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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - May 26, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 12 - Expires May 31 (Each Stamp, Five pounds.) Gasoline No, 6 Expires July 21 Fuel Oil 5.....Until Sept. 30 THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VAI ll) RATION STAMPS Coffee 23 - Expires May 30. F. F, G, ll, red stamps expire May 31 J red stamp to June 30. G-1I-J blue stamps expire June 7 VOL. LXXI, No. 122WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1913 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA News the By Paul Mallon^ (Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc., Reproduction in Fun or In Part Strictly Prohibited.) Another Bombing Of Rhineland City Mission To Open At Catholic Church They’ll Do It Every Time - - Rev. M. IL Pa the, ( . Ss. IL, To ( (induct Exercises MUK" n?rr< Tin rests mr con tufted but it rf nou cth( r leaders ad v" i sa IT I WASHINGTON — T ll E E X I S T— I \'< I el a copular following eagerly Intui on dei ting Mr. Wendell Willkie # si-; ti next year has been dis ci* .o d to me in reader mail reaction to my eritieal comment concerning his "ore world* ideas, It seems particularly strong in New England and the East, is somewhat ■•young Republic en,” and considerably f» minine. ! basis upon whrh it •ting and significant f imes. It Ls Republican, Des practically all the of the Republican par-with an enthusiasm matched only New Dealers in denouncing their ies ANT I-ROOS EV ELT, but *p- «.-.po a'-es the Roosevelt courses si on the primary ln:*rnation-tf the day, the issues which to continue to be foremost ext lect I n day. the f anomalies, ii is evident is a purely personal movement, nlkif if a somewhat dramatic ? who gfiis livre attention in the ai;a es *w!”re than any other ca! figure except Mr Re/ *,evelt idc a behind it. is that Mr. Will-■;;; pro-Roosevett iii einationally anti-Roosev« It domestically, and ♦bu *t cut to beat Roosevelt for the fourth term. Bl T I III sc 01*1 if oti ei Rep Ricans whom (hey denounce east seri-ou praetical doubts uj>on their abil-it> to nominate Mr. Wilkie In any truly Republic ,»n gathering They ar* against everyone else except possibly Governor .Sta » en. of Miniw eta, and th' v are not o sure- of Stassen since hi til!leal review oi “enc world” in th* Ne a. York 'rimes. They ar*- 3gainst most all th» Re-publican senators and representatives and governors elected in the Republican victory last November because th* y are against W'lilkie. This ha.s caused a split in the party longer can b* hidden, but ran hardly tie said to be in fqp'or. The other leaders iggesf Willkie is not a Real Kl hould run on the if k**t On* even has said in g( net si iaftuei are Eke on th ? I nm that i’ Mr W fun re - T I nd Rev. J n.es Welsh, pastor of St. Al-phonsus Catholic church, has an-tiounced tliat arrangements are computed for a mission which wall open n next Sunday. May 30 and continue for one week, He has been able to secure the Rev. M H Pa the, C. Ss R., of Omaha, one of the outstanding missionaries of the Redemptorist or-der, to conduct the exercises. In explaining the reasons for the mis? ion, F ther Welsh states: “These are days in which the souls of men ore in a serious danger The distraction and excitement caused bv the cir-cumstances cf war tend to make men forge* they have a soul to rave, dr th to die. a judgment to undergo, nd an eternity to spend Sin becomes more attractive and Christi injunction to ‘‘Seek firs: the Kingdom of,God and His Justice” is forgotten. Mer) are content to let the affairs of their souls wait The purpesc of th*’ mission is to blip keep first things first.” The Rev. Michael H. Pathe. c Ss R, in* i ei moi* than 25 ye rs experience A devoted exclusively to mission work. He is in demand constantly through-cut the middle w*t and .south and comes to M< tint Plea ant from a series of exercises in Brainerd. Minn E ii in Irel*nd. Father Pathe came to th* United States when he was a young man an*! joined the Redemptor-orti r. His rich Irish accent is an Should Volunteer To Help Farmers Governor I’rges Assistance; at Farm Bureau Office Governor Bornite* B Hickenlooper today issued a proclamation urging Iowa non-farm people to volunteer for farm work if and when the need de-j velopes so that Iowa, as the nation's leading food prcduc.ng state, will . leach its maximum production. The governor proclaimed the period up to and including June IO as the time foi legislation in the state. Henry county, in