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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 5, 1943, Mount Pleasant, Iowa THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VOL. LXXI, No. 3 TUESDAY, MT. PLEASANT, IOWA News; ' Behind*** the News liy Paul Mai. Lon 'jj rl • Distributed by King Feature* Syndicate, in' Reproduction in Full or in Part a'rictlv Prohibited.) Till; NTY\ III AI, seems t<; know H Meanwhile, v ill irvtituU; v*-st nation* < war el fort and its ''haws Waste of Battered Nazi Army Flees In Disordei 1-H Boys Stress War Production They’ll Do It Every Time - - - WASHINGTON - i,s over, but no on< yet. Circumstances unounding tlie as-s< mbling 01 this n< w e.ngms f formed by the critical results ot the last election* show that the political program ot the past ten >«-ar has come to the end of full ijopulai approval It mas take a long turn- for those election results to work out in governmental action, but it is not too much to ' x-peet that tliv end of an era is high T he t< niov.ii oi Leon Henderson and the un.succes.sful efforts which Ms Roosevelt innd<* a few weeks ago to revise his cabinet, were but the first steps ’OAard a political raorgam/*-tion and readjustment of the govern-ment to popular elector)! opinion The situation calls for stronger and further steps along the same line and Mi Roosevelt will no doubt takf thorn, for that h i.- been his way this critical congress nuiror. is committee in- ,1 various phases ft the loc.il political side-moriev ls likely to be exposed m certain quarters as veil as incompete:.c\ Whatever port of the administration house that M; Roosevelt does n • clean congre lainly will. The various economic-war bureaus, however, have been so thoroughly in- tilt rated by the bright young men of new deal mien that a change at t h* top -Brown for Henderson, for instance 1 will make no difference Even *x-Justice Jimnm- Bvrru in his new economic control organization is virtually surrounded by men of this type TIIREK Of HIS TOP FOt K vt.Ner*- are Ben Cohen, of the old Cohen-Corcoran team of hottest new dealers; Justice Felix E i ankfurter > secretary Edward F Prichard and Sam Lubell. These are the men who make the decisions that are 1 under the name of the top man and contrive the various regulations which give the organization its real tone and character In fact, some political leaders say a tabulation of Frankfurter employees in the government ions has never been mad* > would show that the graduates of his school of thought, control the key position in a.i the lmpcrtant guv-■ . m< n» on« n bureau Tlie effect of the last election upon them may be a long time coming. Years were required to get them in one by one, and It may take just as long 'o get them ou: Certain I v the trend of all Washington affairs is now against them This does net necessarily mean Mr Roosevelt will abandon new notions for further economic change It does not mean that none of them will have a chante of getting through this com-, ing congress during the next two \ear.s WHILE th< roll caii will show a majority of democrats, most of tlie democrats are more bitter over the reform elements in the administration than are the republicans, and tihe real anti-new deal majority in congress will run about 5 to 1 One strong nrw-ded senator for instance, is prophesying in the c'at room that Senator Harry Byrd, of Virginia. will e be the real leader, this session and that leader Barkley will become a nonentity. In fact, he is urging Barklev to anticipate the prospect and pick the steering committee of the senate with new dealers to nullity the anti-new dealers. \N i 11 \Iso Increase Assistance In Salvage Campaigns H *n y Com tv 4-JI club menders iip n uming part of the responsitoil- • v -houki* red in the date 4*H chib # in resolving tha during 1943 their major effort.' w 11, be directed toward increasing the production of food products vital to the war effort t Tlie ra./ilution- adopted a' the 3-dav annua! 4-H Bovs' Snort Course «no Convention which closed at Iowa State Coilegi Dec 30 have been incor- | pointed into the plam set up for club work in Henry county. C her points included in the resolutions arc that every 4-H boy increase hi contributions, both materials and leadership, all salvage campaigns fir*- prevention and health program- ! and thp purchasing of war bonds and stamps j The 4-H boys are going o as-.1st in helping to meet the farm labor shortage by aiding their parents and neighbors even more than before, and 1 by training you men from towns and cities in doing farm work. Throughout the year the programs will be set up and evaluated on the ba of contribution to the w.tr effort, | with empha i.