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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - May 21, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 12 - Expires May 31 (Each Stamp, Fife pounds.) Gasoline 5 Expire May 21 Fuel Oil 5.....Until Se pl. 30TUE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS r'orf(>(» 23 - Exrires M’v 30. E, F, fJ. II. red stamps expire May 31 J red stamp May 23 to May 31. G-H-.f blue stamps txpiie June 7 VOL. I,XXI, No. HHFRIDAY, MAY 21, 1913 MT. PI.EASANT, IOWA Japs Reported Evacuating Attu Island THE By PaulMallon jLr (Distributed by King Feature* Syndicate, Inc., Reproduction in Pull or In Part Strictly Prohibited.) New Flood Danger At St. Charles, Mo. They’ll Do It Every Time - - - That little opes ATON HIS DOCTOR suggested, sounded- OH, SO SIMPLE OP-OP- OPERATION ? But, doc — i'm too Busy* I-1-cant SPARE THE TIME FOR WASHINGTON —. AMERICAN I LITERS cl rathei low rank: counseled the strategy for taking Attu first and then going back to get Kiska The high command her* is undrest od to have asked flyers on the ground In Alaska for suggestions on str teg> and th ir recommendations woe followed, This is how a democratic aimy functions in contrast to H tier and cth r totalitarian military regiim- . The importance of (lie islands as bases for invasion up 'n the Japanese mainland may be slightly over-estimated in the public mind They are rood .submarine bases, but. due to Estimate 82,000 Driven From Their Home we a the I’ tory air The J on both the one bombers used to lug too launcher ad mon -., are not satisfac bar a p > Kl on The lur I bom e been building field." iud Attu, how ver, and u is large enough for could not have been the United States, be-aav. but would have Alaska. mn I ll I $AKI HOIN i( i A LOT ofthing- t o pr Ic es hanit no onesec ms lfEnow just w hat, and ’ om-how. no rn atter what t hey do—threat-en, pun it-i at im fr<< z e, oi promise-every ti mego to a st ore with ama At et ba; ket, food s cc ms i to cost alittle bi* n lore A floeOf I)' ibiicity abo ut the newdollar a nd ©en ts celliloll back*.j libs id ic*and rn i nd atory margins,has cia ate d th i‘ jmpr essio n that thecut ai ea ting ha d‘ ■'’lim •d, but Hie4 vid* nee ■ t O SU. -tam b uch a conc I us-ion Ls s' till la* k mg to cons inners.The < xix PD. S I ire as confused as ev-I ryone Pi or im stance, OPA first fixedmal gins of prof its on * va rid us foods onchain s tor es, s ome of * which weremandat rv and others optional. Thent hpy rn ,d„ ail margin s rns mdatory onthe < id bi asis of Ma rch. 1942 Butraised : .ome rn si rf Ins. That was onMondayTwo days later on Wed-ne. day. rn Argh i red ut non s were or-dercd. The s ital r-tic! ans of the chains fig-«By International News Service) While tile flood*menace that gripped lowland areas of eight mid-west .states bowed some agos of abating, new dang* r appeared along the Mississippi river today as crests of the swollen rivets moved downstream. The new danger arose at St Charle s Mi . uri, threatening new destruction throughout the area. As the flood termed th*-- most des. true f ive over a generation rolled southward leaving IO dead and untold property damage in its wake, it was estimated that 82 OOO persons were driven from their lnund ited homes and at least 3.000,000 acres of midwest farm land were underwater. Witfi much of the mid-west rich farm land, the bread-basket of the nation .under water, lears were expressed a* to the American farmer's ability to meet the wartime tempo of Increasing feed production. Japanese Admiral Killed In Action \M-(V,THt5 6 SO SIMPLE A SURGEON CAN DO IT IN ABOUT 2 MINUTES WITHOUT TAKING OFF HIS COAT. NOTHING TO IT ' GO TO THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY-BE BACK AT WORK MONDAV I LL J. arrange it NOW-^Z Until he started to PAY HIS WAY OUT OF THE HOSPITAL-—— 'I'Aomioclb EP" ISNT THIS Bill A LITTLE OUT OF LINE 7\ r THOUGHT (GULP) • (JH--I MEANUH-MV DOCTOR SAID* MV DEAR MAN - THAT WAS A VERV COMPLICATED OPERATION' ONLV THREE SURGEONS IN THIS COUNTRY COULD PERFORM IT • AND THEN THERES THE X- rays anesthesia, operating-room, drugs, PAPER CUPS, ELEVATOR SERVICE, Sunshine Gets Cordial Welcome armers Ready To Riant Corn; This Was Washday Expect Axis To Announce Loss of Island A brilliant sun, like of which has not bffn seen here in many a day. drove away thoughts of rain and loudy weather and turned attention to hrw soon will it be that I ran get I n the field to plant