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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 4, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Fuel oil I exp. Jan. 4, 2 exp. Feb. 9 Gasoline No. 9 Expires Jan 21 Sugar—29 (Book 4) expires Jan 15 Shoes—18 and Airplane I (Bk 3) THE IMT PLEASANT NEWS A, B. C, Green (Bk 4) expire Der. 29 D.E, F Green <Bk4) expire Jan. 29 Meats, Butter, Lard, etc. G. If, J, K Brown (Bk 3) explrDec. 4 L, M Brown (Bk 3) Expire Jan. I VOL. LXXf, No. 2*1SATURDAY, DBC. U 1913 Expect Allied Adion To Rock Nazis tv Paul Malign 3?" War Chest eduction In Full or Meetings Soon They’ll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo (Distributed by dlcate, Inc., Reproduction Un Part Strictly Prohibited.> WA sn I note N--THE RjAV th? Truman committee is looking for behind the Cand deal is Lieutenant General Somervell, head of the office of ser-vice and supply. He is upposed to have been the guiding factor in the adoption of the project. but he has been out of the country for some time, and the committee has been unable to get his testimony. War Under-8ecretan. Patter on made no attempt to blame the deal on Som-ervHl in his testimony before the c ommittee Naturally, he defended it because he had passed on it bs Somervell’s superior. The committee members learned of it only pm aiel from other authorities. The matte: is cf ©ere importance than meet the eye because Semen'-ll is head ol the new (int; faction In the war department, and has been mentioned as possible successor to General Marshall as Chief o! S'aff a- Harry Hopkins good friend. This may or may not be one of the reasons why a report I rom the committee has been held up mlttee member- are strong in their critics rn of the project, despite the army defense of it They call it a deal arranged by Standard Oil Company of Indiana and the Imperial Oil Places and Dates For Town And Township Meetings pardon \ me, sir-can NOU tell me where mo. ) BiGGLEV'5 I OFFICE IS 7j T V Cot an APPOINTMENT ? ARE VA answerin’the ad? the JOB’S TAKEN -OR are VA SELLIN’ Somethin'? the DURCH ASING AGENT IS ON THE TENTH FLOOR "’SO LONG GEE, WORMSLEY COULD AT LEAST BE NICE TO THAT * OLD MAN. HE’LL BE OLD, HIMSELF, SOME DAV- t-—-rrrr—— 775 WAIT Till WORM IE sou GOT To KNOWS HE’S BEEN H BE OVERBEARING ? INSULTING ABOUT to YAKE ANV . IE MILLION BUCkiS. IMPRESSION HELL TURN LIGHT / V ON WORM! E* Bilious blue. Rutherford, Father of ll, Near Draft Would (lost ll. S. $330 a Month If lie’s Drafted Report On Conference To Hit Morale Plans for the War Chest campaign in Henry county are going ahead rapidly. Concerning the local drive chairman George Van Allen today Letted the folic a mg f atement: “Citizens of Henry county have a big job ahead Every citizen Of our county has a definite responsibility to give as much of his time and money as he possibly can. The, Henry County War Chest committee i planning to conduct meetings throughout the county the week of Monday, December 6 Meetings for town, and townships outside of Mt Pleasant Ain ba held according to the following schedule: Mt Pleasant courthouse—Trenton Marten, Tippecanoe, Center, Tues. December 7th. a? 8 P M Olds High School —jefferson Wayn Scott, Wayland, Winfield. Wed., De-] The com- ce rn ber 8th at 8PM Hew London high school—Canaan. New Loncion, Baltimore, New London Thursday December 9th, at 8 P M. Salem .school -Jac k sn. Salem. Hill -bor *, Salem, Friday, December 10th HE'LL START R 6HT IN GROWING OLD WHEN HE FINDS YE AH-NOU GOT To BE A PROCESS-SERVER OR AV-!-OC AT Mi NIE.