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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - August 28, 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 PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS R, S. T Blue Stamps expire Sept. 20 T.IW.W Red Stamps expire Aug. 31 X red stamp expires Oct. 2 Shoe Stamp 18 expires Ort. 31 VOL. LXXL No. 201SATURDAY, AUG. 28,1943 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA THE By Paul Mallon (Distributed by King Feature* Syndicate, Inc., Reproduction In Pull or In Part Strictly Prohibited.)_ WASHINGTON — THE FACT that Quebec conference announcements tin not live up to lls advance pre. s agentry, hay roused some critical hue and cry that there should have been some-th.ng stronger and better. The .situation probably is being misjudged somewhat. Truth is Messrs, Roosevelt and Churchill over-sold it and then could not make it live up to Its promise— not publicly, at least. The historic tourist* site ol Quebec may have been Chosen largely for Canadian publicity reasons for both Roosevelt and Church ill must have had in mind the help thev could render Canadian Premier Mackenzie King recovering from the J organza thill chiefs. •hock of the socialists’ advance in thei a report that Harrison E Mighty Air Armada Blasts Nuremberg ........- . - - —I - —■ - I" ■ — —WI Willkie Actively Seeking Presidency Concludes Month of Conferences With GDP Leaders Indianapolis, Ind —(INS)— Wendell L Wilikh left Indian i for New York today after a month of conferences with more Republican organization leaders than he has ever met before in such a short time. When he departed from Rushville, hi. headquarters, he left the distinct impression that he is a candid ite for the Republican nomination for president in 1944 and is working hard to corral delegates. Instead of taking the independent route with a revival of the Willki* club' of 1940 Willkie ; making « definite drive for the backing of GOP Spangler, They’ll Do It Every Time — Good Time To Fulfill Pledges On Bond Purchases wjjj an(j C'odicil Builders’ School Scheduled in County Proper I se of Lumber Substitutes To He Discussed WOMAN LOSES a J -44 a 4 i) i . FOOD STAMPS Admitted to Probate, for over year Ontario .e©lions, and troubled by the Republican national chairman, was local French situation. lone of the callers could not be verified. Canada is supposed to h ive invited j --- IOO American newsmen, through the office of war information, but Washington apparently did not understand the desire for publicity at lirst, and kept the matter such a secret here that only about 30 went up in the first batch. This delect wks corrected later, and probably more than IOO were Ii- Iowans who made War Bond nail) fathered in, but new. was so for 1943 and who have not fulfilled iraro1 they started interviewing them- them, were today urged to make arrives and even the lamp posts. In rangernents to make good on these their dismay, they started chiding the pledges during the Third War Loan io aIl° conter encl a bit Drive. - • The requ< d corm*1; from the U. S Bl I A MORI. FUNDAMENTAL Treasury Department which also rea on why the conference announce- poiftt> out that increased cost of war, menu fell short is that Messrs. Boose- plus greatly increased income far be-velt md Chun nill ai, planning months yond expectations last January has »"g WOO were believed equal or in The most severe penalty was myosin advance They are not arranging made it accessary for the government excess of his share, so ma he was cd upon Mrs. A. D. Wilkinson, resi- ‘next steps”, but the steps after the to change its plan of financing, and excluded from next. The Tunisian and Sicilian campaigns nation must double their bond pur equal shares less deduction.", of a- i socially prominent citizens alleged to mounts advanced to them as follows Wartime methods in dairy barn, poultry and hog house remodeling and construction will be demonstrated and dismissed at a Builders1 School scheduled for 8:00 PM. Wednesday evening, Sept. I, in the Brazelton hotel. County Extension Director Floyd M. Cooeed says that .special attention will oc given to farmers having specific mousing or equipment problems. The Builders’ School Is intended primarily for lumber dealers, sawmill operators and carpenters, as well as farmers having their problems, vocational agriculture instructors and any other interested persons. Film slides are included as a part of the evening s schedule. Proper use of lumber substitutes will be discussed, with recommendations German City And Other Targets