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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - June 11, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS K. L. M. blur stamps expire July 7 J, K. L red stamps expire .lune 30. M Red Stamps June 13 to June 30 Shoe Stamp 17 expires June 15 VALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 13 - Through Aug. Ik Gasoline No. ti Expires July 21 Fuel Oil 5.....Until Sept. ! Coffee 24 - Through June 30 MT. PLEASANT, IOWAWITH OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE'First Step Across Sea To Europe They’ll Do It Every TimeMen Accepted For Service By Paul Mallon 3^ WE THOUGHT IT WO<S IM PQETTy (3000 SHAPE BOT AmVTHinG TD ^ please a tenant— \ WELL HAVE IT DONE J . DVEP AOA! NI T. PDQ. VOCI"- ) the flat has POSSIBILITIES, BOT V ' HOQROQS? I NEVER SAW SOCH ApJ DIRTY PLACE WE WOULDN'T J EVEN THINK OF RENTING IT UNLESS IT WAS FUMIGATED, nC painted and all . redecorated'; Ok bo/! were thev particular about THE CONDITION OF \ THE HOUSE BEFORE THEV MOVED IN-.. Toe correct address of William G. J agues is: Wdliarn G Jaques, S I c Area BS. Barracks 103. 67th Battalion Camp Peary. Va (Distributed by King Feature* Syndicate, Inc Reproduction In Full or Un Part Strictly Prohibited.)Most of Local Group Assigned To Army WASHINGTON — ( KISS - CROSS CURRENTS ol politico are running b<- I hind th- Bailey Resolution designed to I limit president* hen if ter to two terms.! It grew out of a strange situation Republican Senator Wherry (Net*asks* was talking abc ut such a resolution when along came anti-New Deal democratic Senator Bailey (North Carolina) with » proposal that they git together. Poll > have been taken, indicating that they now have more than 55 votes in favor of >ubrnttting a consitutional amendment to the states. Even some ol Die New Deal serial r.s indicate favor. It would have no effect on the fourth term campaign, as it could not be enacted in time Only a few fate legislature (some say three; meet next January There foie, the issue wholly concerns a filth orm. or some future republican or democratic president getting a third one Consequently not much interest has teen ar used, and it is not likely that the rn-titer will be seriously considered before fall. Robert Lamm writes of the destruction in Bszerte he observed after the surrender cf the town. He was stationed there at the time he wrote.Island Hammered For Nine teen Days Independence. Kans.—Second Lieutenant Robert W Chandler, 711 East Henry Street, Mount Pleasant Iowa, has been assigned to duty as a basic flight instructor at twe Independence Army Air Field near here. Lt. Chandler is a graduate of Mt, Pleasant, Iowa high school and the Central Instructor's School at Randolph Field. Allied Headquarters in North Africa — UNS'—Allied troops in assault land-ii g barges put down a spurt of lith hour axis resistance today and captured the Island of PanTlleria by f' r^e some hours after the local Italian commander had signaled unconditional surrender. But when thev MOVED OUT, THEV left it LIKE ROMMEL LEFT TUNISIA «* IMANX TD MANY .. GONTtgiSUTCXiS An Advanced North African Air Base (INS)—Lack of water due to ceaseless allied bombings led to the surrender of Pantelleria today. The senior officer at the Italian garrison sent this message to the allied high command : “I beg to surrender through lack of water.” FOR IOWA Scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight with continued mild temperatures.Supervised Play Schedule Arranged Allied Headquarters in North Africa — (INS)—Allied f rees took their first st^p across the Mediterranean along the invasion route to southern Europe *oclay. by capturing the strategic Ital-an Island of Pantelleria, 45 miles off Tunisia's Cap B-*n peninsula. Hammered ceaselessly for 19 consecutive days bv hundreds of American and British bombers and torn to shreds by five terrific naval bombardments, the island garrison capitulated to a bird demand for unconditional surrender after two previous ultimatums had been ignored. (Editor’s Note Radio Algiers, in a oro3dcast reported in New York, de-lared that the axis garrison on Pantelleria signaled its surrender to General Eisenhower by hoisting a white flag. The broadcast said negotiations were begun immediately wdth official surrender coming at ll 40 A M CWT. Tile official announcement of the surrender was followed by the disclosure that hundreds of Flying Fortresses paralyzed Pantelleria yesterday in a smashing dawn-to-du.sk attack. An official allied spokesman declared that never before in history had a target the size of Pantelleria received such a hailstorm of aerial bombs. Loggers Warned to MORE MEN IN *Wt Attacks i CLASS 1-APREPARE TO COLLECT 44 Million Taxpayers Current Basis from Navy Plane Crash Near Brighton New Landing Assault Against Lampedusa London, England—(INS)— A new landing assault against the axis island of Lampedusa by hardbitten British commando.^ was reported today by the Morocco radio in a broadcast heard by the Evening News. Brighton—An unusual incident oc-r curred Monday evening when Cadet Mass, navy airplane pilot from the Ottumwa airport, lost his bearings w’hlle flying during a practice hour, and landed on a knoll in the Clyde Coffin meadow, four miles west of Brighton. After inquiring of Mr. Coffin as to directions. Cadet Mass returned to his plane and attempted to fly back to his post. Due to the mud on the plane gears, the machine failed to rise above a nearby hedge, damaging considerably the propeller, engine and wings 1 of the plane. Other than a gash on the forehead, the pilot was uninjured. Cadet Mass returned to the Coffin home and phoned to the Ottumwa airport about the accident A guard was stationed by the plane last evening and the pilot returned to his post. Continue Exchange of Aerial Blows Moscow, Russia—(INS)— The air forces of Russia and Germany were reported today to be continuing their heavy exchange of blows against vital military targets. (Radio Berlin reported that Nazi bomber formations ag (in attacked the great Molotov armament works at G:rki on the Volga river. 200 miles east of Moscow last night.) The Soviet high command stated that its air craft successfully blasted German railroad trains and munition dumps. CONFERENCE ON CHILD WELFARE TUESDAYTries To Remove Confusion Washington. DC. (INS)—President Roosevelt today undertook to remove confusion over his future tax policies when he asserted at his news confer-uice that he did not intend to request egisiation for compulsory savings. House Approves Bill Washington. DC (INS)—The house foday approved the compromise version of the Conn dly-Sinith antl-stiike bill in a move to see “that no man is going to be allowed to interfere with war production.” The vote was 219 to 129. FOUND GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER Denver, Colorado— < INS)—A Denver district court jury today found Bernice Williams, 23. guilty of second deuce murder in the killing of an illegitimate baby born to her February ll MINISTERS TO TRY LUCK AT FISHING Farmer Suffers Cuts Finley.—Perry Beattie suffered several severe cuts when attempting to catch a runaway team driven by his son. Robert. Donald Burke is helping with the farm work. Deeds on Record Lend-Lease Bill Passed Washington. D.C.(INS) The $6,273.-629,000 lend-lease bill today was passed by the senate and sent to the president after agreement with a house amendment clarifying the section forbidding the use of any funds for subsidies. Center Meeting Postponed The Center tow tv h p Farm Bateau meeting scheduled to be held at the James Cr>rni k home this evening has been postponed.

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