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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - February 10, 1943, Mount Pleasant, Iowa VAUD RATION STAMPS VALID RATION STAMPS SuKiir ll - Reb. I-Mar. 15 (Each stamp, Three pounds) toffee (I lb.) - Jan. 1-1 eh. 7 Gasoline No. 1-Jan. 21-Mar.21 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS Fuel Oil 3 - - - Until Feb. 20 (Each stamp, ll gallons) Fu^l Oil 4 - - - Until Apr. 12 Each stamp, l l gallons VOL. IAX I, No. 31 News ; Behind the WEDNESDAY, KEB. DI. 1913 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA * v t . id v (■ itinimrri By Paul Mah.on >r~" < Oui ir i on loo ny King Feature* Syn-jt< ate Inc, lo product Ion In Pull or n pur*. auntly Prohibited.) WASHINGTON (UN I HO VI It SI Iv now about my rd sr vc r a1 weeks - SOME MINOR developing belated-mclusions, publi h-g.. that the south is in a psychological political revolt against centralized government methods. irter. whose • has circul A li lt wing rn net familiar to n Penally a story to the south an ions restricted t editors,1' "some "pre pr i et dis of F The south, he )< soundly democrat Now ct nrp-s Hu an with an edito name ated n hat he m found m p a "few Ti n lion that extremely handling other pro story I re i tion, wha me, On tlie rr Red Army Uses Artillery On Rostov House Rejects Bill To Repeal Income Tax They’ll Do It Every Time Senate Acts on Petition For Making Rubber Der Mc ne:;. Town (INS* The low er house ol the I:wa legislature today rejected 83 to 15 an amendment that would have provided outright repeal 01 low .s income tax 'I he bion came as the house began work on the senate bill for a 50'' reduction in the income tax payable in IO' J end 1944 Rejection of outright repeal was followed immediately by a proposal by Rep. Frank W Loss, democra* of Dubuque cr univ for suspension of the iref>me tax for this ye?r and next. Th( outright repeal amendment was offered bv two rh mm als Represent <-* ive. W J Johannes, cf Ashton and VV. A Yacer of Spirit Lake. Hu Mkt Resolution of hi em find T< n ne rd bv the Aug) says "keen pen observant bec «u people me not j the cievelopme:.’ volt noted ncle rf in Th te completed action on the 1 im r>n petitioning rubber or William M Jeffers and cong re.* smen and senators adam cf synthetic rubber I plants in Iowa. If trlan F" iso-r, republican Mrs. Mable Bouge Dies at Salem Funeral Thursday at Friends Church Salem Bring Up Guns To Suburbs of The City Also Intensiy Attack Kharkov On Salem. Iowa — Mrs. Mable Bouge passed away at her home in Salem, Tuesday afternoon at 1:40. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Friends church in Salem with burial in the Friends cemetery. Mrs Bessie F Col lins will officiate. t _ „ ... . bat ered furious v at the environs of Mrs. Bouge is survived by her hus-• u * .. bard, Harry Bouge, one daughter. J Mrs. Lillie Barnett, Elko. Nevada, and t seven sens; Pvt Lawrence Bouge, Ft. I Leonard Wood. Missouri, Everett in the M scow, Russia. 'INS*—The Rr I at tm, successful in piercing the center cf the Nazi winter defense line, today Mt. Pleasant May Play at Winfied Infant Son Dies it O explained th- ( ,ose {i) Winfield Site; Wayland poll Ti n i re can bf no doubt alwtruth of the si ary, for now Wton is b* ginr. i mg to act accord iiThe souther rn font'res;.t(DU i aa, ch se to ti ie inner feelings <consul men!. < i any id a -|i >,>> ror r* j k>! tor ii lave lately taken-hip * o ei* frat Mr Hon ev* h - .imein of Flyt til, to repudiate 1minif-t j ation’s oromi r- to Marcsand, i in Otho ently or anta I gun Istle t the icof th* admin istrationFor roft-p its pa r dolling rf, the adrmnihtt-; the negro prow*c.i ll*'d off th c* fair employ rn* rnuMf- - be aril ny- in which rad:MUH lens'- on w a VV' won horn POU the a I ouf that she rul>ber of the serious prob-I . both on the home , I war front. indent that this war if it i • lost, it will be it," Faster ald on the floor that he s that the rubber in-• an agreement with that th- Japanese Mn Play There Also I lea rd reports r» had made ut to the elf et id not destroy the rubber plants in Hied territory. KT ca were- to kin rU' eve sensitive in t WF** new ( be gained bv iii fe lt ion in, h. it con cal id it week ling Is t “Fighting Sullivans Memorial” Started tern ku — o~ Tov a .INS*- As a tribute ut i v of five brothers who