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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 13, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 13 - Through Aug. 15. Gasoline No. 6 Expires July 21 Fuel OU 5.....Until Sept. 30 Coffee 21 - Valid through July 21. THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VOL. LXXI, No. 1G2 TUESDAY, JI LY 13, 1943 VALID RATION STAMPS N, P. Q blue stamps expire Aug. 7 P, Q red stamps expire July 31 Shoe Stamp 18 expires Ort. 31 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA TUC I HD I AL-.WjJL. By Paul Mallon (Distributed by King Features Bjrn- dlcate, inc, Reproduction In Full or In Part Strictly Prohibited.) Drive For Control of Sicilian East Coast Record Crop Production for Nation Planned They’ll Do It Every Time - - - WASHINGTON — THE READER-( ORRESPONDKN'I who drew from me a suggi st.on of basic principles for pest war ptaci (published June 30) has come bal k at me with this: “I am unable to follow you when you say the solution must be democratic and Christian!’ I am for both, but cannot ce that hey have given us much rn the past. I have been reading reams of statements of church leaders who keep .say ag that Christi arilli i the only solution. I have wondered ii their faces weren’t red wnen they said it or ) wrote in . ‘Ii my political party hid such ij record on toe economic side as ti.**• c hut dies have on the religious .id". I would it* hate to a k for another trial Some ’hem say that Chn. t-ianity has not been tried, but wha* reason e mere to b* Lev** that it will eve* be tro d is the ;*»» ne they mean it? I “You are a realist and because of} this, I like your stuff better than ‘hat of any o! the others who have their) watch- ewers ai Washington, but I think you get ju.-t a bit oft or. the point of democracy ani Christianity Jones Announces Plans For 1944 And ‘Support Prices' He wants HIS SHIRTS DONE JUST SO- VOU’D THINK HE WAS A MOVIE ACTOR— LOOK * MOW OFTEN DO I ^ HAVE TO TELL VOO ? NOT IOO MUCH STARCH IN IME COLLAR, BUT JUST ENOUGH-AND I WANT A LITTLE MORE STARCH IN THE CUFFS I THAN IN THE COLLAR.! I IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR? WELL/ being the tOlventi Washington, D. C. (INS)—War Food Administrate! Marvin Jones today announced a record shattering 38,(too,OOO acre crop production program lor 1944 and promised "support prices for I aimers to insure food for wartime consumption. ALo on the all important food front came a prediction by an agriculture department spokesman that fluid mils, may be rationed next lait cr winter to check lupidly I rising civilian consumption, j Joneo said that production of meat, f dairy products and eggs also must re-I main at "high levels next year” and that the government will take steps to h* lp the farmer meet his goal; 1. Continue the WL A program oi support prices. 2. Promote measures to spend $300,-t 000,000 for conservation practices. 3. Allocate consideiably more machinery and extra fertilizer than the farmer had tins year. Wm. Carpenter Taken bv Death Formerly Operated Blacksmith Shop In ML Pleasant New Landings On Beaches Near Catania Mr. William Carpenter, 79, lifelong resident of Henry County, passed away at his home rn Mt Pleasant, Monday evening at 3:22 p. rn., following a htait ai tack suffered six days ago. Mr Carpenter was a native of Henry county, the son of Sarah Moore British Forces One Third of Way To Messina Special Meetings for Victory Gardeners I 4 Providt efficient distribution of Tills VIEWPOINT of Mr ....... is familiar these days It has some element of truth lodged in historical fact A g: »• it numbel of peoph have lost their faith in Christianity, as well Demo* ne y, during he barra, ung, unsatisfactory decade through which we ha\e just come But Christianity is an ideal. No on.* farm labor supply. Band Program on Wednesday Evening Tile seconrd concert for the month of July wm be presented Wednesday evening by the municipal band direei- Specialist Will Bt* In Wednesday County Continued reports of a variety of troubles coming from victory gardeners to the county extension director’s office ha.; oromoted *h< iuduhng of L C. Grov'e, horticultural racialist from Iowa State coll*-.*, lot Wednesday of this week. During the day Mr. droves will visit ever lived It since Christ, at lea.^t no ed by C. A Morgan. on** I ever knew. Its well-known prtn-1 The instrumental solo will be fur- eipi’s of personal J us not, honesty, inned by Joe McCoy, who will play* a planting of hardy root stock-applc kiOdltm - etc have however, been our a ..ousuphone solo by McQuaide. en-eommonly accepted ideal for nearly titled "Samsoman”. Vocal specialties 2 (h ,, year ' vill bi g.ven by Dorothy Wittmer, who Ail of us individually (non christian will .sing, "Blue Hawaii.' a popular as well a. Christian) achieve some de- song of 1937, and "As Time Goes By. vi its are scheduled. Any person interested is invited to attend the following series of stops.' I ‘ -top at 7:00 p. rn.