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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 19, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 14 - Through October 31 Gasoline No. 7 Expires Sept. 21 Fuel Oil 5 - - Until Sept. 30 Fuel Oil I (new) until Jan. 3 THE MT PT .KASANT NEWS VOL. LXXI, No. VSITH TRS I) AY, AIG. 19, 1913 VALID RATION STAMPS R. S. T FPoe Stamps expire Sept. 20 t.U.V.VV Red Stamps expire Aug. 31 Shoe Stamp 18 expire* Oct. 31 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA Invasion Of Continent Appears Near THE By Paul Mallon (Distributed by King P«*alur«. Syn I dlcate, Inc.. Reproduction in Pull or I In Part Strictly Prohibited _ WASHINGTON — THE INOFFICIAL vh' pre:>.dtnt, „ame? F. Byrri'- J fading in In u of Mr. Wal'aoe, who tai off on a new lei -wing political tang- < tnt) gave some shocking I.gores of Nazi military .sep nority in hts radio round-up. He said we had met only Mven per-, cent of the ax: divisions so far, that only 40 p resent of the axis army wav on the Russian front, and we will have only SH) divisions at our ultimate peak. No one would contradict these figures, but they need Mane explan 'Hon The truth i the Germans have abou 300 divisions, Italy had (but not now ) about 70 and the axis Satellites turn* ished atour 70 more, a total .f axis strength of 440 divisions The seven percent we have met so far would be around 31 divisions, an approximator accurate figure for the north African and Sicilian campaigns Forty percent axis strength on the Russian front Is also approximately correct, the best estimate being 190 to 200 divisions involved there. But all these are Nazis ex ept about IO divisions of the Satellites so that only abou* 80 German divisions lernaln lo meet our 90 'Which may prove to be IOO and does not include British and Canadian i*. Man Enroute Here Seriously Injured Paul Melton Suffers Rack Injuries In Accident Fairfield A complete investigation revealed that the car in which Paul Melton, Ottumwa, was injured when it t olled over west of Fait field, was no1 stolen as first believed. It was proved tha Melton purchased the car from a garage in ottunT*. i shortly after noon, and it was reported he immediately started for Mt. Pleasant. It was while he was on his wav that he lost control of he car while going aroiihd a curve and it rolled over several times Act oiding 'o authorities, it I believed that Melton's ha- k Ss broken along with severe head injuries. His condition is .s'ili considered serious Hf> wa taken *o an Ottumwa hospital where he will be under the care of his family physician, H s wife was notified of the accident and she made arrangement to have lie: husband moved to Ottumwa The accident occurred about 2 45 p rn. Tuesday afternoon five miles west uf Fairfield on highway 34 Hie calef* the highway on *he right side, followed the shoulder for about IOO feet, whipped across the pavement to th0 lef* side, and tan with two wheels in They’ll Do It Every Time - - - TO ME Tuts IS MOT AN OFFICE FORCE g BANG* JET, BUT RATHER A FAMILY M DINNER, WHERE WE CAW REALLY GET TO KNOW' ONE ANOTHER TOO OFTEN The HEADS OF A BUSI SIESS ORGANIZATION ARE STRANGERS TO THE RANK AND file, but speaking AS ONE OF YOU, LET MF, REPEAT YOUR INTERESTS ARE AlWAVS NEAR TC) MV HEART- v/jmnznw/wMJw ... family dinner is right VA IHE FOOD WAS AWFUL, AND f RkSht / BOSSf JUST I ONE HAPPY \ FAMILY' ONCE A YEAR HE DRIPS BROTHERLY LCYE AT THESE RACKETS, BUT _ THE REST OF THE TiME Kl WINDY TALKS JUST AS . MB WOULDN'T EVEN /:— MUCH AS MY MOTHER-^ TALK TO YOU IN / I I IN-LAW*** AND AS DULL, his sleep-/ | ^---- [ JUST ASK HIM FOR ( HE I I A RAISE AND SEE WHERE HIS INTEREST) IS “'IN THE BANK WITH HIS FIRST BUCK. ) it * v: /; Walla ce Wants To Deny Charges A LL want to \ )plav spin the I I BOTTLE next. ^ --- Seeks To Correct Impression About Corporations Washington D. C. UNS)- Vicepresident Henry A Wallace today said he wants to make a speech before ‘some suitable business group-’ prefer jfcly the United States chamber of commerce to denv charges that he seeks to abolish corporations. "In order that businessmen might not come to ^uch a meeting under a delusion, it Is my experience that 95'; of the corporations are either harmless or beneficient." Wallace said. Anti-Nazis Told To Make Preparations First Time Allies Have Advised To Get Ready Immediately London, England (INS)—The hour of liberation for the long suftering po pies of Nazi enslaved Europe ap-i-tared closer at hand today than