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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 13, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 13 - Through August 15. Gasoline No. 7 Kl pi res Sept. 21 Fuel OII 5 - - Until Sept. 3« Fuel Oil I (new) until Jan. 3 THE IMT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS R. S, T Blue Stamps expire Sept. 7 T. II, V Red Stamps expire Aug. 31 Shoe Stamp IX expires Ort. 31 VOL. LXXI, No. 188FRIDAY, AFO. KI, Hil t MT. PLEASANT, IOWA Widespread Bombardment of Axis Cities THE by Paul Mallon js^ 1 ■■■—■' - i (Distributed by King Feature* Byp-f dil ate, Inc., Reproduction In Pull or ( in Part. Strictly Prohibited.) See 25% Cut In Gasoline In Midwest They’ll Do It Every Time - NOW READ MV HUSBAND'S PALM! WF WASHINGTON — THE GEHMAN Mil I TAK V situation is decaying rapidly. I1 fly i de I en ele.v as we con hoi the air and sea on both hides of the boot. Wherever the Nazis elect to dig their trator Harold L lek' cb tensive line in Itaiy. we can turn* Ickes May Announce Reduction Sunday Chicago. 111. THIS STUFF IS JUST FOR OLD MADS, BUT GO AHEAD-IM GAME-HOW'S MV LOVE LINE ? AVERY INTERESTING HAND-I SEE A BLONDE WOMAN WHO WI LL BE LUCKY TO YOU-AH? I SEE MONEY- MUCH MONEY COMING IN A GREEN ENVELOPE-A LETTER-SOON! lh* ir ;* .'ion by landing in tncir rear from the sea Fr mini attacks ar* not rn rr.s ary, Sa I vs rumors have suggested they are digging in on the po tivpr lire which would have ail the boot to Tie Italians and to us. It is too far norttl to b<- *umed from the s* a. A better line runs across the top of ’he Ap'.n-nlne Mo un ains, north of Florence b r, it cculd be turned. However, both positions can b-* fed from Of. rn my only through the Bien rn: Pa (about 200 yards wile* Our b* mbets can close that pass and cut (it anv Nazi defense in Italy as y»n as thcv get into Italian mainland air-lit ’tis. Ttie t nly other possible G< rman supply roil'*-.s for defense on North I allan oil run through Switzerland, and fhe neutral Swiss have promised to blow up th*- tunnels at the first move The Balkans, weakened bv withdrawals of the Italian garrisons, short-h w ill become subject to fea-abie dual-mvasion. Our i'oju can land in Alban). i faced only by Italians. It such an attack Is accompanied by a ::mul-taneous declaration of war by Tuikey and an invasion of Salonika Bom the Ka • all Greer* can b* CU? !r< rn Nazi communications without the hazards of a frontal a sault through Crc » petroleum num-ni:.-wiii take action which will bring about a slash in gasoline rations of 25 Der cent at midnight Sunday in central and miwest-ern state.-, it was rt ported in authoritative OPA circles last night. Gasoline ration A, B, and C coupons now worth four gallons each will be cut in value to three gallons each starting at 12:01 a. rn Monday Paul M O Leary, fuel rationing chief of the office of price administration in Wa hmgfon. i aid to h<v< d s closed the size and plans for the cut in a memorandum to regional OPA administrators, West to R'ckies The cut applies to all motorists between the eastern seaboard and the Rocky mountains but will not affect the far west. It will institute the “share the misery" program under which the middle we.*t will be forced to restrict its mortoring to the level of the eastern seaboard, where gasoline supplies have been meager - News of the midw* stern gasoline Building on Donaldson Place Hit cut is expected to be broadcast by Methodists Plan Labor Day Picnic Event Will Be Held at McMillan Park A representatives committee met on Thursday evening to make general plans for the annual Labor Day picnic cf the First Methodist church Those present wen- Rev. George G. Hunt, chairman; C F. Hayes. Mrs. Lester Sihuerman and Mrs. Glenn Ni-hart ^presenting the church school; Mrs. Lyle Sheila^ rger of the Woman’s society; Miss Mable Walker and Miss Helen Hallowell of the Wesleyan Service Guild; Miss Miriam Sibert* and Miss Ruth Scott cf the World Servi e Council; Beth Rochefort and Beverly Nihart of the Youth Fellowship; Harold McLeran Second Attack On City of Rome Included Rome, Berlin, Turin Milan Reported And London, England (INS'—The mo?' widespead bombardments in the h.s-tory of aerial warfare were climaxed today with a second daylight attack on R me which followed devastating night attacks en Mil rn and Turin and a sweep bv speedy Mosquito bombers over Berlin. Thus for the first time in history’, and George. the two axis capitals were assaulter HAY BARN NEAR SALEM BURNS By Lightning Ickes, O'Leary was said to have informed OPA officials. Ickes will explain the reduction as required by the gasoline famine and not by the need to save tires or automobiles. lek.