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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1940
Page
6
The author argues that sports jargon and crowd energy drive victory, favoring an offensive approach over continual repression of enthusiasm. He notes cheerleaders and fans energize players, citing football and other events, and promises to explore Anglo-Saxon substitutes next week.
There will be no school Friday November 8 as local teachers attend the Iowa State Teachers association convention in Des Moines. Headliners include On Our Way at the Thursday session with A E Harrison ISTA president, Luke on Our Association and Its Future, and Friday sessions on vocational education and youth thinking. The program also features a symposium on Education and the Defense of American Democracy coordinated by Dr J B Edmonson.
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor hosts a morning program on November 9 with speakers including W. W. Waymack editor Des Moines Register and Tribune Dr William G Carr secretary Educational Leaders Commission Dr B Edmonson dean School of Education plus a keynote by Ad s sic M Parker superintendent of public instruction at Des Moines. Additional sessions feature Will Durant Prudence Culwright Dora Smith Glen Q Blough J B Edmonson William G Carr Rawin A Lee Wofford and A L Sachat from several universities and education groups.
Milton Hult of the National Dairy Council cites that one third of Americans live below the proper diet line. He urges more milk and dairy products and balanced meals to prevent disease and strengthen the nation, noting high rejection rates for volunteers due to poor health.
The American Boy earns a price cut and enlarges its magazine with new fiction characters and expanded non fiction, sports, defense and adventure sections. Subscriptions become 1 year at 1.00 or 3 years at 2.00, with renewed emphasis on leadership and courage through its popular hero cast.
Noted pianist Hugh Hodgson head of the University of Georgia Fine Arts Department will present a piano concert at Central Chapel in Douwstra Chapel Thursday evening November 14. He will spend Thursday and Friday meeting Central College students on music appreciation and discuss work in the field. Hodgson, Athens native, has studied at Columbia and Guilmont, with mentors including Schoenberg. He debuts in New York and gives about twenty five recitals yearly, directing fine arts programs and teaching artist pupils. Tickets for the Lecture Course are required. others admitted for 25 cents.
Tabulated results show Roosevelt winning the presidency with statewide races including Reed R for Commerce Commissioner and Garfield R for Supreme Court, with several D challengers. Local races list Lundy, Roberts, Johnson, Watkins, and others, plus county officials like Du Pree and Bybee with party margins.
Regulations extend Iowa waterfowl season from sunrise October 16 to December 14 totaling 60 days. Daily goose limit set at 3, ducks 10 with 20 possession, 20 day possession after season. Special protections on canvasbacks redheads buffleheads ruddy ducks. Three shell limit, plug shotgun rule. Snipe season until sundown, bait and live decoys banned. Federal Migratory Bird Stamp required. Sunrise times to be published by Conservation Commission.
The Red Cross describes intensified demands on its resources as national defense strengthens. The speaker urges readers to join a patriotic organization and help meet mounting needs stemming from evolving security efforts.
Instructions suggest removing lumps from brown sugar by heating briefly in the oven and then pressing them out with a spoon or rolling with a pin across a board. The text describes methods to soften and break up clumps for use in recipes.
American-made fats and oils are increasingly used in domestic foods, driven by refining advances. Bureau of Internal Revenue data, released at the American Soybean Association convention in Dearborn, show 84.5 percent of 545,599 pounds of fats used in margarine came from American sources, up from 69.2 percent prior year. About 82,331,741 pounds of American soybean oil supplied roughly a quarter of domestic production and accounted for 34 percent of fats and oils used in margarine last year.
A lively note invites women to buy national greenbacks, host a mixed party gathering with Republican friends, and prepare food for a socialistic time, aiming to enjoy meals while avoiding politics for four years.
The record shows a surge in soybean oil use in margarine and shortenings. By 1939 over 200 million pounds, about 65 percent of the crop, fed the edible fats sector, with additional use in margarine, paint, varnish and linoleum. Domestic refining advances boosted utilization.
A recent federal fiscal year report shows total margarine production at 303,578,972 pounds with 82,331,741 pounds of soybean oil and significant use of cottonseed oil peanut oil beef and pork fats. Over 60,000,000 pounds of skim milk supported this food product, while Iowa farmers face new competition beyond lard and butterfat.
For sale two items: extra choice production bred barred rock cockerels and hard maple shade trees. Will Maasdam.
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