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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
3
In On Parks Tell Our Story, Henry J. Kaiser warns against doom talk and label magnets. He urges all good men to act with belief in America, transcending class, race, and politics, and to work for a shared future. The piece then praises Park Commission staff for keeping Pella’s parks pristine as Tulip Town blooms attract visitors.
The article recalls a mural once painted by WPA artists for Iowa history that was cut up for dubious uses in the Capitol city. It notes officials lacked art appreciation and that seven thousand dollars had been spent, while the painting’s destruction symbolized shifting economic moods from famine to feast and the era’s pendulum of common sense versus theory.
In a Nebraska Iowa region meeting the sacredness of contracts is noted as teachers routinely break promises after signing. Meanwhile Federal Reserve Board economists warn of a housing price peak, scarce mortgage money, and deferred construction as lumber costs spike.
A Sept 17 1086 issue highlights Central football plans against Grinnell with Mickey featured as the “Watchharm Guard.” Marion Vander Gever owned Two Vans Shoe Store amid a ghost town scene in Duxton. Tulip festival prep, direct mail talks, and a festival committee meet planned. local leaders and businesses, including the Chamber of Commerce, sponsor events and remodeling Jordan Hall.
The Sept 23 issue of 20 Years Ago showcased Pella’s industrial enterprises including Ros screen factory Garden City Feeder Co Woodrow Washer Co Pella Overall Co De Jong Floral and Seed Co Blommers Mill Royal Ice Cream Buerkens Wagon Factory Klijn De Winter Ulrich Bologna Grimes Canning Heeren’s Wood Shop Pella Creamery Van der Ploeg Sybenga batteries and more. A large ad promoted McGregor Brothers of Des Moines selling Schulte Heights lots with a crowd seen at a recent sale. Central College also ran a feature with a photo.
A nostalgic roundup recalling early 20th century Pella life. The entry mentions basketball and football, local concert trips, Promoters seeking rail electric lines, a new high school, frost dates, farm auctions, court fines, and a large Lake Prairie Fair with Speaker William Jennings Bryan. It also notes a dancing Edison phonograph demo with Madame Rappold and various local personalities and civic efforts.
The Oskaloosa Tribune Press analyzes the recently enacted OPA bill as a transitional measure bridging a government war economy to free enterprise peacetime. It argues the plan mirrors compromise between preserving and ending government controls. It contrasts hypothetical Lincoln era subsidies with modern welfare and labor protections, implying the bill would have altered historical outcomes.
The 1846 Mormon migration, led by Brigham Young, crossed Iowa with 14,006 travelers and 3,000 wagons, enduring cold, snow, and hunger. Camps formed at Garden Grove and Mount Pisgah, with widespread fear and hardship, then moved northwest toward Missouri and the Great Plains en route to the Salt Lake Valley. Historians note 15,000 Mormons traversed Iowa trails that spring, reshaping the region’s pioneer memory.
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