-. placed on dev eloping - j Ideals, hope, courage and character j during war times. Attending the conclave from Henry I county were Neil Rasmus, Axthu. Canny Bdi Lauge:. BUI Hassenfrrz. Twelve sneezes And A SNIFFLE LATER. THEY U Do IT EVERY" Time . T"n^jlaW- T, JACK QESTftEtCHER LEW ROCHELLE, N V Two DOLLARS? And a mAlf 1 SEIDLITZ ' 'WHERE OH EARTH Did you SET SHOVELIN' S'-lOW O-'F '-(/A Of 31D6WAlKS tAE An RED WENT PARTNERS-v v.'g pid Almost the \ whole neighborhoodj Holders of C Gasoline Rationing Books Listed Final Plans For PC A Meeting Will Elect John Smith and Clyde John.-ton Relative Dies Clarence E. Bogue. war worker Orville G. Dold. war worker .. Virgil D. Ntrman. war worker Elsie I. Holden, w*ar worker cordance with the recommendation of j Don J Ballard, war worker the state office. j William B, Grimm war worker The list is not a complete roll cf all I Lloyd Garmoe, war worker persons holding the C books, fx-cause j Rex L Abbott, war worker The following list of C gasoline rationing book holders is compil' d fr'm the records at the Henry county ra-Wolmt Paul Erickson Noble ti.ning office and is published in ac- Word was received last evening that Mrs Ida M Smyth, grandmother of W f- Smith passed aw iy in the M* r< . hospital in Des Moines Mrs Smyh had visited Ml. Pleasant a number of time.-, and had several ac-utKj | quaint anees hert Funeia! services will be at Chariton Iowa. Wednesday Jan. 6 it 2 <X) p. rn Mr and Mrs VV E. Smith plan to attend Stricken In Truck Burlington, la INS Death of ( IEno« i Mitchell G2 of Ft Madison, j stricken while driving a truck on a j highway near Burlington Monday fmght today was attributed to a heart ' attack by Countv Come: R O. Gilles ! Prisoner of Italians low a City. Iowa < INS '-—Pic Leon. several Iowa Ordnance plant worker have been granted then C books directly from the plant since that phase has been transferred there Ordnance workers listed here were granted the C books locally before the transfer was made to the plant Also r.ot included in the list here are some fed* | eral and state employes w ho have been granted the C allotment direct, j The list from the rationing office here; Name Occupation Mileage Manning J. Cline, sheriff .1430 .Mark Murray, co. supervisor ‘06 George Wilmeth. Cz supervisor. 540 Lillian A Feckham, Co home | economist ................... ”90 Flovd M Goodell. Co. farm bureau . agent ..................... 90b j Ethvle Pickard, hauling school | children ..................572 , Joe L. Graber. hauling sc ho 1 | children .................... 1000 i 116 1716 900 1456 1196 962 598 676 754 Two Directors Board To Destroyers Landed Very Little Food Driven Off Before They Could Live Japs Assistance Washing:' n. D C * IN S< ret a r> j cf the Navy Frank Knox r: ported to- • day that the flotilla of eight Jas m- ( esc destroyers which made a desperate attempt to land supplies- for 20 -, 000 starved and diseased Japanese trcdp on Guadalcanal is I inc. wa > driven off by Amor ins before tht ships could land any largt amount of supplies. The nival secretary said that if any supplies were landed they i- present'd an insignificant amount. The situation was so desperate that the Jam floated drums of food on the water with the hope they would float ashore. Tlie destroyer;-' were attacked twice enrcute to Guadalcar; .1 and then driven off by speedy torpedo boats of the navy once they did reaeh waters <1! iiie islands. T he Jap dent oyer.* did unload some suppli) on the water in drum. Knot declared, Knox pointed out that U S. am patrol first sighted the destroyers on Jan. 2 early in the afterno-n near Shortland Island about 2)0 miles off north of Guadalcanal. Flying Fortresses immediately bombed them Should Apply For Non-Heating Oil Red Army Uses Artillery At Lenintrrad Great Disorder In Retreat German i Ba 11 rrcft n Russian day before met tro os Moscow. Rn - da Nazis armies on two fronts fled in disor.de the crushing weight < as the Red :mm utdf artillery assault on a fore long besi' gerl la ningi d Both south we t of Staling: ad in the middle Don area, the E high command declared at nc n Germans are retreating in great di -< rder after futile effort ■ to h dt the Ri: sians through counter blow*. Far to the northwest oi the new sector be the Len ar? art i I It y blew up tl- 'V' d two um the new action r failed h> re- Final plans for the annual meeting on January 11 of the Mount Pleasant Production Credit Itst-cnation . u ... .. . . , u , D,,nh I lie Application Mith Kationinj» announced today by J Ralph Cleo E Robertson, war worker Oscar Henry Thielbert. w >r w o: ker 564 Gilbert Barr, war worker 624 Hubert H. Ccbb. war worker 1326 George Harmison. war worker 1200 James A E Olson war worker . 