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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - May 14, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 12 - Expires May 30 (Each Stamp, I ivp pounds.) Gasoline 5 I \piro May '-’I Fuel Oil 5.....I ntll S';>t. 30 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS Co "fee 23 - Expires May SO. E and F red stamps expire May 31 G red stamp May 0 to May 31. C-H-J blue stamps expire May 31 VOL. LXXL No. 112PRIDAY, MAY I I, 1912 MT. PLEASANT. HAV J THE by Paul Mai.i.on "U" U. S. Occupation of Attu Announced rn I NAVAL SUPPLY IS APPROVED They’ll Do It Every Time - - - (Distributed by King Feature/; Byn-j • *ii< .if- , inc Reproduction Full or ( ommitlee Breaks All Records ll) Part Strictly Prohibited ) In Action WASHINGTON for y-orne kind rd iou' po t-V. In r ire til? a mirv r I fin author.ty I .suppooch to ii V I, in the mind Britain and En How froth ol ft \ PROPAGANDA moU.st anfi-relig-/,oiut i ii :ng again. a1 , hr re is a moment by • ‘-kl econi mist and cot- '.A Windol, who is v; Ut' put in of rn, po tor ti Ll « He em' ut w ora •on rn flu; ne what ropie in if over- ident in mihtar having rn Europ based (. rn r in I no cliv; fro '-ar .he * in riven the tiny; ! Iona I W '.JI ar of have Wa Hi Wa bu ;;ton, D C- ' INS) Breaking lerorrl. th:* house appropriations •nrnittr" tori*y apotoved a $27,000,-0,000 naval supplv till ic finance vast expansions in the air ibid sea Imres and to increase naval, marine nd coast guard personnel t: more than 3,030,000 officers and men. In i formal report to the house the committee expressed itself as “highly f laten ovei ;be option' in evidenced” in ie st mac ny by Secretary of Navy Knox and Admiral King. catnm&nder cf the fleets and declar'd that “the M.untry may have every confidence in hie vc nv-nt of an unconditional f ly across both ore us if the home :.nf continues fo do ifs part.” Noting that the evolution cf the rpiano bfspeaks a further naval fcahlishment much different from projected cr advocated before ml Harbor,” the committee at the ne f me disc.lo ed that the nation’s r-all go I of 135,000 planes by the I f l&G will not be realized. Pre: eat indications are that there I ix months delay in the com-te rnli/ 'M' ri of that progiam.” the rt ta fed tha I a • i ( oiling; Prices On guccess There Soap Announced | — v. Would Isolate Soap Placed I nder Nationwide Dollars and Cents Klska ISHIKI Within Long Range Bomb ng Soap, another major item in the housewife’s market basket, was placed | under nationwide dollars and cents ceiling prices today, effective May 21fh.j Distance of .Japan by the Office of Price Administration j .n another move to aid compliance and keep down the cost of living, accord- j Washington. D C. (0*8)—Launching to Robert B Adams. Des Moine , i mg a major offensive to diive the Ja- director. I panese out of the Aleutians, United J district OPA k The new c< ailing onces apply to each) states forces landed Tuesday on the 'of four classes of retail food stores, and J jap-held Island of Attu and today are effective throughout Iowa. were still battling the Nipponese de* Today’s action establishes .specific fenders maximums for more than IOO varities , The American effcrt to capture the land brands of soap from the manu- J jar northem Japanese base was an-facturer down through the retail gro- J nouncwj officially today by the navy cor. I he soap regulations represent j department. At the same tfmr\ the another step in OPA s fulfillment of naVy revealed that United States fliers Price Administrator Prentiss M I carried out new air raids on n.. ;n-Brown s pledge to hold down pikes of ( Kiska Island in the Aleutians commodities which are every day needs * in American homes, and roll back Pest Blackout In County I s Te r met! Successf u I Mrs. Neola Morrison Taken bv Death those which have risen out of line, Adams said. Under regulations retail soap prices remain at levels of January, 1942. No roll back was necessary because the I selling prier ; of soap have remained J practically constant since that date under previous regulations. Todays