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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1941
Page
2
The Titonka Topic outlines subscription terms and prices across counties and abroad, and discusses postwar fiscal policy, taxation plans, and defense spending. It contrasts nondefense budget cuts, payroll tax proposals, and Morgenthau’s testimony with Allied war progress and Goebbels’ shifting propaganda tone.
The piece outlines inflation rising, taxation and government costs troubling Congress. It notes President Roosevelt and economists urging price controls, but lawmakers dodge action due to political risks. Wage fixing is seen as a likely companion, with numerous schemes proposed and uncertainty which could work amid defense spending burdens.
A compact miscellany of wry quips and short anecdotes. It cites border feuds between Oklahoma and Texas, a fable about soup from a wolf, gossip on fashion workers in New York, a quip about a hearing impaired gramps, a cafe sign, a mother’s reply to a spanked child, and a joke on cigarette manners. Includes a price‑fixing zinger about orange juice.
County agent A L Brown and H D Hughes of Iowa State College report the McClave soybean is not desirable for Iowa. It is a low yielding late maturing, highly shattering variety with no clear advantages over earlier Midwest beans grown 1915 to 1925. Poor stability and exaggerated seed prices are noted by officials.
Licenses issued in the past week include Herman J. Illy aged 20 of Bode and Elvira Geisbecker aged 20 of Livermore Melvin Henry 29 of Whittemore with Delores Mae Shelley 20 of Emmetsburg Eugene Edoward Minard 20 of Algona and Eldara Holdt 16 of Irvington were also issued.
A public guide explains how buying Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps lets Americans express gratitude and aid national defense. Retail stores focus on 10 and 25 cent stamps, with 50 cent, 1 and 3 dollar stamps also available. stamps of all denominations can be bought at post offices.
Iowa extension animal expert Quaife warns that fall pigs require a mineral rich ration to offset limited sun and green feed. Suggested diet includes shelled corn, meat scraps, soybean meal, linseed meal, alfalfa, and milk if available, plus a mineral mix with limestone bone meal salt and trace nutrients. Proper housing, dry bedding, and continuous water access are emphasized to prevent disease and ensure steady gains.
A compact notice notes a delivery truck schedule covering Monday Wednesday Thursday and Saturday with brief timing references. It implies routine service days for the Tonka operation without detailing locations or times.
A straw loft barn on the Hatch Farm near Hannibal Missouri shows zero pneumonia symptoms after nine percent mortality among Jersey calves. Built with a false ceiling and stacked straw loft, the structure aims to improve calf ventilation, defense program goals, and meat and milk production in cooperation with the Missouri Experiment Station and U S Department of Agriculture.
A correspondent recounts a rambling, humorous trip to Titonka for an editors’ session. he describes uncertain directions, a welcome meal, Frank’s print shop, signs, and a rough return trip via Bancroft and Burt with light sarcasm about roads and travel.
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