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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 19, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS SuKHr 12 - Meh. 16-May 31 (Each slump, Five pounds) Coffee 25 - Feb. 8-Mar. 21 (Each stamp, I pound) VOL. EXXI, No. 66 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS FRIDAY, MAR. 19, 1913 VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil I - - - Until Mar. 26 Fuel Oil 5 - - - Until Sept. 30 (Each stamp, ll gallons) Gasoline No. 1-Jan. 21-Mar.21 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA THE By Paul Mallon .5-^ distributed by King Features Syn Jlrau*. lur , Reproduction In Full O' • Pmrt strictly Prohibited.) VV A Sill N < .TON — I HEY TALK Si w ULU I i Mr Roosevelt. Senatoi Bail and th.'- congressmen generally» (I internationalizing the world. IS they want to do that, they had tv t o r pl?. Th* th* < | c lied knows Amel1 sci el i f f e re i clit lei^ th fit* Bi at the I irs! int«(nationalize the pco- iundamer.tal riT| t with a’. Ila its, and the reason they are v.sir nai y, is because everyone that a Russian, a Chinese, an in, an African is reared under it environment, taunt) differ-•al.s Personally, I doubt that i much difference betwe^h races outset, a physical difference. and intuitive born. cej ta n! cent. Peril fps f group (f Kl fail'- and Aft: difference not more as they s than IO pe rn Americans Advance On Tunisian Front 399 I HE BARRACKS’ IN THIS ISSUE They’ll Do It Every l ime Section Written By At IWC Air Unit She can never, get FRIEND HUSBAND TO COMMENT ON HER. CLOTHES WHEN TH EV RE ALONE f BUT DARUNC-DIDNT VOO ) ( NOTICE MV NEW HAT ? I AREN’T VOO EVEN GOING ' ba* Chinese, Armri-bnth and placed and reared them bine and ide t group normally than 20 percent. in their inner re born the same, he 70 or RO p< r-ttai spiritual be in tin issue of the Hew appears for * he f i m time, ‘The Barracks,’' a section written bv and in the interest of the air unit members, Hq 82nd College Training Del. (Air Crewe on the Iowa Wesleyan campus. Among the men now stationed here are several former newspaper writers. Thcv. will be assisting with the writing ai d editing of “The Barracks* from week to week, but others also will r>e helping to make the publication a weekly feature The News is glad to coopera t* in publishing the section and believes that civilians as well as the oldiers will br- interested "Th? Barracks is the suggestion of some cif the former news writers. Their suggestion was received favorably arid the first issue now- is in print, SUGGESTS CABINS One of Escaped Patients Located Oi e rf the three scaped patients lorn the stat" hospital her®. E. E. Allen of I id n, a world w r II veteran. has been taken into custody at Ottumwa. The other two men, Wil-i am Smith and William Blyth who cst aped Tliesdft night also. have not yrt teen located. The automcbii? s olen south cl Mil s-! oro in Lee county after a New London machlnr was wrecked ne rby has net bvn recovered. Capture Oasis East of Gafsa FORMER RESIDENT HERE, TAKEN BY DEATH Mr?. H. T. Wnigh received the 'ad Only Slight Interference Is Encountered L.ondon, England < INS - -Th Algiers radio said todav that American and French forces driving eastward through Tunisia from Gafsa re rapidly approaching the town cf Sened. 30 miles to the east. Al ied Headquarters in North Africa ti NS i—American capful e of the oasis of El Guettar on the smooth asphalt r -• 4U highway that le4ds to Gabes on the news this morning of the :?ath of her 15 r., T . „ i Tun.sian e st coast was announced oy ter, Mrs. John D. Jacobs, which OC- Dwight D Eisenhower today. curred at her homi in Long Beach. Cal if., Thursday evening. Mrs. Jacobs had been ill only one day from a hear-attack. Sin- was a formei resident of Mf. Pleasan and had many friends here Her husband survives. Funeral services will be held in Long Bf ach Monday. County Men Ll Guettar lffio 12 miles east of Gaf-ra which was recaptured by the Amen ans soon after Lieut. General George S. Puton took over field command of the clack infantry and armored divisions which form the spearhead cf attack Oi ly slight enemy interference was encountered in seizure of El Guettar. w ike not I rn dlf I en inculatio i they re uidmg im iliefly ft th is the l of dtf-eivc from luences in im inter- FOR FARM WORKERS Two Tickets In Observe Their Strike In Ottumwa Olds Election 59th Anniversary