-STOCK SALESMAN-THEN HE’D ROLL Await Word of Decisions At Teheran Com pan*. apparently without much af 8PM en th um asm on the part of the Cana- *<we are counting on dian Company The current discussion over its feasibility probably never would have developed had not oil poobah Ickes stumbled upon information concerning it, quite by accident, Trojans Down Panther Five New London Man Bomber Lands Held On Charge At pie|d Here New Lindon journal—Mr. and Mrs. Lorraine Rutherford have the largest! {emily in New- London, but he doubts ii ( . that will keep him out of the draft, J Father of ll children, he is employ-' - ed at the Iowa Ordnance plant as an! Wr>«h:Bg‘on. D.S. INS) - Ai Allied inspector. About a year ago he appear- political bombshell that will rock J eh before the board at the request of Nazi Germany's morale to its founda-Da He Zimmerma: n, operators of the lien was expected tod y to explode 1 plant, to learn his draft status. He was momentarily. told his classification would make no Tb s shattering new blow against difference, when he was needed he Germany's war spirit is expected to would receive the call, but probably not come in the form of an official an-for a year The year will soon be up, nouncement of the momentous decis-,and now one woe dependent. David ions reached by President Roosevelt, Aubrey was bern No.ember 16 and is Prime Minister Churchill and Premier the eleventh child. He was named af- Stalin in their historic conference at ter hi two grandfathers, the late D. Teheran. Iran. O. Rutherford and Au trey McKasson. Tnt Mo.-cow disclosure that the As Mr. Rutherford has it figured out greatest Allied military and polit col r e’s call to service is not cased so conference of the war has been con much on the number cf children as luded led to the belief in Washington when marr.ed and the draft number, that a joint communique will soon be also how far down the list. If he is forthcoming. called Henry Morgenthau will have Th..-, communique is expected to lead 1 to inc re ase his War Bond .ale as Ruth- to events which will seal the doom of erfcrd's dependents alone would draw Ne ai Germany. Diplomatic Washing-5280 a month plus ins own $5C. ton believes it will include a last-min- The names and ages of the children: Ute warning to the German people to the full support of every citizen in this county in this campaign,’ Chairman Van Allen said, ’and we know that Henry county will do its full share." The efficiency of tile united drive of all 17 agencies of the National War Committeemen suspect the oil event- Fund and local Boy Scouts is appar-ually may cost a fabulous amount, per-, from the standpnnt of economy liar)#* $100 or $1-50 ;>«r gallon. Cost and conservation of man power, it .s involves a 500-mile pipe line, drilling pointed out by the local drive commute! the frozen north, and some evidence ^ A, one tfme there were 281 agen-indicates oil from California could icies i-eeking support from the Ameri-have been transited to the Alaska ain f0r various war causes battle areas bv inland waterways much Through the National War Fund, these cheaper ; have been consolidated, unified or THE KI Pl BLK AN election victory eliminated until now there art 17 In the normally Democratic heart of highly worthy agencies co vering the Kentucky, the fourth congressional entir(, fleW of service lo the armed district, forecasts the final bn-akup of forre.s and united Nation Relief bittie happy Chandler machine. He lives eluded in the .single drive. In an adjoining county, and the Demo- -This is our war Our own met: arc cratic candidate was his selectee in it - - at the front or on the way. Whatever excuses, therefore, could be our money in it - - war bonds, offered for the los^ of the-^tate in the stamps, taxe- Our .sacrifice is rn it, earlier gubernatorial election on the rationing, scarcities priorities Chair-ground the Chandler factions did not man Van Allen said. in discussing go along tuff latently, were not true in Americas part in the conflict, the fourth district. "But we have net even begun to give, j The election also was a conclusive can do more We can help to w’in response to some readers of thLs col- the war sooner and with the minimum umn who