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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1934

Page

2

Social notes from Sully area residents and visitors

Local page lists numerous visitors and residents from Altoona Clara City Grundy Center Wellsburg and Des Moines. Attendees include the Van Maanen funeral guests and visitors to Century of Progress in Chicago as well as church and missionary activity in Sully. Several families travel to Ames Des Moines and New Orleans for studies and conventions.

Gerrit Slothauber Connie Langstraat Henry Boon Boyden Will Bode Clara City Minn John Primus Grundy Center Ben Primus Marion Wellsburg B. van Maanen

Miss Pronouncers Only Girls to Get Young's Attention

Burbank letters writer critiques radio voices and announcers, mocks soprano shrieks, yodelers, and mispronunciations. He notes California politics with Upton Sinclair, Roosevelt, and a Republican gubernatorial candidate, urging independence and skepticism of social schemes.

Young Burbank Calif Putin Chronicle Towa Sahn San California Upton Sinclair Hiram Johnson U.S Roosevelt Sinclair Townsend

Local visitors and family gatherings reported in Des Moines and Grinell

A sequence of social visits centers on Des Moines families including Mr and Mrs M A Ketman and Mr Phebe Stringer with Verda, and Mr and Mrs Clint Gibbons with Billy. The Sterrenbergs joined the Gibbons to Grinell to see Mrs Baarda. Dewey Koopmans’s son injures a finger uncorking a glass receptacle. Abe Bernstein and family from Chicago, with Ray Brom of Gibson, Iowa, spent the weekend with the B J Brom household.

M. A. Ketman Phebe Stringer Verda Hattie Ketman Farr Des Moines John Goodhart Clint Gibbons Billy J. Sterrenbers Ray Brom Gibson Iowa B. J. Brom

Utopian Movements and Red Scare Echoes in Los Angeles

In a letter from Los Angeles County, the writer critiques a Quixotic Utopia movement backed by Townsend and notes its secretive nature and modest funding. The piece links the trend to populist reform bursts, contrasting it with the ongoing Single Tax debate and Upton Sinclair’s socialist rhetoric while warning of broad Marxian influences in urban California.

Townsend Long Beach Washington Roosevelt Utopia Iowa Middle West Los Angeles County Chronicle Upton Sinclair Sinclair Rainbow Chaser Russia California Merriam James Rolph Jr George Creel McAdoo W. A. Young

Platform for 1932 presidential candidate sparks reform debate

A proposed platform from a 1932 candidate calls for government led exposees to undermine business confidence, expanded government competition and regulation through fifty new bureaus, and purging experienced civil service staff for campaign loyalists. The plan envisions dramatic public scrutiny of business and a sweeping overhaul of federal personnel.

Congress Commission Washington

Political pressure tactics warned by critic in press

The document cites threats to publishers and voters to suppress criticism of the President during a crisis. It claims punishments for critics, claims unpatriotic actions, and attacks on constitutional interpretation to bypass barriers. It asserts press intimidation and judiciary threats as tools for enacting controversial legislation.

Paeulee James E. Boyle Cornell, University

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J. C. Redman Altoona John Heerema New Orleans Peter Heerema Mary Jane Butler Os Katoosa Fred Wotan Fremont Sully Missionary Conference of the Reformed Churches Irene Hoksbergen Walter de Kock Henry Keuning Frank van Heaften J. W. Rietveld Knoxville Will van Hemert Sam van Vliet Pella Martha Jansz Cornelia Clement Century of Progress Chicago Matt Hoksbergen Martin van Essen G. H. Vanden Berg H. Kuperus of Leighton John Wynberg Henry Collais Newton Edward Vanden Dever William van Doorninck Ames Iowa State College H. L. van Dellen Montezuma E. V. Goad Ollie Baptist Church Fred Long Ollies Catherine Long Lee Jarman Mrs. Herr Braafhart Baby C. Braafhart Ben Braashart Walter de Wit Oskaloosa Jennie van Zante Portland Ore A. B. van Houweling P. G. Gaass Paterson N. J Sidney Zandst G. G. Gaass Birdie Snow A. N. Vander Linden Women’s Board of Domestic Missions Reformed Church Irwin J. Lubbers Central College Third Reformed Church Elva Mae van Houweling Cumming, Ia Mrs C. S. Fox Keith Fox J. E. Schultz Charles Oity Ray Fox Dick Vander Ploeg Henry Boeyink Martinsburg Prof Mrs. Boeyink F. C. Warner Prairie City Mr. Warner L. D. Warner Arie van Houweling Plainview Texas A. C. van Houweling Lamont Ella Berning Preston, Minn B. F. Vander Linden Emmett Edwards Fred van N van der Ploeg J. W. Jewel Morningside Arne Schilder Ulrich L. Hackett G. Rietveld Pella- Knoxville Alice Westerkamp Harold de Bruyn C. P. Dykstra Laurel Bernice Dykstra Toledo Ruth Pietenpol Dean H. W. Pietenpol Ruth Dykstra Rippey Elta van Buren Casey Albert Langerak Dumont H. Breuklander Independendence Street A. C. Kuyper Lutheran Hospital Ade Bruins Illinois Ralph Nordlund Pete van Sittert Shampoo & Marcel Shampoo & F Anne Bennett Donai Washington Street Ray Hoksbergen Pete Lubberden Southwest Corner Square RIVOL Hoy Am Pee Aces Roger Pryor Jobs Mack Mack Brown Qrch Federal Treasury Federal Radio Commission Tysseling’s Shoe Store Welfare League Wormbhoudt Mee Baal Eventrchandise Puritas Rayon van Sittert’s Geelhoed H. H. Geelhoed W. D. van Sittert Autumnaire Invader Fairy
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