USS. Juneau dur-\al battle last Novem-ip Sullivan: Memorial' launched at Waterloo. A SIMILAR NI VV POLITIC IL TIC ’UNIQUE ben - pre. cli *d bv the administration in conn a Mon with rationing defeet* whi'h are at th- tea. root of the southern political ii lem. Not by on< meat of Dei I were made ct the game time, pct omit! of rat onin-r being changed, mistakes rected, injustices smoothed e issuance of additional ►oui word admits inju tit any go’ hat mis lone. but ern- akes . at v' c lust on Mie ing a Paeif c ui ber, a "Fightmi campaign wa Iowa, today. Sponsoring sc'*;r\ the VV n uiiced that the memorial -- lorm and erat of which will be dependent I extent of public contributions - would be -n enduring monument to th' five san f Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F Sullivan, Waterloo, officially listed the drive, nation-wide o rlon Daily Courier an- A survey of the trams of this territory and th- sites for the basketball 'ournamentx indicates that Mt, Pleasant high’s team probably will be assigned to Winfield along with Winfield and Wayland. Since there is no tournament in Ft Madison or Keokuk, those sc horn-probably will go to Burlington along with some O'hers New I*ond'n might go to Burlington, for Winfield has -fun* other Class A schools nearby v Ire h could be assigned there and make up a full schedule. In C ass B. Mf. Union, Pleasant Lawn and Olds are nearby Henry county schools which likely will go to W afield. Two College Events of Special Interest Mrs. Henry Notion has received word | of the death of a ne infant son of Lt. and M:s. Harvey Gable! of Spokane, • Wash, which occurred Saturday night.] I Th* ban. was barn Thursday, Feb «*. I Mrs. Cabler, formerly Miss Helen ] Van Hon. Is a daughter of Mrs Marjorie Van Hon fend a niece of Mrs j Horton and Miss Ida Van Hon of Mt Pleasant Miller Case Is Dismissed By Jury Charge of Intoxication Is Then Filed BEGIN SHIFT TO 48-HOUR WEEK Program To He I nderway March 31 By The case against Harold Miller of Rome, who mixed with New London officers Sa urriay night, was dismissed by the grand jury after hearing testimony Tuesday. Miller was accused of resifting execution of process. After the grand jury failed to indict him on the charge. Sheriff Manning J. Cline filed a chai ce if ilk1 Utica firm against Miller He was arraigned In , sentative prosent. Justice of the Peace James T. Whit-Available en what Rostov in a drive to turn the Germans’ southern flank. The Soviets brought up 76 mm gur-> to the subuibs of Rostov from where they were shelling German posi ions in the heart cf the Caucasian gateway city across the Don river. While this Red ai my artillery force battered the Germans en the north bank of the river, another Soviet column supported by tanks, hammered a new break through into the German posh ions entering this suburb. At noon the Soviet high command said that during the night the Russians fought offensive battles through the Rostov region One Red army unit alone killed 400 Nazi! defenders. The tempo of assaults against the Ukraine city of Kharkov also was intensified by Red army columns foilow-jImportant Meeting on Thursday mg up the capture of Belgorod, forti- . r. flied hill city 50 miles north of Khar- Afternoon kov. - After taking the German base at AU MI Pies »nt mer-hank air re- Belgorod the Red army advanced IO the Harlan hotel «>U» **>lh to 0CCUP»' Shebekino. U. S. service somewhere overseas, and Leslie Eugene, Allen. Robert and Raymond, all ol Salem. She also leaves the fGlowing brothers and sisters: Mrs. J‘*nnie Bouge, Mr- Bert Humphrey, and Will Hudson of Salem; Mrs. Rose Van Dorm of Burlington. Mrs. Charles Savage. Hamilton. 111.; John Hudson. Douds. la., and Evan Hudson, also in Illinois. Merchants To Meet To Discuss Hours quested to meet at Thursday afternoon at two o'ci ck to discuss opening and closing hours ani also the possibility of closing one-ha?. day each week The Chamber of Commerce which is sponsoring the meeting especially urges all establishments to have a repre- within 40 miles of Kharkov. Formal Notification of Guadalcanal Clean-up Broadcast noon; On Thursday After-Concert Friday Evening Two events £>n the college calendar this week of unusual interest locally of Lincoln’s I Wa hingle*n. D. C. 