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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1932
Page
1
A newspaper staff writer notes two important omissions in Senator Dickinsons keynote at the Republican National Convention in Chicago no mention of Calvin Coolidge and no mention of prohibition The piece suggests it might have been better if the senator had left unsaid other remarks about the Republican partys role in the economic downturn.
The senator faced a tough assignment with little material to tout and spoke of Hoover’s quick action stopping a panic a misused term that should have been precipitated. He adapted to the occasion and delivered in the expected political fashion.
A noisy convention session heard Chairman Garfield reference the Eighteenth Amendment before a split between dry and wet speakers. The galleries sounded a warning and six state delegations joined a wet demonstration. The body then voted by a safe majority to adopt the dry plank.
The piece urges restraint as the Democratic convention faces the prohibition issue. It warns against partisan manipulation and misreporting from distant parts of the country. It notes the public will should guide leaders and hopes the party act in step with citizens’ wishes.
Whispered concern rises as church members debate taking over welfare duties from the Welfare League. The league currently feeds and clothes many needy families with help from volunteers over three years, and leaders say transfer should occur only when churches are ready to provide for the hungry and homeless.
The piece weighs home, school, government, prohibition, and postwar factors as contributors to crime. It argues all factors influence society and, if properly engaged, could prevent the country from deterioration, though it does not assign sole blame to any one source.
A defender of a government by and for the people argues that suffrage must be exercised wisely. Illiteracy blocks ballots but education is needed to ensure intelligent, thoughtful voting for township to national offices.
Governor Dan Turner urged the Republican National convention to quit debating prohibition and tackle economic needs. He argued relief for the unemployed and hungry should take precedence over the booze question, praising Turner as a statesman and urging leadership to address jobs and feeding families amid millions without work.
A reader argues farm women may vote on farmer stakes and not as a bloc in the U S Senate contest. Field supporters aimed to beat Brookhart and push a close total to force convention. farm voters are pivotal, though Field offers no clear plan and its election remains doubtful.
Commentary recalls Coxey's Army and compares it to today’s unemployed protests in Washington. It questions accountability for the unrest and proposes naming it the Hoover mood while noting Democratic reactions to Senator Dickinson's keynote speech as partisan. It argues Iowa shows Brookhart is done after the primary results.
A Wisconsin man killed his wife one morning at 8 30 and was arrested by 8 50. By 10 15 he faced murder charges, and at 11 56 he received a life sentence. By noon he was confined at Waupun prison over twenty miles away. The case prompts criticism of swift justice and calls for a balance with longer trials.
Town voters in the June 6 primaries nearly re endorsed J. W. Long, the suspended State Auditor, despite a Special Commission finding irregularities totaling close to five million dollars in his office. Long campaigned with a vindication sheet attacking officials tied to his suspension, without addressing the Commission’s charges of improper state funds collection.
A sharp critique claims Pruneish Davis County Republicans can step up to rid Iowa of Smith Wildman Brook, who resided in Maryland with relatives on the government payroll while pledged to represent Iowa in the Senate. The piece condemns Brook for neglecting Iowa hogs and corn and scolding Wall Street and chautauqua audiences.
Jasper County Record notes that Rep Ramseyer’s renomination defeat hurts the state and nation. Ramseyer, longtime House member, praised for meticulous study of bills and trusted with responsibility. Thurston, winner of the nomination, is described as a capable successor likely to carry on trusted stewardship.
The article notes a large vote in the old eighth district and predicts good service from the new representative. It emphasizes Jasper county will need time to adjust to a different leader, while calling for Ramseyer to have a role where his experience is valued by the administration.
Iowa Republicans tease Field as nominee while Democrats rally behind Louis Murphy of Dubuque. The piece argues Murphy’s progressivist Democrat stance offers dignity and Washington influence, predicting a substantial fall victory over Field and Brookhart for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat.
Everett Blom notes the political drink divide between Republicans and Democrats. Roy Kersbergen jokes about hair tonic flea killer. The Chicago Tribune editor is teased as keynote speaker for bulloney. Will Rogers quips about $1000 for the keynote author. Dickinson denies authorship. some missed the convention or slept through it. Weather prompts coat removal. John N. Vander Linden teased, calling the writer Teddy. Budget jokes, bread earnings, and a primary election note. Flag Day June 14 and Republican convention referenced.
A chunk of lighthearted quips and exchanges runs through a column lampooning tax gripes, typing methods, and political banter. Characters like Leo Vander Kolk Lester Boat and Ed Ves appear in quick vignettes including a vacuum gag and Mayonnaise pun, ending with Joseph S France’s presidential bid quip.
Iowa Democrats at Davenport and Steel City delegates back Gen. Mathew A. Tinley of Council Bluffs for vice president. Gen Tinley’s war record and Rainbow division service cited as proof of fitness. National Committeeman Richard Mitchell to place Tinley’s name at Chicago after Alabama yields floor. Mitchell and Mrs. Fickle praise Tinley and his long state leadership.
Secretary Weeks urged modifying prohibition laws. Miss Throckmorton hired as instructor in Pella public schools. Local markets show hens 17 and pounds and springs 28 cents. Royal Cafe added refrigeration and ice cream gear. Coal freight rates cut ten percent. A $1,000 donation sought for ice in college campaign. New bandstand stone arriving. Buerkens wagon factory partly reopening. Weddings listed: Den Adel Harrison, Synhorst Spyker, Wagaman Peery, Golesman Van Beynum. Deaths: Vander Wilt 66, Mc Fisk 64.
Twenty years ago the Chronicle reports that Mrs C Ver Ploeg and a baby suffered injuries when a frightened horse threw the infant from a buggy after an automobile approached. Dr W Bailey delivered a memorial for the Knights of Pythias at the Baptist church. Professor G F Sadler is noted for having his hands...
The article lists deaths of two children, Andrew Vander Wilt age four and Thomas George age one from Dayton Iowa, weddings for the week Henry Brom and Jennie Ziegler John De Wit and Catherine Niemeyer, and reports on G G Gaass at the Republican convention in Chicago, John Den Adel with a knee abscess, G Van Houweling injured by a mower blade, a birth to Mr and Mrs Peter Du Pree, and visitors William Vanden Berg and Arie Vander Heuvel from Amsterdam Holland.
Xydas quips that intelligence runs in families prompting Yazge to defend parents and challenge the remark with a pointed retort.
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