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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 4, 1943, Mount Pleasant, Iowawhy do you sell tickets jp theres NOT ENOU6H ROOM ? WHV DON'T you PUT ON ANOTHER CAR 7 I'M <30!NUS TO TAKE THIS UP WITH J taa-x the GOVERNMENT' VALID RATION STAMPS Sugar ll - Feb. 1-Mar. 15 (Each stamp, Three pounds) ('offee (I lh.) - Feb. 8-Mar. 21 Gasoline No. 4-Jan. 21-Mar.2i THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VOL. LXX1, No. :>:I TH r KS DA Y, MAR. I, 1913 VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil 3 - - - Until Feb. 20 (Each stamp, ll gallons) Fuel Oil 4 - - - Until Apr. 12 Each stamp, ll gallons MT. PLEASANT, IOWA THE/NEWS? * . | • « Hi' I By Paul Mallon Jiff (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, lac , Reproduction In Pull or in Hart Strictly Prohibited.) WASHINGTON — THI; WAY the .‘enate new dealers let the Bankhead bill -I de through the oth»*r day <78 to 2' is another indication that the plaster on the I >rm price ceilings is quietly falling with reluctant administration consent. All the new dealers voted for it. even though it revoked a main part cf Mr Roosevelt', executive order, and will boost farm prices by prohibiting benefit payments from being figured as part cf farm income in computing price ceilings. Nevertheless, some down-*own administration price statisticians have prepared official figures which will be devastating to the current farm price argument if they are officially issued. The,o -Hi base! on the official data ol the department of agriculture and Smash Jap Fleet Of Twenty -two Ships 16,642 Get Ration Book 2 In County Most of Excess Canned Goods Reported By Towns They’ll Do It Every l ime - When theres standing-room ONLV ON THE train , THIS GUV Gives the poor conductor An awful GOING-OVER. Coiny Credited jGreatest U< g. With 800 bam! . . , i Air Victory Figures Based On Sugar Ration Report In Pacific with further price increases It is n< ? t the Interest of the farm er or th* worker to bring greater pree i inflation From any common-sense j standpoint, yow would think their op-1 posing group price-wage claims would | ca. ice I cafh o'Lei out because * farm J price increase will necessitate another j wage incr* a < , sand s n on. But, apparently, the political lead-1 ers of labor and farmer see only a temporary advantage at hand, and are unable to take the long range view A well managed national economy * the kind ardent new dealers have longed for* seems to have been proved impossible again bv these ex- The I How mg report was released today by the local rationing board covering the registration for book two held las? week Following are the figures as released Consumer declarations received 5.724 Number of book two issued. 16 642 Excess cans, bottles, jars, etc. (-ver 5 per person .. 14.890 In the City of ML Pleasant Alone Consumer declarations received .1899 Number of book two issued .. 4.988 Excess cans etc.................7,131 One interesting fact shown by the iepor‘ was that of the 14,890 excess can (commercially canned' there were 13 441 reported by the towns of the county while but 1.449 excess car s were reported by the nearly 60 rural schools. Tile registration was a complete uccess according to the board who gave full credit to County Supt. E Mae Grau and her rural teachers and the tight superintendents of the town and cen,sol'dated schools. The schools again duplicated their tween! scored last April in the fact that no books were I st or unaccounted for which In itself is a feat few counties will duplicate Th* board also wishes to call attention to I ation of the board of supervisors who rn,de it passible to furnish through the schools the consumer declarations American Force 3uT When theres plentv OF SEATS HE STANDS IN THE AISLE . WATCHING THE POKER GAME.