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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 13, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sutfar 10 - Dec. 16*Jan. 31 (Each stamp, Three pound*) Coffee (1 lb.) - Jan. 1-Feb. 7 Gasoline No. 3 - Dec. 1-Jan. 21 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS valid ration stamps Fuel Oil 2 - - * Until Jan. 2G (Each stamp, 10 gallons) Fuel Oil 3 * - - Cntil Feb. 20 (Each stamp, 11 gallons) VOL. LXXL No. 10WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13, 1913 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA News I > ;-1 \ /#.< I • * • hl\ TrrvXixTrrrTf IfffiTprr] I* Hospital Use Is Nearly Double 1940 THE: Lty Paul Mam,on >c (Dumouted by King Feature* Syn ucate In'., Reproduction Ir. pyu n I) Pan Strictly ProhJbiteo < WASHINGTON — II I HE II... 1)1 HSON SI < ( I SSOK, P f t. f I s Brown sc:louiy ui.de. Ink' to t.nd s solution of the furl oil rationing mess, he will c me upon two fc.ccc t tings wrong at the cor< <1 the problem The.se are indicated by reader cor-i < siK>nclence I have received from consumers and rationing board ofiieial* (with a single exception* in vanou: eastern and central sections of the country, and are confirmed by my perianal experience and observation Fir.-.i. Not enough coupons were ai-lowed a great many people Second: Dealers are getting iv-ui-ficient oil to meet existing coupon requirements continuously The first fault could be c BLASTS FREEZE’ ON CORN PRICE They’ll Do It Every Time - - - if Mr boards era tiots Br to to pve ! he not get snout? erroneously b.i fottage of fio footage of hea metd can and mary mistake Then, after enough coupot apportionment enable him to HOW 1 111 orders the uliolehearte< ne**ds of tho The feder ed allotnw iiU space n stead ing space Tie corrected rati: nint reccnsid-» who did 1 formula on square f cubic jovem- ukJ correct thi pri- Johnson Says Price Parit v 8c Rclow He’s got am EVE LIKE A ShARPSHOOTER- De . Mo.iii 1/sa 'INS' Francis John an. a national din :tor of the Am*. icen F»rm Bui au Federation and President of the lov. ,i Farm Bu-reaii, to: olosled tlie OPA com price freeze as a ‘violation of the spirit cf parity legislate.n last fall.” He said the freeze leaves the price of corn on the Iowa farm" at least 8c below th< PX)'; of parity set by congress as the lowest point at which a celling could be established. "Congress intended to s y that the price administrator couldn't freeze the price below parity.” he said. Johnson explained that his views were based upon relatitu of prices on the farm and at local elevators The Chicago price would have to be $1.10 or more to give lew * farmers the parity price, he said. Dr. Reissner To (Jive Address Here GAS AND BOMB SCHOOL HAS BEEN POSTPONED Tie:e will be no gas and bomb ‘?hccl at he high school tonight. The school ha- be n indefinitely postponed. Watch the News for further notice. Elected District Officer Mark Murray v ho recently started his second term s Henry Countv Supervisor and was elected chairman of the be ird. has been re-* 1» cted vice president of the Fifth D strict of the Iowa Association f County CXLceis. Nineteen counties comprise the Filth district, which meets quarterly at O:-tumwa to discuss problems and i-tm.s of interest to the counti* s. Members are the county supervisors, auditor-, engineers, treasurers, recorders, clerks Bit? Gain In Use of Henry Co. Hospital Total Earnings Over $47,090, Deficit Is Low thi la 1 h il in serf supenn to the pital An amazing gain in Henry county Memor: the last two years ws annual report of th Miss Dorothy Menef< trustees Tuesday evening The number of patients admitt * h s nearly drubled and the average number of patients per day has in* creased ten over two years ago. Tie earnings of the hospital have and deputies The district is fortun- increased about $18,000 in the two ate In having as their president, Flovd years while the receipts have increas-•Johnson of Louisa c untv who also ed a similar amount and.the expense's president of the state association. On Radio Panel .cry home owner I there must be a of available supplies get o:l continuously PROBLEM ha *poned re- ormer Berlin Instructor Forced to Flee From German v get into its present confused condition is not entirely clear Government calculators must have made a colossal mistake, cr a number of them, to mi -gauge *o far the necessities and supplies. But we are in the