it haj lor some t.me. In statements broadcast over the The vice-president said that a recent (Bnt .h ancj united Nations radios last speech attacking "American fascists I night, the allied high command told was misinterpreted by some, who be-J the anti-Nazi underground move-l.eved that he sought to attack all pr.vate business. Elect To Stay In Army mints of France, Norway and other c.cupicd nations to make all their preparations in the shortest pissibie time for an invasion that may strike at any moment It was the fast time that the allies have advised the underground Continue Talks Dale H. Pitzer Victim On War Strategy, Allied Headquarters in North Africa — UNS» —87", of the WACS in North Africa it was revealed today, elected movements to get ready for action to remain In the army when they were the near future °n Prevlou5 given a choice of staying or resigning basions. »*“«» propagandists warned and going home. I Italv and the Satellites originally are just about half shot Some were destroyed in Africa and Sicily, and the remaining t>ulk is .scattered through the Balkans and reported uneager for combat The available HO divisions of real Nazi left in Europe to face us includes re erves a^nd administrative envisions and are sea'tared from Norway to I*aly and from Poland to France Mr. Byrnes well may be carnet in faying tis* major battles lie ahead, and he is certainly sound in warning against complacency, but ’he British and Canadians will give us a heavy superiority in rn rn hers for those battles. R. and Churchill Go Deeply Into Military Program the grader ditch for several yards be-Thr 140 axis division attributed to ^ a {Q ro2] Melton was found Wing near the _ pavement by two truck drivers who came upon ’he scene of the accident Quebec. Canada UNS .shortly after it had happened. He was Rooseve.t and Prim*- Mini brought to the Jefferson county nos- ill have gone deepiv into the military pital in an ambulance. The car was program for the congest cf Europe, badly damaged (Note the friends of democracy to bide their I time in the.r preparations and to take 'extreme care not to disclose their identity. j Repeatedly they have cautioned President ag inst premature action ahich rn gilt President or Church- today that he had been killed in an at Norfolk, Va airplane accident off the east coast cf the United States on Wednesday. He was one of a group of 12 aboard a navy plane which dived into ihe > and today ar* continuing their exam-1 sea 0ff the coast of Rhode Island. Melton, who has cousins In [nation of war strategy which shortly ,bodies had not been recovered. acordmg to the message and recovery Visited Him Last Week Mt. Plea-ant, formerly resided here will be unfolded in buttle action on His wife is the former Mary Lauber ) the far-flung fronts _) Meanwhile, it has been definitely determined that one of the political NO HENRY COUNTY WOMEN IN RESERVE OF MARINE CORPS of Plane Dive Into Ocean congratulations To Gen. Eisenhower - I Quebec, Canada —(INS) Relatives of Dale H. Pftzer received Pitzer had transferred to Rhode Is-' Roosevelt today wired hts congrats- hmm rather than ald the invasion ann* uncement from the government land on August 7 from a base tions 10 General Dwight D. Eisenhow- orces. er f:r successfully concluding the Sic- ------- ilian campaign “in accordance with Violent Explosions the timing and planning of the allies." Fr&IlCC C mg • { Lindon. England (juno)—Violent ex- JUggest Major plosions took place today en the coast Developments In Italy of France in the vicinity of the Dover London, England —UNS*—Reports Straits, from the continent today suggested The blast shook buildings in the that a major development has taken Folkston© district of England during ■ place inside Italy but information con- the afternoon, indicating either a very t cerning what has transpired was pre- heavy bombing of the Boulogne area vented fr:m leaking out by a tight or salves from heavy artillery, new censorship. seem.', doubtful, Enlisted About a Year Ago The message I rom the government The news of the accident comes as an especially heavy shock to his wife. Hie former Jeanette Zickefoose, for she had spent her recent vacation with him at Norfolk and had returned home from there only last Saturday He had received orders of his transfer to Rhode Island and left for the matters discussed between the two; came his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Don new assignment while she was at Nor- leaders was the question of