« - "Tf’Kon/yL 'ta Herb l regan, Joliet ill Henry county's population is some sm rn,Vc than when the 194 ) census I j 5 009 Japs Annihilated By was taken. ~c:oru ng to a report [rem r the federal bureau of census Tile figure does not include those who have joined the armed forces, so that there are some 1.600 new residents in United Nations Headquarters in AUS-the county in the two years, the totals tralia 'INS'—Japanese military plans would indicate. j v' ere completely disrupted today by While the figures are not regarded < the greatest American air victory in as entirely accurate since they were the Pacific w’hich smashed into obliv-taken fr rn the sugar ration tot Is, ion a Nipponese fleet of 22 warships, the number is an indication of the and transports. increase trend. Many persons in Hen-1 Ann hilated through the destruction ry county believe the population of cf the vessels were 15,000 Nipponese the county is now around 20,000 ex- troops and an enemy air armada of I us ive of the men who are in the 02 planes was destroved. service The gain, of course, Is large- General Douglas MacArthur, the ly due to the laige number coming American military genius chosen by here to reside while working at the. the Australian people as their guard-IOP ian against Japanese invasion, an- Figures for Henry and nearby ce un- ncunced in a triumph communique the Bismark Sea “with such coun ties are: List Colleges For Panthers Win County Ministers Pre-Flight Training At Winfield Elect Officers Iowa Wesleyan Included In The Four Washington, D. C. tINS' Four of Iowa's leading eolbges today were named by the army as centers for pre-tne whole-hearted cooper- flight training of America’s future air craft pilots, bombardiers, and navigators The schools are Iowa State Teach- Will Meet Crawfordsville This Evening Rev. VI. C. Uarstensen Named President1949 1942Henry ........ ......11,994 18.181Lee ........... ......41.074 41.351Louisa ......... . . . 11,384 ll.:6v■Jefferson ...... . . .15,762 15,209Muscatine ..... ......31.296 29,862Van Buren ____ . . 12,053 11,239Washington .....20.C55 20.234Wapello ...... 44.280 44.01JDes Moines ......36.804 43,633that the battle of had been decided I thereby saving the people of the coun- ers* coiieg at Ced^r Falls, Coe college. ! ty many hours of Kilting in line. A> at cedar Rapids, Morning Side college .a matter of fact the few declarations at sioux City and Iowa Wesleyan at which wert- furnished by the Govern- pleasant (previously announced' I merit did not arrive until after the | The army will conduct a special five ' registration was concluded. month’s educational lf tining course at the schools for all persons eligible to the air corps. Students, as in cases of other schools, will Include members of the army air corps reserve, youths of 17 who will become eligible to the draft Midwest mem- on tiieir next birthday, enlisted men Iowa To Get Two Alcohol Plants Washington. D. C ber- of congress were advised wen- jn anj. branch of the army, and civil-I nesday that d! nts to manufacture a1- between the ages of 18 and 26 I cohol to be used lr. the synthetic rub-* c^n qUahfv for the air corps. J ber process will be established in Keo- j __ penances. Th.- theory of running ev- j kuk and Dubuqut. u. I erything from Washings n hah un.' midwestern plants are expect- WARREN HAYES HEADS into ? • uncalculated human aspe.t^ to bfi approved in addition nURATFRQ AT AMF^ that a democratic government, ooh- ^ Keokuk and Dubuque they are ex-' UEDA I IL IV J nj pected to be at Peoria. IU.; Moline, III., and Carlesville, Wis. gated to maintain its popularity, can never put prices down or wages down, but must continually put them up and up. What was proved Theoretically possible in the classrooms has been proved politically imp ssible in experience. Hurl Back Germans In Tunisia I Ames. Iowa — Warren Hayes, son ‘of Mr. and Mrs C F Hayes of Mt. Pleasant is the new president of the iowa State College debaters. Other newly elected officers include: Mary Rice, Rock Island. IU., vice- Mt. P.t.i.c.i' defeat Will play Crawfordsville tonight in the sec lanai basketball tournament at Winfield. The Panthers with the sec-rnd team playing half of the game won 48 to 22. Ii. the other evening games Winfield defeated Columbus Junction and Cotter defeated M liming Sun. In the afternoon. Ainsworth defeated Pleas-i:t Lawn. 44 ta 21. Wapello defeated Olds, al to 20 and Wayland defeated M: Union, 47 to 19 Games tonight will start at six o'clock with Wa pie Ho meeting Ainsworth. At 7:10. Cotter will play Wayland and at 8:20. Mt. Pleasant will meet Crawfordsville after which Winfield will mee* Yarmouth at 9:30 Coach C. O Sharer ui-ed his first team until the last three minutes of the first half and then his second team until the last three minutes of the second half in the game with Wyman. Mt. Pleasant led by quarters, 20 to 2, 30 o 8. and 36 to 16. Pounds and Rich each made IO