- .aul ... Chicago las. weft that struck by lightning between 8 30 and his function as petroleum administra- Salem. Iowa — A la rue hav barn on the Forrest Donaldson farm three and one half miles northwest f Sal1 rn was Farmers Hear ADMITS Talks on AAA KILLING TWINS _Says He Kidnapped and Shot “Gag Rule’" Attacked; Farmers Union Praised Rochefort of the Brotherhood. The picnic will be held at McMillan park beginning at 11; 30 with games ai d contests for children. Each family is asked to bring a well-filled basket, Including fried chicken if they can, for the dinner at 12:30, after which there will be an abundance A amusement for all age groups provided by the recreation committee. A refreshment stand will be on the grounds and transportation will be provided for those who do not have cars. The personnel of the committee will be announced later. 13 Year Olds IHI GERMAN IIOMH WD A: if IS becoming pf actu illy, defence s from •he air. Th* futility of her effort., was th wn by the British attack- Wednesday on Nuremberg ani Mannheim. For four or five days previously out air forces had been relatively quiet, cbvtously cooking up a heavy n*»w campaign iWe generally lay of* a week between borating campaigns * Duping this inactivity we circulated rumors that Berlin was about to be attacked, causing the Germans o cai! in their planes and ant,-aircraft for <1 tense of their capital. 'To do this, they had to uncover most of the rest of th*1 country* including Nuremberg and Marnhefm. Thev cannot defend everything, therefore, thev cannot defend anv fling. Their defense in Russia Is likewise w akening Their communiques feebly claim their current withdrawal; ar? voluntary. But they cannot conceal the fact that they fought their b s possible bat-Ie for the defense of Orel and upon losing it had to retire. At Belgorod, they put up less of a fight. But vol may bv sure the Germans are not now yielding u foot of Russian territory voluntarily. Everything they held was vital mill tiilj. For instance the loss of Or* I and Belgorod gave th*1 Russians a lateral r.iii line behind the front for the best po sable movement of .-.epplies. tor for war is simply lj inform the office of price administration of the amount of gasoline available. H*- .said it is 'hen up to OPA to ration it in such a way as it de* ms will keep consumption within that amount. The OPA I expected to extend the restricted gasoline area from the eastern seaboard to districts 2 and 3 established bv the petroleum administration for war District No. 2 embraces the 15 midwestern states of 111-inois, Indiana. Michigan, Wi: cousin. Kansas, Iowa, Missouri. Minnesota, North and South Dakota. Nebraska, Oklahoma Ohio. Kentucky, and Tennessee. District No 3 in eludes Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas. Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The OPA next Monday morning is expected to spread the news of the cut to gasoline retailers in the affected area and instruct them to segregate all gasoline coupons collected from motorists before Aug. 16 Retailers will receive credit of four gallons per coupon for gas line sold before midnight Sunday. Plan Enforcement Drive 9 o’clock this morning and completely destroyed by fire Th*' barn, built about two veals ,go. contained some hav, straw and farm machinery, Including a tractor cultivator also one sow Some insurance wa , r an ged but not en ugh to cover ?h* loss The horse t&rn on the Donaldson faun w as s’ ruck by lightning Sunday morning, Aug. 8. The damage, to the roof only, was light. Praises M ar Bond Ivertisin*? In Ne and Other Papers One hundred men and three women gathered at the M? Pleasant high school auditorium Thursday afternoon for the addres.ses of Harry Schocler, former AAA regional administrator, and Jess Alton, Fanners Union promoter, both of whom are making a series of talks in the state. These IOO men represented a mixed group in which there must have been confusion in the thinking, for among them were Farmers Union members, i Farm Bureau members and AAA committeemen, many or all of the latter being members of one or the other, the Union or the Bureau. What they Cleveland, Ohio <INS?