Colonialism Is Dead and Free Indonesia Pace News
The piece notes Queen Wilhelmina’s radio declaration colonialism is dead amid Indonesia’s move to federation as United States of Indonesia with January 1 1949 target. It compares Dutch independence steps with Britain granting Burma India Ceylon independence and mirrors postwar global shifts toward self government and democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Wilhelmina
Indonesia
Islands
United States of Indonesia
U.S. I
Netherlands
Surinam
Antilles
West Indies
Asia
Great Britain
Burma
India
Ceylon
Hitler
Europe
World movement toward liberty and self government
The article discusses a global push toward liberty and self governance, noting progress but unfinished work. It cites Queen Victoria’s remark that colonialism is dead and expects a ten-year horizon for stability, while warning dictatorships to feel a shifting wind from Asia. It mentions brucellosis treatment advances and a critique of Soviet music policy and American swing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Editorial Comment UNCLE SAMS FAMILY
Editorial pieces from various papers criticise payroll totals and political stances. It notes federal, state, and local employees amount to about 1 in 10 workers, while Wallace’s Farmer reports no action on cooperative patronage taxes. It also condemns wartime profiteers and recalls prewar commentary on alliances and the threat of war.
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Marion County
Supreme Court
General State Fund
Oskaloosa
Tribune-Pi
U. S
Wallace
Washington
Pella News Highlights From 1908 Page
Four decades past items include Mrs Kate Beard’s travel letter from Cadiz on the Arabic with a vivid view of the Holy Land houses streets and people. Local baseball sees White Sox versus Cubs with Ancel Reuvers leading the Cubs and Shine Smith the Sox. Cubs win 6 to 1.
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Kate Keables Beard
Cadiz
Beard
Holy Land
Cubs
Shine Smith
Sox
Lewis Vander Kolk
Lyman Smith
Billie Naer
Lane Braam
Walter de Wit
James Krel
Pred Rhynsburger
Ross Schakel
W. J. Clark
Abe Lincoln
Louisville
D. Gangs
Sioux City
Dave Mathes
Des Moines
Wyoming
Inna
John van Rees
Buwalda
Laura Kramer
Spencer
Iowa
F. M. Frush
George Clarke
Charley Aikins Wins Croix de Guerre in France Echoed in 1918 Dispatches
30 Years Ago report notes Charley Aikins of Winterset and captain of Co A 16th Infantry earned the Croix de Guerre in battle in France. It mentions his Pella roots in a family shoe store with Bart Stegeman, Red Cross fundraising led by WH Van Gorp, war saving stamps quotas, coal unloading contracts, a Federated Club production of Mrs Temple’s Telegram, a long list of local residents and events, including fires, a marriage, a public declamatory contest, Edison orchestra at K P Hall, and travel updates of several locals amid a light Easter Dawn issue with sixteen pages and sparse advertising.
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Charley Aikins
Winterset
Co. A
16Hth
France
Aikins
Pella
Bart Stegeman
Federated Club
Newton
Geurt Vander Meulen
Monroe
Connie Muntingh
Portland
Oregon
Wabash Railroad
Henry de Borst
Fairmount
Joe Bogaard
Camp Deming
New Mexico
Dick van Zante
Camp Dodge
Ray van Maren
Rock Island Railway Company
Des Moines
J. J. Sybenga
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Cornell University
N. Y
Local anecdotes from Pella residents and town life
Street commissioner Carson oversaw activity while Robin Welch of Knoxville and Rollo Welch of Chicago visited friends in Pella. The Welschs were born in Pella and recalled boyhood days there. Simon De Hann injured his thumb on barbed wire and faced blood poisoning. Prank Den Adel started as a regular clerk at the Faassen Den Adel Store as business grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
Robin Welch
Knoxville
Rollo Welch
Chicago
Pella
Simon de Hann
Prank den Adel
Faassen-Den Adel
Easter Opportunity edition and city budget notes
Twenty years ago in Pella the Easter Opportunity edition notes a Chamber of Commerce budget of 3000 dollars with 2500 for the chamber and 500 to Central College, plus a 60 cent per mile grant for farm-road graveling. It reports a car collision east of Pella on Highway 63 with several injuries, a local stranger case, a Main Street name change debate, Central College Day, a 93 year old resident birthday, Ford Model A and T parts notes, Kiwanis visits, and a heavy wet snow as press time neared.
