Titonka Topic Announces Subscription Rates and Policies
The Titonka Topic outlines postage details and pricing for subscriptions. Rates are $1.50 annually in Mosouth County and Titonka trade area, $2.00 outside, and $2.50 for Canada and foreign countries. County and trade-area papers stay as continuing yearly subs unless subscribers or publisher discontinue. Other subs end one month after expiration unless payment is arranged.
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Towa
Mosouth County
Titonka
Kossuth Gownty
Canada
Detroit's War Production Fails to Meet Expectations
High hopes for Detroit as the arsenal of democracy falter amid wildcat strikes and material shortages. Life magazine notes poor planning at the top and worker hostility toward bosses, questioning Detroit's wartime production success.
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Detroit
United Nations
Life
Detroit Production Woes Amid Labor Strife and Bureaucracy
The piece argues Detroit and other industrial areas face stalled output despite war needs. It critiques labor-management distrust, racial and religious tensions, political dithering, and government red tape. It highlights Ford’s Willow Run as underused, cites Somervell on underutilization, and calls for unity and decisive action to mobilize American industry for total war. It also praises Balkan resistance led by Mikhailovich and notes broader national blame on inefficient controls and wage policies.
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Brehon Somervell
Army
Michigan
Henry Ford
Willow Run
Detroit
West
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
United States
Washington
Congress
Governor Day Fun and Fables Parade At Clear Lake
A lighthearted Iowa column mocks politics and local quirks from Governor Day at Clear Lake. The piece weaves jokes about a speedboat champ, a pastor’s musings, rationing tales, and odd local notices including 150,000 pounds of wool stored in Spencer awaiting government requisition.
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Clear Lake
Speedboat
Champ
Iowa
Spencer
Women Farm Hands Fill Detasseling Roles In Fields
The state newspapers showcased photographs of women detasseling crews at work, signaling a shift away from male labor for hybrid corn production. Lieutenant Bud Christian aided a Puerto Rico lifeboat rescue effort, guiding the craft after a torpedoed ship left 26 people adrift for 17 days. A garden cucumber grown by Mrs. Davis Green near Richards was noted for its near perfect V shape formed by two joined parts measuring four and a half and three and a half inches.
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Towan
Bud Christian
Harlan
Puerto Rico
Christian
Davis Green
Near
Richards
American Legion Auxiliary Meeting and Fund Drive Notice
The regular work and business meeting will be at the Legion Hall Friday August 28 at 2 p m and not at the Denton home as announced last week. Have you contributed to one of the five fish bowls in the different business houses. Another contingent of men will leave Algona the first of September and we want to know that each one of them receives a package from the home folks. Cousin to Mrs Zelia Edith Pope Stock of Denison is a direct descendant of Capt Lemuel Pope of Dartmouth Mass claimed by Conklin Mann editor of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society a 188 a common ancestor of President Roosevelt Winston Churchill and General Douglas MacArthur. Enough scrap metal will be obtained from rails and bridges of the abandoned Onawa Anthon line of the Illinois Central Railway for making 420 medium size tanks 17 500 bombs of largest size 8 700 Pieces of small artillery or several destroyers according to President J L Beven of the Illinois Central System. The government has requisitioned all of these materials.
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American Legion Auxiliary
the Legion Hall
Denton
Algona
Zelia Edith Pope Stock
Denison
Capt
Lemuel Pope
Dartmouth
Mass
Conklin Mann
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Douglas MacArthur
Onawa-Anthon
Illinois Central Railway
J. L. Beven
Ilinois Central System
Double Trouble After Rescue in Gulf War Seas
Chief Steward Don Whitmore, rescued from a life raft after his ship was torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico, was critically injured in a bus train collision in Jackson Mississippi while en route to Knoxville Iowa to visit his aunt Mrs Dixie Gebhardt. He survived four days and nights on the raft before rescue.
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Gulf of Mexico
Don Whitmore
Jackson
Mississippi
Dixie Gebhardt
Knoxville
Iowa
Whitmore
Eggs Invade Brewery Site Becomes Egg Drying Plant
The old Heiberg Brewery at Waverly has been purchased by Independence Produce Co. and will be used as an egg drying plant. The firm runs poultry houses in ten towns and operates another plant in Osage. Mrs. A A Hildenbrand of Northwood notes a family war service record across five generations as grandson Laverne Torgerson from Fort Dodge enlists in the Army.
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Heiberg
Waverly
Independence Produce Co
Osage
A. A. Hildenbrand
Northwood
Laverne Torgerson
Fort Dodge
Local social round up at Algona fair and visits
Local residents attended the Algona fair Tuesday evening while others hosted and visited in the area. Families including Ward Smith Asche Sartor Oesterreicher Huisinga and Bleich joined dinners and shopping trips with relatives in Mason City Britt Buffalo Center and Woden. Several members returned from Rivers and Minn. trips with relatives.
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Wm. Ward
Algona
Warner Smith
Henry Huisinga
Weert Asche
Illinois
Pierre Sartor
Mary Oesterreicher
Guido Sartor
Mason City
Claus Wibben
Frank Kettwich
Henry Gerdes
John B. Isebrand
Ren
Lloyd Bentley
Woden
Dean
Merle Korte
Dale Bruns
Mount Vernon
Washington
Harold Krantz
John Falk
Anne Fechner
George Schauffman
John Bleich
Britt
Henry Becker
Donna Jean Sartor
Buffalo Center
Gertie Janssen
Rasmus Hansen
Adolph Missal
Florence Reaser
L. C. Heifner
Glen Heifners
Cyrus Heifner Jr
Rosholt
S. C
Sourdough Club of Alaska ejects Iowa leaders in Alaska
Sourdoughs Ray Jodway of Des Moines and Dan Rice of Clarinda were removed as president and treasurer of the Sourdough Club of Alaska, an association of 107 Iowans who traveled to Alaska to aid in building the new government highway, with a Valdez office noted.
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Ray Jodway
Des Moines
Dan Rice
Clarinda
Army Fare and Farm Reports Highlight Summers News
Army fare features actress Jeanette McDonald visiting Fort Leonard Wood with a snake sandwich at the Central Officers Club. Iowa private Herbert Lyon reports the incident. Nearby, corn hogs show a favorable ratio but hog weights remain steady. Hog slaughter, eggs, and production trends are summarized with 1940 41 comparisons. Agricultural notes discuss cockerel sire lines, tomato care, seed pods on potatoes, and unusual summer weather effects across sections.
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Jeanette ‘McDonald
Fort Leonard Wood
USC
Central Officers Club
Pvt
Herbert’ Lyon
Inwood
Iowa
Reasons for High Tomato Crops This Year
Iowa State College Horticulture specialists say wet weather kept tomatoes from setting and ripening. A. T. Erwin explains two growth stages, with excessive moisture prolonging vegetative growth and delaying ripening. Dry weather and sunshine are needed, and top pruning won't help. Farmers face soybean storage issues and potential below guarantee prices due to limited terminal space.
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Iowa State College
Ames
A. T. Erwin
Vegetables Crops Research
Erwin
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