misinterpreted my analysis lam of lives We can give our fighters. of the gubernatorial election as parti- our Allies and their families the greaten Republican propaganda. est weapon of them all - - the will to I This election resudt certainly vert- win. I know every man and woman in fies the conclusion then expressed that Henry county would do mere if we the Democrats had failed to win under could be there with our boys and our the best possible auspices in a state Allies," he -aid. normally Democratic, and that the fail-1 "We can all do more - - we can be j ure was due to the discouragement of there - - through the use of our cwt, the people with the new deal and its time and work on the War Chest Drive', regulations and domestic results, a and through a prompt and generous condition which cast into grave doubts gift." Mr. Roosevelt's re-elecuon in 1944 - The margin of Republican victory this time in the district was around BIRTHDAY PAR'D’ 12,000 votes, compared with Democrat- FOR JIMMY NELSON ic victories by a margin of 15,000 in T jf ...... ...... Defeat Locals In Opening League Game .Maurice June Enters Guilty Plea at Preliminary Hearing Brings Coordinating Party To Visit Local Detachment Falling behind ••• the lust half, A two-motor practice bomber con- Bunta Margaret, 14. Anita Lorraine, 13. DeWayne Francis, 12. Kenneth Doyle, IO. Theda Kay. 8. Zelda Lee, 7 Wendell Ray, 5. Jerry Dean, I. Ma: cia Ann, J. Cano; Lynn, 2. Da rid Aubrey, corn Nov, 16. Aside from the meals to prepare, the housewo.k to do, Mrs. Rutherford must accept Allied surrender terms cr face total destruction at the hands of the greatest combined military power the world has ever witnessed. The communique also is believed likely to announce complete agreement between the Pres dent, Churchill and Stalin for a synchronized grand scale land, sea and air offensive against Germany from the west and the east in Europe this cerning spring. Maurice June of New London was: held to the grand jury here today on a charge of assault and battery with in-Mt tent to inflict great bodily injury. June Pleasant high school baske teen* lo-: pleaded guilty at the preliminary hear- verted for transportation of officers at their opening Little Six game to Fair- ing before Justice cf the Peace James present and believed to be the largest j field there Friday evening. 35 to 21. T Whiting, but indicated lie did not plane f .et to .anti *-ere cam ui <= track of the ration points, shoe Fairfield's Linn ay. a forward, leu care to go before the judge wan ie- the Leal airfield Fii av a " stamps and other regulations to keep the scoring accounting for 16 points anticly on county attorney s informa- will remain here while officers are this ,arge IamUy ln lood and clothing, and largely th. difference jetaeen the non. He has bee* .classified rn 1-A making an official visit to the ■ ^ are all industrious and do two bearm Warren Anderson was under the Selective Service. college training detachment at wa ^ J()bs a,ound to earn a little extra tons of high explosives and incendiaries high for Mt. Plea.-ant with nine points Information against June was flied Wesleyan, while How ai cl Cottrell, who usually is bj Marshal Earl Drewer wrio said The ship, an AT-11. w that June threatened the marshal with IGO-pound bomb:, The bombardier s Pour Explosives On Leipzig London, Ang. INS)—Hundreds of British heavy bombers poured 1,500 n cam- ion money in addition to their duties at on iii Ceil I } vv XI rrtr heme. good for several points each quarter was held to a single unit for the entire a butcher knife when the officer went compartment is in the nose of the uame j to the June home Fairfield started of: the first quarter with a rd ne to six lead over the Panthers. but by halftime the Mt. Pleasant men had tied the count. In the second half, Fairfield .spurted ahead ll points while Mt Pleasant was making one. That placed the count at to 16.. Plads Guilty On Check Charge 26 1940. 