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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 3, 1958, Mount Pleasant, Iowa The it. Pleasant news these Days by George e. Sokolsky is foresight Hindsight Many of those who Wisla to Alibi the error of their judgments dining the past 40 years often say that most opinions that differ from theirs particularly concerning communist Russia or communist China Are Hindsight and of course Hindsight is a disease of which we Are All guilty on Many phases of Hie particularly about ourselves. The fact however is that quite a few persons were anti con nudist a.-, far Back As 1917. Among socialists. Lenin had Many opponents. It was Hitler Mussolini and other fascists who frightened the liberals into being pro communist and drove Many an innocent Liberal into the communist Camp. John Sparge published a Book in 1920, Quot Russia As an american John Spargo had been a distinguished socialist intellectual who had never been corrupted by the obscenities of leninism. From the very first he opposed the bolsheviks because he recognized their antipathy to human Liberty. At Best they sought to change the world by Force at worst they seemed to have a psychosis about their own superiority Over other men it was therefore not surprising that Spargo Early discovered what i actually witnessed namely that Lenin having found that bolshevism could Only succeed among Peoples who knew not Freedom turned to the satrap isms of Asia. This is what Spargo wrote in 1920 the leaders of the russian bolshevik have turned their attention to the spread of their propaganda among the Asiatic a they Are reaching into China Turkey into Persia. Afghanistan and India. They Are making connection with and exploiting pan islamism All the moslem hatred of christianity and resentment against the treatment of Turkey. All the fanatical nationalism Persia and India they Welcome so much gust for their Mill. Quot too i witnessed the organization of the chinese communist party by the professor of philosophy Chen to Shiu. Chen was a trotskyist but immediately Atte the Baku Congress of nations of the Orient that did not. Matter. Chen was profoundly influenced by k Marx and his movement was entirely among intellectuals and had no relationship with the peasants or soldiers of China who would not have understood what he was talking about the Young communist who organized labor in Shanghai the Industrial City was la Lui san who was already russian trained and who by 1925 was Able to Call a general strike. But this strike was not Over a labor Issue or Over an economic Issue it was not pro communist or pro Russia. Already la knew the techniques of utilizing an incident unrelated to anything in particular to achieve an end. The incident was that a sikh policeman employed by the Brit yol. So no. 233 it. Pleasant Iowa Friday evening olt. 3, 1958 by Carrier 30 per week by mail 87.50 per year h lists 4 fallout a Danners Schwengel cites Corn Farmers interest in congressional election View Hobby crafts a the wide variety of Hobby crafts on display at the methodist Church interested the Many visitors rafts ranged from Coin arrangements to lug making and quilting and to painting. In the top photo from loft t mrs. Phil Baird. Airs. Dwayne Rohweder. Mary Bod Well Extension service Home economics supervisor and airs. George Stevenson look on while airs. Otto Mason of the Winfield arca works on a Rug. She had several completed rugs on display. Airs. Roland Moureau airs. Karl Kneen and airs. Loren Johnson in the Middle photo were interested in Flower arrangements As explained by airs. Lester Sheuerman. Handiwork of 4-11 girls was View d with interest by airs. Ora Riepe ish con trolled Shanghai municipal i committee woman Rita Alcade county til girls president Patricia Council shot a chinese worker in a japanese owned Cotton Mill. The j Wallingford sect Clary and Treasur Iii girls committee chairman. A and mrs. Nati an Elliott. County a. I. Holley taken by death chinese was agitating for a strike. Immediately All chinese workers were called out to strike against great Britain and the United states. And they went out on strike because the chinese were j _ fearful not to strike not knowing j Albert b Holley 92, died at the what would happen next. Within a i memorial Hospital about la of clock Ira Days this strike movement j Friday morning. He had been a Apical throughout t he Yangtze i resident at the Devol Home the last several years. I formerly a says schools to stay closed congressman Fred Schwengel in discussing the Rise in Cost of living trend in the past decade with republicans of the first District at Muscatine Friday evening said Quot during the Truman administration inflation mounted to an All time High of 