Netherlands man on world dictators and trade
John Res of Holland, in Pella for Tulip Time, argues dictators rule the world but Europe is not yet ready for upheaval. He favors international trade to solve global tensions, criticizes tariff walls, and discusses fascism, communism, and the Spanish conflict, praising American ballots as a powerful force. He heads to France this week and plans to return for next year's Tulip Time.
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John Res
John Res &Seheim
Holland
Pella Jost
Europe
Res
Urone
U. S
America
Germany
Commi
Russia
Italy
Spain
Hitler
Mussolini
England
Bilboa
Mr. Res
Shenandoah
Ne Xstaxes
Bremen
Cherbourg
France
Sassenheim
Pella
Local Play Notes Ties to Holland Grandfather
A local man Mau rie Van Willigen, assistant to the city clerk, traces kinship to Burgemeester Vander Werf in the play The Siege of Leyden. He recalls emigrating to America at age four, visiting Holland at fourteen, and discovering family medals and seals once kept by Vander Werf later placed in a Dutch museum.
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Burgemeester Vander Werf
Leyden
Maurie van Willigen
Cit
A.C. Kuyper
Mr. van Willen
Holland
America
van Willigen
Netherlands
4-H Club Girl Selects and Boys Wisely
Marion County 4 H club girls will aim for well dressed outfits this summer. Miss Gladys Adams of Iowa State College trained leaders at Memorial Hall Knoxville guiding color choice, patterns, materials, and shopping savvy to teach proper dress and buyer education.
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Marion County
Gladys Adams
Iowa State College
Memorial Hall
Knoxville
Adams
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at Rivola this Friday
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers appear in Shall We Dance at the Rivola Oskaloosa for a four day run beginning Friday May 21. The film features Edward Everett Horton Eric Blore and Ketti Gallian among others in a lively musical about a famous dancer and a noted revue artiste with tabloid style romance surrounding the stars.
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Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Rivola
Oskaloosa
RKO Radio
Edward Everett Horton
Eric Blore
Jome Cowan
Ketti Guilian
William Brisbane
Harriet Heetor
America
Baleina
Astaire-Rogers
Gershwins
George
Ira
Berman
Fred
New Optometrist Will Carry on Dr. Martin Practice
Dr. C. C. Kitchen, formerly with Jensen Optical, will lead the Oska loosa office continuing the Dr. Martin practice. He joins Dr. Jensen to expand their Iowa and Minnesota network to 16 offices. Kitchen trained at Northern Illinois College of Optometry and hails from Carroll.
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Martin
C. C. Kitchen
Jensen Optical Company
Crumbaugh Opticalusiness
Oskaloosa
E. I. Martin
Dr. Kitchen
Dr. Jensen
Mineapolis
Minn
Younker Brothers, Des Moine
Iowa
Minnesota
Northern
Ilinois College of Optometry
Chicago
Iowa Association of Optometrists
Better Vision Institute
Carroll
Dr. Jensens
Audubon
Wilmar, Minn
Mason City
Iowa Benefits Social Security to Over 338000
More than 348000 Iowans directly benefit under the Social Security Act with eight provisions active in the state. About 258000 work in jobs covered by unemployment law and 80800 receive Old Age assistance. Federal grants total over 8 million for old age benefits and related programs.
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Iowa
Fre. M. Wilcox
Social Security Board
Social Sect ‘Board
Towa
Yual
Gypsy Gang Robs Cantril Man of $20.00
Cantril carpenter John Cretcher was waylaid by three Gypsy women who exited a car and offered a fortune reading. They robbed him of twenty dollars, drove off toward unknown parts, while a similar theft of seventy dollars occurred in Albia the same day. The gang remains at large. a car with license ending 062 is noted. The Steuben Minn police pursue the suspects.
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John Cretcher
Mr. Cretcher
Davis
Valuabl
Albia
Stewar Minn
Mrs T D Beintema And Grandson Share Birthday
Charles LeRoy Bein tema, son of Mr and Mrs Dirk Beintema, was two on Feb 28 and shares the date with his grandmother Mrs Anna Beintema of Leighton. The siblings note a special bond with grandparents, and the column ends with a nod to Want Ads promising results.
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Becau
Charles TeRoy Beintema
Dirk Beintema
Anna Beintema
Leighton
Charles LeRoy
300 Dentists In One Building
A Chicago trip reveals that Dr Newton G Thomas shares the Pittman Building with 299 other dentists. The 33 story office complex houses his 16th floor practice and Dr Paul A Edmand on the 80th. Thomas began as a Baptist minister before turning to dentistry, later teaching briefly at a cage dental college.
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Newton G. Thomas
Chicago
R.A. Awtry
Pittman
Windy City
Thomas
Paul A. Edmand
James Eamand
Home Furnishing Training School Plan in Ames
Miss Mabel Rockhill, home demonstration agent, spent two days in Ames last week to gather instructions and prepare for a women’s project on furnishings. Training schools will cover refinishing, chair caning, and design, with four lessons in each site and follow up meetings by local leaders to spread furnishing knowledge.
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Mabel Rockhill
Ames
Wome
Tocal
Kent
Mrs Van Baren Quits Post at Sheldon Home
Mrs. Van Baren resigns as superintendent of the Holland Home Eldon Town following her husband’s death on March 5. She will move to Pella to live with her son Fred Dekker and daughter Mrs. Francis Huyer in Rockford Al. She had previously led the Pella Name For the Aged and did commendable work at both Sheldon and the home.
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William van Baren
Holland
Eldon
Town
Pella
Fred Dekker
Francis Huyer
Rockford
van Baren
Sheldon
John Klein Visits Pella From Orange City
John Klein of Orange City returns to Pella annually though he left the old dugout sixty years ago. He once lived in a brick house on Washington Street near the Gys Van Vliet estate, now occupied by the HL Renwud family, making him a familiar, if uncommon, visitor.
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John Klein
Orange City
Pella
Mr. Klein
Gys van Vliet
Washington Street
HL. Renwud
Pella reminiscences trace porch paths and local shops
Mr. Klein recalls childhood days along porches west of a Shell station where Pelth Historical Society now sits. He notes Van Stigt ran a shoe and harness shop on the site and a repair shop stood where the O and P Tire and Battery Shop is now. Klein is Henry Hospers’ son‑in‑law, the former Pella mayor who started the Weekblad and led the patch colony to Sioux County in 1870.
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Mr. Klein
Shell Oil Station
Pelth Historical Society
van Stigt
O and P Tire and Battery
Henry Hospers
Pella
The
Weekblad
Patch Colony
Sioux County
Chronicle Gets More Commendation
Fred Lautenbach and Verle Ver Dught share letters of appreciation from readers and business associates after sending copies of the Tulip Time edition. Des Moines resident Chas E. Brown praises the local editor and notes the page five advertisement was well written and beneficial to the agency.
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Fred Lautenbach
Verle Ver Dught
Chas E. Brown
Des Moines
Pella Chronicle Praise From Ottumwa Reader
L J Braun of Ottumwa commends the Pella Chronicle for its enterprise and engaging content. An advertisement touts Spry as a triple creamed shortening ideal for pie crusts pastries and cakes, promising lighter cakes and quicker prep with frying benefits.
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Telaphone
Towa Plan
Gypsy Gang
T. D. Beintema
Rinso
Dr. P. Edmand
Home Furnishing Training School
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Jerome Cowan
Ketti Gallien
Batman
Chronicle
Universal
Chronicle Cooking School
Robertshaw
Pella Theatre
Central States Electric Co
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Ben Hoek
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