'INS Man-power Commission moved rapidly today to accomplish in six short weeks the Her ulean task of shifting American business from the 40 to the _ 48 hour week. < die I for by President j An Advanced Base in the South Pa-ific (INS*—Formal notification that Information will be Guadalcanal has been cleaned of all Tther towns are do- organ{zed Japanese resistance was mg's court, nil was grunted a chair intr regard mg hours and closing. flashed to the world today by Admiral of venue to the court of Justice G A Many different opinions have been William F. Halsey, United States naval Iii* War I Hallowell. Later he changed his mil I, expressed here recently I* is hope I rcmmander in the southwest Pacific. however, and pleaded guilty befur, that merchants will cooperate and bn Admiral Halsey sent a message of Whiting. He was fined $20 and costs, j present to air their views and help congratulations Ic Major General Alex- --I work out a plan that will be satisfae- ander M Patch of the United States Copper and Brass torv to all. uru:; eArhLmA5We,"'| Will Admit To Movie !)m|s Recorded Announcing that the program would ( . y • be well underv in the 32 critical j _ ( OlirtllOllSU man-power shortage areas by March J T ret* Show at Temple THeatei 31st, the WMG forecast, that other areas would bt dded and warned that violations anus g nonwar industries would be turnc- over to the justice department -for e xpropriate actions.” These den-; us were made public swiftly on the isseis of white house re army, whose force relieved the marines who originally invaded Guadalcanal and then proceeded to finish the job. A spokesman for Admiral Halsey-quoted him as saying: “Having sent General Patch to do a tailoring job on Guadalcanal, I am surprised and pleased at the speed with boa re's I qui*tty < ever by coupons Just a the dramatization aval. in s missing in action for three months. Contributions t:. the “Fighting Sui- are „ Gettysburg address on the Thursday radio broadcast and the concert by Dailv Corn - the college band Friday evening in the chapel. The first event is a presen- _______ _ tat ion of the Radio Production class \1K. ROOSEVELT’S outside public- under the direction of Professor Haris's likewise seem to be struggling in old E. Nelson. The events immediately especially with their cam- preceding and following the historic For Children Deeds recorded at the court house which he removed the enemy’s pants M L. Dicks-n of tlx- Temple th-,,-’the ast few days Include the fellowing: to acctmplish lf ter has announced that the the.-et I Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Readily to Mr. will hold a big free show for all school and Mrs. Ivan E. Ye,cr. Olds piope, children next Saturday morning to ty. with i which the price of admission will be Zelma M Monee won’t buy your way (mortar fund, from all Iowa and ti*" ration, will be received and handled by the Waterloo ier. he case of the southern spokesman for the new deal, the government is publicly denying the existence cf a situation which it is secretly moving to «.rn*.lim.it . though ,;HUrn to stamp out all rationing cri- address by President Lincoln are par-, ebly ai pi un . difficult and con- ticism by calling it unpatriotic, wheth- trayed as well as the actual speech in it makes p . * rr of n:t j. ,s construe'ive and forces an adaptation arranged by Dr. Waldo fUSmg b,,n,r\,»nrlus.or-i were* ach-) im; movement Braden. Included in the broadcast ‘ '1 1 ,() od i tors*'or in-! I listened to the most widely publi- are the Wesleyan choir which sings tbs *f n" , ’°m 7 cMnirppncs • c'zrd cf the campaigning radio com- numbers presented by the Baltimore ?!Zr ocrXtiomUi mental in his to broadcast. He alee Club on the Gettysburg battlefield I!, lr! on the *troet Uiov who rec- j fruit up a pathetic picture of the food and the college band with tunes of agnized me from pictures in ll** paper J r Hub I ion cf the army in Guadalcanal, civil War days. or otherwise, and came up to tell m( their troubles. They were the commot people covering all walks cf life My information on the rn! siiniiarily comes not only from them,, but from thousands of reader fl.Dlr iruliviri-. mum lect as a pairwise uuvjr, rnymms. mc c,nest ion as to whether it is necessary Vited to attend this concert at the ual experiences. * Tire trouble with this administra- j or hat Iv administered. chapel at 8:00 p. rn. lion lately has been that Mr. Rouse-j lins