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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - April 29, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALU) RATION STAMPS Sugar 12 - expires May 30 (la ll Stamp, Fire pounds.) Coffer 23 - Expires May 30, THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALU) RATION STAMPS f as* line 5 Expire May 21 O, F. F, Blue st£mo I spire Ap**. 30 \ P. f , H. Red f pire Ap ii SO. I ie I Oil T>.....Until F pt. 30 VOL. I,XXI, No. 99TIU KSU AY, \PR. 29, 1913 MT. RLE ASAN I. IOWA Plane Falls; Local Air Student Missin THI: „l,» tv Paul Malign (Distributed by King Features Hyn dlrate, Inr, Reproduction in Pull «»r >n Part Strictly Prohibited.I F. Ii. Orders Miners To End Strike They’ll Do It Every Time — WASHINGTON — 1IIIS IS ONE VVC REO Hit iglu but t ik' alioth? t lr,ok at it behind the n< as ot the day This v.,I t -.rtrd Win n Germany at-tur.ked polo no, Sept*mb* r I, 1939 and 15 dans later. Russian troops crossed Found’;* bot der cancelling ftovirt-Polish treaties. Indignation in this ce anti y ran hi'ih against both G*i-mam and Russia. Three months later, on November 28. the & vim government renounced its don pact < 1932» with Flown days later, invaded that Popular Amel learn opinion .ss:a hit such heights that i ml lions of dollars of our y to aid the Firimf against An yon* in our country t contribute was President Will Declare Martial Law Ri non-aggrf land, end country again we collf "ted good mf ney the Russian? who did ret of democ rac Tiles* aim Refs of ours ye irs when 1941» tinned on H i la mg switched diametric Lit? 1< F inland began oat unanimous prevailed for Hitler auddenl an enemy public bern-trly two J fJune 21, All our think- lly to fight back against Russia, but we no longer considered her as a valiant democratic nation fighting again t aggression Her fight was th* rn*, but this turn we leaked n her ie a tf“)l of th* Nazis Indeed. «vent; drew us the whole v ay around md <x>n w found our-i rives also fighting on the side of Rn- ta. u Vi.out ii ; bi t ti' to her cause. Only Ii t week, ut withdrew most of our emba-sy from Finland, presumably t,*'am* she would not make peace with Russia We c uld not afford to be aiding an enemy oi our new allv. All the while we harbored the exiled Poll h government which had been crushed by th* Nazis and invaded by the Sovie? * But this week when that Pol' h government demanded a Red Cro investigation of Polish murders, our Sovfct ally practically declared itself about these people in oui midst by withdrawing diplomatic recognition. Th* Kremlin acted quickly, with ut consultation. THIS ACT e* in* ai * huck to us, but iii view of the ibove history, it was logical and natural The only mason it appeared to us a> a shock was befall; *• vu had national!: deluded our-elvi s into false assumptions. Everycne with an eye clearly focused could see from that st ret that Russia was in this war because the double-dialing Hitler had invaded hcj homeland, and that his h meland was what she was fighting for—not primarily to defend democracy or a new world democratic federation, or a quart cf milk a day, not for the four freedoms, certainly not oui conception of them as far as Finland and Poland are concerned. Qui' swiftly changing publicity promoters. however. have tried to make rome propaganda mesh out of the necessities which1, brought us and Britain into the war on the same side and to dovetail our ideals and our purposes. They did it so enthusiastically that they got us t ; believing that everyone on our side looked at this war as the average American man in the street, Perhaps thry even convinced themed vet until Moscow put them right. Indeed, Moscow dispatches say she might have art eft earlier against the Poles in connection with other mat-t pi Mc lot offs note says straight-out that Russia wants r fish territory, .ANI) IS MOIjOTOFF wrong in thus preparing lf) demand Polish territory? Poland was Russia, Austrian aiel Prussian before the list world war. The treaty of Versailles restored her ancient individuality, but thereafter she always had trouble with Russia. Stalin no doubt will contend eventually her eastern provinces are rightly Irs. It all depends on how far you go back into history which answer y u get. Both sides get the one they want. Anyone who cm settle the boundaries satisfactorily to Russia and Poland has sufficient astuteness to be the leader of the world, but no one will ever fulfill that mission. Now tim Russians say the Poles are making Nazi capital by fcringmg up the atrocity matter. Tint may cr may not be. THE FAR MORE IMPORTANT *hing to us is that these fa°ts regarding Poland and Finland show how mercurial has been our public opinion md how—whether high or few—it has seldom looked at tho other fell nvs side of the matter or and cts toed his posi- Washingtcn, D. C. »INS> President Roosevelt today ordeied striking mern-bers of John I. Lewis United Mine Workers union to end their “strike avaunt the United States government' bv Saturday morning at 10:00 A M. cr face a declaration of martial law and tm* use of troops Mr. Roosevelt m telegram.