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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 9, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days by George e. Sokolsky minorities in the United states the communists and their Pink allies make an enormous noise about minor i Tes a a horrible word when applied to an american citizen. However. In soviet Russia there Are More minorities than in any other country Between 177 and More than 200 ethnic groups speaking 125 different languages and dialects. The Senate committe on tile judiciary has published a most valuable study on this subject entitled Quot the soviet Empire the prison House of nations and this is a study in genocide discrimination and abuse of Power. It is Correct that the word genocide. Should be used for whereas we Are accustomed to lie told that nazi Germany was the scene of genocide millions of human beings destroyed to please the sadism of Hitler and his associates the j record of nazi Germany Iii this respect cannot approach that of soviet Russia which freely engages in both murder and a specialized i form of living death in labor Camps. Too in the Days of the czars it was policy to Russity these Peoples Many of whom were vestigial races the Leavings of former civilizations others were vibrant nationalities which insisted upon living according to their traditions and history. Tile communists when they came to Power stated their belief in self government for these varied Peoples and organized on the basis of a federation of autonomous republics from which secession could not be tolerated. Obviously it would have been administratively impossible to have a Bodge podge of tiny states in an area of More than 8,500,000 Square Miles. A commissariat of nationalities was organized with the task of formulating a system for governing minorities at the head of this office was Joseph Stalin it was actually his first Job Stalin was himself a member of a minority people the georgians who practice their own rite of the orthodox religion there can be no question but that Stalin at the Begrin Ning of his career believed in tile vol. 80, no. 160 it. Pleasant Iowa wednesday evening july by Carrier 3w per week by mall. $7,50 per year poor fund and emergency fund increases boost county a proposed budget thunderstorms Likely in area 52 year courtship in route to Sweden to marry mrs. Anna a Applequist Josef von Suskovic looks skyward before boarding a plane in Milwaukee. The two have known each other since 306 and have corresponded since then. He is 82. The Gothenburg Bride to be is 70. Fred Klopfenstein taken by death tin budget estimate for Henry county residents million Dollar business their county government operation a is published elsewhere in this Issue two of the big increases Are in the poor fund and the emergency fund. The amount to be raised by taxation the coming year will be $22,900 More than this year if the budget is adopted As proposed. Tile increase is about 4g per cent Over the budget for 1958 estimated taxes per $1000 valuation will be $17 compared with $16 last year. Can to recall about $89,035 Fred Klopfenstein 81, died shortly alter 9 . Tuesday at memorial Hospital in it. Pleasant where he had been a patient one month. Or. Klopfenstein was a retired Farmer of the Wayland Community he had lived in it. Pleas and for the past 15 years. The Zehr funeral Home Way land is in charge of funeral plans. Services will be held Friday at 2 p in. At the Wayland mennonite Church with the Rev. L. A Habegger and or. O. W. Wilson officiating the family will be at the funeral Home thursday night from 7 to 9 to receive friends. The body will be taken to the Church at i pm Friday and five casket w ill not be opened after the services. Fred Klopfenstein the son of Christian and Mary Wenger the amount to be raised by taxation is set at $532,880 compared with $509,980 for the current year. The amount to be raised by taxation is a Little More than Hall of the total proposed expenditures. Estimated Money from other sources and the tax Money Combine j to make a total for proposed expenditures of $1,072,018 0 an approximately one million Dollar Busi Ness. A big share of the tax Dollar goo for Road improvement purposes and much of the Money from outside sources is for Road improvement also. It will be noted in the Budge table. In the breakdown of the divisions Washington it Upit a textile tycoon Bernard Gold me said today he can to recall what was done with $89,035.89 in checks drawn against his companies but never cashed. But the millionaire Boston i Friend of presidential assistant Sherman Adams testified that neither these nor other outstanding checks against his firms a totalling $776,879 of As of May 7 a Ever was used to pay or otherwise Benefit any official of the government the House influence investigating subcommittee is inquiring into the relations Between Goldfine and Adams and into Gold fines difficulties with the Federal Trade commission and securities amp Exchange commission. When the matter of the outstanding Bank Cheeks was first discussed in the hearings last week. Subcommittee counsel Robert w Lish Mur. Suggested some of them May have Gong to officials wild were too timid to Cash by Chi the weather Bureau issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Eastern Iowa today As a Low pressure Trout moved into the state. Forecasters said a few severe thunderstorms with isolated Hail and locally damaging winds were expected East it a line from Leon to Mcgregor from 2 . To 9 . Cost drier air will move into the state following the Low pressure area tonight and thursday mrs. Elsie Crane taken by death mrs family in ton o clock collateral for Loans but Gold me said rights of the minorities and that Klopfenstein was born in Wash Quot National and racial chauvinism is a survival of the Man hating customs Peculiar to the period of cannibalism anti semitism As an extreme form of racial chauvinism is the most dangerous survival of cannibalism however As the internal and International problems of soviet Russia became increasingly Complex. Stalin entered upon in ton county. Iowa june to. 1877. He was married to Amanda Wyse who preceded him in death in 1941 they were the parents of four children. On August 25. 