compliance with the request, Will make an attempt to lrg.ster every man. woman and youth, Called Prelude To Invasion On Continent Termed “Great Preliminary” To Attack London, England —(INS*—In what one of Britain’s most conservative newspapers termed “the great preliminary to invasion,” a gigantic fleet pf RAF bombers early tcda’ blasted the great German Rhineland city of Dus-seldorf. It was a concentrated “saturation” not now engaged in farming, who can ] assault comparable in most respects work on the farm on a year-round, i to the attack which devas fated Dort- seasonal or part-tima basis, County Extension Director, Floyd Goodell, sci.ci today. Registrations should be maue at the office of the extension di- cc tor where M hi information mund early Moi.day and easily the second heaviest raid of the war. De a‘!s were announced bv the air ministry coincident with reports from Eva Hill will take ^u( iou countries que ting Nazi econom-! irs minister Dr. Walter Fink as ad it nt calls are now coming in forimiUing that Dortmund, Duisburg and temporary help through corn planting tdfr industrial German towns are munitions pro- Methodist Church In p]dsel Ford Thriving Condition, Dea(| at 49 Reports Disclose _ Reports at th*- fourth quarterly con-j fen nee of First Methodist church re- i vealed that ail the church organiza-J lions are in thriving conditions. On* j non, id to bis oratorical gifts mak- hundred and ten persons have come t iii4 his sermons pleasing as well as into the membership of the church.1, profitable for hi; listeners. Forty-five members were lost by death * Father Welsh extends a spend in- and transfer of membership, Fifty- , v it *t ion to the m*n-Catho!ic friends nine persons were baptized. Giving to, of fit Alphonsin parish to hear this the benevolent program of the church 5 gifted speaker. Further announcement increased marly 35', will be made services. rrgarding the time nj Mayland Woman Taken Bv Death ;h rn 5 plit wh the Winkle frankly si publican. Demo rati The church carries no indebted and Its income has been sufficient to t pay all of its bills as they came due , I The pastor Rev. George G. Hunt.! was invited to return for another year ‘ aud his salary wa raised to $2,800. Trustees; H E. Elgar. * Honorary *,| E. E. We:- ti a11 (Honorary*. W. H j Evans. Harold McLeran, W G. Ebert, i Appeal For 400 Trays For Temporary Use While remodeling Ls in progress in the dining room at the Hershey barracks at Iowa We-l'wan. soldiers who row “idle” so far as duct’on is concerned. The Yorkshire Pest owned by the family of foreign secretary Anthony Eden and one of the least sensational papers in England was authority for the statement that recent heavy attacks like those on Dortmund and Dusseldcrf rather than renresenting an ordinarily ar* rveri in Italian Defenses Planting Corn In I North Henry County . ...,ur,i.a. la us nave delayed corn planting a lull two week-, and is alit ady quite sci erns from a future food supply standpoint, As a member rf the Agriculture Extension Service, he will have charge of the recruitment, placement ani training of farm workers, under the law recently enacted by Congress. Much progress has already been individual effort at subjugation of the the dining madt* -n the recruitment of non-farm Heich comprise a prelude to land inlabor in Henry county. Working with vasion. a county-wide farm labor advisory * ~ ~—.......— committee twenty workers have al- 400 Bombers Attack ready been recruited for some of farm work. However, during th** next two weeks, the driv> will be conducted I Allied Headquarters in Noith Africa v,i h lenewed tffoit. j—(INS*—A major set-up in Major Cooperating in the drive will be James H. Dcriittle’s campaign to im- Chamber of mobilize axis garrisons in the Medi-Commcrce, Service clubs, Social Wei- : terranean by concentrated air attack, iare office and voluntcci placement I was disclosed today with the announce-personnel. { ment that nearly 400 heavy bombers, Dining the past few weeks a can- medium bombers and fighter planes Vass cf labor needs has been made in yesterday struck savagely at the whole the county. While farmers will Ute outer ring of Italy's defenses, all of the good help they can get, the S*cily, Sardinia and the tiny island rush period now Is planting, during of Pantclleria were among the targets haying anc! the care and harvesting chosen when Flying Fortresses. Ma-6f grains, and during cern detasseling. ; lauders, Mitchells, Lightnings, War-Even though the problem isn't sel l-1 hawks and Wellingstons