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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - July 30, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS N. P, Q blup stamps expire Auf. 7 P. Q, R, 8 red stamps expire July 31 T red stamp July 25 - August 31 Shoe Stamp 18 expires Ort. 31 VALU! RATION STAMPS Sufar 13 - Through August 15 Gasoline No. 7 Expires Sept. 21 fuel OII 5 - - Until Sept. 30 Fuel Oil I (new) until Jan. 3 Coffee 22 - Valid through Aug. ll NEWS MT. PLEASANT. IOWA FRIDAY, JI LY .‘IO, 1943 The World InReview Bv Maj. Gen. David Prescott Barrow*, Military Authority and Former President of the University of California.Huge Fire In Chicago Elevator They’ll Do It Every TimeScouts Earn Money (fathering LeavesWould Take Surrender from Non-Fascists -Bomb Fujiyama-AND THEN RIGHT ON TO TOK VO-" RIGHT? /- thev can't hit - ANO WHO HAVE THEY > GOT TD PITCH?HUH WHO ? A It's bad enough THAT A BAP BER WILL TALK YOUR. EAR, OFF-- Sumac Leaves Wanted Because of Tannin ('(intent Estimated Loss Of At Least Half-Million Dollars Chicago, 111 — tINS)—A great fire ragng unchecked for hours today threatened a loss of at least a half million dollars at the huge Norris Grain Company’s mid-west elevate!.s on Chicago’s South side. Washington, D. C —(INS)— Pr*sl- Th*‘ blaze starting from an unex-* dent Roosevelt today announced thaf plained explosion in the main elevator the allies are preparing to accept the spread to one and another of the surrender of Italy from King Victor 40 silos and small elevators. Emmanuel. Marshal Pietro Badoglio or The flames destroyed the main ele- any other I alian who is not definitely va* r which towers about 200 feet high a member of the fascist party, and then attacked the entire battery At the same time, President Roose-of 40 steel silo tanks which are more volt warned the neutral nat ons a-than IOO feet high. gainst giving any haven of refuge to At noon however, firemen had Benito Mussolini, his fascist gang or brought the flames in check suffic- sny other axis leaders, iently to elimi. ate danger to surround-' Ig8lICS warning mg industrial plants and homes. ' President Warns Neutral Nations WELL I" v&PuT-F f I THE TEAM -J* that i~ .DUT-WHEN you TR/to <3ET A WORD IN-Boyr WILL THEV DO IT EVERy Time ** THAN* TO RUTH ME BI5 IDE ( man (Cutie 'i 6an Francisco - Diet of Nation Must Change, Bank Asserts HMV, kung hat, WwW NOW THAT TIU SHIU AN INVASION I moving rapidly to uccess. there Is no doubt thai General Eisenhower and his staff officers are turning their minds to the next military offers Ive, lot u1* say, an allied occupation of the Aegean Sea, or an invasion of .Sardinia anet Corsica, and immediate responsibility for the concio rn. of the Sicilian battle is transfers a to a ubordma''. bader. Accordingly, General Eisenhower ha> appointed his deputy commander, General Sir Harold Alexander, to the command in Sicily. The second action taken by General Eisenhower is the designation of General Alexander as the military governor of Sicily In previous articles I have endeavored to show that this combination of military government with the chief command of the fighting force ti the only practical way to a sure the cooperation of all men and measures for the objects of the war, A general having chief command of the fighting forces, and at the same time full powers of government of occupied territory', requires two staffs and in effect, ’wo chiefs of staff. The first is the general staff which assists him in the command of hts army or armies, through which his military orders are l sued and by which he is aided in direction, -i ton, inn sped ion and cont rol. “I find it difficult to believe that any neutral country would give an asylum to or extend protection to any of them.” Mr. Roosevelt recalled his previous statements that the United States is determined to bring the axis war criminals before the bar of justice.W. W. Prottsman Taken Bv Death The president’s announcement that the allies w ill be prepared to accept Italy’s surrender from King Victor Emmanuel or other non fascist Italian leaders, was made at his new’s conference in response to a reporter s request for clarification as to whom we are prepared to deal with in Italy Moscow, Russia —(INS)—A fierce battle raged today between Red army forces and Nazis for a strcngly fortified town 21 miles southwest of Oret and just east of Knotinets which th? German call the key to Orel, according to a front line dispatch to the newspaper Pravda. The Germans in their desperate attempt to ward off collapse of the big operational base rushed in reserve troops from other fronts Some of the reserve battalion.-, formerly were stationed in France and Germany.County Flower Show WednesdayWithdraw Lag Regulations on AAA The Improvement League w ill hold a county-wide flower showy Wednesday, August 4. afternoon and evening, in the show room of the Ervin Motors. The public is invited to attend and anyone may enter flowers Awards of prize* and ribbons will be given for first, second and third winners. Hamburg Is Attacked Again London, England (INS)—Germany's bomb devastated port of Hamburg was attacked in strength early today for the 7th time in .six days by ways of RAF bombers. Well over 2,000 tons of block-buster bombs again were dcrpped on Hamburg. it was disclosed. The RAF lost 28 bombers while three Nazi fighters were shot down. The bombers found that the Nazis had increased their ground defense at Hamburg and numerous enemy fighters were encountered.Iowan Dies InSawdust Pit Germany's Faltering War Effort Blamed Stockholm. Sweden (INS)—Reports persisted today that Germany's faltering war effort was directly responsible for the downfall of Mussolini Contributing factors to the demis* of fascism were said to include the decline in Germany's arm- production, labor and air craft shortages ajid failure of the U-boat war. War Cabinet In Special Session

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