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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - November 29, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil I ............ Until Jan. 3 Gasoline No. 9 Expires Jan 21 Sugar—29 (Rook 4) expires Jan 15 Shoes—18 and Airplane I (Bk. 3)THE MT PLEASANT NEW CANNED GOODS A, B. C. Green iBk 4) expire Dee. 23 M^ais Blitter. Lard, etc. G. II, J, K Brown (Bk 3 « pi Der. 4 L M Brown (Bk 3) Expire Jan. I VOL. LXXI, No. 275JMONDAY, NOV. 29, 1913 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA TTOu, By R\UL WALLON Soviet Forces Make Advance (Distributed by King Feature* Syndicate. Inc., Reproduction in Full or in Part Strictly Prohibited' Dig Decisions In Making They’ll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo washington—-the new white May Be Both Military And PLAN for an international bank and the Keynes and White plans for international currency stabilization are bein* hailed as forerunners of the botte: financial world we an- to come into after the war. Actually, they do not e\en approach the real depth and scope of the seemingly insolvable problems of trade ana finance to be faced An intel national bank aph currency stabilization bv agreement are only mechanical facilities They provide only i necessary financial bookkeeps home They do not make business or run business any more than a local bank make.'. business of a local community. The real problem is wholly different'] Supposedly we are to lend billions to help rehabilitate the world and hoping to expand our maikets abroad, and. at the same time, collect from Ruvna ana Political Nature Washington, D. C. (INS — Momentous Allied decisions which may hasten the end of the war and vitally affect the future de tiny of the world are believed today to be In the making. London reports ma.r ate these historic decision* will b- of a military and political nature. There is widespread dtp-lomatic speculation in Washington that the development also vs ill affect the Pac.fie conflict as well as the European. Iii the sphere of European militaij" strategy, Washington chromatic observers believe final plans will soon be made for a synchronized all-out effort by the aimed forces of the United States, Grea’ Britain and Russia to smash Germany's military machine Th.s gigantic land, sea and air at our Allies* money or material under the **’nslve *!< maJ°; ABI co pow- lend-lea.se arrangement. *‘,s ls considerc*d likely to be aimed at If we follow this course on th*3 road r'r‘nkh‘S about German^ complete which prevailing public thinking is taking us we will merely repeat the foolish policies we followed alter the last war. THEN WE LOANED MONIA abroad in similar endeavors, and the international bankers sold bonds to the public to finance foreign ventures on the theory that such action ould expand our military defeat by next summer, if that country does not collapse internally a a ie,suit of the At.gl-»-Aine: r an air ra ids. The possibility is seen that as a prelude to delivery of the death blow, the American, British and Russian government* may issue a joint message ? the German people to avert the terrific destruction that ls in store for Ger- I many by overthrowing the Nazis and Charges Made In Handling of Food DISTRICT EVENTS REPLACE THE ANNUAL 4-H SHORT COURSE U.S.O. Opening Saturday Night Sav President. Exceeded OPA And A ut bori t v SGC foreign trade. The bonds later fell to practically nothing, because the foreign accePting Allied peace terms nations could not pay and the public <«* th, MORE PASSENGER TIRES ALLOTTED FOR DECEMBER ury will be the international banker j and the losses—which are unavoidable ‘ —will be taken out of the pubUc purse ; directly. The only way nation, can really pas us is by shipping us goods a.s long as we continue to lend them the money to buy from us, they can only continue* to pile up debts in this country, whether held by the public in the form of bonds or buy the treasury. No international bank or currency stabilization agreement can alter the Washington. D. C (INS* A social Wa hington. D C. 1 INS:—Ti.e OPA today allotted 581.373 Orade 3 tire- foi i aliening to passenger f ar and mo-tcrcycries rn December. 