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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 26, 1943, Mount Pleasant, Iowa» VALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 12 - Mch. 16-May .31 (Each stamp, Five pounds) Coffee 26 - Mar. 22-Apr. 25 (Each stamp, I pound) THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION vSTAMPS Fuel Oil I - - - I ntil Apr. 12 Fuel Oil 5 - - - Until Sept. ,30 (Each stamp, ll gallons) Gasoline 5 - Mar. 22-May 21 \ OL. LXXL No. 72 f RI DAY, M VR. 26, IOLI MT. FLE VS A NT, IGW 4 County Men In Hie Service JOI P I IM ha:, beei Pfr. frctlHif Joii, , v ,il > im lim, cal clays fur Iou--'.ti with hi j) M ilt;,, Mr and Mrs. Tony Joins at iai rn, r ! .rued lo Camp Polk, La T‘ ijff' ay ll wa ar * im pa ii cd to I !* M d-.son by lo, pm rills, Mr, and Mr. Jo. and bi oth**r an?! sister Wa*.ne and Mi Andia Jones I'vt. Jam f ? n eel f J' r n I . My* I •> t h* < ‘I f an th'- qii • rtermastcr cor to the D* t *? h**d Lob' and hi*- addrrr - r a* Juror I Mvt1 I). t Crook, Neb; aska. •od M n*f foil A : M I IV imifkt I . tIonat ( been transl* at Camp Cr Corp Dv.uri s. t. n M ■lr. cr w a arwa *(r red and wder, .Mr I Mes Crow* > ha be en st t-r Im Ida ha now stationed HS Cr M ddr» F 8 sour!. Food Czar To Establish Land Army Hand-to Hand Fighting On Marcth Line They’ll Do It Every Time - - - THERES JERKLEY.SNEA.KI NG IN THE BACK WAY AS USUAL, TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE HE’S BEEN HERE SINCE TEN OF NINE f American Forces Are Making Steady Progress FIGURING OUT WAYS TO r uke the way } HE GOES IN WITH SOME OLO LETTERS IN HIS HAND TO LOOK LIKE HE'S WORKING Verdict For Peterson jDavig Will In Damage (ase ( pl. in a raid J. Mn tin M Wa! Martin i Mon grad NU nance, r« pan eminent v In ever papula! prim* -mover. Fort B*;i: Un Whitney crumps inned the Army of up* n success! fleer Candida try School at nrv i.s the so Mt. P n of Mr. of 1001 Eh * nt, lo ai a, w a -, Crook Ord-Fart Crook Ted ma into*-tv:rte of gov- Mer London Eng. fINSt—Fierce hand to nand fight mg between British and axis to p flared up at .several points on the Mareth line, the Morocco radio d lated today. TI e close order trugglc for posse*,. on of srong points in the 60 mile hne t ! for ideations broke out during lulls in 'he artillery duels that have raged for the past Pao days the broadcast .‘Hid. American armored forces smashing toward- the coast on the Gafsa-Ma-hari . :Ciad were reported making ti acy progress. Russians Surge Ahead On Smolensk Front of UM The Ii Dday Of- Ellis Cornick Loses In Action Seeking $18.3 A verdict it f vor cf the defendant, D iWaup reason, was returned or Ihi r,day' even ng by the jury which c r I tho damage case brought against Fet*n: on by Ellis Cornick in district court here. Corn k ought $133 damages which hr: claimed he had incurred as the result cf a collision between his tractor I rilling some farm equipment and a c r driven by Peterson at Oakland MHK The jury took the case at 3:30 Thursday afternoon after the attor- Defer Men To Produce F ood Three Million Will Be Used on Farms Washington, D. C. (INS?—President r. os CV cit announced today that Chester C. Davis, the nation's new food cir, will est- fclish a “land army" to t rK uce food needed to insure victory in the war and that 3.000,000 men win be dr ferred from ’selective service to ft I rn its nucleus. Those deferred from service to work Mi Johnson’s Address I ti ney. Tho into th so:ved ion, Ck Goo: did a ?