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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - January 29, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 10 - Pec*. 16-Jan. 31 (Each stamp, Three pounds) Coffee (1 lb.) - Jan. M'eb. 7 Gasoline No. 1-Jan. 21-Mar.21 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS YOU I-XXI, No. 21 IMP AY, JAN. 29, 1913 VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil 2 - - - Until Jan. 26 (Each stamp, 10 gallons) Fuel Oil 3 - - - Until Feb. 20 (Each stamp, 11 gallons) MT. PLEASANT, IOWA Behind ^TTTnj7.^ Will Name Bomber‘Henry County, Iowa •mirM tty PaIJL Mai.i.on .M * I); i rmmed t v King Features 8yn tii ,»te In I ( srodUftlon In Pull or tn Par* Hi - i tl" Prohibited ! W %8HINC»TON government ratted proving dally tha binary govi inncu the United States. By their ir.abih and efficiently w military fuel oil i have, they ar*- co rans with bitter <: itariarii-m will n© necessary war rat in anyone's m.ml, pot-war it! nage failed. Take th*- experi necticut medical slightly worse. fcu' to the 600 or me* ers, oil dealers, c men, boarding ho ers, th; THU business, dellvei ho.spPals ar.d i of four such in occupied a new a new tynical conv ei ion H* mea tiously, sei needed 2.2> and recesv ions when handed ou By thu i of that an s met hing. YES IK, tin re certainly ntiahzed ar-never do 1 sr dividf fairly Roosevelt In Brazil To Meet Vargas They’ll Do It Every Time - - - Two Presidents Meet at Natal For Conference tOCKS Cl SiUIl- Rio cle Janeii)ther tilings we dent Roosc-velting the Ameri-have stopped z»nce. that totai- from the hist.:k here If this Casablanca. M<g program was with Presidentxperimt nt for a Brazil at Natalonomy, has The journey across the Solca it imi t Afraan the Aniei met wit! o, Brv./.,i 1 INS' Presi- v... i revealed todav t v fl on his return flight rlc hied conference tn irocco for a meeting G*tulio. Vargas of to Natal, 1,605 mile*' jfctl Atlanta Irani the Ml of D Ear, was made an president al er hf-President Edwin Bar- *PU bl I Liberia at Mon- lie (..a my tic OKI !’ \ TOR ! AnRCU J made in Pres id en I since W» inc were icement of fhr conference was an official note revealing that lay had Deti n at Natal ,f the meet- i ii u< me; LSt u- as beuevei i a-ccrnj; 1J550 ail ? Janeiro. Jefferson i that President Var-anied on the trip to miles northeast of b'. American ambas-Caffev. wh it was BOND SALES SUFFICIENT TO BUY HEAVY BOMBER Woman Falls From County Over Top In 1942 Seventeenth Floor B.BijM,,,™ Death In Des Moines Accidental Held Henry county went over the top in bond sales during 1912. According to unofficial figures released tcday by E. A Hayes, County chairman. War Savings Staff. Henry County sales during -Death of ^ ig42 exceebecj their quota of $1,056.- 55-year-old insur'i goo.oo by over 20". it arm Airier been absent for the t; District Fire Money Needs School Held Mere; 0fStateTold from pa two Special Training Th rtf ifO in D« r i tw -l! he imr ree-leggc he t. not-b that Pit lent Varf occasion was spent a day i the WM I* BtienCr An marked the second ident Roosevelt and i had met. The first when Mr. Roosevelt i Rio while enroute to lor Firemen i j of This Area -American confcren e in $40, t! ;<; He > hole iii ihe chum a total cf $66, b n> coal Finally he fo would sell eoal ; Si Hus office stat ion wagon a bags to get 500 i The coal deal' •<-11. b»< ju-e the d $10 f he would wane for force got into their rui went with paper ounds of coal. »r refused at first, to bags were marked by Penn Trounces Iowa Weslevan Idise In Third of Series A district fire school in progress here 1 this week has been attended by repre- j sentatives from F} Madison, Keokuk ; New London, Winfield and Mt. Pleasant. The training offered here vei the five days closing today has been exceptionally good, firemen attending the school stated. Emphasis has been placed on war problems of the fire department and an effort is made to make every fire Game department a skilled part of the na-! lion's protective forces. The sclioci 1 was government sponsored. Governor Sees No Way To Offset Increase Five Lanfermans In The