27 685 more than tlic current month. In addition, OPA made available £29.350 Grade d tires for rationing next month. A total cf 290.519 'ruck and bu.s tires also will be available in December. PH IL ATTEA CLASS fact that we pro po e to go on selling ELECTS OFFICERS mere goods abroad than we buy and paying for this excess oui of our own pockets by taking debt.' The debts can never be paid until we take the goods, and a.s there ls no likelihood of The Ptiila'hea chi s of the First Baptist church met with a goodly representation cf the member- and 'bree visitors, the evangelists, Rev Tolby and wife and Mrs Carstensen ar the home us ever accepting such a vast excess of 0j e J Peterson The devotional import the debts actually can never be period was conducted bv Rev and Mrs. paid. Toiby with Mrs. Tolby accompanying What Is proposed now thus is to per- the singing on the piano accordion, petuate the unbalance of our trade by Following the devotions there was an taking on more debts than can ever election of officers with Mary Shipp Pa) decree and a provision forbid house committee held in a formal re-pert today that President Roosevelt, the ‘Office of Price Administration and the Surplus Commodities Corporation ah exceeded their grants of authority in > handling the wartime food problem. I The committer- headed by Representative Ho a ara Smith. Democrat of Vi: -: gima, found tha:: I The Pres.dent was without authority in law when, by executive order, he transferrer: to th'- War Feed Administrator, powers specifically vested b> congress in the Secretary of Agriculture giving the latter veto over OPA price regulations affecting agricultural commodities. 2. That the OPA “exceeded its pow crane violated express provisions of the price control act by setting maximum meat prices that were not generally fair and equitable’ upon mea’ on all levels between the slaughterer and retailer.” 3. That Ute Surplus Commodities Corporation without authority of law Required all its contractors, mostly supplying lend-lease commodities, to agree to observe President Roosevelt s over- Rooms Over Central Prepared For Tse Aviation Students States of Nine district >i-H club short courses will replace the statewide short course held annually at Iowa State college for Iowa 4-H club boys. according to word received from the State 4-H club office by county extension director Goodell The district events will be held during gra: opening of t.. new USG January, [rooms on the third hoer cf the Cen- The need for reducing the number of tral States building is scheduled to delegates, because of shortages of boas- take place on Saturday < vetting of this With County Alen And Women In The Service ais C pl. .Mux Q. Elder who is at; Hied a' Moir^ Field, Texa>, arrive ! Saturday to spend a fifteen day furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E, Elder • <- Cpl. Wayne K. Smith return d to Campi Ellis 111.. Friday after spending a furlough here visiting home folks. He nas finished his training there and expects to be tran-ferred soon. •I ; Mr. and Mrs. Columbus Hayes recsi -eJ word Friday from their son Corporal Edward Hayes that he . somewhere in Italy having teen sent from somewhere in Noith Africa. RI A <■ Darrell Rochefort arrived here this morning for a few days v sit with his pa:* i.fs Mr and M.s George Re h-efort, He has just finished aerial gunnery si bool at La i Veg*as, Nevada', where he received his gunnery wings. / * g Cpl. Dwight Mosser has returned to Camp Pinedale, F mo. Chuff., af :er spending nine days her** with his wife and son, Steven, and his mother, Mr?. Nora Messer and other relative and friends. Bs I ieut. Paul McCormick and Mrs McCormick have arrived here from Cambridge. Mass., for a visit wdth his par-nts, Mr. and Mrs F. J. M Cormick. I Lieut. McCormick, who ls in the navy.. J is hav.ng a two weeks leave. IP-3 lames K. McElroy, Co. 10)0, ll h Bin. Camp Benson, U S N. T. S. Farragut, Idaho Red A nu v Ga tis Are Made Oil Front Also Ital! ?an Moscow, Russ, a < IN 3 J Soviet tanks and ir.f, ntry j toward Minsk and the Pell ! day after engulfing mo: White Russian towns ana ; huge pincers drive threat-j ^c - Cfi feeing Nazi troops I As the Red arm) smash from Gomel to within fir ; Chic tin, other Russian cc ! went siezed twent -four lo I