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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 6, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS____ Sugar 12 - Mch. lb-May .‘ii ^|| V UT ^ ■ % (Each stamp, Kivo pounds) f ■ ■—■ B-fl k Coffee 2b - Mar. 22-Apr. 25 ■ BMJ (Each stamp, I pound) MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil I - - - I ntil Apr. 12 Fuel Oil 5 - • • I ntil Sept. 30 (Each stamp, ll gallons) Gasoline 5 - Mar. 22-May 21 \ OL. CXM, No. HI TI ES DAY, AHR. 6, 191348 Axis Planes Destroyed In Heavy Fighting School Bill Likely Dead MRS. EARL GAVIN DIES AT OTTUMWA They’ll Do It Every Time - - - Senate Caucus Indicates Defeat of Measure cpl un I I Pall C i-i VII J 'lied at St, Jo-I if > pH a1 rn OI I umv. a Monday • na at ‘ vin o’clook. She is sur-fj by o r i.u. L r d and daughter. ji • ti#-* man. Me to Mr Ga vin. I J*" Moille rode bill apj present .• *-.sm low« irentl Ii of INS*- 'Hie > WH* dead to ie legislature af let noon follow rn publican members They bool the t i ms » re- 'she had sei". keeper at St M Ga v in Irwju Piper many busine cl 16 Jo ‘pl. is a c< in pa t - men ye.11 a a book's h spital, aie rnan tor the ly and calls on in Henry county. rnngir I EV *Ii“ ground tim of tu? Iona Instal on a p ain* lien de-tub J That ported! bill p M? tO it t iliza si ti met ii ►elded late ’• senate against - lerday Ic i on ihtribu-lconst i- Must Keep Dogs and Chickens at Home To ALL His CUSTOMERS HE SINGS A SONG OF GRADE‘A" £|R!_0!N — fUHAT A STEAK1 ) IT WILL MELT IM / VOOS MOUTH’ MOU COULDN'T GET A > STEAK LIKE THAT ( in ANy other place \ IM THE OTV 3ut CET A LOAD OF THE TUNE HE GlV/Eo THE MEAT SALESMAN THEV'LL DO j IT EVERY time I IL GIVE MOO Atj ORDE k ILL SAV I Will ' TARE w that Civil war BEEF I of here 1 what * HINK i’m running, a soup kitchen v j I wouldn't use ^ THAT TO BAI t a TRAP - ETC ETC / OUT < [ DO TI Warning Issued By The ( it) Administration ► i **<’r mal Do nice ii> to b' made bv the non to stop dogs Tom jc in Mf Pleasant The is given elsevi here in owners are a ti vised to 5 at home for the city eructed to pick up all av with O’ without ii- Henry Wahlhorg, Rural Carrier, Dies gal Cc •ak: A' me len »pei received , bv both st ion of Hp protect mpor'.ance Prisoners ol War |M()ru Than May Work on I-arms Many German and Italian Pris-ln Lu lied States liners 1000 Separate Air Sorties Inferceot Axis Convoy of Ships and Planes Washington, I). C. UNS)—German j • nd Italian piironers of war may soon be w rking en Ant erie an farms producing food for American fighting lien. it became known today in plans revealed by the agriculture department. Secretary of Agriculture Claude R Wickard told a senate appropriations planes, including 18 giant aerial trans-committee that he is now negotiating' ports, in the heaviest day of aerial with the war department for the use fighting since the Tunisian W3r be- Allied Headquarter in North Africa 'INS*—Destruction of 48 more ax;s ach prisoner than I .OOO gan. was announced by General A* the same time Wayne H. Darro v. ’ Dwight D. Eisenhower's North African directer of labor recruitment for the i headquarters today. agriculture department, said there ate, a let f German and Italian prisoners] ‘ were earned out yesterday in the United States now and that . .. inumque sad. rn ny more are expected. Wickard said it will be a difficult Allied air squadrons attacked in problem to put them to work effective- force all over Tunisia and in the east-Iv on the farm because of the neces- em Mediterranean f*> disrupt axis ►parate sorties a com- sity cf guarding them. lr of communications. Officers Elected Bv Rotary Club Escaped From Hospital; Work Progresses Found At Burlington On I.W.C. Barracks W anim a Lso is urg-o keep their dogs on es for the protection well as to avoid cl am il aroid Lamm Named President Mists Venell Reads Buildings Mf >pe.s Mr W I It Urges Overriding of President’s V eto ii v* I* Mom Iowa <INS* A? U liers and wire; a re-froni I The program for Rotary Mondo evening was arranged by Lamber Fstle. new program chairman, wiio pr* . ♦■iited Miss Dorothy Venell of th speech department a* Iowa Wesley ai She gave a reading entitled. ” Dreamer,” which was greatly cnjoye bv the Rota clans. The climax to th*’ series of Rota: Burlington,, la.