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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - May 22, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 12 - Expires May 31 (Each Stamp, Five pounds.) Gasoline No. (J Expires July 21 Fuel Oil 5.....Until Sept. 30 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS r n'fer 2.1 . Expires May 38. F. F, G. II. red stamps expire May 31 J red stamp May 23 to May 31. G-ll-f blue stamps i vpire June 7 VOL. LXXI, No. 119SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1913 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA Attu Island Battle Enters Final Phase THE By Paul Mallon^ (Distributed by King Feature* Sjra- dlrate. Inc., Reproduction in Full or in Part Strictly Prohibited.) WASHINGTON, I). ( . — ( IU R< H ILL'S broad exult natl n of allied strategy did not entirely ati fy complaints in congress. What thi fairly wide group behind Senator Chandler s viewpoint has been trying to do is to induce the British to put a lormidable army in against. Jo nan on the Burma line They also wanted to draw out of tidally a British promise of full co pet at ion In running down the Mikado Off ^ it I quarters here have been di.s-turbed for some months by Mr. Churchill', premise to demobilize some of the Brit! h fanes after we get Hitler, a speech which Anthony Eden tried to explain away unsuccessfully when he was in Washington The n«'w firm Churchill pronouncements stilled these fears successfully, but left the Burma line proposal unsettled. H* is up against a difficult proposition there. Th* Australian parliament recently extended the limit to which their drafters could fight It now' runs up almost to the equator in some area, where hitherto draftees could not even be sent off the Australian rn inland (their volunteers go anywhere.) The indian army runs nearly a million men, bu’ most of these haw knen kept at. ii' rru for protection against the Indians embarked on anti-British crusades, passive but occasional! v blood v. This Indian army could be put Into the field if Gandhi, et a1, would quiet down at he me. and if adequate British officer 1< Ider hip wa- furnished them However a Jarue i expeditionary force would have to be* organized. The drib!* t army which the British pushed through Hie high mountains on the Burma b frier and into the Jungle has been driven back almost to the Sirens Warn Flood Area Zero Hour At Beardstown In Illinois They’ll Do It Every Time - Beardstown. Iii <IN3> The sounding of sir* ns an i church bells announced today that the zero hour had come for flood-threatened Beardstown and all of its 6,500 residents must be-gin evacuation, As the waler.-, rose above th*1 original 27.75 foci height of the levee, au-tborities expressed fears that emergency sr d bag- and timber packed on top of ihe wall would not hold. Earlifr in the morning all womei and children were Olde red to move ouf by th*- city council. The new alarm found Beard-!' wa largely an “up-ta.rc community There were few fir.>t floors occupied. Legion Auxiliary To Purchase New Fracture Bed It takes WEEKS TO PROO TREM0LECHIM INTO MAKINO OUT TUE CHECKS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD bills*" FOR THE LAST TIME,TMM ASKING NOU WHEN ARE VOLK GOING TO MAKE OUT THE CHECKS FOR THESE BILLS? PRE TTY SOON OUR CREDIT WON T BE WORTH A DtME^ AROUND HERE' But once - HE DOES I FINALLY GET AROUND TO IT, OH, BOY, DOES HE DEMAND ACTION THEN- "TAoav* tx MRS PETER CAV, TULSA, OKLA WHAT? WAVE NT TVE SE ™ GONE OUT VET? WHAT DO YOU MEAN - NO STAMPS ?1 WHAT'S THE POST OFFICE FOR ? I SUPPOSE NOU D LIKE THE GAS COMPANV TO COME OUT HERE AND TURNOFF THE JUICE'. I SUPPOSE' Junior Mich Pupils |>lanes jj|ast Have Good Record I ri n Tr#11 — ' Small \ lllaire I hose W ith Perfect Attendance And Also Those Exempt Prom Exams Gains Made On Other War Fronts Those neither absent nor tardy for <“ ear at Junior High are: Seventh Grade: Thomas Estle. Lee j Washngon D. C. (INS)— The White, Marilyn Adams, Marjorie Hob-I naVy announced tn ay that Unitea un, Mary Jacobs, Allene King. Minnie j plane) “completely destroyed" M* sser, Jane Rieke, Theresa Scully, j japanese held Attu village and that Mar Isa Vollmer. J ,^e f?jf for Attu i.