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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 4, 1943, Mount Pleasant, Iowa THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VOL. I,XXI, No. 2MONDAY, JAN. I, 1913 MT. PLEASANT. IOWA Soviets Drive I owards Rail Centers THE By Paul Ma I. [.on V " (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc., Reproduction in Full or tr, Oqrf <*frir(|v Prohibited » .— Jill " 2 ■■ --------rn ......— ~ ...... V» A > ii I .’N tx I U N — , llltxltl.Y pliu«cl British authority expects the Gentian war front to * .liapse and bring peace to Europe bv April Another British official whose opinion is less to be res lasted than the flirt authority has more definitely marked Easter. Apili 25. on ins callo which KJi coelar as the ultimate d Hitler can hold out Both et these opinion , sui nil gut ors — but wt bul rather represent us JHX. ifie knowledge of eve! mc naim-lv. tile pres men I on tie* prompt cts wl allow war wrath to cool lins i ai winter can < losing Ane lo-Amei lei on Ital’., and miens: the continent 'if not northern Europe> si V ai-.Will of tile GCI Japan I atm’h-’j of at least a year < ONGKESSMEN trotting iii am: out art* only per--maot* gill a es. uperi r pidgin coml * of tilt I iii can fort iv UU> .tans bom mat rn; WTI Drop In Temperature Calls For More Fuel Oil and ( aal Tse Increases After “Warm" Period Fuel oil consumers looked at their tank gauges with apprehension this morning as tempt ta lures outide dropped to 'en degrees above zero and lower. Lait December had given an opjjor-tunity to catch up slightly on the use A fuel oil, arni coal as well, after some abnonnallv cold weather. Tin- letup am* I <* in the month for southeast* rn Iowa. The la-’ week of the month wa about 'J degrees wanner than norma’ a federal weather report di-s-ck *h: tod av The abnormally warm week moved progressively across the nation from the west coas*. starting there about December 8, and was the *■ object for considerable comment pi the w e ah»- bulletin The bulletin They’ll Do It Every l ime - - fcfcJT CHiEF, I DON T ( NEED Ase/ I MORE HEi_P ggg YES, /OU PO NEED AN f 1 KNEW WED GET \///j ASSISTANT IVE WATCHED / -//A I HAT BUNION*EFRAIN A you you re OWE«w«<eo 'yffli relative of the old TUT, TUT-YES vtXJ ARE' SO ) > ( WANS in HERE SOONER I vt giving you one of mv s, later-but this staff you KNOW DRIBBLE-1 : 's To° ^OON- / CHtKJ, HERE, THE COUSIN \ OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOSS hAS TO F.ND A SPOT FOR ThAT GUV - HE OUGHTA PUT HIM IN A HOLLOW TREE Truckers Appeals To Be Filed Soon he Davenp called for i ( per a tm s ti bf i January. Any a Ie Tri 'A lately rial planning, the t opt tx veil ha* i* talked cagui and there is a st. politicians t % definite for Mr Re tin >pe H rn and rea lucieec Mr Hoover to back, in favor war stalled M definite pe Hoover did not means by "a loi is a term of m j Ire some publi w ar started, Mr o have intimate would favor a ii perhaps a year But no one ar can rec .Hee’ the exact o possibly it wa an off-th nervation dropped at a r once At least, there mg on the record I seeking adoption formula if he chon D« fem off tears a a tenter osevelt or din arm bk Mr he iii ! >eraiurcs during December, as »n tins Bulletin from week to have been very unusual in geo* c distribution wi*h a more or nfosin nitration rn ’la- month - cd. of abnormally high read-r rn the ex re me West eastward Atlantic coast. Reference to the means and departures from ‘Iv shows that for Tv week end* ctmber 8 considerable of the far i .ma had abov* normal tem-es with central and eastern por’d the country decidedly cold. »1 lowing wM-k Hiding December mod an eastward expansion of 11 in sTffii to thi* wi CJfrea i with continued cold weather tie eastern half of the country or the week ending December 22 es a still further eastward prog-the relatively high temperatures offi.e of the OUI' ll appeals by truce nki by the 15th oi Pc rator who is not -atufted, with his allotment of mileage foi gasoline for his truck, may ap-[real. but should do so by the middle of the month. Notice of the request moving the date up five days earlier than the date of a previous announce-by Glenn Campbell today. the appeal are available jfflce and assistance will Gally to farmers, in fill- New Two-Way Offensive To Trap Armies Hitler’s Crack Regiments Are Overwhelmed SPECIAL TAXES SET RECORD Sales Fax Alone Near* .Million Tvv ent v De.