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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - May 3, 1943, Mount Pleasant, Iowa VALID RATION STAMPS VALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 12 - Eiplrw May 30 (Each Stamp, Five |»ouni!s.) Gasoline 5 Expire May 21 Fuel Oil 5.....Until Sept 30 \ OL. I,XXI, No. 102 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS Coffee 23 - F.xpiif - M ».v F and F red stain*’. expire May 31 G red stamp May 9 to May 31. G-H-J Hue stamp', expire May 31 MONDAY, M \Y 3, 1913 Coal Miners Returning To Their Jobs I Spring Concert By High School THD i, aa By Paul Mallon (Distributed by King Features Byn- 1 — - dilate, Inc, Reproduction in Pull or (Hee ( hilts, Mixed Chorus and in Part Strictly Prohibited.) , . „__ Individuals to lake Tart WASHINGTON — THICKER than - a convoy smoke screen, have been the Some of the outstanding talent of government s conflicting, confusing the Mt Pleasant high school will be and impenetrable announcements presented rn the annual spring condom the vital submarine war front. : cert at tile high school auditorium One day the Nazi subs ar*- such a Tuesday evening at eight o’clock by menace that ae are losing the war; G E McLean, music supervisor. The next de,, they were a menace last glee dubs, a mixed chorus and bidi- They’ll Do It Every Time - - - year but have not been recently. Not even Navy Secretary Knox and War-truth-seeker Truman can Lullaby, Oh Lovely Club B. What s In the seti wholly agree In their headlined spat headlined spat Truman finally made viduaL, will be featured, 'Hie program; ight Girls Ole, Kin x we sui; but pos tmo last yet Ne)’I any fig mini splurge coast it Fuel ane around and a 12,000,900 gr >!,; unsent Was because ii fdmit that s tons loss obviously a dealt with mat to qts* epri thb A* he in quite a u First have sen contriver the war bv Knox gres man Brehon f In a the I merci not a and t ,seht.\ "Aoli Africa a commorth \ tant Nav testified th of any ens tnt ops » .f nor Ktsox offered hat has been hap-or re illy since the fink trigs along our J I ekes indicated to committee that oil ird of our exports to I our losses at sea in nave been heavy but SF' ri-ury Forrestal e have been no .‘dirk--quenee within 400 or ie British coast for air today — Barbara Hedlund, Gild* on Swiftly and I heard a forest praying Girl Glee Club Dizzy Finger Betty Wittmer. Sympathy <Firefly*; Country Gardens; Sleepy Hollow Tune - Girls Glee Club B Days of Youth; Drink to me only— Soys Glee Club. Deep River (unaccompanied»- Martha Jerrel. The Road is Calling; In a Monastery Garden-Mixed Chorus. A' D Fiance- Ca'ho-. I, , tffv s. i < ., and Rf • On a lie ’ America JOAN BENNET AND Mv Own Girl Glee club Bi i tit if iii Dreamer; fie* ret-; The Dei ert Caravan B vs Glee Club J " Walt/it A Damn- Wit ter i Hollywood California -Actrr 210 Acre VV inters Farm Is Sold One of largest* Transactions of) Many Months 3 D Garretson and Wayne T Gar-- et son real estate brokers report the Ie of the 240 acre level, tiled, all I ck land cf the Kate Winters estate o Charles Morton of Chicago, one of 'h* largest transactions in Henry I county in many months, This good* Two Things Stand Out In Controversy Government May Operate for Duration; Lewis May Ha ve Won FAMILY FLEE FIRE JOU! C ounty Strives To Reach Goal ACTION MAY CUT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION time. cr'-' an ale in [able trill completely since the perth Tw it nav\ man n by high *rve ll. >r by it I died t of not on- The R] Goi ong; Sapphic Ode; ATnt Bennett and her family were fore* i to Grieve — Mixed Chorus. Nee In night clothe early this mornin irmv General obscured words he told Stat! Chamber of Com-that we have lost many ships, s many as we have built to date hat our troop convoy losses nave jwhen their Hoimby Hills home was More Time Granted on Bond I swept by fire. Miss Bennett is expecting i Drive i; child next month. j In the house with the actress were, her husband, Movie Producer Walter! Hfnrv coun?v making a splendid . j Wanter, her two daughters by a form- i effort to a(tain the $570,ooo bond quo- Ratifying I reaties ;r marria*'''D,a!" 14 yr,a' 0‘d'a1''1 Suggests Change In .Method of been so light as to b* miraculous. This jibes with information furnished congress by the Stettlnius lend-lea.se administration soon- weeks bark that 95 percent