50for that period but during the Republican administration the increase was Only 9in speaking on agriculture con-1 Glassman Schwengel called Atten-1 Tion to a National publication Quot the farm and ranch Quot which included a statement made by legislator Cooley chairman of the agriculture j committee under the democratic controlled of North Carolina w to is responsible under the Congress to farm people says a anyone who believes in Freedom for agriculture is stupid Quot. Or. Cooley further went on record As endorsing a compensatory payment plan for Cotton that is surprisingly in accordance with the Brannan plan that Farmers fought so hard and successfully a few Short years ago. We can expect this kind of farm legislation As Long As we have for chairmen of our agriculture committee people who Are primarily interested in tobacco and Cotton and not Corn. Or. Schwengel said. If the republicans were to control Congress this coming session congressman Hoeven who is interested in Iowa Farmers would be eligible for the chairmanship of that important committee in the House. Bob Wallace District chairman of Young republicans reported for that group and stated that they Are making an All out Effort to have a successful organization in every county in Iowa. He said a Young people should be interested in Murray and his program because they Are interested in the future of our state in better education equitable taxes and More Industry so that they can stay in Iowa and make a Good living. They Are especially interested in peace because most of them would be called in an All out draft. But they do not want peace at any Price and allow the free world to be whittled away by the he stated that the thing republicans have to sell to Young people is the fact that republicans can and will keep the peace. Chairman Ben a. Galer presided at the meeting and asked each county and auxiliary group to report briefly. Mrs. Jack Wilson of it pleasant reported for the Republican women. Others attending from Henry county were mrs. Alyce Benesh county vice chairman Wilbur a ter first District. Farm Council chairman Clifford m. Vance and mrs. Vance. John Rockwell Richard Cornick Helen Virden Harlan Bainter newly elected chairman of Henry county Young republicans and Dick Elef son treasurer of that group. School Aid payment rate is announced need More reservations for trip regional acc meeting Here on sunday the first regional Junior Cham Ber of Commerce meeting for this More persons Are needed to make area will be held at the it plea i Tho trip to Kansas City tuesday to j ant Golf and country club sunday fill the buses it was announced with the it pleasant club As Host j Friday. Jaycees Are expected from a total of 82 can of taken in the Bloomfield. Burl not in Columbus discusses civil defense need in Iowa bus at the present time there arc i Junction. Fairfield Keokuk. Mus Hes Moines a up i general i a about 50 reservations. Anyone who Ca Tine and Wayland As Well state school Aid for the 1957-58 school year will be distributed on can go to be present at the meeting i it. Pleasant. With the representatives of the site those who wish to Mav Golf a pro rata basis of 89 69 per cent committee for the agricultural Hall in the morning May do so. Lunch and supplemental Aid on a basis of 36.62 per cent the state department of Public instruction said today. Requisitions for the Aid were sent to the state comptroller by i n Seibert director of the division of administration and finance for the department. General Aid claims totalled $16,-295,640 against an appropriation of $14,610,000. Supplemental Aid claims totalled $10,932,356 against an appropriation of $4,000,000. Of Fame should make reservations will be served at the club at noon. At once. I Max Hibbs president of the Iowa the committee believes that Jaycees will speak at 12 45 an i there should be present at least 751 forums will be held starting at i persons and has indicated to of p. In. The forums on profit Mak facials in Kansas City that there my. Awards parliamentary proce would be at least that Many. The buses will leave from the Harlan hotel tuesday morning at Des Moines up a former governor Leo a. Hoegh returned to Iowa today to try to sell civil defense to the same people he once served and he was All business. Hooch Wras his joking self w Hile talking with reporters who formerly met him every Day at news conferences in the governor s office. But he said a not this Lime when asked to comment on the political race Between gov. Herscher c. Loveless who beat Hoegh in 1956. And gop candidate Wil flaming car crash fatal to three Dure and leadership training will Jilin Murray be about one half hour in length and on a rotation basis so that All two o clock and the return trip fro