the lower reaches of the 1 where Napoleon’s ferris : Moscow suffered Lh dr ,r 131 years ago yesterday tree, r be rde: than lianes to- 150 n un in -> alit ic Berezin t re.. im ins of c the a long : iver, from -American Bombers Sh ike In Belgium London, Eng. ins * -heavy and medium bomber ; road daylight, interns,lied aerial onslaught against Europe today by blasting occupied B gium ann northwest Germany on ; heels cf ’he RAF stab at the Reich. ut.el ran raking in e Allien ltmt-ntal Claim Greek Island In German Hands En i rfinc * 'van n 11 aiihL. ~ .ail, icy, claimed id Santorm, west and I iii en into mg and eating facilities at the college, week with the aviation students a prompted the decision to suspend tile iowa Wesleyan attending an infernal short course. It had ;:een held on the j party, campus, usually during Christmas vacation, for the past 19 years. MISS .BETTY BEEZLEY AND MR. DANE PAGE MARRIED HERE SUNDAY District short courses will be two-day events, and will be held at Nevada, Chariton, Fairfield, Cedar Rapids. Oelwein, Mason City, Spencer, Denison, and Red Oak. The five boys 4-H club county officers or other official delegates. .several local leaders, the chairman of the boys 4-H club county committee. and the county extension directer from each county will be eligible to attend. , The program is being planned to give those attending as much assistance as possible toward carrying out their respective parts of the 4-H club program in then county Projects for 1944 will be d-scussed, and it is planned that a representative of the Iowa State College The USO will be open from the tim*' open post is declared Saturday until Sunday night and will serve the varied - interests of all. There are games in I Miss Betty Beezley, daughter of Mrs. the game room, a rom for dancing * Emma Beezley and the late Dr. Law-with USO hoste-ses, writing materials rence Beezley, and Dane R. Page, son of and desks, billiard table', ping pong Mr. and Mrs. I. Dean Page of Milan, tables, magazines, a piano and a sand- Mo., were married Sunday afternoon at wich bar. j 4 30 bv candlelight at the Universalist Committees have been making prep- church. ' • aration? for the opening of the rooms, j Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. Edith have done much walk in to give a Willits, organist of the church, played Lendcn, ting, axsi -the Nazi propaganda agt ti.day that the Greek isla zc, me eighty-seven mile: slightly south cf Cos, ha German hands. British Advance In Italy Algiers, Africa GNS) — British, New Zealand and Indian forces of the Eighth army pounded a widening breach into the German local defense line near the Adriatic in Italy today, following a successful attack launched from their San-gro rivfer bridgehead before dawn yesterday. No Letup In Draft ( all In January homelike atmosphere and are prepar ing an entertainment. Washington, D. C.—The army's drat*. call for January is to be twice the figure the war ma:.power comm ssioh he a nuptual music. The bride and bridegroom entered the church together to __the strains of the Mendelsohn Wedding Agr enemy and Animal Husbandry de- March and took their places at the a1- been expecting, it was learned Sunday, payments appear on the program. Boys . tar. w here the single ring ceremony and as -a result the com tinea army- 4-H club sta'e officers aie to be elected was read by the Rev. Laura B. Galer. navy call will approximate 300.000 men. according to a system now being perfected. be paid While officials, in their zeal Yarned president Mr- James Moore, for improving the world, may not like vice-president and Mrs George John- to look the situation straight in the SOn, secretary and treasurer Delicicu' face like this, it is nevertheless true, in refreshments of pumpkin pie with my opinion, whipped cream, canch and coffee were --served. The hostess was assisted by WHAT lo DO abear it? I do not Mesdames Jesse Rugg and James know I can merely see that it is Moore. ding racial employees. discriminiation in hiring MRS. OLIVE LAYMAN DIES AT FAIRFIELD Regional I.O.O.F. And Rebekah Meetin irs Here On Tuesday wrong Certainly this country is not going to stand for a free influx of foreign goods, for instance low-priced Russian and Chinese goods, to any extent which would disturb wage and employment conditions in our industries. Perhaps we can store some stockpiles of strategic materials for the future, materials which we do not have in tiffs country, and which would aid rather than injure our industry, but we are certainly not going to take automobiles TODAY’S MARKETS Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Olive Davis Layman. 