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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 26, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Suuar 12 - Mch. 16-May 31 (Each stamp, Five pounds) Coffee 26 - Mar. 22-Apr. 25 fEach stamp, I pound)THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VOL. IX XI, No. 96MOM) VV, APR. 26, 1913 MT. PLE ASANT, IOWA News Schools Of County To Exhibit Work THE By Paul Mallon jjy (Distributed by King Features 8yu-iicate, Inc, Reproduction In Full or ii Part Strictly Prohibited > WASHINGTON — SPEAKER RAYBURN adminif tcrcrl a boxing of tho parliament try ears to house ways and means chairman Doughton to revive th* pay-as-you-go tax plan Mr Doughton's nickname is “Muley,” md the suggestion of stubbernc.s.s which it conveys is rot overdrawn Rayburn is understood to have threat-c ued to tak* ttie tax subject away ii rn th! main house committee, unless something w is dene Th* adminstration obviously could not much longer stand the public pressure for rome improvement of tax coll'■•ct ion methods. Even the treasury realized that a pay-as-you-go plan v. old not only b*- politically wise*, but financially necessary ii these stupendous lax rates are to be collected in full. An obstreperous newsman nearly broke up the Democratic-Republican tax revival meetings by demanding to knt a of Mr Doughton ‘Who ate crow?” Doughton banged his fist, insisting no crow was present Republican representative Knutson rushed to the re-jKirt*-r and shushed him into silence, saying personalities were so frayed inside, that such an embarrassing question nught tar' the whole fight ovei ag In. Th UR. Mr Doughton's paralyzing hold on th*- ituatlon ha;- been broken. and af me kind of action will b* taken % The only thing certain is that the fight will b* wile open and all plans will be voted on this time Agreement was* effected on that -and only that. The selection of a pl m is likely to b* decided bv what the congressmen hear at home during their present 10-day Easter recess. New London Men Involved In Accident Henry County’s Bomber Recently Completed if i Car Kills Man Sunday At Burlington Burlington. Iowa — 'INS* — Funeral services were being planned today for Fred Sampson, 57, fatally hurt when he was struck by a passing automobile while he was readjusting the windshield wiper on his car, Stiinpson, a welder, died yesterday, a short time after the accident. Joseph H Lee. 42, Burlington, who was with Stiinpson, told police Stimp-' son had stopped his car and was half 1 wayway outside the machine trying to fix th*- windshield wiper w'hen he was struck by another cab. Sampson, who, is survived by a sister, .suffered a broken neck, kull fracture and punctured lung. Police said the driver of the othei car was Virgil Simmons, 31, of New London, la., a soldier home on furlough Beth Simmons and.Lester L Cook. 18 New London, owner of the (fir. were held for investigation In connection with the case. Several of the -even person.1 in the Cook car were injured, none seriously Coroner R O Giles ordered an inquest int/* Sumps c's death for Tues-da\ night. While Henry county residents w^uld like to see “their bomber’’, th they will be content with this pice of it and will be glad to let Hitler and Tojo see the big Lur motored plane high overhead many times. When Henry county was informed that a bomber would b*- named after the county, if enough bond' were sold in December the residents got bu y They bought so many bonds that the county was entitled to not just a twin motored h mber, but the big four-motor d machine pictured above. The picture was taken soon after the plane had been turned out by on* of the big airplane factories and reports state that the bomber will carry the name, "Henry County. Iowa" wherever it goes. Placing Exhibit of Rural School Work H.S. Speech Students To Present Plays Forty-Three To Take Part Tuesday and Wednesday Making Preparation For School Achievement Day Germans Say U.S. Ranger Has Been Sunk Large Crowds At Easter Services School Achievement Day In Mt. Pleasant Wednesday Parade, Talk by Dr. Earl Harper, Displays, Free Movies On Day’s Program School children from all the schools of Henry county are invited to ML Pleasant on Wednesday of this week for the annual school Achievement Day—an event sponsored by tho Mt. Pleasant Chamber of Ccmmerce so successfully the last two years. The children will Nvp opportunity to take part in a parade, •’d!] bo wursts at the th oaters and may hear a noted speaker in the afternoon School displays will bo furnished in windows and at tho courthouse. Gen. McNair Hurt In North Africa This yr r s p: Ire rn la? ' year ’s the raining pre >cr * rn will be varied dup ta ‘he fact that *r?m will prohibit th0 reiving cf a Per lu^ch to th* tho >1 Wa hington. D. C.