960 James B Garland, war worker . 930 H Frederick Reunick. war worker 1125 A:thur L Waybill, war worker 936 Wendell M Van Syoc. war worker .................1456 Irvin H. Beauchamp, w r worker 1346 Raymond M Richards, war worker 2080 Rudolph F Pobanz. war worker 1336 James Terry McConnaughey. war worker ........................UM Bertram P. Puckett, war worker 1300 Bernice L Mitchell, war w rk .2000 Marion. L Johnson war work 1872 were Wilson, president of the credit c-op- i erativre for fanners and stockmen. The meeting will start at 11:30 with j a dinner for the members at St Al- ! ingr d trcnt, 45 Nazi blockhouses etiemy ammunition The brief mentici in the Leningrad s \eal whether fh< Bed army had begun to march in that area. Observers saw in the assault the p s-sitility of an initial l;low roll a ck the Nazi line on that front now that Russian troops are moving steadily westward along the central front in a campaign tc seize .vital rail lines stretching northward tc Leningrad. Rotarians Entertain Buy Scout Troop Board Bov I Applications for fur, oil, diesel oii I and kerosene for non-heating pur-Phonsus church dining room followed j ]XJse> ,hcuk] be mafU. t0 thr rationing by the regular business session and j at Mt peasant election of officers. 1 The members are to elect two directors to the co-cp's beard for three- Entertain With Stunts Vfter Turkey Supper year terms and one director for a 1 year unexpired term Production Credit Association board members, in addition to Mr Wilson, are Arthur Peterson cf Rome, H V. Baker ot Mt. Pleasant. Kent Cnbtree cf Ft. Madison and O W. Schndtter of Richland Members are ureed to make annual meeting day a regular trading daj in town. The meeting has been planned to allow plenty of time for the members io transact other business. Mem-! bers are also asked to double up on K Lind of low i City is a prisoner of scarff. essential agncul- the Italian government it Was reveal- tural establishment ....... 850 ed today in a telegram received by his Roy E Tewalt, wholesale news- pareiits. Mr and Mrs. Adolph C. Lind, from the war department. Burns Are Fatal Crdar Rapids, Iowa -INS*— Mrs. John C mad. 75, critically burned on Monday when her clothing caught fire from the kitchen stove in her home, i died early today in a Cedar Rapids hospital. She is survived bv her husband. Teachers Examinations Uniform county teachers examinations will be given )t the courthouse cn January 27. 28. and 29, Miss E. Mae Grau, county superintendent of schools, announced today. The old formula for this, which was recommended by the treasury last ses- — -- .Sion, was absurd and laughed out A STRONG REFORM TAX PI.AN I the house ways and means committee, paper ................. Dan L Cookes, embalm* ! <& coroner Leo W. Lovett, essential main- tttnance worker....... Iowa-Illinois Telephone Co, essential utility . Warner A. Russell, essential utility worker * REA * Albert C. Tlnberg, minister James J. Welsh, priest — J. E. M. Chambers, minister Burris Paul Mocre. minister John T Oard, minister ...... Edgar Earl Niederhuth Clarence O. Strchl. minister George C». Hunt, minister . Alton R. Koch, minister Walter A Frank R. 3634 750 Helen E Romkev. war work .. 1050 f wherever possible Edward V Yocum, rural carrier 1430 I ne^ increase 0f members for the j Wilbur B. Watts, rural carrier 1430 j year 35, Loan volume is j Isaac H Van Tuyl rural carrier 14.30 i e7Cpect,Ccl to increase in 1943 because Clova Everett Stuckey, rural | many farmers and stcckmen w ill nee* . carrier ■ \ crecj^ f0r increased wair |cod pro- ■n utter tnc ! pi’riod Jan. 1. 1942 t March 30. 1943 Those who need fuel for cooking and ■ lighting for farm tractor water foun-- tains, brooder stoves, refrigerators, tank heaters, etc.. will applv in person at tne cliice or make applicati n by mail, stating how much is needed for the next three months period, and what it is for. Many people have their rations for the year for some uses, and do not have thrir rations lor other purposes. State v ur needs, and you v ill be given ctnrideration. Production of food stuffs is being encouraged. I All fuel oh and kerosene con sumo 1 ,who have received their coupons from this office are asked to pay bark coupons their dealers, if they had previously signed coupon notes. 