Plant Settled In The Service Continue Drive Des Moines, Iowa UNS)—Suggestion I tat fanners go into the possibility oft buying or renting portable cabins * turn t olm camps to meet housing y0(ers VV i 11 Elect need Against Smolensk Mir fellow-men of liki- kin A Gc cum .tai Chia ny —lf he IU df r ■ir- Kit! Biti AKIN* gooo. nan, lect nab slot! American int cr together ti either of t tm tubers < ic i i a Chinese. hex. and an American * d right the principle Ilion and democracy. HOW N TUES r, halt* r, you will find that kind of people in them grasping, helpful, intel-ti A Chinese •ilectual are re pint and put rn individually i his own rare icr hired men and their fam-jlie was mad" today by Harold N j Hey'. Iowa farm labor placement sup-J I uvi.or of the United States employ- J J ment sr rvice. j Hoyt ' xplatm I employees lias I manv farm From Full Tickets Two | Olds, Iowa — Two election® will be . held Monday, March 29th at the city J housing for house Town caucus was hrid Wed-* become a problem on nesday evening. There will be two, nice selective service hap f ticket®— th Mr. and Mrs. G B Jericho quietly j ct:rived their 59th wedding anniverse at their heme here today. Mr. Jericho has been quite ill the last several weeks but is now improving. DR. MERTON S. RICE, KNOWN HERE, DIES Adjument of Wage Rates Intermediate OLaughlin who has been Moscow, Russia —(INS*— Russian (Visaing relatives *md friends here on fcrccs today continued their three- o greatly d^creai nigh farm hands. d the number of Peeples Ticket and an Iv closer than to som*' CONSIDER PRODUCING REFRIGERATORS AGAIN a g atef natural variance I the same race • good, than there is be rat bulk oi alist ic race; parts e peoples they are The% are Then between peopb tad, iud if fere tween nations As for the j and at I natk today not compotier not soluble, I don't care what the senate will say ifor international political pur-I»osps* in its promised resclulion. or wha? Mr Wallace advocates -the various laces of men today simply are J not congenial, by purpose, hope ing standards, wage rates, and all unglue things, and cannot be made so. Many things they have in common, including a desire to advance themselves, their particular locality nation. Men are competitive by Washing tm, D C ‘INS) Donald M. Nelson disclosed today that the war production board Is planning to bung (certain consult: r items back into production to aid in maintaining a “strong and healthy civilian economy J* The WPO chairman cited domestic j refrigerators a." one of the items re-j reiving earetul consideration and re- ^I*f|Olfl I lOniOtifU ( ailed shat WPB alreadv has authorized manufacture of victory model” alarm clocks, the first of which will be on sde about April first. Mayor ................ E J. Roush Dr. Me; ton S. Rio?, 70. Detroit Couneilmen—Ira Owens. Ronald Metz- j Mirh., who died Wednesday night, ger. Dale Roth, Joke Metzger, i had spoken in Mt Pleasant on differ- Pearl Bonser. I ent occasions. Residents here recall Treasurer ........ Frank Haganman I that Dr. Rice iud a narrow escape Assessor ............ Albert Barqtiist. I when he mounted the steps on the c itizens Ticket I Hack side of a tram here, as the train Mayor ................. Howard Lee \ pulled out, and could not get aboard Councilmen—Bill Kirkpatrick John j After hanging onto Ottumwa. Iowa 1 INS >—The 525 striking employees of the Ottumwa visit with Iron Works will return to work at weeks. :OO a. rn. tomorrow following a vote today, J W. Neashan, company president, said this afternoon. He said the company made some the coach for Boshart. Ed Seberg. John Davis. John Marshall. Treasurer ............... Ed Stuckey Adsessor ................. Mike Ryan To Full General Appeals to President e In Wage Dispute Washington. D C. < INS»—President Roosevelt today promoted Lieut. General Henry H Arnold, commander of he army air forces, to be a full general. about two blocks, he gained the attention of trainmen who stopped the train and opened the door for him. Fortunately no train went through on the ether track while he was on the outside of the coach. Err. Rice was pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist church of Detroit, one of the largest pastorates in the nation. their na- House Rejects Six Salary Increases Des Moines. Iowa (INS*—Raises for liv- 1 " * * The president’s promotion of Arnold, Wallington D. C. *INS)—Warning the father and guiding spirit of the that there is only a six day stock nation’s great air force, is expected J nigher salary bracket jobs approved of coal for munition plants." Rep.1 to get speedy confirmation in the sen-Wliter, democrat of Pennsylvania, to- ate. day “ailed on President Roosevelt to1 (Editor's Note: General Arnold vis-name a 7-man committee to settle lied Iowa Wesleyan last June and gave ture. They want to advance themsel-* wafe dispule between the United,the commencement address, it will be yes abovi their station in life and j Mine Workers and the bituminous op- recalled.