—Glen Mitchell, col- J ___ j wa picked up u Burlington on j njj VV' i 11 Be Made Up of Six Sunday niuht by sheriff’s officers af- ter v rd of hts escape from the state I Hospital, at Mt. Pleasant, had been 1 _ received bv Sheriff Louis Miller. * Another two or three wepk will sec Ibid in th* county jail oveinight, mist of the work done on the barracks ia wa returned to the hospital Mon- being moved here from the CCC camp i moi fling toy authorities from Mt. at New London for use of the air de* 1.1 Pl* a-ant. A! Mitchell, former Burlington resins I dent had spent eight months in the hospital, having been committed lor v I the sm> king of marijuana. the sheriffs mon ti Mr, Wuliibn in Ute Anteri its greatest b I cation mutli with the Iowa John tod if Farm Bureau members, Francis elations came Monday evening with, on, Iowa farpt bureau pyesidenL I the voting on president and vice-(prest-| yr.itedl cantor Guy M: Gillette dent Harold Lamm was elected prest-. [lid lid > ria* ut It x»ter? me !!! mg Hie gra’ county The fun* ra at two o clot home. The fun* t ai home ive th* or publicity and a:-sifted nutations work in marker of veterans in the and George A Wilson urging them to j dont and Harold Carroll was ejected override tin presidents veto of the vice-president. j Bankhead bt.: j The following director.-, w.re elected j Propaganda to ii.*' effect thai the at a previous meeting and from thorny - Bai k it* a cl bill i inflationary appar-I the officers were -.de* ie-. Lambert | Effort > Id Cut Supply More German Subs in the Atlantic r Lines *n tty ha4 recording not fooled Iowa farmers, to Johnson. w ill b* held Til ui sd ay w ai : at the Crane funeral odv will reman at the until the furn-a1. Blow Is Dealt non, Ij C * INS*—The senate ‘ f arm oloc began splitting up today on the question of over-riding President Roosevelt's veto on the. B nkheid bill with some senators from [arm states predicting that the v*‘to will be sustained. Estle, Ja-per Dutton. W.liiam Wallers. Harold Lamm. Qrval Nesbitt, Harold Carroll and L W. Cm The new officers and director-, take office July I. Prof Schilz of Iowa Wesleyan was a guest. Flight Training; Starts At Airfield Across Ocean Black Markets twenty year pin of RED CROSS TO COOKES i.re-Cad«t8 Will Re Transported W • london D C I NS- Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown, today termed the indictment in Newark. New Jersey, of seven firms and ll individuals on charges of meat price violations a- “I ae biggest: hammer blow we have dealt yet to the buick markets.'' -We intend to carry on our OPA enforcement drive against illegal traffling sc meat until we have wiped Old A recognition pin of the Red Cross was presented to D. L Cookes recently as a token of appreciation of hts years as Red Cross Home Service chairman for Henry county. Tne presentation was made at a county chapter meeting here. Actually the pill is four years late in reaching Mr, Cookes The type of pin awarded recognizes 20 years of serv- To Field By Bus black markets completely and rester- j ^ vvhj](, Mr cookes has served 24 cd to every consumer the right toj years. buy his fair share of meat at the ( ___ legal prices permitted by law ” Brown said in a statement. Washington, D C * INS»—Secretary of the navy Flank Knox today report-ed that the Germans are concentrat-I mg more U-boats in the Atlantic in an attempt to cut off vital supply lines to England and Africa and disclosed that sinkings of allied ships ta* neared “considerably last month. i The sinking of the cargo vessels have increased because the German U-boats "have changed their tactics,” the secretary disclosed. At his weekly press conference the secretary declined to elaborate on the reported change