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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 5, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALU) RATION STAMPS Sugar ll - Feb. I-Mar. 15 (Each stamp, Three pounds) Coffee (I lh.) - Feb. 8-Mar. 21 Gasoline No. 1-Jan. 21-Mar.21 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil 3 - - - Until Feb. 20 (Each vStamp, ll gallons) Fuel Oil I - - - Until Apr. 12 Each stamp, 11 gallons VOL. LXXI, No. 51 FRIDAY, MAR. 5, 1913 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA THE By Paul Mallon (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc, Reproduction In Full or » strictly Prohibited.) W VSHINGTON — THE POLITICIAN 8 are dusting off a new brand of goods called the Beveridge .social security plan. Sir William Beveridge Is coming to this country shortly to promote it and I already talking to ome of our meetings on transoceanic telephone. The Lond Heavy Fightin *—rI' i • • I " Un lunisian rront eis har i lament was to for sat care the fit' I - ii s tiny for a j ave, , met Any on press and radio report-the recent debate in par-thc subject as if this plan wer man's histciic longing in hie. Tile state was t-ii his ills from cradle to providing disability allow-leal. and maternity hellene w ho w as aga nut th* I*! an old tory Panthers To Meet Winfield Advance To Semi-Finals Of Sectional Meet They’ll Do It Every Time - - - AT Winn KLD First Hound Ainsworth 44; Pleasant Lawn, 21. Wapello, SI, Olds 20 Wayland 47, Mount Union 19. Cotter 41 Morning Sun 31 Mount* Pleasant 48 Wfyman 22 Winfield 35. C-lumbus Jur.tcion 26 Second Round Wapello 61, Ainsworth 32 Cotter 48 Wayland 35 Mt Plea ar' 52, Crawfordsville 34 Winfield defeated Yarmouth \l I. BIGHT I II IN KI RS, Aith ti interest of the pcmmon people at heart w'*re for it That is the picture with which we are presented W’hat nobody pointed out was th:I the average disability allowance for a man and wife under this Beveridge anace, wa na rut; alive curl tv It I again lies t comp; em O $8 08 a I to kee Tv it ii week. i b'fdy not This is i rut rouI elal se- he lilt-* irvate (-alist) ll asant standard ri, and hardly advertising th gtiar« lUSti The American i similar iverugc p tm) $13 a u ranee WH I LF pit tanc lyment week I system hats of $22 94 lor old agt provided a month benefits, unemployment m- \IT, Pkoru lid, very few Oi bf ne!de elal security Ut bf mainly a si; more taxes. Th* 1%'fi fund collected $7,000 expecter) late has method lave {laid in-peopie have (? with so* shown it to of ilf” ting m the treasury have 0.000 more to date than they have paid out, but this $7,-000.000,000 can hardly br* called a fund because it merely represents a debt of the tieasury to itself as the money regular government M’ Plea ant W.afield. Cotter and Wapello advanced Thursday night to the semifinal games of the Winfield sectional tournament to be played tonight. Mt Pleasant winning easily over ■ Crawfordsville faces a strong foe thri j e-.filing in Winfield. While the Panthers have twice beaten Winfield, they are rr t minimizing tao strength of the Wolves Colicr and Wapello will battle for the right to represent the other brack- I • - in the finals of the Winfield meet on Saturday evening. The Cotter-Wapello game is scheduled to start 7 30 and the Winfieid-Mt game at 8 45 The game Saturday evening i? to start at eight o’clock, In the game with Crawfordsville. M* Plea -ant led 33 to 7 at the end of the first, half Ct ach Sharer used aff 12 men during the game and emphasized floor play rather than point making in the second half Dean Rich scored 23 points, 18 of ♦ hem in the first hair Krabiil m-id* 15 Cottrell 7. Pounds 4; and Messer 3. County Spelling Contest Saturday j Spellers Will Compete at Junior High The annual Henry County Spelling Contest will be held at the Junior 1 high school building, Saturday afternoon at 1:30 p. rn Contestants and their school are Roger Enke, Colfax Mary Arlena Eubank. Crawford Juanita Gill. Union-Baltimore Sari Lu Graber, Douglas Dolores Harlan, Hillsboro Dorothy Hepker, Webfoot Joyce Hirschy, Elm Wesley Hunzinger. Sherman Arlene Hulme, Trenton Ralph Mickey, Oakland Allied Planes Pound Enemy Supply Lines Battle Line Previously Held Is Regained Allied Headquarters in North Africa (INS)—Heavy fighting raged today in the streets of Sejen ne, northern anchor of the allied line in Tunisia on the road to Bizerte, while American and French forces advanced in the central