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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 16, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 12 - Mch. 16-May 31 (Each stamp, Five pounds) Toffee 26 - Mar. 22-Apr. 25 (Each stamp, 1 pound) THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS F uel Oil 4 - - - Until Apr. 12 Fuel Oil 5 Until Sept. 30 (Each stamp, 11 gallons) Gasoline 5 - Mar. 22-May 21 VOL. LXXI, No. **FRIDAY, \PR, 16, 1913 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA Massing Troops For Large Scale Attack THE^eII 22 Convicts They’ll Do It Every Time--- Holds R.E.A. Lines Tn ^ JL jL* ; W I * By PaulMallon .jy (Distributed by King Features Syndicate Inc, ‘Reproduction In Pull or tn Part .Strictly Prohibited.) 23 Convicts Escape F rom State Prison WASHINGTON — IHE ADMINISTRATION’S {xv.i-wai and economic policies cun t be changing— perhaps veering is a better word. Often tn the past Mr. Roosevelt he u ed sailing technique toward his objectives, tacking first to one side, then permanency ol cur-therefore not f!rm- t he other rent vm) ly est ibll Under I his last S| an "inter spokf 'f which 1' Mr W< er than h f lassie 1st language ology, th< signlficn i, ol state t This eh izatu n d lomatic a of tfil v II li The >ms cd y of State Welles, in id not again mention police foice,” but mtioria preserving p*a mother thing. It'S ooc u oles a p is title and la a in the tie i His moderate, relore must I , especially a i 1 tbii» rliit i# ! hot I ugn as th i no malt bv force." Ition greit-om animate diljlomatic of phrase- considered e Is harnt-f lecrctarv itnem cup-, r !• pment will iiave p post-war can b< 'Widespread Manhunt for Men In Georgia Reidsvllle Georgia «IN.S>—In one of the biggest mass prison breaks in Georgia's >>enal history 23 desperate, long !,rm convicts escaped from Tattnall tat prison farm near Reidsville early t day. State highway patrolmen said the fugitive.1 who made their get-away in two big trucks and an automobile were "well armed.” Included in the group were Forrest Turney, about 27, and Leland Harvey, 35, both long termers and notorious prison esc apt' artists. The break occurred shortly before 2:00 a m according to authorities. One of thf fugitives sui rendered and the others were being sought in a wid< spread manhunt. Wins Silver Medal Given Bv W.C.T.U. She Gets stuck on "TvtE DANCEFLOOR WITH Ei/ERY OLD (50AT IKJ THE FA42TY AMD HUBBY NEVER 04CE COMES TO THE RESCUE.. 1 <Lt. r/ a O K.;SUPPOSE WASH IMG TOM ONLY ALLOWS US 5% ON A A SUB-COM TRACT-THAT WOULD MEAN A MILLION ASOUC END- Holds ILEA Lines Should Be Taxed Opinion Given Relative To Taxing Transmission Lines But-Whem sue has one DANCE WITH SOME LIGHT-FOOTED OOLCAR*AD, OH, Soy IS HE ON THE JOB f Tb CATHERINE. WKALEV, CCLUM&iA S C. PARDON ME MAY I CUT IN 7 YOU DON'T i MIND IF I DANCE WITH \ MY OWN WIFE, DO YOU ? Do. Maine;- , low a < INS) -The Iowa Hton y central's office today held hat REA cooperatives should be taxed s any cth< r electric transmission hnes. in an opinion. The legislature in 1941 granted a w year pioperty tax exemption for RI A l.nes but the last E gislature failed to pass a similar bill. Ine t x commission rained the question whether they should be gianted exemption as a cooperative organized for non-pecuniary profit. The opinion held that there was no provision in the state laws f r an organization to construct and cperatq electric tian: mission Ivies on a nonpet uniny profit basis and that the lines must be valued and assessed the same as any other transmission lines. Continue To Tighten Grin n Enor*iv Italian Reir Cuards Wiped Out In Tunisia Lond n. I ngland (IN3;~The British 8th army is mas-ing lor n alack "on a large scale" and the Italian rcai guards 'n Tunisia have been completely wiped out, the Morocco radio reported today. >me Kit Jifferern iy be pi ught by e Navi inning nt for . h of re Prizes For Children Selling Most Tag. Wind Damage Mrs. Leah Smith Taken Bv Death T Me Hillsboro Iowa M; Treva Ridg-!