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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 2, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Fuel oil I exp. Jan. 4, 2 exp. V< b 9 Gasoline No. 9 Expires Jan 21 Sugar—29 (Rook 41 expires Jan 15 Shoes—18 and Airplane I (Bk. 3) THE MT PLEASANT NEWS A, B. C. Green (Bk 4) expire Dee. 2* Ii. LF G'een Bkt expire Jan. 20 Mea**, Butler. Lard, etc. G. H, J, K Brown Bk3i expir Dec. L M Brown (Bk 3) Expire Jan. I vol.. I.XXI. No. 2H2THURSDAY, DEX.'. 2, 1913. MT. PLEASANT, IOWA Report Stalin Host at New Conference THE' By Paul Mallon Ny r>L>tnoute<j bv King Feature* Bynin ate. Inc. Reproduction In Pull or n Part Strictly Prohibited WASHINGTON— TREASURY SEC RETARV Moi genii.an grt excited whet f house sub-( omm.Ltee gave out the information that the army ah turn!: i back $13 COO .(XKI JOO to the Lira iry a few days b?fcre he wa to appear b-fore the .senate finance committer and persist In his demand for a $10X0; OO j.-CT) new tax bill His experts in the trea un were e o wark hurriedly to give revised budget estimates to cisset the argument the day before he went. on the stand Also publicity men had large poit folios of mimeographed statements ready to hand out n flowing cries to the press in the senate committee room as Mr Mc; gen!hi.u ar. t ethers to rifled Cfeviousl-. the treasury ahead:, has lest its tax argument In fact, se na-* committeemen advised Mr Morgentr.au not to appear *y:ng it wa useless The (a e he presented was hi. ame old .‘hop-worn theory with some altera- I lions, running like this: Taxes ar* needed for three reason war rev entre to .stop mf! it.on, and "t e :x>b»*rlng effect it w ald have on ’ n public understanding of the tnu c t of the war ” The revenue : lea hr been fairly well destroyed by' 'ore fact that nearly half the revised Aar costs will be raised b) taxes whatever figure you choose Loss of Light Escort C arrier Is Announced They’ll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Ha do Sir all Air Craft Carrier Was Torpedoed 'Remember that BALKV WINDOW WE WERE TRyiNG TO GET FIXED DURING the heat wave in august? 77 KICK A MOLE IN IT doanvth.ng' but (BIVE ME AIQ-AIR*! A V JUST ONE WM i PP JA OFFRESMAiQ C BEFORE I PASS \ /-vi i-r * ^ /me MASn’T fixed TI STET SMES STILL \ STUCK TK5WTEQ/J V THfiUM A Vwi DRUM• > v /"VC TlklKECPcTT, ('// WHEN AVE VPU y GOinG to Fix J *H.S V. 1 hi IVV J Taxpayers Who Must File Returns INS The navy American w a.s torment in- t in the the navy this type cf .small in the war. She enertn submarine TMK NOTION thai you can op inflation by taxation us a theory of iom(-financial economists, eifficult to underhand or ai :ep' tor i.c thing, Mr Morgen tha ii a $36.0 Od OO .OOO figure of the Inflationary gap between national income and expenditures ha been placed by the house Democratic committee report at only $10000,000,000 to $25,000,000,000. * Tile difference between the e estimates is represented mainly bv the fact that Mr. Morgenthau includes saving, whereas th* committee doe: not confider these inflationary, as they au n< * being urn! to bid up prices and create black markets Furthermore the picture of th* national economy b<*mg bloated with .swollen incomes is abo theoretical The home bill would not allow anyone to keep more than $25,000 after taxes rn 1944 and 1945 Tliere is exec ai net in the hand-of war workers, md there inflation already. But whether ii is caused by the exce-.s money is a question You might just a-. reasonably conclude Hic opposite, and say inflation could be cured by letting prices go higher thus absorbing the excess You might more reasonably conclude that the cause of black market- is government regulations and price ceilings which make it profitable for b otleg-ging of choice food.-, outside legitimate channels. From another standpoint, prices already are too high when measured against the income of the white collar worker which has not been increased Whichever viewpoint you take leave.