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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 15, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar IO - Doc. 16-Jun. •>! (Each .stamp, Three pounds) Coffee (I lb.) - Jan. 4-Feb. 7 Gasoline No. ‘5 * Dec. I*Jan. -I THE MT PLEASANT NEWS V ALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil 2 - - - I ntil Jan. 20 (Each stamp, IO gallons) Fuel Oil 3 * - - I mil Feb. 20 (Each stamp, ll gallons) MT. PEF VS ANT, IOWA News Behind*— 1 . •»'LU.' •«, HTfW^n Army Forces In “Rostov Region THE By Paul MALLON ^ (Distributed by King Features Syn-ciliate, Inc Reproduction in Full Ot in Part Strictly Prohibited.) Dei* lam Contest At Crawfordsville They’ll Do It Every Time - - - WASHINGTON — TIII. IM' SS IA s ( OM >11'N IQI KS 1 : < h llorid .style* they have practically irion-cpoliz.ed the too headline:, in (he America ti press this winier with Cia ted bu* confusing accounts of their grea military successes The eager manner of their daiij tiouncemente has prevented the erage American new reader from ting a proper evaluation of wha* have done and where they are 8 Day after day for a while tiles 23 Nazi divisions, surrounded trapped b* fore Stalingrad, then tied the figure down to 22 whet) was annihilated and thereafter la an-av* get - hey had and hit - Olds, Ainsworth, C rawfordsville Take Firsts ALL r+£ 600 > kjv >/. sat TJOAV JOBS ,3TES TO ■ ' mXyf CHEERFUL ChARue\ Oj RE A SAP TAKiN i Hi5 ) I p,5,uLU5,jM THE NEW ref 14 >ker i voided the rn As a matter ti ley have 12 180,000) Nit/is) parentis- secure trap Tise surrounded Von • ighth army making dug itm lf in before St s ord a nee with Genua >!.«•<* last venter arourw 1 inured food an be flow suppiie ound a< id wirer i pit ulate dr vh iom there in trut Hofl German in Hi fon > H mid ►rn)* rn him I Mosco i i lei and hot reach Olds Iowa Winfield, Olds, Crawfordsville and Ainsworth were represented in a declamatory contest, h^ld j at Crawfordsville Wednesday evening j John Milles ol Olds won first in, oratorical giving an oration, "Last ( Will and Testament of a Refugee-” ! Other conte*tauts were Ruth RofMtor and Beverly Butter* orth Betty Colt hurst cf Ainsworth and Mill ice ut Olson of Olds won first in the dramatic division Bettes reading was Skv-fodder". and MJUcent s was "Futility, DeLoris He as aud Evelyn Williams were other speakers in this cill p.,on. George Col th ur st cl Amswtrth and Junior De spa in of Crawfordsville won first rn humorous George spoke on Arithmetic Lesson anes Junior on by de Schoolhouse. ar and Arlene M' Cuiic.v ■fakers line Ball of Fairfield was •iANwT-^Avea' what a JOINT THIS IS! you ll Find out . thev kill you WITH OVERWORK AND LET you STARVE SO you WONT ASK FOR a PENSION ’ GUY I Think CHAZ 6ETS PAID BV SOME. OTHER OUTFIT TO knock this jail* The nEWoOV’S AMBITION is Shot now next ol' Charlie will take him JUT TO CONSOLE HIM, AN then mahe a oov_h CHARLIE. THE Time he was Fired he BROUGHT HIS S'x V kids to plead FOR. HIS JOB BACK? Panthers To Meet Trvinir To Keokuk Tonight j ,r XT . I ran Nazis Coach Sharer Has Peen Seeking More Speed Chuck ou6hta glut Himself An WRITE SOB SUNOS I GOT THEM LOW- ; DOWN, BEEFIN j ' Blues ! J I a* ' Veil- rcut if Be nine Car were othei Mw Jo ' Tin ML Pleasant I mill is ITW*, to Keokuk tonight where they wid meta the Keokuk quintet in their .seventh I title Six game of the season Panthers who haven' - ic .red a ii,2 wa v . I Cai Ret tall in t heir | . games, will again til first victory I;-: are a *• and oi the eel Campaign To Reconquer The Caucasus Goes Forward to Th dub Chief his yes is .second a They have \ three, while ore heir The in ious lieu a forward lev the thOU-; (avian the oun-' u - ct int the ire: gam Panther.'