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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 22, 1943, Mount Pleasant, Iowa\ ALII) RATION STAMPS Sutter IO - Dec. lG-Jan. 31 (Each stamp, Three pounds) Coffee (I lh.) - Jan. 4-Feb. 7 Lanoline No. 3 * Dec. I-Jan. 21 THE MT PINKAS A NT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil 2 - - - I ntil Jan. 26 'Each stamp, IU gallons) Fuel Oil 3 - - - I ntil Feb. 20 (Each stamp, ll gallons) \ OL. IAX I, No. FRIDAY, JAN. 22, 1913 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA NEWS av Behinds the News;- ay Paul Malign (Distributed by King Features Syn- dl( ate. lr. , Reproduction in Pull or ti Part Strictly Prohibited.) Soviets Ahead Toward Rostov VV VS ll ING TON — ABOLT TWO WM.KS AGO, local s a I Oil rationing officials were daily announcing plenty of stocks existed in the hands of local dealer although many dealers were either low or cut entirely and unable to make dei.vei u s to coupon holders. I wrote some ol my personal experiences showing I was unable to get oil and proving the district officials were wrong Since then the local rationing I-fleer, L P Stewart, has been pushed out cl ostler* by Mr. Henderson under cli cum.'t.»no*. ;o, it was Ie >een asked to ’ toning rather vaca A we ck Stellart I.ut other local to know* n ole uart k< he Ii d don not resign Mr. Hendci i in f err inc ac Mr Bill Offered To Lengthen Office Terms County Officers Would Serve Four Years They’ll Do It Every Time - - - LOOK at that picture _ Wz/Z/s/i \f SNE 8GILED VATER SHED ) 'M . „ an n,^__ / SCORCH IT PM,* TMS SHE O/A REAL Close it Mu£T BE H-QES ANOTHEk HibCt yi USED ~*H& STOVE WAS HEX &TAND-KJ With All J ABOUT SIS IN "HtS -A)v E \\^TU HES S"<jOKiNGSfTHEM St RTN DISHES^) Will Replace Burlington Station officii tun ally md ifferii Iii Mollie.1 Iowa INS* Bill? to J lengthen the term ii office for coun- j ty officers, including the members of I the county board of supervise! were | reported out today by the senate com -mittee on ejection reform- and placed on the upper cli a rn be, bs calendar, At tr.e same time, local option bill.® on moi and stile liquor st res w.re introduced in the senate. Year Men l ur Supervisors Tile two election reform commote' bills changed the firm of office for! counts supervisors from three to four ye.irs beginning With those elected in IIM 4 MAGAZINE-MO*WO- LISTED: \ ____ “ DOLLY OU PF LE IS NEVER J /T/F/ HAPPIER THAN WHEN SHES J < J-— „ UP TO HER NECK IN POTS _ And pans,tryjN6 out a /hollh*jooD folks NEW RECIPE 'N lJ£R \ just LOVE TO SE IN* HOLLY WOOD BUNGALOW I-hgrTEX) “TO HEJX home Kitchen y for spaghetti ' hmmph: plana Hun. I IiJ, FAC I Bt HIND I III M 4 I Ti-It mg of Wa,-fichu rged that hich Mr a A V. de it ii "in Ste se cue in id'T OOO .O' The itll ;mr f lid e | until I The I opt tins dei L ad re Kears trie >rae i te cf term oil he St te< lit Other j pjea O cf about : pparenilv the . oHi> r dealers *s claimed th< et!mg oil by ll I < ouid not g* nment itself w autem lei- its Now this matter I in public, but Mr 8 concern which bear Stdia i t and Brl. that he is a minor! the concern is oyer He has not been qu much oil it had on the atnount was substantial dm ••foresight * of his nephew, a fore:-apparently beyond the other dei here. In recent days tire shortage lias been eased but the rationing J beards have not yet made any effort to issue additional coupons to tr.a e whose homes cannot be kept livable under allotments Evidence of prepcuro cuts througliout the t the country as far wes T j for U ga cl ai dry art concern e train load when it, and that the buying oil from ti ice buildings as not been aired euart says this oil his name L P Inc .” is not his. y stockholder, and iU cl by a nephew j 54 000 »ted as saying how . ^ qqq lane but indicated ^ court, treas->uid serve for so beginning in 1944. but the sheriff auditor.-’ aunty coroners would not .start 1946. Luster Signs Option Bill bill which would set up Lea! is for state liquor stores was They included Foster of Mt. Search fines On Bodies For Two Burlington, Iowa — INS' — E iwart Flynn, executive vie' -president rf lh* Chicago- Burlington & Quincy railroad. raid today that the Burlington station, burned with a ‘ Joes of four lives early Wedr.e day. will br' replace d. Railroad :fftcial. Ireadv have taken steps to ask federal British Forces In Possession of Tripoli Gains Reported By Allied Nations Moscow. Russia —iIN8»—Red Ormy drives against the large cities cf Rostov and Kharkov in anthem Russia overnmetii I forged steadily ahead today as Soviet I priorities tor the materials, he sale He said replacement of th** build- j *1 ing would reach a cost of $110,OOO. j Flynn was in Burlington inspecting j the damage. Meanwhile, se reb went forward to clay for two bodies not yet recovered. They are those cf Mrs. D:ris Kenning. I tank borne infantry clushed desper-te attempt.