Local Happenings From Titania Area Doings
Dan Wubben reports 882 turkeys lost in the recent storm down from initial estimates. Abbe Winter traveled to Rochester Minnesota for care after Mrs. Winter’s major surgery ten days prior. Fann Trailer plate ownership may visit Topic office for license tag. Harvey Graham visited town and feels stronger. John Rike flew to Harlan for the First Flight Breakfast at the airport with 160 planes from 91 counties. an Airodeo followed by Harlan flyers. Titania Chamber of Commerce slated meeting at Harold’s Roller Rink with usual agenda and lunch. Adolph Missal returned from Mason City hospital. friends hope for a quick recovery. Titania Lions Club to meet with luncheon at Ann Ida’s Cafe and basement rec room of Tyke Electric. Bob Downs signed with Brooklyn Dodgers, assigned to Sheboygan in the Wisconsin State League. opening game was last Thursday. Dick Downs catches for State Teachers College Cedar Falls as an 18 year old senior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Wubben
Abbe Winter
Rochester
Minn
Iing
Winter
John Rike
Harlan
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Harlan Flyers
Titanica Lions Club
Ann & Ida's
Tyke Electric Shop
Bob Downs
Brooklyn Dodgers
Vero Beach
Florida
Sheboygan Club
Sheboygan
Wis
Dick Downs
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Community Notes Mashed with Family Travel and Gifts
The Band Mothers plan a Monday meeting at the home of Mrs. Etta Fahrenholtz. Doyle Reaser visits his uncle Leo Reaser in Fort Dodge. Gifts for Mothers Day including plants stationery candy and jewelry are advertised at the Drug Store along with 19u greeting cards. The DeVries family visited Des Moines and Oskaloosa with a new grandson Stephen William born May 5 at 7 lbs 11% oz. Fred Thacker and Mrs. Brandt return from a Portland Oregon trip. Fred plans an interview for next week's Topic. The Fisher Petersen group heads to Milne with fishing tales to follow. Ted Van Hove hosted guests for son Ted Andrew who leaves for the navy. Several local families attended the dinner and afternoon gathering including Van Hoves Bruns Smith Schutter and others from Buffalo Center Burt Lakota and La Kota. Ted Andrew's address is Co. 51-469 USTIC San Diego 33 Calif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Fahrenholtz
Florence K. Reaser
Doyle
Leo Reaser
Fort Dodge
Fred DeVries
Des Moines
Iowa Lutheran
Fred
Frank Fisher
Russell
A. M. Petersen
Milne
Ted van Hove
Ted Andrew
Navy
William Tjaden
Anna Ubben
Clarence van Hove
Donald
Dan Wubben
Bob Spear
Ewald Bruns
Merwin
Simon Smith
Bonno Schutter
Henry van Hove
John van Hove
Buffalo Center
Martin Harms
Burt
Stanley Stecker
Lakota
Dick Olson
Joan Johnson
USTIC
San Diego
Calif
Local Notes Share News From Fort Wood and Area
Raymond Baer a April entrant is now stationed at Fort Leonard Wood Mo. Mrs C B Chipman hosts Sewing Circle at her Fortnightly meets. S Sgt Harold Bern resides at Fort Bragg. Pvt James Whalen spends furlough after basic at Camp Hood Texas. Bertha Mansmith accompanies Manus family to Corwith for birthday dinner. Herman Rachut party returned from two week trip through the South East. Myra Brown of Garner visits relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Baer
Fort. Leonard Wood
Art Leason
C. M. Gross
Marshall Seasons
Minneapolis
Gross
Myra Brown
Garner
C. B. Chipmans
Elmer Chipmans
Will Ringsdorfs
Brown
Chipmans
Bertha, Mans
Ozarks
Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains
Hope Mills
N. C
Washington, D. C
Harold Bern
Fort Bragg
Handy
Lutheran Hospital
Fort Dodge
Handys
Corwith
C. B. Chipman
Jenny Riebhoff
Lance Riebhoff
C. F. Whalens
Titanica
James Whalen
Camp Hood
Texas
Chorus Line Hoofer Graduates Cum Laude From Hunter College
Lois Jean Precht earned cum laude honors at Hunter College while funding her education by dancing with Ringling Bros circus and tutoring in French. Her path included baby sitting, working in a dime store, and leading a chorus line with Olsen and Johnson before joining Radio City Rockettes. She described graduation as thrilling for her mother and a milestone in pursuing demanding, exciting work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lois Jean Precht
Hunter College
Walton High School
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Circus
Hunter
Olsen and Johnson
Radio City Rocketies