- to Lewis arid Thorns > Kennedy, United Min*, Workers secretary, said that he was making a friendly appeal to miners now on strike to get bark into th * coal pits but the fact 10:00 o'clock Saturday bn*- made the appeal a flat ultimatum, Ii th** miner-, reject president warned: “I shall use all the me as president and in-chief of the army and navy to pro-tect the national interest and to prevent further interference w th the Hirers ful prosecution of the war ” Declaring that “the enemy will not wait while strikes and stoppages run their course," the chief executive acted I* than 24 hours after th** War La bos Board sent Hie case to the white liouse. He a bo me? the shoved wn with L*wi juareh less than tw’o hours after he had returned from a 17 day tour of munition plants throughout the country. that he set r. morning de;, cl tantamount to the appeal the power vested in as commander- Plane Drops Into River Near Lowell Sprint; Concert Bv Public Schools (irades To Present Two grams on Friday Pro- Dragging For Ned Allison; Instructor Gets Out 80 Received Into Membership of Local Methodist Church Crawfordsville Seniors To Baptist Church Present “Listen To Leon” Officers Elected Total Number Received In The Conference Year Is 108 Wholesale Killing In Area Where I .S. Pilots Landed Eighty persons came into the mt iller.>hip of the First Methodist church during the Lenten and Easter season bringing the total of new members for the church to 108 for the conference year which closes in June. Twenty-six of those who came in during recent days transferred th? ir membership from other churches; thirty-live united with the church on confession of faith, and nineteen were received from preparatory membership. The fifty-five persons who (ame to the __ | altar for reception on Palm Sunday } were the largest number to unite with 1 n Francisco. California —<INS*— the church on one Sunday for many Every man. w man and child in Chin- years. es** coastal areas where American pi- , Those transferring from other lr,ts f f th* Tokyo raid abandoned their churches are: Mrs. L J Buescher, 1 The senior class of Crawfordsville . high school, under the direction ct* j Miss Mary Wittrig, will present the three-act comedy, “Listen to Lecn” on Friday. May 7, at the high school auditor .urn. SWING SHIFT PARTIES START AT 12:15 A. M. Annual Business Meeting Held Wednesday Evening Maiion Marr was cleped as trustee j for a three year term at the annual J business me?tirg and election of cf-; fleers of the First Baptist church Wed- planes were killed by the Japanese. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. made this disclosure inst night when he read the text of a cablegram Lorn Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek at a mass meeting of several thousand war bond workers gathered in San Francisc hOUM!. Ruth Coe. Edith Coe, Mrs. Marvin Cor-nick, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice L Richard. Mr and Mrs. Merrill Kerr, Mr. and Mrs L. Oscar ChalLman. Mrs. Carol Dayton. Lillian Peckham, Karo-lena Orr. Mrs. Eva Hill. Everett Barry. Richard Nihart. Mrs. lima Bucher, memorial ojiera Mrs. Luelia Hiligartner, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph White, Ross White, Lewis Burlington, Iowa—You might think 32:15 o'clock in the morning a somewhat unusual hour to go to a party, but swing shift workers at Iowa Ordnance Plant find it a convenient hour. Swing shift parties are held each Saturday morning at the Plant Recreation Hall, stalling at 12.15 A M , ani continuing until 4AM An orchestra provides music for the dancing. Those who do not care to dance may play Bingo, while others entertain themselves at pool, cards or ping pong in the club rooms. Th** approximate attendance at each jiarty is 400 workers all of whom regularly work from 4:00 P. M. to 12:00 midnight. J nesday evening. There are two trus-j tees. Verle Sammons was reelected. Other officers reflected were: deacon. three year term. Grant Williams; treasurer for mission and current funds. Miss Hazel Neff; treasurer for property fund. Roy Tew’alt; financial secretary. E J Peterson; ? Jerk of church. Mrs. Sammons; assistant, clerk. Marjorie Moore; superintendent of Sunday school, B. J. Neff; pianist. Mrs. Verle Sammons; choir director, Marvin Long. Gratifying reports were given by officers of thg various departments In Bond Drive