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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1948
Page
3
A fragment quotes General Omar N. Bradley urging Americans to provide a happy life for their families as a foundation of good citizenship and democracy. The piece links this to stronger communities and a peaceful world through safer homes and better towns.
Optimists in Harrisburg held Smile Day with twenty club members handing out one thousand silver dollars and certificates to the city’s “best exhibitors of the tooth grin.” The effort noted increased smiles from 750 to 1,000 since last year, despite inflation fears. The piece also discusses the Federal Reserve Board outlook on consumer finances, noting rising debt, uneven savings, and warnings on credit use while praising Savings Bonds as safeguards.
An obscure pollster, Leslie Biffle, traveled the nation in a secondhand truck with two chicken coops posing as a chicken buyer. He conducted informal polls in barns after the Democratic convention and insisted his results predicted a Truman victory despite broader expert forecasts.
The text sketches a controversial, loaded view of race relations, mentioning Robine and Teeny, and suggesting themes of tolerance and conflict. It hints at white hostility, perceived slights, and a search for harmony, while signaling unresolved tensions about race and belonging.
Twenty years ago editor Goad Vandalis was to take place on January 1 1828 with front page omen pictures. Young had edited the paper for sixteen years and Vandalia Leader connections span Wisconsin West Virginia Dakota and other papers. The issue notes weather, holidays, and a large shoes sale by Lawrence Van Rees amid a busy layouts page.
Ten years ago the December 22 1938 issue shows sixteen pages rich in ads and photos. Front page features Pella children with Christmas trees toys and a cookie house. Local items note Federated Club baskets county poor home costs and multiple high school sports results with Vander Wilt and Wagaman starring in wins over Colfax and Iowa Success.
Editorial excerpts urge broader public choice in presidential candidates and critique tax policy and government spending. It argues farmers and workers should have direct influence, questions sales taxes on essentials, and cites Canada US potato trade issues as example of bureaucratic planning missteps and economic waste.
A Central College team featuring Van Spanckeren Pietenpol and others beat an Oskaloosa independent squad 29 to 19 at the Pella gym. The article notes each player’s home for the holidays and lists several students returning to town. It also mentions local faculty and students visiting home towns and a brief filler on German captive balloons used in wartime observations.
A fragment notes a balloon line incident and mentions Wal and De Boer seeking Amake into lap on carriages, leaving unclear details and potential names.
Thirty years ago a wartime column recalls the corps at Sen sory and a hospital turn discussed for public auction. It notes influenza and pneumonia deaths nationwide, including Spanky Tribenza, Fleury Hoffman and family, and soldiers from Camp Meigs. Uncle Billy Young jokes about laziness, while others duck sprayed barracks.
Four Decorah youths escaped a stalled car on a railroad track as a Mile Waukee passenger train approached. They jumped out with seconds to spare. The automobile was driven by Lloyd Holven.
Synopsis of the eight dollar and forty two cent leaflets on hunting and trapping laws issued by local officers and the State Conservation Commission. Leaflets detail open seasons and rules governing taking game, game bindings, and related animal protection measures. Cancer remains a leading cause of death with limited decline over fifty years.
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