1943 he was United in marriage to mrs. Emma Miller and they had lived in it. Pleasant for 15 years. Or. Klopfenstein was a member of tile budget Here Are comparisons i them but willing to of the proposed figures to by raised by taxation with those for the 1 current year general fund Down $13,000 from i $80,000 to $67,000. Court expense same amount $22,000. Poor fund up $20,000 from $60,000 to $80,000. State institution about the same at $60,000. Use them As \ was not so. A Campaign of pro russian chauvinism. The first appearance of genocide was in the Ukraine As part of the program of collectivization. The soviet agent for the brutal handling of the Ukraine was none other than Nikita Khrushchev not Only were peasants forced into collectives but it is estimated that 2,400,000 persons were cemetery North of Noble removed from the Ukraine to places unknown. In the course of this removal families were separated never to be restored. Of the Wayland mennonite Church. He is survived by the following children Glenn and Dennis Klopfenstein of near it. Pleasant Kermit Klopfenstein of Washington mrs Milford Mccreedy of near Ainsworth also 12 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Interment will be in the Richer insane up $1,000. From $5,000 to $6 000. Soldiers Relief same at $14,680 Bovine tuberculosis up $2,000 no Levy for current year county fair same at $2,500 emergency up $26,500 from no Levy for current year. Old age survivors Down from $6,000 to no Levy for new year. Public employees retirement Down from $8,000 to no Levy for new year. Bangs eradication Down $2,000. From $6, to $4,. Mrs. Ivy Magon arrives from n. Zealand or. And mrs. Donald meth Duane Carol and Loraine and mrs. Meth s Mother mrs. Ivy i Magon of Auckland new zealand arrived in it. Pleasant sunday. The Moths left Here about two weeks ago and drove to Salt Lake City where they did some sightseeing and then continued to san Francisco where they met mrs. Magon when her Shin docked there at 8 80 a rn., june 30. Mrs. Magon plans to spend a year in the United states. After spending a Day and. A half in san Francisco the Meths and mrs Magon drove to Riverside calif., where they visited for a Day in the Home of mrs. Meths Cousin Elsie i , 74, died at the Home at 501 East Wash tuesday evening about la she had been ill Over an extended period. She had been identified directly and indirectly with a it pleasant retail business the Crane hardware store for Many decades. Her husband George e Crane was operator of Hie store for Many years and after his death in 1941, members of the family or. And mrs. Bruce Rohde and George Crane. Or. Continued the operation of the store in the location on the East Side of the Square. The family relationship has been quite close with these three members of the family and mrs. Crane residing in the same Home. Mrs. Crane the daughter of Jacob and Martha Maulding Perrine was born december la 1883, West of it. Pleasant. She had been a resident of Henry county All of her life. The surviving immediate relatives Are two daughters and a son mrs. Raymond cans Highland Park 111, mrs. Rohde and George j Crane. The body will be taken to Cedar rapids thursday morning for cremation. A private interment service will be held at Forest Home cemetery saturday at 4 . With the Rev. Owen Wilson pastor of first presbyterian Church officiating. The Crane funeral Home is in charge of the plans. If desired contributions in mrs. Crane s memory May be made to Iowa Wesleyan Colleen the con a wee come to Nikita a soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev deft Center seat is greeted by an applauding crowd As he arrives in Berlin the greeting demonstration was carefully organized to prevent repetition of a markedly Cool reception Nikita received on his visit to the soviet zone last August. East German pre inter Otto Grotewohl is in the rear seat of the car. Radio telephoto. Local family in car mishap near Shenandoah sentenced on Omvik charge George Lowery quince pleaded guilty to an Omvik a famine followed. It us estimated that Between 5.000,000 and 8,000,000 men women and children lost their lives in this Nightmare. The same process was carried out in other part of Russia with similar results. Mass deportations As practice in the Ukraine have also been practice in All parts of the soviet Universal slate. It became policy particularly among the minorities and the satellites to Deport scholars writers teachers the clergy the Community leaders of the people from one a Empire to another thus mixing races religions nationalities and languages into an ethnic goulash. To hold school on korean Bonus or. Ivan Deacon and family. Min. Weed eradication same at $5,000. Deacon took them on a tour of the secondary roads one Section up san Diego zoo and Over to Tijuana Mexico. In route Home they were guests in the Homes of or. Met irs Sisters mrs. Earl Nicholas and mrs. Charles Cross and their families at Moberly to. $1,000 from $47,000 to 348 