Bond Sales Still Short Of Quota in Pella Area
The Pella District lags in Fifth War Loan sales with only ES bonds counting toward totals. By July 28, the district faces a remaining shortfall of $51,752.40 on E bonds and $22,000 on overall quota, with Pella City and Marion County underperforming while Knoxville and other counties meet goals. countywide progress shows only about 3 percent of a $504,000 quota. officials urge residents to recheck purchases, borrow if needed, and buy bonds now to reach the target.
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Pella
Tella
Theia
Quo- Marion County
Pella City
Pelle City
Derment of
Pell Defense Council
Harolds Goad Killed in Action in World War II
The Chronical notes 21 year old Harold V. Goad of Swaledale and formerly Pella was killed in action in Europe after being reported missing on June 11, 1944. He served as an engineer on a B-24, enlisted in 1941, and trained with the Army Air Corps. He left three brothers and a sister, and a personal note expresses grief and faith.
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FB. W. Goad
Swaledale
Pella
War Department
Harold V. Goad
Harold
Chroni
Good
Ollie
Iowa
Pat
Oskaloosa
Army Air Corps
McKesson- Robbins
Peoria
R. T. Nordlund
Riard
Alameda
Calif
Joseph L. Kelley
J. F. Kelley
What Cheer
The
Baptist Church
Stuart Goad
Merchant Marine
Edward Goad
England
Richard Goad
SK. 2c
Emmett Edwards
Goad
Pella Band Heads to Galesburg Concert Tuesday July 25
The Pella Chamber of Commerce Band will travel to Galesburg for a summer concert on Tuesday evening July 25. The Invitat Committee chairs urge area families and local businesses to join, noting cake and sandwiches at the church fundraiser and the chance to gather in the North Country. Meet at 7:00 to 7:30 at Vander Linden’s Drug Store.
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Pella
Galesburg
Sully
Reasner
Kilduff
Lynnville
Vander Linden
Restaurants to Display Prices Under New OPA Rule
Local restaurants will be required to show ceiling prices for 40 basic food items starting July 31 1944. Posters must be displayed by August 16 1944 and three copies filed with the War Price and Rationing Board. If a shop does not offer all items it must post prices for those it does sell and add others until the poster is complete.
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Pella Restat Nt
I. P. van Gorp
Yocal War Price and Rationing Board
National Restaurant Industry Advisory Council
OPA
Disrict Restaurant Advisory Council
War Price and Rationing Board
van Gorp
Meet the New Generation Top Row Cast List
A scanned page shows a multi row roster featuring names such as Donna Jean Connie June-Wm Vander Beek Harold Roger Lee-Walter A. De Kock rvin and Warren-Arnold Wittenburg orgia Ann Mary-Virgil Ten Hagen in various lines. Other entries include Toni Gayle-Captain Caldwell Eleanor-Lawrence Van Mersbergen Donna-John Boerelyn Leighton Karen Jean-Edw Hiner and Prairie City. Additional rows list Ronald Henry unler John William Gerrit Wassen aney Claire Mrs ry Dean W Ronda Lee Dennis-George Virgil-Harold C. De Penning Alvin-Peter Vos Gary Robert Wallace.
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Donna Jean
Connie June
Vander Beek Harold
Roger Lee
Walter A. de Kockrvin
Warren
Arnold Wittenburgorgia
Ann
Mary-—Virgil Ten Hagen
Toni Gayle
Caldwell Eleanor
Lawrence van Mersbergen
Donna
John Boerelyn
Leighton Karen Jean
Edw. Hiner
Prairie City
Ronald Henry Unler
John William” Gerrit, Wassen Aney Claire
Ry Dean W
Ronda Lee
Dennis
George Virgil
Harold C. de Penning
Alvin
Peter Vos
Gary
Robert Wallace
Ann Tysseling to be soloist at band concert
Ann Tysseling is slated as the soloist for an upcoming band concert amid a rundown of planned pieces and other performers. The article notes a previous successful solo by Miss Martha Van Berkum and mentions future engagements in Galesburg and Monroe for local events and a firemen's celebration.
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Ann Tysseling
Test
Martha van Berkum
Anoth
Testhe
Galesburg
Fro Monroe
Flaes
D'Arteya
Zimmermann
Charlemagne
Richards
Tre Jerome
Teddy Bratton
al Solo
Ann Tleasant
Lake
the Brown
House
Our National Antenn
Plan Increased Use of Recreation Center This Fall
A local recreation center extension plan follows low summer turnout with 30 percent vote in favor. Board approves opening on Saturdays in summer and four weeknights in fall, aiming for self-support with some civic funding, redecorating, new equipment like a radio and ping pong table, and continued volunteer oversight by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lautenbach. Treasurer reports $911.73 in receipts and $816.06 in expenditures, leaving $95.67 on hand.
