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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 23, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 12 - M<h. I Ii-May llrill ■ Hal IKnell slam]'. I-'ivc pound.-) » ■ * B~4 . toffee 26 - Mar. 22-Apr. 25 J MBB \J Coffee (Each stamp, I pound) MT PLEASANT NEWS VA LID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil I - - - Until Apr. 12 Fuel Oil 5 * - - Until Sept. .‘>0 (Each stamp, ll gallons) Gasoline No. 5 Mar. 22-Apr,21 VOL. EXXI, No. fillTuesday, March 2‘1, 1913 MT. I* LF VS A NT, IOWA Axis Armies Stagger Under Offensive THE ll LYV OI; IV Paul Mali,on yy (Distributed by King Features Syn dirate. Inc. Reproduction in Pull or in Part Strictly Prohibited.) WASHINGTON — ll IS NOT TOO MI MI to .»y that the BaH-I*ur;on- Hatch-Hill resolver; foi an interna cion alated world wt re surprised and disappointed at the reaction their resolution received in die Senate. They .say so themselves. in private. Tile plans for hastening a senate declaration on the subject have therefore cor, led rome wha t. not in the sense 'Hat three of this particular school of thot intend to abandon ’heir ideas, bul certainly to the extent that a cool, calm, unhurried debate now seems lr prospect, Tin.4 is especially true since the Brit hh Foreign Minister Sir Anthony E-ci< n. ex pre • cd his views on the subject on With the Hou.-e cl Sena e Foreign Re-s. No one asked Eden liked the Ball resol-ion was primarily in CCC Buildings To Be Used Bv Air Unit They’ll Do It Every Time - - - Will Move Barracks New London From in executive so Foreign affairs la! ions crmmitt straight out ii ut ion. That que the mind.s of mort rec mg Inquiries 1 mo; si of the fence. Al rn, thus is one h scions of any cha ington rn recent conflictrue account im -.en a tors di-from both I; of the few' secret arter held in Wash week*, from which have not been reed to the press by the participants. nu, PRESENT M-emed agreed on thi ? ha< fore assume mousty ann it ion, namel ary que;-tun ment af er powers would have* to set tie these qffl*:-.- | lions then by negotiation; that th6| ide al of all of us is collective uecuriy J To make the B ill-Buron-H t'ch-Hiil re -olutmn coliform to tins. most of the H/ocific recomrnendat ions whicii have been advocated bv Vice-President Wallas- and under*-'-?'* ary of st ate Sumner Welles would have to be eliminated The final phrase denouncing territorial aggrandizement would have to be stricken out and, presumably aiso.the international police force. WI hie Eden said nothing specifically on the latter point, it is the administration’* working basis for internationaliz'd security, and the whole of Eden s tone counselling delay was at variance with it and the entire resolution, which primarily would require an ln ernation- Adcfitional men in the air unit at Iowa Wesleyan will be housed in barrat ks to be p.,seed north of tile Hershey builtin,% on the west campus Fermis* on ho been obtained to move five building cl the former C C C barracks at New London to Mf Pleasant to house the men who are scheduled to orr.e here soon Th» contract for the hauling of the buildings from New London and other j preliminary work relative to the bar-racki has been approved. The loca-tion of the buildings north of the pres-♦ nt barracks has bren '’aked out and work on the new accommodations for the men will fart immediately. Housing of ’hr addition men to make up the total unit as first announced had offered a problem which had been receiving consider ation of college officials and army officers. Original plans called for the placing of the, girls from Hershey Hall in fraternity I house.4 and housing the soldiers in the Harlan hotel and in Hershey hail J Later with thr girls in the hotel build-j mg. the placing of the soldiers in a; fraternit. house and two or three other houses in the vicinity of the Many County Men Being Reclassified 238 af the 38- to Year Group Are f armers Home interesting figures on the number of men in some of the classi-ii aliens <! the Selective Service of-d s'lose brat there are IKJ men in the group manned before the late months ct 1940 and without children These men arr no * heir"? c russified and many cf them will be subject to Cli for military sen us within a