Hit Enemy Objectives In Ruhr Included London, Eng, <INS>— One of the mightiest aerial adm ad a* of the war poured death and destruction on Germany's second largest industrial city of .'sui rn berg last night while other RAF planes blasted enemy objectives in the F.uhr and railway targets and airfields in France and the low' countries, the air ministry announced today. The city is chiefly known as the manufacturing center for finished pioducts. as distinguished from centers W, W Prottsman left Drop In Receipts From Motor Vehicle Gas Tax Collections Des Moines. la. <INS> of basic war industries. It is 525 miles both as to type of materials and types ! from Britain or only 75 miles short of of uses to which they might best be I the distance that must be flown to put Tile part that native lumber can Berlin. be given in construction will be anotherj staff members of the London bu-phase of the school. Methods of se- reau of the International News Service lecting, processing and handling will be stood on the roof of their building be-outlined. J fore dawn and watched the long pro- Remodelmg of present livestock and cession of heavy bombers passing overstorage buildings, and the construction head on the way back to their home of new buildings and labor-saving fields. For nearly an hour and a half equipment both will be considered for the steady roar of motors of the low their respective roles in the wartime flying planes were heard. The return-agricultural production program. j ing planes ran a heavy gauntlet of | General topics include consideration concentrated anti-aircraft fire as they The State of additional floor space for increased passed over the French coast. Watch ing property Detroit, Mich. — One housewife lost j sons by the her family's food ration books until j terms of his will and codicil admitted December 31, 1944, and eight other I to probate at the comrthou < today. per ons also were penalized by an of- j Highway Commission deported today a numbers of livestock; whether tempor- ers in Britain clearly saw the French One-third was left to th* 'Aile and flee cf price administration hearing [drop of S3,000.000 in i eceipts from ary or permanent buildings are most sky lit up by searchlights, bursting the other two-thirds to he on Ad- commissioner Friday for violating OPAjmotor vehicle fees and gas tax codec- logical under wartime conditions, ack-ack and streams of tracers, vancements to the son Vim R. total- regulations. fUrthe: grants. The dent of fashionable Grosse Pointe, a that people generally throughout the other sons received the two-think in suburb, who was one of a group of socially have made illegal purchases. Earl $3,200; Harry 2 500; W G. $3,000 OPA charged that the group made In the original will made Jan. were planned as far back as Gambian- chases. ca. Also, the next steps which will be The Pledge Campaign last January unfurled to the public no doubt were February and March was highly anc- (and Charles $2300 planned before Quebec > which may ex- cessfui in Iowa. However, at that time plain the absence of mention of Ital- the government had no way of antic!- ’IMS. he provided -hat the property lan possibilities from Quebec announce- paling the needs and requirements of should not be sold before five years merit, and statements). .the armed forces for an invasion. Conand not later than IO years In a codi- Thus dso, when the authorities speak of war mourned from $100,000,000 a cli dated March 23 1938 he changed the Pacific day to $200.000 000 a day almost over the date of im Ie to not before two cars rationed foods with a point value of I the purchases from a market which 19 sold food at prices in excess of ceilings and made sales witliout demanding ration stamps. Testimony Indicated Mrs* Wilkinson had an inventory of 1,276 cans of Nelson of a coming campaign ir . _ .. they could well be looking forward to night. «* more ^an IO .ears. the final moving of the British and In addition to this, income to fam- His wife and one of tho son American air and sea fleets into the dies increased greatly. Farm income were named executors K W Pacific for the kill, after European has gone up materially In Iowa, and and Marie Thomas were the witnesses necessities are over Neither our com- in many case:- several pay checks areito the signatuie. meats nor complaints therefore can be received in families where but onejoay founded on solid basis, as all require check was received in the past Information beyond our knowledge .has resulted in increased danger lions during the fiscal year ending Equipment which conserves feed and There was a widespread radio black- June 30, 1943. which preserves sanitation of both feed out of Germany this morning and air Total revenue amounted to $18,345,- and water will be given favor. Insu- raid alarms were also sounded in Wes- 859, as compared with $21,311,216 the lation and ventilation, as two factors tern Switzerland and in France. previous year, the annual report of the important in any construction, also are --- commission showed. Fred C. White, Included as a phase of the Builders' chief engineer of the comrmsion, who School, submitted the report to Gov. B. B. - - -.............