- Moines- R'-ccrd-breaiung yields cf Iowa special nixes fairly burst the seams of the state's pocketbook in the 1942 calendar vear. State Treasurer W G C Bagley annet!need Friday The 13 special taxes and the prof tis of the state liquor 'tores brought in $72,591,792 when the treasurer closed w ce ms im pc a qt Ute I. i Mon ecord SS CCJ > be n ■ HJJ ck p* V. : n ML* ■ather intern • PPI valley with his bock on their th urn pint i u c - . I ll MR. ROOM VI I T ha . til is the only person in the world app ently who has one While ai go mi have been starlet! on every street t lier in the land by mention of the subject, and an endless stream of words ii ave poured lei th from propaganda promotional groups no one. including Mr Wallace ha.- publicly sugge t-<*(l a formula No one can work out a solid ba for jx*ace until conditions at the end of the w.*r are apparent Pc: in stance one condition — perhaps the biggest condition in developing air. economic formula for the future world •will be the little mentioned debt ck $10.OOH.OOO OOO to SOO OOO .OOO OOO which will be owed us by Britain, Russia and China. in* the North- tion. I The vield was the largest in his- 1 closed there tory It was $4,452 915 greater hair eastward drift that of the almost prewar year of 1941, and practically in which $68,138,877 came rn. per ions of the country had above Five of the special taxes md the mal temperatures In the Eastern liquor profits hit al.-nine peaks; yields of tw; others were increased! over 1941; and six shewed losses of* from a few* dollars to the more than a milton dollars by which gasoline tax revenue dropped Sales Tax Five of the six record breaking In ‘he Interior Valleys the producers — the sales, income, insur- J total*, were generally from ance premium and cigaret taxes and j ) more than 4 inches, and tjie hqucr profits — mirrow business virr in many places from the activity and money to spend and save. ive: ow*inward Hie largest jjie sjxth record setter was the in- oceanid in Tennessee and heritance tax. which reflects the death Alabama wheie in some locality total* fUring the year cf persons leaving he week ran as high as 8 inches larger than ordinary estates. I Tile $19,329,112 in antes tax pud by retail buyers exceeded by $2,057,938 the revenue from the sales tax in 1941 to set the fourth successive annual record for retail buying in Iowa. Income Tax Yields Dunrig the we* * j as a further apparel! t the At.an'ic coast Bt t» • Tv con ira-* between the current week and its predecessor is very pronounced, especially in the Nortlr-ta. where the weekly means were 20 degrees or more higher than for the veek ending December 22 I Precipitation was heavy and wide-prea “ ■et-kiy bout I till he: I Ohio I imount more RATION CALENDAR I ire . Passenger car inspection deadline— Jan. 31. Commercial vehicles inspection deidline — Jan 15 Gasoline A' be ok c: uoons No. 3 good until Jan 22. 4 gals. ea. Fuel Oil Period 2 coupons GO gals, ea * gtod until Jan 26—Zone B Period 3 coupons GI gals. ea.i good UA ii Fib 20 — Zone B ( offee Coupon No. 28 «I lb. to Feb. 7. Sugar Coupon No. IO <3 lbs 31, valid Jan. 4 expires Jan Registration All persons who do not hold War Ration Book No. I tSugar Book* must register with their local war crice and rationing boards before Jan. 15 to be eligible for for War Rationing Book No. 2. Katie fling Bourd Outre in Harlan hotel. Open to public in afternoons only. IOWA DEBTS SHOW DECLINE Tall Man Gets Extra Gas Six fro!, six in: h Barry H Cook got t supplemental gas ration book iii Detroit, just because he's tall. Cooke said m his application for additional of my height, I I ride standing up car. Consequently, ort I have* a stiff perform my dutb • sounded Uke nonmembers, so they found it was true Is a tool grinder, B" boof: Moscow, Rut. «INS'— Bulging for- ward in a swift campaign, to reconquer the Caucasus. Red amu troops today > .*ti lick out m two directions from the Captured I ail town i Mozdok in a dove to trap Nazi armies around Nalchik to the south. Soviet columns forged ahead northwest and west of Mozdok, 60 miles northwest oi the Grozney oil fields, in twin drives on Kotiarrevskaya and Prcdiaclnaya, nap riant min-Caucasus r.iil junctions. Capture cf Prodhhulnaya, 35 miles west oi Mozdok. will place me Soviets in control of the railw ay wuich bi aneuch off Hem me Rostov-Baku line down to Nalchik wh is pressing t. IWj cf Hit re ara fiw an r *. i a nay F guard reg!meats wan and forced to retreat adv re mg Soviet push south of beleaguered S S S. ti cops at first a overwhelmed ’adify t a lid i ae ■ ne i aw temple Public Obligations Are Nearlv 23 Million Dow n Atlanta Telephone Club Has Slogan: ‘Nuts to You’ Average Price For All Farms Up $12 From 1941 Figure Atlanta — Telephone any member The last official figure f the debt ’of a ncw dab here and unless you*. 