few» months. Many of the group vail not be avail-ble, hew ever, because they are engaged rn fat ming. Of the 3°> to .5 year olds who were 'reined rectos Tied out of class 4-H. Allied Air Attack Drives Unemv Back Americans and British Armies Make Gains Anie cl Headquarters in Noith Africa (INS* Crack American troops under Lieut. General Genre S Patton, Jr.. techy captured the vital town <i M k-nas- y as axis ermies stagger d back everywhere or. the Tunis an front under a fen,ti- allied air offensive. An official communique announced -ciftire cf Maknassv from the hands which had given them indefinite defer- cf Field Marshal Erwin Rommel as meat, 233 were placed in classes 2-C j headquarters reported that the Brit-cr 3-0—that is, the farm classification I ish 3th army in the south had cut-which continues th-or deferment. J flanked the Mareth line in a forced Left in the 38-45 year old group tor anarch of IOO miles. a lassificatlon are approximately 560 met Work of re: I i be itarted sour fving * he se will said. Anyone must thereat authentic the anonyme cd viatament of his pas tire territorial ami bound should be left for settle-1 were considered. se war; that the four big J ___________ GROUP MEETS TO PLAN PANEL DISCUSSION Wayland Man Missing In North Africa Father-Son Banquet Aet To Safeguard at Methodist Church I Former Jobs Foster Harder Taken by Death Corp. Leo K. Wagner Missing Since Feb. 17 Wayland —Mr and Mrs. Le. ter Wag ; cr received the following roes age at { ON CHURCH UNION 5:35 p. rn , Thursday, March 18: “Hie j t __Secretary of Wai des.res me to express , Dr. Richard Paul Gracbel of the kl* deep regrets that your son, Corp. Fit t presto I man church of Ottumwa. K. Wagner, ha., this dan bun ii t iowa; Dr Walter Turney of (he Union P01^ missing in North African area [ Presbyterian church of Ft. Madison, Islnce Ftb 17 Additional into: mat mn ( Iowa; Rev. George Hubbard of the be >ou when ^eiyed.“ Ea t End Presbyterian church of ot- I CorP Wagner, who was 26 years old j turn w a. and the Rev. Mw a rd L Jeam- ; but Dec. 28. went to camp at Fort Des I tor of the local Presbyterian j Moines April 4. 1941. tio.n sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., where he remained un ii January’, 1942 He was then sent to Fort Dix, Hew bey, pa Church, met in Mf. Pleasant on Mon-|was day afternoon to plan for a panel discussion to be held in Ottumwa on April the 8th. I Th<* nature ot the debate and panel landing in ireland, white he ic discussion will be the proposed union between the Protestant Episcopal sent 10 Scotland. He landed in Africa Jersey, and left for overseas in April. 1942. landing in ireland, where he remained until September, when he was al confeicnee now to settle these and churrh af- thp PlPsbytemr church in November. 1942. other problems. THE I hen TALK, therefore, as represented, seemed to offer tile first, sight of a common ground upon which opposing factions in the Senate might meet Bv stripping the resolution of its controversal features, it might be rewritten to express ideals which are common o both. A' least this seems to be about the only thing that can be done with the situation a" present in consonance with the primary purpose of winning the war. A knock-down, drag-out fight certainly would serve no good war purpose. ANOTHER SIGN of settling dust on this .subject was the little-noticed an-r< uncement from the White House that a committee headed by State Sec-i clary Hull is to meet with the President weekly on post-war food, relief, and rehabilitation problems (most of He was home on furlough in October, 1941. Leo gradu- in U. S A The discussion will largely! mi> laM leler received so tai by his deal with the basic principles of church Paren!s was written ^an- ancl IC_ union between the two churches. I Wived here Feb. 27 Rev Jeambey the local pastor, will enjoy receding .