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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - February 11, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS SiiKar ll - Feb. I-Mar. 15 (Each stamp, Three pounds) Coffee II lb.) Feb. 8-Mar. 21 Gasoline No. I-Jan. 21-Mar.21 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS Furl Oil 3 - - - Until Feb. 20 CF,ach stamp, ll gallons) FuH Oil 4 - - - Until Apr. 12 Each stamp, ll gallons \ OL. I,XXI, No. 35 IHI RSO A V. LEH. II, 1913 MT. PLEASANT. IOWA News Behind ii*‘IU"., f THE By Paul Mali.on M' iii 'Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inn, Reproduction In Full or m Part Strictly Prohibited )Churchill Tells Of The War Progress Tigers Lose Close One Ihey’Il Do It Every l'ime — WASHINGTON -I ERE NT ]; ii V On worked up by Pi oil Tile lint rn* lie un Changes lo corr* t and injustices of th* was evident all ti >w: order, although rn them out In the fir t place custom to i a Hon Th applying product!© same time The ;* ducers generally e>i moi*’ weeks later i producer msnufa* they wanted or st en This time, Brown ti ns promptly The "hoarding p* demon alw,4’. s provi was ttkewi.se db-pc.' ■ It wa Henderaor \ Ullin hi DU t a tinning is bein ss Brown, el common- ens i he ineffi- iencie Jen >ug! inc Offu retail Defeated By Penn In A Thrilling Game Lady {ark r a frkte damsel and though ••ii*- .seemed t smile on the Tige- for a while Wednesday evening, Ii*- finally gave her favor to the Rangers fr* rn Penn cr.liege. There ;• no '.jure ,lion abr ut their needing tor help th* v eked out a one point victory < vet the Tigers in the most. hotlv con-f the vear ors the W - Little loot me SAYS MONA MAS BOUGHT EMOUGH FANCY CHIMA AND SILVER AT AUCTION SALES To STOCK A STORE - f f-AND SOLD’ THIS BEAUTiFUL 64-PIECE f SET OF HAND-PAINTED! ' CHIMA-SOLD TO MRS j TREMBLECHIM FOR A The Ridiculous Sum JI / OF $27 50 This Will ] \ look NICE With the J to SERVICE <SET YXI J BOUGHT THE OTHER f But a lot of good it DOES THE FAMILY THEV GET ALL THEIR MEALS ON THE OLD, cracked Kitchen crock ERV I-Aaai iC~tb A M OLI 'OM BK\)WMSV LLE ti ie game flo.r. j Some of t ! Sped* of b= i the r appeal I ( him? on Un dark ly ab a me in viL m Th ? spectators insist that a kef ba ll gremlins made nee list night and per-rim of the basket pushed the ball iway. Strength is given 't shiv story bv the number of shots which hoverer! br* a?h-Likingiv on the rim only to fall outside the bucket Taking the lead at the start, Wes* lev an wa not headed until the closing minutes of the half when L'-Refte -od Ovens ■ Hi* r *to heavy gun •• of the Os-kanova squad, brought their team a Basketball Teams Get Assignments Six of County Teams To Flay At Winfield Dc Moines, la. (INS* A vs grutten! j(f 216 teams to the 16 sectional ba>-j ketball touinaments scheduled ioi southeast Iowa. March 3, 4, ?>, and 6, i was announced today by Lyle Quinn, j executive secretary of the. I wa High school Athletic association. Assignments to the tournament play included: Burlington: Class A: Burlington, Fort Madison, United Nations Have Definite War Design Eisenhower To Command; Holding Our Own With Subs Merchants a*-!’ The temp*) of the gal ■ne was teadiiyshopping rush II. rimDlxTl> ie pp* id up during th* ) second halfget rift of 1’. * r. 11 a*- th* * t wo 1 f a ms lough ' on even termslions of (tear to*- throtu it bout the period. ’J to w tin ill :Of roars* Mf Henderson 1 always point for Penn was a free throw bvand rriou> reminded tile pub - Pate!mkt who played ar. excellentll* that people w Mild pave to * * i I ii ow tame for Penn. much 4 th'.' boa (*1 ) hey Ii dThe Tigers played a well balata cdMost of Physically Fit Men 18 - 38 Mill Be Drafted Three Divorces New Child Welfare Granted By Judgej Bill Introduced -In Lower House late': when ration; de re* I But no on determine how in-* the truth, aud th* pr< ss am extant u-. icy tended toward of Mars-bytty. rills poi it v uh I led g -po bu' Mr I with it on sh e i. Apparelled, there v Mayor I iGua»di;i a suppbhed to have start on some Net York « which were open government empl here and purcha But otherwise, he courage'I by adv it Other mod era tk by bit. Portions cf the now swimming