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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1941
Page
2
Farmers, families, and neighbors in the Pella area share life updates. Den Boer and family note hospital surgery and births at Mahaska. Ulrichs celebrate firstborn son. Illnesses, visits, and travel updates mix with church notices, home fires, and community happenings across multiple nearby towns.
A reader from Orange City questions Mr Gee and criticizes campaign rhetoric over war, urging sobriety and study of nations allied with England. The letter contrasts Allied democracies with aggressors, cites Churchill, Lindbergh, Chamberlain, and calls for peaceful, businesslike solutions while urging reflection on Albania, Ethiopia, Belgium, and Finland.
Pork is affordable and safe when bought with the U S inspected stamp. Four roasting musts guide perfect pork results with various cuts and oven temps. Clear steps cover boned shoulder and loin roasts plus stuffing and timing for best tenderness and flavor.
A Knoxville reader signs a midwestern letter praising American aid while denouncing German and other dictators. The writer laments German soldiers consuming resources and starving civilians, insists the word good should accompany American pride, and offers to fund subscriptions to support compatriots.
A reader from Orange City defends Britain against German propaganda and supports Winston Churchill. He argues Hitler’s aims threaten freedom, praises the British fight for democracy, and condemns the notion of Aryan superiority. He urges Churchill to continue resisting aggression.
The Knoxville Mentor Club donated six fully stocked first-aid kits to rural Marion County schools. Recipients include West River Ridge with Beulah Hays and Caloma with Luella Shore, among others. Previous years saw kits sent to many additional schools across multiple townships.
Herbert McCoy, chair of Marion County AAA, announces a series of township meetings to explain the 1941 program. Sessions cover allotments, payments, signup procedures, and soil district conservation plans, with details on assistance, small-group meetings, field demonstrations, and farm planning. Farmers are urged to attend and watch this paper for notices.
A narrator recalls sweet patience from an old lady who praised a sauce for its flavor and zest. The piece promises to show how to transform ordinary sauce into a fine company dish, starting from the beginning with a detailed method.
In June 1896 Mr E Avery and Mary Blaskas married then divorced. After four decades they remarried and reside near Colwell. The PGA of America raised over 50000 for Red Cross war relief last year through charity tournaments.
To whom it may Concern: final reports on file in the Clerk of the District Court of Marion County Iowa seek settlement and discharge. Hearing set for the first day of the next term beginning February 1, 1941. Doc list includes estates and guardianships with several executors and administrators named. Clerk J Rex Weddle. Deputy Don L. Remy.
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