—Lieut. Gen. Le*- pupils as has been the custom in tho past. However, tables will be arranged in the park to accomodate any pupils bringing their lunch and appropriate ley J. McNair, one of the United States drinks will be served the pupils at that iimy’s top leaders, ha* been wounded on the Tunisian front. The war department’s announcement Sunday gave no details of the Friday mishap to the commanding general of all army ground forces, saying “the exact circumstances are not yet known." It was understood here, however, that McNair’s wounds were not so Selden* coverv. time At ’he present t.me approximately 285 rural school pupils have signified that they intend to bring their lunch and eat in the park Parade at 10:30 The dav’s program/ will start off with a parade which will assemble in front of the Junior High School at 10:30 A M The pal ade will be head- as to preclude his tc-^d by automobiles carrying the different Superintendents of Schools and Dr. Lieu’ Ct en. Ben Lear, commando: £arj j- Harper of the University of rf the 2nd Army with headquarters at Iowa who will address the public later in the day. Memphis, Tenn., was called to Washington to take temporary command of the ground forces Lear is due to be retired May 31 under the statutory age limit of 64. Rain Not So Good For Easter Clothes Forty-three speech students will ap-TIIi: ''I INSTITUTION of M: Ray- pear in two evenings of one-act plays burn for vice president Wallace on the a* the high school tomorrow and Wed-nether end of the {mirth term ticket nesday evenings This annual play is tying dt'Cuss d among congressional festival is a regular feature of the Denycratio politicos The next time one year speech course offered at the Mr Roosevelt will need political aid local high school. Every student is from the not-so-solid south, and thus given an opportunity to appear cholee of the Texan as a running before the public. mate would restore the severed strings between Mr Roosevelt and the .south- for the younger students who wish lat- Thn exhibit of rural chool pupils wrrk is being placed in the lower corridor and ii. the county superintendents room at the courthouse in preparation for Achievement Day next Wednesday Much of the work this year has some connection with the war reflecting the children's interest in plane*, guns, soldiers and sailors. Also observers will note the increase in tho amount of free hand work which has been done in the rural schools this year. More and more emphasis is be- Decorate Sub Commander For H is Success This year the pupils of Henry county and general public, have a real treat in store for them. Following the automobiles carrying the school officials, and Iowa Wesleyan Band, the precadets in training at Iowa Wesleyan will march. The remainder of 'he par- NAMES OF SELECTEES ade will be made up of Boy Scouts, --J Girl Scouts, Henry County rural Names of Selective Service men wfho | schools, school bands, grade schools in Mt. Pleasant High Pleasant High WILL AGAIN PUBLISH London, England 'INS'— 'Axis Propaganda i — A special German high command communique claimed today a Nazi U-boat had sunk the ten year old aircraft Ranger. The carrier was said to have been protecting trans-Atlantic shipping lanes. The communique added that the underseas raider commander iden-V n Bulow had beer Holer for his Despite heavy April showers w«sRll . caused rn st of the new Easter clothes'* 11 K0 t0 CamP Dt>d«p for thrlr final I M! 