* by tile Nazi ti stem the gigantic offensive. One vi ng cf the Soviet army ,>u ’fling on Rostov, gateway to the Ce ilea su.s, was reported to have reached a point less than IO miles from the final rail junction of Salsk. IOO miles to the .-outboast of the city. Dispatches teleuhone operator, who was on duty 1 Kr rr\ anri t vie from the front said that distance sep- at the station switch-board, and Lyle _ . . A Harvey, Ottumwa, civil engineer. Be dies cf W. C. Plur-kitt. a telegraph operator and P. F. Carlin, conductor ara ting tile Russians lr rn Salsk wa.* being reduced hourly. have been recovered. Panthers To Play Fairfield Tonight 01 ] signed by 13 senator,' Harlan C. or ant. aer bill ing wu mcrea feeding 28c in cc lion and I r non this , filed in the house re the following: * the sheriffs allowance pr; oner now 20c a meal unties under 30,000 popu* 14c in counties more than Changes In Lineup Made Necessary bv Illness of Men SET DATES FOR Suit For Damages COUNTY MEET Totaling $517 Filed Tournament In Early February Ray Scarff Plaintiff Against In IL S. Gym I Conrad and Smith Ba ck st aire In Iowa Politics By Frank T. Nye Des Moines. Ia. IDPAt— When Gov. Bcurke B. Hickenlooper suggest ed to the legislature that something Report British In Possession of Tripoli (j jro, Egypt — < INS*--Unconfirmed radio rep rts ria-eel General Sir Bernard Montgomery's British 8th army in full Dosser:-ion of the suburbs and even inside the city of Tripoli today as the fnal curtain went down on Premier Moussolini’s African empire. The middle-east high command merely announced that the 8th army v.'.s engaging retreating axis units • At ft mPP.ina 0f t.„. Henry County! Ray fik;l ?uil %vi h lh: clerV: sbould ** dcne ab0Ut the St‘U ' an.* The Mt Pleasant Panthet- willI THS? al ot the court today reeking damages et liquated bookkeeping system, he warn* travel to Fairfield ttmgh a ne.' '* i * * . .. P1,dates w< rt. I $517.87 from Hqgh Conrad and Lloyd foolin' just south of Lib va’s chief seaport. will meet the MrlMd Trojan j n |£mi«i as the result of a collision of Apparently he intends t The Panther squad had a good deal | To judge i pone co raise saline i. bailiffs, and ■%. The bill would give judges a year in counties less than nomilation and *4 500 in colin-f 3Q.00C to 75.C0C and 13.600 in ifs mer 75.000 lose little Conrad trucks last time in seeing to it that the suggest-i:n is carried out. Unspent mono But the Moreoco radio heard in Cairo said the British had taken the suburbs while a Swis.^ broadcast went further and said the city proper had been entered by Montgomery’s army of liberation. »ht. de here MISSING SULLIVANS HONORED IN LEGISLATURE of mui.:c.pul court of bed luck In the put week withjment, The —pent .ill I*^hcWj ^ ^ shorthand re- two starters out with illness. Bill j Febtuai} 3. I anc b in ie scarff seeks $284.67 to cover nu ck appropriated by the last legislature to Krabill has not attended school any of, ant high school g mnasium . . ’ fQr a substltute vtudv th6 modernization of the system thl» week and will no. make .he trip) E«ht temns win play rn tee touma- Scarff' while .he latter ls still available and it appeal to Fairfield. Howard Cottrell has be* s. ment u.- year. recovered from injuries and $190 for new executive council will use it. Mck with the flu and althcugh he will enter. Samuels anc Johansen both of, recoxereo not sun the game tonight he will! Burlington will be the official- period make the trip. j Supt. °iVille Loper presem o e E1Lswonh ScarfT> driving he Ely er Henry W. Bunna are in tune with have blasted a Japanese cruiser in the Clarence Pounds will play center in schooLnasters c. i p ' * <! Scarff truck, was making a left turn the chief executive’s suggestion. Each Jap Netherlands East Indies place of Krabill. Pete Arbuckli will I meeting. I into a drive at the Pearl Young place created a special committee to deal play in place of Cottrell Cot tref! will* j ^ mnes north of Mt. Pleasant and wjth the problem of a new bookkeep loss of use of the truck over a 19-day toe IN TI NI Lt. Gov. Rober’ D Blue and Speak Allied Planes Have Attacked Sicily United Nations Headquarters in Australia GNS'—Heavy allied bombers J' A Moi ne la i IN1 The five mi -ing SuS’ivar.