of our goods to Russia ha' been getting thr ugh. Apparently, our most important war gods transported in convoys has been getting through satisfactory —or better Tile heavy gross tonnage sinkings which are being announced represent natr n faC(,s largely the stray ships operating individually or coastwise sometime back and not containing the rn "st important war materiel. Also, most of the tonnage figures include sinkings by plane and mines, The sinking of a single ship is. of course, a menace. But not a bit of evidence has bren offered to the public and none exists that I know of to justify the pessimistic attitude Washington, D C GNS)—Senator Guy M Gillette, Iowa democrat, today M Gillette. I wa democrat, today proposed m the .enate that the constPullional method of ratifying treaties- by a two-thirds vote be streamlined’' in preparation for the peace treaty ending the present war . Urging that the people be given the Melinda. 8. and three servants. They (,*ere aroused by -moke from the fire which apparently started in the basement of the large French provincial style home No immediate estimate of the loss was available but It appeared that the actress' collection of antique-', most ni her clothes, and many rare books were lost. Washington. D. C. <INS)-—Senator Kenneth S Wherry. Nebraska republican, today expressed fear that the rolling back of nu-at prices promised by OPA administrator, Prentiss M. Brown will cripple production of livestock. Charging that lower retail prices of meats will slash even further the mar- a of the special war land drive and I Bln of the P"*^- Wherry alerted J that "the way to keep d:wn prices is to encourage feeding so that we can h nice of determining the method. ^ ^ O JI Gillett! 'bighted alternative p hCBrt'H T OF OOuV for amendment to the constitution He warned his colleagues that the I grave danger when the peace treaty is presented to the senate unless methods are changed Gillette suggested consideration of* four alternative methods of ratifying treaties. They are; 1 By simple majority of both senate and house. 2 Bv a majority of all the -'enate. 3 By a majority of the senators present. 4 of Missing Flier River Level Drops Forcing ( oast Guard Boats To Leave Search for tile body of Ned Allison, presumably drowned in Skunk river when the training plane crashed into the river Wednesday evening was carried on Sunday and today. While the river level has been may reach that figure. In the last few day purchases have totalled $180,000 to bring the grand total of purchases for the month up to *453.000 which I $117.00 short of the goal. The county has been given added time in which to buy the addita nal bonds and attain the goal. A communication from state headquarters received by E A flaxes, county chairman, said that the time for purchase of Series E. F and G bends as a part of the Second wa. I loan drive has bee* extended through this week. uni ii May 8. and purchases of th se bonds mad# this week will be credited as pa:t f the investments originally scheduled for April 12 to May I. "This will give Henry county residents a chance to catch up on the bonds they have not bought in the allotted time." Mr. Hayes pointed out. We hope they will take full advantage of the opportunity.” have an economy of plenty instead of scarcity.” Mrs. Lizzie Thomson Taken Bv Death reductive farm is loca’ed one and ne half mile north of Mt. Pleasant rn highway 218. Mr. Morton, she purchaser of this farm, is also the :wner of the Green -hurst farm on the Oakland road where ' r n.siderable improvements have bren made. Mrs. Charles Morton will be lemembered as June Seeley, sister of B. F Seeley of this city. It is reported that Mr. Morton plans t , do considerable* improving on th*- farm he has just purchased when materials are available. Consideration, according to word leaching the News. was $37,000. City Light Plant Whistle Causes A Disturbance Bv a provision that no treaty dropping steadily and the work is that Marne officials have intermittently Hated by the president shall be thus made easier, the search is still effective until ratified by the senate. ! over a great area of water consider--- ing that the body may have drifted THI** Minprtt HinHpr (downstream. On Sunday at least cne lull: iYIIIIvia IIIllUvl motor boat went far downstream with the occupants watching the shore lines carefully. The coast guard boats used in the President hunt Saturday were forced out of the taken. EVERYTHING YOl HEAR these days makes the end of the war seem farther ff. The part of General BornerveU's speech which got the headlines was his amazing announcement that our ground force produc- “Our War Effort” Charles Sw anson Taken By Death Had Suffered Hip Injury In A Fall Mrs. Lizzie Thomson. 