'Pleasant, to be left at horn", Mt Pleasant J>hy'ical examinations will be published | School and the ML after the men leave, ruling received j School Band. today by the Selective Service office j The different school superintendents here states. j of the county, will assemble with Dr Recently the publications of the [Harper at the Harlan Hotel for a noon day luncheon. Free Movie The students will be guest-, of th’ be published. churches were crowd'd Sunday morning with the largest crowds of recent years, At First Methodist, the crowd filled the main auditorium, the balcony and names of thos* who wrnt far ^rotations was banned and names only of those men who were inducted were to * rn politico I leaders of the party A vice president is usually chomn length play* This year many of the sol/be* au*<' he can make a political actors w ho will appear have already __. . , „ , ing placed in the developing of the The plays serve as a training ground J; * . tified as Capt ^ child s ability to draw. color and paint , H rather than'to past,, on. bJ Adol>]h Schools which will have exhibit in I windows were making , Ions for these Th? Ran<*er Feb. 25 cr to appear in the more ambitious full contribution ‘o he ticket Mr. Wallace Is supposed to have brought in the farmers the last, time But the main political weight he had considerable experience, so the audience can feel assured that the sophomores will have plenty of support. Audience tastes have been given 1933, carries now seems largely confined to careful consideration in the prepara-extreme liberal elements, which are tion of programs which will give play mast violently new deal anyway, and do not need luring displays today and Saturday, determining the window sizers and the articles and materials to be displayed. A large number of schools are expected to take part in the window exhibit as well as other phases of School Achievement dav. W's designed to carry a complement of 1,788 men including airmen. • The navy department in Washington had no comment to make on the axis claims.) overflowed into the Sunday school rooms: at First Baptist and at First Presbyterian, large crowds were present als: and at St. Alphonsus an unusually large number attended. Nearly all othqr churchiest reported larger audiences than normally attend even on Easter Sunday. The rain of Sunday morning, while beneficial to farms and gardens, was net adapted to the bes; interests of the PLANE IN “DIVES” AT IOWA CHURCHES TRF A SI RY SECRETARY’ MORGENTHAL was snared into losing the president's devaluation powers. He is never ut ease before congressional committees, but was never more fidgety than when senators Danaher and Taft went after him in the senate banking committee hearing. At one point, Morgenthau urged Taft not to make statements disquieting to dollar valuation "in the middle of a bond drive.’’ Taft replied the bond drive could bet no better advertising than for Mr. Morgenthau to drop his request for continuance of the presidents devaluation powers. Democratic Chaiiman Wagner and Senator Maloney became worried about the press publishing such testimony and feared its possible effect on bond buying. Both Wagner and Morgen-than consulted newsmen and urged Harry B. England Dies at Bloomfield Was In lovers two enjoyable evenings. The program will begin at eight o'clock. Students who will appear are Dale Knight, Carol Hayes. Stewart Carls, Barbara Hedlund. Louis White, Betty Fclker. Elva Wiggins. Bill Tackenberg. Frank Becker, Jean Cobb, Dorothy Nelson, Charles Garretson, Dean Cordes, Maxine Ensminger. Dale Smith, Twila Burkey. Raymond Scarff, Ken- J _ neth Owens. Alanson Elgar, Keitn, Harry B England, a former Mf. Bogle, Bill Donald, Orville Zickefoose, pieasan^ business man. died Saturday Virginia Scully, Irma Wesley, Joan afternoon 3 30 a( Bloomfield. Ma Brau, Elaine Campbell, Bill Ebert, England was formerly associated with John McCoid. Richey Dickson. Phillip tjje par.khauser dairy in Mi Pleasant, Niles, Hall Taylor, Pauline Fen el, proved to Bloomfield about 16 Sioux Rapids, Iowa — An unidenti-iied airplane interfered with Easter services in three crowded churches here Sunday by diving to within an Chamber of Commerce at a free show "Hi Ya Chum." a Ritz brother* comedy, to be given at the Theaters during the afternoon. The shows will start at I :G0 o’clock, and if necessary to accomodate all the pupils, two shows will be shown in each theater. At 2:00 P. M, from the bandstand in the park, Dr. Harper, director of the School of Fine Arts of the State new Spring costumes. In fact some persons decided to leave the new out-1Mtlmated seve,al hund,ed teet of the University of Iowa, will be presented lit at home and let it have its first official debut at some future date. Formerly In Dairy Mt. Pleasant Pound Axis Tunisian Line Allied Headquarters in North Africa • INS) —The battering ram of allied forces Hounded the axis