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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1939
Page
2
Entered at the Post Office in Titonka Iowa as Second Class Matter. Thoroughly covers a territory reached by 16 other papers. Subscription rates: 1.50 per year in county and Titonka trade area. 2.00 elsewhere in state. 2.50 for Canada and foreign. Renewals and discontinuations explained.
Amid deep splits between New Deal liberals and conservatives, the current Congress wrestles with two pivotal issues. The first concerns money policy and the renewal of the President’s gold power plus silver purchases, a clash that could steer the nation’s economic course. The second centers on neutrality, with fears that broad executive discretion could drag the United States into war, while supporters push for cash-and-carry arms sales and wider purchase rights for fighting nations.
The House approved the cash and carry amendment by 214 to 173 and backed other sections 200 to 188. The measure bars belligerents from buying arms and ammunition except on cash and carry, and lets Congress or the President declare a state of war. The column notes the practical limits of embargoes on peaceful goods while signaling strong neutrality sentiment from recent wars.
Iowa farmers expand hog production to prewar levels with a 16 percent rise over last year as 10,648,000 head for 1939 signals larger fall farrow intentions. Iowa economists warn of a weaker corn hog ratio next year while prices may climb briefly this summer before a fall decline.
Casper Wulf of Charles City, a paying crew member, signaled a large bucket crane operator to lower the basket and forgot to duck. The bucket struck him on the head, fracturing his skull and causing death.
An advertisement extols Watkins Fly Spray as economical and effective against flies that carry disease. It claims the spray is lighter than oil-based options, stainless, and has a pleasant scent, usable in milk houses, homes, and barns. Bierstedt invites orders and promises a demonstration.
Conservation groups in 22 counties received over 9 500 week old pheasant chicks from the State Game Farm near Boone. Applications for 23 150 birds came from 46 counties as Taylor W Huston notes. Hatch rate 4 500 to 5 000 weekly. last setting July 1. hatching suspended July 25. Production expected to exceed 30 000 this season. Chukar partridge and quail production also planned with 700 chukar 2 500 to 2 000 quail.
Rainy conditions push lawns to lush growth while weeds like dandelions and plantain spread. Extension horticulturist J. B. Wingert advises selective hand weeding or targeted herbicide use on individual plants to keep weeds in check and protect the grass.
Wingert advises avoiding chemical weed killers in certain areas and explains that crabgrass, a major late summer and fall pest, can be managed by raking prostrate plants and mowing before seeds form. Start at crabgrass germination and repeat three to four times in fall to deplete seed stock and hinder new growth.
Iowa's seventh annual State Fair rodeo opens August 24 and runs three nights through August 26 with world class wild horse riding bulldogging calf roping steer riding and bareback events. nearly 100 top riders are expected. Texas and Wyoming stock will augment the lineup amid a busy week of circus fireworks and grit festival leading into a musical extravaganza starting August 27.
Iowa farmers reports poor corn stands prompt H D Hughes head of Farm Crops recommends millet sudan grass and soybeans for replanting. Millet is primarily feed and grain crop with 20 to 26 bushels per acre possible. seed value about 86 percent of corn.
The fragment suggests planting Sudan grass now to yield 1 to 1 1/2 tons of cured hay per acre. It also notes chinch bug areas favor soybeans, as they resist harvesting issues caused by pests. The text is incomplete and lacks clear authority or date.
Five year old Larry Arnold reportedly caught a large fish in recent days at Peteer. Lawsuit filed by Mrs. Lear Davis claims an ice incident last winter caused injuries leading to a $5,000 claim against Osceola.
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