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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 28, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 13 - Through August IS. Gasoline No. 7 Expires Sept. 21 Fuel Oil 5 - - Until Sept. .'JO Fuel Oil I (new) until Jan. 3 toffee 22 - Valid through Aug. ll VOL. LXX I, No. 175 THE IHT PLEASANT NEWS WEDNESDAY, JI LY 28, 1943 VALID RATION STAMPS N. P, Q blue stamps expire Aug. 7 P, Q, R, S red stamps expire July 31 T red stamp July 25 - August 31 Shoe Stamp 18 expires Ort. 31 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA The World In Review MILITARY GOVERNMENT OI (>< -( I PIED SICILY By Ma J. tim. David Prescott Barrows, MJltary Authority and Former President ot the University ol California. Claim Italy’s Reorganization Continues Many Laughs In Army Show They’ll Do It Every Time - - - Is Greatly Enjoyed THE ALLIED INVASION of Sicily _ has already resulted in the capture ol important citit and maritime port Preview of “THE A1REVUE” of the island. A con Ider a hie part cd the a hole island will be in allied pos- 1 m\ sion by the time this article I--1 read. Over a million people, natives of the island, will be dependent for their public cider and for public administration upon the occupying forces. The security of the invading troop likewise requires the exercise of authority over the pans of the island which they have occupied. Behind their fighting lines there must be peaceful acceptance of their presence. Cities iud towns must be administered, communication lines, the railways, road., the telegraph and telephone net must be restored, served and protected against use by the enemy cr his agents. EVERY CONSIDERABLE CENTER of p< pula lion is dependent upon public services which must be continued. dour?' particularly local courts, must be « . ’ablush* d Tile law of the country, where not inconsistent with the interest, of Hie Invaders, should tx enL reed A rapidly a idle people must bs helped to return to their usu*i occupations to their farms and orchards, to then shojis and local manufacture-, even to their fishing There will also be a problem of relief and assistance for those momentarily lr.capable of providing for their own needs All of the.se things obviously must be done in -uch a way a < to make th** population feel safe In per on .md in property, in their homes. their markets and their churches The occupying armies are vitally concerned in having all these things done, and done in such a way that their own efforts to press on the campaign are helped, not interfered with and not impaired To one who has lived through a military situation of this kind. it seems clear that the temporary sever nmen* should be military in character. It mu t b* subordinate in all respects to the authority of the ranking commander In addition to his command and direction of the fighting forces, he must be- the military’ governor. If screams of laughter and ripple of applause heard from the small audience previewing the air detach- , mein show, “THE AIRV0E ’ which | will be shown to local audiences, at j 8 IS on this Friday evening at th* J college chapel can be taken a: an in- J dication, Mi Pleasant townspeople will witness .ne of the mo t entertaining performances they have seen here in; some time A full house is anti' ipa’ed, J with the bond sabs, entitling every j $18 75 war bond purcha.ser to a free ticket, amounting to mon than $G3.-505 total at present, in addition to the sales on the square tonight Strains from the swingy “Jive Bomber” orchestra, directed by Mi Dale Snow. anc; including in its memoirs a number of proles s.ional musicians, in addition to Miss Suzanne Ward, pianist of this city issue from the chapel each evening during rehearsal, promising a music treat for Jazz lovers as well as band fanciers. IF I KNEW WHAT A CPUMMV JOINT THIS WAS BEFORE THEY INVITED US, I'D HAVE STAVED HOME! THE MOSQUITOES ARE KILLING ME' IHE FOOD IS TERRIBLE' I CAN’T SLEEP ON THAT COT-AND WHATS THE RE TO DO AROUND HERE, ANYHOW? /i, BE PATI ENT, DEAR EDNA IS GIVING YOU HER BED AND I BORROWED ALS mosquito netting MAHE THE BESOOT IT, DID HE SAY INVITED? THEY MOVED IN LIKE AHTSATA PICNIC' lb LIKE TD INVITE THEM TO SCRAM’ HON- =) AW I r “THEY MUST HAYE TAKEN A COURSE IN SPOILING vacations-THE ONLY TIME THEVVE LIFTED A HAND WAS to put something IN THEIR face. n ti THEY HAVEN’T GOT the PRICE OF A POSTCARD, BUT THEY ACT like we dragged'em 1 AWAY FROM THE RITZ IF THERE IS > ANYTHING TO DO AROUND HERE-IT’S A CINCH THEY'RE NOT DOING IT’ rv Lieut Hatfield Overtures Decorated by Army. . „ ~ of Peace Come To Britain Receives Silver Star For Work 1 Against Japs Badoglio May Be Troubled By German Shackles J A 1^41, King Fetfum .. Jt. Ii. * ny*, "•’-K'"' Hhe ones who do THE MOST KICKING NEVER Kick IN They’ll^ DOU EVERVTlMtl- THANV To