in tactics but said that more German submarines are concentrated in the mid-Atlantic in an effort to cut supply lines to England and the Mediterranean sea. “There is evidence of increased sub-Knox emphasized. tachments at Iowa Wesleyan. Six buildings, five of the larger ones, and a small one. will be used lor the central unit and will accommodate between 150 and 200 men. Four bondings set in twos east and West will be {connected by a fifth extending north and south in Uie middle area. All buildings w ill be connect-rf with *>^ central unit. Rather extensive plumbing if necessary and considerable carpenter work will be done to unite the five buildings The buildings are being moved here in sections bv the George Khch truck with Jesse and Joe Thomas in charge. All of the CCC building'' ar New London are to be moved from the site Those not used by Iowa Wesleyan will be moved elsewhere. Eden’s Mission Most Successful A total of 31 transport and lighter j.lanes manned by the enemy were destroyed in combat ever the Sicilian Sir its, while 17 ether? were demolished elsewhere At the same time, _United Stabs army air force head- London. England —(INS*— Foreign quakers in Cairo revealed that Amsel rf tai y Anthony Eden's recent nils- eiican Liberator bombers attacked the Hon to th- United States was most harbor of Naples Sunday night a short successful, Prime Minister Winston time after nearly ICO Flying Fortresses Churr hill told the hr. use of commons operating from Tunisia had smashed today. up the seaport. “Mr. Eden will give an account of, his mission on the third sitting day ot 1 the present series,”1 the pi:me minister said. j “It will not be of controversal char- , ac ter.” Krughoff On Weslevan Faculty New Councilmen Take Office Hits w ire score*! on the ol storage facilities at Vighiena Mc.ie. Liberators and RAE bombers also attacked Fa.’ermo harbor at dusk M aday starting large fires on the quajs and causing at least one heavy explosion. AU lair craft returned salely from both operations. The .successes over the Sicilian Straits were scored when Lightnings intercepted a large convoy of ships and planes, apparently bound for Tunisia to reinforce Field-marshal Erwin Rcmmel’s battered army. Council Reappoints Buckle, Mc Coit! and Speaker Flight instruction at the airfield east of Mt. Pleasant in connection with the air detachment at Iowa Wesleyan began today. Two bus loads of the pre-cadets went to the field this morning. The pre-cadets will be transported * marine activity regularly to the field and w iii receive . “There have been more sinkings. The GOES TO FAIRFIELD TO SPEND NIGHT BROWN AND WICKARD REVERSE POSITIONS Washington. D *C. (INS)—Reversing their previous stand, Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown and Secre- 'inkings in March were February—considerably.” worse than NELSON BATTLES TO RETAIN CONTROL Mt, Pleasant's sleeping room and . tary ^ Agriculture Claude R. Wickard apartment problem becomes quite agreed to appear before the sen - acute over the werk ends with many - ^ agriculture committee when they visitors coming in to see the pre-ca- threatened with subpoenas, dets of the air unit. One woman .nit - officials were summoned to or here last week telephoned to Pair * testify on the house approved Pace field to get hotel accommodations amiu(jk.h wou[d establlsh a new defi-weat on to Fairfield by bus to sleep. cf parity< Local hotels have been attempting to ______ accommodate th*’ visitors and have ircfi A V TAY/FI yr been using all available space includ- | I L; LOU AI I WLL Vt, mg even a small dining room. (CLUB MEETS Members of The Tuesday Twelve dub {enjoyed a covered dish dinner Monday evening at the home of Mrs Ray Sea iff. Bridge was played at 3 tables and Washington, D. C 'INS* Battling g ^ ^ by ^ Geo Craig aiuj to keep control of all production and ^ E R Jaryis allocation under his .jurisdiction. Don-( ^ Mrs M L Ritards, ald M. Nelson. WFD chieftain, today ^ Davi, and Mr8. Gco. vigorously opposed a