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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - December 14, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Fin*I oil I exp. Jan. 4, 2 exp. Feb. 9 Gasoline No. 9 Expires Jan 21 Sufar—29 (Book 4) expires Jan 15 Shoes—18 and Airplane I (Bk. 3) VOL. LXXI—No. 291 THE MT PLEASANT NEWSTI ESI}AV. DECEMBER IL 1913 \. R. C, Green (Bk 4i expire Dee. 2' ll. E. F Green (Bk 4) expire Jan. 20 Meats, Batter, Lard, etc. LM.N.r, B own (Bk3) Expire Jan. I MT. PLEASANT, IOWA TWN] By Paul Mallon (Distributed by King Feature* 8yn dicate, Inc., Reproduction in Full or tn Part Strictly Prohibited.* Russian Army Forces German Retreat Predict Drop To 20 Below They’ll Do It Every Time »* < a. — ' By Jimmy Hatlo WASHINGTON — THE ADMINISTRATION ha opened a drive to til -pol disunity/' Top rostrum men Speake; Rayburn, war production vice chairman, Chark Wilson, anti war mobilizer, James Much Colder Tonight; 2 Above Monday Night /ILL Se BACK IM AM WOUR-, \ / M ISS POTHOOKS «* WWEW f J I HOW DO YOU PEOPLE STAND IT IN MESE ? ITS ST<FLIM6 ! Ll KE AM CVEN' LET IM SOME AiC. CO. SOU’LL ALL SUFFO CATE ' MO WONDER. VOU HUH ? OH, OK., MR BLUBBER. BR-RR “MO WONDER WE ALL GET COLDS1: HE SEZ-PMEUMOMlA HE’S SMN*OS* lcome back A OF ANTI-FREEZE H Sub-zero temperatures. probably down to 20 degrees below were predicted for Henry county tonight after the Byrnes, have spoken on the subject in mercury had slipped to two degrees lapid order above zero Monday night. Mr Rayburn was trying to quiet the The first, even cold wave had inhouse, where criticism of the admitty-jere* cd in int emit’. ove: Iowa today (ration's domestic war effort l- contin- with a pi en ic: ion of 15 to 20 degrees uing to mount below for moat of the state likely to- Mr. Wilson spoke to tile National As- night Southeastern Iowa was "warm-soclation of Manufacturers where he er" than mos- of Iowa la t night, out .-aid too many were preparing their • even o tic* reading wa only two post-war positions at the expense of the above on the government thermometer war effort fat the stat* hospital. Mi Byrnes on the radio, went after The temperature remained under ten the Big Four Brotherhoods (first time above today. At eleven o’clock the top any administration man has dared at- was seven above and late in the after- W he’ll i Kl Full Of AMD WELL GET SOME MORE MQGTTM POLE EXPOSURE . HES FULL OF HOT AIR' ID LIKE TO COOL HIM OFF WITH A BASEBALL BAT, THE BIG APE’ / tack this most poweff ii of labor groups* and other labor and farm groups, seeking to break the government s price policies. A.together it look. like a we ii-managed campaign. The country is truly in a perplexing condition, whether* "disunity is the noon the mercury was expected to ‘•tart skidding donward to a new low for the season. (Older Above T< w n While the reading was .seven above at ground level todav, the temperature was much colder a few hundred feet above ML Pleasant At 1,000 feet the proper word for it is certainly open to o moisture wa zero and at 3 000 feet, question, take, for instance, the inner j2 below. These readings were observed background from which Rayburn by Edgar s Runyoi. government superspoke j visor of the flight training at the air- The hone it elf is idling without field here, while he wax making some much to do Its investigating commit- tests in a pane over Mt. Pleasant dur-tees. however are constantly digging mg Lie morning up evidence of mismanagement along Mr Runyon, who ha a meteorologist the line of one committee which re- rating, commented trial the tempera- (kris Graf f , 73 Stricken Suddenly Was Dearing Walk; Stricken lls Heart Attack Chris Graff. 