plastered ene- r:em will eat their meals in the barracks to the north of the Hershey building. An appeal is being made elsewhere in this issue for < medium size tray* to be used in the serving of the mon during the emergency, lr vs should be nackaged, bear the nam? of the owner and be left at the Temple ^choc! Stipelimencierit theater. _ Some corn planting was underway Wayland, Iowa — Mrs. Rmina Rich- Evans. Harold McLeran. W G. Ebert, j fjSl& w in the Olds-Winfield .section of the en berger, 83, died at the home of her Melvin Talbott, G. F. Marolf, S. W.j j —H H county today - - a section which es- daughter Mrs Jessie Eicher, in Way- Hasten. C. F. Hayes, O. T. Wilson, H. ' JBBBgKsnil leaped the heavy showers which fell in land, at five o’clock this morning E Jaques. | ..... mS'the central part of the county this ©us In Henry county, in some parts of, my bases over a 600 mile Mediterran- R sina Sc Wage ter was born May 8, Steward*: Robert Brown *Honor-j Detroit Michigan *INS>_ Edsel week. I tde na‘i°n ^as already reached an j ean arc. 1860. in Hutlen, Germany She came aiy* M. S Cromer <Honorary). W. HiB,yant Ford, only son of Henry Ford I, In Washington county, much or all alarming situation and is just now'( Particular heavy devastation was to America rn 1833 On February 24, Megortfen * Honorary *. W. J Bell, and pead of tbe WOrld’s most fabulous | of which escaped the last showers, beginning to make itself felt in Iowa. w rought at Messina in Sicily in the 1P84 she marred Xavier Richenberg- h. V. Baker, W H. Batnter, Walter [ industrial empire, died at 1;30 A M, planting was in progress Tue ay. It will be necessary for volunteer j sec end consecutive day cf full scale cr. He with four children survive Mrs. Bryant, H. L. Carroll. L. O-car Chall- t(Kjay at tbe age of 49. I - groups from other businesses to fill' attack. working in favor of the Republican Mary Rich of near .Salem. Jacob and man. Leonard Close, F. V. Coles, D. L. J Thp death was announced in a brief n„L|* OLI HI L ; the gap left by the farmers taken by fau p : i:ri' ‘d ?h‘ a ht,i-Roosevelt Edward Richenbergcr and Mrs. Jesse Cooke-, C A. Cottrell L. W Cross,} v ltenH.nl j >ued by a member of the * UDI1C l5CflOOI ff OlK | lr dust: y and the Aimed Forces Tbs I^usH Soldiers cause in general. F.irher all nf Wa'.land Two sons ore- vfnirh naiiner Hilbert Dutweiller. I j CyOIlCllICl0Cl ‘'°m’ °f the les:s skiile<i work-' Roosevelt put he is “Mr. and Mr g* I her.” O ’.; u.sly therefore, the -split is not I IIF. OBVIOUS GAINER is Mr. ced(.d her in death. Joseph, 45. died l. Finkc, M. G. Frazer. Ben Galer. Re s* veil whom the Willkie following jn 1932 and a son, aged six months. Floyd Goodell, J. N. Hileman. O. J. mort di I kes The president Is thus twin to Jacob. Hoffman, G. E. King, H. L. McGraw. *1;* I to cut into the Republican par- j^r and s^rs> Richenberger celefyrat- A.rthui- Mills, F. A Morgan, M. W. tv on 1 he leading issues of the day ed their fifty-ninth wedding anniver- Munger, Percival Myers, Glen Nihavt, (domestic issues are hardly being sary, February 24 A. M. Patterson, mentioned by anyone * I Funeral service will be held at the Olan G Ruble, E. D. Russell. W. A Although Mr Willkie s nDmination Mennonite church, of which she was Russell. Lester Schuerman, Ralph as a Republican candidate thus seems a metnber, Friday. Interment will be £htllabarg( r, Lyle Shellabarger, Wr. E. in North Hill cemetery’. impossible in view of his opposition wAltin, the situation geems to present pc -ibilitic of a third party—a Willkie party which would split the anti-Roosevelt vote. Some republican leaders already profess to expect it. They arc pointing to an answer he made' in a Look Magazine questionnaire recently in which he seemed to place men and ideas above party. But his friends have passed word around in the Middle West—-unofficially, of course — that he will support whomever is nominated at the next Republica!. convention. This, then, is the practical political ba is of a peculiar situation, which already has begun to surge upon 1944 prospect*. It is much too early to go into till* idealogical angVs, because neither Mr. Roosevelt nor Mr. Willkie has taken a positive stand the top. County 7 Percent Short of Bond Goal $529,000 Worth Bought In April Smith. W. C. Strohman. Oliver Tack-enbutg, C M. Vance. A. M. Wettach, T L. White, Ralph White. Three women were also elected to the board of stewards, the first time that women have been elected to this — group. They are: Mrs. Glen Nihart, of Bonds Are Mrs. c. F. Hayes and Mrs. A. M. Wet- “Mr. Edsel Ford passed away at 1:30 A. M., at his home following an illncso of six w:eek^. “Death was due to a condition developing from a former Ste mach ma-George Rochefort, jor wj4jCb an operation was per formed 16 months ago. Undulant fevet was also present.” Through the hours of the final iii -ness of their son. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford remained at his bed-side. Thei family was as closely-knit today as it) was when the father, 80, was earning $30 a week. Two of Fird's three sons, all of whom are in Americas armed forces were at the biri-side as was his daugh- (rs and a farm force of older per- _ Bennel that has been accustomed to Public school pupils were concluding doing the heavy work. Many town ’ their work today and will receive their and city people are urged to accept 'report cards on Thursday. Com- an active responsibility in Iowa’s Food mencement exercises will be held at Finduction Program. The farm season the Iow’a Wesleyan chapel this evening has been retarded by adverse weather for the high school graduating class, conditions ani the farmer will need Transportation problems have elfin,- extra help temporarily to correct this nated the usual class picnics held at a situation. We need also to mate plans distance at the close of school. tach. Mrs. Harry McGraw and Mrs. ter> MfS WaIter Buhj pcrdji. Tile other Henry county residents b:ught 93 percent of their bond quota in the second war loin drive which was conducted in April. Total sales amounted to $529,000 which was $41,000 short of the president staniey B Niles, Dr. J. W. Warner Russell serve as communion stewards: Mrs. L. C. Shellabarger Is president of the Woman’s society and by virtue of her office Is a member of the quai tel ly conference. C. F. Hayes is church school superintendent. $570,000 quota. Potter and Rev. J. E. Ward as minis- Oonsidering the goal and the amount terj. hokJ membership in the confer-to be sold in the last days of the drive, county residents made a good alout post-war, but both have bren merely playing around with hinted suggestions or generalities for public debate. Neither has proposed a plan. When they do, the policy lines may be more clearly drawn. ence. G. E King, was elected charge lay Flowing although failing to go over ]eader; L c sheiiabarger, lay member of the annual conference; C. A. Cottrell, alternate lay member qf the son was enroute to Detroit. For many years Mr. Ford had regularly attended services each Sunday at Christ Episcopal Church in Grosse Pointe near Detroit. Although final arrangements were being completed this morning, a member of the family said the funeral had been set tentatively for Friday. Wayne Simmons Wounded In Africa now to meet any situation which may develop later in the seasoh. We can’t e xp< ct much help from outside sources. All surveys indicate it is not enough this year that the fanners have labor to merely “get by” he must have sufficient help to enable him to reach the Mr and Mrs. Barton Simmons have very maximum of production, received word that their son, Wayne - Simmons was wounded in action in E. C. COLE. 85, DIES North Africa. He was wounded on April 30. received. No fUithor details have been AT MIAMI, FLORIDA To Bolster Defense London, England (INS)—Beth European axis partners were reported feverishly engaged today in efforts to bolster points which they consider especially vulnerable to allied invasion Hitler was said to be fearful that the allies might strike at him through Denmark. According to a Stockholm dispatch in the News Chronicle, th* Nazi high command has rushed 140,000 troops to the Jutland peninsula to reinforce defenses there. These reserves were reported to have brought the German military strength in Jutland to 200,000 men. Mussolini who has seen his whole African empire fall into the hands of the allies, now is concerned over possible early loss cf the Mediterranean Islands of Sicily aud Sardinia Wipe Out One of Some cf the figures for neighbor- But the sum total of the situatior to date suggests Mr. Willkie’s excep- 253,000; tionally earnest followers stand very j Moines, I'tile c hance even to nominate, much $1,756,000, 146 orrcent of quota; Louisa less to elect him, but th ri they might) quota $320,000. purchased $202,000, aid materially in re-electing Mr. mg counties are: Washington, quota Rnnual conferen.c. w. O. liber!. *820.000, purchased *639.000. 