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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 1, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Smear 12 - Mch. 16-IV!ay IU j (Mach .stamp, Five pounds) Coffee 26 - Mar. 22-Apr. 25 (Each stamp, I pound) \ OL. EXXI, No. 77 THURSDAY, APR. I. 1943 VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil I - - - Until Apr. 12 Fuel Oil 5 - - - Until Sept. 30 (Each stamp, ll gallons) Gasoline 5 * Mar. 22-May 21 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA Backstage In Iowa Politics Residents May See Cadets at Retreat D* By I aul R Baumbaij.” r Mono-. la 'IDFAi Advent I Jay finds the aOth on the horrv-s’ i * ch lib! whether th ■ ieg* A i /Til 8 re ord- i I Fry I ll asem ta i»g ti tine mil' A It 11 .S'll! ii: * can j plan. cu bh d J hoot r ■I awa thee- r-v cf Ok hi in- t,y-f>ne ; the t)rat dr tis bulk It can b that a tot cl tin -is it SI II.L HOPI I I I Legislative lead' bigg st la Mon bill, use iff nu mendment V ti)'- hOU." rn-a inc. iken tor f bo cm or I’ na lh com-werc WU Observers Should Remember Their Own C ourtesy to Flag ] f*,t here have been interested -rh I re* ‘ret i eat* as earned out bv - iii- Iowa Wesley >n each in3 about 5:30 ion rear Hershey bar-r .- ir an ti to ’lie nortV* ( I. c ack - and there stand at - a th- told are lowered, then di back to the barracks. rr v. -‘ii urn? to watch the ii O • i vers should not for-hov., vet t the flag dees not it' to tile soldiers alone and should lr,ta- - to show their courtesy to fI ai o by standing ar attention !lt nu t! should remove their hats lie W Bi mal;- I) Bl fbi Revise Wage Scale Or Stabilize Prices I) C lilt] Mi* A I ti W< I t blazed. I NS i CIO pres-■■ sorted today af -President Reese-steel" formula increase would nvard ui.L-sfc food >.h.I- tbs, subject with President as apparent that ive to be taken as contested the hlization without a l ion tor a year Heavy Air Raid Fortresses They’ll Do It Every Time — May Expect More Heavy Fighting Stimson Warns Axis Still Has Strong Forces In Tunisia V a on D. C. f IN3*-Despite the United Nations victory in Tunisia Secretary of War Stimson warned to-ay that a "gr-a deal of heavy fighting’* may yet be expected. In his weekly war review the secretary posited cut that when Marshal R-.mmel’s fleeing Afrika korps join.-, the axis armies in the nor h they will Attempting to Crack Any Nazi!Dunkirk! IOO American Bombers Attack on Sardina In Allied Headquarters ,n North Afric i -INS)—In a move to crack in ad va rn * any German "Dunkirk" from Tunisia, a giant formation of nearly IOO Am-lorm a powetful force that will be ca- Prican Boeing Flying Fortresses yestcr- nable cf .strong resistance. ‘Before the final phase of the Tunisian campaign there will be a great deal of heavy fighting.’* Stimson said. MISS EVA MAXWELL AND ROBERT E. HEISE MARRIED IN MISSOURI IMI TIU BINO Pl MI ll ON 250 U OF I WORKERS REPORTED ON STRIKE Sufficient Meat By April 15 CHILD RESCUED Countv Officials FROM OLD WELL! Sweep Own Offices Stocks Adequate To Meet Needs of Rationing it t: .en NSi Twenty of! Des Moines, Iowa (INS)—A supply wa maintenance • 0f meat sufficient to meet all ration-re on strike to- ■ jng quotas will be available to Iowa consumers April 15th, the state Office of Price Administration said foday. Actually ne shortage exists in wholesale stocks of meats which are adequate to meet rationing needs, the CPA sale Principal problem is dis- !or greater wage m-b rn granted earlier ,er-ny officials , university grounds aid today that only ii from work Em- w' riding for th fin better, both on the folk- bark home < HOlf E QUOTES Some of the mosi live, of the si ion howl in th er. that about f tributfon of the supplies to retail out lie-pule. REV. 0. L. MILLER ACCEPTS PASTORATE lets, but sufficient cars are expected to be available to iron out the situation during the ensuing two weeks. tarnish for the R* p br.* ade twiddli U.'