in corrects the 'hor Hershey Says HIO,01)0 Will Be Inducted Monthly Decrees In Messer, Brown anti Bain Cases Washington, D C 'INS* Major J Three divorces were granted in court i Moines, Iowa <INS> Bu* kite Ii* un* oui *m a nat to l*ik; int i th* m tit h Lange and Tuba ugh pin- -od defensively and feeding th*' fti*rise to Wagner, Kerr*'I, and y who racked up most of the an mitts Wagner =nd Buckeyed their u na I top-notch gam** l0at the great majority cf the 10,000,00:) j I by ar. amazing performance physically fit men tctween the age ■el Promoted to the firs re* nth . th* tiny forward was armed services before the end of the st aggressive playei on the floor year regardless of occupation or i Iowa Measure Ignores Offer of Federal Aid House Votes To Cut Income Tax General Lewis B Hershey, director of | here wednesday to Judge E. O. New- J child welfare bill which would ignore j federal aid was introduced in the granted a divorce I lower house cf the Iowa legislature to-The couple was Selective Service, today told- congress ( C|j md moves ol fees he*' int tip d shoes Saturday ming was net en-p official notice is are comme,, bit islam .seaboard are ue! oil, which fully ge here, now con- Escoe Messer was °‘ I ||pm Bessie Messer juad anf1 3R w*ould bf drafted "into the married in 1924 and lived together until 1942. He a ,s granted custody of the six children ranging in ages from 9 to 16 years Denver Brown was granted a divorce from ELsie Mae Brown, the latter a natient at the state hospital. Cruel The equities were with Gertrude Stacy B <in in her suit against William Henry Bain. They were married in 1910 and lived together until 1929. She was granted custody of the daughter. Ruth Bam. Cruel and inhuman treatment was charged in each of the cases. fined to ant bra--pc coal (those who conv* tied arc not suffering much, how-oal is available* consumers to fill rage space is lim- ever. as inferior Dealers now wai their tanks as ' ited. WfV Virginia and West Florida have been pushed » it of tin iuel oil rationing area. The “B card cf ding on gasoline is being broken to let penult get to work Recapped tires are to be authorized soon without certificates. But most ol all. no one here is t alking about forcing the public to get pneumonia if necessary * as Henderson did). This time, on shoes, Brown hastened “to inform the public as to the reasons for the action " Hit ting the ba* k*t for I I pc lints, he martial status.wa s the hmho SCC Mer c t lie purple He also disclosed that men wouldti TD I white quin te? and willy two be Inducted at the rate of 4 iO.OOO aPO ms behind LeR*J e, the Ranger hot-1 month during the next few months—SIK it who took firs plao e in •scoring 2.000,000 men to the tim* mummerhoi rolls around. He said. too. that it *Only one moi * home game remains would be possible to draft several hun- Jon the Tiger s ehedule with St Am- died thousand single men working in 1brose February IO. This should be war factories now and let them rean other close 0 ne. main at their jobs in army uniform— IWesley a n FO FT PF with army pay.F Wagner 6 0 2 General Hershey appeared before theF. Fe riel 5 3 2 house military affairs committee to opC Bucknev .. . 4 3 2 pose a bill bv Rep Kilriay. democratG. Lange 2 0 0 of Texas, which would prevent draftingG. Tubaugh . .0 I 3 of married men with children until all _other classifications had been exhaust Totals7 9 ed. General Hershey said that thePennKilday bill was unwise and adminisF Rate nold 3 3 3 tratively impossible.F I. Retie 7 I I Anyhow, the draft directer indicated,C. Oxen;rte* r2 0 it would not make much differenceG Bown .... 2 0 4 since the great majority" of all availG Mott . 