Council
United States
Boy Scout
Fach
Pella
Appy
Netherlands
Holland
Across Space and Soil: From Mars to Marion County Gulls
Radar experiments raise hope of reaching Mars and Venus, with possible Earth life answering. The piece urges quick action to reclaim eroded hillsides in Marion County by fencing, pond creation, and tree planting through Conservation Service programs, arguing profits and wildlife value justify costs.
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Nyone
Marion
Conservation Service
Our Best Ambassadors in War and Peace
The piece notes Dr. Douglas Horton praising G I Joe as a superlative ambassador to Japan while arguing Americans should avoid revenge and seek friendship. It reviews UNO tensions, Bevin Vishinsky exchanges, and Millard Tydings urging immediate disarmament talks to shape a genuine world order by 1950.
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Jets
Fas
G. I. Joe
Senate
Millard Tydings
UNO
League of Nations
Rusia
France
China
Tych
Boy Scouts Week Endorsed by Eisenhower Praise
Editorial notes the rising impact of agriculture on society and cites General Eisenhower praising the Boy Scouts of America during their 36th anniversary week February 8–14. It highlights scouting as preparing future citizens through service, self reliance, cooperation, and world friendship.
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Boy Scout Movement
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States Army
Boy Scouts of America
Eisenhower
United States
Ten Year Ago Snowbound Town Faces Fuel Shortage
A 1936 retrospective notes Clarence Cro's death from heart ailment found in his room closet amid severe snow. Merchants limit hours to conserve scarce fuel as Des Moines records its coldest stretch in 117 years. News covers corn seals in Iowa, local deaths, Kagawa lectures, and Tulip Time preparations.
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Clarence Cro
Knoxville
Observer Reed
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
1926 Remembrances From Pella And Area
Twenty years ago on February 25 1926 D S Huber marked his 90th birthday in good health and with keen eyesight His life began in Pennsylvania at 15 and he joined a wagon train to California via Pella in 1862 He settled in Pella in 1864 became a successful dealer in grain live stock and farm machinery. Pleasantville High boys visited Pella for a basketball game Pella won 18 to 13 Central beat Towa Wesleyan 50 to 24. Dr Chalfont treated severe burns from a wash boiler accident. Local reports note remodeling of the Grew Building for Dr J J Sybenga and various business moves including Ocheltree leasing the American House. Rumors of Rock Island conversion to main line. Peter Heerema Gradus De Kock sold Warner Grocery stock. Fordson tractors promoted. June Storeman won a Central College speech contest. Bessie Vander Ploeg earned second in oratorical, protesting the Japanese Exclusion Act. a hearing device aided Mrs Braam bedridden after a fall. Central College president Wesselink pursued a campus memorial using stones from a burned building.
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D. S. Huber
van Buren County
Pennsylvania
California
Pella
W. A. Young
Johnnie
John Snellers
Chalfont
Pleasantville
Central
Towa Wesleyan
J. J. Sybenga
Grew
Keables
Garden Square
Ocheltree
J. M
T. Cox
Bertha Hoogenakker
Rock Island
I. D
Peter Heerema
Gradus de Kock
Warner Grocery
Pella Tigers Trip To Play Columbus Junction Muscatine
Thirty years ago the Pella Tigers set out for a road swing to Columbus Junction and Muscatine, billed as battles, with Sack Welle Brand Scholte G Ver Steg N Ver Steeg Moore and Rillihan on the trip. Penn Academy edged Pella High 14 to 11 on the home floor as Central won two games Parsons 26 to 15 and Town Wesleyan 40 to 21, with Boyd Rhynsburger Muirhead Roach Vander Linden Den Adel and Vogelant participating. The Electric Place offered three days of The Great Duncan hypnotist, billed for two hours.
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Pella Tigers
Clumbus Junction
Muscatine
Muskies
Sack
Welle
Brand
Scholte
G. Ver Steg
N. Ver Steeg
Moore
Rillihan
Penn Academy
Pella Tigh
Central
Parsons
Town Wesleyan
Boyd
Rhynsburger
Muirhead
Roach
Vander Linden
den Adel
Vogelant
Electric Place
Duncan
Supt. FM
Frush
Webster
Winfield Beacon
Beacon
Pella
Baptists of
Town
Des Moines
Town Falls
Carroll
Terloo
Reformed Church
Central College
United States
Dutch Gain in Fight for Land
The Des Moines Register notes Dutch reclaiming flood damaged land after World War II. With 45 million tons gypsum from Belgium and US pumps aiding recovery, salt is being removed and crops like rye and mustard will return. Wieringermeer polder damaged by Germans worsened fears, but restoration progresses toward 1950s goals despite widespread disruption.
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Europe
Netherlands
Britain
Normandy
United States
Belgium
Wieringermeer _polder
Zuyder Zee
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Pella- Fifield Road
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de Wild Farm
Wash Board Road
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