Kiska lies 172 miles closer to th° American mainland than Attu Authorities here believed the United States forces attacked Af*u first because a successful invasion til re would isolate the Japanese garrison at i Kiska. Army Liberator bombers and War-hawk fighters raided Japanese installations at Kiska, a navy commun- mm< i bu ted tai II. HUIvard •» Is Found Dead in u Y I I h< Vs i (juan ei Las VO Cf the I III OPINION ac ft Min; seems Ami k rn ie an alan .ystem the triumph ive effort lit.inan ally. and without ‘a; ed or lent paper’ hive that they M lyra more Arthur, surgenre of d* likely to come Amerif plane moot at ic spirit is out of the war . i:1 RUS I the a by d ii nid * have f h a 11 A mere frum this advenient Icrvice rf says Europeans expect A far as the religious angle of if goes. the best selling books in this country during tile last several years have b' en such religious novel; as ‘The Song of Bernadette” The Robe” and The Keys to the Kingdom,” and all churches new have greater attenuant! than ever before in their history. Nrw Lon ien al his i iy evening jokes of Mi rn Th** air raid tr t. blackout v.h.'h rame unannounced a to the exact «•>ate and hour, was termed a success in Henry county Thursday evening. Shortly after nine o'clock, the mes-age went through calling for the test as. messengers, and other workers were soon on duty an i by ‘hp time the siren sounded, the Vernerd H Hillyard working organization was on duty, rn the Moor of the kit ^ "vHv IHI" *1. New London Watch Repairman foldout warn* Succumbs Honing brightly thro i while he waited for t actually had sourieI Marlier. In all of tilts the persons faded to the lights were turned off im Iy when the persons were notified. It was observed also that if the blackout bs to be complete, headlights of th'* women's service corps can; and thens pei nutted to drive during i Mr Neola Morrison, 76, of Mt. h the wit dows Pleasant, died at the Memorial hos-ie signal which Pita* at 3;1^ P m* Thursday. She me minutes wa,s Admitted to the hospital Wednes- ca -es in which j drtJr ic <r the siren I Sbe survlved by one son- R°y Cush-m ciiate_ | man, of Mt. Pleasant and a brother, action, however, will make it easy fo . . v i iQue reported tw: days after the the housewife to check the prices she; 1 pays against the ceiling established in I' ome bj ne ehbors Thurs- ibout 7 30 Coroner D L. Pleasant was called but qu< t u ill be 1| Id. Is thou gilt he pas cd away abou: lock Thursday morning atte; ■ring a h* art attack. wa born at Greenfield. Iowa. 21. Homes, buildings, signs ani street of lights blacked out quickly in accord- the complete black he period must be ance with the general procedure. Cooperate. Cats and trucks -ere peemitted to travel during this first period provided they were using the Iou foe i lights Some out of town motorists who happened to come into Mi. Pleas- covered with appropriate hood In this test, there were no r d-dents. It wa-, a test of the completeness of the blackout. Des Moines Iowa (INS'—Iowa in du: trial and Defense Commissioner j than a voluntary clithe individual to the state, as Mi Wind* I 1879, was adopted by Mr and ant jn thls timp wpre Very coooera- ***** Q- Shelby. todav awaited rp- ports rn a 20-county surprise blackout last night. UCCU aiiU u bf Ulxlti w VV **««.** death several • ears ago. Since hen. he has lived a- Lights were on in a few place.' \r in He pent his lit a1- a watcfi^e- jpg jbls fll vt period. Warden' messengers were Thrown into darkness MR. WILLKIE** I KH NHS and foe are -till ardently debating his ‘one , world notions rn their letter- to me Hi. advocates, vary in their interpretation.