-Mr Mcrgenthau high and dry and practically alone in his propo-al to clo-c the gap by taxation. Wa-h.ngton D announced lode: that the escort carrier, Ltsccme Bay pedced and sunk during the va-leu of the Gilbert Island 'This is the on Iv ship Ii Gilbert Islands operations m.d This was he fir t aircraft car.tars los was toroedoed bv ar on November 24th No estimate was made of the ship’s personnel or the losses beyond the fact that the skipper and an admiral aboard the carrier were milking in action. The skipper was Captain Irving Wilt-ie cd Plainfield. N J. Previou Iv Sc retary of the Navy, Kr.cx disclose ilia* R<ar Admiral Henry MuUir.mx of A;nca. T.ci, commander of one of the task forces in the Gilbert ceration, also wa missing. Navy official today admitted Mullin. nix was aboard the Liscome Bay when she went down somewhere off tine Gilbert s. Tile Liscome Bay was the fifth American aircraft carrier lost in the war. The fellowing groups cf taxpayers v. ill be ex nee led to file an estimate:, federal imome tax return en or before December lo 1343 (1) Farmer. , < 2» Those taxpayers who filed in September but underestimated their tax by more than 20 ^er cent, end who : should accord.ngIv f.U amended declaration.-. to avoid penal tie: <3* These who aid not file declarator.,-- in September because the., antici-i pated their income would be insufficier/ to . equire filing, but now f.nd that their income will be high enough to require a declaration. Leaders Move From Scene of First Meeting Gerirany’s Fate Likely Undei D’scussion Cairo, Egypt (INS)—Reverts that new full -cf ess cen <i no: g lead ers of the United Na hrs air ady under wry flooded into Ca ro ■today fob loving the moment .-a. meeting which brought Presi lent Roosevelt, Prime All taxpayers falling into any cf the Minister Winston Church ll and Gener- <t. eve groups may obtain assistance in alissimo Chian? Kai-Shek together completing their reports by contacting the shadow cf the pyram:ds. Deputy Collectors located in any of the Frem.er Marshal Joseph S alin (’. of (. Meeting At .Methodist Church AIRPORT VOTE Markets Swamped SET FOR DEC. 22 With Hog Shipments Field offices within the state. Russia a’reaay is playing hest to the On November 26, 1913, Mr. E. H. Allied conferees at Teller n, the adital Birmingham, collector of Internal of Iran, one of the reports i cl, lend-Revenue states that 90,000 statements trig ay. arent confirmation to previous for the unpaid balance of estimated rumors that the Chinese leader would tax disclosed en returns filed by tax- meet with the Soviet chieftain, payers on September loth. were re- (Ed. note: In contradition of the leased. Remittances in full payment leper: that Chian? Kai-Shek is meet-of the balance of taxes disclosed on the mg with Sati n Churchill and Presi* statement should be forwarded so as to dent Ro -se- -It. a Reuter lispatch from reach the Collector’s office in Des Chungking received in Lor.d n said that Moines. Iowa, net later than December the Generalissimo alread. had returned 15, 1943. Should I urn In Reservation-* Int mediately Council ( alls Special Election For This Month Heavy Losses Likely; Holdovers of Nearly 100,000 Town and Farm Deals Recorded 34TH INFANTRY PART OF FIFTH ARMY Algiers. North Africa <INS > —The 34t:. American infantry division, a national guard unit composed mostly of It wa and Minnesota solde r w ho played prominent parts in -ome cf the most drama;ic actions of the battle for Turn-na, is operating as part of the fifth army in Italy This was announced loci av at allied headquarter. The annual meeting rf the M* Pleasant Chamber of C limine re'N which will b - held on tile oveiling of Dec 9, w ill be in the Metii.dn t churm dining ream, the largest available at lh is time. The Mn Pleasant city council set December 22 as the date for the Pinal election * which Mt. Pleasant vc tem will decide on the quest.on of levying a tax to be u-ed in addition Chicago, 111 (INSi — W. ’n a Dcd' recorded at the c burt he u e the breaking mn of hogs glutting Chicago las: few days include the following: Over 250 p-1 ems are expected. Many to other income for the purpose of ac- TODAY S MARKETS ( HIC IGO LIVES rOC K Chicago. 111. 'INS)—Hogs receipts 35.COO. including 15,000 d.reet; market generally slow with yesterday's average, _ 200 to 270 lbs, stead', at $13.75; 270 lbs« . . and above 10c lower: 270 lbs and be- Organizing ror reservations have already been made and others expecting o attend are urged to return their cards at once stating how many reservations they will want. Walter B Sc hie iter regional manager of the committee for economic development. of Chicago, 111 will be the speaker Mr. Scifi citer, who is traveling extensively at thus time g.wng abri re aes, writes that he is especially interested in giving this talk in the midwest. lew, steady; sow.'