000 another the same at $162,300 and another about the same at $17,000. Seeks injunction to Stop building at new London or. And mrs. Robert Ross Ann daughter. Rebecca of Burlington j received so hitches bad bruises and s Shock when the car that mrs Ros was driving was demolished in an j Accident at 9 30 . Tuesday. They were Enro Ute into Shenandoah i rom Nebr City on their return from a vacation trip to Colorado. The Ross car was behind a huge Semi truck on the Highway and m front of the truck was a Farmer with a tractor pulling two trailer loads of wheat. Mrs. Ross had attempted to pass the two vehicles several times and Wilt n she finally did find the Opportunity to pass the car went into a skid and Dow i an embankment w Here it rolled Over. Mrs. Ross was thrown out of the car. She suffered Shock to a greater extent than or. Ross and Becky. The Ross s younger daughter Debbie had remained at the Home of her grandparents the Maurice hour Hans while her parents were in Colorado. They left Here june 23. Or and mrs. Ross and Becky who arrived Here late tuesday 111 Large in District court and was fined $300 and costs. Since he was unable to pay the Fine he was Given the alternate sentence of 90 Days in the county jail. In addition his driving privileges in Iowa were suspended for four months. Lowery was arrested by Deputy Robert Nicholson july 4. Spends night in jail fined sent on Way John Boswell Laclede mo., was arrested about 3 30 tuesday afternoon by new London authorities on charges of intoxication. Sheriff Van Tuyl brought Hun from new London tuesday afternoon and held him in the county jail for the night. In mayor Wade Mcbeth a court wednesday morning Boswell was fined $15 and costs however the Fine was suspended when he promised to leave i. Pleasant tribute on May be left at the Crane j night were to undergo a checkup funeral Home. Plan food Booth for county fair i he korean veterans service compensation Board will conduct it school july 19th for personnel of a a petition in the county clerk i a committee of ladies of the sen ice organizations and recorders 0fflrr for an injunction against the 1 vow auxiliary no 2561 met tues throughout the state to familiarize Albert a. Lenz new London has filed a petition in the county clerk s v Lethe do Farmers co operative elevator such personnel with korean Bonus 0f nov London application forms and other per the plaintiff claims Itiat in Tinnent information necessary to lat Lon of new let Ndon Law handling the korean Bonus. J fend ant is constructing a quonset i he school w ill to held of the Type building within five fed of the Argonne armory in Des Moines plaintiffs property without pro and will begin promptly at 10 00 Riding any Wall Between the build it of the and wii1 cont Muo until a11 matters i my arum the Boundary line. Relating to the Bonus payment an order was entered in District have been disposed of. All inter court tuesday fixing the time of ested people Are Welcome to at hearing at 2 of clock thursday of j tend this meeting but recorders of ter noon. Construction of the build it was during the Hitler Stalin a us stale and service officers of ing has been stopped pending that Alliance that anti semitism in veterans organizations who will be hearing. Russia made itself most Felt. This handling the applications Are became particularly True when urged to attend the school. Russia took Over millions of jews who were living in Eastern Roland and in Bessarabia and Bukovina approximately 3,, jews Dis. Appeared in soviet Russia Van business and professional woodshed As though they had never Nienus club members Are sponsoring existed. Tins cannot be blamed up a s la Quot of Henr a county fair on the nazis it was the russian i tickets this week and next tickets communists who did this Job May by obtained from b p w since the Stalin Hitler Alliance a a bars. Mrs. Guy Eubank is in Stalin became an open anti semite i it Kul this policy has been followed by i Khrushchev More openly. Co. Day evening at the Home of mrs Eldon Brake to formulate plans for the food Booth which the auxiliary local happenings the front of the j m. Burd slide store building is being improved with a new coat of paint adding to the appearance of the East Side of the Square. A mrs. Lee Robertson suffered Burns on tile arms when a pressure cooker exploded near her tuesday afternoon. She received medical treatment at a doctor s office. A mrs. Laura Franklin. Mrs Cora Kirk. And Lynn Wright All of it. Pleasant were admitted to wednesday afternoon to determine it Tiaa had received More serious in tunes or. And mrs. Maurice Hourihan drove to Shenandoah alter them after receiving word of the Accident i or and mrs. Ross were told tha Iliad a he Accident occurred a week Iago that they probably would have i drowned As the result of flood Waters from the Audubon Exira flood As it was the ditch in which their Cai overturned had about two feel of water in if. The of hides which the losses were attempting to pass were Una no cd. Pleads guilty to Omvik charge George Gaylor who was arrested sunday night on an Omvik charge 1 has been arraigned and entered a i plea of guilty in District court. He will be sentenced thursday after i noon at 2 o clock. St resses free world cooperation Ottawa onus president Eisenhower said today Canada and the United states must never let their differences result in their losing sight of the importance of for get world cooperation in winning the global struggle against communist imperialism. In an address before a joint meeting of the Canadian parliament the president said he was sure Canada and his nation could