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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - May 29, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Sugar 12 - Expires May 31 (Each Stamp, Five pounds.) Gasoline No. (> Expires July 21 Fuel Oil 5.....Until Sept. 30 THE MT PIEA SANT NEWS VAI.II) RATION STAMPS r'offe** 23 - I spires M *y 30. E, F, G, H, red stamp* expire May 31 f ted stamp to June 30. G-II-J blue stamps txpite June 7 VOL. I.XXI. No. 125SATURDAY, MAY 29. 191.1 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA Wesleyan Trustees In Session Here Consider College Business Matters at Meeting An Early Invasion of Europe Predicted The i• iaii W' ley an board of tru-.-te* „ meeting at the college today con -sidered numerous important touslnes,. matters In connceti'n with the .school President Stank v B. Niles gave a full report regarding tin army unit onj the campus awl al o presented fa<1 > about the current budget as all'etcd by the drop in atu f nt enrollment. Harold F McLeran of Ml Pleasant whose term expired, was reelected to the board of trustees. Wesleyan Players Please Audience They’ll Do It Every Time- HEV, Soldiers Entertain Between Acts With Numbers Iowa Wesleyan players directed by Dr Waldo Braden pleased a large audience with their presentation of "Letters to Lucerne ' at the Iowa Wesleyan J M B*ck of Centerville, presidcni' ch*P 1 rr\6*y evening, the opening e- of the board of trustees, presided at, the sessions which were held in th.* j morning ano again m the afternoon.1 W:th all of the major parts FELLAS* LOOK HERE* OTIS JUST GOT /HIS DRAFT CARD J I 1A» WON’T = LONG NOW* 2^2 "WELL,WHAT OVA" KNOW' GOOD LUCK OL‘ PAL' OH, BY THE WAV**'WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH YOUR RATION 30M?y YOU WON'T NEED rr now, crris, OL' BOV THE INK ISN’T DRV OH THE CABD o.iD,, aqs. O THE 8UZZARDS ACE BUSY M{ dTJa TOWC l\ / THEIR HOMES THAT ARMV DRESSED INI A TOWEL -rup ryjk/FpU- WHEN THEVRE thsouomJ* ^T*e«SN ' vent on th* Iowa Wer ley an commence* rt\ men* cab ndar. the thev had taken Other from out of town here for the7 f'v th"v had thf*ir «ood times Emmett A 1 and Hien quarreled in th** war-related controversies at their school in Switzerland. Member, cf the cist were: Doris Ward. Morrel Rubey, Dorothv Vencll. Helen Van Brus el, Dick Buxton, Meda Hauenstein. Hi sen Simons, Rua Skinner, Betty Ann Tin; ley, Robert Hauen-stein, Jack a Korf, Howard Perrell and J**e McCoy Soldiers of the Iowa We.s!eyan air detachment *n?ertain*d with chorus numbers, piano and vocai solos be tween acts and received much applause. E E Larson was the director. C nrad I platers, pianist, and Heshnt Proctor, soloist Members of the chorus: Steve Hunter. Paul Foumet, Laully Credeur, Hesh-at Proctor. William Harm) Donald Menard, J L Tripp. Sandor Schroed-er, George Herndon, Gordon Kuhne, Frederick Chico, Chari* Wilbur, Rod -ne, Miller, Dean E C *11. morning session were Work, Ot lmwa, Dean Taylor, Fairfield, W A Longnecker Oskftloosa. Miles T Babb, Skok;* 111. and R* v. Fred Miller, Cr* ston. 39 DAYS ON RAFT, 4 SHIP VICTIMS SAVED BY PLANE yeah~*and them GOLF CLUBS OF SOURS: i'll be glad to mind THEM FOR VtXJ. YOUR SUITS ARE JUST MY SIZE..TOO NO USE TO • THE MOTHS HMEjj, THEM- INVESTIGATE THE R/ RACKET. I RECOGNIZE THE SUITS THEVVE GOT ON NOW-THEY BELONG TO EDDIE AND JERRY WHO WERE DRAFTED IN APRil \ \ i* IV fell Will Take Chiefs To Task Next Week Furious Allied Blows From Two Directions Wa hingt of a torpee wer*- re.-cue several day* raft in the m D C Four survivor.'