extending p,{zer W^G reside a short distance folk. They had been married only a recognition to the French committee >solttfh of Mt pleasant, this morning of liberation. The source ot his in- ^ telegram. He had enlisted in the formation cannot be divulged, but it taVy jast september 2 and was ma ul) ADMINISTRATION’S big patent poll*leal medicine for ail the post war ills of man and beast—social security - is not gaining expected support within congress. In fact, Senate Finance Chairman George and a number of the othe,’ most influential authorities have decided the pending Wagner Bill will not be taken up un ii after taxes. They are also beginning to shake their heads in doubt about it ever being allowed to pass in anything like its presen* form. The British parliament has done a-boiit the same thing with the Beveridge report, which was advanced 11 r-e the Roosevelt program, to provide "security for all from the cradle to the grave." These plans are supposed to be the nucleus of the liberal post-war program. and there have been suggestions that as soon as the war is over, the laborites in England mm °ust Mi Churchill and ride to power beh.nd this social security banner. corps office at 303 Old Federal bldg.. Des Moines, points out that he marine corps wants each Iow*a county repre- MISS HELEN KERKER ENLISTS IN WAVES Chicago. 111. — Miss Helen Elizabeth Kerker. 709 Grand Ave., Davenport. E. W is Henry county has given its share of is fact that the question has come up j chinist's mate serving as an airplane fighting men to -he marine corps, but in personal talks between Roosevelt, mechanic. to date has given no woman to the anci Churchill marine corps women’s reserve, a1-j - though the county quota is two women. *«« York City Hew Wrk UNS*-A communication from the marine CBS correspondent Bill Henry de- dared today in a broadcast from Quebec that according to rumors circulating in that city British foreign secreted in its women’s reserve, which (ary Anthony Eden will fly to meet is aimed at freeing well-trained mar- premier Joseph Stalin immediately • daughter of Mr .and Mrs toes from desk jobs for combat duty after the allied conferences. i Kerker, Mt. Union, has been sworn Applicants must be in the 20-to 36- 1 --- ; into the enlisted branch of the WAVES year age group, must have had at CUPP APPOINTED ' it was announced here today by the leas two years of high school, and women's naval reserve headquarters must be in sound physical condition ACTING AREA DIRECTOR at the Board of Trade Building. Bv writing to the De- Monies office,' She will receive her orders in the eligible applicants can arrange for en- Manager Edgar A. Cupp. Fairfield, near future and will report for gen-listment at no t xpen-e to themselves 0f the local U. S. Employment Serv- eral indoctrination at the WAVES whatever. ice was notified today by George D. school at Hunter College, New York ----- Haskell, state War Manpower Com- City. Upon completion of this five- mission director, that he has been ap- weeks course she will receive addition-pointed acting area director for the a1 specialized training at one of the Fairfield area. j many WAVES train^ig schools locat- The Fairfield area includes Henry ed throughout the country. Washington Iowa - Ruth Graf has' Jefferson, Van Buren and Washington Prior to enrolling in the WAVES filed a suit against Leo Graf. They counties. Miss Kerker was employed in the of- were married at Iowa City, Dec. 4. As acting area director for the War fice of the Bettendorf Company, Bet-1939. and she now lives at Mt. Pleas- Monpower Commission, Mr. Cupp will | tendorf, Iowa. few weeks when he enlisted. Besides h:s wife and narents. one _ . sister, Mrs. Alice Murray cf New Lon-1 Red Army Launches den also surviees. He wa* 27 years Pinery Attack old. German Government Reported Out of Berlin Former Carrier of Mail Dies i London. England flNai— Radio Al-London. England UNS I—Red army giers today broadcast a report from forces have launched a powerful pin- Berne quoting a German newspaper cer attack against the Nazis at Strays- as stating the whole German govern-Russa. northwest of Moscow, the Ger- ment has left Berlin to escape allied man radio said today in a broadcast bombings, recorded by Reuters. *- LOCAL WOMAN FILES SUIT FOR DIVORCE Oscar Benjamin Johnson, 93, formerly of Rome, died in Reek Island, 11., on Wednesday, August 18 He was a former mail carrier. The funeral wall be held at Rock Island on Friday morning at ll o'clock and