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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 6, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID 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 NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil 3 - - - Until Feb. 20 (Each stamp, ll gallons) Fuel Oil I - - - Until Apr. 12 Each stamp, ll gallons VOL. EXXI, No. 55SATURDAY, MAR. 6, 1913 Deeds Recorded Over March I j O , May Total Half Million Dollars ^OVlGt - Mrs. H. L. Moody and husband to Ij /.'ii- at cavils sn Henry* county and Mrs. Clarence A, Hockett, farm and city properties, mushy farm jarrn jn sections 21 and 22. ira; ,actions, alf rn. closed in the Mary and Frank Wright to Mrs. H deeds recorded with the county re- L Moody. HO acres rn section 2 of corder hen ovet the March I period scott township. Many oi the deals in fat rn land are in Mr. and Mrs. W W Potter to Mr big Ag un s. IT if total involved in the Anci Mrs. G F Marolf, property on following transactions is probably Broadway, north of Broad, Mi, Pleas-around 1360,000. Another bunch of an*. deeds has just been placed in th'- Mr. and Mrs, Carl D Whitney to hand" of th** recorder which are not g. F. Marolf. lot on Broad street, Mi included in the list and may run the pleasant. total over the March I period up to a Burt L Bater and others to W. W. half million dolalrs. Potter, property on Mainline street Recent recordings include: Mt Pleasant Consideration $3,250. Mr and Mrs. Charles B. Pence to Mr Ruth Nvberg Shellman and husband and Mrs Peter J johnson. 250.50 acre.' to Carroll and Frank Walz, 40 acres in Tippecanoe and Trenton townships. m section 25. Salem township Mr and Mr Peter J Johnson to Mr. Mary Ballaid and husband to P. J. and Mrs Robert Ward, 250.50 acres in Roth, Wayland property. Considera-Tippfcanoe and Trenton townships Ilion $3,000. John Arnold Hale and others to Mi Joseph Unternahrer to Emerson D and Mi Harry Rossiter, 120 acres in Bchlatter, and Raymond D. Schlatter Sestion 25 of Canaan township. j 80 acres in section 22 of Jefferson Mr and Mrs Henry H Siekmar. to township. Conoid erat ion $4 000. Wesley H Siekman, 80 acrei in Section 3 of New London township. Mr and Mrs Lee J Metzger to Carl CarlsaB, 120 acres In Section-. 3 and 4 # In Mara-: township I JUltllPl* P I VP Deha Knapp lo Wm M Hoaahn IOO * ClllLIlVl A IVV, ac rf in Section 25 Marion township. - P J. Hurley to Mr. and Mrs. Erne A J Caldwell. 80 acres in Section 3. Center Wapello Other Winner Friday Evening Winfield Nips Armies Move Forward They’ll Do It Every Time - - - The gals at the plant ran the^ BOSS RAGGED till HE BOUGHT THEM SNAPPY UNIFORMS fop. their bowling team /OU COULD SELECT THE [ DESIGN, MR GIMLET WE D V v.’EAP the boneless T f-ERRtNG INSIGNIA- jQ> - Fred Waters to Haz»n acres in Section 19 of j M: and Mr-Rita Lauer, 90 Scott township, Barney O. Ball trustee, to Mr and Mrs Horn ti Gllber. 183 acres in Tlp-pe< aube and Trenton townships, J B« lie Fisher and husband to Wayne Jiaudiahn, 80 acre.*- in Section 17 Salem township. Anna Marauder to Joseph Graber, 70 acres in s»: ction 30 of Marion town- j ship. Mr and Mrs George T Moeller ic j Mr and Mrs. Alb»>r Moeller, IOO acres in Jack on and Salem townships. Mr and Mrs. Ernest. Caldwell to M and Mrs. Ad*dp I C Larsot mayfly 80 acre township. Cor M Farm Bloc Splits On a Parity Bill Farm Bureau Shift* To The Opposition Washington, D. C — The farm bloc in congress Friday had split wide open en a parity bill which the administration opposes en grounds it would force a 5 to IO per cent rise in food prices. The bill is one introduced by Repair mauve Stephen Pace (Dem., Ga.) and approved by the house agriculture committee. It would force inclusion Thirty More Towns Taken Russians Occupy Rail Station After Bloody Battle Winfield and Wapello will play for the sectional tournament championship a' Winfield this evening. Winfield eliminated M Pleasant. 36 toi 33 and Wapello defeated Cotter, 45 to Praises A.ILC. In Pacific Fighter Wayland Girl Complete lot) Ships, - J 700 Planes In Month Lauds Red Cross Win§ Contest Far Away i 29 in the semi-finals. Winfield, twice defeated by MI. I Pleasant this year, put up a determined battle, was playing good ball and never let down during the contest, Mt Pleasant may have had some bad luck at the basket, but was outplay'd by an inspired Winfield I>and Mildred Roth Takes First In Spelling Meet ■ ‘ team and was trailing at the end of 4 i i*pn/Ai * „ „ ... each of the quarters. in Section 9 Wayne V „ • ic no- -j. I Winfield led by quarters, IO to 9. id< ration $16 987 >0 , , ,,, , 16 to 14 and 27 o 21 Mt Pleasant and Mf' Jacob T. Wenger to , , . _ .. . ) narrowed the margin to three points Elon M Br 'hart 40 acres in Section I , _ , , in th* las? quarter and the crowd. I. in Jefferson township Consider!