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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 19, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID KATION STAMPS Sugar 10 * Dec. 10*Jan. 31 (Each stamp, Three pounds) Coffee (1 lb.) • Jan. 4-Feb. 7 Gasoline No. 3 * Dec. I-Jan. 21 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID KATION STAMPS Put*I Oil 2 - - - I'ntil ;lan. 26 (Each stamp, 10 gallons) Furl Oil 3 - - - I’ntil Feb. 20 (Each stamp, 11 gallons) MT. PLB '.SANT, IOWA VOL. LXX1, No. 15, TUESDAY, JAN. 19, 1912 News i,(V 11 •EpiJ.M.'j' K, THE" by PaulMai.i.on 'M: (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.. Reproduction In Full or U> Part Strictly Prohibited.) WASHINGTON — A IEKSE PERSONAL inletpreta tion of the rising psychological political revolution in the south whs published recently in this spot, attributing the condition to the experiences of individual citizens with centralized Washington bureau-(i at ic controls and predicting the outh w auld go republican if the republicans offered a satisfactory alternative to the existing democratic regime. The reaction is a story in itself. THE OI TSPOKEN ( IfARLKfSTON. South Carolina. Newn and Couriei one! William Ball, i lowalnGripOf Sub-Zero Temperatures Red Armies Continue To Go Forward They’ll Do It Every Time - - - 'A hose editor C a.s much a part *1 the south soil itself, said In one brief trip Paul Mahon hat ,lcai ' n, nut h 'han b-.i euu : • iqgton knows or will ever MAYOR IIAltTSf 11 I I). wrote "You ait* eminently cone AN OKLAHOMAN aid farmers came cut of a ratic and delivered a • pf,< corner announcing voted any other w ay but would never do si A FLORIDA busUic I am a democrat, the hree weeks more about ■atic Wash-t know ;h han democrat! Make Gains Over Wide Area, Soviets Report Mo-cow. Russia »INS)—Soviet arm-I ies reached into Nazi defense lines to- '< day all th«- way from Leningrad in j the fat north to the Caucasus foot- J hills in the south Red army forces which lifted the 18 months siege cf Leningrad, permitting trail, loads of food to reach the city's J 3 <>00.000 inhabitants, maintained bat- • tering assault against she remains of tis« Nazi ring which had surrounded the i inner czarist capital. The Communist newspaper, PravdL stated that 250.000 German dead an “rotting sn the approaches to Leningrad." Soviet troop- .urged forward on the southern front in the direction of Kharkov steel capital cf the Ukraine and made i ew h*adv iv toward the Caucasui I through Caucasus In th< Russians Donetz MtSS RE^iNvaWOOUA / X*ll answer t^ese JJ letters now.. y READV? RESTLESS MATTRESS CO-StRS ONE MOMENT, AMSS RE Ml NO WOOD - ILL HAVE TO HAVE Tm»S / BANK statement ' CHECKED Rk3HT AWAY • POOR MOLLy-ThETMREEJ^ Tuo-OF -WAR ScYS ARE PRtViNO HER 0ATTV ITS), p N &A J) ENOUGH WOUKPio S '1 ZjQ ONE-BUT THREE wow NO, NO • HERE TLMS eggnog report HAS TO <SO TONIGHT — ) you'll HAVE to drop ( EVERYTHING And DO ‘AOLLV t»iT KNOW WHETHER SHE'S TA<in6 Off OR lAnOinG W(Th *he Three of yitE.'A loA'-ed All VS SOO* i as ONE Cf E/A GfVes * HER SOMETHING K) do THE OTHERiuJfT TO SHOW/ THEY OWN HER TOO'. J K Uwanians Observe \yjntry Blasts Founding ot (Jub ^ " . ( hurter Presented at Banquet In January 1921 Sweep Across Henrv County \ of Rostov in drive* Don basin in the north Temperature Drops To 16 Below blocked, but were being severed r* la- opened up during the day. n:i river them Donetz I'd a new cro as they susy horn gums torn i Georgia ire democ ith two leg ind ats, like . bu? I hojx: judgmei ippi opr. I was Geor-b< inu ou ar* sector. the ing cf the d forward to gain wider control of the Moscow -Rostov rail line lr. the offensive against Ro'ov McKirahan Heads Local Golf Club County Men In The Service Tigers, Wildcats Seeking First Win Annual Meeting Held With 20 Members Present (orrect in you people will take remedy the situation \ LOI'ISIAK v VI I0RNI Y article to republican leaders and Mar’u. with a letter rec that mg it sketch .south," Optra'* congres or Me Nary | recommend -'the very best brief pen j rr it d r inn - throughout tnt! ans to co- ’ sane democratic \ he south and - U. S. Subs Sink j Five Ships | Washington. D. C tng AmerU Japanese s s-ubnr Corporal Charles Wilcox ol Fo:“ Bragg. North Carolina arrived last i Thursday evening to spend a 15 day i furlough with his father. Charles Wil- nv annual m«ting of th«, Ooll: *nd I wmmId. ; ^ wmws Country cluo was ..eld at the Harian; * * Parsons and Wesleyan Will Play Tonight a s a <-ma • supply hr it. have si i INS i Augment-1 offensive against !