* 25c off; good and tho.ee 300 to 550 lbs. $12 40 to $12.65. Cattle: receipts 5.5C9. calves 1,000; medium and god steers, weak to 15c lower beef cows, weak to 15c lower; fed steers $16.60; best yearlings $16.25; heifer yearlings $15.75; vealers, steady at $15 00 down. Sheep, receipts 12.000, including 5,000 direct; good and choice native and fed western lambs, $11.40; ewes, steady; slaughter ewes. $5.75 to $7.00 .Estimated for Friday: Cattle 2,000; hogs, 10,000; sheen. 5.000. LOCAL HOG MARKUT (Xrey Station) Market steady; tup $13.35; 160 to 180 lbs , $11.50 to $12.50; 190 to 330 lbs . quiring operating, equipping and maintaining a municipal airport " Places cl voting were designated as i .nuouncec in a proclamation elsewhere in this issue as follows: Ward I—Basement of public library’. Ward 2- Hall and Weir office. Ward 3—City hail. Ward 4- Basement cf court house. A- announced early this week, the airport has come to the front at th a time w.'.en a suitably tract on the Dutton farm became available. An option has been secured on the 160-acre unimproved farm at $36,000 by a gtoup of six interested local men. livestock markets today, and the peak not yet in sight, farmers figured to lose thousands of d:liars in feedirg profits because of weight shrinkage. At the stockyards throughout the nation, packer; swamped and unable to ! handle the killing, held conferences to j John R Ford and wife to A U. Walker, property on East Madison, east f Pine street, Mt. -Pleasant. Alice M. Ham and husband to John W. Poulter, property at N Main and Second streets. . David Eurkey and wife to H C M° decide what to do with the hold-over of nearly 100.0CO hogs for which there was no -ale yesterday. In Chicago alone, noon repins indicated an additional hold-over of 18,000 hogs. The Chicago marketing committee beus and wife, farm in Tippecanoe township. Consideration is given as $4,300. Verdon Eggen berger and wife to R D Glover and wife, property on East Madison, Mt. Pleasant. Mary M. Davidson to C. R Gillaspey to the Chinese capital. Th - .-.'me /.mosphere of mystery and secrecy which surrounded the Cain meeting prevailed with regard to the! new conference and from tins Egyptian capital it was impossible to describe in any details the new conference or to predict its outcome. Nazi radio propagandists filled the air with reports and rumors. ■Ed note: Consistent with this dispatch the Berlin radio quoted German rewspapers as saying that the Reich at conclusion cf the conference expects the Allies to address an appeal to the German and Japanese peoples “perhaps behind the back of their leaders, and ask them to facilitate for the Allies what the Allies cannot do en the fight-ing from Chungking, China. * INS)—Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek were revealed officially tcday to have returned to Chungking from the three-power conferences in Cairo. Official -ources disclosed that the two leaders War ( hest Drive Man> Helpers Will Re Needed For ( ampai^n With County Men And Women In The Service warned livestock producers that ship- , and wife, property on East Monroe, ments for the balance of the week will Consideration is given as $6 IOO. not be sold until next week. j Fred Wilson and wife to Donald L. Jennings farm in Tippecanoe town- arrived in the Chinese capital yesterday iship. Consideration is given as $16,000 morning after a 42 hour airplane Jour-Floyd Lane and wife to Howard J Brown and wife, property in east Mt. Pleasant. Consideration is given as $2,200. Army C asualties Total 94,918 r.ey from Cairo. Includes And Organ.zition work was advancing today for the War C. est drive in Henry county to raise funds for the USO and ether agencies including the War Chest and for the Boy Scorn fund. Assistance of many workers v ill be necessary and Mr. George O. Van Allen, the genial chairman, will be calling on a great many helpers within the next few days. Dead, Wounded Missing : • Secretary Violent Fighting On Russian Front Headquarters for the campaign have $12 70 Lo $13.h), packing sows $ J 50 to cee, opened on the mezzanine floor of the Brazelton hotel. literature will be (Plea-e caJl before bringing your available there and workers will assem- liOgS to the market). LOCAL MARKETS Eggs—40c. Sweet Cream—52c. No. I cream—51c. No. 2 cream—50c. Heavy Hens—21c. Leghorn Hena—19c Heavy springs—23c Leghorn springs—20c Cox—16c. but HIS WEAKEST, and perhaps most revealing point, is his last - - his idea that taxes should be levied to create a sobering effect on the people Everyone I know is fairly sober already, both about the war and taxes, in I act, too sober. In all the history of tax proposals no one before ever attempted to justify them on the grounds of sobriety. ll Mr. Morgenthau wanted to influence the spirits of the people by taxes he BRIDGE club meets could darn well have urged that they ______ be reduced. The Tuesday afternoon bridge Only one p int presented b\ his ex- mej. at home of J perts made much impression, a conte!.