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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
3
The text remarks on the awkward delay before the Governor of Town is inaugurated, suggests changing the relevant law, cites a 1919 scene of children picking dandelions in Pella on January 23, and notes that recent weather hints at early tulips emerging.
President Robert Hutchins of Chicago University remarks on balancing seriousness with focus. He quips about a monkey wearing an “usness” while noting the monkey’s seriousness due to itching, reflecting a college discourse tone.
A humorous anecdote compares city residents grasp of the farm program to a city boy who, upon viewing sows and pigs, says the piglets chased a big pig round the pen and knocked the buttons off its vest. The tale highlights naive misunderstanding of rural matters.
One thousand sharecroppers camped near Sikeston Missouri marched off farms after Acreage Allotment cut 31 percent and day laborers hired instead for AAA payments. Iowa urges plan to build a sales barn in Pella to aid farmers. FHA records cited show no delinquencies in Iowa loans. over 50 thousand dollars loaned in Pella to home buyers and builders.
One of the first Iowa Senate bills from Senator Beardsley of New Virginia is a single sentence restricting gubernatorial pardons from November 1 of a general election year to January 20 of the next year. The outgoing governor, since the election, issued 14 pardons, 20 commutations, and 19 sentence suspensions.
A state wide concerns rise as critics decry the governors pardoning power and call for strict enforcement of traffic rules. The piece notes stop sign violations are dangerous, urging drivers to full stop every time and condemning thrill seekers who ignore law or endanger others.
A column quotes Herbert N. Gochros in Liberty Magazine urging universal prayers amid world atrocity. The excerpt lists brutal scenes from China, Austria, Madrid, and Moscow as examples, concluding with a plea for thanks for America and a morning prayer.
The Iowa House’s decision to hire wives as committee clerks, after banning such action a week earlier, drew sharp criticism. The move lacked a record vote and sparked public doubt about good government under Governor George Wilson. Critics question the legislature’s integrity and size, viewing the action as petty graft and a setback for reform.
Editorial argues that millions of thrifty workers are harmed as government policies push interest rates down. Savings accounts insurance and investments earn less than before, draining funds for retirements. Bank abundance of idle funds keeps rates low and reduces investment incentives.
The Boston Herald questions the meaning of national debt for the average American noting debt grows and interest costs rise. It warns that by December 15 new borrowing will push annual interest to over one billion dollars, funded by taxes, with per capita costs rising from 23 cents in 1916 to about 7.90 in 1939.
Miss Gosselin, born on a farm between Oskaloosa and Pella, rose from a small one room country school to become principal after study at Central and Columbia University. Her career mixed teaching, travel for advanced degrees, and a deep tie to the local community, with exams and a school culture shaped by rural life. The article also notes a separate high school basketball game where the Atom Smasher seniors narrowly defeated the freshmen 16 to 11, led by Grundman and Vande Voort.
A lively book promises fun at gatherings and teaches useful insights. It suggests you can entertain a group with ease while gaining valuable knowledge, noting the results may surprise readers as they progress through the material.
30 Years Ago column notes Dr B F Keables and Sen J Warren letters to stockholders of the Pella Waterloo and Southwestern rail line seeking to raise 42000 per mile but state council blocks larger sale. Local crop conditions, alfalfa emergence, furniture store plans by Awtry and Tankelma, a child’s death, store hours, and various notes on residents and Harbor Yokohama fleet visit.
A 1919 reminiscence recalls meeting Timothy Hogenakker and Le land Lunt in Maryland and adventures aboard the U S S Von Steuben in World War I including a torpedo escape and ship collisions. Veterans Welle Ver Steeg and others are noted with local postwar life, parade, and Victory Loan talk. Ford car prices, local veteran lists, hospital visits, and a Muscular efficiency note from Yale wrap the column.
An editorial praises Pella High for its fine spirit toward visiting teams during basketball games. It urges friendly rivalry, recognition of opponents' good points, and setting a example for students and younger fans to be regarded as good sports.
Pella placed second in the South Central Conference as Winterset fell to Knox ville 35 to 33. Next week Pella faces two conference games, Valley of Des Moines at home on Tuesday January 24 and Lincoln away on Friday January 27. Pella beat Valley 24 to 22 and lost to Lincoln 28 to 18.
Students gathered in the auditorium during homeroom to view a film on how sound is recorded and how moving pictures are made. The show explained that each frame is a separate motion and the eye does not forget between frames, especially in cartoons, leaving students eager to return to classes for exams.
Hopley Tech routed Home Room 108 82 to 6 as the league leaders shook up the standings on Monday night. Goad led the victors with 9 points, followed by Vander Plooe and Vanden Baord with 8 each, in a game that saw a 14 to 0 halftime cushion.
Pella High extends its winning streak to four with an 18 to 6 defeat of Sigourney on Friday night January 13. The game started with steady shooting but low scoring, ending 8 to 2 at halftime as Pella pulled away in the second half. The Pella reserves later beat Sigourney 24 to 13 in a fast paced second matchup.
This week Wednesday Thursday and Friday the Normal Training girls take the State Teachers examinations. Juniors begin Psychology at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday. Seniors take Grammar at 9:00 a.m. Thursday. The entire group will take Psychology at 9:00 a.m. Friday.
Eleven novice typists earned the state award by typing 25 words a minute or more. Named were John Vander Ploeg Evelyn Palmquist Dorothy Langerak Warner argie Veenman Beulah Grandia Warren Schreiner LeRoy Van Arkel Pete Thomas Wilma Vander Wilt Edgar Van Arkel. Next semester the group will aim for 45 wpm with some students already reaching 45 in the first semester.
Lucille Oliver of Osky High and Betty Vander Wal are new in our high school. Welcome them as the study hall debates cobweb decorations and a junior’s engagement rumor. Students quiz who is weaving Carol Coole’s ring and how a sweater vanished from Stagg.
The speaker laments missing the familiar hurled barbs with How and Spud away. He notes three showers are out of commission, leaving the locker room drier than usual and quiet this week.
Last Friday the Oral English Class completed its unit on play writing with three plays performed at 3 p.m. Miss Gosselink watched as Hugh Dunn wrote and directed Traveling with Yeges, Jim Kerr and Lelia Sadler co wrote The Kidnape which centers on kidnap gangsters, and Pete Birdsall staged The Three Shiftless Skanks. Two of the three original works will be recast and produced later, Birdsall said.
Authorities say the double size volume titled Ask Me Another is prepared for pastime. It is described as a general store of knowledge organized as a test and a game. The book asks questions and provides answers.
The tentative cast for the high school operetta Blow Me Down is announced under Miss Tusseling and Mr. Birdsall. Names include Smithers Sailmaker Tom Beyers Lee Van Arkel and many others with roles from Captain Jeremiah Kidd to Dutch Schneider. The date is not set but rumored for early February with plans to attend.
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