0 0 3 able physically fit men would wind upG Wn in . I 0 0 in the army and navy sooner or later.G sulter 0 0 0 He estimated that there were about_ _22,000.000 men in the man-power poll 6 ll between the ages of 18 and 38. De-OI licht I-—Young and Tandy Four IWC Reservists l o Report Soon ™kie nod New Efficiency Corps To Scan Every One’s Job Chicago — War Man Power Commissioner Pau: V. McNutt disclosed in ur farm" and show the operators iw to utilize man power effectively, unfit will cut the pool to something The agency i- labeled the bureau of around 10.000,00. man power utilization and will operate __ within the WMG under an executive director and divisional chiefs with authority over agricultural, industrial, London. England (INS)—A solemn promise that the axis will “burn and bleed" under a world-wide offensive plan drafted in detail at Casablanca was given to the house of commons by-Keokuk. Mediapolis. New London j prime Minister Winston Churchill to-Class B: Danville, Denmark, Huron (fay (Oakville), Montrose, Sperry, St. | jn course of a ling and detaded Mary’s (West P int). ; war review which brought frequent Fairfield; J rounds of cheering from the house. Class A: Eldon. Fairfield, Ottumw * (churchill epitomized the results of Class B: Agency. Batavia. Binning- casablanca as a decision to engage ham. Farson, Libertyville. Lock- forces of Germany, Italy and Ja-ridge, Catholic Centra! (Ottumwa) j)an 0n land and &ea and in the air on Pleasant, plain. Richland. Stock- largest passible scale at the earliest port, Packwood. possible moment. Winfield; < These were the highlights of his Class A: Columbus Junction, Morn- encouraging address: ing Sun. Mount pleasant. Wapello. I.—Lieut General Dwight. Eisen-Wayland. Winfield. hower will take over command of the Class B: •Ainsworth. Cotter, Craw- British 8th army when it sweeps into fordsville. Mount Union, Olds. Tunisia from Tripolitania. Pleasant Lawn, Wyman, Yarmouth. 2—More than 500.000 American and --- British troops were landed in North Africa on November 7th, 1942. in tile greatest overseas military .expedit on in history. 3.—“Progress is being made" against _ the U-boat menace and the Allies “are A ne* Measure ( alls Fur 50 l*er Cent morp than holdil,« their °"n" Thc Anglo-American fleets are now 1.250,- Reduction OOO tons larger than six months ago _ 4—The war will be prosecuted until day by 73 representative^ representing Des Moines.—The Iowa legislature "no vestige of Nazi or Fascist power 18 votes more than necessary for a has cut your state income tax pay- and no vestige of Japanese war plotting house majority. orients for his year and next year in machine is left upon the face of the The measure would provide for aid to half. earth.” dependent children under supervision, Legislative action on the bill pro- 5.—As a result of Casablanca, the of county boards of social welt- viding for this TO per cent reduction United Nations now have a definite with the state contributing $ I OO for for 1943 and 1944 was completed late design of offensive warfare, each $2.00 spent b\ counties. Wednesday afternoon when the house **j await the unfolding of events Amcunts of aid are set-up as follows: of represented Ives passed it. IOO to 8. with sober confidence," Churchill said. For one child in a needy home, sot with every member voting for the first “sure that Britain will display the to exceed $15.00; second child $10.00; jt me this year. same steadfastness she did in the aw- third $9.00; others $8.00. with provis-J The senate passed the identical bill fuj period when the life of the British ion total in any one home shall not Monday, 47 to 0. empire hung by a thread." exceed $50.00 a month. \ Now the bill goes to Gov. Bourk1 The bill defines a dependent child B. Hickenlocper and it becomes law as any needy child under 16 years of, when he signs it. He recommended a age in a school and deprived of par- substantial temporary reduction in the ental support bv death, divorce, ab- state income tax and his signature is By Red Army sence cf physical or mental incapacity aken for granted. of the parents. I The house worked all ray on th This bm would entirely ignore fed- bn and defeated all attempts .ohl’w Uratne steel cen.,,' of Khark.v oral aid change Its form as passed by the sen- »“ ‘!ravely imperiled today by forward Signers of the bill Included Wilson ate. Red army columns which tore j The hottest fish-, consuming most lnto the German sinter defense line ' of the afternoon session, was over th- at severaI more Polnts and advanced amendment sponsored bv the Iowa “ <vithin artillery range of the city. Pana Bureau Federation. which 'A Stockholm dispatch to thc Daily i provided, in eden, that the 50 per