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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 17, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar ll - Feb. 1-Mar. In (Rat'h stamp, Three pounds) Coffee 25 - Feb. 8-Mar. 21 (Each stamp, I pound) \ OL. IAX I, No. 64 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil I - - - Until Mar. 26 Fuel Oil 5 - - - Until Sept. 30 (Each stamp, ll gallons) Gasoline No. l-.Jan. 21-Mar.21 WEDNESDAY, MAR. 17, 1943 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA News; % Behind. v i!L ..IHM J.» ,.y TI ii’ • st a Ui; the; by Paul Mallon (DiMriu.t* <1 by King Feature* Syn- nuiitp I, f To production In Full or sn Part strictly Prohibited.; VI A Hi ve.PCN — SUMI; RI ADERS ive . km) wb" Cl*- N *w YO: Ic .' tate elation could be count-for Ohio's Gcv. Bricker ate as to give him clearing to bt- the 1944 no.tt-osed in yesterday’s colog in politics could bt' n advance at Gov Dewey does not republican cd so sun at this ch: iv the bt t Wi •Ii Winkle ,* a t* mparai ■att had Dew*: Th* sin onh ’ >v d by idate drastically • break anti y himself is verity o. he ingested by hts actions as genuine tate QUIK in Bur rn i; Ni thing wnici ie r ce. It i chance to Yc:r Mate*. ..'iii or penult nu-ii has come It I that would W I iifeie et. an* I >* wr y him el’ o mean ‘reIere a (ore-w Yolks mali go to Brick- Smashing Raids On Ba SCS Draw More Petit Jurors They’ll Do It Every Time Fifteen Summoned To Report March 22 Recsets bks DOUGH FOR HIS ORIGINAL IDEAS HE’S ONE OF THE TOP BRAINS OF THE ADVERTISING WORLD. sr! /^LASW' IVE GOT ( ITf "LOOPERS SOUP ( IS SUPER-DUPER \ POR LUNCH OR. SUPPER, A BUILDER-UPPER? " HOW'S THAT ? HERE'S But when it comes to a birth dav or ANNIVERSARY PRESENT, HE CAN T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE UNUSUAL THAN FLOWERS OR CANDY f THREE ( GUESSES J WHAT IVE I GO Vermace Buys Fairfield Store Dew Yiilk atren ’A ill wending to keep An and t Iona I I ..st ta 15 petit jurois las teen drawn for the February term rd re summoned to appear for duty hi Monday March 22 at 9:30 a. rn. r!n group is drawn to make a vault e additional men and women for • try work in coming trials a it apii* d possible that the necessary icror, could not he obtained from th** algins I panel Tho «• drawn: Almond. J P Salem Berry Leah, Sal* rn C olt, Caroli, Salem Crawford. Del. Winfield lid- O;-. ill* Rom* CiLdd. B* mice. Winfield Hah y Nella Mt Plea ant Hall Fred, Mrs Mi Pleasant. K* k* I Glenn Mt. Pleasant. I n W K , Wayland. Fayr.e. A a. Wayland Pre tis.'. Loren, New London. « fun: Vera, Mt Pleasant. I* walt Roy, Mt Pleasant Wi.ham.1 ll* mer. Salem Takes Over Management Shoe Store This Week of Strike Kiska And Objectives In Solomons Russians Take Initiative Donets Basin In Ildcn R Vermace, associated with j ic . I a roe st re: the last several years, has put chared an interest in a shoe i store at Fairfield and took over man- j a cement of the store this wetIc. He r.d M. H Ptiebe of Keosaqua caci. jught a half interest in the Family Shoe Store en tho east ride cf the Fairfield square. Mr. V* rmace. experienced in Hie ( she: retail business, will have active I du k air raids on Jap-held Kiska and charge of the it ere. In recent years: f»ve aerial ass ults and one naval he has fcr * n associated with the Lamm ' bombardment on enemy bases in the Shoe store here. (Solomons. 1 The .six raids en Jap positions at Washington, d. C. * INS*—In what may be the pi elude to America’s spring offensive in the Pacific, the navy today reported six smashing dawn-to- The Vermac expect to continue to reside in Mt. Pleasant temporarily. Ihi'r many friends here will regret to lea’n that thry will later move fi* in Mn Pleasant. Public Schools To (live Radio Program Kiska in the western Aleutians compiled the heaviest concentrated attack in one period of daylight since the enemy seized that American island la't June. Although results of the Kiska attack weie not reported the navy deter b:d the raids as “heavy” and stated that they were carried out by four-motcred and medium ai my bombers. Losses Heavy In North Africa BF Will MI -I enure ;■ LOUI! giant * nous* Wii'ki* < cm en tit I1:inn *d B* inc , cd by tit veU migi si in n *ti BK met NCIT ,* 44 eve his tyre ct: on of v,u, Three Hospital Patients Escape re Tho**' • Will liflt the White Tells of Weaknesses In Battle Starting February I I RED ( ROSS NEEDS MORE THIS