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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1952
Page
6
A column by Mr Nollen discussing his retirements and roles. He is described as a former chairman of the Board of Bankers Life Cos and president of the firm. The piece notes his Iowa origins, national recognition in economics, and leadership in directing the investment program of Iowa's largest financial institution.
A batch of local notices and family news from Pella area newspapers lists visits, hospitalizations, births, and travel. Highlights include Mrs Jennie Beyers leaving Long Beach for Fort Worth to visit sons doctors Beyer and Jarvey Beyer, births at Mahaska and Mercy hospitals, multiple surgeries and recoveries at Mercy Oskaloosa, and clergy movements including Rev C O Anderson’s Oregon trip and parsonage completion plans.
In Iowa a child nicknamed Little Ted turns to crime to satisfy a growing collection of abandoned tricycles. He steals and hoards up to half a dozen in a day, hoping one will stay, but every cycle is reclaimed by the end of the evening.
A fragment describes Ted crossing streets and bringing home cycles from an unfamiliar area. He keeps a tricycle for three days before it is claimed as belonging to someone else. He continues dragging a large cycle at noon, struggling with its size.
Bob Smith of Bussey Iowa a former employee of the Dunreath Coal Co of Knoxville was fined twenty dollars and three dollars costs in Justice of the Peace Chas Bruce's court at Knoxville March 19th. Smith pled guilty to claiming and obtaining unemployment compensation benefits while working. Charges were filed by the Iowa Employment Security Commission representative. Raymond Mick Marion county attorney presented the case for the state. The fifty two dollar payment made last August for a two week period to which he was not entitled was recovered prior to the trial. The Iowa Employment Security Commission has obtained two convictions in the past sixty days in Marion county against claimants who have made false statements to obtain unemployment benefit.
Editorial urges strong public support for government economy as Congress debates next year’s budget. It warns deficit could hit ten billion dollars and urges citizens to pressure lawmakers to cut unnecessary spending and back defense bond purchases to avert inflation.
April first marks planting for two Iowa favorites asparagus and broccoli. Extension horticulturist Ben Vance advises purchasing from commercial nurseries, using 20 pounds of complete fertilizer per 1,000 sq ft before setting plants, and delaying cutting asparagus tops until after the first frost. Space broccoli 24 inches apart, use Italian Green Sprouting, and apply summer nitrogen fertilizer if harvest extends into fall.
Wille Blumbere of Germany joined his brother Herbenfuhns of Swea City last week after two years of effort, reuniting them after a separation since 1922. The article notes the importance of proper lumber piling for curing home-grown trees into valuable building material and warns careless piling can ruin winter’s hard work from felling and sawing.
A compact device claims 101 uses to lift trucks tractors and wagons, pull posts pipes roots and wire, make hoists and clamps and spreaders. Suitable for farmers loggers carpenters and factory shops. Stated dimensions 4 ft high and weight 27 lbs with guaranteed quality.
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