- have lost •ix cent lance game.’ and have won two ncn-confercnce games, their most recent one being Winfield last Tuesday night Cc ach Sharer feels that all Pleasant lacks is speed and he that if the Panther: had had the speed that some ct their opponent! had they would have little trouble in defeating them. C ach Sharer has been working on differ attorns of boys to see if h Mi ta tee combined find ft a? hand Tire h me Re< nearby jved unobtainable when Nazi r d pur far a ba In the local ll. J*<hn Miller in the orator la la-rut OI on a; im ti ic: and Carbon. Mails and Mary Vain the humoi ous. Miller Mi ilice: Jan. pike M-l- tDe Hi Cl. .un one n rt DaCK of .supple except a i n Hitler has pressed t planes into service to droj nu* area Von Hoff army barren of forests * unlike before Moscow last wtntei lords no source of fuel in Russian winter Now apparently V n Ho hedgehog it through until lief comes, but there xion of his ability to during his hibernation H E Nel the iudgi contest held on md Jack Huston I; Rutn Johnson d Belt) P'Ck in Ii *rrv Bla<x. Bonnie Dave Jo Ann Huston hn Swart senti ruber in Winners weie J hn Oi-on and Bonnie I,wa Wes* Assembly Adjourns County Men Over Week End In The Service Writes V Letter From Fiji Islands (rung livi WL The st I not be definite probable st . I Bdl Kl aalii - Cott re I i at cente: Willits Corp. Turner Learning Native Keith Bogle at on up.* b is terrain md af- birl Critically Hurt Bv Bullet Presiding Officer To Announce (JirIS ^unhurt, Harold Committees (Hayne Simmons and Harvey White j Language ______ jail .stationed in Ireland foi many j _ months, are now in North Africa. A letter from Reinhart written ten days J and ago stated the f:ur were on the same j cer are especi:jjy prized bv boat on the trip to Africa. Sminions j ^jrs -garl C. Turner, resin« White and Reinh irt have been togeth- j Mr Turner j. cr much of the tune the service. ma v start at one r tile yiinc wa mtil game tune bu t- is are Dean Rich at forwards, Hov ire: and Joe Mess* r anc. guards. J m Green if the forwards. hopes i pnng re grave que! lain (iun In Hands Accidentally of Brother Discharged i Ds Moines Iow a (INS)—Most mein- j hers of the 50th general assembly I I were enroute to their home! today with , the house and senate both adjourned j until 2:00 p rn. next Tuesday. , At that tune, Lieut-Governor Robert D. Blue ot Eagle Grove, presiding j officer cf the senate, and house peak-1 er Henry VV Burma oi Allison w ho arc remaining in D<-s Moines ever the week end, are expected to announce their committee selections Republicans last night and tim morning were lauding the inaugural Two “V ' letters, one from their sen one from his commanding off - Mr. anc tents her* superintendent of son • ince going into I Qf ^c warellouses at the IOP Th son. Corp Samuel E. Turner ^ - Honed on one of the Fiji Keeler Field. Miss —Sgt. Erwin C. .where he is a radio operator. GUID son of Mr. anc Mrs. R. Henry ; * We have much freedom an Gillis. 714 N. Lincoln street, ML Pleas-» time, but with little outside ecentiy was promoted to the tion to spend the time, he v of staff sergeant at the Airplane * I read a great deal and Nesbitt Elected Scout Officer is Mainland: At the r* guiar ext: ing of the South held this week a’ •utive to uti met t-a:-.t Iowa Council Ft Madison, the Davenport Iowa *INS)—!»>-'• ear-oic I Maureen Wementme was reported address 0* the new governor. B B( __ i rn ar death today of a billie' worn, Hicken looper of Cedar Rapids, before! ; authorities said was caused when a fbe joint session of the house and sen- j THE RI !