YEAR Not A Koll ( all — But A War Fund Drive Vote Adjournment For April 8 Iowa Legislature Takes Action Today Thursday afternoon the Mt. Pleasant Public schools will present a variety ladio program from the chapel of mcnt of Japanese positions Iowa Wesleyan college It will go on central Solomons, this time In the couth Pacif c. the navy reported another night naval bom bard - in the against Ii 43, vent tor ad lo* k would U De if the next na-* New should happen to I rn UU en Bie k**r and unlikely now, the ti') rnmbt turn fie London And ( ars Stolen Hillsboro While It ohing to go ( < hose 11 < ‘her ruffle i I pc els. 1 ,**KTh V. el' hk WI •<- ii pi c - . u it* m ion that Mr. Itoose-it have a liar d time being ceti *> a mrth term today A uthcntsr. ii ade survey of states drcP ve th*' ddfirulties to alt ively • in outh outwardly seems fi:j ' rn*- aiiti-ftoospvelt place I*--1 mat ir:us have already been in - ouic* instance • while in th* opposition minds have met it]y to clarify their state prosper pecll ic details — Texas I In Many Iowa srfdien have fee: a i(-ported missing since Feb 17 in central Tunisia. The following describes i the central Tunisian battle of Fed;. 14-a*e hospital 17 an(j tells why the Yanks suffered would probably go today to its gover-m r as favorite son; Louisiana and Mississippi would go uninstructed possibly ‘but not cert only* also Alabama. Ce r ma might well go to Senator George Virginia would surely I go to Senator Bvrd and Maryland j i obit bl} to Tydings. Florida, South Carolina (the Byrne?-Maybank-Bar-uch infleoro?) North Carolina and Kentucky look Ilk*' Roosevelt possibii-itie.s, while Tennessee is doubtful. iM:. Crump has not spoken yet, bul he is restless.) El* swhere the Democratic party opposition to the fourth term Is likely to center around Jim Farley and favorite sons more or less friendly to Farley As democratic chairman of New Yolk, Farley has a bag of votes in the president's home state and could get ‘if he does not already have’ substantial support from Massichu-.<■ efts, Connecticut, West Virginia. J Wisconsin. Minnesota, th* Rocky J Mountain area Guffey territory). New Jersey (beyond Hague), southern Illinois (beyond Relic) and many other states where his friends arc in local control, Senator Bennett Claik should get Missouri, Wheeler, Montana, McNutt 'if he is Tired> Indiana, pa wilts at the h' • ap i about eight o’clock Tues- iii their first brush with Gel day evening and have be**n -.ought by man soldiers. otters since ia'er Tuesday night j -- Mrs Clyde Nihart of east of M‘ Plea ant telephoned Sheriff Manna g Cline about ten o’clock Tuesday tv* Ding tha a man believed to be an escaped patient had stopped there. The sheriff and I* puty Warren Allen drove east on 34. to near New London, but failed to see any one. At New London, officers were info in* i la cr, 'he GI a Mc Millen car wa> stolen ana was wrecked south of Hillsboro on the Coleman road. About three o’clock this morning a ca: was stolen at Hillsboro. Mrs. Nihart later reported to officers that the man who stopped there had demanded clothes and was given a shirt and trousers. The usual Red Cross giving won t raise Henry county’s quota. That was pointed cut in a meeting of the Red Cross bo rd and workers with Edna Mao St lira pith general field re preen tit iv**. at1 the Red Cross room at -the library Tuesday evening. Allied Headquarters in North Africa | In giving reports, some of the The Americans last their first m>- ch irmen said their workers were re-jor battle with the German, army in re .mg (Wily the dollar roll call mem- central Tunisian fighting. Feb 14-17. ber;hip, but you should give from two due to an error in intelligence and a to five tunes as much this yeai faulty disposition of troops, the offic- lls net a roll call. This I the event indicated : dnv Those who give This a war fund a dollar or is! version rf Tuesday I more w ill be given a courtesy mem- An official spokesman in outlining j bsrship card, but the stress this year the day-by-day development of the I is en the war fund, battle during which tile Germans j I he war fund eiive discussion was reached the outskirts of Thala cooeed- only a small part of the discussion by ed that American losses in -material I the Red Cross group with the field had been “very heavy.” j worker. She discussed the work on •Our intelligence at the start of the ' th? home front — surgical