-uggestion.s pro and •“*» here with the eire ol 1935. con on the -ubject by those who “ ~ j might tx- interested in the .subject of Reading Given at church union and church unity. He 0 # is looking for arguments on both sides Kiwanis Meeting Lower House Fakes Action For Men In Service Des Moines, Iowa fINK> The low - F a lent— Foster Harker, 80. tossed away at the home of his daughter, M s. Rey Stannle.v. northwest of Salem, lae Monday night. The body was brought to the Stevens funeral home in Salem, Funeral services will of the question. Can Episcopalians and Presbyterians get together? What do you think? I Kl wantons were entertained with a ’ reading ably given by Miss Dorothy I [KUAN Rl IQI WF CC j Ventll, Iowa Wesleyan student fiom UWIUlN DU MIN Loc) 'Lakeland Fla., at the meeting Mon- AGENT IS KILLED day evening. She was introduced by I of the Brotherhood will preside, and _ .Dr. Waldo Braden. \ Ben A. Galer will lead the group sing- The annual Father-Son banquet sponsored fay the Brotherhood of the First Methodist church will be held on Wednesday evening. Dinner will be served by tho March circle of the Womans society at 6:30. The speaker of th'* evening will be Rev. C. O. Sir chi. ( above* pastor of the Methodist church in New London Rev. Strohl is a native of Kansas. He holds the Bachelor of Arts degree from Southwestern College. Winfield. Kansas, and the Bachelor of Divinity degree from Iliff Theological Seminary in Denver, Colorado. He is completing his firs? year as pastor at New London, having moved from Madrid last June. Pieceding the address Georgia Del Clark will play several numbers on the vibraharp Chester Morgan, president Getting Nearer Set The British were reported to have leached a point only IO miles south cf El Hamma, a railway junction 30 miles to the lear of the Mareth line and about 20 miles due west of Gabes or. the rea coast. At the same time. the Algiers radio reported American forces only 30 miles from the sea. ''Editor’s Note: The German high command admitted that axis forces were on the defensive. Violent fight-ng was reported. “Counter attacks of German troops threw the enemy back at some points.” a communique said. • On other sectors of the front German and Italian formations supported by the Luftwaffe are engaged in heavy fighting.) Advance Several Miles Maknassy was taken by American motorized reconnaissance units with infantry support, which then struck the east. Other American forces moved out along the road from FI Guettar, advancing several miles in a drive toward Gabes. The simultaneous north advance was in the direction of Mahares. Honois were even between the American and British in the swiftly developing campaign. By taking Maknassy. t,iie Americans reached a point only 59 miles from the __sea. But equally important if not The following program will be given even more spectacular was the bril- _______ J at the "Hat Tea” at the Masonic pant swoop of a strong 3th army arm- Des Moines, Iowa < INS'—-Although I Temple at 2:30 p. Bl , Thursday: CIed and infantry column around the illegal slaughter of 2.750.000 pounds of! Play!'t, Ha nm Buys a Burnut, south end of the Mneth line to reach Nearing Conclusion er house of the Iowa legislature today be held at Hickory Grove church. Mis. passed. 91 to 6. a bill to safeguard Bedsit Collins officiating, and buna. the former jobs of men and women (*91 be in Hickory Grove cemetery, returning from the armed and aux-1 mary services .-lier the .ar Damage Aft MMI Th' measure provides that the re- o turtling veteran shall be restored by the former employer to his or her job. or to a position of “like seniority, status and pay." if qualified to hold it. It applies to jobs held, 8 months before enteiing service. It directs that county attorneys bring acticns in court where necessary to enforce the law and to recover for the applicant any compensation to which he may be entitled for loss of time and pay. * Black Market On Meat Broken The A F. Olanzman vs. Wilbur ! Lyon damage suit for $200 which ftirttier to ‘opened in district court here Monday i was nearing a conclusion Lim afternoon. Glan/man is seeking ’he money for damages incurred on hi3 truck when it and tile Lyon car collided near the Boylston bridge. PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR EVENT THURSDAY livestock has already been uncovered. the black market on meat has been virtually broken in Iowa, the state office of price administration reveal'd today. This statement was made by Donald D. Holdoegel, chief OPA counsel, after the inspection department announced it had completed investigation ct 252 slaughterers in 60 ot the 66 Iowa,Cadet." counties in the Des Moines district. Cast .of characters playing; Hanny, played by Elizabeth Conrad Mrs. Blain by Alice Abraham Miss Markham, owner of the hat shop, Edna Close Two war relief workers, played by Mrs. Jennings and Mrs Hiieman The errand girl by Maude Nihart Reading, "Willie Entertains an Aid the point only 20 miles from Gabes. Point Values 0!’ Meat and Butter Will Be Announced In connection with the haling of An Air cadet will represent, the col- . flight school. sales of butter and lard this week, OPA has announced retail sales will resume restric ts honing St. Louis. Mo. (INS(—William J.1 Tire club elected C. A. Morgan. Reynolds, 27 year old union business president, and Everett Clover, secre-agriit. who was found shot to death tary, as delegates to a Kiwanis con-last night, apparently was killed while vention to be held in Chicago. Man-resisting a hold up, St. Louis police ley Frazer and John Metcalf were ..... . . said today. % I named alternates. which Mr. Wallace seems to have been j Reynolds’ body, with a bullet in the1 The club made a contribution to Rita ....Miii v.i.wo.hmii.iii neck, w7as found at the foot of a Ann Russel for war stamps just as stairs leading to th? office of the AF they did a week ago for Mary Kath-of L retail clerk’s union, for which lie leen O’Connor. was a business agent. I W E. SMITH, in charge of ticker - I sales for the abbreviated lecture and entertainment series sponsored by the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs, reported a * < L/fl U. Properties satisfactory sale of tickets. ing. Men who do not have a boy for the occasion are asked to contact Manley Frazer w ho will see that a boy is present for them. lege unit of men in pre REPORT ROOMS FOR RENTi^>^ 39 ON WEEK-ENDS TO HOTEL ,nd wan s ladies to feel free to Mom Buyei- will be required to — ..I ask. anv question - they might have. rurrendei ted stamps Because of an increased demand for! After the program a social nom 1 counting as exclusively in his bailiwick > On the committee are practical men, who know t he problems. None is known as a political theorist who might handle food, relief and rehabilitation from the political rather than a realistic feeding, relieving and rehabilitating Sandpoint. By this observation. Vetoes Georgia Tax On U. S. Properties mean to contrast tnern with Mi. Wallace’.'' advisors, led by. Milo Perkins In the group are Welles, Red Cross Monday announced he had vetoed a Chairman Norman Davis, Dr. Isaiah Bowman, of Johns Hopkins University. Myron Taylor, the president’s representative to the Vatican, and Dr. Leo Pasvolsky, special assistant to Hull. THE PROMISE of weekly meetings by the president with such a group The governor at leas temporary emphasis on but the bill was attacked in the as Atlanta. Ga - Gov Ellis Amal! L()DWJCK TALKS AT general assembly j CHAPEL SERVICE recent act of the which would have levied ad valorem - taxes on property owned by the fed-; The chapel program at the college elal government or any governmental this morning attended by the faculty, agency in Georgia and competing with students and cadets, featured a short private business. j talk by Mr. Albert Lodwick. The pro made no comment, gram was arranged by Dr. Waldo CALL MRS. WETTACH FOR NUTRITION COURSE Anyone interested in taking the Red Cross Nutrition Course please call Mrs. A. M. Wettach. A new class will start it once if enough people w?ant one. The class will meet two nights each week *or Jive weeks so that it will be finished before the canning season. Former Local Residents Candidates at Fairfield rooms here over the week ends, the *^0 ^ enjoyed. Brazelton hotel management has con- i - srr.ted to assist in making Plants, TROUBLES FOR Persons who have rooms available for week end visitors may report them to the hotel. Phone No. 37. Many relatives and friends of the soldiers here in the air unit have been coming in to visit the boys and as a result the demand for rooms is heavy. THIS LOCAL RESIDENT puts the other foot. If the feeding is to be left in the ham’s of such a committee, it is reasonable to expect that they will not spoon but political doctrine# of new world theories along with the soup. On the rehabilitation side, it must also be accepted '.'hat they would rebuild what Braden of the speech department, sembty during debate as a measure After a number sung by the Wes-whicli would prevent the federal gov- leyan choir, Professor G. E. King of-ernment from carrying out In the fu- fered prayer. Mary Joy Weis gave a tine any hydro-electric projects, sev- lovely reading "The Waltz” by Dorothy oral of which are sought for the state. (Parker. Dorothy Venell read “The --- .'Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Confer Degree j Tinn ier Henry Lodge conferred work in the Mr- Loffivick, noted Iowa Wesleyan Fairfield, like Mt. Pleasant, will have more than ordinal \ interest in thr city elertion this year. Candidates include Grant Dowell, former local resident and shoe repairman, for councilman and W H. Bangs, former Henry county resident, for park commissioner. MOTHER AND SON KILLED AT CROSSING MUST HAVE TIRE Milford. la. (INS)- An Iowa mother and £on were dead today at Milford as the result of a railway crossing accident. George Koran.34. of near Ruthven, and his mother, Mrs. Thomas Horan 70. of Milford were killed yesterday afternoon when a Milwaukee passeng 1 train struck their automobile. COAL MINE INJURIES FATAL AT CENTERVILLE Centerville., Iowa —(INS) Funeral servicer, were being arranged today for George Grenk, 54. who died as the Troubles were heaped upon Leo Sanderson, local ti lick driver, Monday afternoon. Sanderson was the driver of the A. F. Glanzman truck which was involved in an accident with the Wilbur Lyon car some months igo. As the Olar,/.man-Lyon trial opened Monday afternoon Sanderson testified concerning the accident. When he lift the witness stand, lie was informed that the house tie was residing in had just, burned and that he lost all of his household goods. And more Sanderson had obtained a new gasoline rationing coupon book Monday morning. The book turned in the fire. SUIT FOR DIVORCE FILED WITH CLERK INSPECTION SOON I cidunt at tho Block Coal iv*in they tad necessary and not. for I second degree on four candidates at "lumnus- then sP°ke bri('n5' “ the stance, rebuild Hie whole world under I h(_ , Q Q F hall MoIKta v evening ;cadets on “Preparation tor Further j a Keynes economic theory which holds candida,ra Muton piciwd.^gaining in the Air Force." J All holders of A Book., must have i mar OentennHe that the spending of money by govern-I A L W(>lch Emmat ^ and Wayne Professor S. C. Ham led the cadets-.heir tires inspected by March 31. the Grenk died yester , a . men to to good whether they have the Games followed the business in sin^iug several songs accompanied Rationing office here painted out to-I St. Josephs hospital. Hi. money’ or not, or really in need. whether anyone is meeting. by Miss Esther Haight. day. two daughters survive. Leona Johnson filed a suit with the( clerk of the court today seek ag a divorce from Garfield Johnson. They) were married June 23. 1940, aud lived j together tidy four months, according1 P the petition. The defendant is ac- j cased of deserting the plaintiff in No-! •amber, lf 40 and I t iso accused of J I ruel and inhuman treatment. from ration book No 2 when buying these products Housewives will continue to use blue stamps fit'rn book No 2 for canned foods. Rationing of meat and cheese also will go into effect March 29. Each holder of a r n ion book will be allotted 16 ration points a week wdiich mat be used in the purchase of meat, cheese, butter, lard, and edible fats and oils. Valu-s tc B«* Set Wednesday Pf nt values of the vaiious ruts of tm it, types of cheese, .md for butter, margarine, lard, shortening, and salad and cookin:; oils will be announced Wednesday. If the housewife does mto use all of the family’s ration points the first week she may use them the next week, but all red stamps must be used by Ap? ii 30, The OPA has indicated that rf the j-tamp;- arf* used judiciously a housewife will be ‘hie to obtain the follow- I jpg products wMth each 16 points dur ing the first week; I. Meat—About 2 pounds. 2 Butler Aleut a pound. 3 Cheese About I 7 ounres, 4. Fhortening -About 3 ounces. 5. t .ard About a pound . 6. Margarine- About 1.3 ounces. Remodeling Hotel The entire third floor of the Home- t ad hotel on West Washington street is b ir.?; remodeled.

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