86 former resident of this city, who passed away Thanksgiving day at the George CHICAGO LIVESTCK K Laird home in Fairfield. Chicago, IU. <INS* — HOGS. 38.000. she is survived by six children, also steady, top 13.75, bulk 13.00 to 13 75 cne -sister. Mrs. Jap Ross and a nephew, heavies 13.60 to 13.75. mediums 13.60 Dr George Ross of Mt Pleasant. Four to 13.75. lights 12.75 to 13.60, light lights sisters and cne brother preceded her in 12 00 to 12.75; packing sows 12.50 to death. 13.00; pigs 7.50 to 11.00. I Funeral services will be held Tuesday CATTLE 11,500. steady; beef steers.' afternoon at Mt. Zion at 2:30 o'clcck. choice 15.00 to 16.75. medium 14,00 to ---- 15.00, yearlings 12.00 to 16.50, butchers and steel for instance from Russia or Bntain’ bulls 8.50 to 12.50. calves 9.00 to 15 00; Some people think an arbitrary’ man- f0eders 1000 to 1300; stocker,. ,teers aged foreign trade policy manage I jjjq to 135Q( c^s and heifers. 8-00 t0 completely by the government—may be 2 necessarv, but this smacks of all the heifers 10.00 to 16.00, cows 8.00 to 12.00; RECOVERING FROM AN UNUSUAL INJURY Wayland. — Mr. and Mrs. David Schlatter returned Tuesday from an evils of dictate,ship and totalitarianism.I .-M^rnmoTis M^o vearhjTs’ m,<T‘ ITT “ *iU b’ Others think that, regard** of our! IIT, s no tTfi W ised they left here in July to recent popular hatred of tariffs and • 1\°° l°5 00 ‘-50- feetl j visit their daughter Mrs Inez Oswald tariff walls, it may be necessary lo 8t>| I ‘abVLUn L for Tuesri.v rattle' Schlatter had the misfortune . , . ,, ,. r„mi,0|itiVf,' Saleable estimates for Tuesday. cattle to meet with an accident t er°. Hi back to them to keep out competitive, 7ppri hnoc 9 mn inurn soon 1 , , , . . 7,GLU, nogs z.LUU. sneep o.uuo. and his son-in-law were riding in the goods. - manure spreader driven by the hire:! LOI AL HOG MARKET (Krey Station) I man and while talking the a pix ii drew The bride's dress was of ice blue This is about the present moathl; Shadow matalasse crepe, floor length, figttie, as cc.rcasted with previous indi. land she wore a fingertip veil held in cations that calls would begin dro, ping (place by a tiara of seed pearls Her after the first cf the year bouquet was of talisman roses. The The expanding navy never expected I bridegroom wore a dark blue suit. to reach top strength until well along The bride's mother’s dress was sol- in 1944 and the army, it was reported dier blue and she had a corsage cf pink author natively* won't be at its expected ; rases. The bridegroom’s mother wore a peak strength of 7,7t;).OGO meb by Jan tan crepe dress and her corsage was of I lei; two main re a sons: red roses. I. The WAC enlistment drive has The aitar was decorated with baskets bee n disappointing. (The army lf pleaser chrysanthemums and with tapers in cd with the performance of its women .candelabra. A candle also was burning soldiers and is willing to lake hun-‘ rn each window. Miss Margaret Ca e ired.' of thousands, but oui abouts#,-and Miss Charlotte Davis lighted the OOH have enlisted to date.) tapers preceding the ceremony. 2. Draft toaids are lagging so far Alter the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs behind their quotas they may .e unable Page were greeted by their friends at to catch up even cy me end cf Junu-the door of the church A wedding din- ary. j ner was served at the Yellow Lantern Uncertain?