- of Waterloo were 0,ber likely starter if he had made the hon* : “i in a re olution pas-ed by the tript has a bad foot and will be un- no doubt see some action before the __ i i game is over. Warren Anderson, an- | nBTlPS IVUflOUv Taken By Death (th Iowa General Assembly Wednes- able to play for several weeks. i _ by Black Hawk county legisla ors -j-pg starting five fur the game will ; a * rr; half of \ Th- rn; heme and senate resolu- ^ Dean Rich and Arbuckle at for- Funeral Saturday for Jackson ! at Min:a Ola ' po,: a i> introduced in the house bv wardis Keith Bogle and Joe Mosser at- Township Farmer sly unfair six miles north Smith, driving Conrad’s truck and also illg system. and Iowa an* contained ii. letters from JR* p Art i W McFarland <R* Water- guards and clarence Pounds at center whom are rationing j loo, with Rep. Dewey Butterfieia «R» Waterloo and Sen. John Berg <R‘ Cedar Falls as co-spenscws. The resolu ion honored gunner s j mate George T. Sullivan, coxswain J Francis M Sullivan, and Seaman Jo-1 ‘vph E-, Madison A., and Albert L. j Bu Divan, all reported by the navy as missing in action aboard the Juneau. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas F. Sullivan of Waterloo Tile resolution cited the “noble sacrifice of the mo’her in giving five rons lo the service.- and set forth that from 3.300 gallons consumed last yearj..^ broth* is. rn contradiction to to 660 this year. i their superior officers, and upon their Peoria, 111. An Ohic boarding house-keeper, who; cwn iusistenC(,. faced danger from has as tenants a retired policeman I pn£niy Shells en the -ame ship, as vi ho is ill, and a sick wife and baby. j t ne in Unity and with singleness of was cut from 2.600 gallons to 1.430; a! purpose.” Br'oklynite from 2.800 to 1,100; aHing-1 ^,..e resoluticn asked that "we here- j readers, some board officials A MARYLAND WOMAN was cut from 1700 to 470 gallons, aa amount which was entirely consumed before she received the coupons, After days of negotiate en, she finally got 300 more to run the entire remainder ct the winter. A Savannah. Georgia, consumer, who had already used 35 gallons, received an allocation of exactly one gallon A Baltimore feed dealer was cut j Salem, la. - Charles Kudobe, 78 j died at his h.me in Jackson township j (Thursday morning at 1C:30. He was born in that townshio on Dec. 25, 1864. and W3s a prosperous and respected farmer there. He is survived by his wife, Amy Ku-children. Mas. Esther MISS MAXINE WHITE AND SGT. JULIUS FUNK MARRIED IN ILLINOIS Mrs. C. H. White announces the marriage of her daughter, Maxine, lo fkJ* m and Mllo Kudobe. Sgt. Julius F"unk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Funk cf Gridley. III. Rev. Mcronv performed the single ring ceremony Wednesday, Jan. 20. at 5:00 p. M.. at the First Baptist church in ham. Massachussets. couple of 75 and ]j ^ (.Xpr(ss oui d*'ip concern and the j Mrs. Funk wa.- attired in a lovely soldier blue dress vvitli navy blue accessories. Sg.. Funk wore the full dress uniform of the United States army. They were attended by Miss Bar et Jackson township. Three grandchildren also survive. The funeral will be held at the Stevens funeral home Saturday aftet-noon at tw'^ o'clock. Burial will be in Bethany cemetery near Lowell. The present system was a good one in its day but it is outdated. It is imptssible to know, on anv given (I v. the income and outgo of the state, therefore the true balance of tm treasury. That is the reason for so many conflicting stories a out its condition. SAVINGS Iowa City. Iowa —(INS)— Mr. and one bill introduced in the house w.r Mrs. Delmar H. Butterbaugh, accused mean a big savings in the cost oi cf financing their honeymoon with bad keeping prisoners in Iowa prisons, checks, today were separated, with the The bill, if passed, would give the 19-j-ear-old bridegroom sentenced to a ixiard of parole the right to release driving northward, attempted to pas.