78 per- church treas.urer w H Evans. I reascent cl quota; Jefferson, quota *420,000, ^ of |1]f bcnfvolent fund anrt cus. purchased *509.000, 121 percent oi tc#,>n of , , d0CMments; T. L. White quota; Van Buren, quota *230.000. pur- fln,ndal sfrreta.y. chased $2C5,000, 89 percent of quota; _______ Lee, quota $1,860,000, purchased $2.- Charles Moehle Dies at Burlington OTTUMWA PASSES CURFEW ORDINANCE Mrs Elbert E. Smith received word I . D **’ this mcrning of the death of her JspBnesc rOSltlons I ret her, Mrs. E. C. Cole, of Miami, Florida, which occurred this morning. Mr. Cole, 85, was the oldest member of the W. R Cole family. Funeral service will be held in Miami. The remains will be brought 134 percent of quota; Des 6000 COAL MINERS quota $1,200,000; purchased RESUME THEIR WORK Roosevelt for a fourth term. Birmingham, Alabama (INS*— Up-63 per cent of quota. wards of 6.000 coal miners, many of It will be noted that counties with whom had been idle since last Frl-larger cities in them exceeded their day returned to their jobs today, quotas while most of those with a The miners walked out in protest Winfield. low i — Charles Moehle, 82. i i Monday evening at the Burling-on hospital where he had been a pa-rnt one week. He leaves his widow, *)trr rans and inc daughter. The Iii I iron are Carl of Mt. Pleasant, Clarence of Rock Island. 111.. Gilbert of Lahoma. Okla., Harold of Joliet, 111., and Mrs Will McAllister of Winfield .two step children, Charles Supple of Minnesota and Mrs. Roy Ping of Winfield. He was preceded in for interment. Ottumwa, Iowa * INS'—Ottumwa today had a new curlew ordinance banning all persons under 18 from the streets or public places of the city after to Mt. Pleasant the last of next week 9:30 p. rn. The ordinance was passed by the city council yesterday. The step was taken officials said to curb juvenile “lawlessness.” Recently youths reportedlv attempted to carry a slot machine out of a downtown establishment and the city officials announced a strict enforcement of liquor and gambling luvs and ordinances would begin Friday. Twin Boys Mr. anc! Mrs. Paul O Bryen are the termer percentage of rural population against action of their employers rn J death by his first wife Resume Negotiations Washington, D C <INS*—Northern and southern coal mine operators and Working Waynettes Meet at Swedesburg The Working Waynettes held an all day meeting at the Parish Hall at Swedesburg recently. A pot luck lunch : was held at noon. Roll call was answered with sewing hints, Seven members were present. Mrs. Frank Jon a-' was present and judged the Go"i Grooming contest Phyllis Olson and Esther Lindeen pi&cc i first. parents of twin boys, born early this failed to meet their quotas. assessing a fine against them of $1.00, Funeral service will be held at the John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers r riling at the Memo*, til hospital. leva exceeded its IOO million dollar for each of the days they were absent • Presbyterian church in Winfield at head, resumed contract negotiations Mrs. O’Bryen was Miss Suzanne Quota by $35,989X00 in the April cam- from work during tho recent walk-out 2:30 p. rn Schreiner, daughter of Mr. and Mrr. P®**» according to V. L. Clark, admin- while contract negot:ati:ns were be- be in the J. Im Schreiner, before her marriage. Orator cf the war finance committee, ins carried on. cemetery. Thursday. Interment will today, meeting in a joint session foi Winfield Scott township an hour and recessing until 4:30 o’clock this afternoon. Washington. D. C. (INS*—The navv reported today that United States land forces backed up by waves of bombers and fighter planes wiped out one cf the three remaining Japanese positions on Attu Island in the Aleutians. American forces then turned to attack another Jap position and fighting w as reported 'as continuing ”. With one Jap position wiped out and an assault on the second position started, Navy cfficials believed the end of the battle now is in sight According to the navy. United States ground troops supported by heavy and medium bombers and Lightning fighter planes wiped out detachments entrenched along both sides of Chichagof valley. The Japs, until this American advance, had held Chicnagof valley and Chriaigof harbor and a position on the Miss Peckham discussed plans fo* north ride of Lake Nicholas on Attu Fatly Day. Candidates were cheson with the enemy troop.-, cleared out of for county election of officers. the valley the Yanks trgan an assault The afternoon was spent making en the northern ridge of the valley dimd’e skirts. overlooking Chicha get harbor.

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