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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 25, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 12 - Mch. 16-May 31 (Each stamp, Five pounds) Coffee 26 - Mar. 22-Apr. 25 (Each stamp, 1 pound) THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VOL. LXXI, No. 71THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1943 VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil 1 - - - Until Apr. 12 Fuel Oil 5 Until Sept. 30 (Each stamp, 11 gallons) Gasoline No. 5 Mar. 22-Apr.21 MT. PLEASANT. IOWA THE' By Paul Malign (DLstributed by King Features 8jm-nrate. Inc, Reproduction In Full or n Part 8trlctly Prohibited.) WASHINGTON — THE RADIO COMMENTATORS have been playing up the • ncouraging dispatches from flic front with an optimism which is i.ot shared by officials here for the Jong range view. The official viewpoint has changed in the past few weeks. Churchill's statement that the war may extend to the next year or the year beyond is widely shared all down through the administration Eevcn by Undersecretary ol War Patterson. He banged his fist around the table in talking with the senate military affairs committee, picturing the situation as tougher than most people realize Il< d;d not give the reasons, and th< cause of his appearance was support of th* Austin-Wadsworth compulsory labor draft bill. Rut he is not alone here in his anti-cptimtstic viewpoint. Nor can the administration s feeling on the subject be attributed only to a desire to awaken the counftty to a sterner realization of the facts of war. Sir Anthony Eden verified the same British viewpoint in private here as Churchill publif ly proclaimed — and more strikingly. The reasons are not apparent in general news, but everything in war takes from two to four times as long to accomplish as it does in ordinary Furious Battle Rag es On Mareth Line COUNTY SELLS ROCK CRUSHER Disposes of Machine After Getting (iovernment Suggestion The rock crusher owned by the county ar,d onerated at the quarry southwest of Ml. Pleasant on several occasions was rold by the county board of supervisors Wednesd^ to a Louisa ountv man who will move the crusher there. On March 2, 1943, the county received the following communication: "The jovernment division of the War Production Board has asked the Highway Comm ssion to act as coordinator in the state pooling of construction equipment. Construction equipment is de-Jind as ‘Equipment that is used to construct or maintain the roads and bridges wdthin the state." The plan of the pool is to arrange for voluntary rental or sale of surplus equipment from one county or municipality to another county or municipality within the same state. There is no inclination cn the part of the War Production Board to be arbitrary In Yq^0 IJICTCRSC III the matter, but they are anxious to Capture Two Escaped Convicts Left Cherokee Tuesday Night; Caught In Des Moines Dcs Moines, Iowa (INS(—Raymond £ Sm th. 21. ar.d Harvey A Roberts, 19. two young convicts who escaped Tuesday night from the prison farm at Cherokee, were captured this morn-inq by a Des Moines squad car crews The youths were rid‘ng in a stolen automobile when they were arrested, officers said. The C3r, containing a large supply of groceries which the two convicts said Heavy Duels On Both Sides Report British Have Breached Line Again Allied Headquarters in North Africa (INSr—The battle for the Mareth line raged in unabated fury today as local i successes were reported for American patrols operating near Maknassy to j the north. • Editor's Note: Once again there was Reduce Meat and Rutter 25 Per Cent commutes sentence Uowa House Would make sure that all highway construction equipment is being used to the best advantage " _ f rv*s»., The Board of Supervisors consider- Senate Acts To Increase I < . ed the matter and weighed among j Pay to $6.50 other things proximity Supervisors’ Pay 0F lifer to 25 years to the Ordnance plant; the difficulty of getting Des Moines. low • <INS< Do Moines. Iowa (INS)—Governor j B B. Hickenlooper today commuted j the life sentence of Jimmie Lynch, 29, | of Cedar Rapids, convicted bank rob-The senate j ber 25 years business — and usually twice as long » — — --- as expected The vastness of the en-icompcte^ help " OP^ 1 t of the IOW* fe*isi*ture toda% f,ver‘ \ Lynch, with three other men, rob tar prise is IneomprehenMble to any one man. THE SLOW-DOWN on the Russian front may have something to do with it. and the German temporary success against our right flank in North Af-lio did us no good MarArthur also is finding the going slow through 'he Jungles. Hitler's abllltv to muster a good reserve of 300.000 for the Kharkov counter-attack and the fact that mud saved him in the south, are factors Production is slightly under goals, but none of the yet published figures j &!»