Unemployment in County Rises as Mines Close
The Emergency Relief Committee met May 10 to hear caseload data for April showing 211 county and 550 unemployment relief cases, a 30 percent rise due to mine shutdowns led by Pershing. Seventy-five percent of 278 applications were acted on with 210 accepted, 26 rejected, 42 pending.
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Arthouse
W. J. Casey
Homer Clark
Y. T. van Niewaal
E. V. ‘Good
Emergency Relief Committee
M. ‘A. Barnes
Anne Bogaard
Jo. Speed
Board of Superiors
Ed Watts
Old Age Pension Board
Clarence Kading
C. Ted Johnson
John Caswell
Relief Office
Johnson
Pershing
Marion County
L. R. Clements
Knoxville
Melcher
Pella
Tracy
Pleasantville
Bussey
Harvey
Hamilton
Mr. Long
CCC
Wool Shipments To Chicago From Pella Area
The first large wool crop from around Pella is shipped to Chicago by Ben Vos of Vos & Blom, carrying 5,000 pounds. About 21,000 pounds have been produced for sheep users locally, seen as a good crop though prices are lower than in the past. Two men handle the heavy 200 pound sacks as the wool goes to market.
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Pella
Ben Vos
Vos & Blom
Chicago
Mr. Vos
Never Turned A Hand Washer In This City
Melvin Van Houweling, a municipal light plant employee, recalls his first memory of doing family washing at the West First street home of Rev. H. L. Van Dellen. A gasoline propelled washing machine, said to be the first in town, woke neighbors with its early morning starts and curious passersby peered into windows to see the activity.
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Melvin van Houweling
Municipal Light Plant
Melvin
Rev. H. L. van Dellen
First Street
Mr. van Houweling
Clerk Don Remy Makes Unusual Court Record
Knoxville official Don Remy, longtime county clerk, and deputy J R Weddle run a busy office handling judgments liens bonds guardianships estates and mortality records while maintaining economy reducing operating costs from 4636.11 in 1982 to 2678.44 in 1935 and overseeing witness fee claims and marriage licenses.
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Don Remy
Frank Fischer
Remy
Justices of Peace
Fidelity and Insurance Company
Insanity Commission
Paul Ver Steeg Promoted To Top Topeka Truck Post
Paul Ver Steeg receives promotion to manager of the International Harvester Topeka Kansas branch. He will supervise dealers in 18 Kansas counties and oversee five salesmen. C A Paschall of Cheriton Maine will take his local representative role. Ver Steeg has been with the firm since 1928 and built a strong record in truck sales across Marshall Jasper Poweshiek counties. The Topeka office is under construction with a new facility planned for early fall.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
Paul Ver Steeg
International Harvester Company
Topeka
Kansas
Ver Steeg
International
C. A. Paschall
Cheriton
Paschall
Willive
North Eleventh Street
Dhata Alesman
General Line Bef
Marshall, Jasper
Poweshiel
Baing
Tatarnational
4-H Girls Plan For Busy Season As School Ends
Plans are under way for a countywide 4 H Girls Rally Day to open summer activities. The Marion County rally is set for June 11 at Knoxville High School with officers, an honorary member, project play, music contest, and song festival. Leaders will be recognized. awards honor perfect attendance, mother participation, best memory books, conservation booklets, and top music result. Marion County has 18 clubs and 130 members, largest being U Need Us with 17 members.
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Marion County
Local Man Listens In on Interesting Short Wave Radio
John Wynberg recalls a Berlin Station DJA English broadcast for American listeners with news grain weather and forecasts. He witnessed a rescue alerted by a New Zealand operator and a Denver ham, noting a life saved after a sudden illness, and praises shortwave for global broadcasts and amateur chatter.
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John Wynberg
Berlin
DJA
America
Wynberg
New Zealand
Denver
Colorado
Germany
Holland
Alaska
Pella Tulip Time praised by Bloomfield paper
The Bloomfield paper lauds Pella for its tidy thrift and long standing Tulip Time. It notes visitors’ interest in the annual tulip beds and describes planning ahead with residents cooperating to plant bulbs so all tulips bloom together.
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Chronicle
Davis County Republican
Bloomfield
Pella
Pella Tulip Time Edition Showcases Cooperation and Ads
The Pella Chronicle released a 48 page Tulip Time edition with color photos and full schedules. It highlights strong cooperation among local business firms and expects favorable weather to draw thousands to town for shopping and tulip viewing.
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Pella Chronicle
the Chronicle
Pella
Radio Contest Opens to Farmers by Local Dealers
CS Van Hemert and Dick Leydens announce a major Radio Prize Contest for poultry and livestock feeders. Murphy Products Company of Burlington Wisconsin conducts the competition, promoting their poultry and livestock concentrates and mineral feeds. Details follow in the community notice.
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van Hemert
Dick Leydens
Murphy Products Company
Burlington
Wisconsin
Farmers Barn Dance Prizes Feature Major Midwest Radio
Test broadcast notes announce Saturday night airings on WHO Des Moines at 8 20 and WL S Chicago at 8 00 for the National Barn Dance program. Listed prizes include an Allis Chalmers tractor a combine harvester a Ford Tudor sedan and multiple consumer goods as part of farm outreach.
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Rac
Middle West
W-H-O
Des Moines
W-L-S
Chicago
Allis-Chalmers
Schulte House
Zenith Radio
Wefield
Abram Van Houweling Dies After Gall Bladder Operation
Abram Van Houwe died May 24 after three weeks of intense suffering following gall bladder surgery at Mahaska County Hospital in Oskaloosa. Funeral services were by Rev Rozenboom of the First Reformed church in Otley with interment at Oakwood cemetery. He was 43 years, 6 months, 19 days old.
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Abram van Houwe
Mahaska County
Oskaloosa
Rozenboom
First Reformed Church
Otley
Oakwood Cemetery
State fair offers record prizes for 4-H youths
Des Moines May 27 Iowa 4-H club premiums total 17171 for boys and girls at the 1937 state fair to be held August 27 to September. Major awards include baby beeves beef heifers dairy heifers pigs lambs poultry club records dairy demonstrations and health and home economics contests. New classes add baby beeves sired by registered bulls and pure bred heifers. New Hampshire poultry class and separate Clydesdale and Shire colt classes. Copies of the premium list are available from the State Fair Board secretary.
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Des Moines
Iowa
America
Emium
New
the State Fair Board
Spry Promises Light Cake With New Shortening
Aunt Jenny extols Spry triple creamed ant vegetable shortening for quick cake batter. The cake turns out light and velvety with superior flavor regardless of shortening cost. Bake a Spry cake today.
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Jenny
Matt
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WLS
WROK
Rockford
Pella Supply Co
Allis Chalmers
Farm Service
Farm Bureau
Ol Posder Co
Franklin Street
County Clerk’s Office
Don AL
J. R. Weddle
Grand and Petit Juries
A. van Houweling
South Woods
South Woods Dairy Ink & Vogelaar
Pella, Towa
Murphy’s Big Radio
Schult
ABC
Zenith
All Wave Radio
Westfield
C. S. van Hemert
Franklin St
Farmers Co-op
Exchange
Gezel Car Shop
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