—* Hickenlooper, predicted that tile next UNDER CLERK AND 12 months would show a further de- TVDICTC ADIT WA MTCT! crease in revenue He did not estimate * lr lulu AKIL WAN I LD the expected drop. - Expenditures for primary road con-1 Civil Service {7.273 and deep-frecze foods valued at Harry, 11,078 points. The law under which OPA oper ates expires Dec. 31, 1944 it FOUR FLYING OFFICERS Boris Dead, This of inflation, and a scarcity of much con-PLENTY OF DIRT wa piled in the iSumer goods, corner behind the publicized estrange- jn lhe face Df the need for additional Marcos Texas — <1NS>— Four men of under secretarv of state Welles n-ioney and tile increasing endency fjving officers from the army KILLED IN TEXAS Says Nazi Report and his superior, Mr. Hu.I I, i were toward inflation, it became impeiative force navigation school at San Mar ail silted through, however, it would f0r the United States Treasury to cos were killed last night when their be th) • aine qua,. ;, as the top lave.. j*akit it- sights and change its plans engine plane crashed near Meridian, New York. N. Y —(INS)— King air” j Boris of Bulgaria died today, Transocean, the Nazi news agency, reported in a dispatch heard by U ment monitors. Tnere was no immediate The Civil Service commission has Istruction was cut in half of the amount Announced clerk and typist examina-spent in 1942 wth $3,654,242 this year, tions for filling vacancies in the derats compared with $7,353,600 a year ago. *cal staffs of local war price and ra-The construction work consisted of Honing boards and selective service 32 miles of paving. 28 miles of gravel- boards in southeastern Iowa. Salaries ling and 25 miles of grading, secondary range from $840 to $1260 per annum, road or farm-to-market road construe- ; For information and application hands, tion consisted of .045 miles of paving, forms inquire of Gilbert S. Cantwell, 130 miles of gravel and 115 miles of local secretary at the Mt. pleasant, grading. j Iowa, post office. A total of $4,063,256 was spent for ----------- maintenance on the primary road as BUYS 123 ACRE FARM compared with $4,114,870 in 1942, while the cost of engineering, inspection and administration amounted to $8456,422, Overcome Resistance On New Georgia Island United Nations Headquarters in Australia (INS) — American jungle fighters on the Island of New Georgia, keystone of the central Solomons, have overcome all "organized resistance’' at Bairoko airport and have further extended their gains by occupying several more islands nearby, it was announced today by General Douglas MacArthur. The fall of Bairoko airport places all of New Georgia Island in American IN LEE COUNTY Wayne T. Garretson of the firm cf Simultaneously, with the announcement the Japanese organized resistance has ended. General MacArthur'* ccm mun lque revealed that several small islands west of Baanga have been occupied by the Yanks. No indications of the number of isles taken was given, nor did the report indicate Tin men simply are opposite personal- for f,nanCing the war. This has re- ian Mlss The n]ane was returning to hies and could not possibly work as a sujted in the request from the Trea- the field from a routine training flight, team. Personal matters brought the sury that Iowans buy $196,000,000 __ end worth of War Bonds dining _.i* p T'/'xix/aj T14DU ATFMFFl RV Many other reasons were publicly timber campaign to be launched IUWW IrlKLAILIiLD DI a i iirirx mn ascribed when the news first was pub- throughout the State on September 9. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION-FUNERAL HELD FOR White also reported that there were —...........