> « G. I W LOCAL ART WORKS R, O l Miller, as-1 INCLUDED IN DISPLAY r of the Covenant Bap- I nee years, has accepted ie st ora e of he Bethel ti ai d will begin service it was announced this Tommy Moore Saved After Falling Into Water Tommy Moore, 4 year old son of Mr. Janitor Not on Duty Courthouse at The day raided the great Sardinia port of Cagliari, an official announcement disclosed today. While further advances were recorded fcr Britain and American ground forces in all the battle area of Tunisia, General Dwight Eisenhower's, headquarters announced the devastat-ing attack on C gliari, - I The raid was carried out. ty what Miss Eva Maxwell, a daughter of vvas believed to be the largest forma- Mr. and Mrs Glen Maxwell, living tioxi of fortresses ever u: cd at one north of Salem and Robert E, Heis?, t;me in any theater of war and was s ii cf Mr. and Mrs E. W. He)se of* Py far the largest and greatest aerial Bonaparte, la., were united in mar- undertaking of the N'.rth Afri an con-riage in the Methodist church at fiiCt, Kirksville, Mo., Thursday, March 2*. CaqLar’, .situated on a beautiful har-1943 at 3 p. rn. J Por on the southern coast of Sardinia, The Rev H. H. Snyder, pastor of ^as jong bPPn onP 0[ the chief ports the Kirksv lie Methodist church per- of cUpp]y for Na?:i Fjeld-mar.shal Er- Coiinty officials in the courthouse and Mrs. Howard Moore of Van Buren {swept out their own offices today street, had a narrow escape from when the building suddenly was wi drowning Tuesday morning when he fell into an abandoned well near the Moore home Credit for saving the youngster goes to Robert Scarf!, son of Mr, and Mrs. Flank Sea rf f, and to Tommy'f brother. formed the double ring ceremony. The attendant.' were Min Fearl Hei I sister of the bridegroom and Ross Maxwell, brother of the bride. Others present for the ceremony were Misses Beatrice Maxwell and Hazel May Hems sisters of both bride and bridegroom. The bride w re a dress of aqua blue wool clepe, black trimmed and cut janitor service, Leonard Ross, Janitor Die la.--; few years, was not on duty today after having some difficulty with ne Loam of ajso wcre black accessories. Her cor- ! supervisors regarding the salary schedule* Ross had been tauting of getting win Rommel’s forces. Recent reports have indicated that a huge fleet of ships of all sizes and description: had bren assembled there for the apparent purple of evacuating whatever remains of Rommel' Afrika Korps when the lilies are finished with it in Tunisia. It is less than 200 miles from the .port of Turn' to Cagliari. Under cov- Howard. Jr, who told Robert that Tommy had fallen rn the well. The Moore brothers were at home alone Tuesday morning The father is an ICP employe and the mother was at the Memorial hospital where she is emplcyed. Howard. Jr.. went out of the house and saw that Tommy had fallen * another position anyway. Bernard Haushahn, employed in the county engineer’s office, aLso w'as reported absent from work because of difference-regarding his rate of pay. cr of night and particularly it a size-'age was cf red ruses and sweet peas axjs ajr force could be assembled, I he bride was attired in a dark suit some degree of success might be aland wore a white boutonniere, Atm; tamed m an attempted evacuation. the cere more, the couple left on a Fourteen enemy fighter planes were short honeymoon trip. shot down in the course of the. at tack. AT UNIVERSITY OF IOWA I through the wooden cover of the well _ I which is located between the Moore Iowa City April 1-Ar works have|Place and the D D- Paffinbarger house. been entered rn the University of Howard went to the Poffinbarger home H( aid ti new led ti lf- 111; I dan at< loi F Ga) scribed it sight." til» bill table carr H- 1 Whitehead c expensive legislation. Rop Henry W W ley assailed the mea foolishness" and a jobs lor someone ' Several spike in measure, including Ret lier of Waverly, who •‘common sense and f Apparently, though grounded. A motion by one vote, 51-50 and it will take a two-third’s vote to bring it out