May attend them Kansas City will Start in the Early among the officials expected Here afternoon. Are National director Bob Bisen another suggestion has been Hart vice presidents Bing Miller made to persons who might want to i Anc up a Bema and state chair take a week end trip to the ozarks. J Man Geoff Eichaker and vice a Gram which he Heads at the fed i c a1 level As director of the office he did venture the remark that the Iowa Hawk eyes had a Quot Good football team this year and Iowa state us Strong a a 9 but most of hts conversation was about the civil defense pro they could arrange to return by cs01u Guido Fahden Way of Kansas City and Stop for the meeting. If this should be ii. 1.x--. A your planning Contact the chamber in Jook news b rom of Commerce office for details As to the City. Meeting place in Kansas spirit Lake Iowa up a flaming car crash in which two teen agers were killed instantly thursday night planned its third victim today. Marty Walsh 15, daughter of or. And mrs. Bernard Walsh died today in a spirit Lake Hospital of injuries suffered in the crash. The car carrying the three girls and four boys missed a curve on Iowa 276 at a Quot High rate of Speed Quot officials said. The car skidded More than 200 Yards before it hit a tree and burst into flames the two killed outright were Wendell Mertens 13, son of mrs. Minnie Mertens spirit Lake Iowa and Eva Belle surtes 15, daughter of mrs. George fume also spirit Lake. Will resume work in . Weatherman of civil and defense mobilization. Quot this is a serious problem a i Hoegh said. He commented extensively on the prepared speech he delivered j later to the Des Moines chamber i of Commerce. Injured in the crash wore Sharon Hoffman 15, spirit Lake w to was listed in Quot very critical Quot condition James Reed 16. Spirit Lake and the Driver of the car Marvin Mertens 16, spirit Lake. Both in Quot very serious Quot condition Strady Flur Quot it plants a a Detroit up ii a general motors last of the Quot big three Quot Auto companies to sign a contract with the United Auto workers still had a big hurdle to mount today before getting into full production of 1959 Model cars. Tho pm Law agreement. Signed thursday night after 36 hours of almost continuous bargaining. Was similar in Basic economic framework to the Ford and Chrysler settlements reached earlier and ended a nationwide strike by 275,000 Auto workers. But it did not Clear away the troublesome problem of local strikes caused by some 8,000 Plant level issues not solved in the master con tract. Both company and Union admitted there would be no immediate general Back to work movement it was expected there would he he said the nation must be prepared in Case of attack. A a in a convinced that in a nuclear w a it is the nation which can survive am recover that will win. Our Mission us just that to be so prepared that we can survive recover and win in Case of an by Iti Iowa fans planning to take in a 1 football game saturday received Good news from the Weatherman today. A forecast for partly Cloudy skies and mild temperatures was issued for the entire week end by tile Des Moines weather Bureau. i attack a a Hoegh old saturday were expected to Range j 0 o a from 66 to 75, a couple degrees warmer than the maximum readings today. The warmer weather is being caused by a disturbance in Canada which has kept warm Southern air pushing through the state. Most of the cloudiness during the week end was expected in the he then produced an illustration which showed just How hard it might be to survive in Case of a nuclear attack. The Chart showed the effect of fallout on Iowa in Case of a 20-megaton bomb drop on Offutt air Force base at Omaha neb. He said Omaha and Council Bluffs Iowa and Bernell Mertens 17, spirit Lake in serious condition. The three Mertens boys were Brothers. A. K. Ruebel. A veterinarian and his son Tom. Rushed to the scene and managed to pull All but the dead boys body from the car. Ruebel said Tho intense heat of the fire drove him from the crash before he could get the dead Mertens boys body i Hon As local Union management negotiators solved local issues. Fine arts group elects directors Valley and the Issue had now become the abolition of extra territoriality. Of concessions and settlements and of special treaties too the great Powers hardly knew what to do. The British were lit it ally Dri Ven out of their conce skins Iii Yangtze River cities but i the French and japanese stood film the americans had no con Cessions but their businesses were i boycotted. It was under those conditions that an army from Canton. Led by general Chiang Kai Shek. J head of the Khampoa military Academy and general Galen a Blu Sclier a russian and later a marshal who was liquidated in one of