corn or that I fan get into the victory garden or 'hat I can get at that yard mowing. Terne lawns have been so thoroughl> "Diked that mowing has been diffi-ult or impractical. It was washday in Mt. Pleasant. Japs Concentrate Effort At Attu Village London, Eng. <IN3>—The Nazi controlled Vichy radio reported to* ay, according to Reuter’s, that the Japanese had “commenced evacuation” of Attu Island in the Aleutians. The enemy report was considered br Housewives who had let the clothes' observers in London to be a prelude to stack up from week to week during axis announcement of the loss by th° thinking that surely tomorrow Nipponese of the island to the Angl icans. Japanese Dig-ln Launch Inquiry Into Plane Disaster Deeds Recorded Humber Smashes Into Tank of Illuminating Gas I* itfht April In Disclosed Plane New York New York UNS*—Admiral Isoroku Yamamot), commander-in-chief of die combined Japanese fleet, and the man who had boasted that im HJV day he would dictate the terms of peace in the White House of Washington, has been killed in action, the Tokyo radio announced today. Yamamo? s de Uh during April "while engaged in combat with the enemy” aboard a warplane was dis closed rn an imperial Japanese headquarters* communique. The communique broadcast domes-tically by the Tokyo radio, was recorded in the United States Federal Communications Commission. The admiral died “during his di- touch me how n' thing you buy ruction of operations,” the official Nip- iny cheaper. However, pones? announcement said. * Willis I Chrissir cr and ochers i j have given a de°d to Richard L. Par- ! rott for a New Lindon property. Con- , sideration was $3,250. | John W. Woodsman and Laura Woodsman have deeded a Winfield property to Della V. Burge Consid-Chicago. Illinois—< IN3> Army off- j cration was $125. iciais today launched an inquiry into| ____________ the worst plane disaster of Chicago's j history, the cia-h of a huge V ur-mo - j T* DpHirttll1 Alf‘IT ored Liberator into a towering ga " A-evUIvfll/V im.IIdl storage tank which killed all 12 on board. Tile bomber groping its way at only IOO feet altitude thiough unfavorable (St. Named Head of District Group May thinking that surely will be better, found that tomorrow bad arrived and took advantage of the opportunity. Next to the colorings of green, the flowers and the deep brown- . » VU is!) reds of some of the trees, the col-I At Attll Village crings cf washings were most striking in the brilliant sunlight Up and down every street, washings were on the line in nearly all backyards. Farmers looked at wet fields and predicted that soil conditions would improve even faster than they had anticipated and that soon they will be abb to get into parts of fields to start planting. Very little corn has been •(INS)—The Wttbh^igton, D C. navy revealed today that the Japanese have dug-in at Attu village on the island of that name for a last stand, while American troops suppcrted by planes are continuing to blast the enemy in the Aleutians. “On May 19th operations on Attu continued.” the navy said. “Japanese forces have established Local Women Attend Conference At Washington For War Prayers wfather mashed into the 485 foot high tank filled with 18.000,0)0 cubic feet of illuminating gas yesterday, cauking a terrify- explosion that rocked southwest Chicago Michael's Church Will Be Open Daily I Miss Martha McClure. Mrs. O. W-! Anderson, and Mrs yack Wilson attended the First District convention of Republican Women held at Washer gton, Iowa, on Thursday. I Members from all counties of the six degrees below normal, the average j district were present and State Presi- J being 56 degrees , dent Mrs Bess Lainson gave the chief address. Mr Biering state presided of Young republicans, was also pres-j ent and gave a talk. Mrs. Anderson was elected chair- planted in the county and those farm- * P°siUons on the high ground east of ers who have planted are uncertain whether cr not they will have to plant over. The cold wet weather has f ail -el to get the planted corn off to a good start, The official weather report for this area db closed today that for the week ending May 18, the temperature was Attu village. United States army bombers attacked Japanese entrenchments in the area north of Sara na Pass. The village of Attu is located on Chicago? harbor to which the Japa-rese retreated after losing their defense position around Holtz Bay and Sarana Pass.” A Peace Altar will be dedicated man