■ sufficient to be a dominant cause The fundamental truth always to be remembered by any news reader is that neither Churchill, Eden. Pat terson, i. >r am military man. says what he really thinks about such a deep military secret. Indeed, they of-ten use such tactics to deceive the enemy into a false sense of security. All of their statements together do not preclude the possibility that a Micnd from might be opentfcf up successfully tomorrow or any other time. No one s opinion regarding the duration of wars has been worth anything in history. Ail agreed at the outset of the Civil War. both North and South, that it would not last more than sixty days, and it lasted four years. Certainly no citizen should take any of these views, or his own. as a model1 for making his future living arrangements — or his Victory garden. Nothing1 can be taken for granted in war. THE SAME ANTI-OPTIMISM applies to the situation confronting the motorists. A bulletin is understood to have been sent to local rationing boards from headquarters here suggesting that the A-5 coupons will not only be continued to July 21, but the A-6 will be extended through the rest of the summer into November, which means a further drastic curtailment in the basic gasoline allowance. Official figures on gas supplies are secret, but* estimates have been made that production supply at the end of this year will be increased in pipeline, and transportation facilities. THE REPORT of the president's advisory committee on man-power — Baruch, Byrnes, Hopkins. Leahy, and Rosenman — is understood to be politely but devastatingly critical of the eflorts of manpowerer Paul McNutt and food administrator Wickard. For this reason, and others, the report may not he mide public. Worst shortage the committee found was in farm labor. ment; the prevailing high wage scale and back to the lower : b€d a ce^r Rapids bank of $2,600 in in the community; the crusher ran- bouse bill for county official and j 2933 nd a\\ Were committed to Fort not get production without a shovel empi0V«»eS' pay boost while the hou set Madison penitentiary. The others, which would cost $10,000 if one could refused to concur in senate changes Hukcnlocper said, have had their be obtained, the deterioration of the ^ two ether measures and sent them equipment if allowed to set idle, and conference committee, the inability of it to compete with i q*be senate version of the pay boosts more modern after-wat; equipment, 1 bdj woum put supervisors in larger 1 aversion to involuntary rental which counties on a iiat annual salary oil sentence commuted and have been released. since might come; and inability to compete with contract prices. $2,500 a year, except in count!** having a five-man board, and would boost Consequently the board fixed what pay jn gunner counties from the they considered a fair price for the present $g.00 a day to $6.50. outfit of $445000 and it sold. j An attempt to eliminate allowance Th* board is very mindlul of the l of mi|eage and other supervisors' exfact that much more rock wdll be was defeated. needed to maintain the county high- j ___ ways but under present conditions. ww 1 n the action of the buard seems logical lflcll dHQ TMlj N can nc used after! Attend Banquet the war to purchase more modern! __ equipment. Dr. Braden Named Dean of Students a report that the British 8th army hey stele from a grocery store, was ..breached” the Mareth line. It taken in Des Moines, according to 91 }s time from the Algiers radio youths. but was not 0ffiCiany confirmed. . i pnme M.n^ster Winston Churchill yes- O.P.A. Cuts Food t"das' corra;-ted„s ;:Tev'T ;‘nnoun,T I ment to this effect by disclosing the For Restaurants Germaas had Virtually recovered their ! defense position after a British - | “bridgehead" had been thrust into the By linP * j An official communique from Gen-I eral Dw ight D. Elsenhower's head- --quarters said: Washington. D. C — The OPA cn “The battle for the Mareth line con-Wednesday established ration allot- tinued yesterday with heavy artillery ments for restaurants, hotels, and duels on both sides other institutional eating places The “Fighting continues in the Mak-order reduces by at least 25 per cent nassy region, with local gains scored, the amount of meat, butter, cheese, “There is nothing to report from and other rationed foods they used .northern Tunisia." 