APT UMBER, Portland, ore. -In the face Featured on the program are no*. take-off on an cadet..', at Wes* pity act* such as a average clans of the Ie .van. which should givf- <wr. ;>* ;. buffers Injury In lire Blowout Vaughn Undergoes Military Program Aid To SkulM)peration civilian Student Program A letter from his commanding of- i ii er to Lieut. W.lla d Hatfield's wife, Lefty Hall Ha'field, here, tells of the decorating cf Lieut Hatfield with a _ Silver S ar. The letter regarding the __ former Iowa Wesleyan athlete is self exp’anatoiv; J London, England (INS) July 15, 1943 | of persisting reports of violent fight- Dear Mrs. H afield; ing in Milan -md disturbances througn- Rccently your hatband. Lieut. Will- out italy, the Rome radio today arri G. Hatfield, was decorated with broadcast a claim that reorganization the Silver Star. It was an award made of the country is proceeding under in recognition of courageous service marshal Pietro Badog|io with dissolute hi- combat organization, his fellow tion of the fascist party decided upon American airmen, his country, his at his first cabinet session. heme and to you. | (Editor’s Note: Coincident with re- He was cited for gallantry in action ports of fighting in Milan, a Berlin over Ambon Harbour. J broadcast quoted the Italian radio as He was a member of the crew of a .stating that the army corp,, command-B-24 type aircraft w*vch nm ie an at- ' er there has issued an cider “urgent-fack on enemy shipping in the harbor ly demanding resumption of work and Despite heavy anti-aircraft fire this re-establishment of law and order.’’ crew’ continued the bombing run and I The people were reminded Berlin said, succeeded in scor.ng two direct hits j 0f Badoglio's prohibition of meetings and a near miss en an enemy ship, of three or more persons and the which began to list badly. I death penalty for violation were re* Almost every hour of every day your called The street car service cf Mi-husband. and he husbands of other Jan was taken over by military auth-American women, are doing just such orities.) Accident s' nous y The sight of marching soldiers and a;.ors on the co lege campuses of I America has caused some people ’o ! wonder about the lot of civ dan stu-injured dents under war-time conditions. The some cf the ‘inside dope" on such military conduct, a bull-whip and rope twirling1 performance cm 'Texas James Dean, and an escaoe arils stunt by Clarence Bednorz, A performs nee which literally "brought down the house’ at a recent rehearsal was a Bridge game scene entitled “Silly Isnt It? ieatuimg^RUh^ |0Va hospital The report was obtained I withal. much accurate information W iliam Vaughn when a tire he was working on blew’, question as to whether colleges who out here Tuesday noon, was reported i have military trailing units will be as getting along a. well as could be 1 abjc to maintain their academia stand-expected today at the University of I ard;i( has b-en raised and discussed Don.sk y and Jame.-. Stamo? laughs also are James Dc *n and James McCasiand in a black face act. and Mr Hollenbeck and Lieut Davis in a •Moe and Joe” scene. "Joe Blows Dream, with Mr Henchel and Mr Manning is described as ’something out of this world," as well as the interpretative dance by Mr. Walgreen. Variety is provided by Philip Allory, playing the guitar, and by the magi- things as that here in the Southwest Pacific. ] Theirs is a very real and very tang offerings In ib’e contribution to victory and to , ova circ J , _ . i . providing by Virgil HU* man, of the H.leman aer-S being available. The result has been vice station w’here Vaughn was work t^at much misinformation has been Ing. in a long distance call to low a I accepted by the general public. City shor ly before n r, • day. j stanley B. Niles, president of Iowa Vaughn underwent an operation j Wesleyan college. Mt. Pleasant. Iowa, Tuesday evening on hi forehead which believes that the college training proves caved in by the .rnpact of a piece gram not only beneficial to the armor iron thrown against hi- head by the > ed services, bu an asset of permanent blowout. He had remained conscious vaiue to the colleges as well. Speaking during the afternoon and was con-, from the experience gained by the scious this morning He is a son of Mr presence of an Army Air Force Train-and Mrs. L. E Vaughn. The father is ^ jng Detachment on the Wesleyan campus. President Niles asserts that the college administration, faculty and, students will all benefit by he military rethinking of academic terms of vocational needs and practical peace. worth. We are certain hat the in-’ I would like to tell you how genuinely creased emphasis on mathematics, proud I am to have men such as your physics, geography, history, English, husband in my command and how first aid and physical training will be* gratified