83, passed away at the Memorial hospital Saturday evening She suffered a stroke while standing iii (rent of the Mrs A. H Davis residence waiting for a taxi Saturday afternoon. When h*n- condition was diseovereed she was taken to the lr spital. The body was taken to the Stevens funeral home and funeral services will be held from the Baptist church at Mt Pleasant at 10:30 a. rn Tuesday. Burial will bo in the Bushnell cemetery with Rev. M C. Carstensen. pastor of the Baptist church officiating. Mrs. Thomson is survived by several children, all of whom reside at a distance from Mt. Pleasant. Brooder House and 317 Chickens Burn Washington. D. C. Hon schedules have been delayed 25 R()OSCVelt. in a speech prepared for river by the drop in the %ater which percent by temporary shortages, of radl0 delivery Sunday night, told Am- jpR R too shallow in places for the materials, that our Allies armies will Pricari Cf>0i miners that every idle heavy boats to operate. not be fully equipped until near the mjner jS "directly and individually"! '___ end of this year, and our own army obstructing "our war effort.” late next year Emphatically, the chief executive Common Washington expert gossip declared that the production of coal (naturally Bot confirmed in any of- “Wjji be stopped." final quarter) is that the big invasion "Such a stoppage, even for a short; _ second front logically could be ex- time woujd involve a gamble with the A brooder house fire at the Arthui peeled in the late summer or early dves of American soldiers and sail- sammons place north of Rome detail. although a limited invasion cf- ors and the future security of oui stroyed the building and 317 chickens fort might be started at any time. whole people." he asserted. "It would eaidy saturday morning. How the build-Only hope for an early conclusion jnvoive an unwarranted, unnecessary ing ignited is not known. is that Hitler will crack, and no one and terribly dangerous gamble with , A pcrson passing the Sammons place shaffer 0l cudahay, Wig., and two Charles Swanson, 93, of Mt. Pleasant! but formerly of the Swedesburg community, died at Memorial hospital at 3:30 p. rn. Sunday. He was taken to he hospital on Tuesday of last week following a fall in which he injured his hip. Mr. Swanson had been cared for in the home of Mr and Mrs. Clarence Smith on East Washington street for the last three years. Surviving are five children, three daughters and two sons, Mrs. J. W. Pierson of Minneapolis, Minn., Mrs. Ella Bailey of California, Mrs. Nellie has much of a line on that possibility. our chances for victory.” IN SOUTHWEST PACIFIC J'.SSn SEVERE EARTHQUAKE Russia has caused some peaple to fear again Stalin may seek a separate peare which would take care of his own interests. Not on your life! I noticed the fire and awakened the Sammons. They went into action immediately with buckets of water to .-ave nearby buildings. New York. New York (INS)—A "very severe" earthquake lasting for more May Be The Japs sons. Fred and Everett. He was preceded in death by his wife and one son. Luther, who died last year. The body is at Crane’s funeral home Funeral arrangements will be pounced later. Airplane Losses ♦ Vvan tHrpp Hoi ins «3imPWhPTG ill tllP ^ ITlBy 8 J&P in VRS! OTI pl ti ll \ iii The complete eradication of Nazism than ^uis . tunnel through the earth—that ex- ^ x.' ic a njisslan necessity .southwest Pacific was recorded on the a tunnel inrougn me eaim mat tx and I-,.... rn is a . Fordham university seismograph to- cavatkm under the pavement on North . npL IiV«wt<>f! Theirs has been a long war. Fasci.m Jefferson street in front of the O’Con-, I ii. SS I flaL Iv ll was conceived by Mussolini to crush market _ but it seems more likely I _ communism and tile fight- waged in Hfh that water has settled the dirt under ‘ Italy for 15 years bef:re this war be- proposed in the Ball-Buit n-Hatch- pavement. Then it was transported to Ger- Hill bill and then softly puts it back , _ . J gan _ many and finally Spain. in the neater reading pavement and now there is a large area nos PS in combat have been half of win Stalin’s type of dictatorship cannot back at the last meeting ^Trading ^ ^ of which means erf live in the same world with fascism, of the Russian-FNalish controversy He is too much of a practical man to Even some of the so-called isolation- make any peace as long as a single ists would like to perfect some kind fascist has a pistol left in hand in of a post-war statement of policy, but j Europe if resolution is to have any im-1 Washington. D. C.