79 to 23 on Highly Controversial in December of last year It becomes ia Reuter dispatch from northern effective Monday. Tunisia meanwhile reported that the Consumers are not required to give British first army had recaptured the up ration stamps for meals eaten in Djebel Dahara, 3 miles northwest of - The Iowa house j restaurants, but officials predicted Djebel El Aboid along the coastal they will find smaller portions and road between Tarbarka and Sedjen-fewer courses under rationing. lane 1 Altho today’s order did not restrict | yhe Mareth battle now is in its the portions which eating places may most critical stage serve individual customers, the agri- j Rommel is nutting up desperate, culture department is now studying all-out resistance to prevent his forces a plan to impose such a limitat on on jn the Mareth area from being looped meals for diners-out. \ in a sack and cut to pieces. Abolish War Time Question Des Moines. Iowa of representatives Wednesday afternoon passed the bill to abolish war time in the state and dumped the measure in the lap of the senate. The vote was 79 to 23. Despite the bill’s vigorous support from many of Iowas rural areas and its decisive victory in the house, it still must hurdle serious obst teles before it becomes law and many legisla- E. VVavne Hilmer Resigns From _ Part of Work Makes Charges In “Fake” Steel Tests , the annual men and boys banquet held by the church Brotherhood Wednes-Washington, D. C. (INS'—James W. dQy evening. They heard an inspira-Gerard. former ambassador to Gei- tlonal ulk by Rev c 0 gtrohl, pastor many, today charged that he fake ^ Methodist church at New Lon-steel tests by the Carnegie-Illinoi.> dQn whose topic was -Facing the steel company, recently revealed by gtars.. the senate Truman committee, can be McCoy, Iowa Wesleyan student laid to control of United States Steel ^ transferred here recently from by bankers J. P. Morgan and Com- lQVa gtate Teachers collpge, sang two Announcement is made by President Stanley B. Niles at Iowa Wesleyan of the election of Dr. Waldo Braden as dean of students at the college by the college executive committee. Dr. Braden, professor of speech at Iowa Wesleyan and formerly local hrgh __? school instructor here, succeeds E. Men of the Methodist church and | Wayne Hilmer. who submitted his their sons, or other sons, attended | resignation from the dean position. asking to be relieved of that du'y. His Sons are Guests at Methodist Church work is exceptionally heavy because of added teaching duties and he also has charge of the summer school. Dr. Karl Ellis is academic clean at Iowa Wesleyan and Miss Frances Moser, dean of women. Industrial User* Cut. Another OPA order today slashed Pierce Strong five observers believe it will die in the j allowances of rationed foods to indus- German Defense Lines trial users, such as bikers and food, Moscow, Russia —<INS>— Russian processors, by 30 per cent below their f0rces qriving on Smolensk from the 1942 usage. | north have pierced strong German Restaurants will be permitted 101 defense lines north of Dukhovshina. buy meats and other products 011 the ^ miles from the Nazi winter base senate. The house vote was decided primal-ily along city-rural lines with 15 of the 23 opposing votes cast by representatives who live in cities of more than 10,000 population. If the bill should be enacted and signed by Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper, just what the effect would be is problematical. The situation would consist of the same point system as householders, and suppiy center, and are pursuing but the number of points they may beaten cnemy troops falling back rap-spend will be determined by a mathe- ,djy ^owarcj Smolensk, matical formula. j ^wo other columns were smashing The number of peisons a restau- ; cn ^bp kpy base which served as Hit- be stockholder in United numbers with Miss Esther Haight pany." Gerard, a su^kuuiuci u. playing the accompaniment. States Steel, which controls