482 topped the $5,763,655 revenue bv as $7 496 OOO OOO on la: t November I business is important you reply will $2,727,827 tc set an all-time mark for 1 :*• Nuts' punctuated by a .slammed the third .successive year Since the receiver. This is your initiation into income tax rates have not been in urn "no unnecessary telephontri" cr‘- 1 Ames, Iowa — Icwa land was The state income tax yield of $8 491 - ' ’-vcrth an averaae of $100 per acre in Des Moines, la. GNS*—-Public debt in the state of Iowa have dropped $22,888,282 since December 1941. it v vs disclosed today in a survey complied by the Iowa Taxpayers association The survey covered outstanding rn- > debtedness of all governmental units I in Iowa as of June 30. 1942. for the J state*: Dec. 31. 1942. for counties, March 31 1942 for cities and towns; and June 30. 194.1, for schools. Reductions were showm !n ail cliv:?-1 ions, the association pointed out, with tile state cutting its soldier’s bonus , bonds down by $1,100,000 The bal-* ance was later paid off. Counties : Counties reduced their prim rv road J bonds from S72.380.000 to $60,128,000 or $12,252,000 Other county indebtedness fell $1.404 480, or $16,656,480 in ail Cities and towns increased their debt for miscellaneous purposes by $28,444 and on utility revenues by $1,266,353. hut all other classes of bonds were reduced materially, making a net decrease of $2,415,408. the as ■ said. I School districts of the state are | making "excellent progress in debt re-| duction.” according to Ute report- I "They were ible to cut indebtedness i by $2,716,394 in one year." I Primary Road Bonds Primary road bonds constitute slight -ly more than $60,000,000 of the tolas debt of the state, while municipal industry bonds, together with certifi- Hatching Eggs Not Included g prod un- sist. this high command! withdrew hasta; in ..ie h. ■: inn strength. aid, but ot Ru.*- } To stimulate j tim. the OPA controls from th chased solely Jo cient san* ca mu quantities ice curbs." I . y and od ay removed price ale of shell eggs par-latelling purposes. It e type and quality be obtained in su{finless removed from Your Menu Comes Second Detroit relatives of local persons write cf the food shortages there. You don't plan your days menu until you find cut what you can get they s ate. You probably can’t get any meat an i if you're lucky, you may find some canned goods. Shelves in many groceries are bare F'rom California comes word that eggs and butter are very limited. It ll Be Stamp No. 28 Stamp No. 28 will be taken from itjol! your rationing book when you present j Hie book for your pound of coffee Ruth is period s alting today. No. 27 was taken first because it could be removed easily from the book. With No. 27 gone, now No. 28 may be removed without difficulty. Extra Week’s Vacation Believe Three of Eight jap Destroyers Damaged Washington. D. C. GNS*—Tile navy reported that lightning fast U. S motor torpedo I it had probably damaged three of eight Japanese destroyers apparently attempting to land supplies and reinforcements on Guadalcanal island where American I orc es have trapped rearlv 2tV.no Nipponese troops. November, an increase of $12 over cates of indebtedness .for utility equip-the $88 value of a year ago. And prices j ment. amount to a little less than $15 -of all grades cf land have increased in J OOO .OOO. about lite same proportion, accord-1 “Therefore, about $75.000,OOO of oui* mg to W. B. Murray, economist, who indebtedness is being paid off from arty" .or, nuts, ic you*. Ruth Todd ’ tax payments means only that Iowans bases his analysis of the land situa- sources other than general property tarted it among classmates at the Sa- , had greatly increased earnings on ,ion on reports from 194 Iowa real es-1 taxes and special assessments of varied Hear; school as a war measure. I which to pay tax | tate brokers ions kinds, the association stated --J They also had money to buy a lot Excellent land ot the state