and southern sectors. Allied planes pounded incessantly the enemy transport columns and supply lines all over the battle area I British farces inflicted heavy casu-Mary Ellen Morehouse, Union-Waynr cities on the Germans in the Sed-Jen- Red Cross Serves As Important Link Frank I). Throop Between Soldier and His Family, Dies at Lincoln has been spent running expense It is doubtful ever benefit, if pi wise provides How do the soldiers get permission, at to come home for furloughs when Pleasant ’OJO* member of th" arm;, is iii0 How championship *** h<l army know that the requf' * scheduled not faked? I Those questions are frequently asked. The answer Is that the Red Cross is helping the army by making Hives* igations of the requests through the home service chairman in th" home communities who report back to the army camp command. For Henry county the home service chairman is D L Cooke.-, Aho ha." attained quite a record in that capacity. investigation", he will send out the requests to the home service chairmen in the heme community of the boy who may want a furlough. Legion Discusses Business Matters Horn in Henry County; Member of I.W.C. Hoard Virginia Olson, Olds Gwendoiyne Owens. Mt. Union Dewaine Pickard. Dorland Helen Pickard, Oak Grove-Jaekson Clam Ellen Pidgeon, Center-Salcm James Prottsman Mas ion Mildred Roth. Wayland Gladys. Sampstn, Union-Center Carol Schamoer. New London Virginia Smith. Mt. Pleasant William Triska, Salem Barbara Van Vranken, Winfield Dorothy Wright, West Lawn Pronouncing Master a ill be Dr. Karl Ellis frcm Iowa W’esleyan college. The contest is held under the supervision Mae Grail, county superin- CrawfOfd Ville‘ scoring was scatter- j jn work 24 Years. cd Hamilton, a guard led with 8s £CrVmg in the volunt*er capacity for points while Atones, a forward, made 7 24 years he has hancued hundreds of suggestion to open the Legion Home A? a well attended meeting of the Bch Tribby Ptst of American Legion, held last Wednesday night at the Legion Home several important maters were transacted. The meeting was presided over by Commander Merton Wright. The outstanding business being the In the Burlington tournament, New I ndon lost to Keokuk, 57 to 23. There worst de-one-i ifth of C eiling Prices On Pork Listed cases. For .several yearn after the World War I. he took care of hundreds of bonus claims and hundreds of compensation claims foi veterans or their families. Now much of the work consists of to the cadets stationed at the college, as a recreational center. Specially en Saturday night. A committee was appointed by the Commander consisting of Frank Abraham, chairman, Dr. J. W. Laird and Prices On Other Meats Coming Soon Are handling the messages to and from the Herbert Butler. They to confer with ^ men in the armed forces requests for a committee from the Legion Auxil- ja sporter for the Muscatine, la., Jour- purchaser to one vote, and a 25-cent a man to come home because of illness iajy. Several forms of entertainment nal Later he was publisher of the stamp bs good for three votes. could be provided the boys. I newspaper, a post he held eight years. No Winfield girl is being entered in his family, or perhaps he is about decided to let the to become a father and w’ould like the The T rustees privilege of being a: home to greet Veterans of Foreign Wars use one of Admin is- the new son or daughter, lf the Red the smaller rooms to hold their meet- Washmgton, D. C.—Price irs tor Prentiss Brown acted to smash Cross so recommends and other fac- ings in the meat bootlegging racket” Thurs- tors are favorable, the soldier may day by establishing fixed retail pork have that privilege if many people will his government oth-heir lives with a decent living standard. The average good worker will never be out of a job in his life. or should not be was never a time in the pression when more than the workers were out of jobs. AND IF IHE WOR KKR is thus provided with a decent living standard. he can make better provisions himself for his old age than the government offers him with its $22,94 a month to live on. It is ovident, therefore, that real social security calls for something bigger than Beveridge plans. Far more important for one instance, is the price level and the value of the dollar. The $22.94 a month cure for old age fears, was enacted some years ago with somewhat the same glamor of publicity, prophesying a guarantee of social security for all, at a time when _______ __________________________ prices of food were just about half matter how small, will be licensed man ge^g hiS furlough and the Red TODAYS MARKETS what they are now. 1 and required to fix their stamp, which Crogs even joans him the money to chicago 111 1 INS)—HOGS: 23,000 A greater degree of social security J include their license number, on CQme home on if he needs it. Made including 3.000 direct; market gener- w -uld have been offered if the gov- J every carcaSs. on an honor basis, the loans are nearly ftJJv 1Qc to 2qc lower than yesterday’s average. Top; 15 85; 180 to 330 lbs.. 15.60 to 15 85; 150 to 180 lbs., 15.00 to lf .75; 360 to 550 lb. packing sows, Frank D Throop. 64. born in Henry county, graduate of Iowa Wesleyan of Miss I and member of the Iowa Wesleyan tendent of schools board of trustees, died Thursday afternoon at Lincoln. Nebr. At Lincoln he was publisher of the Lincoln Star since 1930 and president of three broadcasting companies. He had been inactive in business the last 18 months because of a heart ailment. resident Stanley B Niles of Iowa Wesleyan had visaed Mr Throop at Lincoln only a few weeks ago, found --- him eager to hear about Iowa Wes- Winfield. la — Unless you're one leyan and Mt. Pleasant, and making of the players you will not be able to plans to attend the commencement help decide the winner of the section-exercises this June. Mr. Throop, how- aj basketball tournament here this ever, had lost much weigh* during his vieek, but player or fan, you can help months of illness and even though he piCk the tournament queen, and help had gained some, still was in a weak- maRe Hitler et al look like a chump, ened condition. sooner or later to boot. Throop’s newspaper career began as A ten-cent War Stamp will entitle ane area- capturing hundreds of prisoners and knocking out numerous arm-ored cars. The whole battle line in general central and southern Tunisia has new Pleasant Grove- Peen restored to positions held by the allies, before Nazi field-marshal Erwin Rommel launched his ill-fated southern sweep three weeks ago. Flying Fortresses intercepted a convoy of six enemy ships in the Mediterranean IO miles northwest of Bizerte harbor, sank four of them and Pleasant damaged the other two. Other allied planes bombed and strafed enemy airfields, transport columns and motor vehicles all over the far flung battle front, shooting down at least two enemy planes and damaging many others. Queen Contest At Winfield Tourney Must Buy Stamps In Order To Vote R*d Army Advances Three To Six Miles Moscow, Russia <INS' —Advances of three to six miles were scored today by the Red army south and southwest of Rzhev. on the central front west cf Moscow, despite furious German counter attacks to stem the latest Russian offensive. Recapture of 42 more inhabited localities in this front was announced in the nocn communique of the Soviet high command. Adapid surge was underway by the Red army in the direction of the pivotal Nazi base at Smolensk, 135 miles southwest of Rzhev. prices levels by areas as of April I. Similar universal ceiling prices will be announced for beef, veal, lamb ani mutton in the next several days. These ceilings replace the old s ore-fcy-store price ceiling, ending, the OPA Two local young fathers are home now because the Red Gross served in their behalf to get them permission to come home. The Procedure. If a soldier desires to come home besand. "the practice of explaining away C&US2 a relative is ill. he so requests exorbitant prices for pork product.' one cf j^is superiors. The officer when a housewife asks questions. turns the request over to the Red A licensing system for ail slaughter- cross which in turn wires Mr. mg of meat animals for market soon He inves igates and wires back will be announced by the department case vaiid (if it is). The Mar. 9th. of agriculture. Slaughterers of meat, Bed cross so informs the officer. The The following members reported on the sick list: James Bowling. Des Moines, hospital. Orlie Upchurch, Govt hospital at Benton, IIL, Mr. Cummings an employee cf the State hospital and a member of the Bone-part Post, has applied for admittance to the Des Moines hospital. Frank Abraham gave a report on the commanders and adjutants meeting held in Des Moines recently. 