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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1952
Page
3
Feeds and farm supplies advertised include Welp's Chicks at Esebrand Produce Titanonka Winders Woden Murphy's Concentrates Funk's Hybrid Seed Mar Jon Milkers and more. Also listed are custom grinding Stan Harris Titonka and a 17 week Lino Type course starting February 4 with job placement for graduates.
Bernadette Ann Bauer daughter of Mr and Mrs R C Bauer married Walter Pfeffer son of Mr and Mrs Mike Pfeffer of Algona in a Monday morning February 11 ceremony at St Josephs church in Wesley Rev L N Klein officiated A white satin gown lace yoke and long sleeves complemented by a double strand pearl necklace The bridal party wore blue and shrimp gowns with matching headbands A reception and dance followed at the VFW in Algona The couple will farm near Algona with the bride a Wesley school alumna and the groom working on the family farm
Engineers in Venezuela plan to dig a new channel up the Orinoco in 1952 using two large dredges. Ore ships as big as battleships will follow to haul Cerro Bolivar iron ore to U.S. mills, via El Pao mine, Puerto Ordaz, and Cano Macareo, past Los Castillos near the Gulf of Paria.
Paris manufacturers unveil 10 denier nylon stockings claimed to be the sheerest worldwide. Weight five grams per pair, nylon thread extends 100 miles, named exciting, priced about 4.25 dollars. Not yet sold commercially, producers claim daily output of 24 dozen pairs. Courtesy samples given to Paris fashion writers. Exerting stockings said to be nearly invisible yet strong and long wearing.
A North Korean girl captured by Korean Marines after confessing she mined roads behind the East Central front. She was found in a hut with dynamite and admitted training as a Communist demolition agent. Civilians had been cleared from the village when the patrol encountered her.
In Cleveland a Sanitary Engineering Committee outlines a duct heating system for basementless houses using eight inch vitrified clay pipe as ducts. The clay pipes, laid in the concrete floor slab with crushed stone and sand beneath, conduct heat efficiently from a warm air furnace to the floor surface, reducing fuel use and increasing winter comfort.
In Columbus Ohio an unnamed borrower repaid 15 dollars borrowed last summer from a local contractor. The return included an unsigned Christmas card explaining the motive and acknowledging the recipient might not miss the funds.
Afton Smith summarizes studies showing 7 year olds in Boston displaying prejudice and how insecure or strict parenting, plus exposure to accurate information, influence tolerance. Drs Kutner Mussen and teams link parental attitudes and information access to children’s racial views.
America at 221 West 57th Street New York City publishes a 230 title children’s book pamphlet. Over 25 titles feature people of other races. The pamphlet, titled Books of the Year for Children, is offered for a charge of 20 rents.
In Milwaukee a visiting Swedish reporter for Expressen was detained as a suspect after a theater robbery. Betty Stainrock described the thief who fled with 93 dollars. Inge Dahlin confirmed the Swede had been questioned but not involved. The real robber was captured soon after and Dahlin filed the story.
The incident reports Marine Private First Class James W. Pett and Private First Class Flett dozing as Chinese Communist forces attacked a Marine foxhole. Artillery and small arms fire raged for hours, with a hand to hand clash near the fox hole. Morning counted 112 enemy bodies as Pett and Flett awoke.
A recent blaze destroyed the Deloit elevator near Denison, incinerating more than 31 500 bushels of stored grain.
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