* erators. I "Th“ War Labor Board.” said Wal- 96,882 POUNDS OF ter. “has announced that it will WASTE KITCHEN FATS their country. But to an American, this means aj war Labor Board.” said Wal- 96.88Z PUUNUb Ut \ wife, home. an automobile, good j * jias announced that it will not plumbing, a radio, a garden pet haps. ( consicie?r the question of a $2.00 a day md neighbors and friends to wh<*n|raise for miners. John L Lewis has j Moines iowa (INS*- Iowans he can express his opinions “J* J said the men wont go into* the pit) ^ ^ g of waste kit. damn well chooses To the Bi tmh. , April m if thev don't get the raise. ,^ ^ rturine Januarv it Hnrs not mean an automobile (sub- ----- l“cu b stitutc a bicycle' eliminate plumb-1 nationalistic cond!'Iona or propose to to aid the war effort. Mux F. W. in? and such home comfort*, and en-'correct them Welt* oi Des Borne., state chapman Darden To a Ruffian or a I lr .here politician, really want to do cf the women's salvage activity of the ' or in African you rtn dim-1 fumet hills aiolis the line of the can- war production board. Mid today. ,thing including ] ned goods they are now advertising. Although this represented only 35.- j. tf * (they will first internationalize the peo- 4- 0f the state's quota for the month. isi't I IIK'-I PKOPL1-; are spiritually I pie of the world before they lr, t* iowa ranked second in the region made I, inny in their lot becaUM their norm I internationalize i s politics. They will up of Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin and u different their goal ta comfort, am! change the existing situation to the Icwa. • rn, mu I think they arc the tup- point where you will meet a Russian, - p.e l people of all. because they do trot Chinese, or Negro on the street as a BROADCAST WILL HAVE have to squabble over the superficial friend ami. equal. UNUSUAL INTEREST llhin|. nu,, annoy us .social climbing, They can do that by developing the UNUSUAL IN I UTO I las, S acquiring social security). They! IO percent norm lira, is common to all .■rule themsolvis to the simple, nat-1— the common intuitive ins'mcts-lnto ural pleasures of life which are far (a mass civilization important make by the appropriations committee of the lower house of the Iowa legisla tare today were the targets of attack when* the bill reached the house floor Before noon, the proposed increases of six salaries had been rejected and the appropriations committee went into a special meeting prior to the afternoon house session. Earlier, the house had rejected an attempt to cut the appropriation of $450,000 for the highway patrol a few days furlough trom Camp Crow- prcngeci drive against the great Nazi di i Mo., ha' returned to camp accum- case 0f Smolensk on the central front, pp pied I - his sister, Marcella, who will yielded some ground in a sharp Mrs. O Laughlin sevoiai ^an|r engagement southeast of Khar- ; kov on the southern fi*ont. ** . ! Battlefront dispatches said a tre- ( pl. Robert VVehrle of Aberdeen, Mel and h, wife and baby son were visiting relatives and friends here Wed-Wehrle was enroute to adjustments of “intermediate wage > nesday. Mr applying to semi-skilled men I Los Angeles where he has been Matu rates, nod. and that adjustment of others will await a national labor relations board decision. He said he had sought to have the men return to work at 3:00 p. rn to- day but they refused on grounds that ems, Mr. and Mrs. Vern men on other shifts would lose a greater amount of time through the strike than the afternoon shift. Neashan said parts essential to 30 tanks were lost through the strike. mcndous battle had developed around the Russian biidgehead at Chuguyev. 