1430 duction. The association serves Hen- Waiter Sprv. rural carrier Artluu* L ShuFy, rm'al carrier .. 1430 1 rv Jefferson. Lee. Louisa. Des Moines. Solon F Shockli >. rural carrier. 1430 y^n Buren and W shington counties. Guilford E Sailderscm, rural j - 1 Merle w Jennim rural carrier 1430 (Murray Chairman 1430! Ralph C. Geary, rural earner ----1430 j Glenn c. Featherbv. rural carrier H30 800! Mr and Mrs. John M. Cook. Officers Installed 1 at Kiwanis Meeting The Rotary club had a the r guests Monday evening, Troop 27 of the Boy Scouts, composed of about 30 boys. After partaking of a bound . us turkey supoer. Pre-Mien: L W. Cress uel-comed the beys and gave them in im-gressive talk on the value of Scouting and the help it would fc1- to them in their future life. He also told of renru-instances of his own life as a sc-ut. Under the leadership oi Scoutmaster Frank Lankford the boys put cn th*> following stunts. % The Indian Ilor e Thief, Wanted, a Lion Tamer and the Famous Camp Eastman Bull Fight with all events going over big with the Rot tnans. They were highly amusing and well put on. Judge Paul MeC.id was called on and spoke briefly calling attention to the fact that there were very lew Boy Scouts brought betcre his Juvenik court, * First Conference Came For 2 Teams of Co. Supervisors ( . A. Morgan Begins Service A--I‘resident Tigers and Dutchmen In League (ipener 540 1000 1200 . 700 850 ......750 minister 850 750 800 630 rural carrier .............. John M Cook, rural carrier Harry H Clark, rural carrier Frank D. Clark, rural carrier Alvah W Clark rural carrier Pitt F. Bryson, rural carrier Ralph C. Miller, rural carrier .. Joel H. GarreLson. osteopath .. Harry G. Stevens, embamler . Lawrence R Barquist, township assessor .................... 1430 1430 1430 1430 1430 1430 .1430 . 1370 700 Mark Murray cf New London wa: elected chairman of the Henry county board of supervisors for the year at tlie organization meeting this week Mr. Murray also was reappointed from the board of supervisors as representative on the board of s cial welfare. The supervisors also reappt tnt- Sternberg. physician. . 1430 j Thomas Sammons, war worker Mehler. physician. . ed Mrs V. D. Morris and R. P. Hobb as the other members of the Ijoard of h(r l)lace<i t!u ' M?cial welfare .2280 ________ Cl h -ter A Morgan wm ins tailed -* presid'ait. Everett Clover as secretary and other officers and direc’ors were installed at the meeting cf the Kiwanis club Monday evening. C. A. Cottrell, past lieutenant governor of the division of Kiwanis. served as jnst tiling otlu er. spok< briefly regarding Kiwanis w-ork and of office on Mr. Morgan and Mr. Clover and gave the c large * f oflt.*e also to James O' is supposed to have been wmrked Uj.! bul a new way ol getting at the same by the fancy economic dancers of the* treasury, which re\ives the clri spending tax — and may couple with it a proposal to freeze capital, which will certainly yank a lot of hats off in the nation if Mr. Roosevelt goes through with it. The president is known to have long been thinking along the line of freez ing capital. Such a refrigeration wculd require ali business to run on current investment and prevent it from expanding or selling its stocks bonds. The election results may cause tlie Josiah R. McKinhan. physician 1240 J. Stewart Jackson, physician 900 FYank Raymond North. phvsirianlOTH) George W Sutton, physician .... 500 idea will fow be presented. <2) Jay M. Wilson, veterinarian. 1600 IT WILL BE DEFEATED. So will j Harry E. Tyner, veterinarian 1430 the president’s recommendation for a j Tom J. McCabe, veterinarian $25,000 limit on income, and congress j Horace Chaney, rural mail carrier!430 may find a way to force Mr. Byrnes to abandon the $25,000 limitation on salary which the Prichard-Cohen advisers put into law by executive order It is likely that ceiling prices will te illowed to continue to rise under congressional pressure, and that the farm bloc will continue to harass and and embarrass the administration’s anti-inflation program. 1430 Harry F. Fischer, war workeT Ernest J. Lessenger. physkh.n. 1430 j Burlington Instrument Corp J W. Laird, physician ...........3000 j John M* Niehting, hauling school children ........... Glen R. Hue hoi t. hauling school children ...... Arnold R. Lincleen. AAA ..... Charles F Ballard. AAA 2 Max L. Kauffimn, AAA ... 