—A 19 year old Lakewood youth today confessed kidnapping and shooting two 13 year old twins, a few hours after he criminally attacked a nine year old boy in a wooded section of west Cleveland, Police Detective Frank Story asserted. Detective Story said the youth was taking police to the spot where he a1 legedly left Charles and James Collins. The youth also confessed to the attack on Jack Buchanan, who Fewer Cattle on Feed In Iowa About Five Per Cent Less Than A Year Ago The supply of cattle en feed in lo va on August I, 1943 was * bout 5 percent the bodies of the twins, smaller than a y* ar ag.). Operator who usually fill theii lobs during the late fall or early waiter and fee:! for ai. was August or Sep-ember market, shortened beaten and criminally attacked, was their feeding period this season and found in the wooded section yesterday, emptied their fotdlots twirlier than usual. While June and July are not _ # # I \T I heard was a bitter denunciation of the Advertising In .News . Farm Bureau and the Extension Serv ice, and of the gag rule imposed again.'! the AAA finally a lauding of the principles of the Farmers Union. ( hanging Picture The turn of events in connection with the larm program has confused fanners. Here briefly is the picture: I Farm Bureau members, in close the AAA. now End a Letter Received From Lt. Huston from the air almost simultaneously. With full details of all of the assaults still awaited, this was the box score chalked up after 12 hours of record breaking intensity: Rome Bombarded for the second time in its centuries of history as a sharp new warning to Premier Marshal Badoglio that the alternative to peace is devastation. Large formations of heavy and medium bombers led by Maj. Gen, James H Doolittle, hero of the Tokyo raid, blasted railroad lines and installations again protecting religious and historic buildings from harm. Berlin: Attacked by 420-mile-an- hour Mosquitos coincident with a flood of reports that many administrative departments of the Nazi regime are being moved from the capital to Vienna and more distant cities Turin: B-robed by a gigantic wave of bombers as part :f the greatest assault of the war against northern Italy. The Italian high command admitted very heavy damage Milan Plastered mercilessly bv huge raiding forces which dropped such devastating loads of incendiaries and high explosive block buster bombs, that watchers on hilltops across in Switzerland reported feeling the vibrations of bomb blasts and reported witnessing huge sheets of fire above this city. Hundreds of peace demonstrations against the military regime of Premier Marshal Badoglio. Advance 8 Miles A board enforcement drive by OPA Investigators to prevent cheating will 'that 1.137 daily newspapers published be launched Monday morning. O'Leary 7,886,208 agate lines of War Bond ad-1s said to have told the CPA flttictal*. vcrtlslng OI this space, 60.3'; was Other changes expected to be an- advertising supplied from Washington pounced Sunday follow : I by the Ttw-ury Department and One gallon of the A coupon will 297'; w:*s written locally by individ- The U. S. Treasury Department through Don U. Bridge, special consultant. War Finance Division, sends the following message to the News: Each month we observe with interest the amount of war bond advertising that you publish and we want you I alliance with to know that the Treasury Depart-1 different situation in which the Farm-. ment appreciates our cooperation and, erg Union has taken the farm pro-' that of your advertisers. > gram under its wing. The t-tai figures for June showed! 2. Farmers Union members, once ( _ _ opposed to the AAA, (many still are) | I md that their organization is back- BODY OF BOY FOUND I. be for occupational driving 'and ing the farm program. 3. AAA committeemen, many of whom have been staunch supporters of the Farm Bureau (and still are) , find themselves in a peculiar position. months when cattle feeders bring in any large prepoitlon if stocker? and feeders, importations in those two months of 1943 were much reduced. Iowa ca tie feeders imported about__ 285.000 head of feeding cattle since Jan A letter from Lt. James Huston, if- ualy j 1943. which was a reduction of AfflCriCdn ForCCS ported missing in action in a message g compared With their import- received late Wednesday, was receiv- atioQS in a corresjiomiing pe’iod of ed by his parents, Mr. and Mrs B E. Some of those cattle weir carried Huston of Olds, Thursday. on feed f0r a gnort period and have In the letter written July 25, he re- n{W gone to mdrKet Since Appl I. the marked about the bombing of Rome fceder importations reached only 114,-and said he could tell more about that ^ head comoared