* Sc’ held the mg eof on new lo men. t* army on A with the 3i C. I I TU C a. UM 19, 1942. a Training Batt Clamp Whee to OAT cr Cl Russia <1 NS t Russian * d head on the Smolensk t and fought bitter defen- ' • " ■■ At Victory Meeting .si to a lr-, were reported lib-| * he Red army advances and < u< rn ti cop were slain Ov er batties from the Smolensk RETURN TO WORK AT CLINTON PLANT T 150 New Member Farm Bureau Here n Chn I >o; th rf e k of c ioned. iii I* e W( I* her*! D J 2nd Bn. Pvt. is: Cf PtatcK Texas Fe How mg i: the n AC Glen V M< < i be t;o hni'of. Sqd J. A Gal ii* n CH K en a terr cd from Avenger lei . rexa> b* eeteu a R T C ii,n Bai a add re 430. Cad? A L B GI* n was IJ eld, Sac inc-ii t 4‘ h Dr F S rang awa I It t i the Caucasus. .c re on communique reported caped IU era mv blick houses in the Mig on J; unde igna ted sector of chi ia1 front F.'Aeral addition- . : a re taken in the Kuban of the northwest Caucasus where Re: inn have resumed the offen-attf-r a lull of several weeks. the <i area strong Ger- j It <k pushed back Soviet forbid for<cd them to surrender two '•c's but night counter-attacks re-! Claiming V ictory For Rum! Tax Plan c Francis Johnson, iowa Farm Bur» iu Federation President. will ar * Henry County Farm Bureau im mb t at a Victory Meeting in M- Pi > Monday evening. March 29th u/tcrm;-nate the membership '’rive. Mere than one hundred fifty new members have been secured. Martin Bruhl, popular rn: * r lr n Burlington will app-a: also with a special music presentation. Ten acre com yield medals, door prizes, lo -al md tm cit.es, the communique laient numbers. new member recogni tion will be Included on the program 1 ' ,n • ‘ n,PG to mash through a, the pleasant high school au ii- 'j < Dom river sn the vicinity of money. 25 mile out heist of Khar-v w< I mashed by Russian de- j(X; employee Corn Prod ? it earlier wage db agr mcnI mg folic rn Sill . i INfv Approximately I,* s of Che Clinton Ct mpany’s s: ng pan', who walked this week because of a *, with tile company man- Harlan dub ( ase To Open Monday Action Against McMillan Relative to Work on Building | . .TTT. , REV. RAUSCHER SPEAKS Ehe trial of I ht L • < * . Aaa ct 11101 un * c /"* I th r\ McMillin AT ST. MICHAELS GUILD Rev. Russell T. R iu cher was h leys had cnncluded thfir arguments on firm.' will bf between the aaes of land reported a verdict at 9:23 Thurs-118 end 27. the president said. Of the day evening. Rev Alton Koch was j tr I t ba exempted from military foreman and other members of the serivce for planting and harvesting jury we:**: I 409.390 wdl be single men and 2,600,- Mrs. Luc.lr Lessenger, Vera Saums, OC) will be married mer. with wives, Katherine Miller. Glenn Harker, Lein or mer* with wives and children, the Helphrey, E. S. Tompkin, Bernice Van chief executive disclosed. Vrenkcn, I)ii Cr wford. Carroll Cook, - I Lf ah Beery and W. E Vance. I St. Louis, Missouri <INS)—Chester Witness, s who testified in the case C. Davis today prepared to depart for were Leon A. Marshall, Edward Caid- Washington to take over the gigantic well, Wi Ham Hatch, Walter Hatch, task of directing the nation's food Lynn Wrich?, Manning J. Cline, Hoi- production, a job which he called a land Cornick and Ellis Cornick for the "tcugh assignment " plaintiff and I. T Nelson, Scott W tis, A. C. Caldwell and DuWayne Peterson for the defendant. rn and Paint store again ' Joe returned to work this morn- and others is scheduled to open in ng a d* cis on reached at a district court here Monday. The case speaker at the meeting of St. Mirim*. Thursday night. j will attract more than ordinary inter- cha el s Guild at the home of Mrs J. Criticizes 50th General Assembly As Most Expensive D“S Moires, Iowa 'INS*—Criticiz-i: g the 50th general assembly as “the Lh* men are asking a sit light 10c est because