KIND OF volt has no one around like Jim Far- , INC ley whi maintains touch with the com men people. He is much too busy to J the wet Id lease of the order which carried it the firm pol. y rule that the extra (one pound or more of .scrap copper or ?ight hours work should be paid for ,bl ass on a regular overtime basis — general!11110 :hls show-time and a half. The presided s order would amount to a 30% raise in actual pay to be received by persons now working a five day 40 hour wok. they were getting along on lit- The Friday evening concert is sonie-tle or nothing without complaint, and thing very different as the band under mentioned that seamen in lifeboats are the direction of Mr. W. E. Smith is offal inning i stnrvlnp faring a “Concert in Swing.” While His theory was that similar suffering not a jam session, the program will in all’at home should be welcomed and en- feature popular melodies in modern Ellers who wrote me thelr individ- (f «ed as a patriotic duty. without rhythms. The public is cordially in- Washington. D. C. (INB)—The 48 hour week order is all inclusive and makes no exceptions for many workers in the 32 labor shortage areas where it applie . the war man-powet commission explained today. The announcement came from Fowler V. Harper, deputy commissioner. “It effects retail establishments, the press, radio, transportation, personal services and every other known type of employment Harper said. Announcement of the victory was made by Caotain Miles Browning. Admiral Halsey’s chief of staff, who dis- Ferider to Maxwell and closed the Japanese evacuated all sen- H ill va rd Winfield property, tor officers from the island when fur- F*‘deral Land Bank to J:seph Gra- ther resistance became hopeless.. ber KH) acres in Trenton township. The Jananese were finally anet corn-some of the important sources of Consideration is given as $6,500. pletely defeated when American troops copper and brass around the horn-’ Robert J. Roberts to Edward O. ann closed a pincers drive on their last are- electric wiring. «fe$h boilers, old Velma Baust, Trenton property. remaining strong hold at Cape Espei- heating coils, auto radiator*, hub cans Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Savage to anre at 5:25 P M. yesterday. copper screen, copper pots and pans. Barbara E. Savage. 85 acres in Salem * We consider the island completely light fixtures, picture frames, door township. dominated and in possession of the handles and knobs, locks. keys. faucets. Florence Seeley Lodwlck and others United States forces, c^ln light reflectors, old electric fans and to B. E. Seeley and to Mr. and Mrs. Browning declared and then added: motors, ash trays, fireplace fixtures Charles D. Morton, land in Henry “We are going to take offensive ac- and fittings, old stair!reads, switch county. tion- in which the capture of Guada*- plates and many other items. j Elizabeth E. Metzger to Albe De- canal has an important part. Just The way to tell whether an article Yarman, Winfield property. Consider- what it is or when or where the action is made of copper or brass la to touch ation is given as $1,100 ’will occur I am not at liberty to sav. it with an ordinary magnet—if the WAYNE TOWNSHIP 4 H GIRLS MEET i magnet stirkes to the meta), it is na copper or brass Thes^ metals arc iv-attracted to a m gnct. Uncle Sam needs tfce cooper an! brass. Children can have fun colle'h ing it and can see the picture without charge—just present the pound or more of copper or brass. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert S~huerman to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stafford, property in Bentley’s addition in Mt. Pleasant i An all-day meeting of the Working Harmison Found Guilty of Speeding; Send 1000 Patients To Other Hospitals adit ms are largely no deeper into the public mind thin clipping the editorial pages of the newspapers. These are good sources in ordinary times, but. in this war today, every in-riividml has personal experience with centralized government, enabling him Larger than last semester the con-1 •t band shows the results of weeks j Waynettes was held at the home of Erma Seberg on February 6. A pot after ! duty. considerable tine**. Featured per-1 which the girls diaooMed th. food >r I value of the luncheon and each girl annuu| 1 ‘daughter ANNOUNCE BROWN AND VAN ALEN