22 miles southeast of Kharkov, in the past 24 hours. German armored forces launched several mass attacks against th? grimly fighting Soviet defenders and succeeded in gaining Toe Soviet high command conflrm- ( orp. Keith E. Glover ar. wed Satin day to spend hrs furlough with nis ground in one sector. wife, Mrs. Doris Glover and his par- Glover and et* withdrawal* in an official com- Verna Ruth. He was a graduate of biunique which Mid. the Armored Force. Tank school at "In °™ “«*« German tanks sue- Fort Knox. K.V., March 12 and will «**««* in pressing back our units return to Fort Knox Sunday. somewhat. Ha * Elsewhere on the Donets region Marvin < arlisle. Fireman Control In however, Soviet forces held their own. structor, S 1-c visited with his par- killing 700 enemy troops and destroyed eats, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carlisle. 5 tanks. Russian air forces destroyed Sunday. or damaged IOO enemy Lorries carry- ing troops and supplies and shot down Pvt. Frank Septer,. who has been three fighter planes. — -,j stationed in Kearns, Utah, Is visaing on the central front, the communi- Washington, D. C. (INS>—Abandon- this week with his mother. Mrs. Mary j-gj^ Red army columns advancing of the 40 hour week and placing Septer. Hp wdll leave at he end of the jng ijeycnd recaptured Izdeshkovo, 25 the millions of industrial employees I week for Wichita, Kans., where he will miies vkcst cf Vvazama, took several Abandon 40-Hour Week, Rickenbacker on an “incentive” work plan would woik in an airplane factory. solve the nations man-power problem, congress was told today by Captain inhabited localities. Seaman 1/e Ralph J. Rogers, with Eddie Rickenbacker. the Coast Guard, arrived Saturday Testifying before the senate military j night for a weeks visit with his par-affairs committee on the critical man-1 puts and sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Ben power situation, the hero of two world j Rogers. Misses Mary and Margaret wars frankly admitted he knew noth- Rogers, and also with friends in Mt ing about the Austin-Wadsworth act Pleasant. Ralph has been in four wrar for universal service by women as well as men but that he did know something about industrial man-power. SAW THIEF DRIVE CAR FROM GARAGE Three Indicted at Council Bluffs Chinese inate just about every! mere A broadcast over WSUI Saturday They can first morning from ten till twelve o’clock German will have more than usual interest a report from the University history de- Chinese. Japanese, TO a French farmer, (or instance, a Ideate equal to our* ^ ^ ^ mpnt sUted ^ Among topic. IX.” it'Rjretiast* crop,! Common education would help .the will be "Wha, to ^-I'h Germany and while a New York millionaire is bound Oxford movement expanded, to real- Japan" with Dr. Bernadette E. Schmitt of the University of Chicago speaking to be unhappy for many reason*, (envy. I yJ ub(,rals th(> Archibald Mac- and "Germany and Ute Russian Bear." Leiahs of Mr. Roosevelt', administra- by Dr. Chester Wells Clark of the Unt-the Sherwood Andersons, the versify of Iowa. Hillsboro, Iowa — The car owned by J - ck Riley was stolen from his garage at their farm home south of here on Wednesday morning at approximately 12:30. Hearing a commotion at the JRi age. they looked out the window n time to see the car driven out of he driveway and headed north on the Coleman Road. It is supposed that he driver of the New London car wrecked on the corner near the Knight Hartley home. a short time before took the Riley cur. areas and has seen action in the S. W Pacific theatre, the Atlantic, in the African invasion, and sub attacks in the Carribean sea. He will return to the L ist coast Sunday. IM Sergeant Leonard W. Sullivan an I Mrs, Sullivan are enjoying an eighteen day furlough spending part of the time with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Barney and Mrs. Mildred Sulli van. Sergt. Sullivan is with the 398t,h Se nr toe Squadron, Pyote Air Base. Texas and he and Mrs. Sullivan have Winfield Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Kittle were held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock at the Methodist church. She passed away Tuesday morning after suffering a stroke Sunday morning. Burial was in the Winfield cemetery.—Mrs. Lloyd Swan. Martha Mac and Mrs. Maurice Swan left Tuesday for Denver. Colo., to visit Maurice Swan.