the question of payment stewart Jackson Thursday afternoon, most expensive I gislatur® in the his-i,i hour pay increase. ‘for work on the Harlan hotel when His topic was the church altar and tory of the stat**.' Senator Ross Mow- MISSIONARIES WILL SPEAK HERE MONDAY that. building was being remodeled for ves menus. A business meeting was ry. renublican of Newton, was suc- the Harlan club is involved. held followed by a social time. Re- cessful in el’minatlng maximum sal- It will be recalled that the building fit shim nts of punch and cookies were ary increases for probation officers in underwent extensive repairing in pre- served, paration for the club and now comes — I koi j fender who inflirted heavy losses on the enemy. I Inn * aM*d activity on the Leningrad j r- ’ w i- see® sn the annuoncement u L I, t 13 German planes were shot Ji 'n ,.*.!. Thu 1. da v During the week more torium. Mr Johnson has been fi qu ca Lied to Washington, D. C Rf v and Mr C F. Bennel of the Sudan Interior Mission located at N: it hem Nig-ria. West Africa, will appear in th* Presbyterian Church on AD. i id ay evening, March 29 at 7:30 o'clock. counties with population of over 30.-000. The sen te concurred, however, with the house in granting a salary scale of $5 00 a day. or 50c per hour with a Washington, D. C. —(IS*- Wit publican leader Joseph Martin claiming victory for the Rum I ax plan I than 190 enemy ail craft were defer the first time, the house today J stroyed on the Leningrad front and heard charges that the 1942 tax burd*ai j go in the Caucasus. Injured In Africa; Returns To I. S. the question whether the club is solely PHILATHEA MEETING responsible foi some of tin unpaid \y / tn 11 |\/|DC DA QUA AA amounts or whether McMillan, ownei WI IM lVlix^. Dr\Dii/\iVl of the building, has 1 responsibility. ! The Phiiathea class of the First \ mjt 0f $i,800 per year for counties Already there have been several mo- Baptist < hurch met with Mrs. James population of uuder 30,000. At j (ions made relative to the case and Basham on Broadway Thursday after- present thes** probation officers do not 1 rulings given. noon for iLs r€^uiar monthly meeting receive any salaries. The. - people have spent three terms j ____ Assistant hostesses were Mrs. Walter Meanwhile, in the lower house the * 1 VI yea: , ca h in this territory and 1 Qr-aT'i'pwj/^r-rx ron G ver and Mis Dick Glover now home on their third furlough.! MiW I fcrldiU 1 UK I re Tile oublic is hear them. cordially invited bo Soviet tank forces closing in on the German winter base of Smolensk were reported today to be scoring fresh grin in the drives on the city's outer itas driven millions of small tax payers *0 the “loan sharks” who have lent th? rn $600,000,000 at rates as high as 240' . The statement was made by Rep.1 defense's. R**f d of New York, a ranking repubtb J ----------- can un the wav ana mean- comm::- D *i‘L tee, as the house began its second day lfritish Uapture of dtba a on a new -ax collect: n p- Important Position icy. Ria cl sud: "I have reliable information - - and I the whole report will soon be made J public - - that $100,000,000 has been | loaned, under cover, at interest rates | of from 120 to 240 percent and $500,- t 000 000 at from 30 to 36 percent. Rome. Iowa — Mr. and Mrs- Arthur Sammons received a telegram Wednesday from their son. Sgt Walter L. Sammons, who was wounded in th?' North African area Jan 31. that h° had arrived safely in New York City CANCEL CONTRACT FOR MAKING MEDIUM TANKS bill to expand the state aeronautics A devotional period was held with commission ran into opposition ?nd STEALING CORN Mrs. waiter Glover ami