Settle their relatively minor differences in a Friendly spirit. Too the main problem of the two neighbor nations was russians a military threat and political attacks Quot he said. A our system of free Enterprise is challenged throughout the world by a state directed state controlled economic system Quot he said. Quot indeed this Rould Well be the area in which the Competition will be most bitter and most decisive Between the free world and communist for this reason he said the two North american nations must not let bilateral economic problems dominate their relations too the president saw no reason to be surprised or disturbed to discover that occasionally differences arise Between the distinguishing character of the Peoples of the free world lies in the fact that differences Between them can develop be expressed and amicably resolved Quot he said. Quot we in the United states have no More desire than you to seek Iii our relations with others the silent sullen Unity that elsewhere has been purchased or too Eisenhower s address before the parliament was the Public highlight of his three Day informal visit Here in an Effort to improve Canadian u. S. Relations which have deteriorated sharply Over economic differences. Before making the speech he Laid a Wreath at the National War memorial honouring Canadas dead in the two world wars. He met with the Canadian Cabinet before leaving the parliament building. The president and prime minister John Diefenbaker held their first discussion late tuesday five hours after Eisenhower arrived Here on the presidential plane Columbine Burlington Hospital july 7 mrs. Marie Bott of it. Pleasant was Pital july 7. And Post will operate during Henry county fair beginning sunday. July 20th. Proceeds from the i dismis8ed from the Burlington hos project go for the groups Many Community service projects. Menus were planned and the work schedule was started. The la ter is expected to be ready by the Date of the next regular meeting of the auxiliary tuesday july 15th. Mrs. Brake served Coffee cookies to those assembled. And Selling fair tickets what happened in the Ukraine and to the jews occurred in one form or another to each minority group the old czarist Ideal of a ossification of destroying differences. Of insisting upon russian language has been revived and is now being practice. However since Khrushchev a Alliance with Nasser there has been less persecution of moslem and a few More mosques have been opened now a Park site of Davenport credit Island was the location of an i Early trading Post and site of a i Battle Between troops of the United i states and great Britain fought August 12, 1814 suffers fracture Mary Morrison of Salem sister of mrs Robert Pae Kenhan fell at her Home wednesday morning and fractured her hip. She is a patient at memorial Hospital. Memorial Hospital notes admitted tuesday mrs Herbert v. Baker. I ism Issod wednesday Dale err of West Burlington mrs James Hanson and baby boy of new London. Mis Jim Jennings and baby boy. Mrs Mary Thomson of Lockridge. Mrs. Kenneth Carvel Walter Allsup of Salem. Charles Kinney. Danny Yakel of Wapello. Births tuesday or. And mrs Nicanor Vigil of Olds Are the parents of a baby boy Many assist flood victims can use More articles interviews a i o Mcclellan of Des Moines stau manager of the Aith mean Republic insurance co is visiting in it pleasant this week while Here. Or Mcclellan is completing arrangements for representatives of the amort an Republic insurance co. To personally interview All residents of Home response to the Appeal for clothing. Bedding and household Linen for flood victims in Western Iowa has been most Gratifying however it is hoped that Many More Wil want to help with this humanitarian project before collector ends. The collection is being handler by the ladies auxiliary to the vow past no. 2561 persons May leave thing with mrs William Hayward 303 South Harrison or Call 25 Black if they need to have item picked up. Items already Given include dresses blouses shoes Schilt Jrena a nothing blankets sheets Pillow i . Towels and numerous other items including several new thing some Are known to be sewing Foi the collection and have asked ii item could be picked up As late a Friday evening to allow time Complete their sewing. Collection Wall continue through Friday evening. 7-Day deadline in Little Rock Case like permitting one roman Catholic Church in Moscow or Synago-1 citation for e. E. Melby a mrs. William Hayward. Vow goes to exist but not yeshivas auxiliary no. 2561 president is shown presenting a Quot citation f interview All residents of hem airmen on Way to Freedom a after ten Days detention theological school sit Means Merit Quot to Edwin e. . Frances Schwartz first District auxiliary county to fully explain the various three a nine u s airmen released by the russians drive to la by Little. President of Winfield was present for the presentation and holds a plans of Hospital surgical and nuts Airport it ast Ara. Iran for a flight of Wiesbaden Germain heir copyright. 1958, King features Home Flag kit also Given to or. I i by i. Tin auxiliary. Mrs. Welby ing insurance that Are available t a to sport had been forced Down on soviet territory Syndicate inc looks on. Those who can qualify it radio telephoto St , up the u s. Court of appeals today set a seven Day deadline for either Side in the i title Rock. Ark., Central h a school integration Case to petition for a hearing Date on the matter. Otherwise the Case will be heard on the courts regular september docket scheduled to open sept to

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