-.land has entered highth Grade Dale Hazen, Hazen ‘hp ftnal phase.” clip*1, Marilyn Cruikshank, Marie I The navy ^ sad fhat Li?htnlng Mitt:, Yv june Myers, Doris Swatles. I fighter planes yesterday bombed ar.d Exempt I rom Exams ' r>raf^ „nfmv p Rltion>4 !n the Chirag- E::empt from examinations at Jun- hQf area fir(i fcf) g fue] dfpot I On the same day. army Liberate heavy bombers resumed their offensive High School . Seventh Grade: Nick Bacmo. Harlan Baintcr, John Burns, Donald Clay. Thomas Est!11. Richard Kilby. James McCoy, Joe Morgan, Richard J. Roth, Marilyn Adams, Marjorie Hobson. Mary Jacobs. Jean Jeambev. Arlene Mosquito Bombers I against the Japanese camp arca oil Kl: ira island. King Theresa Scully, Ramoni Sodini.; ger|jn Th*- American Legion Auxiliary, Bob Tubby Unit No, 08, of Mt Pleas-ant, announces that it is sponsoring a plan to raise funds for the purchase of a new Portable Hanflig Orthopaedic Fracture B‘d to b*- u-*d in cases ot broken bones. When purchased the portable fractal!* bed will be housed in Mr. Pleas- Prison May Start A Night Shift Deeds Given j Jacob Hirschy has given a deed to , Ralph T. McGuire for a Wayland - j property. Consideration was $700. Producing Articles For the War, Cath* me T. Pickle has given a Effort deed in 1938 to Lee Pickle for 80 acres. ] the dec*, Just now* being recorded at --tile court house. Des Heines, Iowa—‘INS* The Iowa Congressmen Out At Food Conference Ruth Strohman, Joe Vermace. Beveil. Wright j London. Eng. (INS)—British Mas- Eighth Grade: Vincent Bacino. Rich- quito bombers raided Berlin for the ard Burn Wendell Dodds. Dale Hazen,1 third straight time lard night as other J*bn Hobson. Hazen Stipe. Paul Stroh- bomber- and fighters of the RAE man, Bobby Stull, Evelyn Brooks, smashed at communication Iine> in Mar hall, Marie1 Mitts. Yvonne Myers, prance ani blasted a convoy in the Cruikshank. Martha Hayes. Hazel English channel. thp air ministry an-Johnson. Robert. Logsdon, Lenola nounced today. Two Say They Will Demand An Marshall. Marei Mitts. Yvonne Myers. , .. .. Beverly Nihart, Nancy' Seelev, Virginia Investigation |g * Doris SwaileS( Jessica Wels. Aerial Offensive Reaches New Heights int which is centrally located, and state penitentiary at Fort Madison J . _ • ■ will b* a va .,.1 bl* for ti 1 in all homes may have to put a nigh* shift in its 1x1.0111 OI* I cl I of 'h* residents of M Pleasant, Cop- work rooms for war production, chair-j pock, Mt, Union, Lowell, Yarmouth, ‘ man P F’ Hopkins, of the board of Roscoe, Olds, Swede-burg, Wayland,1 control said today. Wayne Winfield Marsh New London,! Besides supplying good: for state j Allied Headquarters in N^rth Africa * * INS The continuing relentless allied I Hot Springs, V/ginia—'INS)-—The . welcome mat for congressmen at I closed sessions of the international * tood conference was turned up-side-jdown today and two house members J new on th* scene immediately an- j ncunced they would demand a con- piea ant Grov*. Danville, Middletown, institutions, the penitentiary is pre- Jf. S. Baccalaureate Service In * gressional investigation of the entire i1Pr and Clarence A. Ballard were thus boosting the total three-day bag Rum* Oak.anc Mi IL Salem. Hillsboro, dyeing boiler-room jackets foi the Vmt__\ conference limited in marriage Saturday, May 8. to 272 axi aircraft demolished. Sunday Service COLLIER - BALLARD WEDDING RECENTLY mir\riDr fWI A LIAM A lal offen!lve in the Mediterranean AT MOORE, OKLAHOMA raged to new height.