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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 2, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS • Su^ar 12 - Mch. 16-May .‘11 (Kadi stamp, Five pounds) W ■ B—■ H-# ^ Coffee 26 - Mar. 22-Apr. 25 J ■ ■ ■ J (Each stamp, 1 pound) ^ VOL. I.XXL No. SO MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil I - - - Fntil Apr. 12 Fuel Oil 5 • - - Fntil Sept. 30 (Each stamp, 11 gallons) Gasoline 5 - Mar. 22-May 21 FRIDAY, APR. 2, 1943 MT. PLE ASANT, IOWA President Vetoes FATHER DRAFT Bankhead Bill CALLED LIKELY ABOUT JULY 1st Terms Legislation Dangerous to Entire War Effort W;- ho Kton I) C Selective 8erv-_ ice Director Lewis B. Hershey said on Washington, D C <INS President Thursday he would like to postpone Rcofcvelt today vetoed the eontrovef- ..... u latner a iOng as possi- sial Bankhead bill beeatrc he said.^blr, I <’ < uitinu'i that tailing them i "it breaks down the barriers we have likely to begin about July 1. erected and which we must maintain' Iltrshev told > press conference his in order t avoid all the disaster of dt .ire t put off diafting fathers was inflation” largely sentimental”. He said the The Bankhead bill would include in- ban against their induction would be * ( ntive payments m computing the lifted in advance of the time they ac-parlty price to be paid ior farm pro- tualiy would have to be called up duets. Term in Early Junction of Troops Indicated L'JW - ...... ........ They’ll Do It Every Time - - - E/ERVBO[>y WALKED ON The corner OF his grass, SO he DECIDED to POT UP A PENCE THERE I'VE STOOD ENOUGH* j I'M <30^*6 TO PUT UP/ | -~TTK -----„— y w IB* — 1: v.~ |i ~ :— {A i u' T'-___ ■ It**ie legislation ’dangerous’ to the entire war of for* President Roosevelt in a message accompanying the veto declared also that “it is wholly inconsistent with our .stabilization program.” The chief executive reiterated state-m* nts he*made ?y congress last year that the purpose should b*’ to hold larm price a recc nt d Today, h hold It; reitcrat mg his’ determination to Jiold firm on the inflation front, the pr* ident declared today, "the time Iras com* wh» parity, or the levels of whichever is higher t'ed to this View I still w rkers. must re til of us — farmers, managers and Investors — !i/< that we can not improve g standards in a period of lion We standard-if we do In his five recal fight f:r f I'V *m th j< t the dura-unple war rime i have enough too much" th» chief < xec-of the farmers part he had *ii cause No ( hanges So Far Asked about reports that present dr ft classifications might be overhauled. Hershey said the subject was "currenth and [perpetually" under con-.'•ideration but no changes have been ordered thus far, at least. R* ;>*»! t.s, emanating from informed sources who declined to be named had aid 'rug attention was being directed to revising th* Classification: so that: I { . Aii r he childless married men would r,< reclassified out of 3-A and 3-B to 1-A cavai.able for induction) except thos» ‘individually e * ntial" in their pn nt jobs or those whose induction w uld mean undue hardship on dependents. The 3-B classification, which in- chides both fathers and childless men < r.gagi I in essential activities regard-h • of whether they are * essential m-dividuals would be eliminated. Tin 3-A da -ificatr.n now including lather., and chii dess married men In j activities not listed on either the “es- j -sent»r or “nondeferrable” list, would , b» r< • rvf * •*:< ; , Jva ,\ Jo* father: in- j (hiding thosi formerlv in 3-B Planes Intercept Jap Squadron hoot Down Sixteen Nipponese Planes Allied Planes Hit Fleeing Axis Troops Attack Enemy Centers In Daylight Onslaught Washington, D. C. tINS>- The navy ported today that United States ruber.' intercepted a Japanese squad-n of five destroyers and one cargo hcI trying to land reinforcements th( S lorn ns while American fighting pilots not down 16 Nipponese planes in a fierce aerial battle in the same &iea. Six United States planes were lord in the la*ter engagement. The Japanese force of five destroyers and one (argo vessel was intercep-•< I oufhwest of Kolombangara Island, apparently headed for Munda jque from General Dwlgl with reinforcements, and supplies The erial dogfight occurred during the same period when 30 to 40 enemy Zero fighters were intercepted by Am-* riean Wildcat Corsair . and Light; ning fighters northwest of Guadalcanal. One Act Plays At College Tonight with our boys in the Tells