• s, United States mk an enemy de- ho’.el Friday evening with twenty members. mcluding a committee of women, present ( The meeting was called to order by the president. W F. Thompson. The and asking republk • with decent unen from ther ve els in add;- minutes and financial reports APn ;n!eut that Raymond Smith, son of g - wo more in latest g^en by the secretary-trea ure:. J. P 1 Mr and Mrs smith of Albia, la., \ MIHSISSIPP1 cot to; mill owner • We do not like the policies used in Chicago last Time nor that of the re-onvention We shall wait publican until the candidates are named i hen * ,jiC arid east we will hold our (southern) conven-, Thfi latesl score raise tion and indorse that candidate who more nearly appears likely to carry on this United States in the way the founders intended it should operate— with three branches of govern- jcre«iiteci wtih damaging 31 for a grand han. vice-president. V D Morris; sec- ment 1 to T of 170 i retardy-treasurer. J. P. Brown. A VIRGINIA Kl TAIL GROCER: While specific areas were not men-;-- You are 100 percent correct. I ; yon( (j[ m the communique, it was :; 0PA OFFICE WILL BE writing our congressmen urging them 15im;<,ci that the submarines may have > rau h anno Li-- troy two ! smal aged a toipe [hroughout he Pacific, the navy Broan xhe latter was very gratifying need today | in the election of three directors. W. a.s sunk, m addition to the.de- F xhompacn. J. P. Brown and C. M were one small patrol vessel, yance. were elected. The six other di- ,.4-0 hips and on- medium-sized rtcl0T^ are Dr. J. R McKirahan. Roy , Ore large anker and one Wa!;j j M Burd. Colby Chandler. M. cargo ship were reported dam- H Lme, an(i v D Morns. n the most r*tent attacks in the xhe ladies were requested to appoint i Tie Wesleyan Tigers are engaging Leo Kennedy from Parsons College; man. tonight at the Wesleyan Gym in a J Pint. James P. Holme who had | determined effort to gain their first been stationed in Ireland for nearly a j conference victory. Parsons who 8Iso year was transferred to England. j ^ yet t0 wjn a conference contest will undoubtedly be equally determin-I ITtend.> have received the announce- ^ This incentive added to the usual intense rivalry between the two teams i should assure local fans the kind Kiwarnans observed the ann.vei.arj of the granting cf a charter to the iccal clut at the meeting Monday eve-Thc banquet at yvlvch the char- ( s if reived in mid-January. 1931 ________ gala occasion as shown in a of the program and menu as Wintry 11 sis sw> * -'•* 1 ni'v v Piesident C A Morgan county during the night driving the Abraham fold of the event> mercurv down far below zero and car-uo to the organization cf the rying the light snow that had fallen Ml. Pleasan; Kiwanis club. The Ex- during the day. Drifting was heavy in change club wa." started 21 years ago rur 1 areas, but the state highways and operated as such for about six were open tcday. Some of the county years, then the name Exchange loads wen dropped when fhe cii ticn with the nan nal organization. The mercury slid down to 15 degrees After three years as the Hasty Pudding below by many thermometers while club, the group organized as the Ki- others said 16 and 17; some even wanis dub dr* pped to 20 degrees below and ethers A M Patterson gave some of the to 22. Cole Bruhn reported his ther-highlights of the early years of the mometer at Oakland Mills recorded 20 Kiwanis club telling about the speak- below. The low on the federal weathers, the woik of the club and some er bureau thermometer at the state of the accomplishments C. A. Cot- hospital was 16 below trell s]K)ke on the objectives of Kiwan- The state highway commission sent is stressing all and giving some extra cut three of the five anew plows avail-emphoMs to some of them. able here this mcrning and reported Corp Corliss Munger here on fur- at ten o’clock that all of the state lough was a guest and was asked to reads were open. Drifting was heav-speak. He tcld about his three month.