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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1938
Page
6
Weekly Health Message stresses prenatal care as the crucial base for healthy baby development. It urges early medical supervision, proper diet, fresh air, and exercise, with prenatal syphilis testing offered to prevent transmission. Sponsored by the Towa Chi Welfare Research Station, University of Towa.
Iowa reported only eight diphtheria deaths last year, a rate of three-tenths per 100000, the lowest since 1908. Immunization drives in 90 towns and 25 counties, plus ongoing school and community efforts, are credited.
The article argues right of way should be sacrificed for safety. Delaying a few seconds prevents collisions at intersections, cross路ads, and driveways. Giving way protects both drivers and pedestrians and reflects prudent, courteous driving.
A columnist argues that ordinary good manners in driving and reasonable care are essential and inseparable in preventing accidents. The piece emphasizes courteous behavior and attentive driving as joint safeguards on the road.
Marion County 4 H members are urged to submit weighing certificates and feed report cards promptly to qualify calves for the State Fair. The Farm Bureau Office will issue a guide sheet showing how calves compare with peers, aiding records. Attorney General Cummings comments on anti trust laws at Jackson Day. Town State Teachers College placement bureau reports 1 555 new positions for 1937 38.
Classified and notice items include Want Ads seeking a four or five room rental by March, and sales of livestock and farm equipment. Also listed are used tractors, machinery, and horses for sale. In other news, Vogelaar's, Hildebrand, and Katz were convicted of narcotics violations in federal court. Robert H. Jackson spoke on mutual protection of government and business amid a rising chorus of cooperation.
Peter Zantene, a 72 year old resident of Canton, Ohio, recently applied for membership in the Boy Scouts.
The Emergency Relief meeting at the Court House on February 14 reviewed January intake figures. Of 166 applications handled, 133 were accepted with 112 granted relief. 19 pending and 13 rejected. Most recipients were miners, farm hands, or truck/construction workers. January caseload totaled 660, including 249 county relief cases. Commodities distributed included potatoes, rice, prunes, apples, and oranges. Fifteen cases were quarantined for smallpox or scarlet fever. A 1938 subsistence garden program was discussed and March 14 was set for the next meeting.
More than 3,000 horses have been treated for nose flies with townships not completed and ports to be turned in Pleasant Grove township with.
The county reports 361 horses signed up with Red Rock 291 Summit 261 Swan 261 Lake Prairie 254 and West Knoxville Township 200. Farmers contact veterinarians to treat horses for nose flies reducing next season’s annoyance and improving winter condition. Township directors and school officials urged to file reports as January treatment aims to reach a 4000 horse goal. Swan Township leads in Nosflies treatment and seeks top campaign spot. cost is small and benefits widely felt.
The unemployment compensation tax on payrolls increases to 3 percent in 1938 from 2 percent in 1937 and 1 percent in 1936. The higher levy takes effect with the first quarterly payments of 1938, due April 1.
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