>*■ art letting Von Hod * 22 caliber rifle being handled tv ner ,te yesterday afternoon turv« while thev drive or- -outl.v,* *- (brother Donald 12 was dis char gen j Lieut.-Governor Blue said the si leech ward Their objectives are to chase | ,IC< idem ally. was favorably received bv legislator: the Cau-1 yhe two are children of Mr. and Mrs ant gra recrea-ritc3. ice some the Nazi completely out and that the chief executive ‘express- province, clear Hosts\ abd re- R q Wt rnentme. prominent Scott i ed general sentiment ot the legis ts bilsh a line upon the Donets I I county family residing near Da veil* lators exceedingly well." and that “it river in the Ukraine This they seem J j^rt a ^ey to the republican thought in vry likeh to do. *, The sister and brother were alone the assembly " It is too much to expect that their {iu tjie house at Ute time of the shoot-j winter campaign can accomplish more J ,Ug^ ^ vias stated. The attending ph\-than this, and decisively cni^ti Ger- ( sician said the bullet pierced the girls man resistance and bring peace on I leIt lun^ that front M challies school of the Army Air extended hikes, also Ive been ‘t.'u\- f orc es Technical Training Command pig the native language. In lac here. | progressed quite well I* 1 500 words and can understand i „ o i I true language when it is peke sic. 1> hav Urn. Dale Garnioe Sea Ic tele- true ian„u t ^ ^ ..... I phoned Ins parents. Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Gaimoe, Thursday night from *he U. S. Naval hospital. Mare Island. Calif. Hi is feeling fine again and expects to; Turner is a gia uao be heme early next month. results of the Council voting were announced bv T. W, Kerfoot of Ft. Madison. In announcing the re-election oi Stet ling Lord as president of the Council, Mr. Kerfoot commented that this was a definite showing of the Can speak over great appreciation which the Scout the ens of the Southeast Icwa e for | .Motcow, Rus. ia (INS) I • army forces drivii.: s'eadilj in thru* campaign to re "OI .Caucasus and trap hundreds I sands Of Nazis in southern | smashed then* way i ck j 'Rostcv Region”, an officiai cement by the Soviet information reau said today, > Announcement of the capture of Savetnoye "in the Rostov re don" was made shortly after the high command had issued a communique stating that its forces driving en the Caucasus ga tow. iv city ot Rostov through the middle Don region and the north Caucasus were advancing steadily de-spite stiffening Nazi resistance. , Seizure of Savetnoye apparently was effected after the Russians penetrated tit*’ main Nazi defense line in the lower Don sector, WI lie Soviet forces repeatedly smashed Nazi defense pc sit ions and quelled dcspeiate counter attacks on the.se tv. : fronts. Russian troops at Stalingrad continued strenuous et* torts to lift the siege of the Volga metropolis. Russian mechanized forces which yesterday scored a 20 mile advance through the Caucasus fought their way forward during the night and occupied several mere inhabitated localities. the high command noon communique said, "The Germans launched counter attack. but all of them were beaten oil with great enemy losses.’' the high command said. Sugar Stamp No. ll Good For ll Pounds Washington, D. c. <INS>—Tile OPA Council said today that Sugar Stamp No. ll Mr. Lord, and the very fine becomes valid February 1st and wail Ult leer south of In Flynn Trial In fact, such a decisive! ------ result w hich many Americans have j b‘-en let to expect from th< ommun’ (j| U0gt I 6Stlll6S iques, is no doubt beyond their official objectives. They will be satisfied if they can drive out or capture the 300 OOO Nazi .soldiers (20 divisions) which has in the Caucasus pock Rostov. I The real condition on the Russo- iHar*M n German front is best Deeds Recorded At Courthouse The many dialects are giving me trot:- leadership which he has given to t)1(l m Scouting rn this area for many year' The letter was written Oct. 24. C rp Glen Carlson of Keokuk was re-elected the radio first, vice president. Mr. Carlson has school at Scott Field. 