mess now and the only solution possible is to accept the condition confronting us and make ihe best to fit it. Homes and but :> - offices should come first Their heating must be maintained II it is nec* ssarv to meet their requirements Mr Brown will have to start closing the least essential large fuel consumers — recreation centers, night clubs, theaters public schools anti even churches, locally or nationally, as required. These institutions need to be k* p* op* a in war more Ulan any other. IN EVERY W \R up to t is one aU military men considered that the Dr f* sac tute Hans J. Reissner. Researcn Proof Engineering ,.t Illinois Insti-of Technology, will address the GRANDAND PETIT JURORS ARE DRAWN McKibbin Seeks Mayor Nomination Weslevan student body ot Icwa Wesleyan college Thursday. January 14 as the sixth speaker ui the Air Age” program at Uiat institution His lecture cr. the I subject ‘ Aviutnn Technology of Two* Wars" will also be broadcast over sta- j non WSUI as a public service feature.! Listcuung in will be 120 high schools’ <nd junior colleges In Iowa, Illinois. I and Missouri who cooperate secularly in this program Dr Re:.s ner, formerly in charge of , engineering r* - arch at th*- Berlin In- , sfitute ~t Technology, was forced to !!*•*■ G*rmanj because of Nazi persecution. H*- was the foremost expert m Germany on airplane propcllors and invented th* first practicable controllable pilch propel lor. He is noted fot developing the -trueJural analysis 1 r airplanes and also designed thej Pleas- maintenance of national morale re-1 hist all metal plane. He is now work-quired the normal emotional outlet j ing in aeronautical rest rch under the f:r the population in entertainment. direction of the federal government. education and religion. The nation which least discommoded the lives of its people was considered to be winning the war It k*pt confidence alive behind the front But. in this war. for the first time in our historv, the opposite view has been stressed at times. It is • view which, unfortunately, has been borrowed, alcng with centralized government controls, from the Hitler *Fas-cist-Conununist • idea This is total war. they say. and they think it requires total suffering whereas all it really required w’as total prep-aration — cl oil supplies, for instance. The liberals in this country’ very shortsightedly borrowed too much from Hitler, because he was efficient in certain respects. He was efficient j for Germany, a bankrupt nation (which had no oil. incidentally) and. having nothing, 1m created sane efficiency by equally distributing hardships in a very small nation accustomed to them. That system has proved itself unpopular and inefficient in a rich country. richer in oil than any other, and accustomed to a much higher standard of living. Here is the cause of our whcle rationing trouble. CENTRALIZED CONTROLS were worked out modemtely in the early t opposed Baker Elected P.C.A. Director H V Baker was elected a director of the Mt Pleasant Production Credit association at the annual meeting held Monday at the St Alphcnsu- Catholic church dining room. Baker succeeds Waiter Moehn, Des Moines county, who resigned. J Ralph Wilson. Louisa county, and Dewey B. Phelps were elected for three year terms. Group discussions were held and -hort talks wore made by Baker. Wilson. R O. Elefson, the new secretary, H. W. Mitchell and H. E. McAvcv. TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR TWO TOWNSHIPS Center township women will meet Thursday mCfttlng at the Floyd Good-ell homo for a training school. Way* no township will meet Friday at the Coiu’ad ITanze home. Care and repair of household equip-jnient will be the topic. Covered dish J luncheon will be served at noon to the strong federal con-dajs of the new deal to the satisfac- / troLs — total government. The liber-tion of a majority (but a decreasing 1 als will r.o doubt return, as a part ol majority when government was play-jour current experiences, to their forming out to the people, making awards er true Jeffersonian principles. Thus, the government mistakes we are encountering will probably push this country back upon the right track from which is wandered during the ascendent influence of totalitarian ccn-trcls in Europe and Asia. But, for the present, it seems impossible that cur centralized controls in the, case of oil can furnish us with enough fuel. Apparently, it is too late to build enough pipe