Over Top In The Nation M< rgenthau who arrived from Port- White, Evelyn White. Mrs. Helen Sneed, land yesterday aboard a Coast Guars Mrs. Olive Pogemiller, Mrs. Leo Col-plane said that the purpose of hi* lins. trip was not to conduct bond rallies, j The group who entered church mem* “I am refreshing myself with the bership on confession of faith are: militant spirit Of the American people. Lila Godwin, Wynona: Smutz, Ar-I fa d that people on the west coast lene Orr, Irene Dodds, Dorothy Dodds, are fighting mad and that is a good Helen Hazen. Martha Wright, Beth, thing. We can n t fight a polite war ” UNUSUAL PLANES MADE BY TWO LOCAL BOYS Folker, Joyce Stuart, Crete Finn, Betty Chaney, Louise Hunt, Virginia C ampbell, Elaine Campbell, Mrs. Ulah Spars, Pauline Ferret Howard Ferrel, Orin White, Dale Puckett, Warren Anderson. Keith Bogle, Don Nicholson, Melvin McBeth, Robert Wettach, Wallace Connor, Robert Chaney, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Young, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Prickett, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Orr, Leo Collins. The preparatory membership clas that came into lull membership included: Mary Jo Bogie. LaVonda On Nancy Rogers. Donna Woodard, Lorene White, Ruth Ann Cottrell, Marilyn Anderson. Louise Hazen, Shirley Campbell, Don Shannon, Rodney Bucher. David Long, Robert Beattie William Beattie, Lee White, John Bogie. William Woodard. Dale Hazen Mario White. ’ Those who became members of the church on confession of faith prior to the Lenten season are: John Roclvik Dale Anderson, Nicholas N. Cuthbert Mrs. Clone Swanson. Thomas Young Bruce Young, James Young Leonard Young, Louise young. The group coming into the church war world must be built. It is a basis bv transfer from other churches prior of conflicting interests, ancient terri- Lent are: James R Pobanz, Mrs. tonal arguments, racial and religious y^ale Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. L. M competitions. Bogle. Mr and Mrs. Charles Notest Ute, The solution of our hopes to live Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Hock et t. Mr. and in peace hereafter must be founded Mrs. dan G. Ruble. Mrs. Cecil Sharer, upon these human equations, these Mrs. Nannie Pidgeon. Mr. and Mrs. realities. It cannot be found in the chester Morgan, Clone Swanson. Wil-atars of idealism cr in the skies of ham E. Carls, Stewart Carls, Mrs. ; elf-decept ve hopes, or by throwing Thomas Young. Mrs. Bruce Young. An airplane shown in connection with Achievement Day in the R. K Crane store window attracted much interest. The plane which has a wir>. spread of about 12 feet was built by Kenneth Barr, who must have spent much time and care in its construction. Other planes which were of exceptional interest were those miniature made from wood by Vincent Bacino end displayed at the Penney store. Numerous replicas of United Nations and Ax\s planes were included in the display. • Hon We too make up our opinions on ? basis of our own self-interest. Every nation has. always wi’l. Certainly here is the profound eternal truth of international relationships. Her0 is the bans upon which the post- srme 50 feet away. Alley had difficulty in making the distance in the swift current Allison, who had only recently been learning to swim, probably was pul lei under by the current and drowned, although that will be known for certain only when and if his body is found. Alley stat tel walking northeasterly following the high line. He climbed hills and went into ditches in rough terrain cf that vicinity until he reached the Herbert Beyers home about a mile from the scene of the accident. The John McNeeley home was nearer the history of the one hundred years the scene but Allry m not know that of the church, which wvs celebrated Avia'ion student J Ned Allison, 19. Little Rock, Ark., of the army air unit ■it Iowa Wesleyan, was missing today fellowing a crash cf a plane in Skunk fiver near Low?ll Wednesday evening shortly before dark. Search was being made in the river today for Allison’s body, because It is pro) abb1 he drowned. However, them is enc chance that he might have floated downstream, got to shore at some point, became confused or was dazed. wander? ir.'o the hills of the area and was unable to go farther. This seems extri mely doubtful. Instructor Escapes His instructor, Pilot Porter Alley of Shenandoah. la., escaped serious in jury, succeeded in swimming to shore and walked ever hills and ditches to a faun Home to disclose that the plane had fallen. Alley, instructor with the Monthei Hight training service, which Ls training the students of the air detachment at Iowa Wesleyan, and Allison were cut on a routine flight in whicn instruction is given the