. <» d British merchant dnp 1 by a navy patrol bomber ago after 39 days oil a life Allan-ic. »*M |C*»f Today a announcement raid th** bomber, on routine patrol, wa* piloted by L‘ Maurice Kaufman of Wappin-gers F.ill , N Y. The waist gunner, J. Albeit Willey aviation ordnance man »econd class, of Alexandria, Ind. sighted a moke bomb signal that led to discovery of the raft men Tin plane landed alongside and the four were picked up. Navy doctors ashore pronounced them fit No other survivors of the medium-sized ship have been reported. Tire rescued crewmen reported their passenger* had included women and two mall children, Two torpedoes hit the hip at night. The .survivors reported th*i; food supply was nearly gone when the plane pi ked them up Othe: • aboard the rescue plane includ'd the co-pilot, L'. < J g.» Rex B Knoir Fort Wayne, Ind . and Ensign John S Elliot M.ddleburg Ky. Two Wills Admitted To Probate Here High School Boys Want Farm Work Enoch Anderson and Helen Don* j ahue Wills Admitted Two wills were admitted to probate Friday at the courthouse here Enoch N Anderson by his will made June 14, 1939, left his estate ’o his _ , wife for her life use. A> her death Two calls for farm help received at the property is to be divided in equal the Farm Bureau office were filled this shares among the five children, Boj i morning Extension Director Floyd E Anderson. Mane Helena Bloom. Ooodell report he has 18 high chool MT Wired Bauers, Raymond Anderson boys, on the list of workers available and Vivian Spahr Mrs Ander>on *a- list for farm work Several of hav** had farm experience. these boys WIFE ANSWERS ALARM — MUCH TO HIS ALARM! John R. Scarf f Taken By Death For; Knox Ky.—A soldier in armored force replacement training center walked into a telephone booth r.essed by Mi and and called a Louisville number. _ I H< waited a few moments, smiled death of John Reuben Scarff, and started to hang up. Then hi of his son, frowned and dropp'd 30 cents into the named executrix of the will which was witnessed by Harriet F. Smith and Clifford M Vance. H* Sen M Donahue left a rug and $>0 to Wren £*ane, $50 to Alice Gilmer. $50 to the Trenton Ladies Aid and the remainder of the estate to W j h. Bainter by the terms of her will the drawn Jan 31. 1942 Mr. Bainter was named executor. The will was wit-Mrs. Ernes? C. Shepp. ( OMMhM FMhNT ( ALENDAR Sunday, May 30—11 00 a. m.—-Bac-calaureate Service at Chapel 1 30 p. m—Independent Men's Banquet at Yellow Lantern Tea Room Monday, May 31—8:00 a m—Alpha Xi Delta Breakfas* at Brazelton Hotel Phi Mu Bi eakfast at Saunders Park Pi Beta Phi Breakfast at Meth-odist Church Zeta Tau Aloha Breakfast at Yellow Lantern Tea Rocm Philia Breakfast at Saunders park 10:30 a m -Commencement at Chapel. ‘"The send-off bovs. THEY BiD VOU GOOD-0VE WITH ONE HAND AND TAKE W2 SMiCT WITH THE OTHER.- IhANXToCHAS L KOCK LA 6RANGE, ILL. Dawn to Dusk Hours On Farm Washington. D. C— fINS> —After hearing scores cf stories attack reg-ulationr of the Offi<e of Price Ad-mni trhrn. as “unfair" the house u nun it tee on ( ade lei j 'ling today ( # t ann* d to take opa and wpb chief Great Naval Operations Near, to taste at hearings next w**fk j ReDOrt States Chairman Lyle Boren, Oklahoma j _ democrat of the committee disclosed1 that officials of both agencies will be J invitfd to the showdown as the com-1 mil tec s'cckf that “theorists not businessmen” are issuing orders to consumer industries. ‘ The fundamental question involved,” Boren declared, “is who is running our gofcrnment. Does a handful of men in he OPA make the law or do w*e the K ople do it?” Under hottest criticism is Dr. J. K Galbraith, deputy OPA price control * hief, listed bv Boren as “one of the chief offenders.” Henry County Farmers Spending Ix>ng Hours In Fields i Clock time, war time, or old stand- gQ legislation adds a considerable sum 1 ard time, mean nothing to fanners or London, England—'INS*—An early landing of an allied aimy in Europe answers to those charges j w*as predicted as the axis controlled continent quaked under the impact of furious allied blows from the west and south and Hitler and Musscl’ni were reported straining to plug every point in danger of invasion. The greatest naval operations in history are imminent, said the nava* expert