- Qn Tuesday afternoon. At the games tion that the house bill would cm-* played Mrs. J. W. Irons won high prize every married taxpayer ;o figure out ancj j^rs Mary Wright low prize, nine different alternatives bAore hr Guests present w'ere Mr-. Irons of could decide what he was supposed to M )SCn City mother 0f Mrs Hayes, Mr . ble there from time tc time to map plans for the drive. The raising of $1,4,OTO, the Henry county noah will mean that every citizen of the county must be reached. Pie. Everett Martin returned to Camp Gordon. Augusta, Georgia, the first of the week after spend.ng an eleven day furlough at Winfield with his mother, j Mrs Fern Martin. P* M:s Mary Wilson of Winfield has received word that her son. Joe Wilson Is scon to be leleased from a noscitai en Treasure Island and may return to ship duty. His wifp, the former Jean Russell of Arcadia, California, has been visiting him. NORTH SIDE MOTHERS HAVE PARTY ( The North Side Mothers club met Pvt, I ’nit! Mathews of Bowling Green, Virginia, has. been home on furlough to visit his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Mathews, at Winfield. Washington. D.C. ‘INS) of War Stimson announced today that American army casua ties sir re De**T>-ber 7. 1941. total 94.918 dead, wounded, missing and prisoners of war. This included ,14.321 killed. 32,690 wounded. 23.417 pri-cners and 24,490 missing. The secretary said that a total of 1,610 American army officers and men had died to date in prison camps "mostly in Jap occupied territory.'' Casualties in the Italian campaign were placed at 11,57*2. including 1.811 killed, 7.C91 wounded and 2.670 missing. In the recent offensive in the Gilberts, Stimson disclosed the army ios«, 65 killed and that 121 were wounded in the fighting on the Makin Island New' B and (’ Coupons Received The new B and C gasoline coupcns. Mesicw, Russia < INS -Massive Russian and Nazi tanks and infantry forcer were locked in violent combat today ar two y.c.nts along the Dnieper river Meanwhile, three powerful Soviet columns hammered at the remnants of good for five gallons of gasoline each huge German army fleeing wildly alonj have been received at the Henry county th Gcmei-Mmsk railroad, rationing office and will be i-sued Both ar und Cherkassy, behind the effective today to those making new or Dnieper bend and near Kremenehug renewal applications, if eligible. The the enemj was res sting Russian ad new' coupons are B2 and C2. values fiercely and counter-attackin Holders cf Bl and Cl coupons, which consistently. are good for two gallons each, will cen- ---- Untie to use them until they are gen- A? RrPoL TKrniiaK They are not to be turneo in for ex- e . C nrOUgn change for the new’ coupons. As pre- Un Italian Front viously announced, the new coupons do Algiers. Africa <INS>—A new break not give the holder more gasoline. He through by the British Eighth army or receives fewer coupons each of which is worth five gallons of gasoline. Lawrence Pepper of the U.S. Navy ai rived Monday evening to visit his TUESDAY AFTERNOON with Ina Oberman Wednesday evening wife, Mrs. Helen McCosh Pepper. They for their Christmas party. are spending a few days this week with Hostesses were Mrs. Ford. Mrs. John- hi> parents at Ottumwa. He will leave Olds Junior Class Will Present Play w club Hayes son. Mrs. Smouse. Mrs. Hedges. Mrs. the last cf the week for Philadelphia Rigby. Mrs. Hill. tc attend school for three months. Mrs. Robert Ward gave the devo- f tions. Twenty-nine members and three Paul (). Erickson, A.S., spent Sunday visiters were present. The visitors with home fo.k His address is Bat- Miss Smutz and Mrs talion 3. Company 5, Platoon I. U S.N. pay. The true situation ls that, with swift end of the war iii Europe now universally hoped and expected, with expenditures therefore likely to decline sharply next year, not even the $2,030 000 OO’) W. A. Sternberg and Mrs. Clifford Vance. Refreshment- were served at the close of tile