- ier cn the north and south reads than training in photography at Lowry on the east and rest Field, Denver, and his transfers un- While many cf the neie roads were til he is now stationed in Glasgow bltcked lor short distances, the drifts Mont. He praised the army highly, usually were comparatively short, re served as pi -gt m chair- ports stated. Mrs. 1). K. McAllister Taken By Death has been promoted to the ranks 01 . hard {0Ught competition they like toj mcrnjng at about Captain and is located at Fort Sam I witness Huston. San Antonio. Texas. Raymond was a graduate of Salem High school, j later from Iowa Wesleyan. He en- i listed on February 8. 1941, and was in, the Infantry, 95th Div. Training Sta tion, Clayoourne Mrs -treet, a committee to act as an advisory board .officers Training lhe for the directors and was commissioned 2nd. Lt. Jan. 23, 1942; Promoted to 1st Lt May 8, D. K McAllister. C Burlington, missed aw o’clock •utU thi d to 117 number of Nippnni t craft of all type' After the adjournment of the busi-Isunk *o date by American submarines ne#g oJ- the annuai meeting, the direct-a. : • - In a wn*: n, the submei'ibles ors met and elected the following offi-|p: ibably sank 22 others and have been cers f0T 1943 president. J. R. McKira- cooj>erate with the republicans \N ALABAMA ATTORNEY? “The revolt is against bureaucratic j, government because of f< ar - There are many others, but the.M are enough to prove convincingly that] real auaekeu s«**n: «* >*•- -—»—-----— * j the Salomons area or along the supply OU1 leading to the .-outh Pacific j Announcement is made that the OPAj nor}K.ast cf Mt. Pk-asant -omt of the Japanese ships in OPEN IN MORNINGS 1942 and to Captain Jan. 12. 1943. He has served at instructor at Camp Walters. Camp Swift, and Camp Ft Sam Huston, Texa> l I Pvt. Ldwin C. T»aut is .stationed at Camp Maxey. Texas. He is a son of ; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Traut and was inducted into service m December. Mrs. ! Traut teaches to bruu precis*- relief from fault.- of which the south com- ?he j office in Mt. Pleasant will be open from j Farmers said that with the abundance of light sr.ow and the Ivgh winds, it is difficult to understand why there was not more drifting. Of the heavier traveled county reads, the Prairie Gem road east was the only cue reported completely blocked. A county maintainer was sent to that r:ad during the mor^’ng. The buses and cat* leaving and arriving at the IOP plant at midnic! * experienced some difficulties. The lygh wind would carry the buses oft the drive and numerous tunes * *4 necessary fcr buses or for cars to give assistance to each other, reports stated. ere doing a big buslnec g as would-be motorist found their cars would not start. The drop was so sudden and so severe that manv cars did not have sufficient anti-freeze in them and as a result radiators were frozen. M fly tars were ‘t ufcbcrn and wculd not start. The local taxi services were kept busy throughout the day. The city maintainer which has been used so effectively in moving snow - away from the curbings into the , -r, , Keokuk. Ia — The Des Moines rh - cerder cf the street in recent years the rebounc. uc ney, exp . er nearing its outlet into the Mississ- was on lhe jCb this morning, but was She had i beer, in failing healtli for about ; Both team.' offer a well balanced montn put was t k* n suddenly wcrse offense ar.d have lest previous gamts yp^terday mcrning and passed away by narrow margins. Pre-game statis- niorninv tics give the Tigers a slight edge as T^e McAllisters formerly ’■ • ved 3 “uWlT* inW* «">*» anrt ™ ««•» *»«•> of R-m- rhe, -ove, to, ^ v E at Port Benning. Oa. «*i,nst „the Burlington. Mr.-. McAllisters g.rl- ^ mon))n than against Wesleyan. Pre-game ll00d t:0me, last June, dope often counts for little however surviv ing are the hu. band nd two when Parsons and W'esleyan meet be- ^ Ex erett McAlhstt r of Mt. Plea^ cause both teams ooint for these bat- ant and Sydney McAllister living in ties and upsets frequently occur. Alabama Funeral arrangements are Wesleyan lost to Simpson last Fn- priding. ! day night because of failure tc hit the ____ hoop with free throws as they out- tLrr-iir rUANNFI FOR scored the Redmen in Held goals An- NLW in/YlLILL TWI\ other weakness of the Tiger squad i*'' forgetting to follow up their tosses DES MOINES RIVER Ce ar Grove school. I with an attempt to tip the tall In or Z of the StLucn : Pt-hc From a nmt-MiUca. -and- , ^ ^ ^ ^ S Obviously! i»int, the Ideal one would be f-r Mr. ,0 clvt Uu. of[jce workers an to 5:30 p. m. In recent weeks the of- |(0p0ws: a c Glen F Hultquist. AJU?