of the Peace-Past w*ar program Sunday at S' Michael's Episcopal which is being given much attention C oncert By Band Enjoyed by Audience Townspeople, students and soldiers Flames shot hundreds of feet into church according to announcement by since it is verv important at this time of the air unit at Iowa Wesleyan en- T. Raus- to begin thinking about building the joyed the concert by the Iowa Wesley* the sky that were followed by a dense pall of smoke which spread over the region as tar used for sealing the tank burned the rector, the Rev. Russell cher. Father Rauscher described the Shrine as, “a place where people of I foundations of peace. The heat was so intense that tem- any renomination may come to pi ay Poppy Sale Plans f Ar IawcH a ti ac on J f rinnd r> in tVi.i rn M un* the reductions will cut them to such an extent in meats, canned fruits and vegetables, cereal* rice, and sugar as to make their business unprofitable. Yet J seems to b peratures rose for nearly a mile away Windows in some of the homes in the sparsely settled section were to hot to Pails of the bomber and its motors were strewn for hundred^ of yards CPA promised another meat roll- Radio Tokyo said tnat Em pore r Hi- lrcm the tank The f°re-part of tho bark d-creas. June I baaed on .sub- rehlto has decided to award post-hum- bo"’l«,r apparently fell into the blad- sidles which the government will pay ously to Yamamoto,, the order of the nig tank out of the treasury to the meat g:iden vulture and title of grand ad- of $2,000,000 had a capacity of The tank erected in 1928 at a cost I for their loved ones and friends in the armed forces, and to offer their prayers for a just peace.” The Shrine is located in the Nave of the church. The background is red and white, red symbolizing the bloodshed of thase who have and those who will give their lives in the struggle against the forces of evil; and white as a symbol for peace For Saturday of Next Week Made an band at the college chapel Thursday evening, the final concert of the year for the band which is directed by W. E. Smith. While all numbers were appreciated, the playing cf Dixie received special commendation by many of the soldiers from the south. mirai. Main Strength of U.S. Forces Now packers. A cursory check of the effect of the 300 P od ceilings ordered by OPA ten days ago, indicates these did not roll back anything. Some prices were increased, some decreased, and the average left about the same. Enforcement may be Improved bv the action, but not prices. Th* particular brands of canned *’ goods hit bv decreases seem to be Washington. D. C.-UNS)- Pre.i-those used in the chains, and this dent Roosevelt today said that the should help the Independents, but the main strength of Americas ; 20,000.000 cubic feet, jerty of the Peoples Coke company. It was the prop-Gas, Light and Strikes Continue In I he Pacific jn Chrysler Plants A*' th - consumer is not and naval forces outside States now are concentrated in Pacific. Detroit, Michigan —ilNS)—Strikes continued today in the plants of the Chrysler corporation with approxi- military the United *, ma telv 25.000 men idle despite orders the , i from the National War Labor Board school house on Final preparations are now* under way for the annual Poppy sale which will be held Saturday. May 29 Mrs. A crucifix Chambers, general chairman, hangs above the Altar, and a candle ha* Wanted the following captains,! Hi, ~ bums in the cinter as the perpetual Anna Miitcnbeiger, Marie McCoy, light of prayer. Names of members A&nes Spry . Bessie McClaian, Floi-W’ho are in the armed forces are placed pnce Dusenberry, Alma Lessenger and on an honor roll near the altar. People of all dencminations and es-p. ualiy those wuh no religious amil*-, Mcrnorial "“were, and th,-y 111 turn ti ors are invited to visit the Shrine : are ““ir co-workers for the for Prayer. i day- Dedication ceremonies will be at' sa*e early on Satuiday 9:00 A. M., Sunday. As a part of these ceremonies the Woman’s Relief Corps tiie day and evening. This year U.S.W. Meets At Hillsboro School The regular meet-A was held at the Tuesday evening. Cora Abraham, to assist her in the Mis‘s Meuginot and Mrs. H. D. distribution iof these beautiful little gavp 1(’lX)It-s on the state con- Confirming Prime Minister Winston - and UAW-CIO leaders to return to work. aid received by yet apparent. The cnly thing sure is that no scientific effort to handle the price situation is evident. Rather it Is