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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1939
Page
2
The Titonka Topic discusses local subscription terms for Titonka and Kossuth County, notes cash flow and market dampening in autos, and sees brighter residential construction prospects. It weighs European tensions, predicts no general 1939 war, and cites cautious public spending amid lingering uncertainty.
The article assesses the year’s start with a predicted winter downturn in industrial activity, followed by a spring rebound and a stronger fall, potentially beating the 1923-25 average. It notes weary caution from financial advisers, government spending as a short-term booster, and tax debt concerns. It highlights railroad expansion needs and possible REC loans, plus utility sector political tensions hindering large-scale expansion.
A concert at the Algona high school led to vandals removing radiator caps gas caps and license plates from about 30 cars. A pile of caps and scattered accessories were found near the school. Government equipment and railroad property were damaged and six boys were warned.
The Algona National Farm Loan Association held its tenth annual meeting Feb 7 at the WJF.W. hall in Algona with 125 attendees. George S. Sanderg of Elmore Minnesota was elected director for three years. W H Patteson Lakota was elected president for 1939, Henry Ff Weber Irvington vice president, H D Hutchins Algona secretary treasurer, and Eugene H Hutchins assistant. Members of the loan committee included Herman Carlson Wesley J W Bollig Fenton Joseph Besch Whitemore Walter Brandon Algona. Raymond Sayre of Sun district Farm Credits Administration and Harry Bode of Algona, an officer of Emmetsburg Production Credit Association, spoke. Sayre is from Ackworth. Secretary Hutchins noted 1938 saw 30 Federal Land Bank loans, bringing the total 457 loans for the year.
Instructions for crisp and soft cookies using egg sugar shortening milk vanilla and flour with salt soda and baking powder. Chill dough roll 8 to 16 inch for crisp or 3 to 8 for soft before cutting with heart shapes bake 400F about 8 to 11 minutes yields about 96 cookies. Plus entertainment idea matching famous couples and comic strip characters for guests.
Iowa State College expert I H Methus reports plant diseases cut oat yields by 41 percent and wheat by 42 percent last year, with barley down 31 percent. Crown rust, root rats, leaf rust, scab and rot diseases caused major losses. researchers seek resistant varieties.
Iowa State College spearheads a major swine breeding program linking 12 Corn Belt stations and the federal agriculture department. Ames hosts the largest unit with 200 sows and 16 boars by fall 1989 as researchers pursue intensified inbreeding across 1- and 2-sire herd lines to speed genetic gains in Poland Chinas and Danish Landrace, with plans to publish best lines to breeders.
Ben Studer ships four of nine prize cattle to the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco last week. Cattle were trucked from West Liberty by Frank Fox and then rail to the West Coast, joining two nurse cows. The herd previously won prizes at the International Stock Show in Chicago last year. Ben Studer’s prize cattle, including a former prize bull, were entered in the show. Ben's eldest son Nate accompanied the cattle.
The USDA notes this year's corn crop required more labor to put into the crib than the grain harvest did in 1988, reflecting higher workload in storage preparation.
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