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Mount Pleasant News (Newspaper) - October 4, 1943, Mount Pleasant, IowaVALID RATION STAMPS Fuel Oil 1 (new) until Jan, 3 Sugar 14 . Through October 31 Shoe Stamp 18 good indefinitely THE MT PLEASANT NEWS VALID RATION STAMPS CJ, V, W Blue st »mp* expire Oct. 20 .\. V. Z rid stamps expire Oct. 2 A, B, Brown Stamps expire Oct. 2 ( Brown Stamp exp.res October 30 VOL. LXXI, No. 2.32MONDAY, OCT. I, 1912 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA News Behind The News! (Distributed by King Feature* 8yn- j dlcate, Inc., Reproduction In Full or < In Part 8trlctiy Prohibited.)County Goes Over Top In Bond Drive Allied Troops Make Gains Americans And British In Advance WASHINGTON — IIOW THE AVERAGE MAN v ill be able to pay a 30 j percent withholding tax, out the customary 10 percent into government bonds, and live on 60 percent ol his earnings or less, is the main stumbling block to the tax problem which the treasury Is pushing ofl upon congress Monday. i In some instances, as with govern-! ment workers, an additional live per-! - cent goes to retirement, meaning that' „Padquarters in North Afric# a single worker earning $50 a week AUUd -roops ,n ItaIy mt,iw would have to pay out $38 90 a week ,,au,_ today for American and British in taxes and live on $31 10 'allow- forrPS driVing the Germans on the ing for the $12 a week bade wi nno.u- roads leading from Naples and tfot ing tax exemption). Adriatic to Rome. A »ges navf gone up, •• i true The 'phe British! 8th army scored a sjy---official estimate oi average weekly tacular advance seventeen miles up earnings iv.ar labor board* is up 10 < tbf, coa.f af eastern Italy by ar.phib-percei.t from September 1942 to May jous landings at Termcli forty-eight 1913. But the cost of living is oi- n,nofhwest of Foggtfl. flciaiiy calculated to have increased The British staged their surprised 6 2 percent in the same period landing as troops of the U. S. 5th Nation 1 ratisUes never accurately army in west Italy crossed the Colore j portray anything more than a cold River b‘iow Benevento and established! generalization Most people think the footholds on the northern shore of ; col' of living foi instance, is up rnucli nvcr mt>re than the official estimate, which rfhe Britt-h touched, s opped a num-is weighed perhaps with many things bf,r 0f counter attacks captured som*. they do not buv and cannot get these prisoners and link'd up with Other They’ll Do It Every Time - - - / POT STAMPS ( om THESE L£TTEQS-*IT5 < ( OF&C&MV \ « 'FFiCE &JS»UESS*~T WCOTE \j) FOOT -GAS 'VV, ( THEM ATMOME LAST MIGHT )'/( &iLL, ALlMONV, » // L I WOULD HAVE DROPPED> V FUZZLE CON-( THEM AT THE POST- } OPPlCE BUT X CMPM T ) TUAT C3UV HASN’T PAID FOQ A STAMP SINCE HE’S WORKED here— he's THE CHAIN: 7— -LETTER CHAMP, BESIDES**S IWC To Offer Two Radio Programs TESTS LETTERS J . DT_^ TD THE EOiToR/ I LL-am'wmat hot.^Y he SENDS HIS \ SUITS TD 86 PRESSED f And charges / r wouldnt \4 ( BE SURPRISED-; C IF HE PAID HIS { ( RENT IN 1HREE-1 CENT STAMPS . Exceeds Goal By Nearly 25 PerCent (toy Also, th' wages of m ny war worker groups are up much more than 10.7 percent while those of prcle sionai clerical and white collar classes are probably not increased that much. units of the 8th army driving up the coast. ?ym>- T i l iaWSiiUi There’s one op Imese STAMP COLLECTORS IN ELERV OFFICE-' AkJp \ kDW 1UCV W^iTE 1 "JDF.RT E KAuTZ, SAm FRANC-SCO *Y.DF BI T om( hl DOM ay there is approximately $50.000,OOO.fXX) of surplus money in circulation in the United States and it wants to reach th »t reservoir of funds '1 he money. of course, is being spent is in bank-, bu ine s arid pocket books There is no taxation method by which it can be extracted directly, because of the unevenm s of its distribution Cla im Six Allied Submarines Sunk London England 'INS' -'Axis claim -—A Japanese high command communique broadcast by the Tokio radio today claimed that six Allied submarines were sunk near Japan and other Pacific areas during September. Propose 10 Billion HUNTED MAN Increase In Taxes IS ( AUGHT Brighton Man Reported Missing One On Tuesday Evenings Other On Thursdays , j | j Iowa Wesleyan College offers its fir.st ij D * C J T *i. 1 j radio fcroadc st of the current school Bcavy DUVlflBf . ends 011r* j year Tuesday evening at 8:15. This! Up To $872,000 p cgram, which will be repeated at the' I same time each week throughout the, entire school year, is known as The Heavy buying in the c’t> ’ng 'ays of ! Wesleyan