75 was fatally stricken as he worked in front of the Graff home on Last Monroe street this morning. He had been ill for .several months and had not been well during the night. This mc.' ning he went out to clean now from the walk and evidently suite: ed a heart attack. He is survived by his wife, three children. Mrs Everett Grubb, Mrs. Frank Farr and Dillon Graff and cne orothei I red Graff of Lockridge The Graff? had been married 52 i i ears. New Offensive In One Sector Bitter Tank Battle; Nazi Troops Drop Back NOTHING LIKE FRESH AIR."-FOR. THE OTHER GOy-T-KEV ’LL DO IT EYERY TI YE. TKw+vzyC "tov JE Aw MAGO IRE., p With County Men And Women In The Service • S Pl *» The following . I e andre cif Pvt. Robert McIntosh: 37674094. C> A. Surg Sec.. Bldg L 24. SMDT. WBGH, El Paso. Texas London. Eng. (INS) — A new pledge of all-out British assistance in final. I crushing defea* of the Japanese empire once Nazi Germany is di- paseo of. was given by Foreign Secretary Eden in tile House cf Commons today. Opening a two-day war debate with a review of the Cairo and Teheran conferences. Eden .aid frankly that at present Great Britain is compelled to | devote her entire resources to defeat-I ing Germany. 1 But when the Reich is conquered, he ! promised. Britain will turn her full .strength against Japan along with the I United States and China. | "We understand that to destroy tarnally and make a compromise peace with Japan means only to sow toe seedo oi a th.rd would war," he said. Vow To “Freeze Social Security 'l ax Would Prohibit Increase of Tax For Another Year Washington. D C. (INS*—The Sen* Special Scout Notice Troop 27, Boy Scouts of America No Scout meeting tonight, due to dines. in ne Scout-master \s family. However, you will be counted present for this week if you attend the covered dish supper at the Catholic church Thursday evening. Dubuque School Head Talks Here Service Clubs Hear President Of Dubuque University Red Army Wins New Major Victory Moscow, Rust la (lists > The Red cently heard the chaine that although tuie at those levels today indicated a ate finance committee today overrode $ 13.00<).000 had been spent for one p.ane drop down to 15 to 18 degree below at administration opposition and voted a plant in North Carolina, only one plane ground level tonight barring any rise tax till amendment to "freeze” social had been produced or drop in temperatures that might re- security, old age payroll taxes for one Such tilings have political ramifica- gun from incoming .or movements. lions Nothing in Washington now— --- or from now on—will be non-political. Hie election campaign, already has started in the minds of the politicos Indeed. Mr. Rayburn himself is considered 23 Below Expected In Northern Part Des Muir,* la INS'- I wa u > in additional year. Effect of the freeze would be to .prohibit an increase cl one per cent tach on emnlovers and News Carriers Hit By Epidemic Leo Jeambey, recently grad dal"cl a' Sioux Falls, lech. Training, arrived home Monday night en a short fur lough to visit .is brother, Keith, who a£m^ won a new maJ°J victoiy in the remains in a critical condition. embattled Dnieper bend today ’Alien * Soviet forces recaptured the important Pvt. ( lark Crawford leit Monday for communications cen.et of Cherkassy, New Orleans, La., after spending a tw$ 95 miles southeast of Kiev. K an a- anc Rotaries met jointly ***** : rlough here with his wife. Mrs. Announcement that the German had Kiu an.ans and Rotanans me join J ^ ( ^ ^ ^ w ^ ^ ^ :ccn driven from the rail city on the Dnieper river was made in a special order cf the day Jooef Stalin. to hear Dr. Dale D. Welch, president of Dubuque University, peak at Harlan other relatives. Hall Monday evening. President Welch fs spending a day Mrs. Wilma Falman received a (clean the Iowa Wesleyan campus giving gram this morning from S attle. - .ectuies and later President Niles o! Wash., from her husband. Paul Far- Iowa Wesleyan will spend a day at Du- man, savin, that he expects to arrive Bombers Allow imilar capacity, here Friday to visit nix parent and issued bv Premier Democratic Senate leader Barkley of he amendment offered by Senator Vandenberg of Michigan. Tile vote was announced as approximately 16 to 4 ning January L The amendment invite presidential possibility, the grip pf a cold wave today with the voiced more than one billion dollars although his state of Texas is reported frigid blast expect'd to send the mer- annually. to be one of the four mast critical of cury to 25 degrees below in the north the new deal in all the- south em part of the state tonight. 