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Septemb
Central College
Bour
Herbert Mentink
Robert Lautenbach
Platinum Fox Breeding Topic At Rotary Meeting
L A Kuyper, a Rotary charter member, spoke on platinum foxes versus standard silvers at the Rotary Club. He noted about 300 animals on his ranch near town, with 65 platins, and discussed prices from $200 to $250 per pelt.
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L. A. Kuyper
Rotary Club
Lou
Hudson Bay Area
Topland and
Dalton
Prince Edward Island
Cody
Michigan
Manitoba
Canada
U. S
Mendel
Proclamation urges mass waste paper salvage drive in Iowa
Governor Bourke B. Hickenlooper proclaims July through September 1944 as a period for intensive waste paper collection to aid war production and support armed forces. Citizens are urged to extend the effort beyond the designated months and cooperate with local salvage committees statewide. Des Moines, Iowa.
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State of
Iowa
Des Moines
Lowa
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Paper Bags And Cartons Shortage Aid Merchants
Merchants face a decided shortage of paper bags and cartons from their paper house. Salvage authorities urge merchants to return boxes and containers as they are badly needed. Farm and home help by bringing bundles when making purchases. Clean bags and reusable cartons are welcome.
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Merchnts
Ration Reminders on Basic Staples and Fuel
Ration notes list indefinite acceptance for meat and fats stamps A8 to Z, blue processed foods stamps A8 to Z8 and A5, five pound limits for sugar stamps 90 31 32, canning sugar 40 valid through February next year, East Coast gas coupons A10 through August 8, other states A12 through September 21, fuel oil period 4 and 6 through September 30, now period 1 coupons, and airplane stamps 1 and 2 for shoes good indefinitely.
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East Coast
Pella Hosts Mass Meeting on Workforce Needs Downtown
A large crowd gathered in Garden Square Monday for a band concert and a manpower mobilization meeting focused on war food production and harvesting plans for the tomato crop. Speakers, including H B Nichols and Lt C R, urged local townspeople to volunteer for farm labor while detailing national shortages and the navy’s food safety needs for sailors overseas.
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Garden Square
Pella
Kuyper
Workers Must Get Release to Work Elsewhere
Henry Heing of the Marion County Department of Labor explains workers must obtain a release from their home county to work in another community. He notes many jobs exist but employers cannot hire without the release documents, advising workers to visit the county office before pursuing new employment. Heing attended the Manpower Mobilization meeting and expressed optimism about Marion County securing key jobs this year.
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Extension Department of
Ames
Nichols
Pella
Lee Keyser
Des Moines
Keyser
Tysseling
Marion T. Shepherd
Santa Isabel Island
Guadalcanal
Set
Shepherd
Pearl Harbor
Hikkam Field
Shick
Clinton
Town
Pfe
Richard Vos
New Guinea
Hawaii
Henry Heing
Marion County Department of
Mission F to be Held August Fifteenth
The Christian Reformed Churches plan the Mission Fest for August fifteenth after decisions to move forward one day. Officials confirmed the event date this week amid schedule adjustments.
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Christian Reformed Churches
Still Likes Us Mrs Allen Seeks Chronicle Renewal
Mrs Della M Allen of 606 G Ave National City California renews her Chronicle subscription. She says she does not know many people mentioned now but the paper keeps her in touch with the old town she saved so many years ago. The memories come with friendships and neighbors from Pella for over twenty five years.
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Della M. Allen
City
California
Chronicle
Thos
Lodo
Pella
Welcome Home Reception for Missionaries A De Bruin
The Third Reformed Church of our city plans a welcome home reception Friday July 28 for missionaries Rev and Mrs A De Bruin and family of Tirunelveli South India. The program begins at 8 pm in the church auditorium with a fellowship hour to follow. An India study on "Crowding to Be Born" follows each on the war era impact on Christian work in India with notes on nationalism, Western perceptions, and wartime disruptions.
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Is Missionaire
A. de Bruin
Tindivinim
South India
Piton
India
Reformed Church In
America
Britain
Alihamed
Inedia
Women Donated Treasury Balance To the Red Cross
The Marion County Women’s Chorus, now inactive, gave 17000 dollars from its bus treasury to the Red Cross Clubmobile project run by the Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The Clubmobile teams travel to field camps overseas carrying coffee, doughnuts, a radio, record players, books, and other goods for American troops.
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The
Red Cross
Marion County Women’s Chorus
Red Cross Clubmobile
Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation
Red Cross Works
More Jobs in Sight For Iowans After the War
Preliminary surveys show employment demand in Iowa to grow by at least 20 percent over 1940. A joint Des Moines meeting of the Iowa Postwar Rehabilitation Commission and the Economic Development Committee heard that 13 towns indicate potential for 180000 more jobs after the war based on 1940 employment levels. Public construction may total about 8 million dollars, with road building and new courthouses and jails as major postwar projects.
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Des Moines
Iowa
County Projects Committee
Iowa Postwar Rehabilitation Commission
State House
Jim Henry
Carson
Town
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University of Iowa
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