—'The Winfield Lions club is sponsoring a home talent show at the Winfield school building. Friday evening. Mar. 26. Half of the proceeds of rh*- shew a:e to be given to the USO. —Mrs. Dwight Dinsmore of Cuero, Texas, is visiting her parent®, Mr. and Mrs. T T. Warren. Council Bluffs, Iowa (INS*—Three prominent Council Bluffs men today were charged with conspiracy in warrants issued as the result of secret grand jury indictments issued Fesler- Monahans, Tex., where , „„ „ , . _ . . . HoV . , Warrant Officer Melvin Bcshart of • * Mrs. Sullivan is employed in a bank. . M The indictments accused them of, ^ Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, and Mrs. “conspiracy to impede justice.' j Harold Septer enjoyed a five Boshart and their daughter, Melt a The accused men were Roy Smith. dav furlough visiting a? the homes of Jean, of San Antonio, Texas, are vis- former Pottawattamie county attor- j his sisters and brother. Mrs. Charles ‘ting his parents and sister. Mr. and ney; A. C. Blanchard, president cf the : watson and Roy Septer and Muss Vi- Mrs B- Boshart and Mrs. John Dug- State Savings Bink. and Martin A f>ja gr.ptfr Qf salem; also relatives in Gluckman, druggist Mi. Pleasant, and Trenton, Mo. Har old is supply clerk and is s ationed a' the present at the air base at Scribner, Nebr. jealousy, losing his money, investments.) I never saw a happy rich man. un- ' tion, lets it was the late J P. Morgan, who idealistic hopefuls contain themselves cast a ride all his riches into govern- in the IO percent reality of what can men! bond's and maintained hts bank i be accomplished, mainly for the purpose of employment ( lather than power. , t ..__... c0 t .-.av all these Wallace, Welles I them, in shor , internationalize th. or Ball plans for a post-war world are people of the world - - make them one. foolish. They do not consider the before they start talking about mak- essential being of man in his various trig the world one. Let them get a congenial situation before they start to congeal it. Let State Tournament Scores Webster City 30. Burlington 18. Waverly 47. Council Bluffs 46. Davenport 33. Sioux Center 31. Mason City 38. Montour 20. Games 'Tonight Webster City vs Waverly Davenport vs Mason City. SHARP DROP IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS j Des Moines. Iowa (INS)—A sharp drop in motor vehicle traffic accidents in Iowa during January, as compared with the corresponding month of 1942. was reported today by Karl W. Fischer. commissioner of the state department of public safety. Total number of accidents in January this year was 896, or 557 less I than the l,4i>3 listed for January, 1942. ! Number of persons killed in January I this year was 12. or one less than for J the same month a year ago. i GILL AND NELSON WEDDING AT KAHOKA Kl The add re of Beryl Barney has — been changed to Pvt Be?yl W. Bar- Salem, Iowa — Arlo William Gill. ney Co t j , Old. Tng. Regt. O E eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gill st. C.. Aberdeen Proving GrounJ. Mo west of Salem, and Miss Doris Irene Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Nelson of Avon, 111., were united in marriage at Kahoka, Mo.. Feb. 8. 19/3 The single ring cetemony was performed by the Rev. C. A. Stump a his home in Kahoka, Mo., arid at iv ants were Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Loving sister and brother-in-law of the bridegroom. Mr. and Mrs. GUI will mnk their home near Avon, 111., vhe;* he I j engaged in farming us and I!rutty on Broadway im Tvt. Lawrence OConnor, Mt. Pleasant, and I “land Olson, Winfield, have arrived at Hastings College. Hasting-. Nrbr , for a course of Army Air Fore'* instruct on lasting approximately five m uThs prior to appointment as an Avist on Cadet In the Army Air Forces. During this period they will take num.reus academic courses, as well as Word has been received that Ken- ® r men‘ary flying training Upon neth McVey bas been commissioned a completion of 'ae emir-es they will be Technical Corporal. f as a> P‘lot navigate! or bornyl,?} barber and go rn to schools of the The address of AC Glen Swartou*. Eying T’ariting Command for rain-on of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Swartout ins in these sp "cia It es, of Hillsboro is a follows: AC Glen L.; Psi Swartout. Cadet Squadron 102. Army. Tho fellowing is a carree ;on in Pvt. Air Force Classification Center, San J»hn F. I'mhill’* address Pvt John Antonio Aviation Cadet Center. San E Fff'bHl, A A.-S. L T. De* 245 C Antonio. Tex/s. ML, F t Wadsworth, New York

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