with 188 000 head I later, which might be interpreted that Spring 'he corresponding period of 1942 he took part in that raid. I or a reduction of 39 percent. The telegram from the war depart-J cattle leecier views the present ment indicated that he had been feeding situation largely as presenting J missing since August I. too great an element of uncermirtj in the future market for finisr.ed beef steers, and ‘hat the prices for feeding cattle appear out of line to justify re Allied Headquarters in North Africa (INS*—America's victorious seventh army swept beyond recaptured Cape Orlando on the northern coast of Sicily today in a determined drive against the important coastal railway town of Cam. Allied Headquarters in North Africa — 'INS'-— America’s fighting seventh army advanced eight miles today into the German defenses protecting the IN RIVER IDENTIFIED filling his feedlots at pre;* ut Although Cape Orlando, bastian on the northern the prospect for a new corn supply Is coast of Sicily. NAZI LOSS OF KHARKOV will lengthen this road behind die whole Russian front Loss cf Bryansk wall be equally disastious from a Nazi military standpoint, as it was a stroi *nv deft nded rail junction Y* t thy* greatest German defeat of this war has not been adequately reported or popularly understood, llit.er apparently placed great hopes—Tar more than we knew at the time—upon mires rioted subroatto© warfare. Like the Kaiser, he staked all on stopping the flow of our munitions and mer to the battle fronts of Worth Africa, Russia, and Britain. Tunisia, Sicily and Italy wen lost to him when lie tailed to sink on. ships, just as a1 Europe new obviously has become lost to him by the failure of his complett Atlantic submarine campaign. Historians may yet recoid that he lost the war by his ailuro on this front, as was the case in 19*7 From a military standpoint, his position thus already hoe* become practically defenseless on all fronts'—in the sea. land, and air. You may oe sure the Nazis know hills b€**te- than we do Schooler Attacks Gag Rule « two ual advertisers, newspaper men or, gallons for non-©ecu national. At pres- others. Exact figures ait- not available, ent. out of the 16 gallons a month a1- for papers oilier than dailies, but they lowed on the A card, six gallons are also published a large additional vol- considered non-occupational. | ume. 2 The maximum amount which will An outstanding feature oi each re-he allowed motorists needing their cars port is the gieat advantage to news-in the "course of work’ will be cut papers and to the war effort when from 72C miles a month to 480 miles. War B ud advertising is sold on the This does not affect preferred motor- basis of a consistent schedule. Hun-* ’ such as doctors, ministers, and dreds of newspapers now are running | like the old panty. The American troops amidst th© confusion cf their second landing behind German lines, hurled the Nazis back. Despite the German alertness against ne th Majors cf Eldon, Iowa. The boy production because of the genetal un- repet,t on of just such a surprise, the 1 landing pioduced even greater results The number of cattle on feed for than the first one market in the ll Corn Belt States on - Keokuk, Iowa UNS*—The body of a boy found yesterday on the I Missouri side of the Des Moines river ! near Keokuk today had been identified as that of seven year old Ken- ists Schooler attacked the "gag rule" which authorizes formal statements ( of the AAA to be made onlv through' drowned last Fnday hear Eldon certainty. Extension Service, hit at monopolies! *»en he tumbled from a bank into and advocated as the "safest thing' *«P-now" a direct cern subsidy to the _ farmer of some 20 to 30 cents a bushel,? TRIP INTO SKIES AT PARK SERVICE favorable, cattlemen who usually feed on a large-scale basis and depend oil buying large quantities of corn will probably limit their opera'ion, to a scale as determined by their own coir. war workers who receive C cards ac- a page or more cording to actual need but without a the rim anon specific limitation. The reduced “course of work" ceiling will affect _ _ many salesmen and others who will O lv(M|lICSt ICI lose their present C cards and will have to get along with a B ration. t 3. Current B and C coupons will become invalid after Sept. I. Most B and C books expire at that time anyway. Instructions will be released later on these renewals. a week for a year for I Alton praised the work of the Palmers Union, told what it has done for Augus' I this year was ll percent