20 de- Kentucky _____ greo below in tile sou thew- 'em section opposed (INLY A PEW DAYS BE FORK III and 15 below in the southwestern. SPOKE for unity, his own ad mini?-ira-. The cold blast arrived rn me state lion wheel-horse. Senator Guffey, was last night with the weather bureau re-at work bitterly promoting dim rn tv in porting a low* cf 9 below at Fort the party with personal attacks of Dodge. Unofficial reports included 12 southerners in the senate. bedew at Spirit Lake. This peculiar si tuft lien is presenter.-- almost dally in a certain newspaper in New York which howls for unity on odd numbered pages and openly promotes disunity on the even numbered ones, with such hate-filled headlines a!> OivHl Nesbitt of Mt Pleasant wax re- zeus and the girls team from Donnell- "Representative Rankin Sneers at elected first vice president of the Bur- son high school was battled to a furious War Heroes.” and "Cotton Ed Smith lington area Scout organization at the 22 to 22 tie Monday night at the coi-Backs Lynch Law " annual meeting held at Ft Madison lege gym. Getting away to an early This is 'he prevailing state of the Sunday afternoon and evening. Ste:- lead, the Wesleyan girls were out in whole administration itself -calling fo: ling Lord of Burlington was reelected I-on; at the ha.: by a score of 12 to 7. unity and good feeling alternately with president. The second half developed into a nip inflammatory attacks upon adversaries The epidemic of colds, or influenza. ■ mployees which has been weeping through M* tuque Umversl;> ^ ‘4 rHnHvpi Mr F*rman n ,hf> navv 1 * Ci/itYi p { * i j ci f* lr c T T~T h v P TK TI Ct ll I 613,ilYCS. xvi * . r di I * * d 11 lo ill til. Ii d V y win . omerwm *ould U levied begin- P;,artnt. hit the New carrier ovei feome 1 Ud'e K™\n “* . . been in Ala-ka the topic cf the popular talk given by and na.s tx rn in Aia-jta. the week end. Four boys regular carrier Wendell Litton. Jack B gut- John Br wt. and Wayne Hatby, were unab.e to carry their routes Monday evening. No Rest For Reich London. Eng. (INS*—Royal Air Force Mosquito bomber allowing no re it for Dr. Welch. He concluded by urging that the United States have a part in world organization after the war, administration spokesman, and most of u not au, were ill meanwhlle kee£ln^ well armed to make ^ Gen. Edward H. Brooks, has been pro- engined bombers, all of which returned of his thinking after the first . . , II a. Calli — Sgt. Harry Davidson. Adolph Hitler'- bomb-batterea Reich a former resident of ML Pleasant. Iowa, were out over targets again last night, who is stationed here with the lith the Air Ministry reported today. Armored Division, commanded by Maj. The attack by these speed’, tv.in- be Nesbitt Re-elected Area Scout Official Girls Basketball Came Ends In Tie An exhibition game of girls basketball between the Iowa Wesleyan 'Giama- today In addition some of the sub carriers were ill and Don Nicholson who handles the mailing of the New .suffered a hand injury in a fall Sun-day, and is unable to do that work By shifting cf carriers, hunting up of former News carriers and finally by the use of a car and a couple of helper- the New was delivered to th0 town subscribers. One of the carriers. James Rich, tnk over Nicholsonjcb getting out the man If illest difficul- ir,(etlIlx-ties cause delays in deliveries, subscribers undoubtedly will not be tea harsh in their criticism of their