Titonka Topic Subscription Rates and Policies
The Titonka Topic lists mail delivery areas and rates: 1.50 yearly in Kossuth County and Titonka trade territory, 2.00 outside, 2.50 for Canada and foreign. Subscriptions stay within county and Titonka territory as continuing yearly unless canceled or publisher discretion. Other subs terminate one month after expiration unless payment extensions are arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonks
Iowa
Clare Gatto
Kossuth County
Titonka
Canada
Detroit Shifts From Cars to War Production
On January 1 the Detroit auto plants halted peacetime output and a 24 hour shift began to switch to war production. The piece extols free enterprise for living standards but notes arts of peace yield to arts of destruction as industry-wide shifts unfold across the nation. It argues American production is unmatched but belatedly mobilized, with enemies of democracies already ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
War Mobilization Urges Unified American War Effort
A columnist argues the United States must mobilize all industry and labor for total war. It cites failures in early Pearl Harbor handling, praises Nelson’s reorganized effort, and urges rapid unification of Army Navy and Air forces to field a modern global fighting force with broad participation across small and large manufacturers and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maglind
United Nations
Japan
Malaya
MacaArthur
Donald ‘Nelson
Raymond Clapper
Nelson
Roberts
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Mawatian Department
Marshall
Beleves
Lunch Wagon Coffee and Misplaced Art Remarks
A light column mixes quirky anecdotes about lunch wagon coffee tasting like antifreeze and murals misportrayed as history. It notes a sign near Alexandria, La about coffee getting blacker, a joke about telegraph etiquette, a fur rug complaint, and a story of a Tycoon’s son and a motorcycle gift idea.
Weather man to govern pig crop in Iowa four months ahead
Extension swine specialist EH L Quaife warns that over 2 million sows in Iowa will farrow in the coming four to five months. Pig outcomes depend on how sows are fed and handled, with deficiencies in ration a major cause of weak or dead piglets. High feed costs tempt overfeeding, but a balanced diet with protein supplement is essential for a successful spring pig crop. Iowa accounts for 17 percent of the nation's hog population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
EH. L. Quaife
Town State College
Quaife
Canned Foods Help Meet Year’s Nutrition Needs
Mrs Ruth Seaton Hicks home demonstration agent outlines daily requirements of two servings vegetables two servings fruit and high vitamin fruit as part of seasonal plans for year around food supply. The talk covers canning stored foods, cheap whole grains, and demos like tamale pie while urging planning and safety in the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Seaton Hicks
Cass
Mislicks
Kossuth County
Hicks
Fann Bureau
Food For Health and National Defense
Swea
Harrison
Carl Tath
Bancroft School
Greenwood
Ramsey
Greater Efficiency in Use of Equipment and Labor
Iowa farmers must boost efficiency in using labor and equipment to meet war time food needs. C. H. Van Vinck of Iowa State College urges maximizing power, repairing gear, pooling machines, and maintaining buildings to sustain production. Emphasizes soil conservation, housing as investment, and prioritizing scarce materials for agriculture during 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
C. H. van Vinck
Tawa State College
Tawa
United States
van Vinck
Rural improvements urged for national preparedness
Secretary Wickard says rural welfare is essential to preparedness with better roofs floors siding repairs insulation, and careful use of materials. He notes insulation saves fuel and reduces livestock losses, while farm electricity boosts production hours, cuts costs, and lifts morale and efficiency on farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude R. Wickard
Morale advance and pasture plans noted by Van Vinck
Van Vinck outlines pasture management ideas including a good Towa pasture program. He questions rye in early spring and suggests permanent pasture for summer and Sudan for late summer and fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Vinck
Sudan
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National
Harber
Swan Furniture Funeral Home
Kenneth W. Swan
Titanics
W. F. Hamstreet
M. D
Attonka
Pierre Sartor
Roy C. Ball
Titanka
Dr. E. J. Gallup Chiropractor
Kell
Titanka, Ia
W. L. Tindall
D. O. Osteopathic
Woden
L. A. Winkel Attorney-at-Law
Quinby
Algona, Ia
Maurice C. McMahon
Beise Bidg
Algona
Quarton and Miller County Savings Bank Blig
Henry H. Huisinga & Sons Contractors and Builders
Titonka, Iowa
K. & H. Co-Op. Oil Co. No
Algona No
ANL
Jiarge
Algona Rendering Co
Peralt No
Clarence Penning
Harvin Penning
Roselle Bockeman
John Penning
Marjorie Meyer
Albert Meyer
Marjorie Redening
Elaine Redenius
Myron Redenius
M. G
Alexandria
Western Union
Miles
Milea Nervine
America
Miles A
Ean Es
Watkins Health
Petrt
Watkins
A. C. Bierstedt
Rural Watkins Dealer
Dial
Lakota
Earl Ward
Wesley, Ia
Tyke Theatre
Singing Hill
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Barbara Stanwyck
Henry Fonda
Rosalind Russell
Don Ameche
Kay Francis
Austro-White Cross
Hamilton, Hatchery
Thomas Loats
Swea City Hatchery Phone
Swea City
Eeeenwecenersenes
Alva Uhl
Forest City
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