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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1941
Page
3
The Titonka Topic lists post office details and subscription rates. Rates are 1.50 yearly in Kossuth County and Titonka area, 2.00 outside, 2.50 in Canada and abroad. Incounty subscriptions continue unless canceled. other renewals may be discontinued after expiration unless payment is extended by arrangement.
The article outlines probable effects of defense orders on civilian supply. It expects sufficient essentials and many luxuries, with shortages in some areas but no grave disruption. Clothing may face higher prices and leather scarcity. automobiles fall 25 percent below 1941 levels with higher per-unit profits. oil capacity exceeds demand but transport is tight. household appliances cut up to 50 percent. food stable but rationing possible. housing shortages rise in defense zones.
In a light column M G shares memories of Indian Day and a bridge prize, jokes about a car with doors open and a woman with red earrings, plus quips on the Southwest wheat outlook and grass sprouting on pavement. The piece praises the Dionne quints for giving a hospital ambulance to the Canadian Red Cross and ends with a playful note to girls about Western slang.
Analysts expect prices to climb ten to fifteen percent while experts doubt real inflation has appeared. Higher taxes and potential price controls are seen as tools to curb demand. Economists advise conserving resources and repairing goods rather than buying new. The piece contrasts German military losses with Allied resilience as Hitler fights to subdue Russia.
A reader learns that investing in Defense Savings Bonds can create steady monthly income after ten years. A $37.50 monthly purchase yields $50 per bond monthly at maturity, while $75 monthly purchases yield $100 after ten years. The note advises buying at post offices, banks, savings associations, or by writing the Treasurer of the United States.
Iowa State College poultry specialists report progress after ten years studying leukosis. Breeding and culling strategies target eyed gray birds, light weight birds, and paralyzed birds, with 95 percent resistant lines and high mortality in susceptible flocks. Regular culling, use of two year olds for breeding, and careful disease control aim to reduce losses and improve flock health.
Iowa State College extension entomologist Harold Gunderson notes boxelder bugs are a seasonal nuisance to residents each fall. They feed on sap, cluster on houses and trees, then enter homes to overwinter. Control options include stronger insecticide sprays, nicotine solutions, and kerosene in limited spots, with emphasis on outside application to reduce outbreaks.
An entomologist advises home use of household fly sprays as effective for boxelder bugs but notes only treated bugs die. Regular spraying is needed, and removing boxelder and ash trees near homes may reduce numbers annually. Complete elimination is unlikely. combine other control methods.
County home demonstration agent Mrs. Ruth Seaton Hicks urges community canning of surplus fruits and vegetables to support expanding school lunch programs. Parents and leaders in smaller schools should organize canning, drying, or storing at local centers with training from extension staff to meet safe standards. The Farm Security Administration may assist, with local groups coordinating supplies, transport, and funding for jars and sugar.
Officials of the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association extend the official soybean yield test deadline to September 15 from September 1. Prof H D Hughes of Iowa State College cites organizational delays in some areas and notes the extension gives unorganized communities another chance. Over $150 in cash and gold medals await prize winners.
Judges from the 14th district assign 1942 terms across eight counties including Kossuth with F C Davidson W Stillman and Fred M Hudson presiding. In Kossuth county 1942 terms are January 26 Hudson March 20 Davidson September 21 Stillman November 23 Hudson. 1943 dates list January 25 Davidson March 29 Stillman September 20 Hudson November 22 Davidson. Week one focuses on equity and non jury matters while jury summons occur in week two.
Mrs Arthur Hos king 71 Rodman was seriously hurt eight and a half miles south of Algona in an auto truck collision on the West Bend road at highway 169. She and her husband with Miss Wilma Slon of Winnebago and Mr and Mrs Henry Montag of West Bend were in the northbound car. Mrs Hoskins suffered a fractured pelvis and collar bone with other bruises. Her condition was described as fair. Other occupants were shaken but released from Kossuth hospital after treatment.
Wayne Morris, star of I Wanted Wings, joined the U S Navy in May 1941 as an Ensign. He praised Navy aviation training and career options, noting access to top flight schools and roles from pilots to aviation machinists and photographers at Long Beach Naval Reserve Air Base.
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