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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1941
Page
8
Test lanes in Chicago and other towns show many bicycles fail safety checks due to missing lights or horns. Some communities run youth administered bicycle traffic courts with police cooperation, where penalties often involve attending a safety course conducted by police or safety engineers.
A varied listing from White Way Auto Co and A. B. Van Houweling Auto Co features used cars and trucks from 1928 to 1940 including Chevrolets Ford and Plymouth models. Also notes vegetable stand at West Franklin St and farming offerings from James Engle in Newton Iowa. Also notes farm loan offers and a medical advertisement for Ru-Bon eczema treatment.
Classified list offers mist grey 1940 Ford Tudor with radio heater at 650 dollars and multiple Ford models from 1929 to 1939 with prices ranging from 30 to 875 dollars. Trucks note a 1940 Chevrolet LWB with low axle and other 1938 and 1939 Fords with various specs. Prints of paper photos available at office with prices. Chronicle notices.
A two carload shipment from Marion County cattle led Chicago stockyards sales Monday. Shipper L H Lester of Swan sent 20 head of 1304 pound Hereford steers at 12.00 per cwt and a second load of 19 head averaging 1346 pounds at the same price. The first load brought 3129.60 and the second 3058.48, totaling 6188.14. Knoxville Journal
The Iowa State Commerce Commission notices a petition by Pella Cooperative Electric Association to construct operate and maintain an electrical transmission line across public lands highways streams and private lands in Marion County Iowa. A hearing is set for August 19 1941 at Des Moines with objections due five days earlier.
Summaries of everyday events across Otley Sumner and nearby towns include farm activity at Roy Clark and Alice Visser’s, Gerrit De Jong threshing, Karr relatives traveling, and blueprints for a potential lake park north of Otley. Residents like Nellie De Jong return from California while others seek medical care, motorized transport updates, and local family movements fill the week.
Saturday evening social notes describe Nadine Reed aiding Aric’s party in Pella while others work near the southern state line. Several threshing crews faced heat. Plato Alley was hospitalized after a fall from a high school building. Bible study sessions and family visits are noted along with a birth in the Karr and Murdy families. A PSA farm tour is planned, and an insurance commission proclamation from Des Moines in 1941 certifies company licenses and financials.
Iowa Insurance Commissioner certifies Army Casualty and Surety Company of Hartford Connecticut to transact specified insurance business in Iowa until April 1, 1941. On December 31, 1940 total admitted assets reached 70,999,579.38 with surplus and other figures: capital paid 3,000,000. surplus over liabilities 19,229,607.67. surplus as holders 22,229,607.67. Signed June 5, 1941 by Chas R Fischer.
The Accident and Casualty Insurance Company of Winterthur Switzerland with New York presence filed a sworn statement in Iowa on December 31, 1940 under Chapter 404 Title XX of the Iowa Code, relating to Insurance Companies, as part of required conditions.
Safety expert Paul W. Kearney warns in The Rotarian that half of bicycle fatalities are children ages 5 to 14. He cites over 1,000 lives lost and more than 51,000 injuries in three years, urging enforcement education and engineering. He notes few areas study the issue, and stresses registration helps only if laws are enforced.
A Hampton man, C. Ht. Scantlebury, reported the loss of parts from a threshing machine recovered a few days ago. Most parts were later found at a junk yard where items valued at 40 dollars had been sold for 40 cents.
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