—John Moore,‘ 608 N. Lincoln street. i 2nd stop—7:30 p. in.—Bonser resi-. I de nee, 301 WL Saunders St. 3rd step 8:00 p. rn Thomas A. Mc-1 I Quay, southeast corner cf Saunders i park. Examples of potato blight, bean beltie damage care of strawberry patch, leaf hooper, anthracnose of rn pberri* s will be identified as well t , examples of good vegetable production. Do you have your summer plantings made for fail and winter storage? plantings on the Bob Smith farm in There is still time! Remember—Wed-Jefferscn township and make several nesday evening will complete the calls on trouble cases. ' .schedule of tops before Band Con- Wednesday evening several garden cert. More Corn For Feeders Rescind Order Sending 80 c'° To Processors Allied Headquarters in North Africa (INS)—A hie k-neck drive for conand John Carpenter, and for a number trol of the whole Sicilian east coast cf years, operated a blacksmith shop was launched by troops of the Bnt-.n Mt. Pleasant This was his Ufo- ish 8th army tonight with new landtime profession and he was known mgs en the beaches near Catania fol-thioughout the county as one of the lowing allied capture of Augusta and most competent smiths. For a num- the vital rail junction of Regusa. ber of years he was in partnership With allied forces 30 miles inside with his sons. but the partnership was Sicily at some points and threaten-dissolved a few years ago. ing the great Ccmiso airfield near He was preceded in death by his Rfgura, the latest word by British wife, nine -.ears ago, and leaves to forces places them one-third of the sunrise six daughters. Nell Carpenter, distance on the road to Messina, ferry* Mrs. Frank Wellington. Mrs. Frank terminal separated from the Italian Haviland. Mrs. Blanche Boyd of ML mainland bv only erne mile of placid Pleasant, Mrs. Harvey Wolff of Rock straits. Island, 111., and Mrs. Ada Joy of Steady advances for American as-Waterloo; and two sons, Stace Car- sault forces under Lieut. General penter of this city, and Arthur Car- George S. Patton. Jr., as well as for penter of Des Moines. A stepson, British and Canadian troops were Dave Davis, also survives, and one recorded as the triumphant armies of . istrp. Mrs. Emma Davidson' of occupation and liberation tightened Washington. Iowa, in addition to a their steel grip over vast areas of number of grandchildren and great- Sicily. grandchildren. J — — —----- Funeral services will be held Wed- Allied Troops Into Important Centers nesday at 2:30 at the Cookes Funeral home. Burial will be at Forest Home cemetery. Corn stored on Iowa farms is moving to market in limited quantities but still the demand is much greater than the amount of corn reaching elevators. As a result a new ruling has been received relaxing the requirements as to elevators Jacob Kauffman Taken bv Death Allied Headquarters in North Africa — * INSt—Allied troops today surged Into the Sicilian harbor of Augusta and the vital rail junction cf Regusa which commands Comino airport, plunged 30 miles into the Island’s in-| terior and tightened their steel grip a song which has been revived this past year. Other selections of interest are "The I Skaters’ Waltz,” "Princess of India” j and Glen Miller’s arrangement of American Patrol.” Following is the complete program t for tibia week: Fanfare ................... Alford The Klaxon,” opening march theme .................... Fillmore J “March Fort Dayton .......... Seitz “The Skaters,” waltz ............ .............. Waldteufel-Safranek “Triumph March’ .............. King AS LONG AS we keep the ideal be- 1937 Populr Selections fore us. we have a chance to make "When My Dreainboat Comes Home” progress toward it. We can keep an ......................... Franklin emphasis on that side, in favor of good- “Blue Haw’an” Robin & Rainger ne- kindlier self-sacrifice, justice, Vocal solo by Dorothy Wittmer etc. No matter how' many Christians “Loyalty,” march .......... Skornicka fall ••’.i comaking and miserably, to * Samsonian,” sousaphone polka .. gree of success toward this ideal, but none of us reach perfection) this is true of humans in the churches as well as in the street We are now in danger of losing that Ideal Too many people have fallen into your pit of thought saying that in-a much as Chris* tam y has not brought perfection, we might well look around in other ti rectums Great anti- Christian nations of whole p**oples have risen in our time, and they will grow greater Paratroopers J ust Before Jump live up to this hope of making themselves better, the hope can prevail as a world go*1!. Someday a fully enlightened and educated people may then fully adopt and practice it. and it then may a-chieve the incontrovertible success which we all hope for it. because we ........................ McQuaide Sousaphone solo by Joe McCoy "Friendship,” march ......... Talbott 1943 Popular Selections: •American Patrol” .Arr. Glen Miller "As Time Goes By” ....... Hupfeld Vocal solo by Dorothy Wittmer The Thunderer,” march ...... Sousa ill know hat no Christian church ever "Star Spangled Banner closing taught a man to be worse than he was, but all Christian theory expects to lift him above himself. You will a-gree great progress has been made in 2.000 years. If we abandon the ideal, all is lost. Indeed, it would be foolish to abandon it merely because some people have nage theme ......................... Key NOTESTINE-WILLIAMS WEDDING ANNOUNCED Announcement is made of the mar-of Mis-. Lohrbelle Note stine. found *iY to *be~an~ insufficient "spiritual daughter of Mr aud Mr* Charles R. stimulus for themselves. You do not Notestine of Mt. Peasant and Colp. reMgn from a church becau.se i, con- John R. Williams, of Des Moines. The tams an insincere sinner. If it makes wedding took place June IO at Arling- one man better than himsc.f, I think tot,. Va _ wtn it is worth th. money required to Both Corp William*land Mrs WU- tams are graduates of the state urn bui’;d l! „ . iq verity at Iowa City. Mrs. Williams is AU that you really seem to say is . insurance company' that Christianity it.divine because - ^ ^ con.lnu,ug hPr work I mans have obtained such a limned t wmiams, prior to entering the unsatisfactory degree of pc. et • employed by an insur- It—bd that is all you prove as far as ai Ft. Wayne. md. He I can see. n0W stationed at Ft. Ord. Calif. \ THE POST WAR WORLD PLAN NING offers a chance to make some has never bern tried to the extent of; more progress toward this yet unattain- divine unfailing perfection represented, ed world ideal. Indeed, abandonment in Christ’s life of it would be surrender— complete The fact is it has failed on \ to ^ ie; unconditional surrender- to its an- degree that it has not made every hu-t a monist s. This is a Christian country man divine. It has ceitaml\ made a and Christianity pervades not only in men and nations bet ei for it* exist , ifs churches but its laws and customs, ence, far better than they otherwise lf you washed all that out today, would have been, and if we pursue it; where would vou be? Well, in Russia, and champion it more sincerely and for one place.' eagerly as a way of life, it would hoi! j No sir, I do not agree with you who cut a hope for the world which is pio - ^ say Christianity has never been tried ably not only its. best hope, but its only ^ or that it has failed. The truth is It one. Wayland. Iowa — Jacob Kauffman, on vas^ areas of the island the disposal of corn delivered to 84, passed away at his home one and with Sicily penetrated at one point J cne-half miles east of Wayland, short- to a distance of 30 miles and all allied The previous order stated that 80 Iv before nine o'clock Monday eve- bridgehead's expanded 20 miles in the percent of the corn delivered to ele-| Ding He was the son of Joseph Kauff- eas^ and southeastern areas of the is- vators should be slapped to processors, man and Mary Boshart and was born iand a mood of growing confidence Now the processors are to receive as in France in the year 1859. In 1868 he descended upon allied headquarters. Situation Improved The situation,” a spokesman said. “can authoritatively be stated to be improved.” At the same time General Dwight D Eisenhower returned to their base much as can be spared by the eleva-; came to America with his mother and tor, but feeders and feed mixers to ^ grandmother and excent for nine years whom other grains are not available' spent in France had lived his entire are to receive corn also. Sellers had lifp on the farm where he died. been objecting to the large amount of He was married in 1888 to Anna the corn assigned to processors rather Leichty who with two children, john than feeders and the change is de-'Kauffman and Mrs. Maude Conrad, from a fjrst hand inspection of allied signed to aid the feeders. | survives. positicns in Sicily with lavish praise Elevators are to ration out the corn Funeral services will be held Thurs- f0r the coordination among the into feeders so that all may have some day afternoon at 2:30 from the Sugar vading armies. and so that a few feeders cannot take Cjreek Church cf which he was a News of the capture cf Augusta and the entire supply. For some feeder member. Regusa gave a sequence of rapid fire the feed situation is desperate at pres- ! developments that recorded allied pro- ent- MTR IPTinip RppH gress on every battle front The order is a part of that which villus D*vUU j Th<? radjo conceded the lass guarantees sellers the new ceiling Tjlkptl Hv flPSlth of Au*usta to alli0d troops j price, if one is established by October, J. aHCH IJJ Lrralll British and Canadian troops cap- *. 