\ won th* ilver mod <1 at the W C. U sponsored contest held at the list Church in Salem on Mon-venina Mb Man|orie MUflei In County Boys arid girls selling Humane Society benefit day will compete for | prize for the boy or girl ne winiu r in the contest most fn dollars and c< th> U . brc The in upon . think— lrlield W< to cl«*fen i British i ifie >ronc to implj >ur post n ates t« an it i icenr nt hf in Hi! oro ?eral weeks ago %-orld globe, second prize liuadal anal for which g so heartily is few British possession have fought so val-t would normally belt field at the secession m re shore be futui hat mat. ssential to the than any other air world, it Guada Icartal ecurity factor. is ob-will be of our MB. ( Hi K< IIII.I., in hi re'-eni statements, has indicated Britain anr Russia are getting more and moie get her If this proves true in as well as word, another set of postwar circumstances will confront us. There appears no truth to the rumors that Utvfnoff might return home and thus offer a Red diplomatic gcod-bve with gloved hand. Utvinoff has laughed off such suggestions, saying jo more good here. heie S«tur-rizfs. First sell mg the will be a a football also gave her reading f' 1 lowing the py grown Lynch Scott; third, a stream regular contestants. Others from here iined pja.-tic flashlight by J. C penny who jMrtieipated in the contest were qq ■ fourth a doll by Spurgeon's, and Mis Wanda Coleman. Rohnd Lantz, f,fth a dollar's worth of w ir stamp-Billy Dou*-i; Roland Lantz also pre- jjy g Crane War stamps may b*-sen’ed a comet solo during the eve- substituted for any of the other prize nlng program ' also Others who attended from here were j all Mi * Clara M» ugnic Mrs Bruce Mil- be given movie passes through ler. Mr. and Mr Stanley Lantz. and kindness of M L. Dickson. Mr. and Mrs, W Dowell |-- Mi 1 B Carter ent* n ined • the QpniDDI L'DQ QTI TtV W C T U at her home here n ^GKIddLILIl LUY W*'t * <i .<■ afternoom Mrs Nora r AMUUd LL 1 1 LKo D<*dd- was the program leader. The i ^,s Martha Turney entertained the theme of the program being "Youth Scribblers at her home on S. Main Others who took part on the program *‘.roet. W}dneec!py afterw on with w*'ic Mrs \V A Harlan. Mrs, H. H neatly every member present Eyre Mrs Allen Witt, and Mrs. Bruce Mrs. Erma Rcss ccmducted Uv d< Miller The secretary of the organ- i votions. She also r. - d two poems m Allied Headqu.irter in North Africa | i INS>—The axis Is offering fierce re-j distance to allied armies tightening 1 the death-grip on German and Italian ! forces in northeast Tunisia but all ene-! my rounter attacks are being tepelled !successfully, Ger.errl Dwight D. Eisen-| hewer’s headquarters reported today. | Stubborn apportion w'as encountered by the British first armv which ha? advanced to •within 25 miles cf the capital of Tunis. Axis forces launched several counter attacks against the British in newely occupied hill positions but all the assaults eventually w'lc beaten off. Bitter fighting also developed on the fion’t west cf the axis defense line be-Mrs. Leah Smith, 61, died at tire graduate of the Hillsboro high school, the Germans and advancing Sf HILLSBORO GIRL TO REPORT FOR DUTY Hillsboro, la —Second Lt. Ical Shrl-man, A N C , daughter of Raleigh Sbelman ci Hillfborr. has reccirGd word from the U. S. Army that she is to ? eport f:r duty after April 20 at Camp Crowder, Mo. Lt Shelman is a Barn Blown Down; Cows Killed Two A windstorm sweeping across Henry county late Thursday evening did sev (ral thousand dollars damage to farm buildings. Heavie t damage reported was at ♦ ,f Er f re'! C?tan" place southwest of boys and girls selling will where a barn was blown down pinning five cows under the debris. Two of the cows were killed, but the other three were removed without sc rious injury. • A; the K. W. Hillman place south of M’ Plea-sant, a porch was blown off the front of the house and tossed on ‘he roof county home about ten o'clock this and of the Jennie Edmondson hospital prenc^ Moroccan troops morning. The body was brought to at Council Bluff- She was nursing at __________ the St. Joseph’s hospital in Ottumwa for the past few months but is home with her father now. Pvt Vcrl Shelman f Ma* Dill Field. Fla , brother of Lt. Shelman, arrived ! the Cookps funeral home J Surviving are three children, Mrs. Ruth Gholson of northwest of Mr Pleasant. Elmer of the Olds vicinity and Elvin of the U. S. Navv at Nor- Waves of Planes Attack Jap Convoy folk. Virginia. She was preceded in h, re on Tuesday evening for a fur-, death by her husband. Roy Smith, sev- iCUgh Wlth hi.