burial will be at Rome at three o'clock Friday af ie: noon beside his The offensive was begun yesterday and in the initial battle the Russians poured in 200 tanks, the broadcast said. Germans Battle Desperately at Kharkov Moscow, Russia son, Oscar Benjamin Jr., who died in forces defending Report Effort To Negotiate Peace London, England —UNS)— Swiss newspapers reports said today that an Italian diplomatic mission in Lisbon is flecking to negotiate peace with the a.l.cs. -UNS)— German An Exchange Telegraph dispatch Kharkov, battled qucting a Zurich newspaper declared desperately tcday to keep open their It had been learned from Italian oftest remaining escape routes from fleers that Italy is incapable of conche besieged Ukraine metrooolis fol- tinuing in the war and that intensifying Russian capture of Zmiev, fled criticism of the king and premier which cut the Kharkov railroad south- Badoglio had forced the government east of the city and menaced two rail to commence negotiations, lines to the west. i The report was wholly without con- I Front line dispatches said the Rus- firmation from any official quarter. - siar.s had advanced to within six miles Meanwhile, it was ann unced that Capt John Huttig, commanding of- of Kharkov at several points south of British ambassador Sir Samuel Here the test war. Friends are invited to the burh I se. vice. Capt. Huttig Will Speak at College IOO ACRE WATSON FARM and will serve as chairman and non-voting member of the local area manpower committee. originally termed the management-! i bor committee. SOLD TO W. E. CLARK MISS JANE WAUGH TO BE MARRIED OCTOBER 2 Receives Card From Husband, Prisoner of Japs ne to fondff ,1 the program is ant and he near Wellman. She a1- continue in charge of the U. S. Em-Sr” or can provide security. The leges that he deserted her in April, ploymen. Service here. . Wogm r Bill calK or mstance. for a 1941. She asks for a divorce and curt- as chairman and non-v 12 percent payroll tax to finance gov- tody of a minor child, eminent attendance at the cradle, grave and in the interim—six percent on employer and six percent on the worker. All o her taxes on men and business are levied on pi of its. - You have to make some money be- The S. R Watson IGO acre well im-fnrp von are taxed. But in this tve- proved farm five miles northeast cf morions new* taxation program, the New London has been sold to Wesley The wedding of Miss Jane Waugh, ert Wray, a prisoner o e apa government would collect before earn- E. Clark of Mt. Union. He bought it daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H T- Waugh since the capture of the Philippines in ss lf anv are computed. The tax for an investment and will get poss- of Mt Pleasant and Cornelius C. Un- in his own Handwriting, he fust cm therefore would be a capital levy on a ession March I Mr. Watson recently ruh of Rochester, N. Y.„ son of Mrs.fect word she has ha:; frcm h.rn sine* business not making money. bought the Chichester estate home in Martha Unruh cf Kitchner. Ontario ne was taken She hue pieuou It would help big business monopol- New London. * will take place on October 2 at Lon Mrs. Marie Lund Wray has received a card from her husband, Capt. Rob- ficer of the detachment at Iowa Wes- the city. leyan, will give the commencement --- talk for the August graduates at Iowa JJavv Shelling Wesleyan Saturday morning at ll o'- .. . . clock The August degrees and di- Italian UbjectlVeS plomas will be awarded at that time. Allied Headquarters in North Africa The service the closing one of the -(INS)-American naval forces which summer term, will be open to the pub- supported the advance of the American 7th army in Sicily have begun would fly frcm Madrid to Corunna in northwest Spain tomorrow for what was described as an important meeting w'ith Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco. lie. HALF-DOZEN HURT IN TRAIN ACCIDENT Playing Havoc With Jap Islands Air Forces United Nations Headquarters in Australia (INS)—New allied raids which virtually wiped out remains of Its, where high prices can be fixed to .provide prof I Is* It would be destructs of small or independent business. It would confiscate worker aV busings savings and hide them in a stagnant government pool. But even so, wo 'Id it provide secur- Enters Red Cross Work Miss LaVonne Davey of New London, who has been employe 1 in the O. P. A., Washington, D. C, has been accepted by the Red Cross to do overseas duty. Miss Davey is a former low don, Ontario. Mr .and Mrs. Waugh and Jane will leave the last week in September for Rochester where they will spend a learned txtpough the Red Cro-s that he was in a Jap prison camp. The card received test Thursday carried the simple statement “I am well as usual" and his signature which of ity? The government could collect bil- W(>slpyan g,-aduate. She will leave New JONES PROPERTY SOLD lions of dollars annually from tile London the last of August for 'Wash- v.orkers’ pocketbook and the business ington D c to report for duty. cash register but with infla ion hang- ....... jog over our heads and a $200,000,000. OOO post-war debt upon our shoulders would any great number of ever would be paid or in the grave? The liberals thought would be a great vote catcher, but the years from now I have shelling military objectives on thf Italian mainland, General Eisenhower announced today. Bridges and power installations at the 225 plane aerial armada massed by Gloria, Tauro and Palmi were blasted the Japanese at four New Guinea from the sea and violent explosions airdromes, another mass attack en the were observed on the Italian shore. jap held oil port of Balikpapan In Allied and axis shore batteries ex- b rnco. and the damaging of three changed occasional shell f re across enemy destroyers in the Solomons Island the narrow strait of Messina. were announced today, train Meanwhile allied air cr*ft raided In a third raid against the fire few da vs with Dr. George P. Waugh j Mrs. Wray could identify as (ha' and family before the wedding. J ber husband. The card bore no date. __J He has been transferred to the prison camp at Cteaka, a large city neat 'Tokyo, from Manila and according to TO RAY SCARFF j the Red Cress, he is better off there _____— I than in Manila. The Red Cross has _ Garretson and Garretson, real cs-* Japanese. Am*-: .can and British revoters who have been in touch with tate brokers, report the sale cf the A. I presentatives at this camp. people congressmen seem more concerned a- A. Jones house on Nor h Main street j The name Osaka is no1 new to Mrs. geV* back" the** dollar value thai bout the destructive tax r»tes they will lr Hay Scarf! of this city. The Jones Wray, for while living in the Philip- be paid in either at the cradle have to pay in now, than they are a- house has been all remodeled induct- pines with her husband, she bought bout the nrospect of the government lug a new furnace and is one of the some china ware at the Osaka bazaar the scheme faying their undertaker 20, 30. or 40 'esirable homes in Mt. Pleasant. Mr. and still has the Osaka china in her Scarff takes possession September 15th. possession. J caused remained on the track cars were derailed. Waterloo. Iowa UNS)—A half-dozen passengers were treated at a Waterloo hospital today for minor injuries suffered when a Rock Zephyr — Rocket passenger lumped the tracks two miles cast of enemy objectives on the toe of the scattered Jap fields at Wewak. Bot urn, Laporte City mainland from which German troops But and Dagua. allied heavy bombers A broken rail was believed to have arf’ leportedlv fleeing northward. yesterday destroyed all but ten enemy the accident The locomotive Uqht bombers and fighter bombers air craft which survived the previous While .even raided railways, roads and bridges and day s attack and shot down 28 of 30 destroyed a number of enemy vehicles in creeping Japanese fighter planes. in a series cf day and night attacks. Huge four-motored bombers which The Algiers radio said that axis braved bad weather and flew 2.500 shell ag cf Sicily from the Italian miles in the new attack on Balikpapan mainland has diminished and that a sank cr damaged six large enemy number cf enemy batteries have been ships in the harbor and again kindled s.lenjred large fires among Jap oil refineries. A Reuter’s dispatch said the Ital- Two Japanese destroyers were scribal.s had leat a complete army in j ously damaged, and one of which prob-th-' Bahan 6th army composed ably sank, and a third was hit when of nine divisions numbering about 130- a l l sin I ace forces ambushing four UU mer. armed with 1,700 guns and dis cis csc rt.ng a large convoy off 150 tanks. Veda Gulf in the Solomons, Fifty Dollar Reward Fifty dollar reward for any Inform ation .liven leading to the coni i tion of the party or parties who broke and entered the West Si e Cafe Tuesday, morning, August 17th informat on Sicily, wiU be confidential. Carl Stith, Owner

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