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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
1
Des Moines River attains its highest flood level since 1903 with extensive riverbank impact around Pella and nearby areas. Residents report water encroaching homes, with witnesses noting submerged structures and scattered debris as authorities monitor the rising levels along the Des Moines valley.
From a high point west of the Arie Toom farm home a picture was taken showing Pella's pumping station to the left and the Wabash railroad tracks. Converse sets an optimist, hoping to be planting by the tenth of June. He and neighbor Mr Culver harvested fine crops from the die after the red subs. Water covers the south end of this issue.
Summit Township residents attended family gatherings and birthdays including Arla Jane’s ninth birthday, with guests from nearby towns. Eighth grade graduates from Summit earned top honors in Marion County, led by James Van Vliet Jr and Velma Vriezelaar. 4-H club activities featured a May meeting, birding observances, and plans for Camp Hantesa attendance.
Grand Rapids report to the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America cites five new churches added this year and more than twenty thousand new members. Deaths and dismissals reduce net gain, with membership near seventy thousand. Education and charity giving exceed one million dollars. Hope College graduate James Muilenberg named Davenport Professor at Union Theological Seminary. Another Hope graduate, Morris Steggerda, promoted to anthropology chair at Hartford Theological Seminary, with prior posts at Smith College and the Carnegie Institution.
Ames Iowa Farmers urged to join the fourth Iowa Five Acre Soybean Yield Contest sponsored by the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association and local groups. Robison emphasized soybeans as vital for war food supply, with medals for local winners and cash awards totaling 145 dollars for top state performers. Entry blanks are distributed to chambers, clubs, agents, and instructors. three entrants required for local eligibility. Bert Kinsinger of Grand Center was 1943 champion with 38.72 bushels per acre. state farmers expect a 10 percent rise in acreage to 2.2 million acres.
Government ration details list indeterminate validity for meat and fat stamps, processed foods blue stamps, sugar stamps including canning sugar, and gas, fuel oil, and shoe stamps. It notes regions, expiration windows and early use allowances for the 1944-45 heating year, reflecting wartime supply measures.
Rain inundated fields causing extensive soil erosion and damage to newly planted crops. Many furrows and irrigation rows washed away, undermining work on hillsides and undermining stands. Farmers report variable loss, with greater damage on steeper slopes and where protective cover was lacking.
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