again. Bi MCI RAT IN KEY POST Even though the republicans are iii the driver’s seat at the st - ie house, a democrat is serving as chairman of the beard of control of state iiistitu-ti UN. He is P. F. Ilopkin of Mason City and the only dome erat on the three-fnember board. Politics had nothing to do with Ins designation a-, chairman. Each member of the board serves as chairman during tilt Its! two years of his six-year term. Hopkins said he believed tin board to bi1 the only one in Iowa government Allowing such a practice. Membt rs say it works out well. STEWART PLEADS GUILTY; PAYS FINE Iowa’s high school art exhibition by 34 schools and of 22 towns. Prof. Edna Fatz.g, manager of the affair, announced Wednesday. The exhibition will be held in the B; I ’ Bap c!u if in tb been Ri dc it ion $ been t t Ycut all Ba] city, tw riot ive ii ide Ba Miller I ie of Iowa Wesleyan col- Ue Northern Bap ist Semi! ary at Chicago, Mr. mini ter of the New* Ber- , chu: ti two and a hall »« bulldin* from Saturday through airling here. to his paastoral duties, _ . f report of these ratings will be furmh hairm&n of the Detroit H tis April ll. Three critic.-, will record their estimates of all entries and the and announced that Tommy had fallen in o the well. Robert Scarff staying at the Poffin barger home with little Juanita Roff inbarger while Mr and Mrs, Poffin barger were away. rushed to the well Reject Amendment To School Code Bill Mrs. Heise is well and favorably kl own in Salem community. She attended the Salem high school and Is I graduate of the class of 1940. Mr. C'inc’dent was announcement of the raid, a communique disclosed thaf United States armored forces under Des Moines, Iowa. 'INS*—Tin lower house of the Iowa legislature today rejected, 54 to 28. an amendment to extend school bus transportation to private school children as it stepped forward on the 437 page, school code bill. The amendment that would have al- are pushing forward steadily through axis minefields considerably east of El Guettar. Cabinet, which in-youth organizations (a: out that no ed to each school. Prof. Pa trig pointed . and recently has competU.on is involved in the 1943 oath- organization of a hibiuon and n0 mtmg’ ot any kind >,i • Yin. h Fellowship. WU1 bf Publish(>d The eritrea .na- the husband of La telial te only '"T the Suldance of th“ ,.4. r i.. st it, art teachers. Vor.ne Nu caum, formerly of Mt. . These are the towns represented: Plea - ani • __Boone, Burlington, Cedar Rapids. Cen- rniiMPB mt iiNinisi "rvUle’ cllnton' Cr*swn- Davenporl' rCIivlolLIv lVI I. Ulvlv/lv dcs Moines Dubuque, Iowa C;tv, La- TELEPHONE MAN DIES moni, Le Mars, Marion. Marshalltown, _ Mason City. Mf. Ayr. Mt. Pleasant, New L r on - Frank J. Hall, 67. Newton, Sioux City. Spirit Lake, Wa- who many years tgo was manager of terloo and West Branch. th M Union telephone exchange, - died a the Burlington hospital where WILL CONTINUE he had been a patient eight weeks. Funeial .services were held at the Elliott chapel Monday afternoon, the Rev. Remus Rehftld:, of the Burling-ton Navarro- church officiated. Burial ment was '» lyes Molncs “day va, rn Bum- cemetery. Employes of by the leva Coal Operators Aasocla- ilu Wells Lamont Chrp. of Burlington t*011 and tbe Ltnl-d Min- Workers where he was mn hi watchman tor Umon assuung th- continuation of 'right veal-, served as pallbearers. His operations in the mines belonging to 'wile the former Jennie Snelson, ant! members of the operators association CIK i t cr .'