Thought of the Week on Freedom and Dissent
A Columbia University dinner note marks the value of free inquiry and dissent. The former California governor urged openness and diversity, linking it to strength in thought. A Reuters Germany dispatch tells of an American GI who quietly aided a poor Fulda boy, Karl Deith, with new clothes and school supplies, earning praise as a noble deed.
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California
Columbia University
Reuters
Germany
Fulda
G. I
Karl Deith
Karl
Joe
U S shifts to instant atomic retaliation policy
Secretary John Dulles announces a dramatic change in U S defense strategy abandoning containment in favor of instant retaliation against any Soviet aggression. The President and National Security Council endorse a plan to bomb Russia with atomic and hydrogen weapons in response to limited Soviet moves.
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John Dulles
United States
Truman
Soviet Union
National Security Council
Russia
Kremlin
Global deterrent promise marks possible end of war policy
A notice declares atomic weapons will be used without hesitation and any small Kremlin aggression will be treated as global. U S leaders believe this bold stance will deter Russia and stop wars before they begin, signaling a world objective to end war as policy.
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Kremlin
America
Russia
Plant America program backed by Iowa nurserymen
Iowa nurserymen at Des Moines convention endorse the Plant America drive and launch Plant Iowa with Boy Scouts planting two and a half million walnut trees on public land. Robert Bauge of Shenandoah chairs the state committee as diverse groups from Iowa Conservation Commission to 4-H clubs cooperate. A booklet guides leaders, with materials and organizing steps. many farmers urged to plant walnuts near water courses and Marion County hunts for logs indicate growing demand for walnut timber and long term dividends.
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Nurserymen of
Iowa
Des Moines
Plant America
Robert Bauge
Shenandoah
Bauge
Boy Scouts
Iowa Conservation Commission
Izaak Walton League
Iowa Rose Society
Iown
Pella
Plant
Marion County
Editorial Comment on Children and Spending in Turnpike Plan
Davenport Timi notes parental perception of children compared to schoolkids. Kansas City Star records Senator Byrd opposing debt limit increases as a spending control measure. Sigourney Review describes Ohio borrowing 300 million for a northern cross state turnpike funded by tolls, with future plans linking to Indiana and Illinois, touting toll roads as profitable and time saving.
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Kansas City Star
Byrd
Virginia
Congress
Sigourney Review
Ohio
Indiana
Chicago
Illinois
Pella High suffers 88 to 9 defeat at Oskaloosa on YMCA floor
Recap of 40 years ago sports and town notices. Pella High lost 88 to 9 to Oskaloosa High on the YMCA floor. Sack of Pella made the lone field goal. Central College beat Penn 36 to 15. Local events include grain separator plans, Corn Show officers, Charley M Moore memories, and a fire scare at Kozy Theatre. Also listed are theater, auto show, and real estate notes with names and places such as Pella, Oskaloosa, Denni Building, East Franklin Street, Gilby North Dakota, Lead South Dakota, and Rock Island Depot.
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Pella High
Oskeloosa High
Y.M.C.A
Oskaloosa
Pella
LeCocq
Welle
Lankelma
van Gorkum
Oskaloosa Herald
Hi. B. Benson
George Heeren
Denni
East Franklin Stre
Corn Show Association
C. Dieleman
Pres
L. Vander Streck
Treas
D. D. Riet
Central College speech and local commerce notes from 30 years ago
President M J Hoffman planned a talk at Dutch Arms Men’s Club on The Value of an Education. Iowa references cover Pella corn winners in Ames, Legion Auxiliary coffee service, Fox twins boxing, road and price topics, bakery sale to sons after 35 years, De Wit Brothers Grocery closure, Helen Brooks’s injury, Central’s 23 16 win over Penn, frost and temperature hike, Farmers Co op Exchange year totals with livestock and goods figures.
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M. J. Hoffman
Central College
Dutch Arms Men’s Club
Reformed Church of
Central
Penn
Pella
Farmers Co-op Exchang
Legionnaire notes and teen death mark local meeting
Tim Dykstra traveled to Los Angeles on business and to visit his brother. Mrs. Eva Welle hosted sewing at which Mary Pippel won the rag sewing prize for the Veterans Hospital project. An 18 year old girl, Alice Vander Heiden, died of pneumonia. The Legion Post plans Memory Building ceremonies on February 19 with Frank Miles as speaker, after discussing building management at the January 27 meeting.