Carnegie- president. C A. Morgan presided at Illinois, made his charges In a tele- thp meeting. A brief business session gram to Senator Harry S. Truman, hpld }n which the men expressed chairman of the investigating com- a desire t0 jiejp with work in con- ee- r.ection with keeping the church recre- As a stockholder of United States ation;jj hall open on Saturday after-Steel which controls the Carnegie- noons and evenlngs and 0n Sundav Illinois company. I am shocked at dls- aftemoon for the voung 1Jrople of Uie closures of dirty work which endan- community and for th(, tidier* in the gers lives of American soldiers, sailors Red Cross Redo ubles Efforts To Exceed War Fund Goal rant served last December will ^ jer*s 2942 headquarters, from the east multiplied by .93, The point value of and nortbeaust federal l .w saying one hlng and' the actual meats and othei now ra- j Meantime. Russian armies in the state aw ano er ve mpas jtioned products used last Decembei Caucasus penewed their offensive at- of the bill do not claim he meas- ^ ^ reduced by ^ per cent which_ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ever calculation gives the smallest withjn 25 miles of the Black Sea port total points will be used to determine ^ Novorossisk after over-running the restaurants allotment for one , Abynskay a to the northeast, month. j Thg n00n communique made no Ceiling for Snack Houses. ; mention of enemy gdins on any front The second formula the point gtubborr soviet defense apparently I limitation to <5 per cent will pro- halted the Nazi drive in the Don- | vide a ceiling for eating places such basjn and agajnst Kursk, s soda fountains and sandwich shops Meantime, Red army columns which serve less food pei person j 5ma4jjed closer to the two last re- than large restaurants, officials 1 mftining fortified towns guarding the ure could be enforced in connection with postoffices, federal courts and other federal offices. Train, interstate bus and radio schedules would, of course, continue on war time and it is likely that at least the major government war production plants would. The first allotment period for thi» approaches to Smoleask. One Rus- ^rationing will be from Maich 29 to!Sjan spearhead was reported within the end of April Thereafter allot‘ f0Ur miles of Dorogcvuzh on a main ments will be made on a two months • highway 50 miles east of Smolensk. and crews of merchant ships," Gerard raid in his telegram. Explosion Toll Mounts To Ten RETIRES Fred Gebhardt has bought the dray business of Dan Hoffman in Tama. Mr. Hoffman, 82, is retiring after 51 An excellent supper with chicken as i the meat was provided by the March | circle, members of which contributed 'from their home canning to fill in on rationed goods. High School Track Practice Opens This far forty-two Mt. Pleasant high school boys have registered for track practice which, began this week. Prac-“The total number of known dead Is ^ fm fhp ftnt wpf,k wjH bp hpld in_ now ten. All other employees have doors but beginning next Monday they been accounted for". Colonel Brown's ^ prartice at McMillan park. statement said. Coach Fred Fkstrand said he has onlv two track meets he Is sure of, the BUYS PROPERTY first at Fairfield on April 16. and the AT NEW LONDON second at Ft. Madison. April 30. Ravenna, Ohio—(INS)—Ten dead and two injured was the toll of yesterday’s ammuni ion explosion at the government’s portage ordnance depot. Colonel Raymond A Brown, commanding officer, announced today. Washington. D announcement of more than $50,000,-000 con'ributed during the first half of the campaign, workers throughout the nation are redoubling their efforts to surpass the $125,000,000 minimum goal of the 1943 Red Cross War Fund. Disclosing the initial response of Americans to President Roosevelt’s plea for support qf “the greatest single crusade of mercy in history, Walter S. Gifford, national War Fund chairman, said results were encouraging and that complete success “will prove tha.t however difficult the problems we face in these war times we can make the necessary sacrifices voluntarily and cheerfully to meet them ’’ “We have already obtained $50,000 -000," he said, “and that leaves a long way to go but campaign workers everywhere are carrying on wi'h enthusiasm and there is an increasing understanding by everyone of the importance of thr Red Cross in the war—of the service it provides our men in the armed forces, especially those on the fighting fronts.” Milwaukee was 'he first city with a quota of more than $1,000,000 to go over the top. By the end of two weeks Ida 1 it had gone 40 per cent beyond Its C.