Thought of the Week and War News Reflections
A weekly collection discusses humane thoughts amid postwar rehabilitation in Europe, praise for Marion County supervisors denying a beer permit, and brief notes on Molotov declining an honorary UC degree. It comments on U S Transport Command's religion drive, reports on theft and looting by soldiers, and offers Holland news about voting law, predigested foods for starved patients, and aid from the Queen Wilhelmina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Co. Board of Supervisors
Marion County
Molotov
University of California
Soviet Union
America
Europe
Holland
Knickerbocker
Netherlands
Pella
United States
Wilhel
War Chest supports war relief and private aviation plans
The piece discusses civilian aviation growth after the war, predicting widespread private planes and costs. It notes War Chest contributions and mercy feeding for Americans, then contrasts fascist ideas with American resistance, urging thoughtful reflection on ideological roots as wartime issues persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
New York
Detroit
Society of Automotive Engineers
Robinson
John Citizen
John Friedlander
Aeronea Aircraft Corpetion
Pella
Advertisement Drives Local Trade At Home
An editorial survey from several towns argues that scarcity and demand shape behavior during shortages. It praises advertising by merchants for saving time and guiding shoppers to home goods, noting many residents shop mail order but prefer buying locally when ads reveal available items and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gooding
Daho
Mall
Pella News Highlights From June 3 1915
Thirty years after the Civil War veterans dwindle to eighty. School children paraded as the new water works and school additions were discussed. The city contracted for a new high school building at 8100 with completion by March 1 1916. Local events included a baseball game against Des Moines Gas Co, a memorial for Louise Kruker, and the weather turning warm after Memorial Day. Burton Fuller joined a civil service clerkship in Washington. Central College staff changes noted. A pioneer brick house sale, a large timber rattlesnake display, and a major fishing and shooting event at the Pella gun club are listed, with multiple graduations from the college and academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles van Doren
G. Circle
Reinkapn
FL Prouty
Des Moines
Central Colle
Pella
Central Bell
Perry Peterson
Wis
I. Johnson
Knoxville
Board of ‘Truss
Acceptan
Aoad
Elizabeth Dieleman
Harry m
George Boyd
Des Moines Gas Co
Carso
Serre
Joe Porter
Kayne Luck
Byram
Louise Kruker
Los Angeles
California
CN. Cole
KE. T. Warren
Central College
Stuart
Iowa
Warren
L. J. Carpenter
William Vanden Berg
Washington Street
Bousquet
Vanden Berg
West 1St Street
Ed Cook
Puritan Drug Co
Jay Kempkes
John Heerema
Columbus Junction
A. T. Klein
Skunk
Academy
Pelly Gun Club
Alooxa
John Gillespie
Harry Boland
Ed van Gorp
George Killenger
Monroe
Fred ©. Whitney
Winchester Arms Co
Henry J. Morgan
Palo Alto
Morgan
Central Coln
Thlete
Plankinton
Ea Wheeler
Sibley
Joy Viersen
Hooper, Nebrash
College and town events mark 1925 commencement and industry
In 1925 June public events included Central College commencement with Dr D W Morehouse as speaker and performances by Leonora Ballengee Wilhelmina Meyer Nicholas Gosselink and others. A new bologna company formed by Tim Dykstra Mark McWilliams and John Nieburg began making meat in Pella. Reverend John Wesselink was chosen to lead Central College. A lightning fatality near Sully claimed Fred Sjaardema and horses on Jacob Nikkel’s farm. Thirty-nine graduates left Pella High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonora Ballengee
Wilhelmina Meyer
Nicholas Gosselink
Ann Tysseling
Edith Sedrel
Edna Vander Meer
Ruth Pietenpol
Earl van Rees
Tim Dykstra
Mark McWilliams
John Nieburg
L. T. Beerends
van der Meide
East First Street
John Wesselink
First Reformed Church
Central College
M. J. Hoffman
Fred Sjaardema
Sully
Jacob Nikkel
Fred
Pella High
George Derbyshire
H. M. Bruins
Connie Wormhoudt
Emma Sybenga
D. W. Morehouse
Drake University
Dea Moines
Coffee Shop reopens at Hotel in May 1915