carrier. rooted to the rank of Staff Sergeant. safely, came close on the heels of a S-Sgt. Davidson, son of Mrs. Anna strong American heavy-bomber attack veisa: war, he said. Announcement was n.acit mat L*e DaUdson 3(;g w Pearl st-< is a mem- en an unspecified target in northwest- " !:/ T/ ' " ber cf the Batten "C" 491st Field Ar- em Germany during the daylight hours held at the Methodist church oat BattalUtn yesterday. Monday evening with wives of the Ki-v.anianx as quests. Each person is to take a small gift, preferably a toy, costing between IO aud 25 cents. M B. Linder was a gue;at the Ki wan is The meeting held a’ tile F* Madison and tuck cattle with cio>e - larding bv Or consider the .nner background church where a fried chicken supper both teams holding the scoring low. of Mr Wilson’s words. He is certain- was served wax largely attended by Outscoring Wesley*!! in the second half Enough Coal For Minimum Comfort Rosarian> held their regular dinner at the Brazelion hotel and heard a short talk by Lt. Jack McCormick on training and other phases of bombardier schooling before they adjourned to the Harlan to hear the talk b> Dr. Welch. REPORTS GIVEN AT Iv non-poiiUcal His warning that the about 90 Scouters These from Mi 15 to IO the Donnellson squad closed Washington, D C < INS1—The Office W.C.T.U. INSTITUTE country may go too far rn it.- swing to- Pleasant included On a1 Nesbitt who hard with the lead changing hands War information forecast today an intensification of the nation’s already A very interesting W. C. T. U insti-acute” coal shortage, asserting that lute was enjoyed Friday at the home ward the right was certainly sound. presided as toastma*ster, Everett Mox- several times in the last few minutes. But in submitting his warnings oi ley, Win. Walters, Everett Zink, Lloyd The Weslejan team is a weil-cooid- disunity. he also offered war produc- Hill, Warner Russell, Frank Lankford mated unit with Eld a Dateline anc. consumers enter 194*1 with enough of Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Hoffman. The tion figures indicating industry is do- and Harold Carroll t Ka> Carlson doing inc .-coring and lh ; fugj only for "minimum comfort/' meeting wa.x opened by Mrs. Kit cli, ing an excellent job—an evidence ol An additional field executive will be rest of the squad feeding the ball to Reporting that ?he United States will local'.institute director, at IO a. rn. Mrs. considerable unity. He put forward no added t > the staff Jan I giving the them and presenting a tight defense. a* The satisfying pit Lire of Allied bomb- N w address A-C James T. McCabe, ens penetrating deeper and deeper into 12058024. A-C Dot., L. A A F Luo- ’he enemy territory, accompanied the bock. Texas. entire round by a strong fighter es- Lubtock. Tex. Army Air Field—Hav- coit, was envisaged by Allied air and mg reported to this advance twin- military quarters iii London engine school of the nation-wide Army That this is not tar distant was in-Air Forces Trail.mg Command on the dicated in the disclosure by American ahalvcrsary of Pearl Harbor, Aviation Eighth airnv air force spokesman ’.hat Cadet Jame.x T. McCabe of Mt. Pleasant in yesterday's strong Flying Fortress is nearing the completion of his flight and Liberator attacks on an unnamed training. Cadet McCabe, former stu- German target, the fotir-mctored raid-ric-nt of Iowa Wesleyan college, had er.s were accompanied 400 miles into worked as a high explosive inspector the Reich and ail the way back by and entered the service as a glider pilot. Thunderbolts and Lightning- the longue is a member of Phi Delta Theta est fighter escort job cf the war. - fraternity. His parents are Dr. and - ■ Mrs, Tom J. McCabe. i , _ London, Eng 'iNS> — The German agency DNB reported today that the Russians had launched a new large scale offensive on the Nevel sector northwest of Smolensk. Bitter tank battle.