- of what he means. Main contend he wants to prove the whole world is looking toward us lor inspiritti:n and help and wants coal- j 8 od ; Iliff! He Jal;, Mi pun HiUyard aid made hi-. home jjve stopped to ask if they could pro* With them ince chldbood. He caret! an(j sa,,^ they didn’t want to mar for them until then death several tbe piarkout. A'r* , __ and pa lr man, retiring abou’ 4 years ago messengers weie busy checking on .Services wall be held Sunday after- yiesP antj vuth two exceptions had noon at 2.00 p. rn. from the Elliott ajj out by the time of the sec- Chapel. Rev. Frank W Sutton, pastor ond siren which markcd the start of cnod but traffic with dim fjf Church of Chris*, will officiate. Bur- total blackout period. Most of Jal will be in Burge cemetery. these lights were those left on by per sons when they left thpir homes or offices sometime earlier or by persons who returned to the places briefly arid forgot to turn off me light. Wherever these persons were reached, the residents promptly responded and turned dollars and cents terms. The ceilim prices on the OPA list and also those for unlisted brands must be posted. Adams told merchants. Tile new regulation does not appl> to drug stores, five-and-ten cent stores dry goods stores, mobile retail units oi other retailers who will continue to determine their prices under the General Maximum Price Regulation. Following are the Class I (Independent retail food stores having an annual ■ •— j gr ss sales volume of less than $50,- Washington, D. C. (INS)—The sen- qqq, ceilings Bar or Cake Toilet Soaps Brand and Size Per Unit Camay. Bath ....................$ M Garmoe. of Salem. Funeial servlet will be field at the Cooke, funeral home at I 30 p. rn . Saturday. Interment will be in Forest Heme cemcteiy. Reject Compromise United States forces rn de their first iandir.g on Attu Island, wh’ch is within long range bombing distance cf important enemy naval bases as well as Japan itself. PLANE ..... Washington, D C. (INS*—The United States army air forces and Britain’s RAF’ in North Africa destroyed approximately 2.000 enemy planes and lost about 770—an approximate ratio of 3 tc I—from November 8, 1942 to May ll, 1943, the war department disclosed today. ate today rejected the George compromise for the Ruml plan pay-as- you-go tax bill alter a b’tter ti or battle. Camay, regular ...... Crystal White, regular fie to resume was sen: at 9 4.. p .. pajrVi regular ....... [and at 9:55 the all-dear signal was Honeysuckle, regular were the j flashed* Ivory, Guest ........ Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa defense districts. From his Des Moines headquarters, fylby. fUuhed the “blue” caution warning in vvhico buildings ai d street lights are dark- Stores To ( lose In Neighboring Towns mod lmhts, at 9.15 p. rn. he said. Thq 'red” warning stopping and bocking out traffic went out at 9:30 p. rn. The second ‘blue” permitting traf- Ivory, large INS*—The 20 ivory, medium .08 .05 06 .05 .05 .12 .07 .05 .10 M- re ha Qts here who are making lhpm out qua that stores there will I hursday afternoon also. close on Washington has not announced plans to dose on Thursday afternoons^ gome of these spots where lights this summer, will be interested in an- wej.g reported included the basement n ounce merits at Fairfield ani Keosau- Qf the Baptist church, office of Dr. S. W Huston, the AAA office. Baxter’s hatchery. Lee Speaker’s Ruby plumbing and heating shop, and one on the second floor above the Hi Hat cafe, on I nerd ay or on Thursday afternoons, but soujh side of the square. s me of :he merchants had indicated Wait For Street Lights he left his deductions in goner- > ,. , th afler_: , . , , . they wotnd close on tm ..ame an . Afc ^ third signal, the tine when aliased terms, he seems to have won, and Mt Pleasant ; i noon as Fairfield ana nu. ruasaiu. motor vehicles could a^ain proceed j Fairfield closing will become effec- caution, the street light; were tive immediately The Mt. Pleasant jurne{j on almost simultaneously with agreement calls for starting the first the siren which obviously was nor week in June. ! quite according to the plan, but which occurred through a slight misinterpre- Soldiers See IL S. llatlon of ,ns,n,cl'0‘' mon with us. Others think he wants whetber the c]0fyng will be on Wed only pest-war cooperati iticn with other nations. A : ui poi I from people who want to go in opposing directions. There can be no dcubt, however, upon one principle of individual and international nature, which Mr. Willkie did not mention — unity ai d iiiend-rhips which