dressings, battle was faulty in that we were I home service, kitbags. comforters, convinced the Germans would make I sweaters, first aid. home nursing, nu-effort at Pichon. instead I triter., entertainment for the local Des Moines. Iowa INS)—'The Iowa legislature took action today to wind j.ngh school glee club will dug "Foul up the 50th general assembly with th*1 ^.ral Cle ver’, and th*' Senior high mix- senate adopting a ‘.sine die’ adjournment resolution for 5 OO p .rn . April 8th. The resolution signed by 48 of the 50 senators was adopted by a voice vote with no objections and now goet to the house for consideration. A house resolution petitioning o-tigress to take action on “unfair and inequitable imposition against land- j^tioias lords’’ under present OPA rent control regulations was Approved by th senate. the air through 'he facilities of sta- Vila on Kolcmbangara Island, tion WSUI at iowa City at 5:15 p. rn. “Good results were reported and no Wynona Smuts will announce the casualties were suffered by our for-prcgram. The sixth grade will sing tes,” the navy said in describing the “Nightingale", “Evening Song", and bombardment. "Now the Day is Over.” The Junior Ai the same time, the navy said iliat a;my Flying Fortresses pounded ene my positions at Kahili and Buka in the northern Solomons as well Munda on New Georgia Island. cd chorus will sing Sapphire Ode" by Brahms. Barbara Hedlund will sins “Beau'iful Dreamer” by Stephen Foster. Betty Wittmer will play a piccolo solo “Message of Spring.” Patti Joy Weir will present the dramatic reading "Dark Victory” wi ll which she won first in the state contest, and Georgia Dpi Clark will play two vibra harp as Russians Take Initiative In Donets The program is under the direction of Professors George Marlin and Guy E McLean of the Mr Pleasant High The resolution asks congress to take g^.ftool faculty. Like all broadcast such action as may be necessary to j lr, iri Iowa Wesleyan cc liege, it is put make more flexible “the arbitrary *on the a[r through the courtesy of the patchy indicated today rules of the rent control division of pleasant Chamber of Commerce Mc scow, Russia —(INS)— Russian forces are beginning to wrest initiative from the Germans in the middle Donets region of the southern front, while Soviet armies on the central front have smashed to within 50 miles of Smolensk, battle front dis- their main me men w ho escaped were Allen j ^ fjtfther &outh Faid aS they did.” j unit of the air corps, water program of Eldon. Smith of Blythe of Lee county. Decat ur and, Relative Missing Mrs H. H. Cobb, of 710 Last Washington street, received word the first of the week that her nephew, Merlene R-tld. was missing in action in NortllJed combat teams stationed at Had- jeb el Aioun. north of Faid pass, and the spokesman said. “For this reason, a strong American combat team was kept in the mountains northwest of Fhchon ready to counter this thrust." At the time the battle started from Faid pass, the Americans had two mix- Afnca. Merlene was twenty-fom year old His parents live at Avoca, Iowa. WITH COUNTY MEN IN THE SERVICE rn si a* OPA and provides a means through which unfair and inequitable impositions may be heard by an impartial tribunal on the merits of the case which provides the line to Iowa City. _____Masonic Lodges magazines for air unit To Hold Meetings TO BE LEFT AT LIBRARY Mr. i od Mrs. Walter Buchanan received word from their son, Elwynn, transferred from Camp I attacked through three passes in the at Sidi Bouzid to the south of the pass. There also was a mixed team of infantry and artillery and a small armored force at Gafsa, and some battalions of infantry at Feriana, to the rear of Faid pass. Using about 150 tanks, the Germans Pennsylvania (bejoqii | t0 Dlv, Hq. A G O, APO 79. Tenn. Postmaster, Itek ALL THIS ADDS UP to serious m-tra-party opposition to the rtomina- J lion a nomination which must ai)-1 j ear to come eagerly seeking Roo evelt if it is to carry any prestige. Indeed, the essential reason offered for the fourth term nomination is that the party wants it. A victory ut til*? convention by 55 per *cent ol the vote, or in tile face of any sub-[tanti I opposition, would hardly he .n k< ping with the premise on which ii is based — r.s|>eclally as republicans pre organized so thoroughly throughout the country and have a good chance to win anyway. Certainly the necessary driving The