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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
2
The Titonka Topic lists subscription rates and notices for Titonka area readers, including annual prices and handling of renewals and discontinuations. It includes local humor and anecdotes about rural life such as a doctor’s duty, a mix up with a bruised knee, and wartime references to eggs and service, reflecting small town life and community voice.
In a light column, M G muses on the longest day of the year, shifting seasons, potential drafts, and calls for Congress to decide testing drafts promptly. A joke about women war workers and a tip from an old timer about a gardener’s green thumb close the piece with weathered humor.
Iowa readers are advised that new tire stocks appear larger than reality. OPA district official Rosier explains national tire reserves are at historic lows with shipments redirected to retailers to fulfill local certificates. Used tires face shortages while A and B card holders access them, and gasoline ration rules shift for used car buyers. Salvage campaigns urge two tin cans to aid morphine syringes for wounded soldiers. Maritime service seeks 160 enrollees weekly in Omaha and Minneapolis with broad age ranges and training paths.
Fresno reader publishes a heartfelt wartime letter from Harold Thompson a seventeen year old English Navy sailor injured in transit. He describes his recovery in Fresno California hopes to return to duty in September and asks for American pen pals detailing his family losses and longing for home while praising America and its people.
Iowa salvage division reports May gains in wartime materials. Fat waste yields glycerine for gas masks and depth charges. tin cans and stockings salvage progress rank Iowa high nationally. OPA sets crackage markup on yellow corn and guards pre ground ham burger rules for markets.
County Extension Director A. L. Brown urges clean range practices to cut disease losses in flocks. Raise chicks on clean, well drained range away from old yards, with greens for feed and minimal shade. Avoid stagnant water and parasite-friendly shade. Mentions Johnny Tolsma of LeMars adopting a travois-inspired bicycle scooter for transport.
A training course starts July 12 at Iowa State College in Ames to qualify as a Dairy Herd Improvement Association supervisor. Floyd Arnold notes both men and women may qualify, with six women already employed across associations. Wages match skilled jobs. supervisor receives room and board and must provide transportation. Inquiries to Arnold at Iowa State College, Ames.
County Extension Director A. L. Brown urges frequent manure scattering every two or three days to destroy fly breeding sites. He notes flies irritate cows and spoil milk, and recommends fly traps poisons sprays sticky papers and darkened barns with air currents.
A cat that scratched and bit three year old Bobby Agney of Grinnell was found rabid after also attacking his father, Ray Agney. Both are receiving treatment and other cats on the farm have been killed while the Agneys await possible livestock impact.
A car stolen from across the street vanished overnight as Schuyler Augspurger parked it. Lucas County Sheriff Glen Weede slept nearby, unaware of the incident, illustrating a disregard for law enforcement.
A. J. Clark of Ackworth rescued his dog Buddie after the dog fell into a well on the Dick Craig farm. The well contained several feet of water and the dog's barking alerted Clark to the accident.
A fire in the Sumner theatre projection room ended an evening performance with minor damage. Half a reel of film was destroyed but the machine was repaired and back in service the next day.
Iowa farm kernels advise getting rid of roosters to improve egg quality. They urge cooling eggs in basement after gathering and avoiding cases overnight. 1942 farm savings rely on bonds while cash reserves rise, risking over optimism. livestock feeding margins rise. a spring tooth weeder rear attachment improves cultivation. mulching tomatoes eggplants and peppers saves labor and reduces ground ripening losses.
Mrs. Lloyd Roney had lunch and planned to drive to Decorah when a bumblebee in the car stung her finger. She knocked the bee to the floor, stepped on it, and the car rolled down a 20-foot embankment into seven feet of water. She escaped through a window, then her husband spent the afternoon pulling the car from the Upper Iowa River. Her purse and documents remained intact, including $110 and a $50 money order from her father. She remained unafraid through the ordeal.
Myron Bartlett of Waverly endures a grim year after a mewing machine severed both leg bones last year. He took his first steps without crutches last week, marking a hopeful recovery milestone.
Carl Sexauer publisher of the Ogden Reporter proposes a plan to let boys demonstrate marksman ship by shooting light bulbs. They would take a box of flash bulbs to a nearby pasture to shoot at will after street lights were damaged by youths using guns and seven sling shots.
A cow on the Biner Jacobsen farm near Harlan is advancing production. She calved about three months ago and again last week, signaling strong herd productivity for the period.
Donald Christensen of Storm Lake traveled 80 miles to Ute by bicycle in a single day, a long distance trip highlighting endurance and travel by pedal power.
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