* ion , t . w.lj4 i which had a majority of Winfield $4,000 I . _ _ p W Layer and others to Mr and sltPP°r er *as 1,1 an UJ)r >aJ the Red Cross. At headquarters Mrs. Fred Latter. ISO acre, In Section* *«*» P*™"5 *re hop,n* Cairo. IU WTiat American Red _____ Cros,'. service means to the American fighting man stationed in far place- Mildred Roth of Wayland won first tis vividly conveyed in a letter from an place in the Henry county spelling Air Service Command lieutenant on contest held at Junior high school this the South Pacific to a friend afternoon. She spelled correctly the here. Af et recounting his observation word collapse” after Doris Hirschy of Red Cross activities before going had misspelled it and then went oversea*, this officer writes: ahead and spelled lexpedient” cor- "Now I am at the other end of the lectly to win the championship. world, and the A R. C is filling a Miss Roth. 13, daughter of Mr. and large job here In almost every town Mi. . Jesse R. Roth, is an eighth grade I and city over here is found a unit of s udent at Wayland. Her spelling • th? Rad Cross At headauarters he will tei Moscow, Russia GNS’- Soviet armies stormed ahead beyond the port city of Rzhev today; continuing a two day advance which has cleared enemy troops from 132 towns and villages The Russian mid-day communique reported capture of 30 additional towns of tabor cost, in the calculation cf'ta the sma!hes south and southwest parity prices. I01 Rzhcv , , After supporting the bill in commit- I" the advance Russian units forced tee the powerful Farm Bureau fetter-"* crossing of the Osuge river and celation leadership has turned against it, j copied the railway station In the town land members of congress from farm!'" Osuge after stubborn, bloody fight-bureau strongholds Friday were being tag in which 800 German., were anni- I bombarded with letters and telegrams bilsted. A considerable quantity of ! demanding they vote against the Pace war materia is was taken. J In the bitter fighting in the Donetz Farm bloc members from predom- basin where the Germans are holding blately dairy regions continued in on doggedly despite t.emeodous pres et rong suppoit of the bill, and a fight owe. Soviet forces worked their way I inside the larm bloc was developing as to the rear of axis lines and killed one dairy bloc leaders struggled to xeep. ent re infantry company. , I On another unidentified sector the votes in line. I I The sudden wave of opposition to1 lighting was so bitter, the commum-! the Pace bill Is reliably reported to flue said, that a single village changed have developed after a meeting of hands several times .before the Ger- i AAA committeemen fr:m the cornmer- mans were finally disl.dged for good cml corn area in Chicago last Satyr- I *>r the west of Moscow in the i Velikie Luki area Soviet forces were day. ... , , , It was agreed al this meeting that believed pushing encircling columns aaa committeemen would return to towards Smolensk, the great Nazi Washington. D. C. < INS' —Disclosure their states and start a pressure cam-; “‘"ter base__ that 150 warships and mere than TOO pargn against the Pace bill. A num-1 lighting planes were completed in ber of corn-hog state congressmen were Heavy Attack February for the navy today fore- forewarned the campaign was coming Qn £ssen shadowed smashing new land. sea and and that the farm Bureau federation air blows against the axis - especial-, had decided to change its position ] London, England -(INS’-Stnking j Japan __ in the near future. | The flood of telegrams began ta iiit hard at Germany for the 10th consecu- which America's congressmen's office late Thursday, tive night British bombers made a Foreshadows New Trouble For Axis teacher is Miss Vivian Zear. ! r— --’{find a good meal. a hot shower, a com- Miss Hirschy, the runner up, also 32 Scott township. Consideration I *° Ca” P‘a> Ji ^ ’ d. J fortable bed to sleep in, and what is has a Wayland address. She is a PUMO.OOO j .shown ;n thC UamC (more amazing, a bed with real honest- pi! at Elm school Mr and Mrs M A. Goody to Mr. and t 11 Kam( aga,ns 8 . < to-goodness sheets, fresh clean sheets! Carol Schamped of New London :W«110' h0wev«/ tT Next to home there isn't a place in the aas third. j an edge over the V o,\e- J world where a soldier feels as near to Judges of the contest were E Wayne For Mt Pleasant Cottrell scored 6 heaven as experiencing the above com- Hilmer. ELsye Tash Sater, and Rachel torts after a couple of months out In Riepe. ::"^p ot“‘r iadieswhoiorkin ;LTfuUf ofhc, 5:1...........bnow and told- Mrs John G. Horn, 155 acres in Baltimore township. Fred Klopfemtei,. arui othrrs to Mr „ wund!