of the London News Chronicle. These operations, the writer said, will involve the landing and maintenance of an allied army in Europe. Declaring that the British navy is >eady to participate in the operatioh with other allied warships, the writer said that every detail of the gigantic operation already has been worked out. The remarks w’ere emphasized by the conclusion in Washington of conferences of joint chiefs of staff on future allied strategy. The weight, which wbll be brought to bear against the enemy will be en:rmous, it was indicated by a statement that nearly 1.0C0 new British warships of all types has been built since the outbreak of war in 1939 More Taxes And Tighter Rein On Civilian Life Washingtcn, D C.—Still more taxes and a tighter rein on civilian life are now* In nro‘.pert as the new* office of war mobilization takes over control *f ^h*3 war economy. Even though passage of pay-as-jrou- Henrv county as they move into th** cornfields this week after long dela*-because of wet weather Breakfast is served at 4 a. m. and supper is at 10 p. m.. or w'hen the workers get around to it. to the federal revenue, larger taxes are being asked cf congress by the treasury. Bernard Baruch, presidential adviser. is urging THAT 40 TO 50 PER CFNT OF THF NATIONAL INCOME BE DRAINED OFF IN TAXES AND The 75. occurred at the ham* Harry, in the White Oak vicinity, north of Rome at 11:30 this morning. He had been seriously ill for the past eight weeks. Mr. Scarff was a retired farmer, having moved to Mt. Pleasant from his farm north of Rome several years ago. He served as a number of the in t:me to get to work board of supervisors for a time coin box. “Why did you answer the phone he growled. It cost me my last 30 cents!” He left thf* booth and disgustedly told another ssoldier: “I call my wife this time each morning to wake her You see, we don't have an alarm clock—can’t buy Wren Lane and Maude Noel filed a petition with the clerk of the court on May 22. 1943. asking that the will not be admitted to probate, on the grounds that this was not her last will and that this will was made under undue Influence Friday they filed a statement withdrawing the objections. j In fact dawn to dusk is not enough SAVINGS He is seconded by War , time for work. Many reports have pood Administrator Chester C. Davis. I been received of tractors operating Creation Friday by President Roose- ...... | through the night in the effort to re- vep nf office of war mobilization. j gain lost time because of the wrt headed bv James F Byrnes, former WITH OUR BOYS IN THE weather. | senator and justice of the United SERVICE Fortunately most farmers had their gtates supreme coterti, establishes a J plowing done so that with discing and iVar cabinet when large decisions on harrowing, they are able to start p0Hcv in all phases of the war economy planting immediately. Several hun- rnav be made. dred acres went into the ground this i organization is intended to draw Friends have received word that P. F. C. hlliott Billingsley has been tran. ferred from the desert training camp in southern California to Camp v;ee** San Luis Obispa. Calif. He is a member of the Quai term alters batalion and his complete* addresss is as follows: PFC Elliott Billingley, S-37043846, Hq. Co. 6 Qm. Bn., Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., care Postmaster A. P. O 6. While some fields are still too the loose ends together and give wet and probably will not be dry un- a common direction to the war pro-til the middle of next week, even with gram on the home front, good drying conditions, most farmer Surviving are eight children seven one. sons and one daughter, Arthur. Leslie,! "She's not supposed to an.ywer the Homer and Harry, all living on farms phone. And I always hang up after. r.orhwest of Mt. Pleasant. Edwin of the operator tells me nobody answers. Burlington, Lawrence of Mt. Pleasant, That