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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1948
Page
3
President Truman meets the press on the last day of 1947 stressing personal peace and urging patience for a workable world peace plan. He cautions about UN setbacks, recalls constitutional maturation, and urges buying quality over quantity amid electoral and labor debates shaping the year.
Caesar Petrillo bans recording after January 1 framed as protecting workers. Public opinion splits on union rights versus industry needs. Courts review Petrillo’s authority amid Taft Hartley law tensions and possible congressional action.
Recording firms pushed to finish a year long stockpile as 1947 closes. A photo shows Frankie Sinatra amid the last-minute rush. Studios empty now, yet relief follows the flood of mediocre records. Public appetite for canned music prompts hope for higher quality when studios reopen.
The article traces renewed focus on trace elements in soil and their impact on livestock and people. It notes Bohstedt’s Wisconsin findings on salt with minute minerals improving sheep health and gains, compares iodine deficiency and tooth decay, and discusses erosion, leaching, and the need for humus and balanced soil nutrients across regions including the Nile Valley.
The editorial attacks Madison County jurors who found a not guilty verdict in a drunken driving case citing physicians and a highway patrolman as witnesses. It condemns juries for leniency and suggests shaming jurors by publishing their relatives records to deter reckless driving and reduce highway deaths.
A historical note recalls John Peter Zenger's 1735 arrest for criticizing the royal government in his newspaper. He was acquitted after prosecutors argued he printed the truth, establishing a foundational idea for freedom of the press in America.
A city council meeting noted librarian salaries with Henry Den Adel earning forty dollars and Jeanette Hosss ten as assistant librarian while Earl Blazier received fifteen as janitor. Water superintendent William Schreiner made forty one dollars and G N Boland three dollars twenty five for street lamps. The local ice plant was sold to an Oklahoma firm, with Clarence Pierce dismantling it for railway transport and the compressor used at the Creamery. A Pella group attacked two Otley men over an old dispute from a dance, with the mayor to decide. Plans for a poultry feeding station near the e and chimes for the Second Reformed Church persisted. A possible move of the county seat to Harvey was floated as Harvey claimed wealth and turnout. A Pella man named Pus sued the city for library planning fees and listed prior Lincoln School work in Mankato Minnesota. The first Commercial Association banquet was set for the Baptist Church with Dean Severn as toastmaster. Congressman Hull recommended F Bousquet for postmaster, noting prior clerkships. The City Marshal faced curfew enforcement debates, while Central College girls lost to Simpson College 8–7 in Indianola. Oskaloosa High defeated Pella High 43–18 amid player sickness and selection issues. A feature on the Old People’s Home highlighted Mr and Mrs A Blick.
The article notes T T Bakker's paid role in planning a Home project where twenty two elders lived. Rev Ezra Temple sought to move from Sioux City amid smallpox quarantine, leading to the city approving a new center building for the Home and Reformed Church at a contract price of 23000 dollars. La Grippe and smallpox infections rise as Raymond Vander Zyl, mayor Jer Zyl’s son, suffers chic pox with a quarantine sign posted. A Des Moines department store closes amid hard times.
A January 31 1918 snapshot lists Kenneth Byram training in Texas with a cavalry regiment after a severe sand storm. Pella High beat Monroe 27 to 21, and Lautenbach Ver Steeg starred in a Knoxville game 21. Rube Brand qualified for limited army service as drummer. Local prices show corn 75 cents to 1.10 a bushel eggs 45 cents a dozen butter 83 cents a pound hogs 12 to 15 dollars cwt cattle up to 11 dollars cwt. A Rexall Drug one cent sale fills a full page. Henry A Adrian to lecture on plant life and Luther Burbank. Alibi floor critique and dim lighting noted for the Pella game venue.
Twenty years ago on February 9 1928 a Des Moines River area farm home near Knoxville Indiana across the river burned. Ike Woods age seventy two hauled coal for a living and the family barely escaped with their lives carrying children from the house in blankets. Neighbors planned assistance as Tone Van Veen alerted the occupants.
Kay Metz recounts a parable where a man after passing the bar vows to build an office and seek fame. The professor presses with and then questions, prompting the man to finally admit his life ends in death, revealing the hollowness of ambition.
A front page photo shows Pella’s Boy Scouts under Scoutmaster Robert Ruby with twenty four members. Church leaders Rev William Van Kersen and Rev Henry Jacobs visit for the 75th anniversary events Feb 13 to 16.
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