Tunisian line incessantly with drum fire attacks today as new bulges were punched into enemy defense positions amid the hottest kind f fighting. United States troops smashed their way forward for a two to three mile gain while heavy armored forces went ahead in another area in a smashing battle against elite Nazi panzer bullions. Nevertheless many had already made their plans and there were many brilliant new cclors worn. More Mileage For Some Gar Owners buildings. Worshipers at the Lutheran, Methodist and Congressional churches found that the noise of the plane, which kept up its practice dives from by Miss E. Mae Grail, Superintendent of Schools, and will address the teachers, parents, school officials, and general public. He has spoken in Mr. Pleasant before, the most recent abcut 11:55 a. rn. to 12:15 p. rn., near- occasion being at the banquet in cooly broken up the services. J nection with the dedication service of The plane made at least three dives the new organ at Iowa Wesleyan colat each of the churches, Sioux Rapids lege. Dr. Harper needs no introduction residents said. Some persons inside to the teachers as well as the general OPA Lifts Ceiling On “Course of Work” Driving the churches were frightened by the noise, but no panic ensued. Washington. D. C. 'INS' The OPA today lifted the ceiling on mileage DEFER PLANS TO EMPLOY JAPANESE-AMERICANS Marerg-, 111. (INS!- The storm that Betty Melton. Boyd Heil. Bob Crowl, years ag0 and became engaged in the {under heavy lire Djebel Decht El Ma Darlene Adams, Kenneth Kilby, Dor- dairy there othy Thomas, Hervey Van Tuyl, Wan- H() is survived da Bonser, Randall Vance, and Sally second marriage Ristine. E. E. Coombs, 80, Is Dead at Keokuk that much of the testimony be kept; Keokuk. Iowa — E. E. Coombs. 80, off the record. • Keokuk resident the last 40 years, The committee tried, in executive died at Graham hospital early Sunday session .to find some way to keep th*' following an illness of one week. Be-whole story out of the papers, but in jore de renred Coombs was connected the end. Mr. Morgenthau agreed to Irwin-Phillips Co. and also drop the devaluation powers and thus was a former president of the Keokuk congress, for what I believe is the first Security state bank. He is survived by time in the history of the new deal, onp daughter, Miss Helen Coombs, at by his wife by a and by four sons, Leon cf California, Carl, Howard and Wilbur of Bloomfield, two daughters, Mrs. John Freeman rf Fairfield and Mrs. Edgar Fye of Bloomfield and eight grandchildren. The funeral was held this afternoon at Bloomfield and the burial will take place beside the first wife at Kirkwood, IU., on Tuesday. PROGRAM PRESENTED FOR HOSPITALIZED VETS which may be allowed in “course of , 0VPr the employment of three work driving outside the eastern japanere-Americans and the expected The American divisions also seized: dl( I T l^e area nom 470 to 720 miles a ^ arrival of 13 more at the Curtiss Can- m.nth, j d.v company farm near Marengo Local rationing boards will be in- abated today following the decision struct cd to issue C gasoline books 0f (de company to defer its plans for and stickers effective May I to appli- the present cants who are Ho wed rations exceed-, It was announced the three Japa-ing th? 470 miles a month now pro- nese who had been working on the za, about 14 miles northwest of Mateur. Soviet Delenders Consloidate Positions public of Mt. Pleasant. The county is fortunate in being able to obtain his services for this occasion. Exhibits Town school exhibits will be found in the various store window's and the rural school exhibits under ‘he direction of Miss E. Mae Grail will be on display at the courthouse as in the pas: two years. vided by "A" and “B books. The action, OPA said, is intended to help car owners who need more mile- Moscow, Russia —/INS*—soviet defenders of the Caucasus today consolidated their positions as German force,* failed to renew their assaults on I a"f !i tbe course of their work than Russian Kuban strongholds. ; >h(>' havP bern ab!