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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1932
Page
6
The popular town of Santa Claus Indiana may change its name due to holiday mail volume. The local post office serving 70 families receives extensive publicity as mail addressed to Santa Claus floods in, prompting efforts to avoid the nickname.
Mayor elect C Nelson Sparks unveils a relief program for Akron offering 4000 part time jobs to unemployed heads of families starting January 1. The program will allocate 500000 from the city's gasoline and automobile tax to fund city improvements and may set a precedent for other municipalities to follow.
James Ray, an autogiro pilot, touched down on a ten foot segment of a 12 000 foot pier in New York City and then hopped off using eighty feet. The event notes the craft requires only its own length to land though a second takeoff would be difficult.
Chicago aims to save 22.15 million dollars by ending 18 major positions. The plan starts with trimming highly paid officials to reduce payroll duplication and speed up city, state, and national progress.
The Arkansas Highway Commission has removed over 150 railroad crossings to cut traffic hazards. The nationwide highway improvement program marks a key safety advance, with notable progress visible from here to Burlington, especially since crossing number 34 was completed.
Oklahoma governor Alfalfa Bill Murray urges Democrats to elect a western man who has earned a dollar a day and lived on it. A leading daily counters this amounts to a self serving plea. Murray’s honesty is noted but his candidacy is not likely to gain momentum.
A clock owned by Mary Washington the mother of President Washington played a key role in the Washington family for fifty years. It is now at Kenmore Fredericksburg Virginia and was rung at noon on January 1 to formally inaugurate the Washington bicentennial celebration.
San Francisco reports that pledges totaling 150000 dollars will be used to fund the 1932 National Democratic convention. The arrangement guarantees sale of 1500 seats at 100 dollars each, a figure critics compare to expensive prize fight tickets and question accessibility for supporters.
Six officers of the law were recently killed by gangsters at Springfield Missouri and a deputy sheriff in Virginia was killed by a town marshal This shows how organized crime resists law enforcement and that even sworn officers can act against the law when passions run high
A driver of an Illinois car sharply turned and crossed the street to park on the opposite curb, prompting critique of disregard for motor regulations. While officers may not witness all infractions, the act shows a lack of respect for local traffic ordinances and reasonable conduct.
The piece urges thrift amid a bleak mood as 1931 saw 2,180 banks close nationwide including 79 during Christmas week. It notes deposit liabilities of the closed banks at 1.8 billion dollars and Iowa’s bank losses crippling business, calling for prudent spending and strong leadership in the coming era.
Opinion snippets from Jasper County Record Sigourney Review and Northwood Anchor discuss beer taxation, sausage prices, mayoral court fines in 1877, and a debate on prohibition. They note farmers’ indifference to beer, a 3.2 percent beer plan, and a Finland referendum showing 73 percent favoring repeal, highlighting minority views often diverging from the majority.
City clerk uncovers old Montgomery County notes showing in 1876-77 Mont gomery capital had a permitless wild liquor scene with 23 men and women arrested and fined for drunkenness during January to March 1877, more than in Red Oak over 15 years by city and county authorities.
Washington DC analysts once translated vast supply and demand data for farmers but in recent months the Bureau has lost its edge. Experts predicted price shifts for winter, yet fewer reliable forecasts have emerged amid ongoing price declines and changing demand.
The piece names Rus Van Zante Newt Van Mar en and Paul Popma among helpers and notes Paul’s double p name. Rus walked to the hardware store after the exercise while Newt grew exhausted and had to be hauled home. John Braathart quips about the editor’s wear of pencil and pad. Roy Kersbergen appears husky, removing sympathy for coal haulers. Billy Bientema offers meal tickets and a room at the Home for the Aged, not yet cashed in. Oren Van Niewaal is told the Legion has many refreshment events, and a quip about fighting being unnecessary in favor of dancing.
A lighthearted city council gathering features Alder man Blommers disputing Clerk Kuyper figures, jokes about stores Rite-Way and Right-Price, and residents quipping about debts, stamps on currency, and rural carriers at the post office. Local figures include Gerrit Van Den Berg, R. A. Awtry, Wilbur Johnson, and Art Klein.
The chronicle recalls Rev M A Clark dying at 96 T T Bakker named overseer of the poor in Pella Edward Boat and Aliie Roor da wed Births: a daughter to Mr and Mrs John Mathes a son to Mr and Mrs John Vande Keift a son to Mr and Mrs Henry Goll a daughter to Mr and Mrs Sample Kaldenberg’s horse pressed through a window at John Pos store Dr Bos horse died on the way home from Oskaloosa A Van Vliet died at Fargo Hazel May Talbott named Iowa’s prettiest baby Harvest underway with ice shipments Doctors Edmund and Mitten attended the Ottumwa Dental convention at Oskaloosa A Van Nieuwenhuizen horse accident injured another horse A Schreiner’s cutter horse ran away and bruised him M Porter advertised loss of keys with 1851 copper cent D W Gnass and daughter Henrietta went to Prairie City for a funeral Rev C Shaw’s body shipped for burial Y T Van Niewaal used four Chronicle pages for a bargain sale John Decker sold his shoe business to J P Klein
In a spoof of old ad jingles, Moxie tribes claim Musterole s heart as Instant Postum wins her. Across a forest of Midwestern brands, Postum boasts picturing sales and product names like Toasties and Grape Nuts as the tale weds consumer culture to romance.
Ten years ago on January 12 1922 prominent local events include B H Sack becoming head of the K P Lodge.Walter De Penning celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with family and the marriage of daughter Gertie to Edward Van Hemert. Dick Den Adel joined the Christian Psychopathic Hospital board in Cutlerville Michigan. Ebenezer Reformed Church hosted evangelistic meetings. H B Van Gorp elected president and Prof F M Frush secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Dr A J Visser left veterinary practice to become field agent for the National Union of Christian Schools. Mr and Mrs C L Allen welcomed a granddaughter born to Mr and Mrs M M Rawlings of Dunlap Iowa. Deaths listed include Henrikas Vos 74 Anne De Graaf 52 and Mrs M Silli 84.
A fragmented timetable lists bus departures between Des Moines and Pella with times near nine in the morning and notes on paper typewriter printouts and sizes. The legible items indicate multiple routes and a schedule, though several details are garbled.
Describes eastbound and westbound Rock Island passenger trains numbers 472 474 475 478 and local freight 832 831 running Des Moines Keokuk and Des Moines Eldon with daily except Sunday service. Freight for the local must be at the station by 5 00 p m the evening before and both local freights carry passengers.
The timetable lists a westbound Wabash train from Howell for passengers to Runnells or Des Moines and not beyond, plus a local train at 11:05 p.m. stopping for passengers to Albia or beyond. It notes no passenger service at other intermediate stations.
In South Africa there are 65 European places of worship with a total membership of 6,055, excluding native churches.
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