student. Flying tip the river about a mile northwest of J Lew* ll, the plane hit a high tension electric line and fell into the river. Start To Shore The two men succeeded in getting;} eight o clock the following num-ou? on top of the plane, according tot 15 le PJ‘esen*ed;— reports, and started to swim to shore j ^fth Grade, Div. I America; Are You Sleeping?; Crusaders Hymn; Lightly Row; A Pledge Fifth Grade. Div II ~C The annual spring concert by the Mt. Pleasant grade schools will be given at the high school auditorium, the first part at 2:30 p rn. on Friday, April 30, under the direction of G E McLean. public school music supervisor. The program: Kindergarten—T ps Our Flag; Salute to the Flag; God Bless America. Saunders First Grade—B w-Wow-Wow; TUk-tr~k; Father We Thank Th?*?*; Eskimo Song; Wheels. Second Grade—“I had a I t tie doggie”; Animal Crackers; Jackie Frost; The Street Car. Third Grade- Butterfly; Dancing; Old Folks at Home; Fairy Secrets. Fourth Grade -Grandf ither’s Clock; The Straw Stack; Daily We’re Meeting; Oh Worship the King. Junior High Firs? Grade — America; Twinkle. Twinkle; Bylo Baby Bunting; The Cookie Jar; Baby’s Beat Second Grade — Feathers; Marching; Children People Love; Songs cf Workshops. Third Grade — Meeting and Greeting; Oh Suzanne; Dairy Maids; The Motor Car Rid?*. Fourth Grade — A Frog Went a’-Courtin; The Wind; Jeanette; The Postillion. the past year, the past- year has been the most successful financially. DAMAGE SLIGHT TO JEFFERY BUILDING Washington. Iowa-discovered before it -A fire that was had gained sub- Washingt n. D. C. <INS>—Treasury facials announced today that the na- stantial headway and was speedily con- ion’s 13 billion dollar second war loan chive-the greatest war financing campaign in history has gone over the op. Through last night the nation-wide fund effort had brought in a total cf H3.486.COO.OOO. declared Daniel W. BUI, reasury under-secretarv who predict'd the drive probably will be over sub-cribed by at least three billion dollars. trolled by prompt and efficient work of the fire department did only a com- lirought To Hospital A L. Waybill, an Iowa Ordnance Plant worker residing in that vicinity brought Alley in the Waybill car to ML Pleasant where he entered the Memorial hospital for treatment of minor injuries. He suffered a deep cut on the upper lip, but was able to leave the he pita! a short time later. Mrs. Herbert Beyers telephoned local authorities regarding the accident and von several persons were at the scene. Cfficeis from the air unit and repre- d Bless America; Thy Mercies Lord; Evensong; When Bugles Blow. Sixth Grade Div. I—A Beating Song; Swing Low; The Nightingale. Sixth Grade Div. ll a Movie Dream; Old Black Joe; Amaryllis. Sixth Grade Divs I and II—Evening Song; Now The Day Is Over. Seventh Grade — Bendemeer’s Stream; America the Beautiful. Eighth Grade — Old Folks at Home; Short’nin’ Bread. JANE BERKSHIRE AND GEORGE HABERMAN MARRIED IN GEORGIA rho membership of the church at he present time - a few more than 1300 — is the largest in its more than i century of history. The Rev, George G. Hunt, pastor of he church, commenting on the inter-\st manifest in the church, says that Very few* people want to pass through Ut without confessing faith in Christ md becoming a member of a church The church isn’t a perfect institution ft is no better than the people who compose it, but it is the best institution God has on earth and most people W’ant to be associated with the best." “It is gratifying how well people, who are not stubbornly prejudiced against religion and the church, respond to the call to Christian discipleship and the invitation to unite with the church. when they are intelligently and sincerely presented. The new religious seriousness we find in youth, the remarkable way they ar* attending the services of the church, and the readiness with which they respond to the invitation to unite with the church, is one of the most wholesome and encouraging phenomenon ot the hour. Attendance at worship services has been growing the past few months, reaching a new high during the present pastorate on Easter Sunday, and we feel certain there will be punitively small amount of damage se ntatives of the Monthei service went Tuesday night at the Jeffrey building cut to investigate and to direct the on the northwest corner of the square catch in the river. Sheriff Manning The fire started in some manner in J Cline and Deputy Warren Allen the space between the ceiling of the were called to the scene soon after the National Tea company store in the accident, as was also Coroner D. L ground floor of offices in the second Cookes. story. Plane Pulled Out It was seen by persons passing the With the aid of the army unit store