move to create an administrator of civil supply equal in rank to himself . . . T ■> . Such a proposal has been intr duccd ASSOC IdtlOll I O lVlCCt in congress by Senator Maloney. dem-| The county sheep and wool growers ©erat of Connecticut, and during a association will meet Thursday even-hearing on the measure before the ing at the Farm Bureau office to dls-senate banking and currency commit- curs plans for the sheep dipping season tee one senator and Nelson had sev- ani the use of the company owned fundamental training in flying in order that they may be better prepared for their cadet training after the five-months course at Iowa Wesleyan. The flight training is conducted under a separate contract with Mr. | Mouthier in charge. His contract for ! the service which includes famishing pilots and planes is directly with the Marion township went over the top federal government and is not hand- in tile Red Cros.s war fund drive by Marion Exceeds Red Cross Goal led through Iowa Wesleyan. Several planes will be used in the training when it gets in full swing. A repair shop has been built at the airfield and another building to serve as a hangar is under construction. The buildings are of the round root contributing $407.30 and still has some funds to be turned in, a report to the county organization disclosed today. The amount is $32.30 over the quota which was $375 Credit for the success of the drive in that township goes to Vern Wright. Oliver Tackenberg and Leslie Ander- Mr. W W. Krughoff. high school principal at Forrest City. Illinois, has been named to the taculty of low J Wesleyan college to teach physics to Tfie aerial tr<n.sports apparently the Air Corps detachment. Mr. Krug- -eie Haded with gasoline ana oil. hoff is a graduate of the University American pilots said they flashed in- of Illinois and has his Mater’s de- t0 iurici flames when hit. glee also from that institution. Al- j - though beginning his w' rk in the pin. u department. Mr Krughoff is RgJ Army Infantry also qualified to teach mathematics ^ ^ Adyance ,tI!f H •socia s(ienCf j Moscow, Russia —(INB)—Red army infantry advanced through the western Caucasus today toward the Nazi held Black Sea nav I base of Novo-rassi.sk under cover of heavy artillery barrages. The Soviet high command reported in the noon communique that Soviet batteries had destroyed 60 German SECRET MARRIAGE OF JULY 31, 1941, IS ANNOUNCED HERE Mr. and Mrs. Loren Duscnberry announce the marriage of their daughter, Louise, to Glen H. Smith, formerly of firing points after smashing through Mt. Pleasant on July 31. 1941 at Can- a fortified zone to capture several Three new councilmen took office ton Mo. more localmes in the Kuban v,lu., here Monday at the organization Mrs. Smith a graduate of Mt. ThP advancing Russia*, seized two meeting of the city council. The new plea.ant hlgh sChool anrt (rom thl. „ Q{ NMi lrenches. University Hospital School of Nursing sharp encounters took place of Chicago with the class of 1943. during the night along the Donets Mr. Smith is a graduate of Mt. Pleas- river where the Nazis ale striving t*» ant high .school and Chilicothe Bus!- regain bridgeheads en the east bank j nes> College after which he worked and both were said to hive ended .two years with Central States Office, favorably for the Russians. He enlisted in the Navy January 1942, South I lay urn, 65 miles southeast and is now enjoying leave from his dut- 0f Kharkov, a battalion of German members are James O’Connor, coun-; oilman at large. Fred Ackerman in1 Ward 3 and John Myers in Ward 4. \ Old members who continue in office! are: Ora Smith in Ward I, G. E. King in Ward 2 and L. V. Case, councilman at large. The old council met in the morning; the new council was organized at noon and sat as a board of review and a board of health in the afternoon. No tax valuation increases were made at the board of review __ meeting. PROGRAM GIVEN FOR The council reappointed J. P. Budde VETS AT HOSPITAL as city clerk. E. C. McCoid