-, today with the -- I disclosure that 86 more enemy planes Wayland.—Mrs. Hazel Dickascn Col-1 were destroyed In tile last few hours. Cottonwood, Houghton, Mercerville, British navy, tropical shirts for troops M\ Ham ill. La Crew, Pilot Grove, St I and camouflage material, Hopkins re-Paul, Denmark, Wes: Point, and the. waled. surrounding lurai areas at all times I While production is .stepped up at Evening * The two cor I'escmeiv-JRepilesent- at Moore, Okla., in the home of the | The newest victory which included 1 * J ativcs Fred Bradley. Michigan repub- officiating minister, Rev. W T. Fhigh, 19 German and Italian planes shot out The annual Memorial Sundae err- jl!can and F rederick Smith. Ohio re- 0i the Methodist church. Rev. Pugh of the skies in gruelling aerial battles ice 0f patriotic groups of the j P«blican--received their final “OO", used the double ring service and the and an additional 67 destroyed on the bord* !- rid I too w* *k to do anything. wlthou, (.ha:ge except for the tram* * Port Madison and at the State Re- | commurnty %jn ^ held Sunday morn- ithis morning from conference chair- attendants were Mr. and Mrs Bryan* ground, were registered yesterday dur- port at ion The Portable Fracture Bed formatory at Anamosa, the two in- j jj-jg jj-j the First Methodist church at 1 man, Marvin Jones, on a demand the* Wilton. ; ing sweeps against targets on Sicily, The coner*1 Mona I critics really be lieve China will collapse and fall out ot* the war unles the Burma road Is physiclan or hospital rn any of the I shortage Inmate rosters are well be-opened. A more general and equally authentic opinion in Washington still is that the Chinese may remain too weak to do anything under existing circumstances, but will be: able to plod along until the Roosevelt-Churchill strategy contemplates crushing the Japs ‘increased aviation help is apparently forthcoming, as Churchill Im* plied *, will b*1 readily available for use to any • stitutions are feeling the man-pcwet ^ if 45 The participating groups are th*1 Woman's Relief Corps, the Daugh a bove mentioned areas, should an I low normal in both, the board of con emergency arise. i trol chairman declared. In announcing its sponsorship of the * plan to -'art a fund for this purpose RotlimCCl they be peimitted unrestricted access to all conference sessions. ters of Union Veterans, The American L^cion and its Auxiliary, the Veterans rf Foreign Wars and their Auxiliary, The bride is the daughter of Mr. Sardinia and the Axis island bastion and Mrs. S. M Dickason of Okemah, of Pantelleria Jones, they reported to correspond- Okla., and is a graduate of the Oke- J ---- ents. repeated his refusal to permit mail high school. She is an inter- Soviet Artillery them in any closed sessions except viewer with the United States Employ- * j ffie United Service AVomen, the Jun- , riiose held by the United States dele- ment Service. For the past ten %eai Pounds Nazis To French Control the Auxiliary believes that the equip ment will be of personal interest and I benefit to all residents of the community as it is felt that the fracture! b**d is a much needed device in the Tunis. North Africa (INS) <De-oommunity for the treatment of pa-jlayed) The French protectorate of dents with fractures, which will re- Tunisia today was returned to French turn them to their nounal lives with control by Gen Eisenhower The cere* limbo and muscles restored to normal mony culminating in a victory parade conditions. J constituted the final action in a carn'i\frs. L. P. Ristine will preside at the j on a charge The plan will be explained in detail Pa^8n which drove the axis forces in- *. POLITIC S BEAT the Ruml plan-administration politics. Mr. Roosevelt's threat cf a veto mav have carried some weight. but the nous* Democ rat1 _ . * cad qtiH u-uc ^x-itne'^ed bv a bv nmentttives