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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1942
Page
3
A column reflecting on Demosthenes and ancient treachery, criticizing wartime journalism, praising truth in reporting, and warning that morale fades after inflated build ups. It notes snowy winter hardships, calls for preparedness, and urges civic effort in war footing and home front resilience. It also reports on Libyan battlefield sulfa drugs aiding wounded and hints at Navy challenges.
The article argues Japan planned war years before Pearl Harbor and praises prewar production buildup. It cites strikes in 1941, totaling about 4,500, with two million workers losing over 23 million days, many in defense. It notes eight strikes last week among 11,000 workers and Critiques labor leadership while urging swift anti-strike measures and national unity.
Editorials urge memory work with the Star Spangled Banner and patriotism. Sigourney Review notes prolonged war will bring closer neighborly ties and porch evenings. Oskaloosa Herald reports rubber use to drop 75 percent, from 47,000 to 10,000 tons monthly, a wartime sacrifice shaped by necessity as the nation remains in the fight.
A reader laments exaggerated wartime rhetoric and defends small one room schools. The letter argues loyalty, patriotism, and civic life hinge on keeping local schools as community centers for literacy, social events, Farm Bureau meetings, and voting, warning against losing democracy’s neighborhood foundations.
Forty two years ago in Pella Blade notes Akron Ohio claimed the nation’s first automobile patrol wagon, costing $5,000 with 20 mph speed and payback in three years. Local items include graduations, rentals, theater plans, real estate sales, church curtain use, bicycle sales pitch, and postmaster appointment.
Mrs B Ten Brock sold her millinery share to Mrs J Van Maren in a quiet transfer. An odd corner remark suggests horses suffer humiliation hauling broken cars to smiths. Vander Mast of Monroe Mirror faced harsh rebukes for backhanded jokes about Second Reformed Church donors and pastors salaries.
A retrospective from January 18 1912 details Palin's Corn Flake Yellow the first prize ear of corn raised by Fred Palin of Newtown Indiana with a $1 000 prize donated by W K Kellogg notes include hybrid parentage Reid's yellow dent and Alexander's Gold Standard eight two percent kernels per weight details and various local events: marriages church activities G A R happenings snowbound travel and a Central College basketball defeat in Pella gym plus a brief obituary and community incidents.
In January 1922 an oil stove exploded in Evangelist Lockhart’s room at the Baptist parsonage, ruining furnishings and smoke-damaging the house. Marion County officials sought $100 million from the State Highway Commission to grade White Pole road Primary Road No. The county planned to fund bridges and culverts. Pella property owners faced high assessments as the City Council heard protests and reduced some Oskaloosa street properties’ charges.
The report notes a proposed municipal power plant near Poll Tee would be practical and beneficial. It also covers the rough Pine Lake ice shipment, a new woman on the State Farm Bureau executive committee Mrs Ellsworth Richardson of Pella, and local sports results including Central College basketball loss to Augustana and Pella High School defeat by Prairie City.
Ten years ago an auto crash on a slick Paul Arthur Boert road left a driver unharmed though his wheel was badly damaged. The farm home of Mr and Mrs Paul Nieuwsma near Peoria burned with furnishings saved and a newborn baby. A food drive to South Dakota sent three carloads including nearly two thousand bushels of corn and six hundred bushels of shelled corn. The Flying Dutchmen beat Parsons 47 to 26 at Fairfield then topped Iowa Wesleyan 44 to 37 at Mount Pleasant. Will Rogers film Ambrdor Bill was slated for the Pella theater and Carol Carson was to have a cast removed at University Hospital in Town City. The new cooling tower at the light plant was completed and the Legion sponsored an ice rink on North Main with over a hundred youths skating one evening.
Peter Van Der Weyde, 58, left a Christmas gift for Uncle Sam on Lt. Browne’s desk, asking his Japanese Navy honor medal be melted into a bullet to speed toward Japan. He once helped rescue 13 Japanese sailors during a 1920 storm near Yokohama while serving aboard the Pawlet, later contracting pneumonia. The Dutch-born veteran has relatives in the Dutch East Indies navy. The Army Ordnance Department was to take the medal for the process.
Aimed at shaping children through lived example, the piece argues that democracy is learned by observing adults who practice tolerant, responsible civic life. It urges parents to model respect, shared duties, and consideration of others, shaping future citizens.
A Sunday School reflection on love as treasure, contrasts worldly pursuit with heavenly goals, and praises Jesus blessing children. Simeon’s faith contrasts Herod’s indifference, foretelling Christ’s suffering and salvation. Emphasis on faith, humility, and the need to prioritize spiritual goods.
A short exhortation on teaching children to admire and protect animals from an early age. It praises giving toy pets to foster kindness, shares a anecdote of a boy whose care for a stuffed bear and dog led to humane behavior toward live animals, and argues against toys that promote violence.
Wm. Dieleman of Sully Iowa promotes insurance for farm and city property and crop and auto coverage. He urges readers to insure now and to start a savings account with life insurance for income in old age. Contact phone 60 or write P.O. Box 140 for a call.
The poem notes winter birds like the jay and chickadee asking for scraps as winter guests, while a town faces poultry production expansion to meet Uncle Sam's 18 percent demand, bringing new concerns about sane housing and feeding.
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