Service Two Brothers From Rome Family Left Month Ago Dcs Moines. Iowa <INS; Johanna O'Connor ance company employe who' fell from During the month of December the 17th floor of the Equitable build- alone totai saie.s by the banks in Hen-ing this morning was listed as acci- ry county and the Building & Lorn dental by chief of detectives Paul and post_0ffice in Mt. Pleasant Castelline, amounted to $203,283.00. In addition Miss O'Conner. who had been em- tQ these sales dUring December many ployed in the Equitable Life Insur- more b:ncjs were bought through the ance Company of Iowa for nearly 35 po^m^ces m the county, through ra-years. was manager of the valuations djo stati0ns and direct from the gov-section in the actuarial department. ernment. Total sales for the year According to detectives and com- pe available shortly. Henry ' pany rffioiaLs. Miss O Connor went to county not, only surpassed the goal s# the office early this morning to do jQr during November and Decem-some work and fell while attempting ^ jcr a mecjium bomber, but had to raise a window. sufficient sales for a heavy bomber She fell 17 stories, struck an au- costing $30o,000.00. tomobile top and bounced into the In Top Ten street, detectives said. I A great deal of thanks Ls due to all The woman was dead on arrival at p^opjj, Gf Henry County for their the hospital. Convict Killed In Prison Break When Earl Miner reports for the army air corps Saturday, the second Henry county family will have five Des Moines, leva <INSs—Governor Sons in the service. The first to have B. B. Hickenloop* r today sent the that number actually in the armed Iowa legislature, along with draft of forces wa.s the E. H. Lanfeiman fam-suggested appropriation bills, a sup- ily at Rome. Edward and Two Others In iured Flee As They V,. l»-van 1 ' to Penn Ed- Tnun day evening in the last f a three-game ro<d trip, The were mn.vored b\ the Quak-to 33. At haiftime, Penn leu b rival ccnuI company, but* after somt* negotiation and a half day of effort Ijv the whole stjff, they got 500 pounds into the office. THEN THE STOVE WOULDN'T WORK. It went ut at night and occasionally during the day. An ad in the paper siid tire army , was selling surplus stock« of good stoves, known tv the enticing title of ‘warm morning" That was what he wanted, aim he located one but the rationing board would not allow its delivery. Forms were furnished ta him applying for it. No ’one in his position could htnorabiy fill out such a form because it did not fit his circumstances _______ and would require untruthful state-; ments. CHURCH SUPPER He explained the circumstances the board, but an official told two Iowa Near Top In Bond Sales cooperation in buying bonds this past year. This has placed Henry county well up in the first 10 counties in Iowa. Mr CLrk, State Administrator for war bends, announced today that bond sales in relation to income placed Iowa as one cf the first three states in the union. When *mal figures are completed Iowa very probably will be first. We made our quota for every month of the yeir and have passed the state quota of $180,000,000.00 by a comfortable margin. Sales locally by the Henry County Waupun. Wisconsin tINS>—One con. Marvin ViCt was killed today and thrqf others plement ry message emphasizing the went in*.o the army about a month captured, two of them after being increased need? of the board of con- ago to make the fourth and fifth WOunded. today within an hcur after ^ post-office trol and educational instituti.ns members of that family. Edward is three of the four succeeded in making Savings an , ‘f^a. ___ In a pi ss coni'-rence he pointed out stationed in California and Marvin in a break from the Wisconsin state pris- that unavoidable increases, due to Texas. 