10.000 in 1938. and 17.000 in 1936— representing a turn-over of 27,000 votes in 90,000 cast. Tilt NEWS of a 30 per cent larger meat rationing allowance for this month only, was offered to the country as if it were a Christmas present of the OPA to the people. Truth is. no other course was possi- ’ ble, or at least sensible, in view of Jimmy Nelson was live years old on Wednesday. Dec. I. In honor of the occasion his mother. Mins. Kenneth Nelson, entertained a few little folk in the afternoon. After playing games and looking! at Jimmy’s presents, refreshments of j lice cream and birthday cake were served. Each child was given a favor. Those present were Stevie Lamm, The individual .-coring Mt. Plea>-ant FG FT PFArbuckle, f ........... .2 I 2Shelley, f ........... 2 0 IPounds, c ............ I 0 IAnderson, g .......... 4 I ICottrell, (Ct g ........ 0 I 3Shook ................ 0 0 0Donald ............... 0 0 0Klopfenstein ......... 0 0 ICrowl ................ 0 0 2McBeth .............. 0 0 I _ — — 9 3 12F'air field Snook, f ............. I 0 0Lindsay, f ............ 7 2 INorman (O, c ....... 0 0 3Vorhies, g ........... . 2 2 3Swanson, g .......... 0 0 2Warner ............. 0 I aHughes .............. 3 0 iBaldwin ............. I 2 0 14 7 12Burlington Man Sentenced To Prison Term plane, and place is provided there for a gun. The plane is used for training both the bombardier and lie pilot. Landing at the smaller airfield her0 wa-, made without mishap, but caused Capt. R:bert A Keller, pilot, to make I a careful survey of the situation and then come in extremely low over the cornfield to the north. The members of the coordination party are Major Philip Ferguson, offi- Ira Lo.k. 38. of Burlington pleaded cer in charge and specialist in the guilty to county attorney's information academic program for the aviation here today on a charge of uttering a students; Major O H Sea.z, military false check and was sentenced by and army administration details spe-Judge Paul McCoid to not more than cialist. 1st Lieut. C. C * seven years in the state penitential cai training expert. al Ft Madison. All are from the Santa Ana. Calif., Lock va., accused of giving the false base Capt. Keller probably WHI be 10 ancther ich°o1 m the Arm* check for $55 at Hoaglin’s department assigned as a combat pilot on a large store on Nov. 19 after making a pur- bomber in the near future, chase of some merchandise He gave -— a satisfactory explanation, part of BIBLE PICTURES AT the German industrial and rate-read center of LeiDz g last night while a diversionary force of Mosquito bombers added new fire- to the raging flames of bomb-battered Berlin. An air ministry announcement today-said that the raiding force feinted at Berlin, spirit rig the German's fighter defenses. The' Mosquitoes continued M I© © on tc Berdn, tut the main force Ct Private First i la^s Warren B. Hayes, heavy bombers veered .sharply to the of Mt. Pleasant, graduated with high south to unloose their deadly load on honors and was valedictorian of his Leipzig, 90 miles away. Class which finished 20 weeks of in- The fifth largest city in Germany, tensive schooling at the Army Air Leipzig has acquired great :mportance Fortes Training Command Radio the past year because of the transfer School, Sioux Fat s, S. D., last week. there of vital war industries which had With County Men And Women In The Service Hayes had an academic average of Conrad phy-i- 00-2 per cent and att,ained a code sPeed I of 20 words per minute. He is now awaiting orders that will b‘- rn bombed cut cf the Ruhr. Air Forces Training Command for advanced training prior to becoming a lull-gleaged int niter of a bomber crew. which was checked and found to be DDrCnVxrD, AKJ rUITPTU true. However, the check drawn on a r RtuDl I LIvl/xli trlUIvtn New London bank proved worthless The Story of Creation, one of Rev and Lock admitted, officers said, that Jeambey’s most recently obtained is now attending the U. S Naval Re- he had written the check to himself Bible lectures, and one of the mo.