way it doesn’t cost anything j Maurice, with the U. S. armed forces But this morning that sleepy headed * stationed in California, and Mrs. Ber- wife of mine answered and the opera- Hogs Give Heavier 1942 Profit Than Cattle, Books Show tha McBe:h of Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. ScarfI preceded her husband in death in February*, 1940. A daughter died in infancy. tor told me to deposit 20 cents LOSES GAS FOR . PERSONAL USE QUINTS OBSERVE NINTH BIRTHDAY AT THEIR HOME Ames, Iowa- Hogs brought more profits back to producers in 1942 than did cattle, although both hogs and steers sold above the $13 mark. On the basis of corn eaten, hogs returned $1.70 per bushel while steers paid only $114 This return for corn allows for the de-duct.on of other feed and pasture costs world's most at maiket price, but does not take labor, interest, buildings and similar Callander, Ont.—The famous five girls, the Dionne quintup lets celebrated their ninth birthday t costs into consideration today in the home of their parents,! Feed records were kept on 75 lots of Mr. and Mrs. Oliva Dionne, and their cattle totaling about <,600 head, and on seven brothers and sisters. jh°8 enterprise* on 213 farms rais It was their happiest birthday, be- mg a total of 7.500 litters of pigs. The cause it was the first year the entire average price received for the hogs was Dionne family was living under the ?13 24 as compared to $13.27 for the same roof In former years the girls steers. During the three previous years, were visited bv their family in their these farms received an average pric* nursery home. |o1 43 Percent higher for steers than A noLsy group, Yvonne, Annette, f°r hogs. Cecile, Emilie, and Marie, gathered The cattle included calves, yearlings, around one birthday cake for the and 2-year-olds of all grades, although youngsters. They joined in blowing the better kinds predominated, Aver-out the candles and helped slice the age sale weight was slightly under 1.000 cake j pounds. They were fed an average of 7 I __months and gained 1.7 pounds per head' Awr rxr n’RRVFN TWINQ per day' A margin of $2G1 fK’r hun_ vJIlE. x/r U DIV I DIi I tv IIIu 1 dredweight over original cost w*as re- TAKEN BY DEATH eeived for the cattle. : Dennis William O'Bryen. infant son The hogs required 8 bushels of corn. Tech. Sgt. Lowell Smith, son of Mr. and, Mrs. E. C. Smith of Winfield lias been transferred from Fort Lewis, Wah., to Fort Myers. Va . where he is attending the music school. Mrs. Smith is not permitted to reside there so she is at the home of her mother in Chicago. * The new address of Corp. William It. smith is, Training Group 308. Training Squadron 32. Bai racks 295, Sheppard Field, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Strohman received wcrd from their son, Stuart, who is somewhere in England, saying that he was a member of the orchestra which broadcast on the Stars and Stripes nrogram on Mother's Day. Russell Strohman, another son, is now taking classification tests at the University of Nebraska. were able to get into some field or some part of a field, so that they could get some com in the ground. Gardens, too. were getting their share of attention in town and country. Wet weather has caused delays in plantings scheduled for about May 20. Local Car Driver Held After Crash The president said the organization will "lay c\own unified policies and de-i veiop integrated programs and will see that the policies established and programs developed are expedited. CURB SERVICE FOR THIS SOLDIER AWOL Iwa City. Iowa—*INS>—“Curb service" was what deputy sheriff A. J. Murphy called it. - j Driving into Iowa City from Solon Burlington.