address oi IM. Hubert E. Gar-trtne is: A. S. N. 376t>0384, 305 Tr. 17 Sqd. Barracks 168. Sheppard Field. Texas. Mi Mr. and Mrs. C. t Faulkner received a letter horn their son. Robert, . stating he had been transferred to M r fCabtornic His new address is: Pvt. Robert Faulkner, 874 Guard Sq. Ma-iher Field, Sacramento, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Parrott of Danville. Iowa, recently received a let- vicinity of Faid on the morning of Nashville,'.Feb. 14. One group of 20 tanks came directly out of Faid pass. Another group of 50 came out of a pass to the north of Faid, catching the Infantry at Djebel Lessouda. in the rear. A third group of 30 came out of a pass south of Faid, below Sidi Bouzid. The rest of the tanks, about 50 were in reserve. By counting the armored combat ccmmand in the north above Pichon, the Americans had an equal number of tanks, but they were not concentrated to meet the German attack, the spokesman said. "Bv 7:15 a. rn., the German tanks ’•ad overrun our artillery position at J and other phases, Ii is permissable to establish surgical dressing rooms in other communities in the county, but she urged hat the work not be scattered until the. rooms would be forced to close down for certain periods. Its absolutely necessary to follow the rules in the making of dressings and of garments. One Instance was cited in which the unit decided the instructions were'nt right. The unit made the sweaters according to “home” instructions and found later thqt the whole lot was rejected because the military had a deiinite reason for requesting instruction® as given by the Red Cross. W. A. Russell, county chairman, presid'd at the meeting. Numerous questions were asked and as proof that. Red Cross articles are going through to the boys. Mrs. Leo Flickinger read in excerpt from a letter from James Flickinger in North Africa telling of he tilings received there. ter from their son, Roger, in which hejDjebel Lessouda. The rest of our com says he lias just finished his prim try , lfam attacked, but lost heavily.’ training and will now start the prim- ^ added ary flight training which will probably send him to some other air port. In case some. of Roger’s friends would like to write him, we are giving his address as follows: Recent magazine of general interest are being collected for tile army air corps unit and may be left at the Public Library. Residents of ML Pleasant re asked to bring their magazines to the Library after they have read them. Th? issues will serve not only a recreational reading, but will be of use to the cadets in their class work at the college. To keep the entire unit supplied with reading material will require plenty of magazines. CHURCHILL DEFENDS RAIDS ON SUB BASE The Germans are concentrating them ma.n forces in the sector south of Khatkov and many fierce battles are rag mg in this area. (The German radio claimed that laige Soviet forces had been encircled east and southeast of Kharkov and that Nazi troops have occupied important road junctions between the Donets bend and Byelgorod. Othei* Nazi formations were said to be advancing west of Bvelgorod, which is *0 miles northeast of Kharkov.) The Soviet high command, in a supplement to the regular midnight communique, reported that Russian advances were continuing on the central front west of Moscow despite stiff , resistance by the enemy. 450 Cars, OI Trucks Are Delinquent A list of some 450 cares and 61 truck"- in the county last year, but not licensed this year, has been turned over to Sheriff Manning Cline. The cars and trucks are subject to seizure and sale. London, England (INS)— Prims Minister Churchill *xiay defended allied bombing raids on the German submarine base at Lenient as “an essential part of Anglo-American strategy.” In resjionse to a question. Churchill told the house of commons that "we have repeatedly urged the French population to leave the coastal areas,’ “I have no doubt,” he declared, “they will understand operations such 1 as the bombing of Lorient will bring victory nearer.” Icebreaker Moves To Open Upper River Muscatine. la.