—' EWS> UBder-ec ret ary of War Robert P. Patter on A truck wheel dropped through tlieirevealed today that American airplane hat A two-minute blast of the Mt. Pleas- » ant light plant whistle at one o’clock this afternoon bewildered local residents, sent air raid workers scurrying to their tasks and caused local light plant officials some embarrassment. When the "one-o'clock" whistle failed to stop at the end cf the first few seconds as is customary, residents wondered what was happening. Perhaps it was a surprise air raid test coming in daylight to make the surprise more complete. Then. of course, there vias the n.re possibility that it was the real thing Perhaps some unidentified planes were in this general j territory. The whistle became more subdued, but persisted. It must be something of importance. Whi-tlps blew like that when thp armistice was signed in 1918. But it could hardly be an armistice at this stage. Hitler must have been nearer defeat than we thought. Ne. that didn't seem like the right answer Elwood William' of the fire department arrived at the city hall by car. Frank Lankford, scoutmaster in charge of the messengers for the air raid wardens, arrived on his bicycle. The men were being doubly certain that they hadn't missed their call and that the whistle might really mean something. Other residents hurried to their destinations to get their cars off the streets. After the whistle became almost inaudible and then fatted out entirely, conditions returned to normal. City manager Lee Speaker explained it. The whistle had stuck. Normally a spring closes it after it is opened _ j f r the one-o’clock blasty, or other District No. 9 of the Business and j tune signals. This time the spring Pmfessional Women’s club met at didn't work. The steam line to the Hotel Burlington Sunday, May 2, for whistle was shut off, but it takes a the regular spring business meeting J little time to do that and for the and dinner. Fifty-seVen women from pressure to subside, southeastern Iowa attended. j It v as an inopportune time for the Miss Gertrude Stunner of Cedar I whistle to decide to net up but the Rapids, who is the first vice president next time a long blast is sounded, it of the state organization gave the ad- likely will be the real surprise air rad dress of the morning on "How Our test. Organization Can Help in War Work." DDur[Jathrr(trn:on° ,he Killed Under Train final business was transacted and sectional reports were given. The speaker at this session was to be Rev. C. Victor Brown, whose topic was ‘ Attitudes For Winning Peace " As Rev. Brown was sick with measles, Mrs joseph M chael Br itkomc. 47, of Mon-Brown delivered his lecture. mouth. Illinois, who was killed instantly Those who attended from the Mt. Sunday when he fell beneath the an-, pleasant club were: the president. Mrs. wheels of a freight car lie was helping Iva Holland and Mesdames Edith to unload in the Iowa Ordnance plant. Martin, Ruth Craig, Gladys Miller, Bratkonie apparently lost his balneum Virden and Lola Brewer. anre while operating the brakes wheel Mrs. Virden and Mrs. Drawer were of a car which was being hand-moved reelected district director and secre- tv a group of workers. He fell across tary of this district, respectively. the rail and two wheels passed ove" ------ — his body. plant officials said. ACCIDENT FATAL wADinw township TO KEOTA WOMAN MARION TOWNSHIP _LAND* Id dULJJ Keota. la. — Mrs. Viola Thompson. - I (By International News Service) The nation's coal miners, the r three day general work .stoppage ended by a 15 day "truce'' straggler' bark to their pits today bene th the fluttering of the stars and stripes . And as the majority of the bituminous and anthracite miners prepared to heed orders of their Unit'd Mine Workers union president, J hn L Lewis, as well as President Roosevelt’s request that they go back, two things became startling clear. 