0n in Waupun. higher commodity costs and salary j Dale wa.s the first to leave, going -rhe dead convict wa.s Frank A. needs, amounted to about a million iiro the service last June. He Ls with Kopjar. burglar, who with Wendell d liars the armed forces in New Guinea. The pov lel- 22. auto thief, and Raymond, There is no wav to off-set those in-! other brothers, Raymond and John R,amazini, succeeded in cfimbir.g over I creases, he said. are with the navy in the Pacific. While there must be increases in the lower bracket salaries of operational functions, those 'hould be off-set by - J effecting operational savings, he told Des Moines, la. tINSi—Iowa ranks' the press conference, among the top three state*- of tne na-1 His supplementary message to the game T iger ers, ( 31 to 16 Wagner who had scored 22 point the previous r.ight, fouled out of thf ^ and p0ssuJiy first cn its per- i legislature said the unavoidable needs | New London Thomas E. Clark Taken By Death Thomas Edward Ihuusda;. < .ening game ai er aoou, formance in the sale of war bonds I cf beard of control institutions have Clark, 67. died suddenly at hi* hom • for 1942, V L. Clark; administrator of j increased $732,000. *n riorth past of sown Thursday Icwa war savings staff, announced to-' The educational needs increased the prison walls this morning. Kopjar wa.s killed and F wler was wounded in the leg when prison guards caught up with them outside the prison. PEGGY JEAN PARKER FUNERAL SUNDAY nve minutes of play. He made only four point.* Ferrell scored 12 points for Wesleyan The remainder cf the Wt .m scoring w is scattered. Nau madeihree. Diehl, two; Buckney. one; Car-ten-on, one, Lott, two* and Tu-baugh. live, and three were added by others. Rabenold led the Per.n scoring with 19 points and White scored 15. day. Figures reaching the .state office from Washington reveal that Iowa purchased its entire quota of $180,000.- to him form s and he ATTENDED BY 100 $258,000. he said He pointed out that that is largely the result of putting the schools on a 12 month basis. I Governor Hickenlccper today signed 000 in war bonds for the year. This 7 more bills passed by both house and quota was set early in the year and i senate, most ot them cede "correc-counties were given quotas which wrere 1 tives". He had signed two yesterday, broken down into townships, town and i in the senate. ( hers of 10 bills pass-city quotas. i ed include a measure which would al- Record-breaking sales in December ■ lew all persons in military service to put Iowa ever the top. Sale of E hunt and fish in Iowa without licenses. bonds, the kind the average purchaser J —- buys, totaled $20,102,0003 for the i there were cniv two ionn» *«= j would have to fill out one or other, truthful or not Simultaneously, thf maii brought a church nfght supPer and pro- early. post-card from tie m urning - • gram After a very delightful repast, --- ! marked 1 tht r >hed pictures of famous uni i irniir a m. Clt> '•Socor.d notion C.!l »t once -ml on ^ ^ wthrdra!g. ycur fuel oil ration coupons. He did. and was awarded 650 gallons more for periods 3 4. and 5, spok;e tii'fly on the most interesting ' church and mast interesting church Hillsboro, la services they had ever attended. These tag - - - - — j which has been followed by many per- h including the Little Brown Church in held at the school house on Tuesday , wcelcs and months. » , * V Irn the Wildwood at Nashua, a commun- evening, Jan. 26 There were 33 pres- {‘ ‘ lCcidents have occurred en until the samr> board wro e h.m * j sprvice on a battieship. a service ent. 6 of that number being new mem- ' next day: “IT is NECESSARY foi v u to re- and Insurance Plan Saving & Loan Association amounted to $543,960.75. Thus is over half of the original quota fcr the county for the year. 10 Per Cent The war bond committee wants to thank everyone w'ho helped in the war bond campaign, as well a.s all those who helped buy bonds. During 1942 Iowa citizens invested over 10'-of their total income for the entire state in war bonds. During 1943 everyone of us should individually plan cn investing at least 10% of his personal income in bonds. The bomber will be christened ‘‘Henry County, Iowa" and the name will be forwarded for printing on the ship already on the assembly line. When the ship is ready for action the name afternoon at five-thirty. Death was Funeral service for Peggy Jean Paik caused from a heart ailment. Pr, who died at Glenwood, I:wa. Thurs He was born December 8. 