as city at- torney and Lee Speaker aa city matt- ^ Auxiliary De ^ go,ie, a,partualy anni. dg partment of Iowa sponsored an enter- hUated ies on Bermuda Island. infantry, supported by ten tanks and Mr. and Mrs. Smith are staying at airplanes, attempted to drive a wedge Hie parental Dusenberry home. alto Russian defenses. “A Sovi* f counter blow threw the enemy back and IOO were killed.” the high command said. W'hen the Germans attacked along the middle leaches ot tire northern Mayor H. L. Shook will announce tainment at the Mt. Pleasant State a c rn na ny of enemy troops Soviet dive bomber^ simultaneously type with the laminated rafters ex tending entirely to the ground. The son and their assistants, structures are covered with a pressed asbestos board. FARM MACHINERY GETS LEADERS’ ATTENTION Washington, D. C. (INS)—President Roosevelt and his congressional leaders today conferred on the question of farm machinery shortage, and speak- Craig. era! heated exchanges of words. dipping equipment. Hospital Saturday afternoon tot th* j ^i*}* cl German defenses “offer*lvely.” Veterans of World War I and II per- ______ Fliers Marooned In Lookout Cabin Challis. Idaho UNS)—Five fliers of a 9-man army bomber crew from Walla Walla, Washington, telephoned today they were marooned in a ranger look out cabin atop a mountain in the center of Idaho’s primitive area afer Rayburn of the house later told re- j ter surviving their plane’s crash on porters that the chief executive I March 30th giving the matter his personal atten- j A seCond army plane, from his appointments at the meeting of the council Wednesday evening. Other elective officers, C. Van Brus- • . „ ,u__sound and patients. Kl, treasurer, and William Kukgaber Wesleyan College jan, Put Mor_ assessor, both reelected, began then ^ „)n,m.nil, nr0BMm ^P* ™ ™“r,e new terms. FLAG PRESENTED TO UNIVERSALIST CHURCH With a simple and impressive ceremony members of the D U. V . Belle Coddington tent, presented a hand- presented the following program: Piano Solo— Suzanne Ward Reading-— Morell Rubey Three Baillone Solos— Joe McCoj ... „ , quarters declared in a new warning to accompanied by Suzanne Ward 1 . .. .. Effort In S.VV. Pacific United Nations Headquarters in Australia <INS) — Allied military One Act Play "Madam President'’ Jack Ham and J a nice Grover Directed by Helen Van Brussel Following the program the seven- the United Nations today that the Japanese are now putting more time ai cl rn're effort im the southwest t acific area than ever before. "We are not sure, exactly what they wow flag to the Universalist church tern veterans present were given treats ^ ready for but we are Hast. Sunday morning, replacing the ol pop com donated by M L Dickson. ^1(, , it not defensive," one I flag worn out by years of service Such |a gift of our national colors lh part of lion.” District Meeting Hill J the w?ork of this patriotic organize ; Leaves For Army Duty Field, Ogden. Utah, carrying abos/rd two officers and a woman, was re-1 pelted missing since yesterday after- A district meeting of the Iowa Farm no n in a search for the bomber crew. j -- Mutual agents of six southeastern The five Walla Walla fliers gave no; Warren Hayes left this morning * Iowa counties will be held here Wed- information regarding the fate nesdnv evening. v their four crew mates. ; ■ • n’ n saM in <■** nim* ming on cur* Injured In Fall rent enemy activity in bases north of - I Australia. Rome.—Virginia, the little two-year The destruction and damage of old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orville 12 Japanese warships and merchant-Dold, fell down stairs in the home men and the probable damage of four Monday morning cutting a gash in|.tl'or \off New Ire!d hist w***k of go to Des Moines to report for duty rn her forehead and was taken to a doc- end was termed a real feather in the the army reserve. > tor in Mi. Pleasant for medical care. cap of the allied air force.

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