are genuine <.re not founded upon either transportation or help. * We helped Japan before this wai. furnishing scrap-iron and cd Finan-(ial help wan given Germany in th* Dawes and other plans. Also, the Zeppelins rf feted excellent tianspor-t iticn to and fiom Germany just be-iore the war. Unity can come only through an asiimilaticn oi customs and ideas. It requires a long process with year cf careful application and earnest mu taal cooperation. It has never been com bet ore. For genlraticns, numerous countries^ have lived next to each other in the Balkans with over-night transportation bitt without ever obtaining a single year of peace. Mr. Willkie lives in a New York apartment house wh"re, despite the nearness of his neighbors, he probably 'In.us not one of them, although the elevator *uns day and night. It seems tc be up to Mr. Wdlkie Residents in homes cooperated IOU ^Aniar riuc^ percent app>ently and left thru senior V'ldSa ii „ jllghts o* until the street jjghts werc : turned on, however. At the moment Fe Idlers of the air detachment at the street lights began to go on, lights Italian Island Heavily Bombed ; in homes and other buildings were turned on rapidly . which indicate ’ were watching then cue. Ii wa Wesleyan attended a presentation cf “The Seven Keys to Baldpate” at the high school Thursday. and; that residents which will be presented for the gen-ral public this evening. The play, by , PIane Goes Over he seniors, was enjoyed by the army ( A p]anp> probably that of an a,.f;a students, they indicated. jobseiver checking on the complete- The enteitninment was concluded1 before the blackout. Burlington. Iowa minute blackcut of the Burlington Kirks Coco Hdw. Castile, reg.. area Last night was termed success- j iVa> large ................... ful today by civilian defense officials. Lava regular ...................OI Comparatively few lights were show- Lifebuoy, regular ................08 ing in either residential or business Lux Bath .......................ll areas. Lux, regular ....................08 Considerable confusion resulted, octagon, regular .................05 however, from inability to hear the paimolive. Bath ................... ll warning sirens, Palmolive, regular ...............08 Sierra Pine, regular ...............08 Swan, large ......................12 Swan. regular .....................07 Sweetheart, regular ..............08 White Kin^ regular .............06 Woodbury, regular ...............09 Bar Laundry Soaps A met leap Family, large ...........07 Crystal White, large...............06 Crystal White, regular ...........05 Fete Naptha. regular .............06 Kirkman Borax, regular .........06 Octagon, large ...................05 Octagon, small ...................03 P Ac G White Laundry, large 06 P Ac G White Laundry, regular .. .05 Tag, regular .....................07 White King, large ...............06 White King, regular ............ .05 ( •r’nscrs and Scouring Powders B sb-G. 14 ounces .................13 G Id Dust, 14 ounces .............06 Kitchen Klenzer; 13 ounces .......07 Lighthouse, 14 ounces .............05 Octagon, 13 ounces ...............05 Old Dutch 14 ounces .............09 Sunbrite 13 ounces ................06 Package scans also are included. Allied Headquarters in North Africa — (INS)—The harbor area of the small Italian island of Pantellaria in the Med’terranean off the coast of liberated Tunisia, has been heavily boba rded by allied warships, General Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters announced today. New serial blows against the Italian mainland port cf Naples and the harbor of Cagliar, Sardinia, were disclosed at the same time. The communique announcing the continuing blows against axis Mediterranean bases declared that not a single German or Italian soldier remains uncantured in Tunisia following the crushing of the axis armies Marriage License Issued (ness of the blackout, passed over ML. | Pleasant early in the blackout pcr od. i Those in charge called attention to j two things in which there should be Cluther coo|>eration or improvement. A ma'rage Boerne h\s been issued; Pedestrians are expected to be off it the Courthouse here to Hqvt the streets during the period of com-Zwinglc Cummings, 35, Morning Sun.'plete blackout, but many were walked Vey Maxine Wright. 