■urvive By reaching as far as possible into the R>wed parochial .school children to o well. he grasped Tommy and pulled transported in school buses, was oilfi-him out. The water was not deep enough to completely cover Tommy. Standing on the bottom, he was able to keep his head above the surface. What might have happened had Howard Jr., not noticed his brother’s plight or had Robert Scarf! not been available to make the rescue immediately fortunately never will be known. The well now is covered with heavy cement blocks. TWO FARMS IN COUNTY CITY PROPERTY SOLD SLEEPING SICKNESS CHICKENS STOLEN AND EATEN BY BOYS OPERATING MINES Des Moines, Iowa (INS)—Aa agree- Wai icn Stew i t of Washington unpin d herr by Sheriff Manning Cline after two highway patrolmen had chagal Stewart at 90 miles an hour, they said, entered a plea of guilty to a reckless driving charge Wednesday afternoon and was tined $100 and. costs. H' pud the fine and was released. MARRIED 79 YEARS; COUPLE LIVING APART ANOTHER E.WASHINGTON STREET PROPERTY SOLD The agreement provided for contin uation of c^al mining operations in a cm it J a Cl ii ar/"1'T/Aar ail A Af Iowa until a "basic Appalachian agree- ACiED WASHINGTON MAN ! mpnt is leached," arter which time a KILLED BY TRAIN wage conference will be held in this _ I state to apply the principals set forth; Wn.-hingfon. la. - William Hindahl, jn the Appalachian agreement. Ft, I Washington, was fatally Injured The miners will go back to work to- p } Hur]ev and gon )oday reporl Wednesday noon when he was run morrow, after the annual holiday to- ,he ^ of ,he nlce bungal(W house cur by an eastbound Milwaukee tram day ln which they observe the anni- K ^ ^ washington street rear the coal chutes at the edge of ;Versary of the eight hour day, and w-WMne to Mrs teem- Burke of (own. j Terms of the 1943-44 contract, still Relatives s id he had poor sight and ' t: be negotiated will be retroactive to healing and apparently walked in April 1st, the agreement provided, front of the train. ! -- Hild Real Estate reports the following deals closed today: The A. F Timmerman 80 acres has been sold to Francis L Smith of this city; the H M. Rauscher farm of 218 acres to A F. Timmerman. Both farms are located five miles northwest of Mt. Pleasant. The L. D, Taylor es ate property oil South Jackson street goes to Ralph M Boyd. All are being purchased for homes with possession to be given within the next few days. Heise has been engaged in farming Ueut Generai George S. Patton. Jr., near Bonaparte for the past 7 years and will continue to farm the same price the coming yeti) Tley will make their home on a place tw'o ___ i miles cast of Harrisburg. ---- Artillery Barrages FORD, CANDIDATE FOR On Central Front STATE OFFICE, DIES Moscow. Russia (INS)- Increasing lighting flared t.:day at the southern extremity of the Russian battlefront as the Red ai my renewed its offensive in the Caucasus and artillery duels broke out west of Rostov. Artillery barrages also were loose! along the central front where the Soviet high command said its forces had captured more favorable* positions in an opeiati n at actions Tj1€ Oermans failed to gain any successes in reported couri er attacks. Two new German assaults against Russian positions along the Middle the middle Donets river o receive the necessaiy 35 pc: cent were thrown back, the noon communi- of the votes. Wayne Ropes. Onawa. Des Moines, la. — John R. Ford, 56. president and general manager of the ed by Rep. C. F. Shimar.ek, republican, Berkowitz Envelope Co., died Wednes-of Monticello, who was supported by ^ay jn a los Angeles. Cal., hospital ol Rep. Joe Gardner, republican . Wa- a Sf0nia, n ailment, verly and others. j Mr. Ford. who owned and operated Sponsors of tire amen went pointer. a 300-.,ere farm near Carlisle, la., had out that families sending children 0 kren m since October and went to non-public schooLs still paid taxes for california after support of the public school system and R0f.heMer Minn transportation. He was a candidate for the Republic ran nomination for secretary of state in the June primary. He was high {man in the primary contest but failed reat.^PS *(>f ———— WOn the nomination at conven- New York. New York —(INS1—Six ^Qn chickens inoculated with encephalitis, In Aupust Mr Ford was named sal-sleeping sickne.