working under the to tne sea ana *as witnessed Dy were Simply determined not to let the • „ T » aainxv nf land sea and air officers (irecUcm of the American Legion Aux- 8alax> o* *ana, sea ana air oinctr._. Republic,*rn get any mon credit than 0 1 _ _ i iliary of Mt. Pleasant, each bearing a necessary for having pushed tax ease- J in* lit letter tion, signed by the officers, Mrs. John E. Schreiner. Unit President; Mrs. Abraham, Community Ser- J _ - More than 1,200 persons residing ior Patriotic Club and the Daughters I 8atPS of Legionaires. These will sit together I in a reserved section of the church. A!f/|XirQ llrflUM number of cadets from the pre-flight IGUCHI! DldfiS unit at Wesleyan will also attend as a group and sit in a reserved section. The vested choir under the direction of Professor S. C. Ham will sing. .Souls of the Righteous” by Noble. Blackout Fine Russia—(INS) German she has been Child Welfare chairman i Mf)frcw for the American Legion Sh*1 is a! posit ions from the Caucasus to the member of the Older of Eastern • j Leningrad front were pummelled to-Mr. Ballard is the only son of Mr. day by the artlUery> and Mrs. Charles E. Ballard of Way-j ____ land. He was graduated from the Wayland high school with tile class of Increase Aerial Shenandoah, la.—Dr. J E Hawkins, 1924. He attended State Teachers col- Warfare In Pacific chiropractor, was fined $100 and costs iPge for two years and taught in the, of violating the >f introduction and identifica- BURLINGTON R.R. GRANTS FREE GARDEN PERMITS Leader Joe Martin, who made the Ruml plan Republican by adoption, picked up plenty of political hay on the vice Chairman; Mis Lewis C. Mitten proposition. One worker constituent in iiis district wrote significantly that O'*"- Umt St'trttuu-y; Mrs. Morton along the tracks of the Burlington ho W UM save 156 of back debt to the Wr«m Umt Treasurer; Mrs. Ursa Lines iii 13 Western states already not care what McCoy, and Mrs. Pearl MeClaran, have tiken advantage oi the railroad’s Executive Board Members. J free offer of plots for the cultivation It was expressed by the Officers of of Victory gardens. Many of those city luiai sch0cls for two years and was' United Nations Headuarters in Aus-organ. Mr. joseph McCoy, baritone ; blackout ordinance by refusing to turn assistant county engineer of Washing- trail*-‘INS)— An increasing tempo in soloist, will sing, “Recessional” by Kip-|out thp li«hU in home offlce during ton county for two years the aerial warfare in rhe southwest ling. The Rev. George G. Hunt, pastor government, and did Henry Ford saved. A leading Democrat came up to Martin and told him the the Auxiliary in direct charge of the who have received garden permits are are of the church, will preach the sermon: “Through Memory to Loyalty.* Following the sermon the congregation will stand and pray in silence for those who now serve in the armed forces, after which all will sing, “God Bless our Service Men.” the surprise blackout Thursday night* por the past ten years he has been was reported by General Doug- Four auxiliary policemen, Clair Rus- tmpi< v d on various construction proj-(las MacArthur today in a communique sell. Julius Barron, Howard Brennan anci at present is with the West- announcing the smashing of 18 A-and Wayne Hudson, testified that Dr. c;n Construction Co.. Sioux City, la. Panes« air cratt ancl destruction or Hawkias refused to turn out his lights They expect to live In Oklahoma City damage of 13 enemy land.rig barges, and strongly warned them against anci their address is 617 Northwest In stepped up assaults against is-stepping on his porch. 1 l€lh st reet. Mr. Ballard leaves next ^and bases north ot Australia, Amel I* Mr*. Hawkins, club woman, served wePk on a 120-day job at Ftapid City, can Flying Fortresses, B-25 Mitchell local Democratic club in his city had been discussing th*1 Ruml plan. and Pa>nP*ign that this plan is to be con- employ's, but a large number in* oi t!)