points: Cottrell 8; Krabill and Messer, each 6. At a covered dish luncheon on Monday of his week, the ministers and Wyman ana their wives of Henry county met to reorganize the ministerial association and elect officers for the coming year. Rev. M. C. Carstensen, pas-or of the Baptist church of Mt. Pleasant, was elected president; Rev. J. J. Britts!, WILL INTERVIEW WOMEN INTERESTED IN WAVES, SPARS a major disaster to the enemy.” Practically Destroyed He revealed that the most powerful Japanese convoy every hurled against New Guinea had been "practically destroyed” by the devastating blows cf American air men which either sunk or left in sinking conditi:n everyone of the 22 Jap vessels. The convoy consisted of IO warships, all heavy destroyers, and 12 transports heavily laden with troops. Slashing their way through adverse - weather conditions and anti-air craft A Navy Recruiting representative {ire *hich made a flaming hell of the from the Burlington Navy Recruiting skies -ver the Bismark Sea and the station will visit Mt. Pleasant on each Huon Gulf, the Yankee 'airmen in pastor* of ’he Presbyterian church of’Thursday during March for the pur- three davs of raging battle reduced New London 1st Vice President- Rev J*** of contacting prospective appd- the entire enemy flotilla of 90.000 tons C C. Hobson, pastor of the Olds Con- <»nte for th<> Women’s WAVES and t0 nothing. gregational church, 2nd Vice Presi-iSPARS for the Nayy and Coas> Guard None of the conservatively estimated dent, and Rev. Edward L. Jeambey,! Headquarters while in Mt. Pleasant 15000 japanese troops, carrying full pastor of the Presbyterian church of|Wld de at the p ° Bld4>- from 10.00 battle equipment, was believed to have a. rn to 3:00 p. rn. survived. All women interested with at least _ two years of high school, between the ages of 20 and 35 inclusive, are re- British Attacks quested to be present for information. Hamburg Base M\ Pleasant, Sec. and Treas. After a brief devotional led by Rev. C. C. Hobson, in which God's power to bring order out of chaos was discussed, Bishop J. Ralph Magee of Des Moines, here for a few days on the college campus, spoke to- the group. The April meeting will be held the firs* Monday in April in the Mt. Plea^ ant Presbyterian church of New London will lead the devo- Appiica’ion forms will also be available. London. England (INS'-—The British For interested applicants who desire RAF last, night attacked the great to write for information and applies- German port and U-boat base of Rev Sutton Don forms please address U. S. Navy Hamburg in the 8th consecutive night Recruiting Station. Post Office Bldg., bombardment of the Reich, the air tional exercises and Rev. Hunt of Mt.'Burlington, law a Pleasant will review he book: "Get Thee Behind Me.” Allied Headquarters in North All lea president; Catherine Reavy, East Mo- FEAR IV CONGRESS among bu-1 reaucrats ha^ spread to great extremes. After deputy manpower director Harper Fowler, had held a press conference and told the world that congress would have to take the c rii I D wlSfit responsibility oi wrecking the McNutt j ^ ^ ^ Brlu,h Ught inn program because it cut his appro- I 1 ..... -a*.—1 priatlons. he apparently suffered a change of heart. (INS'—German forces launched an unsuccessful attack from entrenched positions in the Mareth line today following a nharp assault in northern Tunisia which gained ground only at the cost of “very heavy” casualties. An official communique from Gen-D. Eisenhower's head line, Iii., secretary, and Betty Matteson. Eau Claire, Wis., treasurer. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL VOTES Charles W. Calloway was admlttea. Walter Jerrei accidentally shot in the leg while hunting recently, was dismissed. F. r Rainforth was dismissed. Backs National Service Bill George Scarborough Taken by Death George Scarborough, 83, died at the | Memorial hospital, Wednesday night, (INS> Roane ' where he had been ill for several rn nistry announced today. Ten of Britain’s big bombers were lost in this latest of a continuous round of aerial assaults aimed at destroying the submarine menace and prepared the continent for an allied invasion. Objectives in western Germany also were hit. The heavy attack on Hamburg was County Farmers Indi cate They’ll Do Their Share In Farm Production Despite conflicting reports Washington, D. C. Waring, national