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Tim Dykstra
Los Angeles
California
Watson Dykstra
Nick Gesman
M Ry
Eva Welle
Veterans’ Hospital
Knoxville
Mary Pippel
Alice Vander Heiden
Legion Post
Frank Miles
Town Legionnaire
Town Senate cuts car fee by weight exemption
Twenty years ago the Town Senate passed a bill reducing car registration costs for multiple filings by removing weight from the calculation. Marion Van Arkel recalls the first public farm sale in Marion County on the Marion Porter farm near Pella with auctioneer George Roberts. Postmaster L. H. Walker of Leighton is noted for 36 years of service, appointed by McKinley in 1897. Front-page photo features Franklin D. Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. Birthday parties for the president planned nationwide in January. Pella’s South Street graded and widened, a new street cut from Highway 63 near Mann property, funded by CWA relief. Farmers are urged to join Corn-Hog control. higher prices promised. Del De chairs Lake Prairie Township sign-up at the old City Hall. Model Clothing Store advertises an 8-day sale with low prices on outerwear and suits. CWA to close by May 1, replaced by PWA if funds pass. Four million workers face job loss. Congress allocated $400 million for the CWA budget, nearly all spent.
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Marion van Arkel
Chronicle
Marion County
Marion Porter
Pella
George Roberts
L. 8. Walker
Leighton
William McKinley
Franklin Roosevelt
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Mann
C.W.A
Farmers Co-op
Irene Boat
International Oil Co
Des Moines
Memorial Hall
Paardekooper
Joon
del de
Lake Prairie Township
Old City Hall
Civil Works Administration
CWA
Washington
PWA
Public Works Administration
Congress
Pella High Little Dutch edge Indianola 22 to 20
Pella High's Little Dutch, led by Clarence Wilkins, defeated Indianola High 22 to 20. Don Menning and Liter sparked a second half rally. Klein and Menning each made four baskets. Thirty three applied for jury service, twelve were chosen, with no excuses offered. Work was scarce and morale was low.
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Pella High
Clarence Wilkins
Indianola High
Don Menning
Liter
Klein
Menning
Rotary Club hears A. A. Medearis at Pella Airport
Ten years ago the Rotary Club listened to A A Medearis son of the Navy flight school at the Pella Airport. He predicted the flight program would be discontinued before June placements and that the airport would be retained as airlines network grows. The town faced broader cuts with Town Central school among 286 to be discontinued.
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A. A. Medearis
Navy
Pella
Town Central
Tunis Prins
Julian Kuyper
George Hansen
Tag Rutherford
Oskaloosa
Kansas City
Kuyper
Pella Chamber of Commerce
Rutherford
Richard Vos
New Guinea
Lola Carter
C. L. Carter
Oklahoma A & M College
Stillwater
Okla
Mill Dodge
Marion County
Carl Drake
Rural Press surveys favor local news policy
In a rural press survey many weekly papers favor publishing strictly local news and avoid national or international items. The Iowa counties coverage is broad, with emphasis on Seine Lake Buena Vista and neighboring areas where subscribers reside. Local stories and community events are prioritized for readers and advertisers.
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Associatlo
Iowa
Seine Lake
Buena Vista County
Wien
Hog breeding aims for leaner meat and specific size targets
A farm story forecasts a hog with less lard and more lean meat, targeting a 226 pound weight and a body about 40 to 42 inches long with a 14 to 15 inch shoulder width. Separately, Central College students contributed $200 for China Relief.
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Central College
China
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Joe Rhynsburger
Grady Vander Linden
Carl Beyers
Harry de Cook
Pella Blade
Young Manhood
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American Can Co
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Opera House
Per van Gorp
Kozy Theatre
R. Circle
Ray Bousquet
Homestake Mining Company
Lead
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Cal
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van Gorp
Pearl Calhoun
Peter Kuyper
Dick van Gorp
Chester Kiser
At. K. Hamilton
Gilby
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King Baggot
Leah Baird
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