increased j Balances so-1 creased, the big rise in state income Camp Gets a Shipment camp Roberts, ca. - Pvt. Norman ovpr the 194, ,)roflu. and scanted lo ago. Bailey cl Duluth, Minn., telephoned j cjC5C t0 equivalent of what a 2- Eastern laura experienced the largest headquarters to report arrival of a m Ux Qn general propertY wouid dollar increase, and southern Iowa the shipment of wax. Word spread quick-; hgve raisod highest percentage jump. Northeast enticers Hocked to their barracks, t ri«mi To»• Iowa was at the other end of the scale Iv 30, representing the value of goods and services already gone to our allies up to then. Congress has made total .cnd-Ieuse a ut horizations amounting to $69,526.650TXX\ and She dn. t ina\ reach the top figure if the war tracks en. The size of this debt will largely determine l!ow it can be repaid, and whether it can be repaid. While the agreements have not been made public, congressmen who have looked into the matter say they are loosely drawn in obvious preparation for reconsideration of the whole subject at the end HIE PEACE will be made, not by Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Wallace, or by t the American people, but by Roosevelt,! Churchill and Stalin, representing di- | vergent and conflicting popular Russian, British and American opinions. J If we blind cur eyes to the conflict- Washington. D C. — The navy an-1 mg reality of what they represent, we I n :unc^d plans saturday to expand the | ord yielu of »1'813 '2'i set 111 1937 and will only be deluding ourselves temper- J v.omelVs reserve~-the WAVES—by at |to paSkS the 1941 revenUe bv $6°’500 Wllthprn munCes artly. least 50 DV.- cent to brtn* its sue up|When 'wcPle bu-v mori' Ufe Insurance all sectors exceut in southern count.e. Churchill obviously manta most the ,0 apprcxunately 37.500. A nationmide ;,1,c sta"' recelvM more revenue- British empire, what Stalin wants, and ,.ecrui,lng campaign has been inattg- ; Ti,e lllhentarice y«W of SI 616.-has always wanted, is evident in the j crated 989 was a new recorcll was S145.522 record of his public statements ana-------- icUons I forei ncl requires wholehearted ac- iyj» previous record yield c of liquor, for the state liquor store'011 the average from $120 an acre in J I he net balances held b.v Ila v.ui- t UI WA AP r J system turned $5,000,000 in profits November. 1941. to $134 this year In ous divisions of state government as OI Wax J WAALS Lxpcctcd jnlo qie general fund during the year eastern low t. ilu> type of land is now 1 of the same date for wliich their in-1 i Th it was an increase cf $1,400,000 selling at $160. up $4*9 lr rn a >ear j deb ted ness is shown were. State .............. $39,505,767 Counties ......... 22,286.614 Cities and Towns.. 12,384,194 Schools............ 18.573.322 •It is well," said the association, •'that our local debts are so well in hand “We should continue to liquidate Delay of opening of Corni n college for another week following the holiday vacation became of difficulties encountered in getting ready for th;-opening of the naval training unit which will enroll 600 men. affect cd at lea-t two local s’talents. Miss Elizi-beth Vanda grill and Miss Janet Chall-mair will remain here another week as a result- ol the announcement. Relative Dies Allied Bombers Blast Nazi Centers Landen. Enc GNS'- Heavy British bombers during the i igh: carnet! out an attack against industrial objective . in the Ruhr valley f Germany, the air ministry announced today. The Royal ir foi;*c bombardment w*as unleashed only a few hours alter U. 8. Flying Portresses and Liberator bombers blasted the Nazi submarine ta*e at St Na/aire. France. Three British bombers were reported missing from the Ruhr operations. In a broadcast bv the Berlin radio, the Germans stated that reside attal quarters of a town in the Rum* area was damaged. They claimed some British bombers were shot down, but gate no figures. Small scale Nazi aerial activities was reported over the east coast of England during the night. One of the Nazi raiders was said to have been shot down. Hillsboro To Start Collecting Hose VU:» Collecting Fin (’ans Iii Salvage Campaign straightened ties, collars, caps. Then (hey learned it was floor polish—not WAACs that arrived. Navy Will Double Quota of WAVES] Cigaret Tax The 2-cent tax per package of Ord- with both the smallest dollar and mary cigarets brought in $2,409,053, or