Spending Spree Atop the Post Office Deficit Debate
The piece critiques the U S Post Office deficit totaling 6 8 billion over 18 years and questions General Arthur Summerfield s efficiency plan to achieve break even by cost cuts and rate hikes If expenses drop 250 million annually and revenue rises 250 million the 500 million annual deficit would vanish It notes proposed rate increases for ordinary letters air mail letters and postcards and questions congressional approval of Summerfield s plan
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U. S. Post Office
Arthur E. Summerfelft
Congress
Proposal to raise postal rates questioned by critics
Critics say Summerfield’s plan overcharges newspaper and magazine mail by about 40 percent while limiting increases for third class mail mainly advertising circulars to about 26 percent. They argue the postal service was created to serve the public, not to be self supporting.
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Summerfield
Postal Department
Queen of the Furrow renamed Queen of Conservation
The State Soil Conservation Committee and district commissioners announced the contest title change from Queen of the Furrow to Queen of Conservation. The move aims to better reflect the contest’s prestige as about four hundred farm girls enter annually, with critics noting the old name drew jokes more than admiration.
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State Soil Conservation Committee
Skenk Street
Census Questions Spark Debate Over Toilet Facilities
Fayette County editorial criticizes a national census back page that asks six questions about home plumbing. The writer mocks the focus on toilets and wonders for more vital queries, noting only a fraction of families face added questions about broader living conditions.
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Fayette County
Union
National Plumbers Council
Continental
50 Years Ago in Pella News Items
Fifty years ago James Van Vark lost one of his best horses to blood poison after a cold following distemper. The G A R Circle had almost the entire 600 needed for a Central Park monument in their treasury. A killing freeze foreshadowed scarce fruit in 1910. The Pella Canning Co urged planting tomatoes and would buy excess fruit. An editorial lamented loitering youths while worrying over stray livestock. Eddyville real estate persuaded 26 Holland families to move and grow a community.
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James van Vark
Jim
Pella
G.A. R. Circle
Central Park
Eddyville
South Pella Hair Cuts and Local Social Bits
Crispus rented space in Edmand's grain office in South Pella for a tensorial stunt about affordable hair cuts. Langerak's Drug Store offered music with Velvet Brand Ice Cream each Saturday night. Mrs. J B Brom and son Raymond visited Prairie City relatives. Mrs. Dick Den Adel and baby returned from a six week Prairie City visit. Miss Veda Tice hosted a slumber party for six with Ine Grundman and others. three ghostly forms appeared, revealed as classmates, and refreshments followed. The event ended with brief sleep for the girls.
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Crispus
Edmand
South Pella
Langerak's
J. B. Brom
Raymond
Prairie City
Dick den Adel
Baby
Veda Tice
Ine Grundman
Leona Berg
Cornelia
Dweth Bouma
Magdeline Sheahy
Tice
40 Years Ago Miss Hendricks Leads Moravia Glee Clubs
In Moravia a young music teacher Miss Verna Hendricks organized and directed glee clubs and an operetta in her first year. Town Marshal Al Breuklander chased a big Haynes car with five colored men up Main Street while Ottumwa paving man Mr Blank urged the marshal to join. The drivers reached 75 mph as they sped toward open country, narrowly avoiding oncoming traffic. the colored driver was fined $9.85 and allowed to travel on.
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Verna Hendricks
Moravia
al Breuklander
Haynes
Main Street
Blank
Ottumwa
Auto Service x
Jeffries
Breuklander
Lincoln pupil pictured with teacher in 1940 feature
May 6 1940 front page photo shows a third grade pupil from Lincoln alongside teacher Nellie Popma. The caption highlights the student and educator in a community school story dated thirty years prior.
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Lincoln
Mins Nellie Popma
Sail Ver Steeg Featured in 1940 Tulip Time Chronicle
Twenty years ago a Pella boy and aviation enthusiast Sail Ver Steeg was highlighted in the 1940 Tulip Time edition of The Chronicle. The article notes his move to Orange City as a young lad and his later pursuits in aerobatics and aviation history.