- fathei and family. . eral years ago. j ____—- — ; Funeral arrangements will not be i made until word from the son in the _ , _ ________ _ ___ Navv SABOTAGE CHARGE SEVEN ARRESTED ON tlie Washington. D. C. fIN8*— J Edgar I A KfwK AT Hoover, riiiector of 'he FBI announced unnuu I/ Til I today that seven employees have been been hit. General Douglas MacArthur United Nations Headquarters in Aus-traba <IN3»—Airmen of the allied scuthwest P.mific air force struck in wave upon wave today off the northern New Guinea co s' in a battle to destroy a nine-ship Japanese convey seeking to reinforce the enemy gar-rls:n at Wewak. Three ot the vessels already have LAIRD FUNERAL arrested for committing sabotage" on announced in his noon communique i United States liberty cargo ships un- --- idrr construction near Baltimore, jact ization announced that nearly 50 of keeping with thLs theme. the be Okie's entitled "The Secret ! The subject for stud\ wa Fa mot Th* wind, evidently a straight gale Many I rom a that reached near hurricane propor-tsons, was strongest in the south half of the countv, hitting from Lock-licige across to Salem and eastward Rocf- were damaged on many barns, Distance Come Maryland Hoover stated that the FBI investi-I‘or Rites jgation faileri to disclose “any axis di- - irction or sympathies” on the part or the alleged saboteurs. "They have Mrs. Frank Paisley of Winfield Dies Hundreds of friends from Henry county and fiom nearby viciniti* ; . Winfield — Mrs. Frank Paisley. 72. .dmitted p i forming faulty welding in ^ home north of wtari.ld Place' had been sent again thi*- quar- , Letters and Epistles and was presented window s were blown out in some j attended the funeral of Dr. J. W. ter to the men from here who are in by Mrs. Helen Virden. She sketched places, hog houses were rolled over]Laird, well known physician and for-the armed services. Others present at the history of letter writing from 338 and other small buildings were upset |mer Legion officer, at the Cookrs Fu-meeting besides those mentioned order to finish their w rk in a hurry and earn more money." Hoover added he can But certainly all these conditions make it evident the post-war world will be fixed by future negotiation, not by whit Washington officials may have wanted in the first place. thr above were Mrs. J Margaret Adkisson Sprott BC to the present time, giving as il-Schilling. Mrs. | lustrations excrrpfcs from letter - of and Mrs, John Diogenes. Heloise and Abelard, ches-i terfield, Keats. Browning. Dickinson by the wind on scattering farms. jneral home Thursday afternoon. Inin Mt. Pleasant the wind blew' hard i.eluded in the large crowd, one of the between 11 and 12 o’clock and took a few Umbs dowm. Supt. and Mrs. William Kuhn enter- Lincoln and Mcrley. tained the Hillsboro teachers at their! contributions in creative writing home here on Wednesday evening at ^ere: dinner and an evening of entertain-1 Letters to the Scribblers, <on Dr. ment Those present were Mr. ftOH ( Wlllred T. Grenfelli — Clara Byrd __Mrs. J. R. Boley and Mickey, Mr Kopp. Glenn Ayres. Miss Betty Bock, Miss Letter to Sally Sue — Elsye Tftsh THE CHANGE in domestic economic picrenc* Collins. Miss Doris Nau. Mrs. sater. policies of this government are clearer E N DeSimone, and Mr .and Mrs. Letter to Genevieve — Iva Harsh* cut. The administration move to pj-eq Johnson. ! barger Virden. freeze prices and wages at long last j Mrs Rav Hawbaker has accepted j Letter to the Ramblers — Ida Van now carries a ring of sincerity and the position of assistant postmistress Hon. determination, I here. She will serve until the former! Letter to the Scribblers «on a scent- It should have been done a year or assistant, Mrs. Dale Wilson who has ccj garden* — Kathryn McLeran. more ago, but the new deal economists been seriously ill for several weeks is Letter to Uncle Sam—Helen Virden able to return to her work. Captured After Alcatraz Break desired to let wages run up, promising a freezing in the end. This new appears to be the end. A peculiarly favorable political situation furnishes weight to Mr. Roosevelts freezing intentions. The John L. Lewis wage Increase demands and the senate side-tracking of farm bloc claims in the Bankhead bill have brought the A. F. of L. and. even somewhat reluctantly the CIO, into a nt w position against