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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - March 30, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Suttar 12 - Mch. 16-May 31 (Each stamp, Five pounds) Coffee 26 - Mar. 22-Apr. 25 (Each stamp, 1 pound) THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil I - - - Until Apr. 12 Fuel Oil 5 - - - Until Sept. 30 (Each stamp, ll gallons) Gasoline 5 - Mar. 22-May 21 VOL. UNXL No. 75TUESDAY, MAR. 30, 1943 MT. PUE VSANT, IOWA Three Old and Three New Councilmen Are Elected Close Races In Mt. Pleasant City Election pre er.t member, defeated John When. 133 to 102 ai ward I; O. E. King, present member, defeated G E McLain, Kt to 125 in W ird 2; Fred C Arkeiman defeated Councilman Wil-j bur Mallnms, 127 to 83 in Ward 3; rI hi * •• new mem be t were named J arid John M \ * rs defeated Councilman ai,d Hire. •* tin pie ent member J Charles Tonkinson, 82 to 71, in Ward were re-elected to the city council in 4, remarkably close rae<*.s at Mt. I r M /or. H kerf Hannah, formerly pi- ■ it* cit v election Mond o, lh- t •, count-,, hrriff, received seatter- I V Case and James o Conn r won for (ounrilmen at lary* and Cia ing votes by the write-in method to total 28 in 'tie four ward,. Mayor H .Smith, Cl I- King. F C Ackerman and L Shriek received a total of 673. C John F. Mvers were chosen by their Van Brunei rec rived 663 for treasur er and William Rukgaber. 708 for as i sor A few scattering votes for the office; were written on the bal- Im*., IQlh. Light Vote The total vote cast was 886. which i em pa Tamely light. At the last pre. idential election, the city cast a ' tai of 2 >61 counted vobs for the t 20 ballo?: were pre idential c<ndidates. The vote bv the councilman at ward at that time and this year: * »ii which two ware to be Ward 1 837 . 244; Ward 2, 695. 266; he too man received only IG Ward 3, 498, 217; Ward 4. 531, 159. Tile vote bv wards on the candidates rr pa clive wards Mayor ll L. Shook, Treasurer C. Van Brussel and Assessor William Rukgaiier, all unopposed on the ballot, were re-elected with a nile H rn pl I menti* ry vote. ( I* se < mite is The races for councilmen at large and for councilman in Ward 4 d*’vei ,p-<d into hot contests that were not der ided until the counted. In fact i large i elected votes more than the low man of the fourMend; ,yt James OC1 I mot received the top I 2 3 4V ' tv wit I 437 t o h j credit. He la a Shook194 204 152 123ne w com i< lima n L V Case, present Van 1 (russet 191 197 153 122cc urn lim [ti tit large was second with Rukga ber 202 213 164 12943 I. Th f t WO deb ateri candidates < «>UI»< lmen-at -largeu ere so close to the se figures that a O’Cou nor 104 133 118 82si ill of j VITI few votes would have Case118 130 93 90ct anged the r* lect ion Robert Potter, Potter106 126 125 66ne *w cant I kl a te receu rd 423 and I. D Coney BT 14» ..... 143 122 81 75c< mover memi it men ite r, received 421. Ward ( 4'tinrilrnenI nerrtaintv The outcome in the courier largo- race wa krp? rn a stat certainty until W ird 2, the la precincts to rep ut, added i Up until that time, there va of only seven vote man and ti man-at-; of unit of tile it- total s a spread between the top ow man which is an 133 102 Pursue Fleeing Germany Army They’ll Do It Every Time - - - SWE PRAISED HER MAID TD OH YES SHE’S WONDERFUL' ANNIE IS THE UA BEST MAID I EVER HAD-A PERFECT COOK, \ TOO-AND WHAT A HOUSEKEEPER.’ SHE LOVES Talk on L,b™l‘y Rommel Runs Given at Rotary ... XT ¥1 — lo New Rase Mrs. Paul McCoid Tells of Use of Public Library Mrs. Paul ll McCoid fund lied thf rn nam for Rotary on Monday eyeing. he M ic Ct C JU Iii; f th- British In Hot Pursuit Afrika Korps of At bcd He d pm rf pt s iii North Africa <lNSi Spearheaded by stout New Zealand warriors, Britain’s victorious he is a member i 8th army slashed northward through at the present (Tunisia today in pursuit of the fleeing Will Release 541 Mem hers in School Code Bill Fruits, Vegetables; TU „ _ „ I To Be Considered I "arm Bureau 140 125 127 83 More Canned Foods To Ik Made Available unarmgly t mall difference-, For ward councilmen, Cir a Smith, Wilson ....... King McLean ______ Ackerman Ma Ila mu Myers ....... ‘ councilmen wilt toto ofnci^W »»' more tlum J.onotfK. case. | meettn« of the iof canned fruits and vegetable? — 82, 74 Scheduled As Special Order of She urged the public to take full ad- Washington, D C. 