lines or tankers or tank cars tc use the oil which nature endowed us. But if Mr. Brown brings to his new | office the fair-minded zeal which Ls Grand jurcr- were drawn for year j 1943 at the eotxrihouse today They i are to report Tuesday, Feb. 9. at 9:J0 i a m They are: Barr. Frank. Marion Brown. W J., Sc'tt Dusenberry, Loren E , Tippecanoe Kilbourn, Wm„ Baltimore Linoeen, Constant. Wayne Martin, John B Jefferson Mathpws, Mildred, Canaan Miller, Bruce, Salem MtBiger, Carrie. Ward 2 Mi ant Scarff. Walter. Trenton Shores, s. P.. New London Stuekerjuergen. Fred, Jackson The Petit jurors drawn for February 11943 term are summoned to appear J for duty Tuesday Feb. 16. 1943. at 9:30 A. M. Beauchamp, Russell. Scott Township Brown. John. Marion Canby, Andrew. Wayne Carter, Josephine, Salem Corey. Ethel. Mrs.. Canaan Doan, Ovida, Tippecanoe Grooms, Fred, Ward 3. Mt. Pleasant Hedges, Gertrude, Ward 3 Mt. PI. Htlphrey, Lela. Canaan Jerrol, Ellen, Ward 1, Mt. Pleasant Koch. Rev. Alton. Ward 1. Mt. Pleas. Lamm. 'Rex, Ward 4. Mt. Pleasant Lessenger, Lucile. Mrs., Jackson Lindsay, Margaret, Ward 1, Mt. PL Mercer, Harrison. Tippecanoe Messenger, Dwight Mrs.. Trenton Miller, Howard, New London Miller; Katherine, Wayne Morgan, Luther. Wajne McClintic. J. N., Jefferson Oge, Blanche, New London Peters, Sophie, Ward 2. Mt. Pleasant Pij>er. Kitherine. Ward Pleasant Rcipe. Fred. New? London Rochefort, Geo B.. Ward Plecsant Sandeen, Ernest Wayne Sinclair. Addic. Jefferscn Smith. John M., Airs.. Trent:n St rack, Ltrlu. New London Talbot. Melvin, Ward 1. Mt. Pleasant Thomas, Joe, Ward 4. Mt. Pleasant Tompkin. E S.. Scott Van Vranken, Bernice, Scott Ward, Nina. Ward 1, Mt. Pleasant Wilson, J. E.. Salem Zehr. Vivian. Jefferson Judge E. O. Newell will preside‘at j the February term. Grad In Race ( hicago George McKibbin, low * Wesleyan graduate and member cf the Icwa Wesleyan board of tmstecs, Tuesday night announced his candidacy for the j Republican nomination f:r mayor of .Chicago. At the same time he an-i nounced his resignation as finance di-j rector for the state of Illinois. ’ He carries the endorsement of the j Republican state and Cock county Re-| publican organization Rcgcr Fahertv. who previously had been endorsed by the organization, is dropping out of the race. Mr. McKibbin. who ha- many friends in college and town circles here, comes here frequently for Wesleyan events. He served as chairman of the Icwa Wesleyan board for several years. His boyhood home was in Van Buren county. U.S.O. Hostess Talks At New London Miss Conrardy Tells of Alaskan Impressions BRITISH NAVY STRONGER NOW Better Than In 1939 I mosses London, England *INS losses, the British navy today is iar stronger than b:fore 1939. in air craft carriers as well as other classifications, 1st Lord of the Admiraltv A. V. Alexander said in election speech today, “Although we have had heavy los.-es in air craft carriers.” he said, "we have now* more carriers than at the beginning of the war after replacing our lhsses—. “Our naval losses in themselves would constitute a great fleet. Yet wc have replaced the lost sli ps and today have far larger naval strength than in 1939. “We have had in the last three or four months very heavy attacks by -boats and have taken a very heavy toll i the enemy.” L. Oscar Ch&Uman* representing the i Farm Credit Administration as u member of the War B'wd of De- Moines county, and A. M. Wettach of the Farm Security Administration, also a member of he same Board, participated in a ten person panel and round table disc us.-ion over station KBUR at Burlington Tuesday evening. This Despite racSl<* broadcast closed the Farm Mobilization day activities in I>es Moines , county, where .-eve:al community pro-’ grama were held on the afternoon of Despite w ir January 12. Mt. Mt. New London, Iowa — At their meeting Monday at the home of Mrs , Stephen Williams, New London Wcm-i ans club had as their guest speaker. Miss Margaret Conrardy, U. S. O. i hostess with the Y. M. C. A. at An-I chorage. Alaska. She told cf her ar-, rival in Alaska in very bad weather • add hews that bad first impression had been changed until now she likes it there very much. She told of hoi ' work with the men which many days | Is from 12 to 14 hours, and praisee ; the men as cf very high type. Slu urged letters from home to the men, i not from strangers, but from relative? ' and friends, as a good morale build-I er. Tliis is said to