- arc raging in the Gen. Patton on Unexplained Mission London, Eng. (INS* — A Reuters „ , dispatch from Cairo declared today begin the new year with a bituminous Buck gave very helpful devotions ann that Lieutenant General George Pat, Nevel ai‘ea. the German agency said Donnellson, although with no high j shortage 0f approximately 25,000,- gave some interesting things concerning t j commander of the American •....... “ OOO ton. the OW! .aid the coal short- the organization of the WCTU TO years “and hi staff i“- age is acute now and most factors ago in Hillsboro, Ohio. point to an increasing deficit next The reports of the different depart- exJ.Luned mlsMGn» year.” ments were then given by the follow- ..................... ing. Nil - Lottie Smith on leligiou.s QDl?r!|/^T>C » \jr\TPIJE'D cduc.it on; Mrs. Ella Jericho, Christian i KtUIClO AINU I HILK ___________ citizenship; Mrs. Laura Falman, for- “JAZZ AGE” AFTER WAR MR WILSON ALSO SPOKE of 'Men LmKltm Dai Iv Express today a: acing and a few more Inches ant. pounds pQj^ USE OF CAP UNITS Clqn m£xx; n and relief After the noon- _ suggestion that production is falling council three professional scouters, off. Indeed, his figures led the American Federation of Labor weekly to carry a banner line "War Production Over The Top” (citing shipyards and war plane records to December I). i scorers on the .squad, keep their op-iportents' scoring down by skil ful guard-i mg. One of the smoothest ball hand-! lers o nthe Donnellson team is little - Mary Weber .a freshman in high school, London Eng. (INS* — Informants who has the appearance of a natural from Stockholm were quoted by the (athlete. A few more years experience. DELIVER PLANES REPORT GOERING PREPARING "A HOME” In the Cherkassy region of the Dnieper tend, where the Nazis admitted rived unexpectedly in Cairo on "an-un- ^ost tiie communications cen ter of Cherkassy, the Germans were said to have withdrawn acre s the Tasted!! river. Taken Bv Death at who preach disunity" mot naming that a luxurious Swedtah country hots* should mato her an out-tr.nums ^ayar am. -plunging us into disastrous in- “ (*‘ng prepared for Nazi Marshal Scoring: Wesleyan; E. asboline. F, tertial strife It there are any such. Herman Goering against the day of his 1C. K Carlson. F, 12. Other plovers; D. Oldt. F.. K Turner. F. J. Picltaid, G "lace recently ,o .ie cml an unquestionably they should be named, | anticipated flight from Germany. tried, jailed or subdued The admin-is!ration has greal powers to punish Eleven Reported them outside the courts if they exist Ki]|e(] |(J Collision in business, and if they are an import- _______ ant factor. But I read the papers and magazines mn reported uu^ today ta ... ' probably as fully as anyone, and I see # co]|ision of a fcus and , traller truck ,bnia '• ° little leal hate and no campaigns for ^ others were reported injured, disunity—only good production figures Bath, New York (INS' -Eleven war F. J. D. Elliott. G. R. Coltranc, G, M. K. Wells. G. Duinclixon: Marion Wagner, F, 5. B. Woodley, F, 7, P Doherty. F. 2, M. Weber, F, 4. L. Jones F. 4. Other players; Mane Wagnei, G. 1. Ti .- or, U. b. time prayer by Mrs, Bessie Collins, a Des Moines. la. 'INS'—Iowa Attorney nTZTnicu ly.c wppp compelative luncheon was enjoyed. At Genera! John Rankin today told sher- f * n n I w • Patrol 1:30 C‘ L- Smith gave devotions. jjfs and attorneys attending the open- Ot l)HU^ht6I Mrs. Bessie Collins, former president. jng bexxion of the sixty-first annual s?ave some worthwhile echoes from the con vc a lion that after the war the Winfield Mrs F A Gas id- o' state convention which was held re- country will „o through another "jazz p.. rd away it about ll o’ci- ’k Mon- cently. The keynote of the convention agc. day evening at the home of her given by Ida B Wyse Smith, now na- Rankin said fcfeat it bad been the daugiiter Mrs F L Gladd, in Win- SOUTH JACKSON STREET