<’ to obtain. It does Soviet positions were improved yes- i not chang? the mf.eage that now may terday after bitter artillery machine-allowed for driving between home gun and rifle duels but the Nazi did and work. not attempt infantry or armored as-1 saults. (To the south, Soviet forces were re farm will be withdrawn. New Schedule At Surgical Dressings Room April Court Term Opens Here Today The Anni court term opened this afternoon with Judge Paul H. McCoid of Mt Pleasant presiding. Grind jurors will report on Tuesday morning at ten o'clock. FIRE KILLS WEALTHY - ported t. be massing for a break. rUIPAGfl The American Legion Auxiliary of through into the axis held Black Sea UMlLAijU port of Novorossisk The official Ger has taken bark an important grant hnme services will be at 4 p. rn. Tues- the department of Iowa sponsored an of authority from Mr. Roosevelt. 'hhv at his trine ,1 # ,,, , , ,, . Frankly, the apprehensions over ^ ' - . °ther proRram or th° W^ld Wal V“l* roan news agency, DNB. admitted that' letting the public in on this debate THE SUPREME COURT shows some Oans personnel and patients at the positions of the German defenders in spemed unnecessarily high-strung. Attention is called to the new schedule of the surgical dressing room in Mt. Pleasant. The room will be open on Monday. Wednesday and Friday afternoons from one until five o’clock »nd will be open Tuesday evening FAMILY I from 7:30 to 9:30. The room will not , e open on Tuesday afternoons. Chicago. 111. Robert M Roto on. 39 multimill amain* director of the Unite Trapped Axis new aspects cf a soap-box debating M* Pleasant state hospital Thursday WUs surrounding the pert are serious- Air Lines Uh wife and two of theft n Withdraw society. New deal justices hold such afternoon. The high school tan,! pit- ly m., .three ch,Wren perished early Swda:, forces Wltnaraw ceoa.lv i,wttow„.i nntntons that they srnted the program with special!) ,in a fire that ’arr thtough their ' 1 . With advancing prices effecting a real society devaluation of tho dollar In every Strongly individual opinions that they grocery store in the'land for the past are falling into the habit of writing two years, an argument ever executive minority or separate personal decisions, fidgeting with 20 percent of the gold differing only in some minor legal , , , /-tin Mnartaiiv irppn Mr*. Tom Cathey, tap dance by .Terry backing, sounded purely academic, phases. Old-hands gene,ally Keep thnmcnippQ lpt thp mat- L rider, also accompanied by Mrs. Ca- tralia The president failed to change prices such views to themselves, let tne mat by such gold action before. ter slide. The White House probably whisper- The practice has developed to such , i . .v, ^ i fKct tho Min.rir nf thp p-'iirt elude 13 from World War I end 14 New GU nea, we cd to Morgenthau to let the devalua- an extent that the worK OI me e-uii Shoot Down !Five Jap Planes i Washington, I) C TNL • The * navy reported that its speedy ne* Corsair fighter planes intercepted 30 Japanese bombers and Zeros 95 miles northwest* of Guadalcanal and shot 1 down five enemy air craft Two United {States planes failed to return. Report French Only 21 Miles From Rizcrte in North Africa ! roc rn mansion in tile exclusive Wool- 'INS' Front line dispatches today Jap Airdromes ;ley subdivision west of suburban Winn- rrparh d I rappel axis forces in Tunisia! New York. New York UNS- R ti lo Heavily Bombed Utica Uverp acierating their withdrawal all France *t Alger »oda\ report'd tim Nations Headquarters In Aus- I The only surviving member of the along an approximate 35 mile line af- French African corps pushing forward The specialties included popular selections by Nonet to accompanied by Unite • INS! - Airdromes at Wewak family, Robert, 9, wa- carried to safety they, and a twirling demonstration. and Ma dang, important Japanese by firemen. Th' victim were R los-u, The veterans now hospitalis’d in- stionghrlds on the northeast coast of who in 1935 inherited from his father ter an advance of more than 5 mile? on the n rthern Tunisian coast had by hard--1 triking American forces. reached a point less than 24 mile from A military spokesman said: Brzerte. "Tret' is no indication where the The broadcast was reported bv Ute tton p^ei go and no tears ^Tp- to'ZZ ^ ana demons are Worn, War „. Treat: „ candy , Mr, y ut art at,arg by Cen. Mar-1 Jars; Ms w„e K K ^ , , . . . , bars and cigarettes were given. J rthurs air force. .Caiy, 12, and a *on. Edward, a. p rent anywhere. behind. re heavily damaged an estate in excess of five million del- laughter. I creiry will try to make their next government foreign broadcast intern strnd.” gence service.

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