> 4 Mcsser ,.| a,„i MPV. Jacob C. RtahMlbW*, ^ A1Kj,r!w) , fv)r win- ion Consolidated school distr ic’. Mount and Shaitan I. Countv Men Over 38 w Get Discharged Union property. Con.sideraticm $175. Mr. and Mrs Clark Everts to Mr. and Mrs. Jes.se G Miller, 36:2 acres in section 4. Center township. Maiy Agnes Maher to Anna Cormck ami Vera Cornick. 75 acres In seciion j 14 of Center township. Consideration $9,500. B. E. Seeley, trustee, to Mt. Pleasant1 Golf club tract used as Golf and be«n discharged from the a. my In , . I recent weeks because they were over Ooun,ry clUb „ ,h , the 38 year limit. The list on file at, Willis L Chnssmger and others to * > . t the Selective Service office includes August Hobble, 80 acres in section 26. ne Canaan township. Consideration $13 It’s Still Winter these A R C. canteens certainly are wonderful. They have made and are making so many sacrifices. Bi addition they are .spending their time waiting - on us Americans lying to make us Little Early Yet For Spring comfortable. Looking back at what I Gardening have written, I don't seem to have expressed very vividly or clearly just how swell a fellow feels wrhen he walks up The speed with ___ multi-ocean navy is taking shape was Letters began to arrive Friday, and heavy concentrated attack on the unrevealed by secretary of navy Frank the telegrams Increased all day. It is austria I city of Essen, the air minis-Knox who said that 130 new warships a typical Pressure Blitz. try announced today. of all types were completed and 20 j The message contained in telegram* Fourteen of the RAT planes failed cargo ships were converted into com- and letter- which showed marked sun- to return, indicating that the attack bat ships in one month clarity over the whole corn-hog area. was carried out by a force of 250 to Obviously pleased, Knox said Feb- was that the Pace bill would make the 300 of Britain's biggest bombers, ruarv was the greatest production! farmer responsible for starting run-; Two Berlin radio cations went cf! month in the history of the navy and away inflation, which would ultimately the air at 9:15 last night, indicating he predicted that the nation could ex- j dc farmers more harm than the Pace the approach of the RAF raiders. peel still greater strides to be made bill could do them good. j The Berlin radio station admitted this month ’ 11 ** reported that behind the sud- that RAF bombers were over western _J den switch of passion on the part of Germany and claimed that 14 of the CADMCD PF^inFNT I^arm Bureau was realization that raiders had been shot down As us- FvJIChiLIw K Lo ID CDI I j hJcluding labor costs in the calculation uaj ^jie German announcement tried HFRF niF<s IN MISSOURI panty wou*ci put Proc^U(^s °* to give the impression that all of the tiLKL DILo IDI the commercial cern belt at a perm- bombs MI in residential sections. The body of Gertrude Pittman, (Mrs. neat price disadvantage. A number of buildings were destrcy- The Pace bill does not apply a sin- eq anci there was some casualties, the Several Henry county men have I to a place 10.000 miles from home, sees Fickle March tO'sed in a snow storm storm Friday night as a reminder that it is not yet time to George Pittman), a formei resident of ^ ^ farm labor costs to all gpiiin report admitted. a sign American Red Cross' and knows that inside he will find the friendship P'«“‘ that Victory garden No: on > and comforts of home." some slx ,nches °,f llght 5now ,al‘* 1 but the weather forecasters have Mt. Pleasant, who died at Lee's Sum- ^ mit, Mo., will arrive here Tuesday and, , _ will be taken to the Crane Funeral home. The funeral will be held Tues- i day afternoon. Three daughters, Mrs. A. L. Nelson., Santa Cruz. Calif., Mrs. Will Coxin, Des Moines and Mrs. George Burt f Chicago, and a son. Walcolm Pittman survive. 500. Izyel A. Wenger and others to Katharine Miller, 118 acres in sec-j Mons 9 and IO of Wayne township. