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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1947
Page
6
In a crowded courtroom the DA presses the accused about a $50,000 find at Fifth Avenue and Market Street. The defendant admits picking up the money after seeing a messenger drop it, then explains his motive with the single word I was hungry.
Four rural youths earned FFA Star Farmer honors at the national convention in Kansas City. Ray Gene Cinnamon of Garber Oklahoma won Star Farmer of America, joining regional winners Marvin Krull Lake Mills Wisconsin Wayne Francis Stull Yakima Washington and Hooper T Yarnell Cochranville Pennsylvania. Cinnamon, 15, netted over 5000 first season out of high school, with 2400 from 120 acres of wheat and cattle, dairy, hogs, and sheep contributing. The other winners had early farming starts and growing nets, with Stull valued at 41,500 and Krull and Yarnell expanding farms with cattle, crops, and poultry. The article outlines FFA aims to develop leadership and agriculture, noting certification, degrees, and the program's national reach.
In 1933 Mrs Grover Jones of Greensburg Kentucky sent trousers to a mail order house. A note in the pocket sought a pen pal for her six year old son Wycell. Mrs Kenneth Stevens of Sibley Iowa ordered trousers for her son Dicky and found the note. Eight years of correspondence followed. This summer the Stevens traveled 1000 miles to Kentucky to visit the Jones family. The Jones family will return the visit to Iowa next summer.
The forthcoming special session faces a clash over wartime taxes in peacetime. Republicans demand no inflationary tax cuts while Democrats warn such cuts could fuel inflation and hinder debt reduction. Tax policy likely remains a major issue when Congress reconvenes in January.
Charley Luckman, head of a soap firm, is named chief of the President's committee directing a drive to urge Americans to be more careful about food. The note includes satire about slogans and consumer trends, reflecting wartime or national service rhetoric and public appeals.
The piece argues unions dominate the new National Labor Relations Board with a three to two pro labor tilt. It names likely members Paul Herzog John Houston Abe Murdock and James Reynold as supporters and J Cope land Gray as minority. It notes Republicans fear overreach and praises general counsel Robert Denham for enforcement leadership.
Walter Winchell notes bystander column highlights Ma rois quote on marriage and public figures. Mentions Elaine Rost Eliason Mary Wilfred and Captain Kathleen Nash Durant. References Vishinsky and Shubert plans with 62nd Street venues capacity crowd after New Year.
DREW PEARSON describes ex-GI Stanley Bojens of San Diego promoting a "Peace by Postage" program to send personal parcels to families befriended by American GIs abroad. Harold Hermanson inspires Bethesda Chevy Chase High alumni to educate children of war dead, with AMVETS backing anti monopoly and Marshall Plan efforts, while Senator Bridges imposes travel expense duties on senators and spouses.
A speaker argues that Congress shields minority incomes with a floor while failing to cap rising inflation affecting American consumers. He notes regulated wages prevent declines yet lack a ceiling, and price increases in food hit ordinary shoppers hardest.
When the first bridge over Niagara Falls was planned in 1848 a boy solved the cable problem by flying a kite to carry a string across the 800 foot chasm. The string pulled over a steel cable enabling a two at a time wire basket crossing. The original suspension span below the falls measured 820 feet and was hailed as an engineering feat.
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