Mrs. Dick was deferred bv a vote of 43 to 36 un- Irid.anoia. Iowa. (INS)— Howard Glover in charge The afternoon was til Monday morning Maxwell, Har ford. Iowa, youth, ac- H>ent socially and in games. bill, prepared bv the joint cused of stealing a total of 8,000 bu- Refreshments of fruit salad topped house and senate committee on aero- Detonators Explode Allied Headquarters in North Africa < LNBB)—The British 8 h army column operating behind the Mareth line has captured an important position near the village of El Hairmia, within 28 miles of the port of Ga bes, vital axis supply bas? , th* Algiers radio reported Chicago, 111. INS)—Tile war dept: tm* ut today announced that final action has been taken cancelling current contracts for production of me-c nim anks at 'he Bettendorf, Iowa, Bradford. Pennsylvania 'INS An tank plant, explosion of rejected detonator-: about Suspension of tank production at 1,000 feet away from the National th?' plant will be effective immediate-Munitions plant at nearby Eldred ly. and 3.000 workers there have been killed one man today. cr will be laid off as a result. sh els of government owned com and whipped cream, angel food cake hauling it away in a borrowed truck, coffee and mints were served today was under IO years sentence to members weie present, the Anamosa reformatory. , T„ , ~ Maxwell pleaded guilty to larceny. UNIVERSALIST WOMEN - MEET THURSDAY Taken By Death i The Association of Universalist Davenport, Iowa—GS*—Forrest S. Women met with Mr.-,. W. J. Jarvis Treat, 80, former superintendent of the Thursday afternoon. Mrs. R. s. Galer Iowa Masonic Sanitarium at Bet'en- had the meditations. Following the corf, died at hts home in Davenport bum?-.- meeting Mrs. Alice JarvD Salem Iowa __ Pos:er Harder who Thursday night following an extended a reding entitled The Orphan's diod at th0 home Qf h[& daughter| Mrs> Train ’ which was much enjoyed. The nautics. would set up a five member Nine aeronautics commission with authority to establish rules for licensing of planes, pilots and mechanics to regulate flying schools and to supervise ail aviation activities in the state. FUNERAL HELD FOR FOSTER HARDER illness. LORIENT AFTER AIR ATTACKS BY ALLIED BOMBERS CONGREGATION ARRIVES, I A communique from General PASTOR NOT PRESENT! Dwight D Er-enhower’s headquarters said that the 8th army infantry had Rev Alton Koch, local pastor of the j made ‘ some advances" and improved Lutheran church, was sorry to disap- ben- |x>sitions. p* int his congregation last night for the Lenten services. Having every reason to believe that the trial would be over in which he was serving as one of the members of the jury, he planned on having the regular service Little activity was reported in the Oaf* a and Maknassy sectors. Increased en?my activity was observed in the northern area. Front line dispa! ch es reported hand to hand fighting had flared up in the j tor the evening Bul while the c.n- Mareth lint- during lulls in the artill-grelation • muled for the service, 'W <hat has raged tor two day-,. | Rev Koch watt locked up rn the jury j Some 70 miles north of the Mareth room so that no services could be I Un* American motorized columns un held. This was one tim*’ when the congregation was there and the pastor wasn’t. With the best attendance ihat he lias had for any of his Lenten services. Rev. Kcx Ii hopes that all will be back agrin for the next Lenten service next Thui day evening. JUDGE BEN LINDSEY DIES IN LOS ANGELES der command of Lieut. General George S, Patton, Jr. were reported making steady progress in their drive towards the Gulf of Gabes. Fighting along the Mareth fortifi- j cation.