of Killing SERVICE , jjer j'hree Babies Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy Scarff of 1 - r m( have received word that their Tiny Baby ( askets and Sonnets In t he paat n*> on*' has foughtharder than I to in lp the farmers getpant v price for their crops," Mr.Roosc-vt •It a erted. With pride ! r* -rail th- it the parity ioea was first putInto ia w during my administration."But, h< added, it must 1* recognizedthat p; 1111 •. prices arc onlv a meansto get i larity income for the farmers.MISS INEZ ELLISONThe w hu h in e -»s w he? h would Transferred. and 2-B classifications, men ind ividuallv e The program <* | ” Mward o. Hendrieks. sta- ed tonight at the We.' cyan pe* j ^ Camp Carson, Colo., has been i 8 o'clock promises an entertaining eve- w communications Ser- 1 nine The program is offered with- % . 1 ^ thp eeant. Friends wishing to write to, ential 'ol,t a(jmls;,!f,n f >ar4ff i! ‘ “ j hun mav address mail to Sgt. Edward caskets and ‘-heave , . ,, #'desire of the plav production Class.} 11 a< iviu regardless of . „, WaJdo Bn*-!0 Hendricks. Co. C Seized By Police i or no* they have d< |>* ndent.s be retained, and peisons who but are now in AND EVERETT BARRY WED AT WASHINGTON T mars » vows of Inez Ellison, daughter of Mr Maude Ellison, and Evere? t 'I Barry our of Mr Mae Barry, were exchanged at th< Meino-<ii >t church at Washing on, Iowa, a*. 2 30 Ft day. Preceding the double ring ceremony read by Rev, O, G. Hunt, me* t that s'andarc ether cia.-sifl ,11ions such as 3-B, would* b* transferred tp 2-A cr 2-B A 11 w ela lJicilioi wouid be creat'd for men who unpo pendent whether fcftes** consisted w ives al"n«. wives and children, or parents. These sources aid th° changes, if made, would constitute little more than pa|*‘r transfers. They pointe-d on* that draft boards have been railing childless married men all this year, taking thoM in 3 B as well as in 3-A its st me places, and that in general the under the direction cf Dr den, to illustrate the type of work they have been doing this year. Tn, plav ! No. 89, Camp Carson. Colorado not only have student casts, but have also been completely under student direction , . „, An interesting sidelight on the pro- mduruon would ’ * tram is live fart that Nie pia> Com ridue hardship upon their de- , ^ # rades All” is an original play whirh whether these consisted of has had only a few public pn senta-■ tions prior to tonight. The author is Miss Eleanor Starkey, a graduate -f Mt Pleasant high school who is now director of dramatics at Pat. college. Allied Headquarters in North Atrica 'INSt- Merciless pounding of retreating axis lines by a force :.f nearly 100 allied bombers wa - officially announ-r»d today as indications pointed to an early junction of British and Ameri-csn troops in central Tunisia. Throughout yesterday, a comm uni- D. Eisenhower's headquarters revealed, scows of allied planes attacked enemv concentrations and airfields in the largest daylight rnalaught against axis tioops since the b -1tie of El Al -mein It was the second day in succession thaf a forcp aggregating 100 plan* s had been sent against the enemy. On Wednesday, nearly 100 Boeing Hying Fortresses, the largest squadron of these four-motored bombers ever assembled for a single attack, devastated 'the great Sardinian port of Cagiiari i The El Maou airfield at Sgax was cne of the principal targets of the Des Moines. Iowa * INS)—An amend- assault, but a large f:rce of British would strike all of the school c:de re- \ Well.ngtons also attacked objectives at of the Iowa legislature todav that1 Biztrte and Karubi besides dropping woul strike all of the school code re- >000 pound "block-busters” and hun-vis’on bill except the state aid and i dreds of incendiaries, sentimental I equalization features. | The mixed allied force which struck Thf he use deferred action on the the aniield of El Maou made the amendment until 1:30 p. m. today be- raid on the 25th anniversary of the of it were RAF and it was a memorable occasion. Would Strike All of School Code Bill Except 2 Features Tiny*baby Denver. Colorado HNS of 355th Inf, APO sonnets were seized a 'ate eviden* today in the case cf a blond and beau tiful voung unw^ed mother, who detec-1 c iU t insufficient copies ,Ives's»id. confessed >ha- ihre- limes avail.ble for study by members. | she gave birth to tames, drowned them | L Si ott. n'public.ii further Headway and hid their bodies in a h pec. .Wes, Union ottered he amendmen, c / The mother. Mis Bernice Wlium: isterttng that vshen hie school coo In West Caucasus revision committee was set up two! Moscow, Russia —'INS1 Mr Harold Smith received a letter from her husband who is stationed in Camp Roberts, Calif His address at the present is: Pvt Harold R. smith. 