'INB)- The de- j partment of agncuiture announced; County Over Top In Drive; Victory Celebrated Business a* noon rex? Monday Dr. Weis Visiting Churches of The Burlington District Former Rome Man Asks For $25,742 In Damage Suit ber, M finn a Calif Th lough Ger-d Shannon, iii' attorney Bort Bearm mer Rome, la., resident,) has bhd uit in the iuperior court against < v. OI i ga rd asking $25,742 in dam-i. Br a per alleges in his complaint I ha- C it gird drove hts car in a “neg-ligent. careless and wanton manner*’ < IU?ing multiple injuries which re-j quired aospiifthzatkm. The suit w as filed by Shannon last Friday, after the 'jury* n the case of the People vs. Ode-gard had left the court room to consider the case. but before the jury had returned with a verdict. county Farm Bureau at choel here Monday evening served as fit tang conclusion to the recent mem be i ship drive. We are victorious' . Organization Des Moines. Iowa (INS1 The school code revision bill todav reached the ' calendar of the lower house of the j **enry j iowa legislature and was scheduled as he high & special order of busine,.- for tomorrow morning. The house sifting committee reported out the measure, from win Ii ti new battle ot Lexington ended today ers’ annuity and tenure proposals have^ ^ comT)tete - f ondition ;1 - sur. The work of the superintendent of a Methodic district takes him to the Churches of hts district several times a year. Dr L L W* is is now holding tile quarterly conferences in the Burlington district and on Sunday morning and afternoon was at Winned and Sunday evening a*. New London. O April 2, he will go to So’.rh Beu-lah and to other churches on the dates shown: April 4. Ft. Madison Fis ti April 4. Ft Madison Ser a Fe; April 5. Mont- j _ nee; April 6 Keokuk, Trinity; April j 7. Keokuk, 12th St ; April 8, Donnell* Th? jury sn the superior court son. I brought a guilty verdict against Ode- April ll S oekport; April IL Birm-1 ga!t| who was charged with driving ingham; Apl ti ll, Bonaparte; April 12, wdnlc under the influence of liquor and be released soon by the food distribution adm inis’ ration to augment civilian supplies. Principal items in the group arc canned tomatoes, pears, plums, apples and peacher Most of the stock* were Chairman Ralpti Myers enthusiastic-i Men strjcken yesterday altern., n. purchased from the IMI pack and Ial» r‘»°r»tl as h- gave membership Lastwert ,h(. sifting commit , ,, . ,_____. figuif The county organiza'ion now have been held to meet emerg^-nc. s , has 541 members which is 16 over the J goal of 525. Last year the membership totalled 438 The 163 new member1- th;- year were officially welcomed. I" T ~Z .. . i By townships the membership and re- j The-e supplies will be P»K«i ** Mr- Myers are: Jefferson 39. She gave rn excellent talk on Pleasant public library, a sub-which she is unusually well I to talk as libiary boart ‘me and previously she held a posi- Nazi Afrika korps after over running tion as a librarian. jll Ha rn ma end the port of Gabes Mrs. McCoid traced th* history of j Advanced units I the 8th army br hbr rv from the time of th- Car- which swept beyond Gabes along the negie gift of the building and accepted coast road slashed persistently at me l>. L A a group A women who Field-marshal Erwin Rommel’s rear had been woiking for the project. 'guard forces with whom they were in Over the years five librarians inc iud- contact. mg the pre - ent one, Miss Elena Budde, Enter Gabes have served in the library. She also: General Sir Bernard L. Montgom- at aly zed the Worthington library of ery’s British troops entered the flam-4000 volume-: donated to the public ing Port of Gabes this morning after library ,Lad been rendered untenable by In the last year 2.800 cards were is- bombardment from British naval for-sued. Cne-fourth of the books in cir- ces ar>d allied air craft, cibation are taken ou? by children. The colorful Ca sis tun, 70 miles be sin- iLso mentioned that the board is low the port of Sf ax. was a vital r rn prised of five men and four worn- supply port lor the axis and center of en and that there is a city tax aid of Rommel’s southern communications $3,000 a year. She mentioned also The inland town of El H mma was that the board is eager to hear from faken las? nigh? by occupation forces readers as to the books they like to which remained behind after the read, as an aid in selecting new books. B: tish forces which flanked the Mar- eth fortification line swung eastward t the sea. New Headquarters j (Marshal Rommel has established his headquarters at El Djftn. 