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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1951
Page
4
A 1951 reflection presents Henry W. Longfellow style counsel urging readers to seize the present and face a shadowy future with courage. It frames the poet as a trusted guide for living through dark days and tough weeks.
Dr Donald Ygeneti of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station New Haven received the 1950 die award for developing the double cross method of hybrid corn. His latest work enables pollenless tassels aimed at replacing detasseling, potentially saving vast labor. The piece notes it is fitting that a Jones bears such national progress.
A discussion on U N and U N bulletins reveals mixed views on world peace and U.N. effectiveness. Critics call for decisive action against Russia while praising home front resilience amid wartime strains. The piece contrasts UN diplomacy with press and radio reporting.
A critic laments the United Nations lacking backbone as it confronts global issues. The writer argues that week after week news bulletins justify the U N's existence yet provide little decisive answers, leaving them disheartened.
Iowa readers see a candid commentary on foreign affairs and public duty. The piece urges transparency for those called to service and encourages firm national resolve to defend liberty while avoiding internal division. It reflects postwar concerns and calls for united, loyal American citizenship in the new year.
A long column recalls incidents from the past including a windmill accident on the Gerrit Vanden Berg farm where a hook pulled a pulley and cut a man’s head yet he continued work. Other items cover church organ purchases in Rock Island to replace an instrument, salary increases for pastors, motor vehicle road rights, farm moves to Mission Texas, business changes, a speech contest, sports results, seed germination testing urged by farmers, city works inspections, and local illnesses noted as la grippe returnees.
County Agent J J Wilson spoke to farmers at Cooperative Exchange meeting in Knoxville. Pella High boys lost to Prairie City 46 14. girls 9 7 to Monroe. Central College beat by Penn 13 7 after 4 4 half. Garden City Feeder shipped cars of machines. sixteen carloads of livestock shipped from Pella in early February. A child was injured by a Garden City Feeder truck at Main and streets. Miss Ida A Baker killed by streetcar in Bellingham Washington. Chamber groups vied for members. bond issue of 40000 for water system. Two pages filled with bargain ads for Bargain Days. Des Moines Electric supplied current. Coal sample shown at Chronicle office called gold by some. Over 100 American Vacuum Cleaners in use in Oskaloosa. James Dozier, the Bishop, started the Pella School of God church in Des Moines.
February 12, 1991 reports John Teerema of Pella elected president of the Towa Pharmaceutical Association at Des Moines. Puritan Drug Store proprietor led, electricity cost figures cited, and Buena Vista 38 28 Central Flying Dutchmen on basketball. Des Moines Orpheum shows Cimarron. Mrs. Christina Strong Branm dies at 82, active in church and civic groups. Pipeline work near Knoxville, Diesel engines uptake debate, Highway 14 route through Melcher settled. Will Rogers column and Irvin Cobb cartoon featured.
Ten years ago Dr. I J Lubbers spoke to the Chamber of Commerce at Jordan Hall about Tulip Time in Pasadena as the outstanding Tournament of Roses feature. Central College edged St Ambrose 40 39. Simpson beat Central 40 32 in nearby games. Voskuil led Central with eight baskets and four free throws.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, serving as U S delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, labels a Vishinsky doctrine the motive behind Soviet policy and argues Moscow views war on noncommunist nations as just. He warns cooperation with the USSR is impossible while this belief persists and cites Soviet rhetoric on aggression in Korea.
The item mentions Pella Boy Scouts pictured making bird feeders under W A Shaffer and Neal Kersbergen, a metal hanger for six planes to support Central College flight training, Ralph Grundman named Marion County soils district commissioner, ISU orchardists noting Armistice Day 1940 freeze impact on topworked trees, Hollanders predicting tulip bulb shortages and U S as tulip bulb supplier, refugees clothing drive organized by Mrs IL W Pietenpol and Mrs D C Van Zante for Holland escapees, with donations collected at Central College Industries.
The article notes colonial governors wielded power to regulate and suppress newspapers prior to the Revolutionary War, reflecting censorship practices and governance of printed material in the era. The emphasis centers on official authority over colonial press and its impact on information flow.
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