* — whether any resistance was encounter- S. govern-1 no primary' road bonds voted or is- Garretson and Garretson, real estate ed fey the iroop& of his command who > sued the past year, while $6,939,000 brokers, reported to the News today jandcd conf lr- (of the road bonds were paid off. leav- that he had purchased the Casper No serious oppositioni however, was mation of the report from any other -ources. lashed. It was said the southern demo. The Treasury Department fully real- , _ ©rats were driving the only remaining -aes that purchases of his amount of Ri0 janeiro. Brazil — (TNS>— liberal out of our foreign office front, bonds will mean sacrifice, but states The Brazilian cigar manufacturing that Welles’ going was a rebuff to that this is the time for sacrifices if center of Brazil, Cachoeira in the Russia, and that it had similarly big we are to maintain our present inva- state Ba>ia today was threatened political and foreign connotations. si0n strength and speed up the attack. with complete destruction from a rag* ing fire sweeping through the town. ing $48,745,000 primary road bonds still Fntzjunker 123 acr.e farm loca od be- encount€red bv troops of Mac Arthur's outstanding in 92 counties. tween Saint Paul and West Point in CGmmand as they completed the liqui- The amount of federal funds avy^- Lee county. The farm he states has dation of the positions around Bairoko. able for various allotments was listed IOO acres of farm land and 20 acres of jagt remaining enemy stronghold on at $4,416,706. pasture, is on a giavel load and has Georgia after the fall three weeks electricity past the farm. Mr. Garret- ago of the strong airba>se of Mund*. - J son pointed cut that he purchased this u would se£m by this announcement Funeral services for Theodore Par"'TIJPpQ AND RFC APS FOR larm f°r an invesmem He -'tated tha' that once again the Japanese have man were held Friday afternoon at j 1 r LUX fgrm land m Iowa is selling at about chosen to retreat rather than stand COMMERCIAL VEHICLES lhl !!?_!" ™ f*ht to the last ma" THEODORE FARMAN Ow report suggested that a republican senator was involved in driving Welles out. fire (weeping The city has a population of some THE SHADOW is greater than the substance in all these considerations. Far more important than any of them is the belief all Washington re- TODAY’S MARKET HOGS: 4,000 s'eady; top, $15.15; 30.000. bulk, $14.75 - $15.10; medium. $14.65 -! The blaze started in a large cigar ' factory and spread rapidly through $14.90. CATTLE: 1.500 steady; calves, IOO the city- steady; choice beef steers, $15.50 - $16.75; medium, $13.00 - $15.50; yearners have had for months that Mr. ]ingJ. $1250 . $1600; heifers< S1100 _ $16.00; cows and heifers, $9.00 - $13. Welles was trying to get Mr. Hulls job qnd that, in the scheming by friends on both sides, an impossible situation had been created at the top of the state department. If for no other reason than this, either Mr. Welles or Mr. Hull had to go. The departure of Hull at a time like this when the president needs the support of the non- Rotary To Have Picnic 2 o'clock from the Cookes Funeral Home. The Rev. E. L. Jeambey was the minister in charge. Mrs. Jeambey and Miss Augspurger sang with Mrs Winter at the organ. Pallbearers were Arthur and Clarence Peterson, A. V. Holley, Andy Hoover, Fred Hedlund, Donald Brown. Burial was at Pleasant Point. Washington, D.C. (INS' The Office of Price Administration announced today that all commercial vehicles will be granted certificates for new tubes and recapping services. and does constitute in his opinion one of the best investments one can make. Expect Other Changes Washington. D. C. —(INS)— The Rotarians and Rotary Anns will have a picnic supper and meeting at the (Golf and Country club Monday evening. OO. I SHEEP: 3.000 steady; lambs. $13.50 -$14.75; common, $12.00 - $13.50; yearlings. $12.00 - $13.25; ewes, $6.00 - $7 -00; feeders, $12.50 - $13.75. LOCAL HOG MARKET, Krey Station I Market steady; top $14 30; 160 to 180 lbs., $13.80 to $14.20; 190 to 330 courthouse this afternoon to Max EU- MRS. CRENSHAW RITES HELD SATURDAY Smashing New Attacks on Japs Chungking, China (INS)—Smashing new attacks by American bombing . cc , , „ , exit of Undersecretary Sumner Welles formations on jap air and sea com- OPA said that sufficient truck type frnTT1 thp Hcnarfmpnt px- , , , ,u i i ui » , m 1 state department was ex mumcation facilities at Canton and camelback is now available to meet u,- nth<.r .. . , ,, , petted today to be followed by other Hcngkonk were announced today in a the demanas of all commercial motor 6 vehicles regardless of the use to which they are put. dep3rtment changes. Marriage License Issued A marriage license was issued at the radicals in the democratic party, would Jbg $13.90 to $14 40; packing sows,'8ene Schperman, 20, and Sylvia May have been disastrous from the white $13 OO to $13 40 I Madden, 18. both oi Mt. Pleasant. hou.