smaller than a year earlier, the Pc paitment of Agriculture reported today. German Defenses Retreat at Kharkov For An Armistice More Sugar Biscuit Manufacturer Dies Clinton, Iowa (INS)—Louis B. Iten, retired Clinton biscuit manufacturer, died today after an illness of IO months. A native of Davenport. Iten came to Clinton with his father and built the Iten biscuit company plant now occupied by the Burpee seed plant. Washington. D. C. — The office of price administration (OPA) Thursday - boosted by 40 per cent the allotment Cedar Rapids, Iowa (INS)-Some 400 of sugar for jam and Jelly manufac- workers at the Penick and Ford Corn lurers—because the war food administration (WEA) wants people to eat more bread. CPA said the action would be followed by an order releasing more frozen fruits for jams, jellies and pre-i serves. A trip into the skies will be the i ulture and said that he wanted order of the evening on Saturday night to keep the AAA a farmers organza-, Central prk. R v. E. L. Je rn bey tion. He was liberal in his criticism another one of his ast’onoi - of the Farm Bureau. , lcal iectUres en it’ei “The Heaven^ D 1 John Uban of Waterloo, state organ- ■ cjare ** Beautiful pictures of the heav-izer of the Farmers Union, took the pnjy bodiPS starry arrangements, plan* names of persons present, and con-1 et movements, and the action of firry ducted a question and answer period. comets wilj shown. The first part of this period diafted ^ a thrilling thing to fly around into money values, bond buying and -n the air or blgb up ,n jie strato--selling and various oroblems involved. | .^here. it is also an inspiration to Uban had to direct the questioning {ravej out int0 the wide expanses of back relative to the AAA. Earl the by means of the telescope Moore of the Farmers Union was also an(J behold the glories of an infinite present and assisted with the program. < <^rpator. ----- J Those wishing to havP slides el scr- . I LI J 'Vice men mac*r ^or Patr*°^c v‘er‘ Infection In Hcind J vice on Saturday night. August 21 ; must get their pictures in immedint®';* j Bible pictures on the Life cf Chn ' Processing plant at Cedar Rapids went I Dr. F M Edwards is unable to be; will be shown on Sunday nigh’ The on strike today. jut his office because of a badly in- attendances at these services have The trouble apparently rose over a I fected hand. A stick punctured the kept up very w ell, and as the siimmrr Washington, D. C. (INS* -Secretary of State Cordell Hull today disclosed that the Italian government has not yet m^de any official request for an armistice with the allied powers. Car Hits Parked Auto; Man Killed Cedar Rapids. Iowa < I NS) Edward Philip Sealy. 39. employe of radio station WMT. was killed instantly earlv today when an automobile said to have been driven by Miss Margaret mans desperately threw forces into a Moscow. Russia UNS)—The suburbs of besieged Kharkov echoed to the flash of battle today as the German defenses retreated before trip-hammer Rrd army blows. The Russians closed in on Kharkov from newly wen positions from the eist. northeast and southeast of the city. Sixty five miles northwest the Ger- Pratt. 30. crashed into a parked automobile .according to police. Miss Pratt to in St. Luke's h spital with «® <•» the sovl*',:’ crashfd fierce attempt to stem the Russian advance toward Kiev and the Dnieper For Jellies 400 on strike at CEDAR RAPIDS PLANT abiasion and possible internal injuries. Sealy and M ss Pratt were said by polite to have been returning from communities, Cedar Rapids country club party. ( waid for new gain^ toward Bryansk following advances of six to 7'a miles and the capture cf more than IOO PARTY AND DANCE MARGARET FERGUSON AT THE GOLF CLUB FUNERAL IS HELD Another p u t> and dance will be F nerai service for Mrs, Margaret Golf club I Fergus' n was held at the Crane fun- discharged guard who wanted to re-: flesh between two fingers, while he g rapidly passing, there cannot be held at the Mi. Pleasant ( turn to his former position in the was working at his house trailer on the very many weeks of favorable weather Saturday night. August 14 Th- psity elal home a' wo *xl<tk hi, after- Aii .should take advantaLv of is f ce to member' and it is toped n on. The bo y was taken 0 Mason plant. It was contended the company river recently. The infection develop- expected refused to rehire the guard. cd in the wound. , the next few weeks. I there will be a large a tendance City for intr-ment.

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