-t se;ie Midshipmans School, located on and endorsed it. beautiful sets of pictures he has, will He was employed with a coal com- be shown at the Presbyterian chuicl pany at Burlington and his wife and on Sunday evening at 7 30 The num- two son.-. 9 and ll years old. reside ber of Sunday evenings left in zvhlch ordnance, damage control there. the local pastor can present illustrated pass compensation and Americans And British Gain On Africa Algiers, Africa INS)—Toe American Fifty army aided I : cue of tile heaviest artillery and aerial barrages ever unleashed sn the campaign leaped forward today in a new attack winch already had captured several important heights. Simultaneously an official communique told of continued gains by the the campus of the University of Notre Eighth amu on tile Adriatic John L. Ham. 604 Chestnut street. Dubuque, Iowa, *on of Mr. and Mrs S. C. Ham, formerly of Mt. Pleasant. Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. He is being trained in seamanship, and comother wise flank of the Italian battlefront. Officials: Leyes and Samuelson. Taft, Johnny Patterson and Jimmy, Nelson. Robert McCoid, Philip Hoaglin, Larry stock, paw up ... storage, due to price Jauet Hayes, Ann anti Donna: labor and other government directed marketing conditions. Beef storage as far back as October I, totalled 112,000.000 pounds, about twice as much as the five-year aver age. and it has been increasing con- HONORED AT SUPPER stantlv. Pork stocks amounted to UNIVERSITY ALUMNI HEAR DR. CODER •-(MARY COMSTOCK The state bureau of investigation Bible lectures Is very limited. The fol- drilled and instructed in the duties of reported by telephone that Lock hat. lowing Sunday the Presbyterian church an officer in the U. S. Navy, served time in Missouri for forgery will unite in the service at the college As a member cf the socialist class and had only last May finished serv- in the presentation cf the Christmas, upon successful completion of his ap- Musical program. Later in December proximately se van-week course at Noire "Tile Other Wi e Man", in beautiful Dame he well be commissioned an clithe j sign and assigned to active duty. RU New tddress of Sgt. Lew? ( arisen 36437197 son of M s. Pea l Carte. !, . formerly cf Mt. Uni ii: Co C- 47 n ing a sentence at Ft. Madison for torg ery at Albia, Iowa.' Burlington officers picked Lock up pictures, will be pit aer..ed in ______ on a warrant from here and Sheriff church. The Henry county University of I wa Manning Cline brought him to Mt. German Resistance In One Area Collapsing Moscow, Russia (INS,— Ut* man resistance yesterday in the rail town of Zhlobin on tile last Nazi escaDe route in White Russia wa.s reported collapsing today and the Soviet army closing in upon the city. Alumni association meeting was held pleasant Friday afternoon. He was at the Yellow Lantern Tea Room on taken to Ft. Madison this afternoon. Marriage License Issued ELEAN0RR WALTERS OBSERVES BIRTHDAY In observance of her eighth birth- VjSion day Thursday, Dec. 2. Eleanor Wa!- Xenn ters invited five little girl friends te> her home after school. After playin LOCAL PROPERTY BOUGHT BY HUMMELLS Wayne T. Gar ie sen ct the real es December 2nd. Dr. William D. Coder was the guest speaker Pictures cf the 1943 Iowa-Wisconsin football game The women employes of the J C were shown by John R. Hedge', direc- A marriage license was issued at the 361.000.000 pounds the same day, about Pcnney o^p^y stcre went to the tor cf the visual education department court hone here Friday to Harold locknut a children, rn .vias 51.000.000 above average. Same is 0f j p Comstock Wednes-: the S'ate University of Iowa. * Balmier. 