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Chamber of Commerce
Central College
Virgil Ten Hagen
Ralph Kaldenberg
Harry Breuklander
Pella
Main
Ben Sack
Main Street
Central Bay
James Buis
Abe Ver Ploeg
Ford
Des Moines
St. Louis
Kiwanis
Oskaloosa
Newton
Legion Hall
The
Legion Auxiliary
Ford Motor Company
Tulip Queen election and 88 Festival take center stage
Ten years ago the March 31 1938 issue highlights the Tulip Queen election with new Historical Society rules, notes strong interest in the 88 Festival, and reports on Hwy 163 widening near Pella and Oskaloosa. Trees uprooted for landscaping amid a dry winter and welcome rain. Pella High typing students placed in state contests.
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Historical Society
Pella
Oskaloosa
Pella High
Prayer for Parents to Be Better Caregivers
A heartfelt plea for guidance in parenting urging patience listening and kindness. The writer asks for humility honesty praise and restraint, to avoid shaming or petty punishment, while granting reasonable wishes and fostering mutual respect between parent and children.
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Heavenly Father
Pella News Notes and Campus Activities Summary
The piece lists varied items: Miss Heary guiding many students from large schools, plans by Des Moines interests to build a Pella motion picture theatre with Dan Smith as manager, Beatrice Schippers escaping injury after being struck at Shell Station by a car driven by Robert Hagen of Leighton, Bert Meyer’s 6000 acre plantation story near Havana Cuba, Ros screen Co official Harry Sixsmith addressing students on advertising, a Grinnell German lecturer urging Americans to resist Hitler and Mussolini amid Anschluss, warnings on U.S. isolationism, college students in a barnyard party at the campus gym, and Marion Boat leaving Vanden Berg Electric for Westinghouse in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Heary
Des Moines
Pella
Dan Smith
Beatrice Schippers
Shell Oil
Harry Sixsmith
Rosscreen Co
Grinnell
Hitler
Mussolini
Austria
United States
Marion Boat
Vanden Berg Electric Company
Lester
Westinghouse Company
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Pella Chronicle
Official County
H. H. Sadler George Ver Steeg
Palm
England
Lady Nancy Astor
National Farm Institute
Lady Astor
Elizabeth Wherry
Farmer
Kay Metz
Lamont Chronicle
Miss Metz
Sailer
Mato St. Pella
American Medical Assoc
Wesley Y. Spink
Wf Imuddtie
Unive
Minnesota
James Shaffer
A. N. Braude
University
Wendell Hall
Veterans’ Hospital
Minneapolis
Russia
Stalin
Prokofiev
Caesar Petrillo
Congress
Uncle Sam
Eddyville Tribune
Diggin
Northwood Anchor
Germany
Fliteo
Tyme
Bayliss
Harvey
Mary Eysink
Oklahoma
el Reno
Okla
Dena
Des Moines Daily News
Boss van Gorp
South Dakota
Stevens
Jim Sheehy
Bert ‘Thomassen
Messrs. Harris and Smith
Waterloo and Southwestern Railway Co
Sheridan
John van Vliet
Sully
de Penning's Gamble Store
Lynnville
Montezuma Renderers
Dept. Agri
Blacksmith and
Osteopathic
Drs. Kramer
Kramer
Nellie D
West First Street
Austra
White Rocks
South Pella
J. H. Shinn
Pella, Iowa
Oskaloosa St
Graham
Plow Company, Inc
Amarillo
Texas
Mith
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