Chapel Hour It will con-jthe third war loan drive plus the ac-i s:st of twenty minutes of organ music cumulations through the mcnth put ! featuring Dr. Bela Rozsa at the con-j Henry County over the op by a big sole of the new Lodwick Memorial p.pe margin. The county totals, which we 3 I organ and a ten minute religious ad-i not complete today, showed that pu; -drees by President Stanley B Niles. J chases amounted to $372,771.50. which I The "Wesleyan Variety Hour," which [was nearly 25 percent abovn the quota ! has been offered at 5:15 p. m. Thurs- of $705,000. j days, will continue at this time during Buying had been especially’ heavy the current year. The first program in the latter part cf 'he week; each day this series will be on the a.r Thursday, the attaining of the qu< ta ^ppear^'l ! October 7. more probable and by Friday it was I Both of these programs originate in evident that a gocd report from ’he ; the studio of Iowa Wesleyan college at bond auction pits increased sales in Mt. PI.i ant. Iowa, and go on the air other towns of the coun y would put over the facilities of the State Univer- the county ever the top. s.ty of Iowa. WSUI, at Iowa City. The Tuesday evening radio broadcasts from the chapel auditorium are open to the public and everyone is Auction Sale Suroess'ul The auction sale total was high, especially so in view of the fact that cordially invited to come, gram goes on the air at Bomb German Industrial City Wa . mg ton D c ins T; d- Stanley Kaster ministration proposed a $ 10,56C.000,000 , tax increase to place its fiscal pro- j gram on a total war footing and to j : siphon off inflationary "excess spend ing money**. i I Among the proposals to rare the Investigation declared today that urged additional top w - me to take‘Stanley Kaster. 35. caught wounded Amer- $6,50 ).000,000 additional from individ- i anc* hiding in the trunk of an automo- I> Questioned In Iowa Slaying Ma n City. Iowa (INS)— Chief R W Nebergall, of the Iowa Bureau of The pro-:15 p. m - J and all those wishing admission must Washing'on. D. C (INS* Pfc. Wen- be jn their seats by 8:10. Be sure to deii C. Voss of Brighton, Iowa, was, arrive early as no admissions may be listed as missing in action by the war j pemitted after the program begins. department today. His name was _. ____ among tha^e of 400 United State> sold-! ier- missing in the Asiatic. European.!Ipuuip Dj/»b North African, Pacific and Southwest A?11 1111,1 Pacific areas. The North African list included casualty reports received | Guard to get his revolver and holster. * . - . I Venturia, Iowa —(INS)— Officials today caught a man sought for questioning in connection with the slaying September 25 of Glen Winchell, Wav-erly Public Utilities Guard. State Board of Investigation Chief R. W. Nebergall identified the man as Stanley Kaster. about 35, farm hand and ex-convict who the official said was once sentenced to Anamosa Reis made at Iowa formatcry for au o theft from Black —-—— ! Wesleyan of the resignation of Dr. hawk County. Rehearsals have begun for th* first Frank Grube as head of the depart- He was caught this forenoon, offic- Dr. Frank Grube Resigns at IWC Wesleyan Professor Accepts Position at U. of Toledo In normal times, the liberal argu- pi*-- to be presented at Iowa Wesleyan ment of English, so that he might lake iaIs said, hiding in the trunk of an men* ha a better foundation but in college this year. Under the direction an associate professorship at 'he Uni- automobile :n the Venturia vicinity the,' * d ys wheti tlu surpluf mone% is 0| D3na and Waldo Braden. Iowa Versity of Toledo, Toledo. Ohio. The where he escaped from a p sse last largely in the hands of war workers. Wesleyan Players are presenting The resignation becomes effective on Octo- night after firing four shots into park- the lib* i*l position seems to me to cr ile Song" October 27. ber 25. cd automobile owned by officials, be antiquated However, in view of Tar powerful drama was written by Dr. Grube came to Iowa Wesleyan He was taken immediately o Mason Mr Roosevelt’s opposition, it cannot. Gregario and Maria Martinez Sierra in ^34 and in th *t time has done ex- City for questioning. be enacted. and was first, performed at Madrid cellent work in the department and - -- Spain, in 1911. It was recognized at for the conege. His many friends at rftmn5|rpo Till I In once as one of the rare inspirations of Wesleyan and outside the college will VyUIIipcirco J.UII 111 Get Immunization London, England —HNS) ,_______ ican