2710 Basil E. Hus ten. AAA M. R Barquist, Co. supervisor Frank D. Clark, rural mail carrierl430 Harrv H. Clark, rural mail carrier 1430 1200 j Connor, vice-president, I D. Conovei ! London. England ‘INS' Re :il Air treasurer and thr di reter Mr Cot* | Force bombers returned to the Ruhr ;tjj :I],,, pi ( cm ed a past p . idem 860 • valley during the night to carry out bang* to Dr. H. K Jaqu< .* who cl or i ^ the second successive raid against in- the year * p sulen 8401 dustrial targets in the iron and coal Morgan *.* d letters ot ai'pree itroi p n ur battle 12501 region. from some of tho * receiving gift*' o: Coach Rutl 'the I w.t Wesleyan 'I igert and tie Central Dutchmen will both be playing *he:r initi 1 Iowa Confer* n r g inn here Wednesday night. The Tiger did not tice during CIm tin;* all bn? a few memb practiced :wo turn last week of vacat c games being j.'layed ’ sity of Iowa, llgiriingtotf and a group of alumni Pleasant. Wesleyan, to date hm wliilc dropp'ng three aj brcktn even in their let up on prue-vacution when rs cf the team day during the g with pt id ice . it h \v he Umv*: - -Star tc urn. S from M’ >ue game d Central has *wo non-con- 725 1687 2106 570 Tilford Van Winkle, essential war industry ............. Glenn G. Featherby. rural mail carrier ..................... Wilbur B Watts, rural mail carrier ..................... * Charles C. Sw an, grain tuspec* 14 10 ! tor. etc................... City of Mt. Pleasant, fleet .14301 Henry County. Iowa, fleet Murray Iron Works Bruce A. Rohde, Iowa Ordnance Plant ......... Lester W. Fulton. Iowa Ord-1430 1 nance plant I C. Ronald Bird, essential war 1430 . worker .................. 1200 Ed M. Van Dorin, war worker 2000 i C B & Q Allen W. Wintermeyer, rural mail carrier .......................1430 Herman M Phillips, war worker. 1066 Lee M. Kreidler. war worker ----1'»*0 Erwin Motors.* fleet, auto dealer 1575 George R. Ensminger, hauling In short, there wdll be conflict, i Gerhard Kannegisse’. war v rker 1092 president to postpone such a recom-1 growing and continuous confUct, be-, Edward B. Kobs, war worker . menriation but certainly a new mis- I twreen the anti-new deal and new deal^ Victor L. Collins, vvat workei named "spending tax" plan to tax the j forces, but with the anti-new dealers ( Floyd G. Ford, war worker amount of money which everyone has now for the first tune in a position to william P Laundervhle. war left after paying his ccst-of-living ex- effect their will upon the government j worker ..................... penses will be offered by the treasury, through congress. ' Audrey M. Baity, war worker 1012 900 67 (» R W. Foss, essential utility ....1000 C. E. Hunt, veterinarian ......2000 Phnnie A. Lyman. AAA and assessor ..................... 800 Austin L. Brill, ostemphatic physician ..................... 700 1 Gilbert Barr, Iowa or a nance 1 >60 Plant 1248 800 Woodrow W. Brown, war worker 1 school children Edward R. Getchell. production specialist ............ Walter Raymond Jackson. w&: worker, J. I. Case Walter Martin, war worker, J. I. Case Edward Lovel Armstrong Iowa Ordnance plant J. E Taylor, auto dealer box*, s of cookies packmi by Kiwanius 969 for the club. As retiring seerrary, M' igan read a brief -ununan of tlie 902 club’s work and repotted that Ben A. Galer's peri ret attendai.-ce record ex-1608 tenri- over a least ;hree years. John c' bra ham. Manly Frazer and E A 630 Hayes have peil'ect records for I wo years and Nicholas Cuthbert, John 650 Metcalf. E. D. Russell, Melvin Talbott and C A. Moigan for one year. Aver-7C0 age atterwlan.ee for he last year was 90.3 percent. .1430 I. D. Conover, treasurer, disclosed the c'ub's finances are in excellerc .1222 cericlitlcp and that the club has bought a $50 war load during the . 960 year. / J Mr. Reed of Page coun’y. was a 1768 guest at the meetir.g, ot his son-in-1320 law*. Extension Di ector Floyd Ctoodell same five th ft. h get her consisting Kenny Diehl at Gordon Carsten Geralci Lanue ar freshmen, will I'm;-it ion. Perrv vv ill pro; abb * art the b h 'S been ploying toot Holly Wagner and the forward positions, ,cr. at center, and id Ray Tuba ugh, fc:th r>lft down the guard Mathews Promoted To Ma jor p- :; v C. Mathews of F'. oneUmg. Minn . has been prom Ted from cap-n n t’ the rank of major He returned to Ft Sneillrrg Sunday after n v1h* re with his family. Mi Vldhew*. prenunent Canaan township l ■ ;mr and army reservist, was called t > duly several months ago

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