Ten years ago in May 1915, the Coffee Shop at the Hotel reopened after owners from Florida Macon ty Ht previously ran a restaurant. The Central College seniors staged The Return of Peter Grimm and The Eagle Screams at the high school. A feature profile recalls Gr Wormhoudt born 1852 in Pella. Dutch Strollers band played downtown. Tulip Time antiques listed. Van Den Berg Electric ads Frigidida sold for about one hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FL. Macony Ht
Ed i
Central College
Peter Grimm
Arthur Bennink
Harold Haverkramp
Melon Val der Linden
Helen S Muyser
Vern Newsard
Joe Ernisse
William Rolenbrande
Edwardans
Joe Stientjes
Ann Tyssling
Miss Plette
Earl van Rees
Gr. Wormhoudt
Pella
Bingo Crosby
Pields
Joan H
Issippi
Irvin Gob
Clarence A. Dykstra
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dutch Strollers
van den Berg Electric Co
Fox Bounties Increase Across State Says Auditors
Auditors report a surge in fox cub bounty claims across nearly every county. Cub hunting runs from mid March to about June 1. County supervisors may pay bounties with most counties offering two dollars for adults and one dollar for cubs. Game technicians say the fox population near its peak in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Fish and Game Commission
Voice of the Public letter from P Nolte
A public letter from P Nolte in Los Angeles dated May 8 1945 encloses a 3.00 check for another year’s subscription to a Pella home paper. He notes family updates and mentions Ursel at Chanute Field UL and Fred returning from Iowa vacation planning Navy service amid a referenced V E Day and hopes for a V 3 Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Tam
Pella
Fred
Iowa
Ursel
Chanute Field
Navy
Army
P Nolte
Anti Soviet Policy Chronicle Pella Letter Criticizes SF Conference
A Chronicle Pella letter from May 15 discusses reactionary interests in the San Francisco conference aiming to police the Soviet Union and form an anti Soviet bloc in Eastern Europe. It argues such hostility could spark a third world war and cites unilateral pacts and arms fuel as pressures on Russia while urging adherence to international law and human rights as in the UN Charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Walter Lippman
Soviet Union
Russia
Soviet Russia
Poland
London
Britain
Europe
PI van Zante
Smuts Proposes Prelude to United Nations Charter
In San Francisco on May 4 the probable draft of the preamble to the United Nations Charter appears in detailed form. It is attributed to South Africa’s Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts, a key Versailles Conference participant, and is reportedly receiving a cordial reception with few changes expected to his wording. The draft begins with a pledge by the High Contracting Parties to prevent a recurrence of the fratricidal strife that has scarred two generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
The
United Na
Union of South Africa
Jan Christiaan Smuts
United Nations
Insurance offers for farm city property and crops
See me for farm and city property insurance and crop coverage plus autos. Start a savings plan with life insurance and secure income for you and family. Insure with reliable companies at low rates. Call 60 at Bully or write P O Box 146. I will call. Wm. Difleman, Sully, Iowa.
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Anto
P. O
WM. Difleman
Sully
Lowa
Home accident deaths 1944 skew older than 65
The National Safety Council reports that more than half of all home accident deaths in 1944 occurred among persons aged 65 and over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amon
National Safety Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pella Chronicle
Oficial County Newspaper
H. Sanler
George Ver Steeg
Owa
Pre
Iows
Postotice
Town
Sadler Ubllahing Co
St. Ha
Alexander Smith
U.S. Transport Command
Prayer Command
W. WY
Washington
William Stoneman
Third Army
Germany
France
Lawle
Stoneman
Busse
Perry Wolff
Aank
Wolff
Askaloosa Herald
Sigourney Review
Hirohito
West Union
Fliteo
Tyme
Fox
Voice of
Down
Chre Science Monitor
Smuts
Erre
Duate
Intel
Dogas
Wille Jay
Mal Victory
Jets Fowler Telephone Company
Dr. C. I. Fox
Liberty Streets
Osteopathic
Drs. Kramer and
Kramer
J. J. Sybenga
North Side
Sau
Equitable Life of
Warner Vande Voort
Bet Ny Ld
Bakker
Rus
Rock Island
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