111. served,, this Council in the capacity of i His commanding officer wrote Treasure^ Finance Chairman. Dirtnct _ 7 i orr rn son of I shortly before Christmas, probably not Chairman, and District Health auh Mi^mid M^' C J Oit 503 Divilioii I knowing that Corp. Turner had been Safety Chairman, and is. therefore 1 • Ml‘ pleasant is studying to be- able to get mail through stating th a well-qualified o accep j ' " „ t the * C*tp Turner had been sent on the putty cf this it ice. 1 come a specialLt in ’he Navy at the J G~rp. I tt a \r-iv i TVair • " School for Elec- • special detail at his request and ..c. I ° Na ‘ mi^ht not hear from him elected second v. e president. Mr I tncians on the campus of Iow a State ' for some time the reuionsi- Pleasant. was be good for three pounds of sugar until March 15th. Sugar stamp No. IO which w s vahd tor three pounds during a similar period, expires at midnight January .list. I t old Wave Late Tonight Predicted by Lr., Angel->. Calif. .TNS)—Blond Lynne Boyer, another guest at the Bel Air party at which 17-year-old Bet.y charged she was attacked un nu *v j Flynn took the witness stand to explained by the,fcriUi \ . u I Hav at the film stars trial in superio. events leading up to the present sit-1 court mil un Hitler stupidl} wasted men and Deeds recorded at the courthouse in elude the following: Effie Larson and other to Em rn Gladd. Winfield property. William Simkin. referee, to Laura Cammack and others, 160 acres in section 24 of Salem township Consideration was $11,200. ! H. E. Rinehuner to G. B Gilliland trustee, property in Mt Pleasant and | land in Baltimore township. college here. D;? Mc int.". la. (INS*—A cold wave late tonight, with the mercury drop- Fort Orval Nesbitt of M his parents might not hear from him elected second Nesbitt has also had a long record in _______ Scouting, having served on the troop j committee, district organization ann ping to zero in the northwest, was Leonard Wood, Mo.—Guy IL j TRAIN AND AUTO -extension chairman, and has served on promised in a rpeciai forecast for Iowa Ross. 713 Broadway Mn Pleasant, who J the beard for main years. Hewlcn bv the wea her bureau today. recently en!ered military service, has CRASH IS FATAL Dt.rb; oI Burln.«ton W IS re-elccu I The a : wave wn I be pn ceaed J. arrived at 'he Engineer Replacement j -. tr a mer. and is serving again iii flit using temperature early tonight, witll Training Center here for an intensive ^ Moines. Iowa (INS*—Mrs. Ma- capacity in which he has fulfilled very rain in the southwest and ex re me training program in preparation for - , Huyser 42, Sullv, Iowa, farm worn- effiCientl\ for a number of years in west, and now in the worth central I * . nHankritrcr tn fombat engineer duty. ! an was dead today after an intel rn- this council J pan train-automobile crossing concion Thornton at ix\ Des Moines and (ast in the afternoon, changing to rain iii the southeast early tonight. Mr rtram. Miss. Artliur J. Ingrim and Rachel and T. HUlsbor a.d rn a Wight B. Sa ter to R W. Foas and atte, Sa- he had Consideration was $1.