be the most severe ■ winter Alaska has had for 28 years yet. she said she did not feel the 1 cold so much cs she does here. Wien ! cff duty the men spend considerable ■of their time at the U. S. O. building. I which was erected by themselves after ‘ Anchorage people contributed $8,000.00 for materials. Battle For Control Over Solomons Intensifies Washington, D. C. <INS> -The battle for control of the skies over the Solomons mounted in intensity today amid signs that Japan’s south Pacific airforce was making a desperate attempt to stage a comeback by using a newly constructed flying field on New Georgia Island near Guadalcanal. have been held dow?n to i $13,900 increase. As a result the hospital deficit dropped to a little over $2,000 for 1942. an exceptionally low? figure. In additicn the county has given care amounting to $3 739 during tlv year to indigent patients. The tigure is net ;*n additional deficit, but i,s included in the expenses cf the hospital. The increase in the use of the hospital h s been made possible in part by the use of additional rooms vacated by nurses when they moved into the nurses h:me bought in 1941. The cost of operating the nurses home is included in the hospital expenses. The earnings of th*’ hospital were nearing the $50,000 mark this year for the first time. The total was $47,-4."S.7J and the expenses amounted to $43,419.09. Receipts for th* year totalled $41,416.60 Uncollected bills for the year amount to $6,422.73. The hospital received on cid account during 1942, $4,K6.64 The cost per patient ner day was $4.21 the past year which is considerably less than in either of the two preceding vears. Tins decrease m the face of rising costs of foods was made possible partly by heavy purchases ot supplies made in 1941 and used in 1942 and partly because of the purchase of the nurses home in 1941 and heavy equipment purchases made in 1940, all of which go into the tctal - annual expenses and are figured as Robert O. Heitmeier is visiting his a part of the per patient cost for that mother, Mrs, Mary H*‘it‘imcier. at the year. Rev. Giddens 111 Wcrd has been received that the Rev. Dr. Jackson Giddens. of Delta. Iowa, suffered a severe troke cf apoplexy’ last week and is in the Meth-criist hospital in Des Meins I His family is at his bedside, as no hope is hpld for his recovery. Rev. Giddens served several years as businc s in n-agcr of Iowa Wesleyan, then t am* financial secretary of the school. He was assigned to the Delta chuich at the I wa-De Moines conference here last June. Home From Alaska Arthur Taekenburg home. Mr. Hette-meier, who has been employed in the Yukon territory or the Alaskan highway, has a 24 day vacation lrc n his wcrk He expects to go t tck to Alaska Talks On War Gases German Forces Flee In Panic through WPA. AAA. and otherwise to blocs and groups. But now that the paying cut has Stopped, a more objeotive lesson about total government at home has been learned by the people who must now share scarcities under broad national rules which work individual injustices] and hardships. Everyone can now see that a centralized government, undertaking a managed national eccnomy, must also assume the responsibility for ample supplies and equitable distribution in a rich nation. If central control does not provide, it is a f.Ulure. j attributed to him. he can yet find a THE RESULT of this experience will l solution, possibly not the one offered tive readings and Mrs. C. O. Sharer no doubt cause this country to return above, but the best oossible under the will speak briefly about the P K O. to a respect of true democracy and circumstances to w’hich the errors of sisterhood. The nc 1 s anntuncer will the rights of individuals and states, as centralized control have reached us be Bob Humphrey. RADIO PROGRAM TO INCLUDE P.E.O. TALK The Thursday afternoon Wesleyan hour broadcast over station WSUI at 5:15 p. m. will feature a variety program this w'eek. The program, under the direction of Miss Betty De-Witt of West Burlington, will include vocal selections by Miss Harriet Brund-age, violin numbers by Miss Molly Taylor, a clarinet solo by Miss Meda Hauenstein and a flute solo by Moss Roberta Hauenstein. Miss Jane Graham will present several interprets- Moscow. Russia — INS'—German forces on several sectors of the Caucasus frcnt reported in field dispatches today to be fleeing in panic before onslaughts of the Red army Russian troops captured vast