- was described as voilent. Los Angeles, California (INS' -One of the West's most famous jurists, superior Judge Ben Lindsey died today in Los Arg? les. He was the originator of childrens’ court procedure, later widely copied all Calls on Army To Carry On London, England ?IN3>—On the eve of his offensive against the Mareth line. General Sir Bernard L Montgomery called on the 8th ai my to carry on until the enemy "either gives ui> the struggle or is pushed into the sea." The tough little British commander's message to his troops as the bat- over the country. When Judge Lindley first came to California he prac- tie began was disclosed today at his riced law for a time and then was I North African headquarters, accord-elected to the bench in Los Angeles. 1 ing to a dispatch to Reuter's. afternoon was spent in sewing for tho Red Cross. As Mrs. Jarvis' birthday was Tuesday the refreshments included a lovely birthday cake. Mrs. Ludden was a guest. OVER I JO ATTEND HAT TEA Roy Standley. northwest of Salem, in Van Buren county, Iowa, was born in H ncock county, 111., Dec. 19, 1862 and died March 22, 1943 aged 80 years, 3 months and 3 days. Most of his life had been spent in Van Buren and Jefferson counties. Iowa. He is survived by his three children, Mrs. Roy Standley, Stockport; Ralph Harder, Salem, la., and Roy Harder, Stock-i Moi than one hundred attended P°: f His wife preceded him in death. { the O. E. S. Guest “Hat Tea" at the funeral services, conducted by Mrs. | Ma: oi D Temple Thursday afternoon. Hessie f*. Collins, was lit Id in the The guests arrived in old hats, new Hickory Grove Friends church. Wed-hats, little hats, b;g hats and funny r*e!< v a* *- n- m Th5* songs, Shall I hats, in fact, every kind of hat you Gather at th? River, and Going Tan im cine. But-the one that too* the Valiev" were sung by Mrs. the prize was the one worn by MIM — iwerice Peterson, Salem. Interment Nellie fleagle. It was the funniest in the Hickory Glove church and of them all , terms were Hay Wilson. Jay Vest, Mass Adah Augspurger hid the tin- Larkin Howell. Guy Lu to®. Louie lest hat and Mrs. Frank P. Abraham SI *4 Imam and Ch ilies Carter the largest hat. Judges were Mrs. John I w en, Mrs Wayne Brown mid PLANES CRASH IN Mrs. F,. D. Russell. j lh? fellowing program was given as 11* Hows: ; P \ let, Hanny Buys a Bunnit. Cast haracters playing: AMERICAN AND BRITISH BOMBING ATTACKS on the Nazi sub base at Lorient. France, have left their mark on the city. This photo, published in a German-controlled magazine, shows some of the building- wrecked by the Allied blitzing. Damage to the submarine pens is not mentioned by the Nazis. According to the French caption, the people in the foreground are said to be evacuees. (InfemationaU H liny, clayed bv Elizabeth Conrad Mr: Biiu by Alice Abraham M s Markham, owner of the hat .hep, I !na Close Two war rel et workers, played by1 M . Our;. Jennings and Mrs. J. N. H Heman Th - errend girl by Mrs. Maude Nill rt Tw® re *u!ii;bv Mrs. William Mc- Ci arm. A "mn ch your hat’* mixer was conia ted to choose partners for the re- MID-AIR; TWO KILLED Ka sheer. Illinois GNS1 Two army airmen were killed today when the two Bell Aircobn P-39 pursuit planes th**v were flying collided in mid-ifir and crashed near Kasberr. Names cf the two victims were withheld by army authorities until the next of kin are notified. freshment hour Tpu and cakes were served from a beaut Tully appointed I a tie. Mrs. Walter Bryant and Mrs. Hush Da liner poured. Mrs T R Taylor w s the chairman cf the committee in charge of mis delightful guest tea

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