Page 1 of Mar 1 1943 Issue of Mount Pleasant News in Mount Pleasant, Iowa

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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 1, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil 3 - - * Until Feb. 20 (Each stamp, ll gallons) Fuel Oil 4 - - * Until Apr. 12 Each stamp, ll gallons VALID RATION STAMPS Sugar ll - Feb. 1-Mar. 15 (Each stamp, Three pounds) toffee (I lb.) - Feb. 8-Mar. 21 Gasoline No. 1-Jan. 21-Mar.21 THE MT. PLEASANT, IOW*MONDAY, MAK. I, 1943They’ll Do It Every TimeCounty Will Send Largest Quota To Date ' »■ *gr 1^ ,* IBy Paul Malign JJT BUT ITS MV 3l6 SCENE - AN 0l<3 CHANCE I MUST BE ABLE TO GIVE' LET'S TAKE IT AGAIN FROM '( WHERE I SAV "COME. PRECIOUS / ini ai i err.PTr " A I coo KOO Adon't get to V cV)/ / BED, DARLING, SP. ' \ YOU'LL HAVE no ►I ( CLOSE-UPS M V TOMORROW! Shed a tear FOR THE MOVIE ACTOR WHO STAVS up All houRS i memorizing tomorrows dialogue -- * Distributed by King Feature* Syndicate. Inc.. Reproduction In Full or In Part Strictly Prohibited.)Number of Men In Latest Call 7 the director rewrote THE SCENE FORGET THAT OTHER STUFF. HERE S THE V new dialogue 1 make { IT SnAPPV * WE SHOOTJ V 'N TEN MINUTES 7 WHA-WHA- \ WHAT DIO *> ? you SAY ? Nine am,on THE SET NEXT dav-thev’ll DO IT EVERY TIME.-- i Au/wwlTo NEIL HAMILTON, WEST LOS ANGELES Calif A New Experience or Shoppers Another group of Henry County men have been placed in Class I-A and are new subject to call for military service in the near future, some of the group going late this week. They are: Harold Claude Goldsmith Delbert Baker Jeflery Joe Nelson Blair * Joseph John Feehan Lauren Frank Paisley William Arthur McTee > • John Willis Jones Herbert Carl Bank Leland Stanford Lite Daryl James Wiltmer Carl Eugene Boyd Dale Bernard Anderson Robert E. Lee Lloyd Oberman, Jr. Robert Thcrson Speaker Ralph Leon Seager Wayne Roy Smith Ervin Garrold Simmons Earl Eldon Williamson Thomas Calvin Clark Junior John Leydens Rodney Arlie Sanders A fal e rumor .^pleading through the bu inc s distric- with all the speed and excitement that rumors do sometimes IYT fad resulted in a run on clothing purchases in Mt. Pleasant Saturday evening. From some .source he word was spread that clothing rationing would become effective Saturday night at * midnight. As Hie rumor was passed alnrjg the large crowd in town made a I usH for the stores and buying of wemun s clothing was terrific for a time while men’.-* purchases were far above average. Wromen were grabbing dresses oft I hangers and buying them regardless of J size, color or material. Store clerks surprised by the rush were unable to ! keep up wish the demand and were pushed aside while the purchases went ahead. In some cases clerks are still uncertain whether they collected for all the sales. After the rush was over and the excitement subsided, disheveled clerks 1 j were tired and store managers checked i up a remarkable amount of business on the cash register. This morning 1 i’ls normal and still there was no an- * nouncemem of clothing rationing. James Dougherty Taken By DeathHospital

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