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Clark to Mr.1 and Mrs. Reginald L. Van Syoc. 40_______ acres in section 17. Scott township. ; J. M. Brat ten and others, trustees, CTlinCMT^ MAY TAKF to Jake R Roth and wife. 160 acres in & I UDLDII 5 MAI AA Jefferson township. Coniideration NAVAL OFFICERS COURSE the following: Walter Conant, Clar ence Stafford, Walter Barquist. Red Joy. Carey O. Kirk. Clyde William Patrick. John W Reese, Stace Car-j panier, Ira W. Hilton, Linus Kerfus, (William Pearl Lee. Frank Shinek. and Joe Rex Doan. LIEUT. RICHARD GRADY, PILOT, IS MISSING MORE FARM TOOLS WILL BE MADE some advance information that subzero temperatures are on the way for tonight or Sunday as further evidence that Spring really isn’t here. j High winds blowing for an hour be- w„h, D coproduction quo Second Lieut. Richard P. Grady of f°re noon today drifted tile light ..now machinery and equipment 4 OIH 111 lit 0^' To nnri pqiKPri sr.mp inconvenience, but Other RAF formations bombed tar-Labor costs are calculated separate- ge^s on the French coast during tire ly on each crop or product, and pro- night and early morning hours. Tre-ducts requiring a greater amount of mendous explosions were heard in the labor would therefore have a higher Dunkirk area. The force of the at-relative parity position than products was indicated by the fact that produced on mechanized farms with buildings shook and windows rattled less labor. in southeast English coast home. The Pace bill would particularly — benefit dairy products, truck crops, Recapture Central cotton and tobacco, all of which require much labor. Producers of corn and hogs and small grains would benefit much less. Tunisian Town the air force is reported missing in anfi caused some incontenience. bull near|y doubled by the war pro- action in North Africa since Febru- -his afternoon the wind diminished ary 4. his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Den- -ta of ** s,Km' ff°"- nis H. Grady, formerly of Aurora. 111.. «* »>' freezing, formed a crust and and now of'Los Angeles. Calif., have''tapped further drifting, been notified. Grady, was an atter- Temperatures anight will drop to nev for the Western-Austin company. as mut'h “ degrees below in north-Mrs. Grady was formerly Ruth Porter, j em Iowa and to 7 below in souther,! The 25 yera old son had been ac-| Iowa. the predictions stated. $10,5°°. , j __ Mr. and Mfs. Joseph J. Roth, ’o Bureau 0f Naval Personnel of Emery Wenger and Mary Wenger, ISO ■ ^ Uniteci states Navy has arranged acres in section 19 of Wayne township. ^ agencies ^ administer Stella and Harry Ford to James uallfving test for the Navy col- one Mahoney, 80 acres in section 9 of Tip- nmprani known as the! particular raid. Lieut. Grady pecance township. _ The guns cf American planes felled 26 German planes and damaged 26 more in battles in Tunisian skies. Study Manpower Nellie R. Messer Ber! Messer to Rome property. Ralph McKinnon and others to Mr. gradua(es gnd college students credited with shooting down at least one German Messerschmitt 109 In that ^0|0(^t60S L6EV6 ieee training program, known as .he j particular raid. Lieut. Grady was pl- , iCOLLEGE CLUB TO V-12 program. The purpose of tha'.lo^ By BUS I Dday V-12 program is to produce Naval Officers. High school seniors, high duction board in response to appeals from Food Administrator Claude Wiek-ard for tools to spur food output. Following up a recent order incrca-, . . .. . . . H ' ate Truman committee today moved ing quotas of steel to be used by the farm machinery industry, WPB Friday . , 1An _n„. * hie of man-power in an effort to de- revised upward by nearly IOO pei cen u fnt. -.z f ^ velCD a comprehensive program foi quotas for production of machinery j ii non • , j wf t oe- I support of the armed forces of 11,000,- dunng the second quartet of the j-eai. - 11 Washington. D. C. (INS)—The sen-e Truman committee today moved into the muddied congressional squab- 1000 men. I Top flight and Mrs Harold W. Hannum. IO acres ^ appear ^ have potentialities for at New Lonilon. ultimate selection as officers will be Mr. and Mrs. Peter R. Alliman to chosen for college training. The plan Lloyd F. Amman, fifty ac«s m^scc- [hat thjs co„ege traln lion 3 of Jefferson township (ration is given as $8,500. ing will be carried on while the men are on active duty, in uniform, receiv- The local group of Selectees, largest , , number to leave here at one time, went Of the ten American reported I ^ ^ ^ (o Camp missing after the big air battle, 'our examination* and