on the street and the fire alarm je? p and a farm tractor, the plane was turned in, before the blaze had started pulled from the river onto the east to spread. rive; Lank 'the river runs nearly south Little Water Used at this point*. The plane, which had Although it was in a place that fallen into water six to eight feet deep, made fire-fighting difficult, the fire- hod drifted to near the shore making men soon had it under control, and the a’‘aching of a cable easier. Recent accomplished this without connecting ca ns had raised the water level and with the water hydrants, using only the current is strong in this area. The the small amount of water in the plane was rather badly damaged, booster tank on the fire truck. i Not until the plane was removed F. S. Finley of Mt. Pleasant, manager \u :e the workers certain that Allison of the Jeffrey estate properties, was to was not in it. be in Washington to take charge of repairs, All of the damage to building and contents w*as covered, by insurance. MRS. ROGER GALER TO SPEAK AT FAIRFIELD Dragging; River At dawn this morning, dragging of the liver was begun more intensively A re- ue squad cf five or six from the FuTngton fire department worked for a tirnp and left equipment when they returned to Burlington Later additional bra's were obtained so that th** ~rarch <’ould be carried on more cffieifntly and with less danger to the Fairfield Ledger — The men of the First Christian church who have established the tradition of planning, searchers. qooking, and nerving the annual spring An eu teated 25 men worked at Mother-Daughter banquet have out- I mrs during the n ght and 15 to 20 done themselves in arranging for the we e wo.kurg today. Tile area is inappearance of Mrs. Roger Galer of a- ’*■ - hie to cai * and most of those Mt. Pleasant as guest speaker this year leaching the scene had to walk in. The date has been set for Tup day Fan* this morning made the search May 4. preceding Mother's day, which nr :?* difficult. falls on Mae 9 The ability cf Mrs Alban’s father is a major in the U. Galer as a forceful and charming S. army. speaker is well known in Fairfield Her j Investigation will be made by Civil- Wayland — Jane B?'rkshire, only daughter of Mr and Mrs. Earl Berk shire has gene to Augusta. Ga., wirer0 on Thursday, April 29, she was united in marriage to Corp. George Haberman, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. George Haberman of Solon. Mrs. Habei man has secured rooms and will live just 12 miles from Camp Gordon, where George is stationed. In a letter to her mother, she tells that the woman in whose ho&u* she lives is from Mf Pleasant. Sh? also had attended Iowa Wesleyan with two Wayland boys. Norman Clark and Jim Eoshart, so is not entirely among strangers Mrs Haberman’s address is 2212 Kimberly f?oad, Augusta, Ga. away cf money or food to get tfmpor- To this largest group to unite with ^— — ( conformance. the church in recent years will lie add-mo noticeable after-Easter sag. Pen-’ in world affairs keeps her it is an earthy ed other names before the conference pie are coming to a new appreciation in matters of national and this area daily during favorable training weather. The small two-passenger planes at? n1ap?rd to ’he first stages of training and ten of them are being used at the local training field. A recent issue of “The Barracks” yt&lished by the air unit gave the following about Allison. Pvt. J. Nod Allison. Jr Another Nebraska native. Gwring ti be exact . . . remembers little of his younger days and our story begins as he eat 'red the University cf Nebraska something over two years ago. He's forgotten whether he was a freshman or sophomore when he left, but he’s sure he wasn’t an upperclassman . . was an Alpha Sigma Phi, in which fraternity he attained the high rank of an active active in beating pledges. Football proved to: .strenuous so he took up .something less exciting and there lie; his chief bid for fame . he took a job at a Lincoln. Neb., mortuary, and before leaving the university for the Air Force was an assistant mortician . . nov he's the life of the bull sass on at Hershey Barracks . moved to Little Rock. Ark . to be with his parents last fall . . . his d d's a muj r rn the infantry at Camp Robinson one mi Hit think that Alb «n aas :i rathei ary It is one world, but Id. closes in June. of the Christian faith." extensive travels and intense interest Jan Plot Training authorities as th° ( well versed flight ’raining is under that agency t ^ cl turn of life hut or,?* could be interna- and is not done by the army. wrong . . . sacs he joined the Au For- tional importance I The plane was one of tho^e seen ovei ce or. his father's adv ire

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