4th Platoon, <Jo. C 79th Inf.1 a buyer of infant s wear in a Denver A childless m*-n would be vir- WILLS AND CODICIL ARE NOT ADMITTED Trg Ban. Camp Roberts, Calif. P The following is the new address of Pvt. VV. ( . Ki«*pe. 72nd College Trig Del . iair crew*. St. Cloud, Minn He was transferred from Jefferson Barracks, Mo. The following is he address of Pvt. I Marvin I). Rieh: Co B. 79th Inf Tit.. i Bn., Camp Roberts, Calif. Mrs W H Bainter sang Dawn and t uppij B, au *. Tlu bride’s aunt. Mi . tuall exhau >ed by July. j -- Dei *• Diiigman of St an wood, Iowa, (»< ;.* al Hersia;. a< knowledveo that. The Mrs. Bethia Safer wills and co- ^ played the organ accompaniment, the some boards were beginning to call 3- died were ordered not admitted to we hiing proa .uonal at. i rec-. ional B chtldle . married men but denied probate by Judge E O Newell aL.ei m irche* and a piogr.un of nuptial that fathers whose children were hearing witnesses here Inut -day aft- mu ic during the cer< mony. countable as dependents und**r selec- ernoon. Contestants of the will were de wore a wht e taffeta gown, tive service regulations were being William and Wilbur So ter, sons of Two Quitting Ration Board Further f l years ago. no such sweeping change in headway was made today by the Red _ j school organization was anticipated. jarmy in its new ffensive in the west "This bill JLs r*~t written In our Caucasus where three additional lo-1 language” Scott said. "The laymen calities were recaptured from the Ger-3 jean not understand it." mans. __j The noon communique of the So- . i* a ii*i it 1 viet high command said Red army rend her and kept the births and kill-i 1*1 I n . 1*1 i. (II I lit N ^-^11 ; troops were moving readily forward through the Kuban territory . The Germans attempted several lo- __| cal counter attacks on the mud-boggen Omaha. Nebraska —INS*— Omaha ! central front but weie thrown back b\ department store, showed no -lgr emotion as she calmlv rel ited her sordid story to captain of detectives, James E Childeis. The detectiv" qucted Mi • Williarai as saving she had no physician to at- • ings a secret from her friends and h* r mother, who lived in the same apart ment with her when the last i>abv was born. February 11th. "No one but me knew about them until today—-not even their fathers.” she told Captain Childer . Denver, Colorado —(INF (—District attorney James Burke today ideied i Mrs. Sater. The brt designed with fitted bodice and leg-o- called, mutton sleeves of Lace DTBsprit. Hr. finger-tip veil fell from a coronet of pearls. Only jewelry worn by the bride was the betrothal locket of her great, .•n,,, nrnndmother Her colonta, bou- ------- - g ...... , „ qu„ il born before that date, he continued. . t nrnbate of sweet peas and roses, ohe , admitted to prooaie Council Bluffs, la —C. A. Bowers, j murder charges filed against R* mice lcK-al rationing administrator and head Williams, wlio. police s.dd, cont* » In Omaha Markets William H. B&ngs and ^ a| defense council, said Thursday i others were the proponents. Birth Ruling ( Mrg Sftter was considered mcompe- Hc shcv said children were not tem at the Ume she made the counted unrier the regulations if they wubur w Saler was appointed ad- were born after Sept. 14. 1942 Even ministrator after the wills were not quet w a was given in marriage by Supt. C. A. Cottrell. Mrs. Robert McClellan. Stanwood, cousin of the bride, as maid of honor, wore a blue taffeta dre.vs with shoulder-length veil held in place by a tiara of blue forget-me-nots. She carried sweet peas and roses. The bridegroom was attired in a .ait of Hoi.