31 and provided the corn is sold before - lured Regusa after hurling back ene- | August IO. I London. Iowa Mrs. Jennie S my counter attacks with tanks, ob- A survey in the northeast part of Reed, 85. died Monday at 9.15 p. rn. tamed a firm grip en the main rail- I Henry county disclosed that approxi- Die Holt nursing home in Mi way line skirting the southern extrem-j mately 100,000 bushels of corn are Pleasant. The body was brought to j^y of sicily and placed themselves in stored on farms of that vicinity in the McDonald funcial home where a position to neutralize and seize amounts varying from 1,000 to 10,000 service will be held Thursday at 10:00 comiso. bushels. Max Kauffman reported to- a m The Rev. Frank Sutton, pastor day. Nearly all of this corn is not ot the Church of Christ, will officiate, being held for feeding by the owners, Interment will be in Burge cemetery, but rather Is stored awaiting higher * prices. Selectees Accepted Four Generals Killed London, England <INS>~ Four Italian generals already have been killed in action, the London Evening Star reported today. Picture Shown at Kiwanis Meeting For Armed Forces Walter Sammons Back In The States The folowing Henry County selectees were accepted for the armed forcer An excellent motion picture "Food, recently: the Weapon of War,” was show'n at j the Kiwanis meeting Monday evening. ! Obtained by Extension Director Floyd Goodell. the picture was educational j and entertaining. | William Jaques, petty officer third j class, told of his work in the Seabees. j Supt. C. A. Cottrell spoke briefly cotfi-! cerning Dr. Waldo Braden, another j Kiwanian who will soon begin active ! duty in the army. Mr. John-ton, a new resident of Mi ! Pleasant, was a guest. THAT’S THE WAY THAT FISH STORIES GROW j Latest report concerning the fish I caught by Mr. Lyle Barnes in Big j Creek Sunday is the statement bv one AL- .hum..JU.saest —'-.■"-ai 0f fhe fish-cleaners that the fish AMERICAN PARATROOPERS are pi lured above in their transport planes weighed 32 Rounds, and not 30 pounds. as they flew toward Sicily, where the paratroopers and British glider troop- as was stated in the News Monday. ers landed and attacked several hours before other Allied forces landed -------- on the beaches. Lieut. Col. Charles W. Kouns, stands in one of the big Deed GlV6Il planes, top, halfway to Sicily, and tells his men, “Your destinati n is tha Italian island of Sicily and you will be the first American troops to land.’ Phebe M. Lupton has given a deed For most of the fight, the tough you lg Americans sat quietly in their to Ross D Maxwell for a lour avie seats, lower photo, and awaited the si .naI to jump. Army Signal Corps tract in section 35 of rippec.nuu radiophotos. (International) township. John Semple Galbraith Bennie C. Ricks Clark C. Crawford Ralph S. Carnahan Waldo Braden Emmet D Barton Robert W. Eickhenauer Ronald R. Brown Wendall D. Dillavou Orval S Edwards Robert E. Coghlan William A. Tackenberg Lyle J. Baldosier Everett Boal Harold F McAllister Accepted in Air Corps: William M Carnahan Homer L. Guernsey Accepted in Navy: Hilbert E, Messer Harp;' M Raines Walter L. Sternberg Robert V. Fulton Everett Trueblood Earl Eugene Grinstead Max J. Willey Max W. Ross Ralph H. Johnson (Seabees) Maynard G Bittie. Jr. Clvde Cammack S:x o her-< were held over; no repo:- has been received regarding them R"me— Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sammons received a Lma distance telephone call from their son, Walter, who has arrived in New York from England, where he has been in a hospral since in January. He was severely wounded rn action in the North Africa area. He expects to be home in about two weeks. JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM IS SOLD Hild Real Estate reports the sale of the fine, level IOO acre corn farm located near Packwood, and owned jointly bv Messrs. L K Wallace and E A Romack, to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Foster of Winfield This farm is rated among the best in that locality and sold in the boom days at $450.00 per acre. The Foster’s are buying this farm as a reinvestment, after having given up for military purposes, their firm near Burlington and also some rich rice lands in the south. In 1-A Harold R C ghlan has been classy fi"d in 1-A. according to a posting of rame at the Selective Service office.

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