-; the ScarfT truck at that moment. ACCUSED OF FINANCING HONEYMOON ON BAD CHECKS; SEPARATED naval base cf Amboina and when last seen the warship was listing and^ heavy smoke was pouring from the vessel, it was announced today in an official communique. Six Killed In California Storm San Francisco, California — 'INS' — Death, injury and destruction continued to mount in the San Francisco Bay region today in the first major storm of the season. The death toll rose to six while m:re IO year term in Anamosa reformatory, prisoners, against whom detainers havt tl)&n 20 were injured. More The bride. Georgia Fay. 17. was also been filed bj other states, to these than 1(X) homes were partially demcl-sentenced to a Rockwell City reforma- states by parole. tory" term. but was paroled to Sheriff FILL TIME I Preston Koser. Under the present law no prisoner I The two entered pleas cf guilty to no matter how much good tune his ' the forgery charge yesterday before record shows, may be partied if an-District Judge Harold B. Evans, at other state has lodged a del in**! hts full ishecl in the Vallejo-Carzuinez Straits area. Approximately 150 families were left homeless in the area. I (j wa City, iowa. Farm Loan Groups Set Meeting Dates County Men In The Service 62. with a bedridden, paralyzed won.- j ,, ,n Iowa in Ute tate oft ba™ Ann Funk and Eugene Funk. Ma an aged 90, was cut 1.000 gallons I, M five brothers and hereby extend | ter and Jno.her of .lie biidt„ioom. And so on through .stacks of mail a j our prayers and hope couple of feet high, the evidence , Uve .. mounts, tile worst areas apparently | being the eastern seaboard and central foolishly" states. In many instances, users l:iil**d to include necessary parts os their dwellings, and did not undei-stand what they needed at first. As IS NATURAL in such a complicated No on*' champions his individual rights and interests. A CONSUMER’S ( OI NSEC in the agriculture department quit in open disgust a week ago. He found he cculd that all still) Mrs. Funk is a graduate of the Mt. j Pleasant High school and graduated | from the St. Joseph hospital in Ottumwa in 1942. Sgt. Funk is a graduate of the Gridley High school and attended Bradley college in Peoria. Tile couple plan to visit relatives and friends here and in Illinois for a Will Meet In Mt. Dleiusant February do nothing. vast Congressmen are beginning to be-1 few day,s and to return to Savannah, affair bolh the boards come aroused over this fact. Talk in Ga thc 27th where they will make mistakes, the Truman committee and the small investigating committee is congealing into a demand that a con- The boards should be ordered pub Bely by Mr. Brown sufferers in for a sympathetic hearing C nsumers should be invited to pi and consumers made many and the basic formula was cruel and business inefficient in the first place. „' czar be appointed somewhere to welcome the in this government to champtcn Hie c*i use of the people, to act as a check re- on various government rationing units, sent their difficulties and premised a . to urge them to consider the humane fair consideration as piomptly as pos- . side, not to allow unjust increases, j A campaign ------«• - _ j L. Oscar Cha liman, secretary-treasurer cf the National Farm Loan association group at Mt. Pleasant, announces that Hie directors of the various associations have set the annual meetings for their members, to he held at Mt. Pleasant, as follows; Lo;kridge National Farm Loan Association at the association offices* at 10:30 a. rn. Tuesday. February 2, 1943 The Southeastern Iowa National Farm Loan Association at 11:30 a. insister Mary Gabriel, number ol the Saturday. February 6. 1943, at the Sisters of Humility of Mary at O - Methodist church. The Lee-Henry National Farm Loan Pit Bl- R— “Pete’ Kkslrom. who enlisted in the aftei In I See Bees in November, has been called time ! and is at Davisville, R. I His address-* is: Joseph W. Ekstrom, S2c. 8*" Ii Batt * Co. B. Plat. I. U. C. T. C., Davisville R I against, him. He must serve sentence, which means additional cost to the Iowa taxpayer in the way of food, clothing, etc. Tim bill would correct the situation for. in many instances, the state lodging the detainer fails to exercise it a prisoner has served his full QUICK WORK PUTS OUT FIRE IN ROOM AT GUY PERRY HOME BOUNTY Yep. it I oks as though the legislature may do something about tho ■ fellows uho make eyes at wives of men in the armed forces. While tin un *i were no* called cm *o FDV fires ov r Tuesday. • the cold weather wa> indirectly responsible foe a b’aze that rn:gilt have gone out of control in a Lw minutes. Only tilt: quick wo: k of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Perry avid their home on Winfield avenue. Mrs. perry bought >li? would look at the thermometer to see if it really was 23 degiees below Zero. She struck a match on the .