1873. in <jay evening about seven-thirty, will t Des Moines county, Icwa, the son of beib at the Cookes funeral home Sun Amos Marion and Margaret <Hudson> day afternoon at two o’clock Burial will be stenciled on and a picture will Clark. On May 22. 1913. at Burling- wm be in the WTiiie Oak cemetery be taken which will appear in this ton. he married Miss Minnie Lennon. ncrth of Rome. newspaper. Incomplete unofficial fig- He spent his entire life on farms in Peggy Jean, who wa.s four years, ten ures show- a total sale of $1,291,594.40 this vicinity, until two years ago w'hen m:nths and twelve days old. is the in war bond sales in Henry county he moved to New* London. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward during 1942. Surviving are his wife, one son. parker at Trenton. Shirley, of New London, one daughter, ------- About one hundred pe pie gathered month with the last four days of the ^^Q|| Practice of ir. thi social rooms of the Presbyterian month not credited in many counties • church Thursday evening for the quar- because federal reserve books closed Wrong-Side Parking Mrs. Glen Gibson, of Des Moines, om* sister. Mrs. Josephine Schniddiger. of Portland, Oregon, and two grandchildren. would make his total allowance During -n interim of about 25 min-ut* s, about a dozen of the attendants Hillsboro USWA % Attended by 33 Officers Giving To Drivers Tickets deter- The January meet- gallons as aualnst consumption °t / ^ lZVnZ7^'t7nZ{\ These tag cf the Hillsboro U. S. W. A. was; *ron 2.200 gallons last year. Even so, this was manna from City officers re making a mined effor’ t * ston parking on the side of the street, a practice Catholic Young People Organize ion service on a battleship, a : in the small church that only haa bers. This makes a total membership; families, the Wee Kirk of the in the organization of A9. Letters1 tW'0 Heather, etc. turn at once all your fuel ratiming coupons. Pleise fill in <hr following ___ information total area—total area us- j cd {nr residential purpo,e.,-t,nng th. SISTER-IN-LAW SUES BOB HOPE FOR $2300 letter with you. Attached to the notice was a of incomprehensible legal verbiage the . substance of which seemed to be that ; stnvr and there- | ediaii Bob Hope lound himself the hcdtmaih* object of h $2,300 law suit - the amount ™M,W |1C flQ ,aners- Los Angeles, California 'INS>— Com- thanking the members for the Christ mas boxes were read from many of the j soldiers. The projec t committee reported that \ 19 comforts had been sent to the Ma- 1 line hospitals and letters of ,thanks were read from the commanding of - i Peers of both the east and west coast as a resut of the wrong-side parking. Violators are summoned to the city * hall and are given a warning. A sec-! end offense will mean a penalty. ! Some twenty tickets were placed on cars in the last two days. ST. MICHAEL’S GUILD DISCUSSES BAZAAR The January meeting of St. Michael's Guild was held at the home of Mrs, Ursa M Coy Thursday afternoon. There was a good attendance of the membership, i During the business meeting plan.- _ were discussed for the 1943 bazaar. Under the Rev. J. J. Welsh’s direr- Refreshments were served, lion, a group of 27 young people nrrt Guests were Mrs. Arthur Jarman, at St. Alphonsus parish hall Thurs- Mrs. Get tiude Stover and Mrs. C. A. day evening to organize a Catholic Newberg. Young People's club, ---------- Officers were elec ed as follows: FINLEY WSCS president', Rcbeit O Ccnnoi, vke CLT\Y/^ npr\ president, Robert Crcwl; secretary- rUK KtD LKUDd treasurer. Mary Comstock. The parish hall will be opened three nights a week for the young people to meet for recreation. Sunday, Wednesday In Other Towns Total sales by the various banks in Henry County cutside of Mt. Pleas ant are as follows: Winfield .................. $321,980.50 Wayland ................. 133.673.75 New London ............ 131.187 75 Mt. Union ................ 35.750.00 Hillsboro ................. 31.C74.00 Salem .................... 