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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1956
Page
3
The column posits luck favors the diligent and that purposeful work reduces unhappiness. It notes a New Year reflection, acknowledges cynics who claim otherwise, and argues that an active life yields more luck and satisfaction.
The writer defends Secretary of State John Foster Dulles praising his moral character and tireless work while criticizing excessive caution. It argues the United States should adopt tougher, more confrontational diplomacy like the Russians, warning against perpetual defense without taking offensive steps.
The piece argues the shift to large farms accelerates as small family farms decline. Census data show four year farm counts fell by about 600,000, average farm size rose to 242.2 acres, and acreage in 1000 acre plus farms surged from 220 million to 495 million. Mechanization reinforces the trend, especially in the Midwest where hog prices affect prosperity. Hold on to land as a stabilizing investment.
The piece argues for a compromise farm bill with a hog price floor of 15 to 16 dollars, incentives to retire crop land via conservation payments or a soil fertility bank, and strict acreage allotments. It warns against permanent subsidies and notes the election year push to please farmers, predicting conservatives will resist long term entrenchment while aid continues.
The piece contrasts former IRS chief T Coleman Andrews who restricted tax return preparation to illiterate or disabled taxpayers with a new directive from Russell C Harrington. The service now aims to provide all taxpayers with needed advice and assistance, treating them with courtesy and helpfulness, emphasising that the keyword is service and the federal employee as a trusted friend.
Editorials warn that publicity dominates news in winterset papers and argue fishing relies on dam removal at Oakland Mills. The piece criticizes Conservation Commission politics and urges Republican action on the Skunk River project to restore fish runs.
Items from The Chronicle recalling events from 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 years ago appear in this Back Through Memory Lane column. Readers are invited to revisit notable headlines, personalities, and milestones highlighted by the newspaper in past editions.
Fifty years ago the front page showed Waechter Lumber Yard with a main shed 62 by 128 feet and a smaller shed 20 by 185 feet at the lot’s north edge. Dr Will Allen planned a move to Southern California and sold most property and medical practice to Dr Fred Carpenter. Other notes include a legal change against spitting, local business transfers, and a death of Mrs Adrianus Van Stigt at age sixty nine. A new eight to fifteen ton ice plant was planned for Pella Creamery, and a New Year Open House featured mandolin performances by Gauss, Bousquet, Stonaker, and Gladstone amid snow, sleighing, and milder temperatures.
Harriet Keables celebrated her 79th birthday with a family reunion at H P Schulte home. Charles Keables of Denver visited Pella for the first time in thirteen years. Iowa Grange backed woman suffrage. Garden City Feeder Co sales neared half a million dollars for 1915. Council planned platting of North Pella. Paul Van Zante resumed studies in Cedar Rapids. J J Bousquet injured from a fall at home. Electric lights briefly out after midnight. State Board of Control criticized for large coal and flour purchases. Roy Nowell and Arie Wiclard traveled to Washington to inspect equipment for value.
A new nizing and welding plant will start in a building owned by Van Zee and Van Roekel on Os Kalosa. The local light plant smokestack was damaged by wind with several feet blown off at the top. Also noted, Coming to the Opera Hor n play Bridging Up Husband billed as The funniest show on earth, said to have stirred laughs in New York and Chicago for a year. Vander Waal, a young farmer, was thrown from a horse and suffered a long unconscious spell, remaining so for about a week at home.
Marshals Carter and Breuk lander surprised four men in a loft above a South Pella garage as they played poker. They were brought before Mayor T. G. Fultz, who fined $50 and $25, with the cards and money confiscated.
Dan Meulpolder is shown with eight fine silver fox pelts as he takes them to Des Moines for showing at the Ft. Des Moines Hotel. He and Lane Meulpolder and Dr J J Sybenga own Silver Fox ranch west of town. Mrs N Wormhoudt celebrates 97th birthday pictured in a rocking chair making a rag rug. Agent Charles F Dykstra of the Rock Island Railway announces free delivery and...
Myron Nollen and Ernest Blom of Pella won gold medals for livestock and grains at Iowa State College after a Short Course. Plans for a new post office were drawn and bids due in February. Gerrit Wormhoudt to partner with his father in furniture. C H Wormhoudt and Ed Plette dissolve. City installs a 315 HP boiler as demand grows. Hoogheem starred for Central 45, Dubuque U. won 45-29. Pella High fell 34-30 to Lincoln. Valley beat Pella 20-17. The Littlest Rebel with Shirley Temple tops local cinema.
Ten years ago in January 1946 reports show Pella area rainfall totaling 41.24 inches in 1945 from H. K. Pals, and a Savings Bond drive in four years raising $5,968,132.50 in the Pella-Otley district. Dale Hull of Iowa State College spoke to Night School farmers on new machinery including the T N T plow. Marion County lost 51 boys and 7,213 town boys made the supreme sacrifice in World War II. Russia-bound books were being collected for shipment.
The piece notes friendly U S Russia relations easing Cold War fears as Dutch claim atom progress during German occupation. It highlights Ensign Max Kuyk returning on leave after three invasions in the Pacific, and other servicemen discharged or awaiting duty. Red Cross worker Leona Schilder also noted at Temple Texas hospital.
Rouze Hunter Marion County assessor announced a 1956 price schedule for livestock assessments. The schedule, similar to statewide guidance and approved by the State Tax Commission, lowers values across most classifications from 9 percent for one steer class to 33 1/3 percent for 9 month old swine, with decreases also shown for heifers on feed.
Sioux County CROP campaign led by Henry Van Klompenburg raised 9611.50 dollars to Iowa State Office, the highest county total in six years. Assisting officers include Rev. LeRoy Natress, Byron He, and area chairmen Rev. Henry Bank and Rev. LeRoy.
A reflective piece notes Election Day falls soon after Veterans Day on November 11. It argues that participation by veterans and civilians is essential to keep democracy alive, warning that non voting can dishonor sacrifice and weaken the nation. The author likens the ballot box to a feeding trough that sustains free government.
Sioux County district supervised by Rev Gerald Wilson Inwood. Wilson provided guidance to county CROP committees and coordinated an outstanding program of newspaper radio and TV publicity across Sioux land area Iowa CROP News.
Iowa farmers will file state and federal income tax returns with minor changes. Farmers with gross income of 600 dollars or more must file a return. Capital gains for state taxes match federal treatment, using federal net income to compute state taxable income. Forms will be mailed to last year’s filers. others may obtain them at banks or post offices and at the Internal Revenue Service offices.
Revenue office notes two federal filing options for farmers. Returns and tax due may be submitted by February 15 or balance due by April 16. State tax payment deadline is April 30. Dat Howell warns against overpaying taxes and stresses accurate records as key to correct tax returns.
The Knights of Labor formed as the nation’s earliest significant organized labor body, uniting workers across trades to push for reforms. It aimed to broaden inclusion and improve working conditions, influencing early labor activism and organizing across industries.
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