-ole of her shoe. The At least a bill was introduced in the ],e.ld cj* match flew- off and in an their home. SISTER MARY GABRIEL DIES AT OTTUMWA tumwa for 52 years, passed away this along this line will |morning at St. Joseph’s hospital, after Association at 11:30 a. rn., Satan ay, 1;u, to .-.ave human «V*Tand'healUi!fierily get underway, and legion), long illness. where needled. Now' the official at ti Hide is cold,, inconsiderate and in-j All this evidence ; acts as lifeblood uima 1 alive in times of necessary war re side. m Kaw human lives and health 1 may be enacted. show s criticism to keep democracy Whatever additional oil from our I 1 Eternal vigilance is February 13. at the Methodist church. In the interest of conserving gaso- “Swedc" Ekslrom’s new addle s i Edward C. Ekstrom, S2c. Armed Guar School. See. 2. Co. C.. Bari rks 82 Gulfport, Miss. H Address of Pvt. Maurice L. Seal f is Co. C.. Hq. Bn.. O. T. C. Cnmp S int Anita. Arcadia. California. ■ The new address of P. F. C. J cc im A. lliHikom is Co. E. o60. S. A. W. Bn Drew Field, Tampa. Florida. Tile following is the add i t s of Mel ven E. Thornburg. Serial No. 37251800. Battery H. Special Training house which would place a $10 to si bounty en wolves. CONSCIENTIOUS One of tie* most conscientious instant, flames shot up the curtain. The fire spread quickly ami Mr. anil Mr . Perry w riced far: trying to smother out the blaze as it burned done in state government rn ieven. window shade and spread to other parts of : he rated and stalled. St*tor Gabriel, the former Katherine In the interest oi cuusei v»w* j Bni> F. A. East Garrison, Camp Hurley, was the sister of the late line and tires the meetings planned JCalil Prier Hurley. She is survived by one this year will be short, so that those at-j nephew, John Hurley, living south of tending may also do their weeks the price town and by four nieces. Miss Clara shipping or attend to other necessary business, while in town. The addresses of the two Burrs brothers are as follows; I’vt. Paul I. Bums* 44th Ordnance Co., Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Maryland. supply is needed to correct mistakes strol"t'. ; Ubertr People j Hurley and Mrs. Helen Hunter tit Clit- and keep the mines or the country min lustier as w. as Wi Mrs. Mary Coen. Burlington. a livable condition should be taken i who them long ; and Mr.. Laura Myers ct Kansas City. MEHOK IAI. HOSPITAL NOTES j • from other nog-military sources if ab- j oui I no th rn I ,. m. The funeral will be held from OI- Ellis Con.iek. Joseph Reach and] Pet. Thomas I,. HW*.-. .TU » thc 0, a„5 parent solute^ necessary. ’ 1 y and v.fiid. tumwa Heights college, OU urn wa, Mrs. George Unkrich and baby were Bks., F. alf), uc' < > v - ^".{h or (Hug liters in the service months w is by the board ot control ii tackling Hie ever-increasing problem j)ainj,articles t cf labor shortage at the state litispitai rpde r() ,in will for the mentally ill. Every means cf finding attendgnk-to w rk in these hospitals was exhausted b’> the board before turning to tin last available source of manpower — conscientious objectors, BELOW NORMAL The board, operating these institutions with attendant help 3() per cent! below normal, was aware that use ol ” c. c 's might cause considerable ad- j verse comment throughout the state Action was taken when no other help | could be found. ! One member of the bo * rd has twoj sons in the armed forces and certain- rocm. They carried some the bath tub, have to be redeco-me new equipment in- The consumer has had too Urie, it tmisni. Itbe barred. Monday morning at nine o'clock, any representation in this government. Only tm otner kiuu JULY CIRCLE i i ICTS OFFICERS Juh circle of ihe Methodist W. S. C. S. met Thursday afternoon with Mrs Connie Hunt Mjfs- Carter and Mrs. Jaques were distant hostesses. TI ' e were 14 members present. New r rf jeers clectcl for the coming year were as foll.ws; I/ adds, Mrs. L. O. CL"liman: A . M u;’ leaders. Mrs. vin. F rguson and Mrs Fred Barrow: Secretary -Treasurer, Mr-. H. E. Jacjues. T»ie '.'*“'3 in ftlti? will be •• j j. Art WolL dismissed. Colo.

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