10.698.50 Elected At 10P Twenty-one members responded to roll call at Tie regular monthly meet-ng cf F nley W man’s Society of Christian Service held in the heme of mjnated Three German Generals Taken Moscow, Russia <INS>—1Three German generals have been taken prisoner on the Voronezh frcnt long with thousands of Nazi troops and 33 in-habitated localities have been captured in two days of heavy battling, the Soviet high command announced today. The rampaglqji Russian armies, supported by Cossick cavalrymen, “exter-an encircled enemy group. and Friday nights, from 7.30 till 1, Wan(ia MtilG on Wednesday, Jan. 27. s]aving 3 000 Germans and taking up OMcmoc- mcoMnre: will b o’clock. Business meetings held once u month. The forenoon was spent in sewing goqq prisoners, tie noon communi* fcr the Red do..s. Seventeen gar- s^& he was applying for a fore his fuel oil was being cut off. He is going to hire a 1 iwyer to al Mrs Rachel Jensen of Mt. Pleasant, Any one having chief ni tron for Day and Zimmermnfci LIVING COSTS RISE his sister-in-law claimed was due her least find out where he R He paid | for making him the tunny man he is $40 lawyer fees before getting gasoline Describing in detail the activity behind radio wit and wise-cracks. Mrs. M o'ie Towns H pe. the sister-in-la t. told the court that Hope owed her $2,- rationing allowances for his necessary business. Or, cons’der the situation of a Delaware farmer, who says he grows a \ 30f. for secretarial work. little wheat and had to go 27 miles to j ~ ihe county scat to sign up for gas, to Father Dies market it, 1 sir.g one-half day’s work1 rid coats, vests, etc.. are asked to do- at the Iowa Ordnance Plant was elected vice president of IOP employes association recently and took office on Wednesday. Louis J. Grier was elected president. Robert Sherwood, sec- nate them to the club for more comforts A special meeting of the club will be held at the school house on next 9 PER CENT IN YEAR Tuesday evening. February 2, when retary, J C. Thomascn, treasurer and Valentine boxes will be packed for the James V. Cranston and Hugh Finne-bcys in service. Each member is to gan. members of the executive com-| bring homemade cookies. j mittee. The next regular meeting will be —--- Funeral servtce for R. R. Grimes, on February 16 and will be called at Improving Store and then had tr reti tn m n. I A M Wpttach, was 6:30 p. m. at which time a cooperative sugar, although his gas rationing •*" i Mr Grimes died at lunch wTl be served. Members ere to j The interior of the Panther and O’- lowance Was four gallons a week, which j 1 ^ hospital at Keokuk cn bring their own service, sandwiches, J Connor clothing store is being remod- he could use on the side to hunt for tn( fI 1 i covered dish etc i eled and otherwise improved. 'Continued on pagp two) Monday. I I menus were completed. A sack lunch was enjoyed at the nocn hour. The iollcwinn drvo lonal program. **F'r T mp e* f :r Thy Indwelling", was led by HTen Bates: Hymn. "I Wjtild be True". Responsive R ading. Hymn, “Hew Firm a Foundation". In the drive westward from Voronezh into the Ukraine In the direction of Kursk, the Soviets rencrted an aU- vance of 12V.- miles. Inducted In WAAC Miss Myrtle Rcher sen, who has defense course at Iowa Washington, D. C. 'INS*—Secretary of Labor Perkins todsy reported that living costs were only half of \"< higher on December 15th than oi. During the business meeting the been taking a November 15th. bringing the total r.se president. Wilma Eubank appointed Wesleyan college while visiting her for America's war year to 9*-. as flower committee. Bessie Keith and sister, Mrs Vaun W. Cochran, on East Since the outbreak of war in Europe. Verna Hu!me. Names of hostesses, Madison street, lias gone to her h.me the increase in living cost has been circle leaders and 'heir helpers for the at Wellman. Iowa, to await a call lor twenty-two and one-tenth percent as!coming year were read. training in the WAAC at Des Moines, compared with 35'- during the same! The program committee read the Miss Robertson was inducted into the period of World War I. MR Perkins I names of the worship leaders and pro- WAAC last week following her exam-scijd 'gram chairmen for 1943. ination.

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