piece- Churchills statement to congress - other UAW-CIO strikes ended meal plugging. *esday that America was mainlining ^ morning^hen workers at the Kel_ THE CONFUSING THINGS which chief responsibility lot the war in the se^mye& Whee, company and Ray-hav. been done are expected by most Pacific whiU Great B t a n wa. .IDav pj^ton Corporation in Dearborn will present a U. S. flag to the church. Tile Shrine will be open delly 8 a a «reater responsibility for the sue in. to 5 p. rn,, after Sunday. ce“ of Ulf sale. as each reallzes th"' private economists to be merely temporary stop-gaps at best, In the long run, they think food prices are likely to continue to work themselves upward enc way cr another. Also obvious* is th? fact that food buying through normal retail chan-m Is has fallen off enormously. In the chains beef consumption this April was off 70 percent from last April; processed foods, 50 percent; meat, 60 percent; butter and cheese. likewise in the Atlantic, the president raid it is true that a majority of America's armed forces aboard are stationed in the Pacific area. Hillsboro Man Taken By Death Day returned to their jobs. The strike situation continued to be the worst in Detroit since Pearl Harbor and threatened, according to a Chrysler spokesman .to force out of \Wjrk 85,000 employees Un 23 other plants of the company. Ship Construction Exceeds Losses Washington, D C. (INS)—American ship construction very greatly exceeds the tonnage last by U-boat sinkings, vent ion which they attended as delegates on May 7. Several letters from men in service were read including one from Clyde K Demmel. former Bap morning and will continue throughout tist Pastor heir. who is serving as a as chaPlain m the army stationed in never before, the workers are feeling AuM>alia. A letter from S. Sgt. Wil _ ham Dean Boley, stationed in Nortn Africa, was also read. He stated iii now we must take on the additional tf,t !liat Uie Africa he was see- work of assisting the young men now* vvas not like the one he studied | hospitalized from World war II Many in m!k o1 of whom have assisted in the making Mrs, Mildred Sullivan of Burling of toes-* Memorial poppies. Each ton visiting at the home of lier sis-worker feels a deeper sense cf obliga- f !‘ Mrs. Roland Newbold, and fam-tion and a special pride in being able convalescing frcm a mino; to help with this worthwhile cause. operation, Mrs. Vinton Hoaglin left Remember this year when you are * n 1 U€st^av t,,! her former home at, , asked to buy these little flowers that Manlev. Iowa, where she will attend President Roosevelt announced today,, some deserving boy or man has been 'de high school graduation exercises as he revealed that a new and much J able to make money again, which in lor ,ier brother, more powerful type of merchant ves- turn brings him a definite feeling of set is now being constructed. I usefulness, where despair before had JL£ J KiUC StHlTipS 18 Tons of Bombs Dropped On Rabaul Allied Headquarters in Australia— (INS) Allied heavy bombers braved severe anti-air craft fire and search lights to hurl down 18 tons of demo-itior. and incendiary b'mbs on an air-port at the big Japanese air base at Rabaul, New Britain, General Douglas MacArthur^ headquarters announced today. Aerial Offensive In High Gear Allied Headquarters in Noith Africa < INS)—The terrific allied aerial offensive against the enemy's Mediter-ancan outposts and Italy, .slipped into high gear today with an official announcement that 113 enemy planes have been destroyed in the last few hours. Included was an entiie fleet of .-even £ ant German ME-323 six-engine tianspo: ts, blasted out cf the skies by P-40 fighters in a gruelling battle near Villa Ciyre, itself the objective of an attack Wedne.day. Tile newest triumphs were registered yesterday when 22 ax s planes were shot down and an additional 91 destroyed on the ground. Detrcit, Michigan — GNS)—The Desoto bomber plant of the Chrysler Corporation was shut down at 10:00 a. rn. today when the entire day shift Hillsbcro, Iowa —Benjamin Frank-50 percent; sugar. 25 percent; coffee, fin Barnett, 77, died at his home here ^ g 5QQ WQrkers walked out on strike, 33 percent. Much of this reflects cur- about one o’clock this morning. Sui-- & ccmpany spokesman said tailment due to point rationing, buv viving are his wife. Mrs. Jessie Corn-- ________ some of it is also due to black mar- ter Barnett, whom h? married October kets in meat, poultry, and potatoes, 25. 