flying fortresses smashed into th, *Uals by heavy increases in income tax j bJIe rear Ventura, admitted the slay- j from operations in Sicilv. His wife is) In tne faca of tlu laUon. v 1 German indus’ t.il city of Frankfui’ iates. repeal of the victon tax, * lim-j inl' n*‘ Gien Winchell m Wavcrly, Sep- , ^jrs_ Qja Mae Voss. Cjtoviou. that tne t:ea; iry tax pin- t,^jay jn the wake of devastating RAF ma'ion of the earned income cr»*dr _ tember 25. Nebergal. said Kaster re-; ------- —. gram will toe viewed in congress as a night assauRpn Kassel, thirty miles to and reduction of the exception for a covered briefly befdre he was taken yil* 11 rather i 1 e • ambrton «•) |,if‘ lu* northeast married man from $1.200 ( 1 to Sl.K^1 - a host ital and told lim ha he h d V, Illlvll vll x»x.CkV there think anything like $10.000J)00.- American P-47 plane e,. m alMj $50 00 K , credit or $300.00 for attempted to hold up (he Utility Plant 000 more in money can be raised. It Corted the four engine raiders to thetr each dependent is likely that the bill if fmanlh en- targPt. The air ministry sa*d prelim- j ____ acted, will be less than half of the inary reports indicated heavy damage requested amount. was inflicted on Kassel. There L one way in »h:ch a large rrhe *Nazi DMB agency gained fifty amount of new money could be brought pianes. nrst of them bombers which In, from the urplus cash reservoir, Wpre downed by anti-aircraft fire over but it has not much backing. This Kassel, method, of course, is the sales tax. ——_ ------------— M' ar“' Rohpar«al«i Started common liberal viewpotir 'ha* uch a liCKvttl olllo W.JLC*I Lviwl tax ia'.' more h. avilt on the poor WpsIpVJUI PIllV than the rich. The fact is it now till IT CDlCTall 1 1 tlj Announcement would catch those who have the money and are spending it Taken By Death Funeral Will He Held Tuesday Afternoon School Students and Pre-School, Children Eligible Children of the Mt. Pleasant schools and pre-school eh ldren w ill have opportunity for immunization fcr diphtheria and smallpox next. Friday af the school. The cost ol the immunization, which has become an annual custom in the .'Chool, is 50 cents for each immunization. The program offers an cpportuni v for all children who have not oeen immuniz;d or who were immunised several years ago. Pie-'-chool children are requested to come at 11 o’clock Friday morning. They should notify the school nurse by calling her office any morning. many persons had already bought all they thought possible during ‘he month and also that many of the smaller bidders were crowded out in the sale either because there was tco much money available or not enough offerings could be put up at a one day sale to satisfy all. Because of the bi? money that was going into the sale, persons with smalkr amounts served only as "starters" and no doubt many cf them did not buy Bonos as a result. Total from the sale wras $63,503. Preceding the sale, the army air corps detachment at Iowa Wesleyan - ■ entertained with drills at the east col- Mrs. Je .sie Rich of 903 Broadway, lege campus and preceded by the Mt. Pleasant, died at the Methodist marchirg band marched to the busi-hos-pital in Des Moines at 6 a m Sufl- ness district and the band appeared in dav, where she had been the past several numbers. The entertainment three week She had been in poor was obviously enjoyed and the effort health the last three months. 0f the detachment officers and men Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. appreciated. Dan Winter and Miss Esther Rich of As an added gesture of support to Mt. Plqasant, Mrs Rebecca Kron of the county bond drive, a large group Des Moines and Mrs. Frances Patter- 0f the aviation students after break-son of Maryville, Tenn. Three sisters ing ranks bought $1,300 worth of bonds and two brothers also survive They in addition to their monthly allotment, are Mrs. David McCahan of Mt. Pleas- Distrii t Over Top It is of interest locally also that the district of six counties under Chair-fmm E. A. Huyei went over the top in the bond drive. Each of the coun ant, Mrs Mary Okell of Morning Sun, Mrs. Blanche Smale of Fresno, Calif. Millard Green of Mt. Pleasant and John Green of Morning Sun. Funeral service will be held at the Cc -kes funeral home at 4 p. m Tues- ties made its quota which was an out-day. The body is at the funeral home standing accomplishment, considering where friends may call. The casket the z< ‘‘ ’:U qu and the di icu (LKAKI.V. THL PRESENT IN- ^ theatre. It has been translated regret'hat he and hi> famiiv will leave COME, corporation and exciM taxi ^ of the maJor languages, meet-' here but will be glad to learn that he Factories With War are near the workable endurance limit. You read and hear some liberal ing even where wf h the same in- accepted a position which repre-stant affectionate response. In New sents a fine advancement. B -ton, Mass. -<INS>- William nd union claim* continual.