Stalin a purges marched through South China Defeated the warlord s Tuc huns reached t h e Yangtze River at Hankow and prepared to conquer China. This took from the end of May 1925 to Christmas week of 1926an amazing performance Russia would have conquered China then. However Chiang Kai Shek discovered the russian perfidy largely As a result of quarrels Between trotskyist and stalinist he seized Power and expelled tilt by i in i Arkansas gov. On a1 e Faubus j vowed today that Little rocks four a resident South closed High schools will stay closed West of it. Pleasant the body was taken to the Crane funeral horn1. Wesleyan freshmen elect officers All year unless the Federal government permits them to be used As private segregated schools. The state is under temporary in car damaged twice in Day building permits issued in september Iowa Wesleyan ii of leers thursday of 2. Ravlo. Mason City was president. One Accident is bad enough but the 1953 Dodge owned by or. And mrs. Virgil Riley new London was Junction to prevent the schools be a involved in two of them thursday. Inc reopened privately. A hearing at 1 55 ., mrs. Riley reported is set for monday on whether hic to police that the car was struck a restraining order will be made by another while parked in he amen elected 1 permanent. I a amp a parking lot Here. The identity g a r v Faubus said it will depend on the of the Driver of the other car was the a pleasant Fine arts association has elected to vacancies on the Board of directors four new j members the Rev. Gilbert Stout i pastor of the first methodist Church or. Richard Parker head of the department of music Iowa Wesleyan College miss Wynona Kyle of the English staff of the me pleasant High school and Charles permits j ferns of the music staff of the were issued during the month of Jet. Pleasant High school. September by the City zoning and the next meeting of the Board ministration. J w ill be held wednesday oct. 8th, no. 544 Glen Shumaker construct j a 4 45 in the faculty lounge of enclosed porch at 306 s. Wilson. The John Wesley Holland student no. 545 Carl e. Hughes construct j Union the directors will be the garage at 607 Lombardy Road. Guests of or. Louis a Haselmayr the following building Northern sections but even there it would be levelled by the attack Wasny to expected to bring any rain-1 a la. Lows tonight should be in the 40s and 50s. U. S. To enter nuclear test ban negotiations a within three hours fallout that could kill people will be in Des Moines a he said. A you have a Low priority As far As cities which would be subject to actual nuclear attack a Hoegh said. A but Offutt air Force base is one of the most profitable targets in the country a he said. With prevailing southwesterly winds which could blow the fallout across Iowa people in this state must be prepared Hoegh said. He said it might be necessary for some people in Southwest Iowa to chosen government whether Tho four not Learned. Tho left front door of schools closed in a last ditch Tho Dodge was damaged. Other officers Are vice president i stand to Kee it from obeying court at 10 15 ., or. Riley was drive John Dickkut. Marshalltown Sec int leg i a Tion orders a open at All for big the car when it was involved ret Ary Cynthia Horst Muscatine i this school year in a collision on East Washington treasurer Bob Lewis. Rockford a the people have \ noted and the. Street with a car driven by Jimmy in j Law states they will remain closed a i Arnold it. Pleasant. Riley was freshmen elected Ron Sliktas. Faubus said. Rockford. 111., and Judy Smithson. I Perry As co chairmen of social events for the class Mikel Ritchie. It. Pleasant will i serve is chairman of the freshman float for Homecoming on Ort. 18., no. 546 Ellsworth Scarff construct garage at 303 n White. No. 547 c w. Ogler move House from Winfield to 1102 e. Monroe no. 548 Robert e Russell con Washington up a the United states will enter nuclear test ban negotiations with Russia oct. 31 a in Good Faith despite uncertainty Over soviet testing policy official sources said today. Stay in their basements for months Russia confirmed thursday night j a time to survive the continuing it has resumed testing of nuclear fallout from a blast at Omaha weapons after it had announced j however he said residents in last March 31 it w As halting such j Iowa can Cut Down greatly the Dan experiments. The new soviet 1 8er of radioactive fallout by making nou Cement accused the United j simple alterations in the basements. States and Britain of forcing the he said the closing of windows with Cement blocks or sandbags and sealing All other openings could Cut the amount of radioactivity a person would receive by too times. A Man in the basement of his Home in Des Moines could live through