I am to know ’hat young just as pertinent to civilian needs in Americans with such courage and re-the post-war period as today.” souredulness are fighting our country’s In keeping with this though* Iowa • battles against the aggressor nations. Wesleyan has not only built strongly You, Mrs. Hatfield, have every rea-its emphasis on these courses, but it sen to share that pride and gracilis encouraging student Interest in its ration V°ry sincerely. George C. Ken- Hamburg Blasted The authoritative British press association said that up to a late hour this afternoon, the Italian government had made no peace overtures i either to the allied governments. General Dwight D Eisenhower, allied military commander in chief in the Mediterranean theater, or to the vatican. Marshal Pietro Badoglio was apparently finding it far more difficult to throw off Italy’s German shackles I than get rid of the discredited Duce TIU- < ITV GY MANILA was surrendered on the 13th day of August. 1898 Before the day Ii id passed the commanding general of the American army had assumed the duties cf military governor. He appointed a provost marshal general with a detachment of troops to assure the good order of the city of Manila He published a propitiation to the inhabitants commanding their obedience and assuring them of protection All branches of administration were taken over and officers assigned to conduct them. As the conquest of the Philippines proceeded military government was extended throughout the archipelago. It ceased by orders of the president on July 4th. 1901, when the authority of the military commander. General Arthur MacArthur was transferred to clan. Stanley Donsky Specialties are ^ al the h’.leman station also also given by Joe Patrucco and Robert . Hull. Reserve laughs are held for the fianal number, consisting of the beauty of the cadet corps, arranged in chorus for a “Follies’’ dance. The master of ceremonies for the .'how Is Claude Gifford, a former Muscatine. Iowa, college student The show was written by four cadets of the Says Many Minors From Henry County pre gram. He emphasized that the col-j lege plant and equipment is maintained i at a higher level than might other-^ j | wise be possible in these difficult times, \lSlt IJ U It pOrt I that re ention of a carefilly built-up I faculty is made easier and that while College of Business, its teacher train- ney. Lieutenant General, Commanding, ing. pre-nursing and Air Age programs ---- Surprise Raid On Wake Island By Heavy Attacks A statement bv the mayor of Gulf- the contracts, which the colleges have local barracks1 Benjamin January, ct port. IU., that a high percentage of *«h the Army and Navy bring to J*, .ocal bai tack »« * , J' . , /I,,1 nnrt taverns are institutions no direst financial Drofit Dallas. Texas, James Moorland of minors going to Colport taverns are . financial stability dur- Tulsa, Okla., Lewis Barrett of Austin, from Henry county has caused consio- • M nn anrt Mr Gifford I erable discussion in the county. 4ng Me *ar ' a* - Minn., and Mr. C _ j „ Weeks. Listing other advantages. Dr. Mica Seven out of IO “We belicve our «!**««* is In Class I-A i Eugene Earl McKeehan and Robert Ravmcnd Wilson have been classified in I-A by the local Selective Service board. into Gulfport, typical of all colleges with military programs in that it has encouraged our is quoted as saying cars carrying minors come from Henry county • His statement was made in conner Drr rDAWTcn tion with a drive to stop sale of UlVUKLL UKANI CU liquors to minors at Gulfport. Satur-, PATRICK FINNEGAN day night an estimated 125 teen-age __ beys and girls were ordered out otj Finnegan was grant- ordered out of evitably, in division of authority and taverns or turned back as they reach-j ^ & diV0fce {rom Rita Finnegan by in rivalries. It weakened the position cd Gulfport by way of the river budge - Judge £ 0 Newell in court here on Hie first civil governor cf the Phil- ^ the commanding general and denied at Burlington. J Tuesday. Inhuman treatment had ippines, Wiliam Howard Talt This ^ ^ possession and operation of' According to Weeks, who also is been charged in the petition, army achievement in the Philippines oortant facilities useful to the mil- liquor commissioner, the Saturday j has been too little praised. It is too 1 , . . . .......... —-x, n..if. little remembered by the American people. EV* n our own government at Washington seems somewhat obvious of this successful example of military government. There is every reason why its principles and its practice should be fellowed on the island of Sicily. Wesleyans Prexy, “that ender the demands of the present day, our course offerings have added considerable concreteness and taken on greater signal- ______ cance to our students. We have also Twenty-Five Zero Fighters Fail noted considerable