23, Bluffton, Ohio, and Anna ______, true of frozen lamb, stocks amounting day evenin? and enjoyrd a «ix-thirty I At the business meeting held the Ruth Mullet!, 20. Wayland. to 17,000,000 pounds, ovei thiee times cupper. The occasion was iii honor of following were elected officers for ~~ the average. Miss Mary Comstock, who is leaving 11944: More than half of these stocks arc.s00j-1 for santa Ana. Calif., where she, President—C. M. Vance held by the government corporations, vvill the bride cf Mr. James C. I Vice Pres.—Mrs. Kenneth Nelson the rest being in the hands of private gtmwell. Sec.-Treas.—C. A Morgan clerk of the court by Donald J Bell dealers. a social time followed the supper Directors: R. J. Miller. New London; I against John D Meyer asking for ap- ~ hour and during the evening Miss R K. Ellis. Dr. C. O. Jerrel, Mrs. L. Comstock was presented with a gift P Ristine. all of Mf. Pleasant; Georg ■ from the group. Bellamy, Whitfield, and O. C. Bo; hart ARMY TO START DISCHARGING OFFICERS Washington, D. C. GNC)—Chairman Those present were Mrs. H L. Car- of Wayland. May. Democrat of Kentucky, of the roll. Mrs. Cleo Lauser, Mrs. Warren Nominating House military affairs committee dis- Allen, Mrs. Jeannette Prizer. M-s. 1941: O. L closed today that the army is now over- Clyde Adams, Miss Veda Egli. Mrs. and Dr S staffed by 50,000 officers and soon will Comstock and the guest of honor. Mhs Pleasant begin discharging commissioned men Mary. Mrs. Tem Young and Miss Leis in easing the manpower problem. Dusenbery were unable to be present, ed the alumni and their wives. Petition For Guardian A petition has been filed with the pointment cf a guardian. they enoyed a delicious birthday supper served by Eleanorrs motlier. Mrs W. S. Walters. A tenure cf the supper was a lovely birthday cake. Those pre-clit were Judy Estes, Kay Tank Battalion. APO 446 - 14th Di- tate firm cf Garretson md Garretson Care Postmaster, Nashville, t r.d R bt. Hannah, house salesman, re pert the .'.(Ie of the Peri Hathaway ----house, in McCoy's addition in the city a thirteen cf Mt. Pleasant, to Mr and Mrs. Owen Hummell. The Hummels have ten- Jfhn. Kinney, home en day furlough, returned to Camp Clai* bourne Tuesday evening. anted this property for some time, and will continue to make it their home. committee elected for Nesbitt. Miss Lillian Barr W. Huston, all of Mt. Twenty-nine attended, which includ- BASKJETBALL Ainsworth 37, Crawfordsville 34 Wayland 45. Pleasant Plain 23 Olds 59 Wyman 28 (girls) Wyman 34. Olds 12 (boys) Mf. Union 36, Huron 25 (girls) Huron 20, Mi. Union 9 (boys) Fairfield 35. Mt. Pleasant 21. ('apt. Harold Been and Mrs Beer of Boke. Idaho, are enjoyirg a leave at the heme of C.ipt. Beery’;, parents, Fwai t, Gay Jennings, Mary Bt th Sta»i- and Mrs. Floyd Bcerv. ley, Nancy Ross and Eleanorr Walters . New address: l*fc. Emmett I). Barton Ordnance School. Savanna, ll! He was transferred from North Camp Hood. Texas FINE FARM NEAR MEDIAPOLIS SOLD f Hild Real Estate reports the sale of Pfc. Joe Blair of Camp Ellis, 111., the well imoroved. level 80 acre corn and Mn Blate* of Ft Madison were farm located I nu Ie west of Mediapolis week end guests of their parents near and owned bv Mr. Glenn Housman of Salem. near Va mouth, to Mrs. Ruth Luth of ----------Danville. This is erie of the best Charles F. Haviland left Wednesday farms -cid in southeastern Iowa tills Lieut. Charles Kennedy and Mi>- Kennedy cf Kansas City are visiting for Jefferson Barracks, St. L uls. whore year and is being purchased by Mrs. friends here. Lieut. Kennedy formerly he will join a group going to Amarillo, Luth as an investment. The Howard was professor of history at Iowa Wes- Texas, for training in the Army Air Ho;:spurn f-imfiv will cent nile to reside Ie van. Corps., on this farm the coming year.

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