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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
2
Local residents recount calls and dinners with Klausesz Borgman and Van Zee families. Photos of hospital visits, vacations, and community events fill a page listing deeds, births, surgeries, and travel notes from July in Pella Iowa with church and school notes.
Defense authorities warn coal will be scarce in Fall and Winter. Coal is waiting at the Sumpter Coal Mine. Call 666 on 6 to order your bin filled for safety.
Marion county residents received the highest May old age assistance average at 22.05, with Dallas and surrounding counties following. The May 1941 total paid rose about 7 percent from 1940, reaching 1,243 more dollars, while Polk county led with 9,839 to 4,512 persons.
A personal letter from Private Brom, 27th Medical Training Battalion, Camp Grant, describes life in B Company. He notes latrine work, bunk layouts, and the mix of recruits including Dutch, Italian, Greek refugee, and Polish men. He praises a thoughtful Platoon Sergeant and reflects on camaraderie and cross cultural humor.
City Council of Pella Iowa will meet July 28 at 7 30 p m at the City Office Taxpayers may speak for or against the estimate of expenditures and methods used at the high school The letter also includes personal notes from Private Jake Brom mentioning barracks cooks Mexicans from Texas pharmacists a former dean a man able to perform minor surgery tetanus shots and a riot incitement plus details on sanitary work rifle range reservation and a request for letters or cards for his birthday on the 26th
Pupils may begin at any time with lessons in piano and pipe organ taught by Professor Sadler.
Industrial research reports a new antiseptic ice that preserves perishable foods for eleven days according to experiments. The finding highlights potential for reduced spoilage and extended shelf life in food storage and transport.
A three hour summer show titled Music on Wings headlined by a Broadway chorus and film stars will be staged at the Iowa State Fair August 22 to 29. Secretary L B Cunningham said it requires the largest open air stage ever erected in Iowa and will feature evening entertainment at the exposition.
The event features a cast of nearly 200 with Ann Ashley and Milt Britton's swing orchestra including Rudy Vallee. Acts cover tunes variety entertainment ballet choruses and personality numbers across five episodes with the titles Stairway to the Butterfly Fantasy The Crazy Show and Red White and Blue. An open air circus and patriotic fireworks will cap nightly grandstand programs. The pyrotechnic display will be the largest recently and center on defense and preparedness themes.
County Home Agent Mrs. Winifred Sinnard Jones warns wartime pressures will limit tin for canning and spices, raising costs though overall budgets stay manageable. Sage from Greece and Yugoslavia and thyme from France are cut off. paprika trials in Louisiana seek Hungary substitutes. East Indian pepper stocks remain about three years, with limited cinnamon, cloves, mace and nutmeg available amid rising building costs.
Mrs. Jones notes a lumber stockpile program to prevent civilian supply pressure from sudden large orders, while prices stay high. Construction costs are up about 5 percent from a year ago and farm families spend more on home furnishings, with 1940 averages far above earlier years. Tin coating reductions eyed by the Office of Production Management aim to conserve tin for army equipment, though some foods remain canned in tin. Mrs. Jones urges greater glass canning this year to save tin.
Officials warn of higher demand for canned vegetables and tomato products as lines raise incomes and nutrition efforts push greater civilian and military usage. Tomato canners are told to expect a 50 percent rise in need for canned tomatoes.
Marion county farmers will be represented in the annual pasture improvement contest carried on by the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Agricultural committee. Participants include Lun Gade Clyde Core Hobart Wilson Charles Duncan Emery Carson Floyd Gass Clarence Ridlen Lester Crandall and C W Lamb. May and June rains improved conditions after an early drought, says Clay Barnett with County Agent Walter Brown promoting pasture improvement.
Report notes that 16 000 pounds of aluminum are required for a single modern four motor flying fortress as part of national defense efforts.
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