138 paid up members for 1943 Next county meeting at Winfield, Then he went to Davenport. la., as {or queen, but two of the four attend-publlsher of the Davenport Democrat, ants pe from the local high schcol. remaining*there until he went to Lin- Candidates for queen are; coin when the Lee syndicate purchased £iizabeth Utter .. Columbus Junction Scarff Produce Truck Destroyed Truck the Star. A former president of the Inland Daily Press association, the publisher was a director of the Democrat Publishing Co., Davenport; treasurer ann Lillian Peters ................ Cotter Dorothy Rees ........ Crawfordsville Mae Beattie ........... Morning Sun Joyce Stuart .......... Mt. Wanda Helphrey and Load Burn Highway On A produce truck with its cargo. Pleasant property of Ray Scarff, was destroy-Mt. Union ed py fire on highway 34 four miles director of the Times Co . Davenport. Betty Lauger ................. Olds east of Fairfield Thursday afternoon. and vice president and director of the Qerrje Delhi ................ Wapello Oscar KegseL driver of the truck Betty Wyse ................ Wayland which carried empty egg cases, flour Loris Davis ................. Wyman ancj feed, said he had driven through The Winfield girls, two of whom are an area where grass and weeds were following properties; Wisconsin State Journal Co., Madison, Wis.; Mason City. la.. Globe-Ga-zette Co.; La Crosse. Wis., Tribun" Co.; Star Courier Co.. Kewanee, 111.; Courier Post Publishing Co., Hannibal. Mo.; Journal Printing Co.. Muscatine, and Courier Printing Co., Ottumwa. Mrs. Throop preceded him in deafh. Two daughters survive. eminent had kept prices stable — far mere people would have accomplished mere security for themselves than is represented by these small benefit payments to the few. But then you may say; Why not increase the allowances and continue to follow the path ot This will apply to fanners as well as all repaid to regular slaughterers of meat and is aho*her service of the Red Cross designed to close loopholes. through the home service chairman is --the transmission of 25 word messages man to a relative held as a prisoner by the 15.10 to 15.50. CATTLE; 1,200; Calves; 500; steers TO PROTEST HIMSELF, builds houses of brick and stone, but enemy. Marie Lund Wray, it will be &nd vearlings> steady; steers, 14.50 to „ awa inst recalled, made use of this service to to maintain these as securities against . ___ send a message to her husband, a TUNISIAN BATTLE IN TEMPLE FILM to- t. „:ni t the weather he must constantly keep Beveridge and our own current social, * * ravine taxes on prisoner of :he Japanese. I*- I them up, mending, paying taxes y ^ TRYING to do that1 them, buying fuel to heat them. Ut, Fast Service. . fight to provide himself with secui- THEY now in Michigan A proposal is pend ,te pay a base aver age of $26 a week for unemployment, On the ordinary furlough request, in 16.50; good to choice steers, 16.25; heifer! steady; best heifers, 15.25; cow7s, steady; veilers, steady at 17.50 down. SHEEP; 3.500 including 1.500 direct; The news reel at the Temple night and Saturday night will feature ur“ay actual ba'tie (Urns of the Yank., meet- Bocks for Victory campon. eligible to become attendants are: burning along the Burlington railroad Carmen Kongable. Lois Meeker, Ma- right of way. The wind was carry-dora Lonsdale and Elva Grim. mg the smoke and probably some em- --— fcers fell in an egg case and started the fire. He did not knew cf the fire until a highway maintenance truck driver overtook him and told him of the fire. The blaze spread quickly and soon burned the truck and the load. Loss is estimated by Mr. Scarff at about $1,600 in addition to being deprived of the use of the truck. Only part of the loss was covered by insurance. Scouts To Call For Books Saturday s tu!masters Manly Frazer ani Frank Lankford announce that Boy Scouts will canvass Mi. Pleavsant Sa’-in the final round-up of the Householders are urged to have a book ready to give to the scouts when they call at he door. Books of the last five or ten years are being itv therefore is a continuous struggle, the United States or its territories, the tat iambs, steady; good to choice wending to have the state pay a base ave - *s ^ |a nxtmr service Is very fas\ - - much faster cd i ,mbs, 15.90 to 16.50; choice fed which is never over It is not likely that man will ever than in World War I. From Alaska, clipped lambs, 15.8^; sheep, steady; a message is radioed to good slaughter ewes. 9.00. ________ _ Cattle: the kind of security that the political states and delivered wi'hin a short ao0; Hogs: 500; Sheep: 1.000. hucksters now are' crying is a