1941, three sons and four daugh- COUNTY HOGS and the transfer of business to small- ters, Floyd and Ray Barnett of Hills- AUAMr LUPU CITI I EDC er stores yr ro and Harl of Trenton, Mo., Mrs. AMUNO rllUM dE.LLE.Kd seems Theodore Marshall of Mt. Hamill, Mrs. Chicago. 111. — H' nry county hogs Mr. Roosevelt .said that during the I fined his heart, last six months, construction of new ships has more than kept pace with the damage done by Axis submarines. Increase In Amount of Moneys, Credits Good Week In May Your generous response to this worthy cause will be heartily appreciated, not only bv the American Le- - glen auxiliary, who sponsored the Washington, D. C. < INSi The OPA rale, but by hundreds of veterans of txday extended for one week the time World war I and World war II. un: s which blue stamps. G. H and J Buy one for the sake of the dis- n ay be used to buy canned goods in a bled. Wear one in memory of those : ! er to telieve retailers of an end-of- Ray Krieger, of this county, mar- ’ 518,€67 is $84,667 more than the total The point rationing system much too ccmplex for the average Ray Marshall of Stockport.. Mrs. Earl housewife, and buying is not being Marshall of Packwood and Mrs. Floyd were among the high sellers of the done on an efficient basis, in the opm- Warrington of Keosauqua. His first past weeks trade at the Chicago s ck ion of all authorities. The govern- wife. Ella Huffman Courter, preceded yards nient seems satisfied with the con- him in death in 1940. dil.cn, Lut .I looks like we will have Funeral service will be held at the toted a 101 head drove of heavy prime cl $M6t.50r for 1042 to go on with OPA. mistake mistake, correction by cor- p. rn. Sunday. reel ion. until some liciency evolves out through the leveling process of time, cemetery at Keosauqua. Amount of moneys and credits in Mt. Pleasant has increased materially over the amount turner: in a year w.o, figures totalled by assessor William | Rukg ber disclose. j -- Nineteen torty-three's total of $1,-! Fiano end violin students of Mus!c Department of Iowa Wesleyan who have made the supreme sacrifice, the-month buying rush ________ In cad cf expiring on May 31st as Mrs. Emma Boshart Taken By Death Wayland. Iowa — The death of Mrs. r mma BovShart, 65, occurred at the Memorial h spital at 8 o’clock this morning. She was taken to the hospital Monday. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Menno Boshart. Her husband. Chris Boshart, preceded her in death six years ago. Surviving are five brothers and one sister. Ama- Boshart of Goshen, Ind., John B. Boshart of Olds. Orrus and Omer Brshart and Mrs. Frank Mag-lefrau of Wayland Mrs. Boshart was a life long member of the Mennonite church. CUSTODIAN SCHOOL HERE ON JUNE 3 PIANO AND VIOLIN RECITAL ANNOUNCED previously announced, blue stamps. G, H and J will be good through June 7th, the OPA said. the Ames. Iowa — With the naming of the members ) f 'the faculty, plans for a series of 13 custodian schools throughout the state, beginning June I have been completed, it was an-Bounred today bv Prof Eugene O, OI- Will Report to SPARS Iron of the Iowa Stote College Eng n-\A a viand —Mary E. Wittmer receiv- en mg Extension Service rder by order, Christian church in Hillsboro at 1:30 butchers on Wednesdays market that erection by cor- p rn Sunday. The Rev. E. E. Nci- sold without sorting at $14.55 per cwt. Mt. Pleasant showed a slight increase. 22. at IO a rn. semblance of ef- derhuth, pastor of the church will of- They averaged 350 pounds per head, The total In 1943 is $168,646 which is Barbara Aumann, I of the chaos ficiaU Interment vi» bt' in the and the price was the highest that C1.9C5 mqm than the $166,681 report- gia Del Clark, Bai . limp n,mptprv at Kposaunua for st°ck of this entreme weight, cd in 1912. Dickson. Carol Hay college will present a recital in the el advan e notice Thursday to report. Each of the scho Is will have one Total value of personal property In college chapel Saturday morning. May .0 the U. S Coast Guard Training j session rn the economical mam.en- Thore participa'ing are Station et Pa ra Beach. Florida, June;ance of healthful conditions and an- Ru.h Barton, Geor- 14. Mi a Wittmer enlisted in the ether on the economical use of fuel Barbara Crane. Diane SPARS sni was sworn in at Des One of the schools will be held in Mt s and Caryl Niles. Moines Match 26. Pleasant on June 3.

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