>wood May i longer are accepting men aged 38 or some difference on rate of p y with they wouid riot be counted if born of _____ a marriage c ntracted at a time when 1 Immini'nT of ™e father was Two Resume Work Furthermore . Herahey emphasized, J nc fathers can be deferred because of j tluir children unless they live with - them in a bona-fide family relation-; Leonard Ross, court house Janitor, hip jand Bernard Haushahn. who were ab- Ahhough the armed services no; sent from work Thursday bt*cause of At Courthouse older, draff boards recently were in- t the board of supervisors were back on structed to reclassify such men accord- duty today. County office holders ing to dependency and occupational, were thus relieved of their sweeping-, status, but not to call them. | out job which some of them did on Thursday. Haushahn resumed his lonniere. Robert McClellan, as man, wore cadet brown with carnation boutonniere. Myrna Stephens in a pink floor-length taffeta dfgss and pic ture hat acted as ring bearer, \ _ Ushers were Earl Minear and VI*il- ^ r'"a>sM"an,i I C. MEIER0TT0 FARM Rose suit wTith accessories of powder blue. The groom’s mother wore a blue t # dress with matching accessories. Both Crval Conrad of near Houghton has Woynp TOWnSHlD wore gardenia corsages. purchased the Chris Meierotto farm J The reception for the bridal party one mile west of Houghton. This farm , was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs j>s an level and tillable and is probably j Wm, Tweeten. Mrs. Earl Minear as- one of the most productive in this | sis ted with the courtesies. * 1 “ ’ ' 1 1 he expects to name within a week successors to fill three positions. The positions are those of C. H Woodward and D W. Shelton, who are resigning their positions cm the war price and rationing board, and Don W. Roades, who recently resigned as salvage chairman of the Potta-i wattamie county council for civilian defense • Woodward and Shelton said they were standing on their resignations submitted last Feb. 3 as the result of the redistricting plan which wen’ into effect Thursday. The redisfricting plan disregards state lines and places 10 southwestern IowTa coun’ies, including Pottawattamie. under the jurisdiction of the Nebraska state OPA office in Lincoln until the new district office at Omaha is established about May 1. housewives today horded red stamps, ^ Russian patrcls. On other sectors ,he meat dealers declared as huee supplies Russians chalked up local gams in the cf fresh meats piled up in their re- drive toward Smolensk and con soli- fngerators dated newly won positions. Last week they hoarded meat. As t In one engagement >outh of Bveii. a result by the end of the week pre- the high command said, 200 Germans ceding the start of rationing, many j were killed. shops were cleaned out. ■ Fresh assaults by Nazi foices in the The beginning of meat rationing and Donets area were repulsed and the the release of new stocks at the be- Russians solidified their position on ginning of the three months period that front. on which dealers’ quotas are based, | The Caucasus gams were scored in iavv purchases dwindling. the Kuban territory thr .ugh which the - j _____ { Russians are advancing in a campaign Ottumwa, Iowa (INS* One OtHim- ^jyrtir * un r\jct*! IDRH\ir' to 1 d the entirf area of Nf)Zi le8ions wa tavern has been banned toi pat- _ __ _________ nd retake tlu Bl; k Sea naval base cf Novorossisk. the sordid murder of her three illegitimate babies. OTTUMWA TAVERN BANNED FOR NAVY MEN NEW AND DISTURBING ronage by personnel of the ! ! i • FACTOR IN COAL MINING States navy air station, it was aim un- i - ced today. j New York City, New York <INS) — Captain B. E. Grow, st ttion c< m- The "activity and tactics" of the mil-mander, issued an order making the qarv intelligence in th*3 5th and 6rii place “out of bounds" for navy men, i corpS areas have injected “a new and saying it was "both a fire trap and a | disturbing f ictor" in the mining of soft hang out for diseased women. coal \ital to war plants, John L Lew ies. president of the United Mine Work- DANCE FOR PRE-FLIGHT us c f America, declared today. work in the county engineers office.j two resigning members charge Satisfactory adjustments were made NEAR HOUGHTON SOLD m ,hc wage scale Goes Over Quota the move complicates matters, increases cost of operation and administration and will involve politics. State Hospital Herd Highest In Nation Brattleboro, Vt. — Mount Pleasant state hospital is the owner of the highest producing Holstein herd in the nation for herds cf 51 cows or over milked two and three times daffy Criticizes Release of Feeding Wheat At Full Corn Parity CADETS SATURDAY Des Moines, Iowa i INS —Donald W The bushy browed labor chieftain van Vleet, low.t Farmers' Union presi-aid there wras an implied suggestion 1 cient, today asserted release of feeding “ , j r£ a ecor.d military front and he de- v, jtrt»t. at full cm parity instead of There wall be a dance f 1 th‘ pm rIcre(j atfcempts to c"nvey the im- 85'- of corn paritv "will cost Iowa flight cadets Saturday nigh in t pies-ion to