- ^ mproper,s to rapture stalin- » cios,-exarnin.ition « ne , Nora E. Scarff Bishop ic Joe D and hip by throwing everytWng ... ..... (^ (.n)i_.i X<„„lnaUon whlch had Miss into a., otien-sive to capture »aUn-, ^ ,umn,ertM and blushing. 400. and Mrs. John received a telephone call on; Monday from then son, Pvt. Claude A. Thornton. Ht has been stationed at Camp Robinson. Ark Katherine M Strang, property in urad. His mistake prevented him from. ri-ishpri with the prosecution sparing the planes from that front I ^ ^ ^ Hansen whether j Saunders addition to Mi. Pleasant. which would have made his drive for J — - ^ admitted acts before the the Caucasus oil a success. He still She died of skull fracture enroute to a hospital in an ambulance aftei the accident at 7:00 p. rn yesterday Her son, Howard. 12. was in jim seriously and is in a ho pital. Mediapolis Farmer Hangs Himself foolishly expected to capture Stalin- Brand| grade as late jus mid-Novemlx:r. proM-t for which she might acts you bl PROBE ESCAPE PLOT OF GERMAN PRISONERS Tilt KEHS broke his anack there j by waiting until tile moment his as-, _ ^ ^ ^ a lQW yoice sault showed signs of weakening and j _ _______ _________________ tlien throwing an offensive in upon, .. ih.r flunk nur'h of the city. Onex- stun hattlefrdht He can that I unitedly their forces (outh of tho for that.. , P< ' to advance until: Hitler has withdrawn so many planes us in Africa that the Do you understand tin committed are a crime? ' Giesler asked j Roi.we]1 Hew Mexico (INS'-An investigation continued today into Un Pfe. John Simpkins ol Camp xounv. Calif., surprised his wife and other relatives at Hillsboro on Wednesday when he arrived here l r a ton day furlough. T. N. OLSONS TO OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY Lieut. Willard Ha t Beld probably Hying one of th bombers over the (escape plot cf three German prison-1 areas north of Australia making life ers at war at the federal internment J inbrrabit for the Japs. He has been us camp at Roswell yesterday in which stationed in Australia the last three one fugitive was killed and an ’ber j montbv wy*e formerly Betty Hall, city Reds wounded as the men were captured, i jg ^ her parents here. Dick Hall is Colonel Murray F Gibbons, com-> till at Blytheville. Ark., but expects to from the north and south Within two weeks their quantities of \ because the the two railroad and southwest from the city. At j tie night on Saisk on the southwestern line, Hie casus forces began withdrawing voluntarily their advance mountain positions to 3,000 manes Hie south. If the Reds are able to continue does down the Salsk railroad 50 miles or the three men were former German seamen that had escaped from the camp at 5:00 p. in. Wednesday. The one killed was reported to be a 20- also were able they had a ninon woikinr o j superiority in the air. They | mander of the internment camp said j be transferred soon swerving J are also getting laigo rounter-attacks pocked far Own equipment lh™iw lines running west .convoys arc protected in th* eta k a tile northern route to Burlington, Iowa (INS)—Death of Robert W liber?. 41 year old Dt -Moines county farmer, found hanging in his fathers barn near Mediapolis yesterday afternoon, was called .a sui- tide today bv ac ting-Coroner E. B. Mr. and Mrs T N. Obion who arc jjorwas now living at the Rev. P. H. Nordland- No inquc 1 will be held. it was aller home at Batavia. IU., will celebrate pounced. Walberg was found ha ne. their fificth wedding nnniversan en jug from a raft* r in a barn en the Monday. Jan. 18. Mr. and Mrs. QU son farm f the father Charlo Wale : 1 formerly lived in the Swedesboro com- Zerwas said la It a nu