amounts of battle equipment which the Nazis abandoned in their llight The forward driving Red aruiy troops were preceded by stron: units of Soviet Stonnovik dive-born, ars which constantly han. sed the withdrawing Germans WILL PRESENT PROGRAM AT PLEASANT LAWN About 100 persons (the home defense set-up in New London, attended a meeting at the New London high school Monday evening and heard a talk on war gases by Superintendent C. A. Crttrell cf Ml. Pleasant. Elevator Manager Resigns Grover DeYarinan, manager c! th* Fanners' elevator at Olds f:r the p:st j 19 years has resigned his posititn to take eftect January 27l!i. Lester Nickolus will succeed Mr. DtYarman at the elevator. Hospital Board Is Organized C. M. Vance w’as reelected president of the Memorial hospital board of trustees at tlie organization meeting Tuesday evening. George Van Allen , was named secretary succeeding A. M. Patterson whose term cn the board expired ?t the dcse c- 1942. Mrs. Wayne Peterson of Olds is the new member of the board. Other members are T. L. White, Mrs. Floyd Beery, Mrs. Walter Lund and Ralph C. Eckey. The Pic sant Lawn l terar scrietv will present the following prc ram at the school house Thursday evening. January 14. Community singing led by It ii Willits Recitation bv Roy Buffington Duet by Mr. Hoffman and Hoffman Reading by Wanda Hclpbrey Music by Irvin Kaighm. Talk on the Philippines Robert Wray. Jem bv Mr? WHITE OAK P.T.A. MEETS AT SCHOOL The January ent-Teachers u? meeting of the Par--wiation of the*Whit.*- Olds Teacher Resigns Miss Hazel Sieber. home ecohumies teacher at Olds for the T ast yen- and a half resigned at the end of the first semester to work in the school library at Cedar Rapids. Mrs. William Ceil cf Winfield is taking Miss Sieber s place in the schools. Former Station Agent Dies FYiends at Olds were s^rry tc hear of the sudden death of Mr. Rcseoe Bartlett of Brighton, I< Mr. Enrt-i leit was a depot agent here for many | vears. I —------------------- C. O.’s Leave For Camp Three Henry county conscientious j objectors left this aft erne n by tr n i lor Colorado where they will be in a camp. The three were Marlin S Wyse. Melvin Gerig an*. Joseph G. Sutter. Indigent (arc The decrease in the Indigent care under 1941 is accounted fcr largely by the change in bookkeeping methods and the allowing of indigent bills monthly for indigent pitients who are still in the hospital. Previously the indigent totals might represent an accumulation of months connected with dating back into other years This has been esoecially true in the case of Miss Fanette Shelled}, long time indigent patient at the hospital, who has not been permitted to leave the hospit-d for care under a practical nurse or at the county home infirmary. either of u?hich could have meant a saving tz the county. Her indigent care accounts for nearly a third of the total indigent cate in 1942. She has been an indigent patient at the hospital fcr some fivt years. Miss Menefee and Miss Wren In-, bookkeeper, have prepared the following comparative report for the last three years: Comparative llo.Miilul Report Inducted Into Army • Oak school will be held at th* schoo house Friday evening, Jan. 15. All t | patrons of the district are urged t Accepts Radio Position Richard Baxter, Iowa Wesleyan student and radio announcer, has accept- Harold Tullis Barnes of Henry coun-J be present. A guest speaker is ex-1 exi » position with a radio station in ty has been inducted into the army, pected. Refreshments of sandwiches Detroit H? will leave Sunday for his He went from Fairfield. and coffee will be served new position 1940 1941 1942No. admissions .'>89 893 1028No. births...... 95 128 198Nu. dismissed . . 544 823 981No. deaths 45 58 51No. operations 185 2**1 384Daily average . .. 18 3 24 1 ( 28.3No. out patients 261 383 431Tot 1 days treatment 067 > 9098 10,328Av. cost per patient 4 u 4. 7(5 *' .21Highest no. 1 ttaj 29 42 45Lowest no. 1 day .. 0 11 12Total vcf patients # in and out 850 1,275 1,453Nr. dee to:admitting..... 10 19 20Medic ! patients .. 183 28.: > 242Surgical patients .. ~M3 328 37(5Ol" t'-'rieal patients 98 151 212Stillbirths ... 3 >■ 3Earn tigs .....$29,28'* <43 995 $47,455Rc•Mints . . . 23,394 32 769 4!.< If*Expetvcs :;0.27U n,342 13.119Indigent care 2.867 6 .819 3 739Di count and free care . 425 379 24Delicti 6.870 10 ,542 2,821Deficit per mo. 573 880 168

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