smallest percentage increases. West-$137,916 over 1941 to set the fourth em and .southern Iowa, areas hit hard er Mr pew record in that many est by drought in Hie '30s. showed them and new debts should b list -d as a luxury we cannet now afford " AXIS REPORTS ON PRISONER** successive years. The state tax en insurance premiums amounted to $1,834,665 to beat the Tee the biggest gain in number of sales When it comes to an actual purchase. gcod quality land is preferred in all Iowa areas. Excellent on top quality land falls in second place in where lowest grade land is second in demand. Washington, D. C. (INS)—The office Land sales have slowed down. how- of war information said today that up above the 1941 vield; and topped the ever, because of I *bor shoi auca, ma— to Dec. 9, tile axis nations had report 1938 previous record yield of $1 488 - chinery rationing and general w;n od 1,685 United States piisontis of What either of them truly desires is I cent ance by *r many conflicting ele- • 526 by $128,463. uncertainties. North central and east- war and 3.395 interned civilians obviously at variance, to say the least. I mcnts. that a satisfactory solution can' — — em I wa rei>ort considerable invest- The OWI said the total included with the fondest hopes which Mr I only be obtainable by progressive steps j PENNY DRIVE ment buying from non-farmers even Germany—228 prisoners; I.-491 ni- Roosevelt has proclaimed Ihrcugh Mr lover a long ^period. Harry L. Grange, principal of the so, with no reports ol speculation re- iernees. Wallace and otherwise. i In this situation, we will obviously j Indianola high school, has announced ceived, It alw—15 prisoners. 21 internees have to get an agreement first on the that he hopes Indianola high school Aft real estate brokers report ditfi- Japan—1,442 prisor.eis; 1.883 intl i cully in selling large farms, With ees, Rh hard Snider-Tribby, 19 v eal s ol age, invalid son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Tribby, at Ralston, Nrbr.. cl if New Year's morning, He is survived lay his parent: md Mrs. I>on Trdrb", (foimcrly Berth Snider); his two grandmothers. Mrs May F» Snider and Mis. Mary C Tribby; two aunts, Mis. Henry Gillis and Mrs. Stella McKibfein, all of Mi Pleasant. Mr.*. McKibbin went to Ral-t:n Friday afternoon Will Accept Volunteers Therefore, you can bet there will be a long armistice. Whether or not Mr. I mild and relatively unimportant gen- students will locate 10.000 pennies eralities — the broad aims and ideals One thousand pennies were collected labor and machinery becoming more The prisoner total reported bv — and then work toward those hopes in one week by th£ students and the scarce, buyers want medium-sized or Japanese Includes 310 amp men; 7 Roosevelt has a peace formula, the problem is so va#t Larger than any which ever confronted this world be- gradually. money went into war stamps. -mall farms. marine corps and 4C4 navy Volunteers for induction in the navy and marine corps will now be accepted, the local Selective Service Ghee ha* been inform d. Men in the age limits cannot enlist but they evi-lently may volunteer for induction through the Selective Service Cal! For Colored Man Hillsboro. Iowa Mrs. Ham He a -!iu, ureMikTJ c* th*- Hills", we U. S. W„ announced today that a nylon and silk sa)'age drive v JI l* * conducted her? beginning humeri! 'cly. Boxes fir Hie articles have been placer! in Hon glia's Gen. Mdse, store. Smart’s grocer;* s’cie. Johnson’s Cele, and at tho Cash Drug Store A dr’vc ic ('•'I' !, :in rut* al o being conduct ti here* and the* ca■« may b<* left at the building lo* mn iv ©ct upied by Copeland Bros. H<iw Collections cf Uie t an* will also be made t different times, the dates for such collections announced later. The cans are u be prepared for collection as ‘he icvernment bulletins require. BICYCIE QUOTA FOR COUNTY IS FIVE A call for one colored man from Henry county for induction into the >rmy has been received by the local Selective Service office. Lawrence Elmer Wells will leave next Sunday for induction Des Moines, la. iINS>—Iowa's January quota for the sale of new adult bicycles has teen sci r wad. tire s rn office of price administration announced today. This represents an mere < •-.* of 17 bicycle:* over tho December allotment . . qusta by cc nile- ir dudes IT vi'., ; tfflerscn, 5; Wash mg tem, IO.

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