—Arrested following a iaSf Saturday, Murphy picked up a collision on Route 80 early Friday sc’dier-hitchhiker who was standing morning, Paul W. Lowe. 27. Mt. tfside the highway. Thcv reached the outskirts of town and the soldier asked to be let out of CaTo. Egypt—(INS*—Huge forces of allied planes including 40 gigantic Consolidated Liberator bombers h *ve carried out a major attack against Foggia, military airdrome in east Italy, an official communique revealed today. Doolittle Forces Carry Out Attack Allied Headquarters in North Africa — 'INSi—In the longest bombing flight yet made from North African bases neaily 100 Flying Fortre ses of Majci James H. Doolittle’s strategic air forces have carried out a terrific attack on the great harbor ol Leghorn, site Oi the Italian naval academy, an official communique disclosed today. The big Boeing B-17’s made the trip entirely unescorted Ten enemy planes arejse to intercept the raid but one of them was shct down and the operation carried out according to plan. Hits were scored on three ships in the harbor, the third largest in Italy. An oil refinery, railway lines and a shipyard also were blasted. Smoke columns rising from the wreckage were visible for 100 miles. PROPOSE REDUCTION IN SIZE OF ARMED FORCES OMAHA, NEB.- Ray W. McNamara special hearing officer for the office of price administration, Friday order ed revocation of “household driving gasoline for at least a year after hear ing charges against Harry F. Goecker of Council Bluffs, low. Goecker w*as charged with using an “A” card issued to him in Council Bluffs while his car was leased to the John Day Rubber & Supply Co., and that he also was using “C” coupons issued to the company for its fleet in Omaha*. Charles B. Anderson, representing the John Day company, testified he applied for a “fleet” ration for the automobile under the belief that Goecker had turned in his “A” book. Goecker said he did not remember having been told he w^as not entitled 0f Mr. and Mrs. Paul O’Brver., parsed 44 pounds of various proteins and 12c Rev. Alexander Becomes Scout Field Executive j Pleasant, was bound over tc the grand I jury on a charge of drunken driving. | Lowe waived his* hearing before the nr, but to his dismay the deputy Police Judge D. J. Pieer Friday morn- sheriff drove straight to the county ing and stated he wished to enter dis- j Jaij trict court and enter a plea of guilty] The youth, allegedly “A. W O. L." as soon as possible His bond was frcm Fort Bliss, Tex., had been recog-fixed at $350 after the county attorney(j \/ ^ by the deputy sheriff from a reported an information would be pre- description sent to the sheriff's office, pared at once. Murphy reported. Paul Traser, 1832 Sunnyside avenue. Authorities from Fort Bliss took the who signed the information charging soldier into custody yesterday. Lowe with driving while intoxicated, — Mid the Henry county motorist's auto ^ , G ^ ^ struck the formers machine. y ii* tl Traser, an Iowa ordnance plant oystcm , Cuts HlS 1 mOat employe, stated he was proceeding east - on the highway about half mile west Verplanck. N. Y.—August Martens, of the fairgrounds when the crash oq- 72 years old. was found by police with curred at 12:30 a. m. Traser, who had his throat slashed. Near him. Trooper M. Ward said, was a not*3 Washington. D .C. (INS) — Representative Andrew* J. May (detn.) of Kentucky, chairman of the House military affairs committee today proposed a plan for limiting the armed forces to 8.500.000 men to prevent the calling of fathers until the present pools of single men and married men without dependents are exhausted. The present limit on the armed forces is 11,000.000. ROMMEL AIN’T WHAT HE USED TO BE Des Moines, Iowa < INS)—Appointment of two new* Boy Scout field executives to serve 13 central Iowa counties w*as announced today. They w ere Rev. Robert G. Alexander j ftVe other IOP emloyes in his car, said Hubert of Marshalltown, ftimer pastor of the Dallas Center, Iowa. MethodLst church uid a foimer circuit pastor at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and Roy McKinney of Des Moines, credit manager for a