isnits and 176 more arr to be delivered seen after the first of the year. These kliakl colored ships complete with radio and army air forces star, soon will be Lmnm'rt ^^*1^7 the'local^CAP X"nal PresWent' was "®° Ior*'Hrd-" am( after eve v war ami it will be the field, where sue had made her home mg lo we d received bv the local CAP. Then Mrs c L gmllh showed three th| tlme The policy will be to keep them to ^ ^ ^ ha(, from (he _ circulation among the units, of each headquarter*. "The Chance of Wing .so all qualified members will get u(eum^ alid Scnsc... and a chance to fly them. Their use will be strictly limited to work in connection with aviation cadet recruiting. “A Fo’Aer cf Strength ' The groun was very proud to hear such a good report from the Iota Sigma. the organization of the younger WILL REVIEW CERTAIN DRAFT DEFERMENTS for the pa-1 several months. She L survived by one o’her daughter, Mrs* J. G Duncan, of David City, Neb, three grandchildren; Mrs Allan Mtribal!, Kingman, M ntana, M s. Harry - Smith. Rolla, Mw. Kathleen Duncan - : Washington. D. C., (INS) Selective David City, Neb.; '.ne great-grand- u. Sen ice headquarters announced today steven Michael Smith of Rolla. Mo the issuance of regulations requiring Rer nm band preceded her in death n Mrs. Cassada was the last of mothers. Sunday. December 19. the annual review cl tile occupational deferment 192i I sec also a confusing contest ol vari- but this cannot even be hoped for. ous political and economic groups con- ■ Disunity? No. Ne nublic spokesman PROPERTY IS SOLD Hiving campaigns and wallowing daz- favors giving in to the axis, or aban- ______ rdly in their own confused and con- dolling Britain or Russia. All want ex- T A * A r*L L fileting advice, or striving to promote termination of our enemies. No riots Wayne I Oary> /son of tlv veal e 'ate Jo Assist At v-hurch their own welfare primarily. This is or open demonstrations of protests have firm of Garret san and Garretson, - not disunity, only typical American pol- occurred, such as have characterized and Robt. Hannah, he use x »-sman, re- Rev D. C-Brown has come here from Christmas treats and program will be of every registrant whose principal eleven children. ! previous wars of this country. ports the sale of the Julia Wilson howe Keckuk to assist the Rev. James J. given at the Countv Home. The :esl- place of employment and local board Mrs Gtadd will lea'.' Mt Pie Ste It is not good, wise, or beneficial ’but For victory, for production, for ut- on South Jackson street to Mrs. Leah Welsh ai the St Alphonsin Catholic dents look forward with pleasure to are in diffeernt appeal board areas Tuesday evening tor David City. Neb it exists. Net confined to one side, it most fighting effort, this nation has Thornburg of near Mt Pleasant. This church. The assignment was marie bels not ikely to be cured by one-sided been unified as probably never'before home is modern and newly painted, cause of the recent illness of Rev. campaigns. If all administration spokes- the war. Politically, economically, it Mrs. Thornburg purchased this nice Welsh Rev Brown has been assistant men were Rayburn*, Wilsons and has not been, and probably never will property for a home and will take pos- at St. Peter s Catholic church at Keo- Byrnes, it might die down considerably, be. ; session Jan. 1st. kuk for nearly two years. th s verv enjoyable affair. Meeting Appeal boards having jurisdiction where funeral sen ce rid buttal w ll b closed.with the WCTU benediction over the principal place of employment held Thursday Mr Gladd who is - m- Mrx Barney and Mrs. Doric, accum- will make the necessary review a,> ceti- ployed in defense work rn Ne bra k "anied Mrs. Collins as guests from ’ mplated by recently adopted amend- will meet her at Omaha and acc un- Salem. ments to the draft law. pony her to David Cia

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