> that cot- ycrk and Dondon theatres it has en- Dr. Grube in his formal resign lion Green, President of the American Fed-porations are making 5ig war piofns ^ ved run5. of exceptional length and haid ^ part: eration of Labor told at the opening but here again the national averauo ^ has j^n one of the mogt popular; “j^fter over nine vears here, my ties session of the A. P. L’s 63rd annual will not be opened after the service. t*ts one or tv>° oi counties have Burial will be at Forest Home. 4 experienced in nast campa.gns Counties included besides Henry are Des • m. Moines, Lee, Keokuk, Washington and u. s. skytrooper plane .Mercury Down IN RECORD FLIGHT To 38 Degrees London. Eng. — A new record of 9 Some Reports of Frost, Hut No hours and 34 minutes for an Atlantic ^ crossing in a transport plane was es- t tablished last week by a DC-53 Sky- J Damage MISS JANE WAUGH BECOMES BRIDE OF MR. CORNELIUS UNRUH L somewhat misleading. The big war ^ . . . tior>ner nf the United States armv air* The mercury dropped to 38 in Mt. , . ola\>: in Little Theatre groups. 'are many. Mv association^ with stu- convention tha, 80.000 American work- 01 inc unuea 1 Ctm,a„ ninM ... ir.L.nr, j iiippf<>. Ilk1#* Ifnitpri Si€cl, , x x * \ » 1 mi 1 trnn^nnrt conimftnd Bombers crossillR j SiiMci3,y whticli IftCkGd ■ piMiuctrs lik< LniU d btat The cast of the play includes: Elaine dentSt faculty and administration have men in war factories have been killed [ command. b r-* .. ^ I a nfhorc mat iflP » ___ . ... . t Ko A tlontio h/su;Dt:or hflVA Q TPf- Gilt utgltt Ol DtlliL! aS iOa clS I lie OlfilK ‘ are many. My associations with stu- convention tha, 80 Thomassen, Jacqueline Korf, Imogene been hanpv. Onlv the necessity fcr since Pearl Harbor, while the armed the Atlantic, hcwever. have set a rec- General Motors and others are making less- Bates. Suzanne Ward. Janice Grover. my own advancement would urge me forces have suffered only 20,000 dead Contract renegotiation is cutting sti HpJen simons Martha Wright, Morell t0 the step which is before me." in battle. _________ While Green spoke the 6.000 dele- farther :nto war plants income. The Foflers ,nd Meda Hau-j national over-all figure is bulged by . ... enstem. such sensational increases as those of ______ the railroads, for instance, which aie nrpr.rjm«r.mjej, /%r C ATHPR^ making more money than ever in ULrLKJVlLN 1 Uf r/\inEI\J j DGooonf QiAA history. hinges on proposal Mt. 1 leasant JDoin Consequently, it would not be sur- -- -- Large Farm Near ord of 6 hours and 12 minutes. Peter Masefield, Sunday Times air correspondent who reported the record, gates had before them resolutions *as one °t t*ie -1 p8s.'e:ueis aLoasd showing that sentiment was running . was returning fiom a at least five to one against the re-, tour of United States aircraft factor-turn of John L. Lewis to the Feder- ies. aticn. The question was expected to The time was from the last stop in provide the most hea-ted controversy Newfoundland to the transport com- prising if congress failed in the end Washington, D. C. 'INS)—Deferment Hild Real Estate reports the sale o? ten-day conclave but a vote on mand s terminal in Britain. I he plane to enact any tax bill at all. of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers from mili- the 365 acre combination farm located rcsoiutions will not be reached for a was aided by a strong tail wind most " tary service hinged today on a senate 4k miles southwest ot Mt. Pleasant of the wav. A READER has written me protest- proposai caUing for rigid new work re- and owned by Messrs. Biker and Bak- u_i. ..... 1 ................... . ing my column urging that govern- quirements in essential industries. er of Ottumwa, la., o Mr. E. E. Smith -m-- j 9 1 P/vnfAdf ment bonds are the best investment The proposed measure is reported to local business man, 31 C3r*OiT3.IT L S ijOilCl v ILili vUlllchl obtainable by the average man in provjde jor closer scrutiny of occupa- This is an ideal stock and gra n these times. He complains that citi- ^jonai deferments for non-fathers farm with extra good improvements zens will have to pay the interest in without eliminating the possibility of and a large percentage of fine bottom jnt0 this contest. It’s easv. You can add another War taxes on the bonds they buy, and, drifting fathers for military duty. corn land not subject to overflow Mr goncj ^ VQUr C0Hection. Everyone’is eligible except members of therefore, are merely paying them- The compromise proposal would com- Smith buys this farm as an invo.