inflation. Up to now, they have wanted to run wages up. But with the farm bloc holding over labor’s head the power to increase prices (by passing the Bankhead and Pace bills in congress at anytime), the president has been able to gather powerful labor and farm support for a firming of the anti-inflation policies. Work accepted for publication included: Delightful Diminutives—Clara Bird Kopp in the Christian Advocate. Companionship — Elsye Tash Sater in Better Homes. They Also Serve — Martha Bell Tumey in Chicago Tribune. BAPTIST MISSION CIRCLE MEETS Members of the Baptist Mission circle met at the church Thursday morning at ten o'clock to give the the church its spring housecleaning and to do seme sewing. The one o'clock luncheon was in charge of Mrs. Charles Swailes and| her committee The luncheon was carried out with an "old fashioned” | menu and old fashioned china was used. Mrs B J Neff had the devotions. School at Burbank, Calf., to a special An announcement and plans were training detachment at Hunter Field, made for the Women's association ral- Savannah, Ga. His address is Cpl. ly to be held at the Baptist church Wilbur H. Eland. £p. Ti. IXt., Huntei San Francisco, California (INS' — After hiding out in a cave for more than three days and nights without food or water, Floyd Hamilton. 35 year old Arkansas bank robber, one of four wh~ made a desperate break for lib-rity from Alcatraz prison last Tuesday. was recaptured today. Hamilton, who was believed killed by a hail of bullets from guards, said he had hidden out in a cave until last night when he sneaked back into the prison and crawled into a machinery storehouse. NADY NAMED COACH AT DOWLING HIGH largest to attend a funeral here in lecent years, were several prominent ^ Moines. Iowa iINS*—Xavier Legionnaires from surrounding coun-,'Naclv Jr 24 year old Fairfield, Iowa ties. * athlete will be the new coach at Dowl- The Rev. E L. Jeambey, pastor of ing high schooi jn oes Moines next the First Presbyterian church, offi- September, it was announced tod^y by ciated at the funeral home and at the Rev Michael Schwarte," athletic di grave Chaplain John Rees of Ft. Madison had part in the committal service in behalf of the 40 and 8. G. E. McLean sang "Beautiful Isle rector. Nady now coach at Dexter, Iowa, high school signed the contract last night. A graduate of Parson's college of Somewhere" and "It Is My Task.” hr coaChed one year each at Elkhart and Yale, Iowa, high schools. BURLINGTON DEATH DECLARED A SUICIDE WITH OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE 13* Cpl. Wilbur H. Eland ha been transferred from the Vega Service Furniture Mart To New Location Mrs. Dan Winter played the organ. Many Legionnaires ins uniform attended in a body. At the grave, Frank Abraham was in charge, Parke Cor-nick and Gino Sodini were the guard of honor at the Legion service. E. C. -- Huene played taps and pre-cadets Burlington, Iowa <INS>—Des Moines from the Iowa Wesleyan detachment, county coroner Robert O Giles today under command of Sergt. Grutzmach- held a suicide the fatal shotgun sh ot- ra .uding 2.500 dm\t, im*ket genei- er formed the firing squad. ing yesterday afternoon of 20 year old Uy active and strong ?o lac higher Pallbearers were Paul O'Connor, David Carmean. than yesterday s average. Top: 15.2d. Paul Schmidt, Ursa McCoy. Enoch The youth w \s found shot through 180 ro 360 lbs.. 1? 10 t; 15.20; 150 to Sanders. Merton Wright, George the left chesj^ in the bathroom of his 180 lbs., 14.25 *o la 00. 360 to 5a0 lbs. this morning after several months illness. Catherine Marsh, daughter of De-Witt and Catherine Marsh, was born March 20. 1871. on a farm in Virginia Grove, seven miles northwest of Morning Sun. Surviving are her husband and eight children, Clinton of Kahoka, Mo.; Mrs. Vivian Marsh of New London: Mrs Bertha Alvine ol Olds. Mrs. Louise Holmes of Crawfordsvilie, Paul. Lauren. Lyle and Bernadiue. all of Win-lield. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, one brother. James S. Marsh ot Columbus Junction and one sister. Mrs Alma Owens of Morning Sun. Mrs. Paisley was a member of the United Presbyterian church. Funeral arrangements have not been made TODAY’S MARKET CHICAGO LIVESTOCK Chicago. Ill (INS'—HOGS: 6.0OO; in Danville. April 27. About thirty ladies were presem Miss Grace Roberts was a guest. Field, Savannah, Ga. Pvt. Max E. §chuerman has been - transferred from Camp George West, one of the three Golden, Colo., to the University of outstanding planes of the war.....Wyoming at Laramie, Wyo. OFFICIALDOM KNOWS NOTHING more about Russia’s post-war intentions "" than you do. Apparently there have | Flying Fortress as been' no conversations. . . . .... the Lightning interceptor (Lockheed P-38. twin Allison engines) plane has developed a reputation as a super plane in the Tunisian fighting. ’ ington plane, mission 'it climbs like its name, practically enough to furnish them the ships, but straight up, is faster, and has better the shipping situation is tight. They protection than the Nazi ships, and is say the Japs are digging classed as maneuverable. Bugs have where in conquered territory, been ironed out. Pilots and war auth- be very hard to get out if allowed to His ad* . MacArthur’s air General Ken- dress is Pvt. Max E. Schuerman, Co. ney and others are supposed to be very A-< A- s T- p-* Lnit No. 3701. Uni-much disappointed with their Wash- versity of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyo. . Production is MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NOTES Art White is making preparations to move his Furniture Mart from the building .south f the Temple theater to the vacant building across the street, the former location of the Vorheis and Foss store. Mr. White will use both the first and second lloors of the new location. The fhst fl"or wiU serve as display lor new and used furniture while the second iloor will be given over to the lepair and leupholstering of used furniture. D.M.C. SEWS I OR RED CROSS The D. M. C. club met Koch, Gino Sodini and Parke Cornick. heme. He had been in ill health re Burial was in Forest Home cemetery, cently, the coroner said. More Sections of Barracks Arrive BAKER RATES HIGH IN DESIGN CONTEST Installing of the added barracks facilities at Iowa Wesleyan is going ahead and will be rushed to take care of the new contingent of pre-cadets who are now cn the campus. Additional sections of the OOC barracks from New Lcndon were brought here today. Although the barracks, which art] being erected north cf Hershey Hall, are not completed, at least part of the new contingent can b-1 housed in them. The new contingent brings the detachment at Iowa Wesleyan to the full allotment schrdu’ed for the packing sows 14.65 to 15.00. CATTLE: 1,000; Calves: *00, steady; gacd to choice steers, 17.00; heifers, 13.CO to 15.00. cutter cows, 9.75 down; top weighty stusage bu Is 13.50 to 14.- C0; veah rs, steady at 14 .00 to 15 .50; _ choice veaJers, 16.00 ! • Ames. Iowa John Baker of Mount gin EP: 5.000 including 2,000 direct; 1 pleasant senior mechanical engineer- fat lambs, st° dy; good t choice fed mg student at Iowa State college, ha • woe led lambs, 15 Y) to 15.85. •been awarded second place in a re- Estimated for Saturday: Cattle: 200; cent contest held by the American Hogs: 500; Sheep 2.000 ! Society of Mechanical Engineers, stU* < LOC AL HOG M \RKET j dent branch. Baker’s paper on the At the Krcy Station | design of a differential-spacing, line-1 Market 10c higher. Top $14 50; 160 | justifying typewriter was judged the ^ 130 lbs $13.80 to $14,20; 190 to 330 I second best am ng the entries from 10 ||»., $34.30 to $14 59; packing sows midwest universities and college*. .$14 00 to $14.20. LOCAL MARKETS critics class it with the Spitfires and , go on for some months. I Tuesday Mrs. Arden Swinney and Mrs. T. L, evening with Miss Stella Hartquist, in every- White were admitted Thursday * s Assistant hostesses were Mrs. J. H and will medical patients and Mrs. Marcus A. Monger and Miss Mabel Walker. The* school s"me weeks ago when announ- J. Smith was admitted as a surgical group i>ent the evening in sewing for cement was made that the un t woo < patient. ’ the Red Cross. come here. j Eov Drowns In Pool Des Moines, Iowa (INS'-—Four year old Patrick McCarthy was dead t day drowned yesterday afternoon when he slipped into d* p w iter while wading in the city < wned Birdl md park swimming pool. EgSU 32* Sweet Cream—51c Crnam No. 1—50c. Ore m N . 3—-41c. It* -*vy He nr. lftr Leghorn H' tn. 14* l.-ifhorn ( * a Minvv Cox 9c

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