32, Winfield.. jug the streets watching the proced ure. He is the newspaperman who ac-j Some delay was expel ienced in get -companied Mr. Willkie on the trip. | ting the lights off in home; b-cau o A a former Russian correspondent of the ti e failure of the residents to hear New York Herald-Tribune. who has a the signal, to say what proposals he has in mind beautiful prose style, as beautitul as J One block wmdcn ha rrce v» I Ins befoe the debate can be resolved, , Mr. Willkie’s in his book — and in call, put on his arm band and w u; Or perhaps Howard flames could. j practically the same vein. sitting in the house with the lights GOVERNOR^ WIFE, DAUGHTER IN WINS — Mrs. Bourko B. Hickenlooper, wife of Iowa’s governor, and her 13 year old daughter. Jane, wear the air force blue cotton gabardine uniform of the WINS — Women in National Service. As wife of the state’s chief executive, Mrs. Hiek-enlooper is honorary chairman of the organization in Iowa. The organization is designed to recognize the important role of the housewife in the war effort. Any housewife, who is doing a good ioh in spite of emergency handicaps, is qualified to become a WIN. The WINS are 20 million housewives serving the nation in the unsung role of keeping house, cooking, family tending and generally “making do” with less A typical WIN. Mrs. Hickenlooper sets an example for tho organization in Iowa. W ith only one servant in her home. plentv of housework is left for the first lade and her aide do ramp—young Jane. j>he likes every hit of it wen the laundry which she likes to do herself— bemuse, fastidious almost to a fault, she can never find a it von e who does it to her satisfaction. With a five year old son. David, in the family, there is always washing to he done and patching and mending. Mrs. Hickenlooper keeps i rr rending basket close by and when she relaxes in the li'in" room, her hands are invariably busy. (LD. P. A. photo) Rev. Rauscher Elected To Off'ces at Convention The rector of St. Michael'; Epis-I church, the Rev. Russell ’I> Rau/.f her, was elected assistant seen* tar, of the Episcopal diocese of Iowa, and a member cf the Bishop and J Council recently. The diocesan convent on was held at St. John’s by the ammi;. Ames. Iowa, and was the 91st •rnu.il convention. Berlin Included In Bombing Objectives London, England —(INS)— RAE bombers blasted Berlin last night with industrial objectives in the Rhur valley and occupied Czechoslovakia as other formations of British bombers and fighter planes lashed at N;zi-con-trolled transport lines over a vast area of the continent. The air ministry announcement of fhe raid today ;aid (hat 34 bombers were lost in the attacks. The new series of “round-the-clock bombardments of the continent by the British. American and other allied planes continued in daylight as formations of RAF craft soared across the channel to blast northern France. Announcement of the loss of 34 planes indicated that upwards of 700 bombers were operating in the night raids alone Artillery Duel Near Black Sea Moscow, Russia tINS) —Russia and German big guns today continued to blaze away in a tremendous artillery duel northwest of Novorossisk. Nazi-held Black Sea naval base. Today’s rn id-day Russian communique said several dozens more Nazi blockhouses and pillboxes were demolished by heavy fire from Red army artillery. Harman To Succeed Bierman Chicago. Illinois (INS)-Lieut. Harvey J. Harman, of the navy pre-flight John Baker Selected t mer.. Iowa (INS)—Selection of John Baker of Mt. Pleasant as man-1 soh ol at Chapel Hill. North Carolina, iging editor of the Iowa Engineer t will succeed Lieut. Col. Bernie Bier- tudcnfc divisional publication at Iowa man, as athletic director a' ?he low \ State college, was announced today by pre-flight school at Iowa City, if, w s C ravel en Peoples of Ames, editor. I learned today.

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