*> local leaders said sidered as a community service proj- townspeople and farmers residing ad- 01 “This fellow Marten is Uke the Rouse ect- thp Purpose of their purchase will jacent to the Burlington right-of-way veil of ten years ago. He want*'to ** !he treatment of patient., with, - give us .omething.” fractures. The plan is not to be con- pRQTEST INCREASE Tilt: DEMOCRATS tried to make '‘deled as a request to: donations, a, out that the plan favored the rich. and «*«««<>■» ™nnul be 'n'*! succeeded in smearing any common Mr- Peasant American Legion Aux:!-! popular intelligent understanding of h"Pes ,hat ">♦ P'»« “««I Akron- Ohio-dNSi-Protesting a . . with the * ntirc aprovai and coopera- three cent hourly wage increase voted the complex .situation. ^ The truth is the plan would have raised less taxes now from the man whose income Is declining (not many of them); more taxes from* the man whose income is increasing (the bulk from a permanent deformity. of war salaries); and do nothing for the man whose income has been the Contest Winner same the past two years—until he dies . -- or his income does increase or decline. Ames, Iowa—One student from Hen- j Then his back tax debt would be ry county has been announced as win- »|P,'rtoul l'er tn contests conducted In cornice- chllrm9n Marvin Jones todav 0{fic. in some few Isolated Instances, a (ion with Science Day by radio at UUy ,med (he barrier against full lief. man would Lave been helped iowa State College. news coverage of the United nations (Senator Byrd mentioned these in the This year for the first time, because f . rnnfprpnCp t~ thp PvtPnt that debate) above the poor man but not in of wartime travel restriction*. Science correr,ronden„ mav havp access to any general way. Day was conducted as a ser.es of fight (he HrmeEtead hotel beta.een six and The truth remains that the Rnmi ^ radi0 broadcasts on the college station. ning m pach day plan was the cnly one proposed to put, WOI. from April 13 to May 6. I the country on pay-as-you-go without winner from H°nrv county: first! .-TTT A HELEN FERN MARTIN Benesh I akes Over and WM. E. baker At Standard Oil marriage disclosed GRANTED BY WLB tion of all residents of the community, by the war labor board. 4.000 CIO which will assure the purchase of the United Rubber workers union of the Portable Fracture Bed which may pos- B F. Goodrich rubber company either sibly be the means of saving someone walked off their jobs today or failed I to report to work. NEWS MEN WILL GET INSIDE HOTEL DAILY I _ Hot Springs, Virginia — (INS) — At 8:00 on Sunday evening the Iaa hor husbands attorney. Slip con- jy where Mrs. Ballard will join bacca la urate service of the high school * tended lie was busy with patients and him during her summer vacation, graduating class will be held at the perturbed by the intrusion. First Methodist church. The churches 'I the city will dispense with their uVguJar Sunday evening services to attend. Rev. Laura B. Galer, Rev. C. M Carstensen and Rev. E. L Jeamby will oarticipate in the ritual. Miss Trma Orendorff will sing, “Now the Dsv Is Over.” by Speaks Rev. G. G. Hunt will deliver the sermon on the subject: “Doing Something With Life.” The church will be filled to capacity for both of these .services and those who w’ant the seats of their choice outside of the reserved sections should come early. Jack Benesh, well known local resident. became the Standard Oil station operator here today succeeding Graham Jcambey who with his brother. Leo, took over the station some months ago. The .station is located at the southeast corner of the square. Benesh was a partner in the B and H Cafe the last few years until a few weeks ago when he sold his interest to F W. Hobbs. Prior to that he was assistant in the Hoaglin Variety store Surprise Action Reported By Moscow IDiVOrce Suit Filed With Clerk London. England — < IN Sp-The Executive committee rf the communist Internationale has recommended that the intel national be disbanded, th* Mo. row radio announced today. Lowell.