Telegraph in London said a terrific rent reduc ion could apply only to- 'a"* battle was raging all along the ward thc payment of real and per- Kharkov Imperiled Moscow. Russia (INS)—Thc N »zi Reed, republican of Fairfield. GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL CUTTING INCOME TAX SEN ATE I I ADER 15 \ U K I I Y deader in name, anyway) refuses to take seriously th' Bankhead campaign to limit the size of the army. He does not think the restrictions will pass, but many .ur tiler congressional authority notes the growth of its support. f-fc • i • a 1 and governm*a >1 man power—with a Bricker r avorites sonal taxes. _ i This amendment, authorized in Des Moines, la (IN)S-The bill to house by W P Knowlton (Rep.. », corah*, was defeated, 40 to 68. th** De- F UT Iowa Wesleyan army air corps reservists have bern not died that they field staff :f 200 persons added to j ment was an administration victor), _ I co,CCO already under McNutt’s Jurisdic- _ Washington, D. C. —(INS)—Wendell lion. FMMFTT UASF IS will be called to report for training willkie, the GOP .standard bearer of McNutt explained the new staff of I late (his month. These students are 1940, and Governor John W. Bricker, consultants w'ould help management Daryl Grove. Darien Rochefort, WH- of ohio. today are regarded as "fav- and labor find out, down in the inhaul Murdock and Robert Gregg. orites” for the republican presidential c ividual plai t and production unit, College air corps reservists from nomination nexUycar, although former hew effectively he people on the job slice Iowans state income tax payments by 50': became a law when Governor B. B. Hickenlooper affixed ...p ort AT f APQI7FQ* his signature to the measure this ■ U\J BUA I LAr jIlLd , morning. TWO DEAD; 8 MISSING Passage of the bill, without amend- _ INJURED IN FALL farmers, labor groups and plain citi zens to an extent where chief of staff. General Marshall, may have to make some compromise with cTigress. He may not get the 11,000,000 total he desires, but neither will he be cut as much as the Bankhead group wants. Portland. Oregon (INS)—Two persons were dead and eight others were missing today following the capsizing of a Columbia river ferry tug shortly after midnight as it started en its run from the Oregon port to the Vancouver Kaiser shipyard with workers for the gravc-yard shift. Nine men and women were rescued from the wind lashed flood waters of front bef ere Kharkov for a distance of 80 miles from Belgorod to the north to Smiev in the south. The Germans were said to have thrown in fresh armored forces to combat the Russian tide.) Hundreds of additional Nazi de id lay strewn over the srr-w covered battlefront as the Red army crushed German opposition to maintain a steady advance following the capture of Chu-guyev, 22 miles southeast of Kharkov and Volchansk, 36 miles northeast of the industrial center. Mrs. S. S. Case has received word of ..........^ _____ ________ the serious Injury her son, Emmett Letters coniine) to pom in .tom jQwa ,tUfl other states have been no- president Herbert Hoover looms in the are performing, and to suggest means J Case. of Aurora. 111., suffered in a fall tiffed to report this month. The men background as a remote possibility. of increasing their effectiveness." Saturday. He broke both heels and evidently will go int: training in early This is the concensus among repub- Answering his own question, "How one ankle. Emmet is employed ar to-- columbia. March. 1 lican legislators on capitol hid. Most will they work? he said; Austin-Western factory in Aurora. H --------- ----------republicans say Willkie and Bricker. "They will erne into your plant. | is in Copely hospital, room 404, Au-' IT WAS THE DEMOCRATS who must be eliminated before any other your office or onto your farm and work j rora. PRESIDENT TO SPEAK drew Mr. Hoover into the national jjossiblity—- including Hoover- can be spot lichi here with his views against given serious consideration, increasing tho size cf the army to the Believe Pheasants Menace To ( Top 'HIE W ADSWORTH-AI STIN na with you and for you rn: “I. Determining the extent to which man power and woman power are being utilized by analyzinz