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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1947
Page
6
Emergency guidance outlines late planting options for corn soybeans Sudan grass sorghum cane millet buckwheat and winter rye. It notes varieties and timing to maximize yields when spring rains flooded fields and normal planting is delayed, with details on sowing rates and forage potential.
The article discusses seeding rates and preferred crops for forage, noting 5 pecks per acre for corn seed in fodder production and thicker drilling for sorghum. It covers chinch bug areas with grass-family crops at risk and lists soybeans, rape, alfalfa, clovers, and buckwheat as immune. It advises late summer alfalfa and sweet clover seeding around mid August. Red clover seeding in late summer is not safe.
Sir Harold Spencer Jones asserts a quartz crystal clock can keep time within one thousandth of a second daily. It surpasses other clocks and can verify Earth's rotation, which varies by up to four or five hundredths of a second over fifty years, though since 1918 Earth time has improved.
Alfred Koster, 13, while shooting at a can float in the Rock River, accidentally struck Dorothy De Jong on the opposite bank with a .22 caliber bullet. De Jong was wounded in the hip but is expected to recover.
The speaker laments tearing down Schulte church and warns against altering street names now. He argues keeping the names will retain town charm, attract tourists, and boost local business such as bologna, cookies, cheese, souvenirs, and a wooden shoe maker for year round vitality.
A reminiscence filled column recalls Garden of Friends support, Tulip Time planning, and a Livermore rodeo prize outfit proposed for next year. Nellie Van Arkel praised, fires floodwater joke shared, and Santa letter requests for music cases appear amid local booster chatter. A photo from Tulip Time features Mr. and Mrs. Spud Van Gorp with the author.
The booklet identifies the oldest weekly newspaper in town as the Tipton rtiser, founded in 1368, followed by the Maquoketh Jackson Sentinel and Keosauqua Republican from 1854, with Independence Conservative, Decor publican, and Knoxville Journal all dating to 1855.
The 1947 edition of the Towa Fourth Estas Yearbook and Newspaper Directory lists 499 newspapers with 453 weeklies. Edited by Prof. Edward F. Masson and assistant Gustaf Peter- provided details on Iowa journalism reach.
Steps describe thousands of new wells and pipelines boosting crude oil supply. Refiners run at high levels, with capacity to grow 27 percent by next spring despite material shortages. An emergency allocation system for June to August limits supply to levels similar to 1946, aiming to prevent hardship without formal rationing. Drivers urged to reduce unnecessary trips and avoid panic or hoarding while dealers cooperate.
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