1. Govertnrrvent apertion of the mines for the duration of this war became a distinct possibility. 2. Lewis, boss cf mon1 than 54':.000 miners, may be said to have won rather than lost his battle with the mine operators. John L. Lewis, whose order to the miners to return to work tomorrow was flashed dramatically to the nation i 20 minutes before President Roosevelt ATTEND DISTRICT BPWC MEETING night and Mr. Roosevelt indicate^ continued government operation was entirely possible. "The war is going en." said Mr, Roosevelt, coal will be mined no matter what any individual thinks about it." Lewis ^a' even more emphatic. "The mine workers," ho said, "recognize that they have a new employer—the United States government.” Meanwhile, Jack Vincent, International News Service staff correspondent and labor expert, revealed that Lewis actually had won his strike The mine chieftain. Vincent wr;te. actually had teen promised the majority cf what he sought to call off the stoppage, a wage boost of $2.00 a day and an improved contract. There were indications that this would be done by guaranteeing the miners six days of work per week for the life of their new contract. The miners themselves were impress-ed Icy the president s appeal. Many who onlv I a st 'a ?ek began thf work stoppage seveial days before their contract expired at midnight Friday returned to tho pits today— 24 hours ahead of the time set by Lewis. Fire In Shannon ( leaning Building Naphtha In Washer Not Harmed Bv Blaze At Burlington IOP Burlington, Iowa—d\Si — Funeral ‘:rvices were being arranged today fot A flach fire, intensely hot for a few minutes, damaged the interior of th*1 Shannon cleaning establishment's cleaning room located at the rear of the lot away from the main building this morning. The interior was badly charred, the equipment wa- damaged and all window panes of the structure were broken. Firemen saved the structure and equipment from further damage. A freakish development was discovered by Glenn Shannon when he began cleaning up after the fire. The naphtha in the washer, which was in operation at the time of the fire, had not burned. The interior of thr washer and the clothes which were being cleaned wet" undamaged except for some blackening evidently from the smoke. Mr. Shannon believes that the fire probably started from one of the bel*' and ignited fumes on the out.nde of the washer. The exterior of the wooden washer was badly charred. He had started the machine in operation and hid gone to the Masters building a block away on business While he w*as *hei> the fire whistle .sounded. that city street workers have a repair Philadelphia (INS)—Cramp Ship- His statement wa- made during test:-1 26. of Keota, died shortly after being pod Real Estate ippoit.s the sale mony today before the senate Ti liman J injured in a 2-car collision at 12:30 a.; of the 80 acres I rated 4 miles north-committee. Patterson did not elaborate but pre- m. Sunday on Highway 77 a fourth-mile south of Tallyrand, la. Sheriff C. V. Bane of Keokuk eoun- eait of Mt Pleasant and owned by Mr. John Sieiken, to Mr. Wilfred Hcaslin and Mrs Edith Chase. This tract is un rn proved except for a rorn- To Illinois Area D. D. Knight. Red Cro-s field representative in south central Iowa the last several months, has been transferred to an area of 32 counties Ll Northwestern Illinois as general field representative Mr Knight -pent today _ rortanA at all it must touch such building Company has just launched sumably American fliers have don* THE SENATE FOREIGN RFI A- red-hot controversies as India, Russia, two.submarines, the first built by the much better against both the Japs and tv said the cars were driven by he ..' . . „ t Am> Hnn „t on bv the company since a single sub it made in Nazis than had been anticipated by husband H Thompson a. cl J Ihd | i b 'CIONS committer meets once in a Pol nd. dc. Any action at all by the ____ jf___dinger also of Keota j proved lands owned bv the purchasers, side in Mt. Pleasant committee meets once in a Poland, etc. Any action at all while to discuss the post-war pledges senate is extremely unlikely. ad lies adjacent to other im- here. The Knights will continue to 1912. the war department. \

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