commander Cf th*, weeks. Mrs. Scarborough preceded the RAFs 96th against that port. American Legion, today endorsed the! her husband in death four weeks ago. Austin-Wadsworth national service I Surviving is one daughter, Mrs /da bill while congress was told that | Knight, of Sioux City. Funeral services will be held at the Cookes funeral home Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. ored elements hurled back an attack deCjeaSes in crop production this year of between 400 and 500 German in- in the face cf great increases needed. , J tantra men supported by tanks at a Henry county will be doing its share About 20 minutes later, he called mj / , » , . . ... .... __ point six miles east of Mareth. I towards solving the food problem In central Tunisia, advancing Am- That conclusion can be drawn from eriean patrols have reached the Faid first reports of county AAA work-Pass area and contacted enemy pa- ers wh0 bave obtained a fairly good some of the newsmen and wanted to have the statement cancelled. Unable to do this, he made it plain that he j w s speaking on his own responsibility I ^ Ainerevaou, three miles south sampje of Henry county farmers’ bland net on Mr. McNutt s. I . ‘ 17 Mr. Fowler s apprehensions con-1, f Fa:d Fass_ temions- „ „ , , ' - -The county can be proud of the at- about the first 308 farms representing 39. 888 acres is followed by similar reports from the remaining 1,700 farms. More Corn These first 308 farms reported an increase cf over 1.000 acres in intended corn acreage over a year ago. an Increase of mflk cows and heifers and in Increase of nearly 5,000 laying hens and pullets, an increase of over 1,000. adoption of such a law is inevitable. "The enactment of the bill would contribute much to winning the war. Waring declared in a statement presented to the senate military affairs committee. Waring's endorsement cf the dial labor bill followed a plea for the measure bv Grenville Clark, of New Jap Losses Have Been Heavy Planes of the fighter command carried out intruder patrols over the continent while the main raid was in progress. German bombers were active during the night and early today, twice making stabs at London in an attempt to make reprisals for the searing Monday n’ght raid on Berlin. An unnamed town on the Thames river es- Washington, D. C. <IN3>—Japanese tuary w s bombed, fruitless, frequeiv attempts to recap- ---- trast sharply with the attitude of cen- j m .. gressmen toward Mr. McNutt, whom! the house under a sag rule .prevent- utudc shown by the first farmers to Brev have called Just about everything I mg amendments, but what the sen- report. And their attitude ,s Indios- (ate will do to it is not yet clear. Cer- tive of similar reports received from tainly the Ruml plan will be more first reports from other counties in heartily pushed on the floor of both the state, houses than it was in the committee. they can think of, both publicly and privately. ABSENTEEISM of democrats from Farmers Tell Intentions Each farmer visited by the AAA CONGRESSIONAL DRIVE to limit the size of the army is dwindling, as excreted, and it now seems certain, ::w,„ . , nothing along thai lino will be adopt-I the h use floor is causing speaker committeemen has been caked to cl congress dare not put its mill-j Rayburn trouble. His slim majority o.it a form showing exactly what his tare Judgment up against the chief of lot eight votes is daily endangered by crop and livestock production mien- Hie number of men in the party who tions are. From these reports the staff. The army will be 11,000.090. Heavy drafting will proceed. THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS committee has followed the forecast rn this column of February 22. and adopted a 20 percent withholding tax j new ones (we said 15 percent) delaying indefi nitelv the various plays for another are ducking roll calls, or for other figures have been compiled, reasons are not particularly interest- If the farmers carry through, the ed in being present, talk of less production of the essen- The republicans, on the other hand tial crops and livestock is entirely have a crusading spirit, especially the wrong despite reports such as that This is true in the senate given out by Secretary of Agriculture also, where they are pressing leader Wickard, on the results of a survey McNary for more aggressive anti- made bv county