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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1948
Page
3
An editorial blend urges a unified American identity beyond factional lines with Woodrow Wilson’s quote. It notes Prague’s press under Soviet influence and defends a free press as essential to democracy, while discussing tax policy on butter substitutes and the push to repeal food taxes amid bread price concerns.
At Schenectady GE researchers use silver iodide in a hydrogen powered generator to seed clouds. Microscopic particles disperse over tens of miles from ground or air, enabling potential rainfall over large areas, a shift from dry ice seeding that is more spotty.
Dr Irving Krick of Pasadena helped projects near Roosevelt Dam in July, spraying water into the sky with dry ice and silver iodide to augment natural rainfall. Hatfield, a veteran rainmaker, fired cannons to seed clouds, and modern rainmakers are welcomed for their claimed gains and techniques.
Rhodes Tribune urges kindness to helpful clerks during Christmas and reflects on elections, while Wallace's Farmer argues for flood prevention through a watershed program. It debates a 48 million dollar dam on the Des Moines river below Red Rock, favoring integrated measures like reforestation terraces and smaller dams over a single large dam.
Forty years after its founding the Home for the Aged plans an open house on December 18 with gifts requested for inmates. The issue notes numerous local marriages, business ventures, and community updates including a new telephone exchange site, stock increases for Pella Overall, and plans for a railway project. It also lists local club acts, farm experiments, and fair premium winners.
The article enumerates needleworker winners including Anna Van Houweling Julia Post Bessie De Vries Rebecca Kimmel Kate Eysink Mrs John Blommers Cornelia Rhynsburger Mrs A P Kuyper Henriette Hospers Sarah Kuyper Marie Van Zee Cornelia De Cook Mrs M Vander Linden Antonia Braam Bertha Van Houweling Lulu Schakel and Letta Chambers.
Front page centers on a Thanksgiving sermon by Rev ILM Brains praising peace after World War I. Urgent nurse calls and Red Cross relief follow as influenza spreads. Pella quarantines deepen. 165 new flu cases, 804 total, and three deaths reported. Liberty Memorial Hall planned at Central College. Rural mail service hampered by illness. several locals bid holiday stays.
J B Van Hemert traveled to Chicago to arrange a January 1 start as a traveling salesman for Munsingwear with his brother Harry. Marshaltown Bears to visit Central College for season opener. Santa Claus to greet children at Black's Style Shoppe. new children's department. Frank Trump and Ren Ho buy downtown store, plan to manufacture breakfast set patent by Paul De Wit. De Wit represents Rosscreen Company in Indiana as salesman. Eighteen page issue heavy with ads and little local news.
Ten years ago December 8 188 issue filled with holiday ads. Front page featured Central basketball squad and two girls Leona Schilder and Emily Kuyper preparing for Girl Scout rank. College moved Student Industries to Overall building. Joyce Ver Ploeg canned vegetables won third at the Chicago International show. Downtown streets lit with trees and a large pine at Central Park. New pavement opened on South Main and Oskaloosa. Local teams slated for basketball at Central with C Cottey and Des Moines Lincoln high. City took over delinquent tax properties at Knoxville sale. Graham Hall matron Halbert was urged to retire but asked to stay. New home of Connie and Mrs. Wornhoudt on East Columbus. Seventy‑eight Pella merchants sold goods at weekly Saturday auctions drawing crowds. City Office decorated with four pillars and colored lights for holidays.
The article notes a boom in cabinets with dynamic speakers sweeping the country, while social visits and flu illnesses appear among locals. It mentions Mrs. Randall visiting the Vander Zyl home, a Georgetown Colorado return, a parking car problem, and a band of Tama reservation Indians seen near Pella trapping along the Skunk River. Dramatic and humorous contest results list participants such as Gretchen Fennema, Grada Vande Voort, Bernice Carter, Dirk Beintema, and others in finals.
A lamp post was knocked over by a truck last week, striking Mise Porter and causing lacerations to the log and scalp. The incident prompted officials to inspect the scene and ensure street safety measures.
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