such symptoms 3S absenteeism, labor turnover, production restrictions and stoppages, low morale, performance on the job constitutional it) Public opinion will probably bt* a1-J low» d to sift on time before the bill b pushed t Iona I aevia- (compulsory labor), bill extent desired by tho war depai men! * )1) \ It j\PU CeiliniT terms destined for defeat Already, it 'Tr.c Hoover viewpoint happened *° *. _ * ® is brine (ailed the 'involuntary ,ervi- icoincide w,ih senator Bankheads. Price Oil Blitter tude’ bill .md onion leaders doubt its , Borne months ago. Bankhead also I UU VII IPU lit. I j called Hoover in to testify on price - centroid, because his views conte lined Washington. D. C. (INS)—The OPA handicapped, etc. this subject for a long''with those of the administration, today fixed specific dollars and cent “2. Analyzing personnel methods as ' White thc Hoover move has been ceilings on butter at the creamery and to what methods you are using, the w' REPORTS that General Marshall of would become -upreme commander of 11944, the above circumstances belie market” prices which have soared up management and Iffior support, riming all Anglo-American forces died down \ such a conclusion. to ss much as 72c a lb., in some areas. after Casablanca, but have been cook-I j # * ing quietly inside since then. The I GENERAL DeGAULLE will r nim- Marriage License Issued British have been pushing it. db to 'ade fioni the pi, tm* ■ In* im | pressman he made at Casablanca was A marriage license was issued at the “4. Suggesting other war man power net forceful. He controls a relatively courthouse here today to Harold J. commission services available to you FEBRUARY DANCE AT GOLF CLUB NEXT WEEK Des Moines, Iowa (INS) —Large surpluses of ring necked pheasants in seme northern Iowa territories are believed by fanners to constitute a serious menace to the 1943 corn crop, the state conservation commission said Washington, D. C. (INS'- The White today- Greatest worry of the fanners, said ON FRIDAY EVENING House announced today that President idely characterized as an indication wholesale level in a move to protect balance of an emphasis upon each j f his intent to run for president in consumers from exorbitant "black method in relation to the ethers, their Annual February dance at the Golf Roosevelt will make a '21 minute "Flre- and Country club Thursday evening, side Chat" over all radio networks on i.,w Hfifio*'. wv, ... .... j february 18. Musi" will be furnish cl Friday at 8 30 'Iowa Time), idleness, the use of women, physically r ,<tiy by a well known orchestra and th* t -, win be a girl vc-an- __EISENHOWER NAMED FOR FULL GENERAL Thurman Arnold Named etc. • “3. Setting up an overall plant program for man power utilization based en the studtes lust outlined. Washington. D. C. (INS)—President Washington, Ll. C. * INS'—President Roosevelt today sent to the senate th0 Roosevelt today promoted Lieut. Gen* nomination of Thurman Arnold to be'elal Dwight Eisenhower, comma ud-an associate justice oi the Unite 1 ing United States farces in North Af States court of appeals of the District the commission, is a cold wet spring and d mage to planted seed corn by the birds. The commission also reported that more and rn re rabit hunters are out this year ii1 Iowa. The reason-de-ctease in the number of rabbits reported suffering from tularemia, and the h;gh cost and im pending shortage of meat. Such an appointment would not only rrovide supreme command, but would — ... .- M. . ..... M . promote the unity of the two nations -‘mall group cf Frenchmen as compared AndresW, 33, Minneapolis. Minn., an-, 8nd for the post war settlement. with airn lid. Regina McGinn, ?1. Albia. establishing contacts for you.’ of Columbia. Arnold is now serving as assistant attorney general in charge Escapes From Hospital r:ea. to be a full general of the United States army. Eisenhower's ncmhiarion wjv played of the anti-trust division of the J”s-1 before the senate where speedy ani'ho pltal here, escaped from the hos-tice department j unanimous confirmation is expected, pits*I s mciirnt early lh‘s morning Mark Noble, patient a* the state

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