stimulation to el- Americans fort in our civilian students hrough the campus contact with the intense " aLciplined life of the soldier element.” Washington, D. C. (INS)—A new Colleges were selected by the Armed surprise raid against Jap-held Wak*1 Services because of outstanding aca- Island in the mid-Pacific and 19 more demic standards, excellent faculty and* aerial assaults on enemy positions on equipmen*. They have all been as dill- KLka in the Aleutians were reported gent in maintaining these essentials at today bv the navy, the highest possible level since their- The assault on Wake Island was the selection as before. In all cases the second within four days and United civilian and military programs have States long range bombers reached been kept distinct and separate so that their target after shooting dcwn 7 the values cf each may be bes; main- Jap Zeroes, probable destroying 5 tamed. Overcrowding is not permitted and damaging 2. by either college or military author- The 19 aerial assaults on Kiska were ities so all the equipment, facilities, made Monday and yesterday. The faculty and program of the civilian planes attacked Kiska six different college is available to civilian students, times scoring hits in the camp areas. The latest raid on Wake occurred yesterday and the navy said 25 Zero fighters intercepted the American Liberators but failed to halt the Am erican planes. “Bombs were placed on designated targets,” the navy said London, England (INS)—-The great German port of Hamburg was blasted from the air last night for the sixth successive time in 72 hours by waves of RAF bombers which attacked in very great strength in an apparent allied attempt to obliterate the seaport. an air ministry communique announced today. Objectives in the industrial Ruhr valley also were bombed and Mosquito bombers of the fighter command simultaneously carried out offensive patois over Germahy, Holland and France attacking four Nazi held airfields and railway targets. The RAF lost 18 bombers in the Hamburg assault which the communique described as “most concentrated and effective.’’ Three German fighters were destroyed by the British bombers Find Corn Borer On Most Farms The War Goes On, In Italy « . nieht crowds reach their peak in Gulf- It^ is greatly to be hoped that the port from ll Tm tufa™ He .said ONLY ONE BID ON mistakes made iii North Africa will two Mi Pleasant residents were rn-; STONE RESURFACING not be repeated on the island of Sicily, volved in a fight Saturday night. , __ or in any foreign territory conquered — i The onlv bid received for providing and occupied by the allied armies. The . . I 24,000 cubic cards of cru.shed stone experiences of the American armies rather OI lYirS. IxOCneiOri fof ^surfacing work on Henry county following the Spanish-Ameriean war! [)|es At Shenandoah highways was rejected by the board of must be revived, analyzed and used. j I supervisors today Concrete Materials _! J. d Henderson cf Northboro. Iowa, an(j Construction Co., of Cedar Rapids, Of Many Visited, Only Two Here States planes returned safely.” Free From Pest CANNOT SELL BEEF TENDERLOINS AT RETAIL Announcement has been made recently by County Agent Floyd Goodell that many farms in this county are London. England <INS>—The Italian government has not approached the allies to -sue for peace and “the war goes on,’’ an authoritative Brit-All United jSh spokesman declared tcday. The allied position, he emphasized, remains unchanged and is exactly as outlined in the house cf commons yesterday by Prime Minister Winston Churchill who said that the war will be pursued vigorously against Italy until the nation surrenders uncondi- Packers and meat wholesalers are suffering from damage done by the warned in an OPA statement that it ^j0naij.y Various reports to the effect that contacts have been made by the Ital- M1LITARY GOVERNMENT bs essentially temporary government. It makes no political commitments for sole direction of all the future. It gives no countenance functions bv one department of gov -. to political rivalries among the inhab- eminent in Washington or in London, itants. The army makes no decisions and that must be the department of whatever in regard to the political fu- war. If representatives of ether de-mre. This is entirely beyond the com- payments are dispatched to a coun-petence of a military commander, md ( try that is military occupied, with-must be left to the decisions of the' out orders placing them entirely un-highest civil authority of the nation or der the military governor, confusion nations behind the armies themselves, and conflicts of Jurisdiction will im-In North Africa the situation was mediately arise. This happened in different from what it is in Sicily, in North Africa, but it should not hap-that our troops were not invading the pen