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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1934
Page
1
Newton visitor Mrs. Richard Tiedt attends funeral for Mrs. A Van Drimmelin and seeks support for a parent teacher association. Numerous residents visit relatives, attend funerals, and plan trips to California and Des Moines.
Sheriff John H. Smith pursued two New York women driving a New York licensed car after a Sunday wreck on West Court Ave. Their bumper damaged Jim Burley's car, costing $6. The women were captured three miles from Chariton and released after paying the repair costs.
A horse owned by Frank Watts was struck by a car on highway No. 6 west of Kellogg, killing the animal. The car, bearing Des Moines license plates, caused a broken windshield and bent fender. Two occupants stopped and notified tenant R. J. Pierce. The horse escaped from the barn rope and wandered into the road.
Statement of Condition for Farmers Savings Bank Leighton Mahaska County shows total resources 224,124.77 with assets including loans and discounts bonds and securities and cash items. liabilities include capital stock surplus and undivided profits. Signed by J C De Bruin president B Groenendyk VP and H W Vander Linden cashier sworn Oct 30 1934 before Notary H Kuperus with directors L Verploeg and T D Beintema.
A fatal crash on Highway No. 69 four miles south of town involved a Ford truck driven by Chester Smith. It overturned, crushing David Smith of 506 Third Avenue West beneath the vehicle. Chester Smith was badly injured. Louis Long escaped with minor injuries. The three men had been hauling logs. David Smith leaves a wife Bertha Bell and six children Gene North English Florence Farmer Doris Powers Forest David Bernice.
Miss Addie Jones is in serious condition after a cow butted and trampled her while she entered a field to fetch cows at the Alvin Mann farm near Malcom. She suffered five broken ribs, a broken right ankle, a head wound, and extensive bruising, with internal injuries possible.
Judge Frank Bechly in district court appointed D Bates Iowa superintendent of banking as receiver for the Peoples State Savings Bank of Baxter to pay depositors 25 percent of each deposit. Bates reports $10,959.99 on hand after honoring preferred claims. total claims reached $39,744.59.
About 26000 dollars in dividends were paid to depositors of Citizens State Bank at New Sharon on Friday and Saturday. A court order granted the 10 percent dividend last week and checks were prepared at the bank building. This payment marks the fifth dividend since the bank closed in October 1931, bringing total disbursements to roughly 125000 dollars, about 45 percent of insured deposits.
Henry A. Wallace secretary of agriculture will open the International Relations conference at Grinnell College in Grinnell Iowa on November 16 17 and 18 The date change was made because Wallace cannot attend the previously set dates. New speakers include Dr Harry Dideonse W W Waymack and Theodore Hume with others previously announced Paul Dengler Edward A Steiner and Grayson L Kirk
In Reasnor Iowa the Farmers Co operative Exchange store was broken into Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. About 125 dollars worth of merchandise was stolen after a rear door lock was forced. Items taken include sugar flour ham beef butter bacon coffee candy gum tobacco and groceries. the theft was reported to county authorities by Des Moines driver Steve Boris. Jake Rohrer manages the store.
A court on a Wednesday signed an order directing Colfax Bank to pay a dividend.
D. W. Bates Iowa superintendent of banking is authorized as receiver for Citizens State Savings Bank of Colfax to pay a five percent dividend to the bank’s depositors. This marks the third dividend after two six percent payments were made previously. Jasper County Record.
A car and a truck collided in Oskaloosa on Tuesday. Ten day old babies in two neighboring cars slept through the crash. Mrs Bertha Clark of Garden Grove Indiana and Mrs Cleo Salisbury of Knoxville were traveling home with their infants.
A University of Iowa hospital car was struck by a truck driven by Frank Asher of Oska loosa. After overturning, the car caught fire and the mothers and babies were lifted out through the window. The babies slept through the crash in their mothers arms while both mothers suffered painful head injuries.
L C Grier of Iowa City driving the hospital car suffered slight injuries while Thomas Barber of Melcher, a patient returning home, was uninjured in the incident reported by the Monroe Mirror.
President Roosevelt has extended the amendment to the automobile code to February 1. The move affects regulatory provisions and compliance timelines for automakers and dealers as the deadline approaches.
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