* was in no wise overdrawn. about Roosevelt to reorganize and reform then, something must b, don- about ^ ~ ( th, ”^,tuaUon, j opportunity to catch up with the work j his govtn.mtm . that had accumulated 1 ,r.1 which has national aspects expressed _______ C.C. Squadron 102, Flight A, Sail An tcnio. Texas. NOT IN CONNECTION with my ar-, the powerful New Orleans r.-m j:lr. tiw ! lhtoush has editorially I the udminlstr.tton-no» alotie in the of action. It duoinets sou the , and Wgh bureaucr»tic post- M iitimental servitude to a party labt . amelior- cut rightly says new parties are dtf- j ticns-would uo far tctta.d £u»r ,n organise under our system . a,mg the condition ==“”r.SH!s sr-rr ™ =tr go. for me pivw***.. it suggests. ^cus which is anxious to For the present, it .suggests Why .should intelligent southern-1 sharp trtn.mlr.it ol_»t» ! PREFERS SPEED IN BUILDING WARSHIPS Washington. D. C. —(INS)—Undersecretary of the navy James V Foi-restal today bluntly rOld a congressional committee that he would rather have speed in building warships than a Simon Pure record in letting contracts for war work. He made his statement in a house The democratic party suffered a ridf>s conimittee hearing to consider I Indeed, such a course is demanded er, is an outstanding exception in respect and his play under the bas. ket furnished many of the thrills in „ne Simpson game. There is no doubt but what th< Tigers are a much better team than Richard McCabe . in northern Af- j their record Cf wins and losses thus rica. according to word received by j far would indicate. Playing against as relatives. A previous report stated he j strong a brand of competition as they was in northern Ireland. • are likely to meet all season they have • | given their cpi>onents a good run fcr Pfc. Lee K. Cookes arrived | their money and with the help ol a morning by tus I run Omaha lor a three day furlough with his patents. Mr. and Mrs. D L Cookes. ippi south of here, was flowing calmly having difficulty because of numerous Monday through a new man-mad* channel, a great ditch 600 feet wide j and nearly a mile long intended to control local erosion caused by the treacherous stream. The new channel t lirmnatcs a larg*' horseshoe curve which had been considered a dangerous menace tor manv years. Swirling angrih ar und this U-xhapcd bend during high water, the :ars narked in the business d;strict. Des Mcines. lew a (INS)—More subzero w“ather tor an already frozen Iowa was predicted for the next 24 hours. Cold 51 Years Ago Today Pvt. Walter E. Barquist’s address is 816th Chemical Co.. Carno Merced, Calif. IR Pvt, .Iam«’s II. B« allie s adriss is Hg river had eaten into the lower bank x;5e temperature zas just about like at the rate of 50 to 75 feet annually. |;hih 5j yem ago ulay. George Canbv Iowa and Missouri highway depart- said today as he shoveled the snow in ;ront of his home. He remember.' the day distantly be little more experience could have turn ed at least three of their defeats into victories. They have played a good k as W(U a. Buriing,on rail- „ m thl, walk brand of basketball even m defeat and consld(.,.cd „ v.„lU, bl only a - once they break into the wtr.nm, « - • ^ tll( umn are quite likely to keen their LEGISLATIVE EFFECT, the i-' south had already gained control ol military affairs profit ers in congress not align themselves, ixlativo representation »„h westerners dlssatlsiied aith the|southerners ln greater Dover than course of events and both join the re- jt1vt publicans who do not, like a lot of, IN n„n, Huai in a determined com „ . !-)» - rSTtS rribTT.Hi'Strikink Miners ^, rn rtr This course will no dcubt develop Stralghtlorward action ol thi. cl. into legislative action during this newtaoter would ce.dunly session of congress. Bin. as to how p rent l man far it will constructively remedy L not remedied ,„| condition complained of cannot this m some similar stralghl-forwani • bC.T "is' moRF LIKELY to take the manner, a more drastic remedy is Uke- farm pricca1 ly to be found, possibly along the a resolution by Rep. Vinson, democrat j of Georgia, for continuance of the in- ] vestigation by the house naval and j Sirtiqn. A-A-®- - — committee into wa, Uanta Mam, Cahfomto. stride and run up a respectable string of victories. The starting line-up for tonight wi! i lk Hg Squadron, 74th Group, Chemical I „ • , „ ” ■ 1 „ , T__. I likely be the same as last Friday Right Santa Maiia-Lompac. 