Lois
Joey
Thve
Precht
Coin 1 000 Years Old Found In Norway Silver Treasure
A Trondheim excavation uncovered a silver hoard dating about a millennium with 800 coins of Anglo Saxon East Anglia and Danish origin. The collection includes two early Christian silver crucifixes and coins from German and Arabic sources, offering new insight into Viking trade routes and cultural currents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
New York
Trondheim
Ethelbertus
Canute
England
Denmark
Important Part Played By Mahogany in Wartime
In World War I mahogany shaped aircraft and ships. about eight hundred million square feet of veneer were used for plywood panels and molded forms. The PT boats and vessels built from mahogany aided campaigns in Europe and the Pacific, including escapes by MacArthur and Quezon, with some boats damaging the Japanese fleet at Guadalcanal. Submarine detecting devices used mahogany and even waste was destroyed to conceal methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Europe
MacArthur
Quezon
Philippines
Guadalcanal
1950 U S Death Rate Falls to New Low in History
The 1950 death rate averaged about 0.6 per 1 000, roughly 1 percent below the 1948 record, with declines in several diseases and better general health prospects for the coming year despite a respiratory disease wave and an aging population.
Workman's Stomach Reveals Hidden Metal Objects
In London a 24 year old Irish workman had a routine operation uncovering a bicycle axle six inches, a twisted drill three and a half inches, a bicycle wrench five inches, a steel spring three inches, and a hacksaw fragment three and a quarter inches. Doctors report the patient is conscious and recovering well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
U S Safer Place in 1950 Than In 45 by 1 000 Lives
Chicago report from the National Safety Council notes 1950 safer overall than 1949 except highways. Total accident deaths estimated at 80 000 35 000 auto deaths 11 percent higher than 1949. Injuries reach about 8 900 000 with high home tolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Missing Link Skull Casts Arrive From British Museum
Smithsonian Institution receives casts of Proconsul skulls from the British Museum. Kenyan fossils unearthed by Dr L B Leakey place the anthropoid around 25 million years old in Miocene deposits, showing teeth closer to humans than to modern apes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institution
British Museum
Kenya
East Africa
L. 8. B. Leakey
Soviet Claims Record Number of Centenarians
The Doctors Gazette, a USSR Ministry of Health publication, states over 10 000 people in the USSR are aged 100 or more. It names Mamsyr Kiut, 164, in Georgia as the oldest man and Kamazan Khanum, 127, of Turkmen as the oldest woman, and mentions a 144 year old collective farmer and a 111 year old man active in fishing hunting and carpentry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Doctor’s Gazette
Ministry of Health
Ussr
Soviet Union
Mamsyr Kiut
Georgia
Kamazan Khanum
Turkmen
Collec
Sheep Scab Outbreaks Explain Survival Niche
New English experiments show sheep scab mites survive treatment by hiding on the sheep body during shearing. Mites shelter in ears or under tar where insecticides and clippers cannot reach, leading to recurring infections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Fractional crystallization explained in purification
Water freezes into a regular crystal lattice while impurity molecules are too large or too small to fit. They are expelled from the crystal, leaving purified water as the solid forms. The same principle is used to purify many commercial chemicals.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Titania Chamber of Commerce
Harold’s
Adolph Missal
Mason City
Adolph
Titonka Savings Bank
New Black Hawk
Used International
John Deere and Other Make Planters
Jordal Farm Equipment
Lowa
Jack Sprat
Callies Bros.store
Oll
Ee Dorn
Aee Rae
Bart News
Hoofer
America
Swan Furniture Funeral Home —Ambbulance
Kenneth W. Swan
Titonka
Algona
Kelloggs
Pascal Celery
NEW Potatoes
Pillsburys Pie
Bonacker
U-Save Food Market
Shaws Barber Shop
Modern Cleaners & Tailors
Algona, Iowa
Biustroma Furniture
Biustroms Furniture Company
T. A. Dunmire
Intermill
Titanka, Iowa
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