the 20-megaton blast at Omaha easily by making the alterations in the basement and stocking it with food w hich would enable him to live there for some time. Resumption because the Western countries refused to follow the russian Lead. Former resident Dies in Kirksville president of the Board. Plans will be Laid at that meeting for the third concert to be sponsored by the association at a Date in january. February or Early mrs. Julia Trueblood of to �.qua died at Kirksville mo., wednesday get. I funeral services will be held at the Cedar Creek friends Church North of Salem at 1 30 p. In. On saturday. Oct. 4. Mrs. Trueblood is a former resident of Henry county struck Barbershop at 205 e. Wash March by a Solo pianist the other in ton. J concert dates already set Are tuesday nov. 25. When the Columbus o. 549 Eugene pile foundation by a augmented by four adult panthers leave for Centerville soloists will give a program of Quot. The crimes of the bolshevik against civilization against All that civilized nations hold sacred and Dot a. Have been too monstrous j and too systematically contrived russians from China and entered Liucy pursued to wan ant our Hanu upon a Long struggle with the i and relations with them. Chinese communists which is not John Span it advice yet ended. The governor also reaffirmed his whole hearted support of a system of private schools in the Arkansas extensively Damar d capital financed with contributed funds pledges of Money were pouring in today principally from Mississippi and Louisiana. Pulling away from the curb and Arnold was going East on Washington when the Accident occurred the left Side of the Riley car was the Arnold car was also damaged some for House trailer and construct garage at 400 s. Locust. Choral music and a production of no. 550 i. F. Huene. Construct nationally famous Christmas residence at 310 s. Wilson. No. 551 Jack Hod son. Foundation observe their 63rd wedding anniversary county democratic c candidates to meet was not democratic candidates of the county will assemble at Rome thus evening for a fish Fry and to Dis Sii it we a it i is cull in 1920, taken to our misfortune. It copyright. 1968, Kina 1j v Lulu tic. I in j or. And mrs. R. H. Cunningham j observed their 63rd wedding Anni i cuss plans for the remainder of the features i Versari thursday rather than their Campaign. Everyone interested will i 53j-d St ted he Welcome opera of Gian Cark Menotti Quot a Mahl and the night visitors Quot and for House trailer at 505 w. Monroe i tuesday april 15, when the Albert no. 552 Herman Elgar construct j Tipton orchestra. Music for to residence and garage at 607 n re get will perform a program of White. Light classical music. No. 553 George Sutton const met Haselmayer announced that residence w till double Carport in j season memberships Are still Avail-500 Block of East Green j Abie from the membership chair value of construction As shown j Nian mrs Henry Traut phone 809. On permits totals $63,150.00. Memorial Hospital notes admitted thursday mrs. Orval Zickafoose admitted Friday mrs. Clarence Underwood mrs than pc Toff of nun ill. Minor collision at Olds Sherlock newspaper editor for 55 years Dies Wallace e. Sherlock former editor of the Fairfield daily Ledger died at the memorial Hospital Here at 6.20 Thursday As the result of a stroke suffered the it pleasant Panther football it saturday. He was 85, squad left by school bus for Center or Sherlock was a patient at Ville at 2 Frida it they will cat i the rest Haven nursing Home Here in Ottumwa and then go on to Cen for the past year and suffered the stroke there saturday. His body was taken to the Reynolds funeral Home in Sigourney. Funeral services will be held in Sigourney at 2 Berville where they will meet tile big reds in a crucial Southeast six game Al 7 30 pm. Centerville 3-0, and it. Pleasant 2-0, Are tied with Fairfield for Poi. Saturday first in the Loop with 1-0 Marks a pick up truck driven by Ronald Canby Olds and owned by Blaine Deyarman Olds collided with a car driven by mrs Bernard h in taoist Winfield in Olds a 4 30 Thursday Canby was driving South and when he rounded a Corner turning to the West the pick up struck the eastbound Hultquist car damaging it an estimated $100. Deputy Robert Nicholson. Who investigated filed a charge against a native of Sigourney or. Sherlock worked on newspapers throughout the Midwest for about 55 years before he retired. He served As editor of the daily Ledger from 1943 until he retired on his 80th birthday sept 24. 1953 one daughter survives. The health news Institute reports that 71 per cent of All pre Canby for driving a machine with scr options filled in 1956 were no brakes. Cd below three dollars

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