miners that they might farmers $1,000,000 college gym from 8:00 to 11.00. ^ [0rcc<j t0 at the point of, The Ic va Triple A offrie yesterday hostesses are asked to bring theii own bavonet." announced feed wheat owned by the identification caids. ------------ 'government as being made available ^MOWMORII F PI ANFS to low a feeders at full corn parity CLASS IN FIRST AID ’ 0N ALCAN HIGHWAY "* Winnipeg. Man. <INS»—Snowmobile ,.Th„ g0Verament stands to make a planes gliding over th*' surface of the profk rj $4,000,000 on tlie Iowa feeders TO START MONDAY A large art a, It i- close to school, church and j The toiiowung is a report on the three tier cake, pink and white tapers market. This fine farm home is on a Wayne Township Red Cross collection. In crystal candelabras centered the ^aid road and has electricity . Mr. j Total $871.60. table*. and Mrs. Meierotto will soon move tOj Quota —$850.00 The couple will be at home in the Oregon. Garretson and Garretson.j Credit for this generous collection McLeran apartments. ! Real Estate brokers, handled the sale, j gees to J. R. Sponberg and Harold To-j last year ann0unces The Holstein- 1 lander. Friesian Association of America. This 52-cow herd averaged 492.5 pounds of butterfat from 14,302 pounds of milk testing 3 4 percent. This is the sixth year the herd has been on test in herd improvement registry A class in First Aid. for both men and women, will start Monday, April 5, : now did 100 feet to char broken PRESBYTERIANS WILL __ R „ r HOLD ANNUAL MEETING Mrs. 15. L. l one Taken By Death The annal meeting of the Presbyterian church will take place on Wed- - ne day evening at 7:30. in the church Mrs. B. E. Cone auditorium. There will be reports of 205 South Jefferson all departments of the church work, evening at eight o'clock following an Publisher Dies Central City. Iowa <INST—F O. jSatter, 65. veteran Central City, Iowa. ^<1 at her hone. | Publisher, died at his heme early to- street, Thursday c,av- _ . Satter, who published the Central this year,” Van Vleet asserted, ground or a timber pocket are one of „Th T:wa feeder either stands to at seven-thirty in t le punine. tjie many new ideas being u:rked oih . The class wffi meet in Mr Clovers ^ Akw) roWe Alaska room at senior high Books tn * , ^ combination windmill, airplane j fhus prociucing a definitely inflaticn- and regular mowplow’ grew out of the so $4,000,00. or he will demand in-icreases in price to reimburse himself. available there. All those interested please be present. addition of 15-foot wings to the pro- arv effect,” he said. COUNTY MINISTERS AND WIVES TO MEET The monthly meeting of the Henry MILL WORKERS AT DUBUQUE STRIKE jell? red sled-car that has been used successfully bv Mounties and missionaries. The weird new* machine locks like a i - r:w pnagel lnvem.on with its six-inch- Dubuque, lewa 'INS* Several hun-upwards to a * di ed workers at the Carr. i will wide runners curving upwards to a' drrd workers at tne carr. Adams & The average for all herds on offic- coun y min s . * church ‘5 ri"’rce a*-le in front, an aut' mo- j collier Company, ash and door manu- M Ml last year was 404.9 pounds ofltake place a. the Presbytenan churcn ^ ^ passenger|LturinS plant at Dubmue. were on butterfat and 11,642 pounds of milk! cf this city on Monda\, Xr’ii City News Letter from 1927 to 1942,’per cow. , 12 30 noon. DevotRns will be IreIbv discussion of budget for the coming illness of several days. formerly worked on papers at Boone, I Tlu* hospital’s herd average will be Rev. Sutton of New Lond n Re> year, and election of elders and trus- Funeral service will be held at the« ^ EUsworth aud CarroU. j recorded in Volume 14 of the "Red George Hunt will review Epen •* tees. This church has had a fruitful Cookes funeral home Satuiciayafer- • — wm ^ Monday mt Book”, published under the direction "Get Thee Behind M* Th nro-ramj and successful year and plans for the noon at two oclock Burial will be in national Holstein association. will follow a covered d’ria unchea* coming year will be discussed. Trinity cemetery south of Mt. Union. Central ci . . ^ i cab, six-foot propeller m the rear, and folding, removable vvmss. Military authorities have ap;n< ved It. and a iltet of eight are in operation from I union leaders wi'h re pre Dawson Creek into Alaska. the W r Labor Board strike today called 1 v officials of the mill work0!''- union The strike follm*e I conferences of ntatsves of

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