agents indicating a Roosevelt action. IO percent reduction because of laboi eenersl increase. The committee ac- . tint. betrays the growing belief bere I Rayburn has gone to the extent of shortage, farm machinery sh rtages that the government will do well to refining to let committees hold meet- and the like. collect the taxes it has already en- tag. in the afternoon while the house Henry county cannot speak for the noted without imposing any more. is in session, because he cannot spare rest of the notion, but the county is Th', program can be put through the votes from the floor. speaking for itself lf the report from York, “father” of the original selec- ture and hold vital points in New tive service act. Guinea and southern Solomons area Russian Forces --have cost the enemy between 100,009 p^j,_ 4h6ati and 125.000 fighting men aand more ® than IOO ships, a survey based on Mrscow, Russia (INS'—Russian for-communiques and bat Ie reports dis- ces forged ahead today following the prlng sows to farrow and an increase! London England .INS.— America's closed today. smashing victory at Rahev and capot about 850 fall -IWS to farrow. de#dlv nvina Fortresses, continuing1 These losses in troops, naval person- lured ll more towns southwest of the aerial offensive and airmen have occurred since port citadel. The Russians smashed Europe blasted mid summfr of last year, when Gen. ahead in pursuit of the beaten axis Flying Fortresses In New Raids S ine decreases in less essential crops are noted in the report, The Figures The figures for the various crops and livestock as reported from the survey of intentions on the 308 farms: Last year This Year 5282 deadly Flying the non-stop allied against continental Soybeans ........5127 Flax .................. 15 Com ................9272 Wheat ........ 141 Oats ..................3844 Rotation pasture ...... 448 Milk. ccws, heifers 1578 Laying Hens, pullets 40616 Sp. Sows to farrow ....2226 ‘the railroad yards at Hamm in west- »"«•»* MacArthur* forces began forces and drove them from new poem Germany and the Dutch shipping «h*ir drive to retake northern New Muons they had occupied In an et- „ K-s Guinea and the marines launched fort to check the Soviet offensive (The Berlin radio said the Red canal. army columns converging on Orel, the Bombing raids on five Japanese only German-held defense point on bases in the central and northern (he 1941 defense line in south Russia, center of Rotterdam today. —— *he marines United States army air iorce head- successful invasmn of Gimbal- quarters announced that 14 enem\ , fighter planes were destroyed during ^ ^ ^ l(i'>82^the l lidS °n Hamm and Solomons were rt ported to-’ay by the pad breached the city's defenses from IO* Five American planes are ravy. thP east and on the flanks. Earlier er in la l . Liberator heavy bombers blasted reports from stockholm said German heard by Reuters new agency, claimed areas a, Kahm. Bum. and Acuation ol Orel had already be mat 7 American bombers wert no. > down cut of a “sinai formation that ... _________ _____________ bUl. attacked western Germany this morning) Severe Fighting Breaks Out In China 124 3777 710 1781 45409 3235 1930 Vial in the central Solomons area. The Soviet neon communique again Results were not observed. failed to mention the Lake Ilmen sec- --tor but reported steady gains on the Destroy Seven southern front From Kharkov to the r mr I I Caucasus Russian cclumns made pro- Enemy Vessels gres8 forwarci london. England GNS)—-The ad-; Several axis positions were captur-miralty announced today that Brit- cd west of Rost'v in the drive along c‘: untv me'ftinT for’township commit”- broken out in China between the Jap- Uh subroutines operating In tin Medl- the Sea ct Axov toward Taganrog. teem™ will be held In Mt. Pleasant' anese and Chinese with heavy casual-, terrane™ have destroyed 7 enemy Three hundred enemy troops were re- on Saturday for a similar discussion, 'ties on both sides. j vessels red damaged 0 others. toned .-Mn on this sector. Fall Sows to farrow 1082 A district meeting will be held at J Ottumwa Friday for county chairmen j under B. E. Huston, field representa-| Washington, D C (IN3»- Un1?:- tive, and county chairmen from other secretary of War Robert Patterson ;o- areas to discuss the figures and a day revealed that severe fighting bai

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