40 miles north of Sf ix and 115 mile.-, ne rth of Gabes, the British radio reported in a Trench language broadcast. (The broadcast said that the 8th army had pushed on beyond Gabes toward Sfax. 75 miles distance.) Rommel's rear guards offered stern resift nee to the advancing New Zealanders but failed to halt their pro vantage of the library opportunities Farmer Surrenders To Conclude New Battle of Lexington Lexlngti Kentucky —(INS) - The war needs. Officials also announced the transfer of approxima cly 12.000,000 cases of canned fruits, vegetables and juices principally canned com and peas. twice voted against reporting out the bill The senate, meanwhile, receded from its attempt to reduce the number of democrats on tile legislative interim committee and adopted a cor by the army to the food distribution 'hr number of new member.-* as re-jference committee report leaving two administration, released later by the FOA in meeting emergency food situations. ANTHONY EDEN VISITS ERWIN GILLIS’ CLASS Milton; April 14. Keosauqua; April Do lids; April 13, Cantril; April 15, 16, Farmington. April 18, Bethel; April 18, Sperry; Apii! 18 Oakville; Apnl 19, Wapello; Aul 20, Mediapolis; April 21, Trenton; April 22, Glasgow; April 23, Salem-Big Mound. cauking injury ? Bort Beaber on thq night of October ll. 1942. Beaber was seriously injured, and was confined to his bed for many weeks, and is still suffering from the injuries. The case occupied several days in court, as much evidence was introduced to prove that Odegard was the April 25. Eureka; April 25. Brighton; j party who hit Beaber. Most of the Aid 25. We-’ Chester, April 26. Well- J evidence was obtained by Traffic Of-man; April 27. Am; sh Circuit; Apnl n er E(i Belanger, who investigates 28. Washington; April 29, Ainsworth. Lp,, accident. Belanger found glass on May 2, West liberty; May 2, Wilton tlaff highway near where Beaber was Junction; May 3, Muscatine, North; May 4. Muscatine, First; May 5. Muscatine, South; May 6, Nichols; May 6. Letts. May 9, North Liberty; May 9, Oxford; May IO, Kalona; May ll, Columbus Junction; May 12, Crawfordsville. May 16, Butling on. Grace; May 16, ww • Burlington Ct.; May 17. Burlington IlOUSC K6C61V0S First; Mhy 18. Burlington, HL Av.; May 19, Burlington, West Hill; May 20, West Burlington; May 21. Danville. May 23, Morning Sun; May 23. M? Union; May 24, Mt. Pleasant, First; May 25, Lone Tree; May 30, M'. Pleasant Ct. found, and matched it with the broken lenses in Odegard’s car, and also submitted Beaber's leather coat which showed the radiator grill marks of Odegard’s car. Other conclusive evidence was submitted. Ruml Tax Plan Staff Sergt. Erwin C. Gillis of Keesler Field, Miss., instructor in air corps hydraulics, had a distinguished visitor in his class on Tuesday, March 23, *n the person of Anthony Eden of England, in this country for conferences with President Roosevelt and others. At the close of the class period Mr. Eden had a short visit with Staff Sergt Gillis. Anthony Eden is visiting various army camps and fields in the United States, during his stay here. Staff Sergt. Gillis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gillis of Mt. Pleasant. minority party each house. appointments from Motion Pictures At Kiwanis Meeting TRUCK HITS TRAIN; DRIVER INJURED -(INS'— Robert 12; Wayland 64 24; Scott 49. 8; Tren-on 13. 7; Canaan 61, 21; Tippecanoe 25. 7; Center 83. 18; New London 64, 19; Marion 51. ll; Salem 43, IG; Jackson 30, 15; Baltimore 19, 4. Varied Program Howard Burkey. county president, presided. Winifred Mal tin. extension j j^jwanians were entertained With sociologist, led in g*oup singing with J motion pictures, one* on Argon Mrs. Floyd Beery as the pianist;1 Fresident Burkey introduced the members of the Farm Bureau board; May ne Coulter of Scott township sang two solos with Mrs. W. J. Grimmer as the accompanist. Mr. Burkey awarded the corn yield medals and Emery Eigsti gave out the door prizes. Elmer Campbell of the Iowa Farm Service company gave the address taking the place of President Francis Johnson of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation who was unable to be present. Mr. Campbell stressed that he secs