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Pella Boy
Sail Ver Steeg
The
Chronicle
Sail
Orange City
Ballooning notoriety and local notes in Pella column
A list of residents and families connected to Pella Iowa with notes on a famous balloonist, housing sales, births, traffic mishaps, farm fires, and local performances. Includes names like Maxine Van Vark Nettie Messamaker Lora Vander Wall Arn van Zee Tunis Freda Russell and many others. mentions a balloon stand fifty feet high with 25 000 cubic feet of hot air, and the Pella High boys quartet earning a Superior rating at the state contest.
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Maxine
van. Vark
Nettie Messamaker
Lora
Ruth’. Vander Wall
Othello van Baalen
Arnold van Zee
Tunis
Sents
Freda Russell
Floyd. Mathes
John van Jores Schaefer
Laverne -Lee
Verna
Mae Rietveld
Philip
Kengap
Stuart Kuyper
Willie Brouwer
Raymond. de. Wit
Howard Grundman
Lester
Vander Wilt
Leila “Burgraff
Mel le Cocq
Leona’ Vos
Jean Man
Edward Breuklander
Heerema
Hopkins
Mitchell
Webster
Louise Gezel
James McNew
Lawrence Breuklander
Jeanette
Vander Linden
Katie
Van
Alst
Emand
Nanktgeboren
Rus
Viola Tuinstra
Marjtenbach
Tynie
Herman Vos
East Third
William van Toeren
Otley
Mia
Everett Vande Haar
Pella
Sonny” Williams
Cordova
Ford
Liter Cleaning Establishment
Fred Dekker
Mr. Dekker
Charley
Nicosia
Gorp
Quartette
Lemon Sandren
Gene Wormhoudt
Lee van Atkel
Ralph de Cook
Job in Oskaloosa with Grefe Bakery
Paul De Wit was building a new home on Peace Street for Prof Carl Kettering and his wife Mrs Kettering in Oskaloosa. the project involved local trades and the Grefe Bakery supplied goods for workers.
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Oskaloosa
Tulip Time shutterbugs and traveling locals noted
Ten years ago in a Des Moines vicinity feature, Fréddie Mickmershizen and sister Barbara with Tommy Van Zee posed amid a tulip bed for shutterbugs during Tulip Time. Mrs. Jacob Van Wyk traveled from Des Moines to Denver to visit daughter Marjorie, riding rail and bus then boarding a plane with Marjorie as stewardess. Herbert Rumbaugh served in the Air Police Squadron at Kirtland AFB New Mexico. Warner H Vande Voort and wife returned from a California trip where he attended a convention for the Equitable of Iowa Insurance. Dean Van Haaften, Monroe School sophomore drum major, was named for a second time to lead the 122 member State FFA Band with four Monroe peers also in the state band including Floyd Van Roekel.
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Ieee
Fréddie Mickmershizen
Barbara
Tommy van Zee
Jacob “van Wyk
Denver
Collorado
Marjorie “van ‘Wyk
Des. Moines
Minneapolis
Marjorie
Herbert Rumbaugh
Kirtland
A.F.B
New Mexico
Warner H. ‘Vande Voort
California
Warner
the Equitable of “Iowa Insurance A F
Dean’ van Haaften
Monroe
Floyd. van Roekel
Community event committee plans Saturday air show
A local committee head by Jack Wormleys with William Tistrup as secretary treasurer announced the event at Newton airport. Members include Earl Johnson John Norris Jasper Risdal and John Wilson. Wagner Paul flutist and Zickel will perform. Newlyweds and brand names were noted. The FFA will lease the property from Earlabe with further details forthcoming. The event, set for Saturday July 30, is urged as a date to mark on calendars.
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Jack Wormleyswith
William Tistrup
Earl Johnson
John’ Norris
Jasper’ Risdal
John Wilson
Newton
Earlabe
FFA
Sioux County Official C E Pat Balkema Announces Run
C E Pat Balkema of Sioux County announced he will run for county supervisor. He has an estimated total of many consecutive years serving in the county treasurer's office.
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Balkema
Sioux County
Segunty
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