- ov Tea icom to the immediate famiies and would do about the dr.. what Congress ting 01 prewar Obviously, a policy of negotiation or exchange of goods for goods would solve most of the difficulties, but that would heap more dirt on the gold we have buried down in Kentucky, making it less and less important. Fined For Speeding Market steady; top $13.35; 160 to 180 Mr. S blatter into the revolving blade lbs., $11.50 to $12.50; 190 to 330 lbs.. - anc! shredded one limb to the bine. He • $12.70 to $13 35; packing hows $1170 to was jn the hospital for ?everal w’cek.',. J12.00, pad different operations and Is still I (Plea e call before bringing your gcing about on crutches. ; hogs to the market). , _______ Vern Carmichael, of Clarinda, grand master of the grand lodge and Do:i> Huffman, president cf the Rebekah Assembly cf tile Old Fellow’ branrhc in the state of Iowa. will hold a regional meeting for Oddleltows and Rebekahs covern g the lodge- in Jefferson. Van Buren, Lee, De Moines and Henry counties in Mu Flea ant en Tuesday. Other grand lodge officers expected the Sovereign Grand Lodge represent? a membership of 1,335.044 and there are 60.889 members in Iowa. The Regional meeting that 1? being conducted by he grand and assembly rfficers will b" for all Oddfellcws and Rebekah.1- li tre will b' a riot me*t-ing at 1:3) P M iii the I. O O F Hall and at 8 CO P. M. separate meeting foci* Oddfellow's rn the Masonic fathers caused many boards cal.big them. Grab! Jays Iowa Call WU 2e Less Lls Moines, la - INS - —St tive Serv.ee Dire nay said the Jo nun: Iowa will be ‘‘ma ten has been for the cast Grab! predi ai the Fines for speeding were assessed against three persons here recently when they wore arraigned before Mayor H. L. Shook. John Scarf! and Pauli Sinnott were each fined $25 and costs of which $lo was suspended on each during good behavior. R. C. Parker was fined $25 and costs. LOCAL MARKETS Egg.-,—40c. Sweet Cream—52c. No. 1 cream -51c. No. 2 cream—50c. Heavy Hens—21c. Leghorn Hens—19c Heavy springs—23c Leghorn springs—20c Cox—16c. U. S. FLEET USING SECRET WEAPONS t attend are W. A Merriam. De; Hall and Reb kah> in the IOO F. Moines, grand seeretar-’. Mac E, Welch, Hall. Washington, D. C. iINS) — Rear Ad- dent. George Smith mil a1 H. P. B Landy revealed today grand warden. Earl Dc* Moines, assembly secretary. A. J Meyer. Clinton, deputy grand ma lei Hazel Schaller, Des Moines, vice presi Cedar Moore. The meeting- will be for the purpose of ire true ion. outlining the year'** program. and asking full cooperation o’. Rapids, the Oddfellt w membership in winning Newton, the war such as buying b ads. R cl a few friends. . The bride was formerly secretary at the senior ’nigh school and the last two years has been employed by the Wa; Department at the Iowa Ordnance plant. The bridegroom is a prominent farmer of Milan. Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Page left Sunday evening fcr their new' home near Milan where thev will be at heme to their friend-. Mrs. Pages going aw*ay costume was a two piece blue suit with dark blue accessories and she wore an report from Washir 01 chid corsage. *rl natl a woulc Out of town guests were the bride's as in the Pa5t-brother, Lawrence E. Beezley of Akron, Ohio, Mr. and Mrs. I. Dean Page, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Page cf Milan, Mo., Miss Mildred Page of Kirksville. Mo., 1 ter of the bridegroom. Mrs. Esther Wallace of St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs W. H. Shriller of Downers Grove. 111., Mr. and M s Robert Koch. Mr'. Myrtle Dolan, Mas. Elsie Shad ley and Miss Mary Loa Decker of Burlington. r c Or: fcr ba th a n the call he si mo WI*' la. INVESTIGATE BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES Des Moines, la INS1 -Tie executive council ? alay ap;:.r?v,-J quest to appoint El ward Waite C'ar- that the American fleet is now using grand patriarch. Major Genera1 A. D. Cross w ak. donating of bl od pin-r< “revolutionary” secret weapons fully Crawford. Cedar rails and prs .bl) rev- and post war plans on winning the VI * comparable to the German radio-con- era! others. tory so we may have universal Bro lh- I trolled bomb and acoustic torpedo. This Odd Fellow organization, under erhood of all nations. Tire Inspection Deadline Deadline for tire inspection for this period by gasoline c book holders is Nor 30. rcll lawyer, as a proud as totr.ey general to hand!'* ii of bmevoi- nt otic! i s 1 “pas -the-hat" organizations Atte.’illy Gem tai J hn Ra the request White former!) >1 un a. is?an* to R ink 1 ii un ii Cot when he resigned to filter . man lice at C .noil. tent alligation sa - «lltd iii made bt r prat

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