qua*- time after it is sent. Likewise on the . rtf A I UQrt MARKET turnable method which has not per- reply, the message is telegraphed to a A7,h‘ K,ey Station, Market steady to 10c lower. Top: plus $8 for each dependent, with a , ^ means for completely over- for example, protective maximum ct $38 pei . hazards of life. Certainly the states, transmitted by wire in the Fstimated for Saturday;: That suggests a decent living, but >, coming xhe ^ ^ ^ ftnd delivemI wi,hin a short , it also suggest, tremendous taxation on all the workers and employees to pay to the few who are not good workers, or to those who will ve able to makv. more money staying idle and living off the government than by doing a days work. Security is a goal man always has sought and never attained. He will ing Nazi fire in Tunisia. U. S. armored outfits are shewn locking horns with seasoned Nazi Panzer units in the Teboura sector, as screaming Stukas led the attack. It is termed one of the »t*e««ed »' drive most amazing artillery duels ever filmed - - American 105 inm tank killers against German 88 s. Poultry House Fire Burns 150 t hickens it formed the feats claimed for can never do so. Certainly also, governments can provide a greater security to a gicatel number of people by different means, such as maintaining a stable value of the dollar, preventing inflationary and maintaining good business conditions which point and radioed to never attain it because it is not an absolute thing There is no security! Price and wage increases in nature. No government cr anyone else can guarantee that you will not catch a ^ Rnd other current po,meal disease tomorrow, tor instance. U - does not accurately de- capacity as a result of the army unit I will furnish continuous employment. The social security label on Mr and west coast Alaska. One of the most novel of the many requests received here was that in which a soldier wanted a furlough to come home to marry a girl. The home service chairman’s assignment then was to call in the girl and find out if she really expected to marry the fellow. He got his furlough. Mr. Cookes is now serving in a new $15 IO: IGO to 180 lbs., $14.50 to $14.- 90; IOC to 330 lbs., $14.80 to $15.10; | terdav afternoon. TWO GRANGER SCHOOL CHILDREN KILLED Granger, Iowa (INS)-Two Granger school children were dead today after a railroad crossing accident shortly after school was dismissed yes- i A number of be'ks were turned in at the ration* stations, and a few have been picked up on the milk routes. No j reports have as yet come in from other points in the county. 1 The house-’o-house canvass by the Boy Scouts will conclude the Fin* I ><*strot s Poultry On* Flare drive. certaintly is human life. an unavoiable factor in scribe the contents therein. coming here. Instead of making he packing sows. $14.20 to $14.80. LOCAL MARKETS Eggs—32c. Cleam, sweet—51c Cream. No. I—50c. Cream, No. 2—48c. Heavy Hens—18c Leghorn Hens—14c. I .-ahorn Cox—He fleaw Cox—Dc I Juanita Wheeler. 6. first grade pu-i pil was killed instantly and William i Werner, 16 year old highschool junioi j and basketball Dlaver died several I hours later in a Des Moines hospital. I The fatal accident occurred when \ the automobile in which they ride to , and from schorl was struck by a Mil- Fire in a nouitry house destroyed present the building, 150 hehs and five ducks at the C. J Orc place. 503 Division street. Thursday evening • Mrs Orr discovered the blaze as she went home from church. Firemen were called, but the fire spread quick- _ Iv and before tile fite truck arrived. Beginning Sunday, the hour of serv- the entire building was in flames, ice. at St. Michael’s Episcopal, will be The Orcs had rebuilt the chicken advanced to 9:00 a. rn There will be house recently. The loss of the struc- ■ t.ure together with the loss of the Lenten chickens and ducks amounts to a sub- CHANGE OF HOUR AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH no evening service hereafter. The first services for the Season will be held at 3:00 p. rn. Ash Wednesday, and will continue with x celebration of the Holy Communion at and Address at 7.30 Waukee railroad passenger train at 19 30 and Litany a crossing at the edge of Granger. J en each Thursday until Sister Week stantial figure Origin of the fire was not known A smell kerosene water heater in operation in the building had given no indication of not working properly.

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