afternoon. WINFIELD CLASS house bill is justified by arguments pre- M AS REUNION sented. The claa of 1S34 cf the Winfield Mr-. Berrv. Cathy. V-l The program consisted of Christmas reading bv Mrs, Joe Virden, two solos by Miss Smutz, ai companied by Mrs. Cathy, Mrs. Beery two whistling solos. Mrs. Hedges then conducted a mixer1 aleut trees. Refreshments of ice cream, cake, coffee and candy were erved. There wax then the exchange of gifts. Unit, Ames, Iowa. / -S hon Days In fact, one house committee member j.jg^ reheel held its annual reunion has said privately the only reason th^ Sunday evening at the home o( Mr. and bill was being passed was that the treasury had railed such a hullabaloo about more taxes, something had to be done even if it were only ene-fifth of what the treasury wanted. To thi*-must be added the current law (victory, withholding, etc ), had to be simplified. Mrs. Norris Haigh*. An enjoyable time was had by all who attended. Fellowing games and business meeting, de-1 ic iou: refreshments w’ere -ervcd. Thirteen of the .twenty-nine members were present. The e attending were Mr. and Mi's Floyd Dtal, Mr. and Mi -. Dean Huri-oti, Mr. lid Mrs. Cirl Wiley, Mr and Mrs. Harold Rodiu k. Mr. and Mrs Dale Kellogg, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Long. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold K ngabie, Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Metzger. France-Stevens and Harold Seyb. Mrs. Loma Ply, Mrs. Helen Pepper. Mrs. Lucille Hilding and Mr. and MRS. Norris Naight, Fleeta and Mick ie. Olds—Junior class play, ‘ Gone With the Girls," will be given December 15th CAST Marge, (the eldest of the Capp Sisters) ............. Rosemary Huston Doris, (next in linen.. Arleigh Huston Eve, (the baby of the family) ..... .:............. Marguerite Hultquist Sonny (the one and only son* .....< ................. Bernard Hultquist Alecia (the ambitious Mother* .... ................. Martha Anderson Grandpa Caup * w Itta a mind of his own) ............... Dcnalri Davis Ora (the maid* ....... Erma Seberg Gregory Thatcher Van Stael ...... ....................... Blaine Palm Lennv Fair........... Betty Peck Benny Ware .......... Lo:- Bar quat Captein O’Mafiery Ronald Hutson the Adriatic end cf the Italian battlefront has forced Tie Germans to "full retreat," a special communique from the headquarters cf General Eisenhower announced today. The ran ai howevei is not a rapic _ cue. for a* era my . moving back* Bert Jerrel has leased the n om in ward slow a and tubbornly, and auk-the Braselton building, formerly used ing fu.I ae of mine fields net real as a restaurant location, and wi I open guards. a coffee shop. The room is located The Germans are ruining heavy re-* JERREL LEASES ROOM FOR COFFEE SHOP just north of the Brazelton barter shop infer cements from northern Italy t< and was the only first floor vacancy in the the Mt.- Pleasant business distri t. Former I.W.C. Student’s Song To Be Broadcast A ->ong written by Mrs Wilma B k j Bos hart, former Iowa Wesleyan student, will be sung over station WG". Davenport. Monday evening, Dec. 6, at six p. m. Mrs. Bo.harts compri-tions are original in both lyric and music. Will Admitted To Probate rattle area in an attempt to checl the Eighth army in ms drive iowan Rome. Nazi r.s cs in killed an; woundec have been ver> hem ■.. the of fie a1 com munique stat d. N< t more than om thousand German prisoners were cap lured. Ame:lean i: ;> of rn- Fit: . arm; covering the western half of the bat fie..;: . mr Ii ie't in lied COUP iii ■ ks cs ti mu n On enemy Trust was la..:: near Pili The ether took place south west of M.guano. 3UY WAR SAVINGS STAM. Governor Takes Res* Des Moines Ll. (INS*- G vemor B T Hi k?r bcper's office today reported Im state’s cl ief executive was "Lakin; . reef fir a few day.-*. H' is not exit c el tc re urn ro hi- deck until Sat-V mc M lid.iv. The Myrta Hagie will, made July 27. 1940, was admitted to probate in court here today. After expenses were paid, the remainder of the estate w’as to go Cierge J to Emma Hebei, Stella Renner. Gra-e :> run ted He'cel and Bettv Swafford. Dorothy Judgment In Suit Menifee and Ruth tlu* : i '.nutlire. A. Galer witnessed held b Judgment in rein for $2« irs the ca, cf the A. D. Hayes com oar.*/ agami Binkley and ethers wi Judge Paul H Mc Go id oui t here I uesc.ay Th« mo ’ey ws th 2 re u Lee tv sheriff und< CC

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