ENGAGEMEN r Mrs. Robert Irwin Brown cf Ches‘- George Harmison was found gulpy of speeding at. a hearing held before Justice of the Peace Garfield A Hallowed, Tuesday evening and was final today. $15 and costs. Complaint was filed A special rain of 13 coaches and nut Hill, near PhHadelph’a, Penn., has £gains| Harmison by Sheriff Manning fri*r baggage ear- in Which cots were the engagement of her j cline. placed for 150 b*’d ridden patients. Miss Barbara Willits Brown. wit ne? against Harmison were was p-ovideri at the request of Gov and Dr. foolish think • presumes that inasmuch as nam- per I der Is also common in other parts cf of hard practice and handles the pop right now. we should have ,,iar an(j semi-classical, numbers with j luck lunch was solved a.- noon. iv- ny.>orted to do it himself, and his! murder at home as a patriot i 11 tf>'>ri', •, who co! and even pre mote a little of it so we formers Friday will be Jayne Staeble tao would know how tilers feel when af the piano add Jack Bottorff on the j planned wa mo ss t rn ot. ^ they am murdered. snare drum. Iclllde 10 ml*kl dav s d e r nut hr immediately took the minds —----- I Mrs. ™Umtion» on howi°* Mt Pleasant Of his listeners on, Ou—I and ,owan$ To Hold j* ZZ?ZZ, r X; hX .od wit. 7, ; Reunion In California |otmn discussed mr,-... ..... . , . ., , ii „ _ . Fe' kb WI erur•" lct-al hotel, denying that it cost ?4 j a —— t . , i jvirvc rai amnions plate or mere than $6—which would Herman J. Garretson <foimeil.\ of piesent and t ie ,n s ma e ^ ^ chestnut Hill. She is now c. McC'-id, rettified :n his own behalf to form his own personal opinion.. ,p - . .......Mt Pleasant. la.) president of the .cheek on grooming practices. She •*1^^ ftt ,he Pennsylvania Hospital'and claimed that ‘he accelerator on school of Nursing. j his car was s‘uck. Robert Anderson Dr. Van Allen attended Iowa Wes-' and Ed Taylor were called to testify Evansville. Indiana GNS* — While searchers dug Into the rums of' the Evansville s’ate asylum for other possible victims, more than 1,000 insane men and wcmmi patients, made homeless by yesterday’s blaza were sent un-der heavy guard lo other institutions which would Herman J. JI im I I - - _ - . There has be n no peUtlew. around ; still bo consldrivjhfe in » ~ ^ ™ Agsoclation 0 this government with either Farle.v s G-uada . .vna. Mlami forma, announces faculty or friendships throughout the developed that he himself is Mi nt(.ntr mmi Maurice Wright Van Allen, Pie sheriff and Mrs. cline. They wer* Henry Sc bricker of indiana who flew son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Van Allen, (paving eastward on highway 34 Frl-,to the scene of the disaster to take day evening when Harmison passed: nc^onal charge of the rescue work. Miss Brown attended Springdale .)lfm anfj they followed him at the -- school and made her debut Inst year ra*e of 70 miles an hour, according to RE5EKAH OFFICER c I at a dance given by her grandmother, fj-e testimony > William Findlay Brown, cf ' Son-J Harmison, defended by Attorney E • COMING THURSDAY Southern Cali-j directed a style show oi women counter, to keep th., government lnlB'^Vh®1Jle^ur^'h ’ unavoidable ens will be held, ah day. Saturday, that the annual; clctbes designed by the U. S. Bureau winter picnic reunion of Termer low- of Home Economics. step with any: ne except the local po-j 7~‘ . ' ruhhlne February 27th. (If RAINY postponed in htical bosses and office holders who (s.u ferng in ’ one week) It win ^ heUi in Lincoln Norma and Mary Jean Eubank. a revolt if confronted salt in it by injustices or ioonsn piu paganda. and'rinrin- r~* n-.e-eUey»n college and woo graduated from In connection with repair work lone ■he «... of rocreatior, Two guests,' the College ct Medicine at the Slate (sometime ago on the etcetera to. * 4 M i TTnlvrrs't*' of Iowa in 1942. He is ajO’unty Attorney Bon A. Galer p“e- rma and Miiv Jean Eubank, were J unlvcrsit or iowa m uw- ^ would ignore with one. Park, Los Angeles. present. Un ive) member of Phi Beta Pi fraternity. Wonted the state’s evidence. Mrs, Ruth Hamblin of Marshalltown, Rpbekah assembly president, will be the guest of honor of the loc ii R«bek-ah lodge on Thursday evening Tills will be her first visit here A covered d sh supper will be ses*v-ed following the work.

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