Local Pella News Highlights and Transfers
Local notes from Pella cover property transfers with Govert Kamerick on West First Street moving to new home in March. Des Moines and Oskaloosa visits dot the week with relatives, hospital stays including Paul Grundman and S. M. Van Hemert. Recent livestock shipments and a Des Moines University club dinner are noted with brief mentions of neighbors and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Paul Boertje
Preston Steenhoek
Govert Kamerick
West First Street
Blommers Mill
Mr. Kamerick
Wm. van Heemert
L. P. Beintema
Harold Beintema
Des Moines
S. M. van Hemert
Abbot's Hospital Joosa
J. P. Klein
Earl Klein
Paul Grundman
Methodist Hospital
College Contests and Debates At The College
Contests and debates continue at the college with essay and oratorical events tied to faculty prizes. Winners in men’s and women’s oratorical contests are listed, prizes to be awarded at Commencement. Debates include a Penn at home duel and a March Forensic Association meet in Oskaloosa. Washington Banquet planned for Feb 20 with tickets 75 cents. Marion Klaaren chairs ticket sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert van Wyk
William Bakker
Gertrude Bensink
Henrietta Kregel
Sophia Benes
Dick Kolenbrander
Joseph Kamphuis
G. H. Douwstra
Hull
Iowa
Gertrude Hankamp
Bessie Onstine
Gertrude Hasselman
Helen de Prenger
Freda Ten Boer
Marion de Velder
Albert Langerak
Russel Redeker
Martin van Zee
Robert Baron
Dorothy Payne
Martha Timmerman
Ruth Pietenpol
W. J. van Kersen
Holland
Michigan
Penn
Henry Kolenbrander
Henry Eggink
Oskaloosa
Forensic Association of Town Colleges
John Flet
America
Mulder
World Court
League of Nations
United States
Pella
Why the United States Should Join the World Court
An editorial arguing the World Court is essential for international disputes and world peace. It asserts the US as a driving force behind the court, cites presidential support since 1920, notes Protocols aligning US equity, and urges prompt US membership to preserve credibility and moral leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
THE
World Court
World Peace
World Court of Justice
Permanent Court of ‘International Justice
Supreme Court of the
Permanent Court of International Justice
Senate
Hoover
Al Smith through the eyes of a New York admirer
The speaker recalls visiting Al Smith in New York near the Empire Building, praising his humanity and past, noting Smith’s warmth, humor, and sincere sympathy for Hoover. He recounts Smith’s reminiscences of Harrigan and Hart, Albany, and a zoo tale about a pet bear, describing Smith as uniquely human and popular.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
New York
al Smith
Empire
Jesse Jones
Houston
Tex
Lower East Side
Brooklyn Bridge
Oliver Street
Harrigan and Hart
Mr. Hoover
Sir
Albany
Klas
Hoover
Fascism Saw as Italy's Savior Says Averardi
Dr Franco Bruno Averardi, Florence professor, told Des Moines University Club that fascism came to save Italy and extend a decade of progress. He argued Italy’s one man rule and Vatican state aim to unite church and state, while modernizing industry and boosting public works with low unemployment. He warned against worshipping fascism and saw future leadership beyond Mussolini.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
University Club
Des Moines
Franco
Bruno Averardi
University of Florence
H. C. Payne
C. Aschenbrenner
B. Mulder
E. Y. Goad
Younker
Averardi
Vatican State
Mussolini
Holy See
Averaldi
Device to measure rock depth uses pressure waves
Des Moines February 9 Special report notes N Stanton of Iowa City has patented a method to determine rock depth below the surface. The device emits pressure waves toward the bed of rock and increases wave frequency until reflections from the rock are detected, as listed by Barr Freeman and Sinclair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
N. Stanton
Iowa City
Barr, Freeman and Sinclair
Iowa Patents and Horticulture Tips From A Week
A roundup notes Otto F Rohwedder of Davenport patenting a bread handling machine with many features for the Mac-Roch Sales and Manufacturing Co. It lists other Iowa patentees and inventions, from hul ling attachments to wheel scrapers. Horticulturists advise wintering conifer seedlings in beds with pine needles mulch and protection from rabbits and mice, transplanting in early spring, and consider slow-growing pines may need two seasons. They also suggest a stout curved mattress needle and white cord for sewing up stuffed roasts and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto F. Rohwedder
Davenport
Mac-Roch Sales and Manufacturing Company
Wm. P. Johnson
Des Moines
Geo. D. Lawson
Fort Dodge
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Fact Notes on Fires Drafts Potatoes and Jellied Fruit
Last year fires damaged about 46 million acres in the United States with 90 percent man caused. Outside or inside wood and felt stripping reduces drafts at windows and doors. Retail potato dealers favor two and a quarter to three inch potatoes. Maine and Pennsylvania stocks lead, with Prince Edward Island and Long Island next. Inside Information describes jelly made by adding fruit to lemon jelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Maine
Pennsylvania
Prince Edward Island
Long Island
Idaho
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Ross Schakel
Downing
Robert de Goey
Mercy Hospital
Ford Korn
Marshalltown
Gerald Paardekooper
W. S. Leary
Knoxville
Francis Horton
Newton
U. S. Marines
S. S. Colorado
Los Angeles
Calif
Barbara Horton
Harley Scott
Vicors
Pete Vander Kolk
Stuart Good
Dutch Mill
Royal Cafe
P. D. Wageman
D. J. Wageman
Wayne
Prairie City
D. Woods
Colfax
John Braathart
Anna Berendregt
J. B. Vander Linden
Leighton
Vander Linden
Dick den Adel
Arne Vander Wal
John N. Vander Linden
R. A. Awtry
Sally Monday
So Kool
Moi
Si Mary Ite
Dorothy Kool
John Thera
Method Hospital
Farmers Union Shipping Association
Farm Operative Exchange
Carl Aschenbrenner
E. V. Goad
Jin
Douglas Fairbanks
Coming Farrell
and Gaynor
Rogers
Lfe
Smenaugh Syndicate
E. C Cooper
Prairie City, Iowa
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