a strong danger in the organizing of farmers by groups interested in j low prices. Hr warned of the possibility that farmers may be paying to get their hogs slaughtered just like {dairymen in some milk areas must pay so much per hundred to sell their 'milk. He was introduced by Frank render of Frank Hopkins. Hopkin , 46-year-old farmer, was gress. removed in an ambulance from his Allied fliers pock-marked the road one ro rn shack in which he, his wife ways along which Rommel was re al d four children had barricaded treating with b .mbs and -trafed his tie mselve for 24 hour hours. fleeing columns with machine gun He surrendered in the face of pow- lire. erful forces, an armored truck, 50 re- Tile battered Afrika kcrps was in mi vc state militiamen and police who grave straits as it faced flanking jabs wanted h'm for the murder of Andrew from American and other allied col-C. Pierson, Fayette county contractor umi s pressing steadily eastward to the In his alleged .shooting fued with sea to gain the coastal road. Pierson, the 120-ptund farmer suf- -----— tried two buii-" wounds m thf- chest p^(j Army Captures and shoulder. Though not critical «- > .. . ■they proved his undoing today. More Localities 1 Hopkins, because of his heavy lass Mosc w. Russia 'INS)— Ploughing of blood, sent out His business terms persistently act ess muddy teirain on via the Rev. J. A. Grey of Every- the thawing central front. Red army body’s church in Lexington who made toda>r captured several more lo- three sallies into the besieged home, oalities south of Bveli along the iou?.1 His last conference brought the f° *c *holensk. The weather also impeded action on the Donets front where the Ger- futile agreement from Hopkins. tina and the other on rattle herding on a big ranch, at the meeting Monday evening. The club voted to buy Red Cross kitbags for the soldiers who go over- _ seas, after W A. Russell, county Red Cross chairman, talked brief Iv regard- Want Davis To ing them and showed the contents. C ^ A. Cottrell of the citizenship commit- ('(jfllfol FjiriTI IVlCCS tee urged all members of the club to vote in the city election. : mans continue attempts to J. w guest. Irons of Mason Cite was a Davenport. Iowa ------ I Abraham. Fletcher. 54. of Princeton, Iowa, al Bruh, ropuUr trucker, suffered severe injuries early j MarUn Bruh, Qf Burllng,on enter. today when the truck he was driving tamed t[w gi.oup wi(Jl muM. cal presentations and was especially Washington, D. C. Roosevelt today received a plea from farm leaders to turn over complete !■ .THI Alumic A .control of farm prices t his new food i LATIN-AMLR1CA aiunmist ator, Chcstei C Davis PICTURE AT WSCS The farm leaders, who conferree' _ ; with Davis and Secretary of Agr i oui- A motion picture. “Americans AIV lure Wiekard t the White House, told with emphasis on Latm-America will reporters upon leaving the conference, be shown at the meeting of the WSCS however, that they have received no of the Methodist church on Thursday j commitment from the chief executive afternoon. The picture has been ob- that this would be done tamed from the bureau of visual edu-' — — ~ - cation at iowa city. Large Audience collided with a Rock Island train in the Davenport residential district. Fletcher was taken to Mercy hos-pital for treatment of a severe head cut and body bruises. His truck was loaded with milk cans Nebraska Couples Must Get Health Certificates Missionaries To Speak At Nazarene Church Washington, D. C. —(INS)— With President Roosevelt and Wendell L. Winkle taking active but opposing roles in the controversy, the house today formally received a proposal to put the nation ort a pay-as-you-go t:ix basis under the Ruml plan. As Rep. Carlson, republican of Kansas. offered his bill embracing the widely prophesied Ruml proposal. Speaker Rayburn indicated its defeat. Lincoln, Nebraska (INS)—Starting j - 90 days alter the present session of urn * p MDD ACV ACET ATUA the Nebraska unicameral legislature {WILLENBROCK DEFEATED adjourns, all persons who wish to be FOR IOWA CITY MAYOR married in Nebraska must obtain cer- j tificates showing they are free of; Iowa City, Iowa (INS)—In a bitter syphilis. ' contested election. dean-emeritus Governor Dwight Griswold yesterday Wilber J. Teeter, republican, today signed bills requiring such evidence of became mayor of Iowa City, defeating freedom I rom disease for