--Flee of the heavy i •* The Grand Master of Masons in Iowa, Fred L. Van Hoescn of Des Moines, has called upon all Masonic lodges to hold a series of statewide patriotic meetings at some time during the interval between March 15 and 27, the exact date to be chosen by each lodge to suit its convenience. “It is my belief,” says the Grand Master, “that a certain brief period in ‘he near future devoted to these meetings for the sole purpose of consid- { ering anew what American citizen- je* * ■ ship means to us — its responsibilities New Attacks as well as its blessings would be Qn Axis Convoys immensely valuable and inspiring; and I I that we owe it to ourselves and to I All’ed Headquarters in North’Africa ! our brethren in active service to give I UNS) Heavy new aLucks fc\ allied this evidence of united purpose.” | bombing planes on axis convoys off Tunisia ?nd enemy positions In response to his Proclamation. Mt j Pleasant Lodge No. 8 will convene on , the evening of Friday, March 19. The ! Worshipful Master. Charles Canby I states that a suitable program has, been prepared and is confident of an unusually large attendance on this important occasion. and enemy positions inland were announced by General Dwight D. Eisenhower today ' Flying Fortresses yesterday carried cut a sea sweep between Sicily and Tunisia. A convoy of six or seven motor barges filled with supplies was heav lv attacked. Three cf the craft were hit directly and set on fire. TWELVE CATHOLIC priests arrested Eastman Freezes power is still missing within tile dem- jn-rr S. Parrott, Gp. XI. Sqdn. erratic party, icr the fourth term I j plight C. Pre-flight school. San An-mcvcnr ut. No less prominent a hem- I j.onj0 Cadet Center, San Antonio, Texas. ocratic figure, foimer Gov. James Cox i of Ohio, has let it be said under the * clit* rial masthead of one of his newspapers: “This question (fourth term) can ’ war and to win it in ways and meth-w c 11 wait at least a year. The Ameri- ods clearly above toe suspicion of pol-(!tn people will cross that bridge when itics.” they see the water. The bulls-eve oi our every endeavor must be to win this Flames from the blazing barges rose J300 feet into the air. British bombers attacked an enemy airfield near the port of Gabes, straddling the fields with many bombs. A nearby road was bombed as was a rail line connecting Gabes with the port of Sfax. On the ground, American forward patrols made contact with German tanks three miles north of Gabes on the main road leading to Ferina. Two American fighter pilots report- Many of the machines have been I retarding her progress last week, junked, officers said, but many others icebreaker De Commune, which I*'!* SI junked are known to be in operation and have not been licensed. Cardinal Hinsley Dies London. England (INS) — The most Rev. Arthur Cardinal Hinsley, archbishop of Westminster and outspoken on Nazism, died today at the age of * 77. london. England —(INS)— Twelve Romm Catholic priests have been arle-ted in the Hague and five sent to a concentration camp on charges of advising Dutch churchgoers to evade Nazi labor mobilization orders, the M< : ow radio repeated today. Arrests *-f Catholic clergymen are flhLnring. the report said. to return to their base, General Eis-ed missing on March 14th have failed enhower’s communique said. Louis, Mo., Mardi 5. bound for S Paul, Minn., was expected to pa j Muscatine early Tuesday night, a cording to information frc rn Lieu Com. A. L. Meehling, officer in "brr of operations. The effort to open the upper i v to naviga ion before the normal rpm ing date is being sponsored Jointly by the coast guard and U S. engineers. The icebreaker was 'expected to reach Rock Inland, III. later TUC: ta;, night. Many Vehicles two more women DIE IN EXPLOSION Milford, Delaware -(INS)- The deal las today of two more women in th* terrific explosion which destroyed the powder loading room of the Sussex Crdnar.ce company raised to four he number of dead. In add tion. 33 other employees were injured 9 of them seriously. Washington, D. C INS)-Reflecting the country's increasingly critical ti 'asportation problem OOT director Joseph B Eastman today "froze” nearly 200,000 uassenger vehicles — street ars. busses and ferry boats — in their present service Iii one of the most sweeping orders et t sued by the transportation ag* ~ney, Eastman visually “stabilized” ‘he nation’s entire domestic passenger hansportaticn picture which is booming mere serious because of the ’ ck of new equipment, Ti e order applies to every vehicle ii nig 9 cr mail) persons in passel)-cr transportal’on rn the United C t t s, its territories and possessions.

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