clothing firm. to his basic rations. Goecker will still be able to drive the car for the com- lage and 60c worth of pasture to make the 100 pounds gain. Feed costs pe- 100 pounds of gain w?ere $6.99 for the hogs and $12.79 foi the cattle. Feeds wfere figured at 1942 average prices which includes corn at he was in a line of traffic moving leading, “1 cCuldn't get along on the about 30 miles per hour. point system." The retired railroad Lowe, alleged Traser to have been wosker was taken to a hospital and is exceeding the 35-nule an hour lim't, expected to recover, was driving west. Traffic was Lgh* the north side of the road upon which Quake Rocks Large Area Lowe w*as driving The Mt Pleasan t q .i , r% car struck the left rear fender cf th *>f Southwest Germany Traser car. swinging it around. Traser' I’ndon neW£ ,aeem'v 1 x HNB reported an earthquake shook a _ m* .__. . . . ,, arge area in southw*estern Germany The Mt. Pleasant motorist, who told * „ ^ V, w ^ K Q.~" rr-H.trc «*t y today, causing slight injuries to Judge Pierr he had "six beers Thurs- * • . . . . . . . ... several persons near Stuttgart. DNB aay night, stated he did not believ« . , .. , ... . , . , , , saii: “A great number of chimneys he was intoxicated, but wanted ’to get crashed and a number of roofs were London, England—(INS•— Field-mar-shall Erw’in Rommel, former chief of the famed Afnka kcros and long known as the “desert fox” is broken tel health and spirit and no longer fit to command, according to a Cairo dis-xiteh t the London News Chronicle. The story said Rommel was unable o walk without a < ane as result of a ropical disease cent meted in Africa FARM WOMAN’S LETTER CAN WIN A TRIP 71 cents per bushel, alfalfa at $11 per ton and soybean meai af $2.40 pen it over with as soon as possible There hundred pounds. Each steer ate 40 away early Friday morning at the Me- worth of pasture to produce 100 pounds morial hospital. Short service was of gain. This includes the feed for the pany, but not for his own personal held at St. Michael’s Episcopal church breeding herd, and figures small grain use, OPA officials explained. late Friday afternoon in charge of Rev. for corn on a pcund-for-pound basis Anderson offered to reimburse the Russell Rauscher. pastor of the church. In contrast, the steers required 1‘2 1 {grain, while the hogs consumed 19 bu- ! Traser said his passengers escaped OPA for the “A” coupons used by Goe- Interment w*as at Keokuk. | bushels- of corn and 30 pounds of pro- j shels of corn and 5 bushels of oats'minor bruises. Low*e declined to per- cker. McNamara indicated he would Dennis William, a twin, w*as bom tein supplement for each 100 pounds'per head, counting the prorate share' mit a blood test to be made foUowlWS bushels of corn and 2 bushels of small w*as considerable damage, according to toin awa'* officers who investigated the collision.! Marriage License Issued A marriage license wa,s issued at thejtaining electric set vie* office of the clerk of the court today financed system to submit letters tell- The best letter telling a woman’s story of wartime use of electricity on the farm will win for the writer an all-expense-paid trip tc a shipyard to christen a Libert*. ShiD to be launched about the middle of July, W-rner A Russell, manager of the S. E. Iowa Cooperative Electric Association, Mt FLasant Iowa, anncunced todav Mi Russell invited women op farms ob-from the REA include the acceptance in his formal Tuesday morning. May 25. Patrick of gain. In addition they consumed of the fe£d consumed by the brood his arrest. He blamed a mechanical to Dale Cammaek. levocation order next week. Michael Ls his brother’s name. 250 pounds of hay, 260 pounds of si- sows. defect in his car ior the collision. j Marcia Hannah, 24 24, Salem, and Mt. Plea>ant. ing what they have done to ford production for the war. increase

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