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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1950
Page
7
Pleasant Hill Times reflects on the white man's burden and the U N coalition in Korea. It argues Americans will continue to fight for liberty, urges unity among free nations, and warns Russia against a third world war.
A California reader proposes the term vassalism to describe Russian ideology and its dictatorship. He argues the free world would rally against a name that exposes what he calls a hollow democracy, while noting no democracy exists in vassalism. The letter endorses a propaganda weapon in the fight against communism. In other notes, poultry trends show larger eggs and new standard egg cases replacing old ones as farmers adopt scientific methods.
Letter from W J Wilson president of the National Cheese Institute urges selling cheese through normal channels without subsidies. October Dairy Association promotion aims to boost cheese sales via magazines and media, praising self reliance and proposing home town papers and merchants as better ad spend, urging community support for American dairy farmers.
A Watertown city survey urged boosting local industry support as a path to attract new business and residents. The consultant argued aiding existing firms strengthens prosperity and expansion, which then signals desirability to outsiders. He noted housing tightness in nearby Pella parallels Watertown’s situation. Handsome is as handsome does.
A young bomber pilot from World War II explains his renunciation to become a world citizen. He says loyalty to the United States never wavered and his move was to dramatize world peace. The statement drew limited attention at the time, mainly from France, and later faded. He may not have recanted, but the act highlights the value of loyal citizenship in the United States.
Multiple editorials urge courtesy on the road and avoiding debt. Knoxville expresses hope readers reduce obligations while Sigourney Review calls anti communist measures a threat, claiming loyalists to Soviet Russia would endanger the United States during a possible war.
Community groups demand public disclosure of men rejected or deferred from conscription to curb rumors of dodges. Officials note withholding names until departure curbs misreporting but fear readers will still learn who faced induction. Authorities weigh a policy shift to publish full results.
Governor B F Carroll was reelected by 15000 votes and S F Prouty named congressman. Dieleman appointed truant officer to ensure 24 weeks of school for children starting Nov 14. Deaths include Henry Ver Ploeg, 46, prominent liveryman. Underground electric cables planned on Main Street. Rev BB Brinkman chosen for 2nd Reformed Church pastorate. Leonard Breuklander battling diphtheria. two elderly deaths noted. Rev George Monkman and Rev C W Proctor to lead revival efforts. Correction issued on Mrs ALN Kuyper’s injury. no serious harm. Illness updates: Mrs Hl D Wormhoudt to Mercy Hospital. Peter Bloom typhoid recovering. A N Kuyper improving. Mrs HT Haze, 91, died in Omaha. Knoxville item recalls Halloween incident near Otley with buckshot. Pella light plant to improve power, fight disease with better-lit town. Henry De Gouyer promotes independent film sources for cinema.
Thirty years ago the Legion presented My Uncle from Japan directed by Harry Melyer to two full houses with notable players including Mark McWilliams and Ralph Grundman. Receipts reached about $500 as Professor Eugene Hinton spoke on The Army Overseas at the Armistice Day program.
An odd remark sparks talk about dynamite under the coal trust. Dr. T G Fultz attends lectures at Town State College Ames on infantile paralysis. Amelia Rhynburger returns home due to her mother's illness and teaches in Red Oak Iowa. A poem Florence Nightingale by Rev Sipko Rederus is reprinted. Alderman Jake Plender says electricity will be ready by January 1 1911, and citizens rejoice after years of darkness.
Twenty years ago in November 1930 a man named Lloyd Bennett was killed by a pontoon during drainage work on Whitebreast Creek near Knoxville. A fire damaged the Vander Linden Rexall Store warehouse, while a Pontiac Sedan survived unscathed. A visitor praised Pella yet complained of street pavement dips. Central College lost to Penn College 7 to 0 on Armistice Day with players Tysseling Wilkins and Ver Dught praised. Merbert Van Wyk won a year’s tuition for Chronicle subscriptions and $25 for 25 new subscribers. Pella Supply Company planned an 87 by 48 foot building for trucks in South Pella as town growth continued. Jake Stervenberg marked 50 years as a barber. Star Oil installed electric pumps, Bishop Coal mines produced 150 tons daily. Highway No 2 location set for Main Street Knoxville with paving next year amid some disagreement. Hunters seek 6000 pheasants released in Marion County with farmer support. A Knoxville civic meeting welcomed the plan as the country leaned Democratic amid unemployment concerns.
Ten years earlier the front page showcased Franklin D. Roosevelt elected to a third term as U S president, coach Charles Claypool resigning from public schools to join Officer's Training School at Fort Benning. Also pictured were soloists Tunis Kemkes Leonard Allen Anne Tysseling Melba Hoekstra William Wing Gerald Vanden Berg Tunis Prins, directed by Marold H Root, with Mary Phillips Street noted.
Fred Beckman reflects in Knoxville Journal on US duty within the United Nations effort. He notes nations must sacrifice based on ability, urges broader support for the UN and Korea war aims, and emphasizes public resolve to finance and sustain peace through collective effort.
Vandalism threats were issued by Sheriff F Van Genderen in Mahaska County after intrusions into Richland Two School. The third truckload of relief produce reached Douglas County South Dakota with thanks to donors. Mrs Gerrit Beyer garden feature. Valley School pupils bused to Pella. Dr Vander Lugt inaugurated president of Carroll College Wisconsin. Central College lost to Iowa Wesleyan 12 to 6 with Bob Menning as standout. Republicans won state election, George Wilson reelected governor.
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