persons Mayor Henry F. Willenbt ock. about to be married and from women erat. seeking his third term in office, to information received at the Selec Rev. and Mrs. C. F Bietzel who have served a number of years at the Sudan interior mission in West Africa will speak at the church of the Nazarene Wednesday evening. March 31 at 7:45. Everyone is welcome to come and enjoy the interesting facts these missionaries will present. Receive Discharge popular with his audience. Introduced to the group were County Ex’emion Director Floyd Goodell. Office Secretary Catherine McCormick and Home Economist Lillian Peck ham. Awards. The IO a"re corn yield awards went to the following in this order: A R Cormck, Neil Rasmus. Don Lauer inow in the service), Gilbert Berg Strom. Fred Klopfenstein, W. A. Pat 'erstm, and Raymond Baker. Yields ranging from 125 bushels plus, per acre, downward were previously re ported. The door prizes with Herbert Baker and Waunita Smutz assisting, were awarded to Mrs Everett Scarf?, Mrs. Oscar Youngman, Art Anderson, Linn Wright, Mrs. Oliver Tackenberg, Mrs. The picture will be part of a Latin-America afternoon at the church High school girls will sing in Spanish and La tin-America decorations will bo used. The refreshments will be In Attends Operetta j cl ss the Donets river. The Soviet high command admitted in its noon communique that a force of Germany t< mmy-gun liers along the INS) President reaches of the northern Don ets succeeded in penetrating Russian positions but declared thee liter were thrown back with heavy losses. In the Kukan t< rritory of the western Caucasus the Red army dispersed a German force with mass artillery fire. The reconnoitering cf Soviet defense positions was undertaken by enemy infantry supported by seven unks and armored cars. The Soviet midnight communique nported that fighting on the central fron? hid dwindled down to engage* ments of local importance alrhough small but fierce battles were fought as Red army columns slashed into the hedgehog defense system en the out-: kil ts cf Dukhor-hvina and Dorogo-buzh. The operetta. Betty Lou, given at keeping with the theme. The Amil the high school recently attracted a circle will be hostesses. laige audient-e which enjoyed tile pro --duct ion jut! by the applause and Second Concentrated Relative Dies the taver w. comment., afterward Assault on Berlin direr ted bv G. E recently dis- The operetta wa: McLean. Names of William and Robert Trib-I v and Robert We?tach were omitted Word received here closed the death *of Mrs. Clarence T. Graham, wife of Mrs. Edward L Jeambey’s brother who lives in Mass- os u ^ tr, *i a hr.*- from th*- list previously published cf achusetts. She had gone to visit net 1 sister in New York City and was wk- ,hn t 'aking part. en suddenly ill. A week later she passed away in a New Yuk hospital Americans Gain Mrs. Emma Graham, mother of Mrs. ^ Tunisian PaSS Jeambey passed through Mt Pleasant w ?h Amfnrjn mrre in rumtn soon after enroute fast. She will .-top (j^g( In ., .Prj€S 0f hard fought balat Mf. Pleasant for a lent time on (je{ American ti op-> tonight gained her return London. Fug land INS' A second concentrated assault within three nights w s made by the RAF against Berlin last night, the air ministry announced today. • Bf riin was heavily bombed last right," the official communique said. Preliminary reports indicated the ( attack was successful.** Enlists In SPAR who are to become mothers. bv a total vote of 2,374 to 1,950 Otto Jacob Eckey and J. Milton {Ray Doan, Marie Fitzpatrick, Ralph bushel of hybrid seed corn to on< h of Stearns have received their honorable Beastie and L. O. Challman, all re- the following: Darien Hmne f .jthf ca. demo-1 discharges from the army according > eoiving war stamps ranging from $6.76 Chester Roth, El Preyenberger. Nu!, The enemy thiew a G Maher Mayne Courter !• huh lion intc the ba ttb in n effort Wit mer is a faugh? cr of Mr aud to main ain control of the pass. Mrs. Ezra Wittmer. the toe-hold on Djebel Berda. import- Miss’ Man Wittmer of Burlington ant Ii ll portion barring progress to formerly of Mf. pleasant and Wayland has b -en accepted by the SPAR tank auxiliary of the Coast Guard. Miss strpng tive Service office. for the first named down to $1.00 each Rasmus, F. for the last five named; and a half and Oscar Eckey.

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