induction P-38 Lightning flyers returned to their I , , , r on bio . J into the armed forces, if they pass. base after being forced down overnight! ^ „ oast. aihi uc g Sanford Fliektnger was designated as at remote airfields, and the pilot of industrialists, such as ! ship builders Henry J. Kaiser, and ASSIST WITH DRESSINGS Lieut. General William S. Knudsen as _ I well as war production chairman Don- Allied Headquarters in North Africa ,INS(—Allied troops today recaptured the central Tunisian town of Pichon surrounded bv French troops when Nazi Marshal Edwin Rommel launched his North African offensive titres weeks ago tomorrow. At the same time, reports from tile battlefront said that American forces which stormed the village ot Sidi BOU Zid have pushed eastward to enter the strategic Paid Pass and engage the axis rear guard. While the situation at Pichon and Sidi Bou Zid improved, the allied outlook in northern Tunisia became worse. British troops, which grappled throughout yesterday with German forces in the town of Sedjenane :n the road to Biberte were compelled to re- two other Lightnings are known to be safe. The final tabulation, including the account, stands at 26 axis planes destroyed against a loss of only six American ships, one of them, Lieut Grady. Mr. and Mrs. Orval F. Timmerman UIMler general military to € E. Graber. 140 acres in sections *> 1 • 22 and 23. Trenton township. } detest for the preliminary setae- Tillie Eveland to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. , „ * „ „ ticn of the men who are to be given E Bigmanson, Olds property. Con- . • j si college training will be admims- Hdcration $3 OOO. I schools and colleges Louise Engle Putt and others to 6 Mark Murray. New London property, .throughout the United States between Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wright to AI- «« hous “:0» »' m" “ bert B. Roth, property on East Wash- f' ! KiH.v Apri 2. ie w ingto,. Mi. Pleasant, Consideration administered at the Mount Pleasant wax $3 350 High Scho°1 at that time' mter- "w, Mr* a w Rcabcr to Goo ested young men should get in touch r Ensminger 40 acres in section 32 of with the high achocl princiPal- L- W.i President C. A. Morgan said today. Ensmmgtr. 40 acies in section oi ! The time of the meeting will be 6:30. Trenton township. uru&». , the leader cf the group. Three buses took the men from here and would pick up a group at Fairfield. KIWANIS CLUB TO MEET AT HARLAN The Kiwanis club will mefn at the Harlan hotel next Monday evening. Will Observe 55tly Anniversary The Ellen Richards club from the ald Nelson, man-power commissioner Home Economics department of Iowa Paul V. McNutt and other high gov- ^ -sh thpjr hold aIld fell back sev Wesleyan will meet Monday evening a j eminent officials will be summoned . . „ 7:30 in the Surgical Dressing work before the committee room at the City Hall to fold band- j The Truman committee, it was in ages. Any other women of the city. I dicated. decided ta go deeply into t*. who care to come and help that evening. will be welcome. Report Cost of Living Up Twenty Per Cent en m les to Tanera. Earlier reports sal J the enemy was in control of the strong height positions dominating the pass and the enemy was not expected t o yield w itll -cut a bitter fight Iowa City. Iowa (INS)—The University of Iowa bureau cf business research today reported tho nation's cost cf living up 20’. from the prewar figures of 1939, 'anniversary on Monday.| The bureau said retail food price: Mr. Sea iff is 79 and Mrs., are up 32^ from 1939. Mr. and yrs. John H. Scarf!. 416 N Main, will /quietly observe their 56th wedding March man-power question because of assaults on the “work or fight” policy of man-power commissioner McNutt and eros''-activities of other committee' Cc th in the senate and house. SUIT ON ACCOUNT FILED WITH CLERK tan port of Naples was heavily bomb- --------ed Thursday night by allied heavy The Firestone Tire and Rubber bombers, the middle-east command company has filed suit against Claude announced today The attack w*i* Port of Naples Heavily Bombed Sea i ff healtl Both are in failing J Noel doing business as Noel s Sinclair . concentrated on the harbor district Service at New Loud ii, seeking pay- anri direct hits on the target area Iowa farm products are up DU*. the j meat of $240.80 which it is claimed started a number of large fires One report said. I is due on account. bomber was missing

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