1 „ i with Holly Wagner and Kennv Diehl at the forward positioni, Gerry Lang* 1 dward C. Eksuattt has been Iran.'-J and Roy Tubaugli at guard and C.u- tream cut through a bottom land field and undermined U. S. Highway 61 and the ; Burlington tracks in that corner or Clark county, Missturi. cause he made a trip to Mt. Pleasan' >o buy hi' wedding license. lerred from Great Lakes. 111., to Gulf Port. Miss. His address is Edward C. Ekslrom. Armed Guards Seho l. Sec- Given Ultimatum j2- c°c- Barmen 82. ouu w. ‘ Miss. Directed By President To Re- J ira iwuBeth, win is in ti. navy is turn to Work *ncVl stationed at Gulfport. Miss., where extreme form cf forcing up in a ^elfish sectional wav and only [ lines sugg* s "„m„ to the bureaucrats an,! cent- HE SENT A COPY of my column, tt ',,llla,l governmental -,„cnls as a the former democratic national oha - Washington. D. C. (INS*—President Roosevelt today directed striking an- j ,he is operating the canteen service, according to word received here. ster.sen or Buckney at center Heavy Damage In Sibley Fire Estimated at $100,000.00 To $150,000.00 HOMING PIGEONS AID UNDER GAS RATIONING Soldiers Buy A Car To Beat A.W.O.L. Charge controls as a ■ i man, James A. Farley, urging him to ^TcZZi** ol sou.hern andion,..,^ a Dlkle riern^m.rfy be-weatern leglalators is not wisely led. , hind the leadership ot Senator Ham it could concern itself too much with!Byrd, cf Virginia, cotton orices on the one hand and I Certainly Senator stcd bv a northern reader, j thracite ccal mine workers to return 0FFJCER TESTIFIES to their jobs immediately and declared that if this order is not carried out within 48 hours “your government will take the necessary steps to protect” the interests of the nation in wartime. The president, who issued the order of commander-in- Sibley. Icvva (INS) —Sil:;* volunteer firemen today battled for U of from the rntici 1 Linclsfcorg Kan. — Writing home, Pvt. Howard Robinson cf Lindsborg __ tells about arriving in the St. Louis C ilsbad N. M. -- Despit° gasoline -jnicn staiio:. just t.e-j late to catch rationing and other war time trans- t\y last train that might have placed porta tion problems. Elmer Helper is h.im in F'ort Knox. Kv.. before h s fur- keeping in t uch with his Dog Canyon icugh exolred. He said seven odo r ranch, 75 miles from Carlsbad in the boys also belated po led $10 and at lugged Guadalupe mountains. 4 a. m. bought an automobile, gasoline He has acquired four homing pfe* rud oil and made it to Fcrt Krox wtth ecus, two to be kept at the ranch and 20 minutes to spare. two at his Carlsbad residence The -------- birds carry importan* messages to and j hours a blaze which destroyed Uve IN FLYNN TRIAL I the town’s principal Stores and threw ______ i ened several other dow ntow n strue- AIR RAID ALARM D^u^hter of Ambassador Is Auxiliary In W.A.A.C. Los Angeles, California —(INS)— A | tures. “very gracious” Errol Flynn greeted5 Damage was expected to total n-pclice when they went to his home to'tween $100,000 and $150,000. tell him Betty Hansen, 17. had accus- j The fire was discovered shortb a -ed him of attacking her. hut the screen j ter 1:00 a. m. by Charles DeBcxi .op-star “choked and sputtered” on a 1 era ter of one of the giocm stc m s _____ _ drink when he li&ard the charge.' destroyed and occupant of an apart- devolve' ri^esident'a’*the United Mine Work- Lieut. T. W. Bowling of the juvenile j ment on the second floor SOUNDS IN HONOLULU Bvrd seems to hyp nt hpr and ! represent the quiet persistent politic- j in his capacity dents and mine union leaders. inflation There must be other practical rem- haps politically latet court the apartment fled to safety Hoprlulu. Hawaii raid alarm sour.dec! today bee ii'C t i the identified “element: proved to be fri< iuJI.v. (Editor's Note: It was assume* w rd el*meilts meatit airplanes.) Fort Des M m _igarct Bliss Lane. INS' Au cirjier of Umttc! S in Honolulu eai b \ Ccltrnb a. is an low INS' Mar- jfcsence of un-v, hie h later WAAC. it w Dts Moines, Auxiliary Paly, tie c Arthur li:> 13 year 0 talc® arnb auxiliary -dosed tod Id da ugh-ssndor to in the ,v at Fort Horn Mi Amb s. L; 1

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