I the vin im lean rn un tty but for more than a your Uav i-■ n dc pendent been residing with their daughter. M Ferol Goodrich of Saunemin, III., and Mrs. P. H Hollander or Batavia. A family dinner will celebrate the occasion. railroad I Murmansk and the southern supply k year-old youth named Walter Jager " German Cau- j .out,, through Ira,, is functioning bet- I ----------- roes so greatly that the Marts ■ ter. SPACES FINE FOR —“oi.intarilv from some tool keep SUGAR VIOLATION W.C.T.U. ENTERTAINED AT HILLSBORO HOME (ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH Mrs. Nora Dodds) PLANS IMPROVEMENTS Die annual parish of St. Michael Par-'nts and a broth* r survive ATTEND PRESBYTERIAN MEETING AT FAIRFIELD Hillsboro, Iowa entertained the W. C. T. U. at her > heme here on Wednesday afternoon, i A local growl stated meeting It wa antj th air superiority no matter what Hitler J Dubuque, Iowa iINS*— Mal Hie Hiller will Deiseh. 45, Dubuque cotan y la run; j tute to be f: ic .meeting day, Feb. IO. Mrs. William held on the next regular Indeed, it is probable ~.._r crivp un I tratav fuced r ivmcni CI a SOv J I ire . HIWv«IJS SO to liKii-ui.-'h. ■ . Caucasus oil and with- after enter in? a plea of guilt' ye *'*r- I Kuhn was a guest Members present to cut the only railroad line of sup-I d . Qf Rustl*,., (iay a!terncon in fedcr I dt trio! conn were Mrs. II H. Eyre. Mrs. Margaiet ol ply OI all the Hitler Caucasus forces |cl^ to ^ si vo u ^ ^ ^ ^ R charge of sugar ratknii : law Adkfmou, Mrs. J hn Sprott. Mrs. W., were C having .no,a -- j J- The succeed because stalin now ideal superiority on that whole Rus- rn JIL, J IJH * It Iv V/i I ’ v' J > . , , , I , ; ( ; f • Mrs. W. A. Harlan had the devotions. Episcopal Church meeting • »w Plans were made lor an all-day inst!- Thursday evening in tin , in 1' following a dinner served by b Michael's Guild. Reports of the various or cnd/M en the parish were read end pair _ presented by Father Rnuschei A Ila ll, r..' M.S." llrut'e MUlor. Min. idiot the rthahUltatlon ani bt „ „ rn.. ^ vr„„ o.iti tho tinn of the church and grounds cur,.: more .lUentict the wind : of the Fit-bvtor;, oi Women's Pres bvt eri.d society held on UK* Parlous lupus at Pa if I’eld Thursday. Inter-st ic ct iscut: siuiis, a pane1 by mend we < I Un Parsons co.!' go laeuity and a talk o Modi rn youth bv Prut. Ihm./.c I we among the I dun Rev. E L Jeambey was the local min:Ueri tl dei''* gate. ■ ml Dan Winter the lay deb gate. Others alleudina were Mr j Winter. Mrs. Jeaiuhey. Mi Glen Holf-S man, Rf ix F. II. tun ter. Mi . Hun. ' Chili" and Nfr^. Harold Garri n Chicago, IU. * INS' — HOGS: 20,OGO including 8.0C0 direct; market generally strong to loc higher than yesterday s average. Ten: $14.DO; ISO to 180 lbs.. $14.25 t : $14.80; sows, steady to 25c higher: 360 to 'vO lb. packing sows, $14 00 to SHMO. CATTLE 1,000; Calves; 400 steady; I silk stem $12.SC to $14.35; common and medium heifer'', $10.00 Ie $12.00, tows, stead* ; weighty cutter cows. $9.25; weighty ca usage bulls. $13.75; vcalci", strong al *15 OO to $16.00. SHEEP: 7.500 including 4,>00 direct, steady; good tc choice wooled I mbs, $15.5!) to $16.00; I pf $16 15; common to choice slaughter ears. $7 CO to $0.85 Estimated for Saturday. Cattie; 300, LOCAL HOG MARKET (At the K ey Station* Ma ket aready. Tap $14.20; 160 to RSO lbs., $13 80 to $14 OO; 190 to 330 th $ 14 <X) o $11 20; packing sows LOCAL MARKETS i ga- J2- He . IOC lac. ta C: cam. C t aln Cf *, rn -w re No N i. II Hens V,- gluon If I Leghorn Cox flea VV Cox \< the other European fronts. sugar th«n he reported.

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