again. Able men in civilian ca-territory of a nation with which we pacifies to be sure, can be drawn from were at war. This doubtless, recoin- the nations at home. But they should - mended to Washington an attempt to be commissioned by the military gov-J Rep. Thomas E. Mart n of the fiis govern the three countries of North ernor himself, and they should act ex- district and Mrs. Mal tin called in Mt. THERE MUST ALSO BE CLEAR. »' » ShCna“du#h M°‘", waS the W<Wer- governmental clay' He tad been in the hosp.M ------ three weeks. Mrs. George ,R"': SLIPS OFF RAFT; a daughter, had been with him dunng I AYI/A W IC nDnWlMFH that time. Mr Henderson had visit- lUfYAIx ID Wtl/ ed in ML Pleasant several times, and — made many friends during his visits. • Des Moines. Iowa (INS*—Des Moin-Mr. Rochefort and Beth went to cs’ 1943 drowning toll today stood a, Northboro Tuesday to be present for IO with Lyle Haviland, 25 veal old Des funeral services which were held this Moines meat packing uoiker, listed as afternoon. . latest victim. Haviland was drowned last evening when he slipped off cf a raft at Sun-Tan Beach where a crowd estimated at 125 swimmers was present. REP. AND MRS. MARTIN STOP HERE BRIEFLY Checks Reports Miss Mabel Phipps, assistant state Africa not through military govern- elusively under his authority. They Pleasant briefly this afternoon while home demonstration i«ent called at ment but through French officers who should, no longer look for orders or ailette to Monroe county on business the Farm Bureau office Wednesday were ready to assist the American army policies to the departments from which They are spending the period while cheek heme project reports andI i)u- occupatton. Even so. this plan they arc detailed, if they are men a1- congress is in recess at their home at cuss plans for .he P>oje<t flan - It resulted, in- ready in official life. Iowa City. , meeting to be held on August 3. J in its was not a good one. European corn borer. Of the numer- is illegal for beef tenderloins to be ous farms he has visited, assisted by sold at retail. Beef tenderloins att Assistant State Entomologist Harold to be sold by Dackcrs and wholesalers Gunderson, only two, the B G. Stuker- only through hotel supply houses and jurgen farm near Salem and the Fred to purveyors of meals. Hultquist cr:p near Swedesburg wore Also any meat retailers, particularly entirely free from the pest, Mr. Good- these who mav do their own slaught- ell stated ering, are informed that it is illegal Henry county. Mr. Gocdeil laid. is for them to sell beef tenderloins at one of the 19 counties in the state ie! ail pi ices, which has been quarantined because - of the European corn borer. This CAMP DODGE BECOMES means that ear corn can’t be shipped TDAIMHYir rUNTUB „ fl,Am tho 1 lY/VlixHxlj LUY I EIV into counties free fiom the pcs, . , . __■ ... Dinac Des Moines, Iowa —(INs)— L’eut. Much of the sweet corn in Mt Pleas- -j ic- chAd,c civite Colonel Orson B Powers, Camp Dodge ant town gardens also shows snit >- ana commanding officer revealed today toms of the borer. Mr. Goodell ani loins OI OULU that the post near L>rs Moines nas Mr Gunderson discovered, although 1 . , been selected by the w ar department the 1% infection of the entire county means less loss to this part of the country than counties with a hight1 percent of infection. First symptoms cf the presence of the European corn borer are broken-over tassels, corn leaves mat lated with holes or actual holes in the stalk. Definite indication of the pest is th' light flowery dropping of the born-Mr Gunderson says very—little can re-ts careful plowing under cf all be done about the insect, but aug- corn stalks and trash. ian and allied representatives cr that envoys are going to the Vatican are untrue said the spokesman. The statement was made while report.-, were circulated that Italian Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio was seeking to arrange a peace with the I allies as his war-weary countrv seethed with a wave of anti-fascLsm as a ba«ic training con er. It also will continue to serve as an induction center, he said. Trainees will be men who bare’y meet the minimum physical requirements for army service, i The officers said the extent to which the camp wil be enla*ge*d cannot be made public at this time. I.0.0.F, INITIATION FOR WAPELLO GROUP Members of the Wapello chapter of the I O O F were given the in-itirry degree by the Louis Lodge No. 19 of the I O O F in the Odd Fellow’s Hall in Mt Pleasant Monday night. Those from Wapello who received the degree were Howard Weber. Eugene Winders, Curtis Wagg, Ora Deppev, and James Gadbaw The gro ip was accompanied bv a representation from Wapella, who joined the Mt. Pleasant group in refreshments and games following the meeting.

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