-t- ^evv‘s Rtaff and their families. This does not include tht selves. bine the principal features of three ment and gets possession March 1st. £amjjies nf'the JsJews carriers - - they may enter this contest. Right, he is. But all the more rea- otber deferment bills. son for buying the bonds. I hi com . —- \A/I!WQ AWARD IN plaining reader will pay his taxes any- Washington, —D C. <INS»—General fflnlij AfVAIvLI 111 way. but will never get any interest George g. Marshall, army chief of PENNY CONTEST return from the government. The sfaff today submitted a report to the _ E N T E R N O W piogram will thus cast him money for gpnate vigorously opposing legislation Marjorie Hobson, 510 S. Jackson not having participated in it. w?hich would revise the draft without street, won first place in the Zink'; classifying fathers about to be induct- newsstand penny jug contest. Her Two Classified In 1-A ed into age groups. guess was 5,028. Actually’ there were . This age classification of married 5,097 pennies in the glass jug. Five Two Henry county men have been men proposed by Senator Taft, Ohio persons had guessed 5,000. classified in 1-A. Both are at a dist- Republican, as an amendment to the As she had not bought a war stamp, ante and their preliminary health ex- Wheeler bill deferring induction of her award was $5 A total of $107.20 amination is waived. They are: Carl fathers would interefere with the arm- worth of stamps weie sold in conne--Mathers and Leland W. Sehuerman. ics war piogiam Mai shall said. tion with the guessing, I ENTRY BLANK Please enter my name in MERCHANTS* WAR BOND CLUB Name Address ____________________________________— — Mail or Bring to the Mt. Pleasant News ollict* r.ne degree of being as low as the mark i Miss Jane Waugh, daughter of Mr of September 21, according to the and Mrs. H. T Waugh of Mt. Pleasan* leadings made on the federal weather became the bride of Mr. Cornelius C bureau thermometer at the state hos- j unruh. son of Mrs. C. H Unruh and Pital. j the late Mr. C H Unruh of Kitchen- Some persons reported frost was * er Ontario, at a double ring ceremony plainly visibly early this morning.! at tbe home of the bridegroom’s Similar reports were received after the trother in London. Ontario, at four o -low temperature of two weeks ago. clock on October 2. The Rev Duncan However, no d mage has been reported. McTavish of the United church offi-Meanwhile corn and sovbeans as cjated. well as some late garden crop.^ are ma-! The couple was at'ended by the turing rapidly. Com and beans have the bridegrooms brother, H C. Unreached a stage at which frost damage ruh and viife. would be very slight. While many; The brlde, -.yen in marriage by her fields need another week or ten dpys,' father wore a dark biue traveling suit, they would not be greatly damaged Her flower was a white orchid Mrs now. There still aie a very few fields H c unruth wore a gardenia, of corn that need two or three weeks Following the ceremony attended without frost to reach full maturity oniy by members of the immediate The cool nights and drying days will families-, a three course dinner was aid considerably. * served to the bridal parfcv at Allen's 1 ----- t rpea r00m jn London. SCULPTOR xhe couple will reside at 345 Lake Paul Reimnan, formerly of Hungary Ave in Rochester. New Yo:k. whe e 1 but now making arrangements to be- Mr unruh is a research cirmist with tcme a citizen of the United States, the Eastman Kodak company-found an egg plant in Dave Young’s Mrs unruh us a graduate of Iowa ma k t in Indianola that resembled Wesleyan. She is a member cf Alpha Hitler. P. ul fashioned the hair out of Xi Delta sorority the bless* ni end of the stem; two __________________ brass sciews make the eyes, the mus-ta he .s a so fashioned to make a cample e hi ad oi the one-time paper- h mger. The likeness is on display in -pbe October court term (p-n^d here t .t win ti vs of the Indianola Record this afternoon with Jud^e E O Newe l end Trn une cffice. presiding. October Court Term Opens

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