^e viewpoint. This personal event, coupled with the] ascendency of the democratic exjudges (Byrnes, Vinson and Jones) and the almost complete eclipse of Vice President Wallace, has caused an impression here that Mr. Roosevelt is reforming his front entirely on more conservative grounds for the coming fourth term campaign. Personally, I will believe it when I see it displayed in definite action. LOCAL MARKETS Eggs—36c. Sweet Cream—51c. Cream, No. I—50c. Cream. No. 2—48c. Heavy Hens—21c. Leghorn Hens—19c Heavy Springs—25c. Leghorn Springs—23c. Cox—17c. Funeral service for Mrs. Geneva Crenshaw was held Saturday afternoon 'today) at 2 p. rn. at the Cookes funeral home. Mrs. Laura Galer was the min Stalin To Visit Caucasus? Soviet Armies Sweep Forward London, England Moscow. Russia (INS)— The mighty summer offensive of the Red army The reached a new crescendo today as sources Soviet forces swept on in the Ukraine (INS) ister in charge and Mrs. C. E. Hunt| Rome radio quoting neutral and Mrs. Will McClaran sang wiih today declared Premier Stalin of Ru/ following Lhe capture of Sevsk. 80 miles Mrs. Winter at the organ. Burial was sia will visit the Caucasus in the near south of Bryansk and Koletva, 63 in the Mt. Zion cemetery northwest: future to meet with Anglo-American niilcs west of Kharkov. of Glasgow with six grandsons acting I military authorities. j Sevsk and Koletva fell along with as pallbearers. I ---------- numerous other inhabited localities in ttw’o of the fiercest battles of the summer campaign __isian t^ink and infantry Ralph Dering, soldier from Salt through strong German defenses on - Lake City, Utah, was picked up by two sectors of the Ukraine front. The body of Mrs. A. L. Nelson, highway patrolmen and lodged in the The Soviet midnight communique re- MRS. A. L. NELSON FUNERAL SUNDAY Soldier Held Here PHILATHEA PICNIC j AT SAUNDERS PARK J The August meeting of the Phila-| thea class of the Methodist Sunday school was held in the form of a picnic cupper in Saunders park Friday evening. Fourteen members were former resident here, who died last jau here until military communique issued at United States ai my air force headquarters m China. The raids, carried out yesterday by four-motored bombers and lighter two-engined medium units, brought Hongkong under attack for the second tune in 72 hours. The big Jap-held wharf area at Hongkong was ripped and torn by high explosive bomb bursts. A number of war plants and two enemy vessels w-ere damaged in the assault. American Planes when determined Rus- __ . p . forces broke Maintain Superiority Ailed Headquarters in North Africa — <INS»— American war planes maintained their superiority in Italian police from coaled that 5.000 Nazi had been slain skie- yesterday when they raided a present. The committee in charge of Sunday at Santa Cruz. Calif., will be dcs Moines came after him todav. He in the fighting for Sevsk. while 3,000 number of important targets while at __the supper was Mrs. Loir. Drewer, Mrs. j brought here for burial and the fun- waii reported to be AWOL, and said he more were killed in the advance west the same time inflicting mother or Ben Cohen) still remain as far front Tom Young, Miss Social Shumaker and'eral will held Sunday afternoon at was enroute to Farifield. and southwest of Kharkov. smashing defeat on the enemy air Advisors have risen and fallen con- in the picture today as formerly. Mac Payne Miss Marilyn Adams was three o’clock at the Crane Funeral ------ 1 Meanwhile Russian airmen carried force, an allied ccinmunique announc- tjnu illy at the top here without any What we have seen so far done is a guest. Everyone was happy to know Home. Mr. M. G. Pittman of Kansas Supt. C. A. Cottrell attended a state out heavy raids on enemy airdromes, ed today. material change of front. The old merely a surface switch of personalities, that Mrs. A. H. Masden, teacher of city is a brother. Their mother, Mrs. conference of civilian defen'e chair- military trains and concentration Twenty axis fighters were shot down Roosevelt personal advisors, Hopkins, not fundamental theories of govern- the class, is improving from an oper- Lydia Pittman died last Mardi and men and otner civilian defense woik- camps and niotoi vehicles without lie in aerial com ba while nine a .lied Frankfurter, Rosenman (and sub-advis ment. 1 ation at the Burlington hospital. the burial was here. ers in Des Moines Friday. loss ot a single plane. planes arere lost. J ‘ I

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