— Mr. and Mrs. Tom D. Martin, mar Lowell, announce the marriage of their daughter, H*den Fern, to William Earl Baker, Morning Sun. which took place at Kahoka, Mo., on Match 13. Rev. J. M. Monroe. Methodist minister offria'fd. Witnesses were Miss Vera Baker, sister of the bridegroom and Kenneth Anderson of Morning Sun. The bride graduat d Iraan New London high school with the chis* of 1943. Tile br degroom is a graduate of the Morning Sun high school, class of 1941. The young couple Witt reside on a f *n rn near Mi ming Sun. bombers and allied attack planes encountered stiffening opposition from Japanese planes and anti-air craft defenses. Recover Bodies of Three Drowned Louan. Iowa- ‘INS* Th*1 bodies of two men and a bov. drowning victims, lay in a Lagan funeral home today. Howard Fisher. 39. a farmer, his son, Harvey. 8. and Sam Ramsay. "0, Fishers hired man wert drowned in Nob-l°’s Luke eight miles sctfthwest of Missouri Valley yesterday whiL fishing. They were the first to drowq in Nobles lake since 1925. Fisher is survived by his widow, two daughters, his parents. Mr. an I Mrs. Art Fisher, farmers near Modale la . and several brothers and sisters. Washington. D. C.—(INS) — The possibility was seen in authoritative quarters today th t Moscow’s deers- for a t>rief time, the petition state ion to disband the communist inter-1 cruel and inhuman treatment was nationale may be intended to pave,charged. the way for a meeting of Premier j The plaintiff asks that she be re- CHARGE LEADERS INTIMIDATE WORKERS Detroit, Mich. INS)—Charges that unica leaders were intimidating work- Merea English filed suit with the clerk of the court here Friday seeking a divorce from Clarence F. English. They were married at Waycross, Ga., on Oct. IO. 1942 .and lived together er:‘ nt0 P’o onging the strikes, were FEWER POSSUMS IN MT. PLEASANT Winner from Henry county; ***o«j , -y requiring some measure of double tax- yPar algebra. Edwin D. Conrad, Way- 1 Brothel* UieS auca fcr the current year. land. I Wcrd has been received here b5‘ Any compromise, therefore, is not -....................................... .. Mrs. John Dougherty of this city ands Stain and President Roosevelt and I stored to her maiden name, of Merea j likriv to be effective. The man with addition. He cbviously cannot pay Wadley Kelly of Rome, of the death, Prime Minister Churchill. Mowre.v. Income of $I00.000 (cited by the much if any additional taxes on his of their brother, Harvey Kelly of OU | Sec. Hull discussed th*1 surprise act- Annulment of the marriage sought an president ) now pays around $70,000 in earnings. To him. federal inccme tax, and a state tax, in would be a capital levy 1 Hunters will bn bringing their hounds into Mt. Flea ant, if these wild buried by a Chrysler spokesman today J animal reports ccm: rive. A few days as only a handful of the 28,000 strik->ago. U. F. Crain killed a possum that ir,g company workers reported for was carrying 11 _ little ones in the work. pouch. At the same time a shortage of ma-j Today a report -/as received that teriaU forced the shut down of the Ralph Eland had killed a possum also assembly line at the Chrysler tank ar- and that this one was carrying eight any compromise tumwa, which occurred Friday even- Ion with British Prime minister Hah- bv the plaintiff a few months ago in nab mak ng an additional 000 “ poss’-inv-. Mn *«» a mg Juv‘ court here was denied. Iwovkcs idle. reduced the possum population by 21. mg. ; fax at an early morning meeting.

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