--. were eaten by vage cjvf0r pwa. He was presi-half a dozen Sraten Island boys, police denj. j-)ps Moines Chamber of reported today. c< mmercc in 1935 and was chairman The chickens earning the vims ui Q^ community Chest board for que said. The Red army offensive to oust the Nazis from the Caucasus resulted in Soviet occupation at Anastasyevskaya, th£ dread disease were stolen Tuesday several years important center ance 55 miles west The fresh Scvie' designed to drive of German resi of Krasnodar campaign appeal a wedge betw'e German troops north and south of Kuban river for an eventual th ms regain possession of the Black river base of Novorossisk. OPEN REBELLION IN night from Dr. J hr. A. Ward, a veterinarian who has been experimenting . ad/ad 11 A MD on brain diseases of poultry. LArUK MANU The youths were treated at st. Vin-; IN FOOD SETUP cent’s hospital when it became known; - that they had eaten portions of the Washington, D. C. (INS)—CIO and infected hens. They had suffered no af of L labor chieftains today asked IITUIIAIUIA DC DAD TITH ill effects so far, hospital physicians president Roosevelt for ‘‘adequa e rep- LlItlUAIiiA l\Jtr v/K I tD said, and were given an antidote of resentation" in the new- food admin!*- - castor oil tuition set-up headed by Chester C Stockholm. Swr’-n. (INS* Ope”. Davis rebellion prevailed in the VUna d >- The labor leaders in an hour long riicf of Ll huania as the result of nrprtpuiTiftM conference with the presi-fen . "in- forced recruiting by tin Gorman army GETS REtUGNlliUN sifted" upon the establishment of firm the newnmo r Allehar.ia rep.srtel price ceilings. DAVENPORT PILOT sumvtng are hts wife and these 24Q Q£EDS RECORDED; hildrcn: John, of Riverside. la.; Mrs. _ ___ . ___ . _ . New London.—After 70 years of married life together. Mr. and Mrs Pauline St.Unit, Harry Hindahl and Mi'-. Harry Shields, all of Muscatine, 37 MORE THAN YEAR AGO! and belonging to Mrs. Nellie Burke of Middletown, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lowe cf this city. Mr. Low’e just sold his property on East Washington to Mr. C. E. De Vol of this city. The Lowe’s get possession of this property May 1st. THAN A MEMORY Davenport. Iowa (INS' YI at*-! Mra .f,T Tr I J’™’-WPA LITTLE MORE said that they had received wok! t - j day their son. Lieut Donald G. Gay- J lor, had been awarded the distinguished flying cross, for "extraordinary achievements ' against the japanese. The citation set forth that I unit Gaylor participated as pilot in 50 the newppaptr Allehar.da report day. German dish let trailer Wulff upon 200 Lithuanian represent making them responsible for d of requisitioned farm products t a- conscript. ‘JVI ier Jenny Wren Dance rI im Henr'see are being cared for in *v“"- t M po rate hemes. Because of failing T*-: Inrln Hndahl. Rock Island. 111.; heal h Mrs. Henessoe is at the home Mrs it her daughter, Mrs. Henry Morrow, ,f?n; Mi while Mr. Hene'see is home in Mt. Pleasant. at the Holt --- 1 flight missions, dropping supp les to A total of 240 deeds have been | Estate Opened I advanced positions and evacuator Ch ides Grossman of Washing-1 recorded at the county recorder’s of-. The estate of James M. Howe has wounded personnel Tie action to k Raymonds- rice in the first quarter of the year. I beer. opened with the clerk of the place in the southwest Racine arr i be- Peterson. The number is 37 more than for the? court here and Alta L. Howe has been tween October 15 and Dt' < mb r .rn first quarter last year. named administratrix. it was stated. Carl Ha’den, ' file, Mo., and Mrs. Wry’ Chester, la. J ha Des Moines. Iowa (TNS>-“The Works Progress Administration in Iowa w'^s httlc more th rn a memory today, with only about 90 persons still on the pay- - roll Th0 annual Jenny Wren dance will Th se are expected to be transfer- h” held rn Friday evening at the Iowa re! soon to ether agencies, L. J. An- van gym with BJI Kirp :retieJ| rirrcck, an administrative officer sup- *rn furnishing the music Jenny Wren ervising; the "liquidation’* of the ag* alumnae are extended a special invi- encv in Iowa. said. tation

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