—Heartened by ate circumstances contribut ed a $1,000 basis. , - check to that city's chapter, the fol- OPA ofiicials said restaurants and Attacks lowing circumstances were related: He other institutions should apply for has four sons in the armed services, their allotments with local ration rr€IICi) LOSSt two overseas, and recently when his boards between March 29 and April 7 , London. Englai The afternoon assault by the RAF followed sharp night sor ies by German craft on Scottish towns ,md ob- (IN S)—A strong fifth son was about to be inducted Until their exact allotments are flgur-; force of RAF fighter and bomber the boy fell ill and died. The Red cd, the institutions may obtain emerg- planes today attacked the northwest Cross effected return of the two er.oy rations up to 50 per cent of their [coast of Nazi occupied France brothers from camps in this country expected allowances upon application so they could see him before he died, to local ration boards, and it was in appreciation that the Inventories Asked father made his large gift to the War Institutions, including eating houses, jectivrs in northeast England. Pypd ere required to report to local boards In turning over $10 *0 the Sac- their inventories in pounds as of the FxtUHSioil ()t ramento, Calif.. Chapter, two span- close of business March 28 for each ish-American War pensioners whose r f the six classes of rationed foods, sole income is $40 a month, each de- The board will then determine the in- clared “The Red Cross needs th;s ten sfitut’on's allowable inventory and will; bucks more than we do." deduct points from the first allotment Itasca. Texas, had a population of for any excess inventory, only 1.762 before many of its sons ------------------ Gas Shortage joined the colors, but within two C4itv|Of|ri hours Its citizens contributed more CtllllSUII Tf C1I Ilo of Heavy Casualties Indianapolis. Ind — "It is not impossible that the gaccline shortage ii the eastern states may extend thruout the country before the war is over," Defense Transportation Director Joseph B Eastman said. “I am convinced that the rubber Situation is not easing." Eastman told (tHO) Qccrr 1 meeting of the shipper-motor car- than $1,500, or $500 in excess of their donations last year. Itasca’s motto 1 “Big Little Town.” - In Tacoma. Wash., the mother oi Wa hington, D. C. Lieut. George R. Helmer. U. S. M. C., .‘ary of War Stimson said today tbatifler conference of Indiana, "and even on duty “somewhere in the Pacific." the nation may expect favorable re-, f it wore there would remain other donated his entire monthly pay check suits in the current heavy fighting in j ' nsporf tioi shortages such as ve-and said he had written: Tunisia but warned that the price for I hide-, ga o'ine, repair parts, and man “Since I have been in the service I su^h success will be heavy casualties, knew of .‘he wonderful work the Red ( “While we may expect favorable re- New London, la. — The sale of tht s°l VENIR ^ Francis Fallon property in the south Mrs. Charles Wi tmaack 01 nart rf town to Glen Freeman Of Mt. Grove received two pairs of African quota of $1,096,500 Pleasant, wiio will set possession May sar<lals from hiv husband. Serst. Interesting incident in connection Cross is doing in caring for the needy «uVs. we will have to pay with heavv - Wlttmaack, stationed In Africa. The with derations are reported from all and providing entertainment foi men ca uaiilrs inri main mmi o our toys T. T* dated‘tn'oloved at the Ordnance plant and will sandals are similar to those worn by parts of the country. who otherwise would have no means of w<U m-ke the supreme sacrifice" St Bland he has been advised to ployed at the Ordnance plant ^ ^ BaUlmore fath„ |n modfr. recreation" ron said at , press conference. years service. He was injured several months ago when he fell from his 1 is announced. Mr. Freeman is em wagon quit such steady work. move here frrm Mt. Pleasant. the natives of Africa. >cwer. We are net over (he hump yet n transportation.” Eastman sa d th* transportation ■pinch” mould continue as long as the ar lasted and s:id he believed “the v?.r v ill last a long t me "

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